Search Resources by Topic with ORCA
Search ORCA by using a Category, such as Contaminated Sites or Emergency Response, to find resources such as:
- CERCLA and DoD: Who Pays for Superfund Cleanups at DoD-Owned Sites?
- Conceptual Site Model and General Cleanup Steps (Appendix A of EPA’s Road Map to Understanding Options for Site Investigation and Cleanup 6th Edition)
- CERCLA and the DoD: Unique and Emerging Contaminants
Use the Subcategory to narrow your search or use the Search field to enter Title, Keyword, or Author. For example, searching “PCBs” lists resources specific to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Search ITEP’s MediaSpace Library for Videos
ITEP manages many of their video collections in their online MediaSpace library. Videos are organized into channels specific to Superfund, Remediation, Brownfields, Emergency Planning and Spill Response, HAZWOPER, and more. Click on the ‘Channels’ tab to see videos grouped by topic.
Search ITEP’s MediaSpace library with keywords or tags such as restoration, speaker names, Tribal Lands and Environment Forum, to find the video left, Introduction to Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR).
Examples of Webinars and Videos on the Waste & Response Program MediaSpace Channel
Native Food Pathways and Contaminated Sites
This presentation was delivered via webinar in April 2020 by Grace Maley. Grace is completing a joint-major in Environmental Studies and Economics at Middlebury College. Her project is a part of her remote internship with the EPA and aims to supplement EPA risk assessment models for the consumption of biota by incorporating produce items that are found in Native American diets. The goal is to create more comprehensive and inclusive risk assessment models.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s “Call to Action’ on why EPA deferred a remedy for Coeur d’Alene Lake
This presentation was delivered as part of the Tribal Lands and Environment Forum: Virtual Gathering in August 2020 by Rebecca Stevens, Coeur d’Alene Tribe and provides recent updates on how or if EPA will address the largest hazardous waste repository in the Tribe’s Aboriginal Homeland.
Phytoremediation Using Bacterial Endophyte Enhanced Poplar Trees
Recorded on November 15, 2018.,Dr. John L. Freeman reported findings from a successful four-year field trial phytoremediation on the Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman Superfund located on NASA-Ames Research Park using poplar trees for internal, onsite, remediation of Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Gas/Oil PAH volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) present in groundwater and associated soil. These are two widespread environmental pollutant classes common in groundwater plumes associated with industrial manufacturing, fuel and chemical storage areas.
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