Evaluating Technology

• An Assessment of Zero Valence Iron Permeable Reactive Barrier Projects in California   NEW!
  This report investigates the performance of PRB technology implemented to remediate chlorinated solvent groundwater plumes at California hazardous waste sites. Ten zero valent iron PRB sites were evaluated in this report. A copy of this report is available online here. Any questions or comments concerning this report should be directed by e-mail to jmuegge@dtsc.ca.gov.
• Nanotechnology 
  What is nanotechnology?  Why is DTSC interested in it? The Technology Development Branch has created an informational web page to try and address these questions and provide useful links to other sources on the Internet.
• High Efficiency Oil Filter Study
  The Technology Development Branch is conducting a demonstration study of High Efficiency Oil Filters which will install the technology in 100 vehicles in the State fleet and monitor their performance over a one-year test period. The High Efficiency Oil Filters are expected to save the State money by reducing oil purchases and oil disposal costs, while decreasing the generation of waste oil.
• Life Cycle Assessment Projects
  A standardized tool increasingly used by businesses, life cycle assessment provides DTSC a way to assess a range of environmental impacts of a product, service, or process not normally considered
• Perchlorate Contamination Treatment Alternatives
  Specific treatment alternatives for perchlorate contamination that have been implemented full-scale, demonstrated or are being researched are described in this report. We update this report as new information becomes available. If you have information that you believe should be included in the report, please send us an email at jwesnous@dtsc.ca.gov
• Fireworks Treatment Technologies
  The Technology Development Branch is helping local law enforcement manage confiscated fireworks by identifying and evaluating potential treatment technologies.
• On-Site Fluorescent Lamp Crushers
  The Technology Development Branch in partnership with the U.S. EPA are evaluating small drum-top lamp crushers as possible alternatives for managing spent fluorescent lamps.
• Los Angeles Jewelry Mart Pollution Prevention
  Using research conducted in the Los Angeles Jewelry Mart District, DTSC's Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development (OPPTD) has developed a series of Pollution Prevention (P2) guides for Jewelry Manufacturers.
• Soil Vapor Treatment Technologies and Alternatives
  Sponsored by DTSC, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis, worked with the Technology Development Branch to create a Web site addressing soil vapor extraction (SVE), a process used to draw chemicals in vapor form out of contaminated soil. The site contains information about conventional SVE emission control technologies, and a checklist of questions for communities to consider when faced with the possible need for this technology to be used.
• In-situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in California
  This report investigated the status of in-situ bioremediation technology used in California to remediate groundwater specifically for chlorinated solvents.  Pilot and full-scale sites were identified based on record searches at several government agencies and is not considered a comprehensive inventory of these types of projects.  Five sites were selected for more detailed evaluation.  A copy of this report is available online, but due to its large size the download may take several minutes (PDF 8.05MB, Download Time: 41 min. 55 sec. @ 28,800 bps, 18 min. 43 sec. @ 56 Kbps, 1 min. 40 sec. @ 640K-DSL).  An electronic copy of the report can also be obtained by contacting us via email at sdavis@dtsc.ca.gov.

Due to the current budget shortfall for the State of California, and associated budget uncertainty, DTSC is not accepting any new applications into its Hazardous Waste Technology Certification Program. This program certified the performance of hazardous waste environmental technologies.

• Cal/EPA-U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification Pilot Program
  The goal of this joint Cal/EPA-U.S. EPA pilot program is to develop a national model to test, evaluate and verify technologies for pollution prevention, treatment, emission control, and monitoring.
• Public Notices
• Environmental Technology Certifications
  The Technology Advisory is a brief summary of the technology certified under the Technology Certification Program. The Certification Notice is an excerpt from the California Regulatory Notice Register of the actual certification notice, as published by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

• California Air Resources Board Equipment Precertification Program
• Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC)
• U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification Program

Web-available Evaluating Technology publications and forms