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Created: Apr 21, 2008
Updated: Nov 20, 2009
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Phytotechnologies Training
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Interstate Technology Regulatory Council, or ITRC (an NPO) is offering a free, live training course at the clu-in website on November 10. Registration and sign-up at the link.
Phytotechnologies is a set of technologies using plants to remediate or contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, or sediments. These technologies have become attractive alternatives to conventional cleanup technologies due to relatively low capital costs and the inherently aesthetic nature of planted sites.
This training familiarizes participants with ITRC's Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Decision Trees, Revised (Phyto-3, 2009). This document provides guidance for regulators who evaluate and make informed decisions on phytotechnology work plans and practitioners who have to evaluate any number of remedial alternatives at a given site. This document updates and replaces Phytoremediation Decision Tree (Phyto-1, 1999) and Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance Document (Phyto-2, 2001). It has merged the concepts of both documents into a single document. This guidance includes new, and more importantly, practical information on the process and protocol for selecting and applying various phytotechnologies as remedial alternatives.
This guidance contains decision trees:
- Remedy Selection Decision Tree
- Groundwater Decision Tree
- Soil/Sediment decision Tree
- Riparian Zone Decision Tree
