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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

62. DOD - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program is the Department of Defense's (DOD) corporate environmental R&D program, planned and executed in full partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations.

Within its broad areas of interest, the Program focuses on Cleanup, Compliance, Conservation, and Pollution Prevention technologies. Key objectives focus on high priority, mission related, defense needs (and congruent DOE needs); technical excellence; constant emphasis on technology transfer; and sound fiscal management.

The DOD's environmental concerns may be viewed in terms of operational and/or cost impacts on the primary mission of maintaining military readiness for national defense. SERDP strives to provide research and development products which, when fielded, minimize, mitigate, or remove major negative environmental impacts on DOD's ability to conduct this mission. The current costs of environmental cleanup, compliance, conservation and pollution prevention are significant. The development and fielding or applying of innovative technologies will enhance mission readiness and will reduce the costs, environmental risks and the time required to resolve environmental problems in these areas while simultaneously enhancing safety and health. Equally important, the development and fielding of innovative pollution prevention technologies will serve to reduce or eliminate waste streams requiring future action.

The following are the Statements of Need for the FY 2001 Non-Federal Sector SERDP Proposal Solicitation:

CLEANUP

• Statistical Sampling for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Site Characterization
• Remediation Strategies to Enhance In-situ Mixing of Contaminants and Chemical/Biological Additives
• In-situ Containment/Remediation of Contaminated Marine Sediment
• Research and Development to Support the Development of Ecological Soil Screening Levels
• Microbial Processes for the Degradation of Nitroaromatic Contaminants

COMPLIANCE

• Measuring, Characterizing, and Control of Toxic Release Inventory Air Emissions from DOD Munitions
• Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Non-point Source Runoff at Military Installations
• Training/Testing Range Dust Emissions Characterization

CONSERVATION

• Advanced Techniques to Inventory and Monitor Threatened and Endangered Species in Inaccessible Areas
• Riparian Ecosystem Management and Restoration
• Marine Mammal Monitoring

• Environmentally Innovative Technologies for Low Observable Coatings Applications - Removal And Repair
• Reduced PM Emissions for Military Gas Turbine Engine Applications
• Gaseous Emissions and Particle Formation in the Combustion Zone for DOD Gas Turbine and Diesel Engines
• Environmentally Acceptable Pyrotechnic Formulations.

To be eligible for consideration, proposers must submit a preproposal white paper in response to only one of the SERDP Statements of Need. White papers sent via fax or electronic mail will be rejected. The white papers must be received no later than JANUARY 13, 2000. Based upon the evaluation of the white paper, an offeror may be encouraged to submit a full proposal.