**Office of Research and Development**

**Office of Science Policy** 

# Emerging Technologies and

**Vulnerable Populations Charge**  

# NACEPT Arlington, VA May 25, 2010 Fred S. Hauchman, Ph.D. Director, OSP/ORD**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# NACEPT **– Proposed**  **Charge**

• Identification and use of technologies that are innovative and safe for the environment and public health, and can aid Federal, State and local government and community efforts to better protect vulnerable populations. Determine the specific actions to be taken to support the Agency in responding to the “Challenge”

– Community involvement • Methods to empower vulnerable communities with innovative and safe and appropriate technologies through identification of needs and ensuring effective technology transfer • Best techniques for effective engagement of communities in EPA research activities

– Opportunities to expedite the identification and use of existing technologies, and recent scientific developments to better protect vulnerable populations

– Identification of “game-changing” new technologies applicable to the protection of vulnerable populations**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# ORD Organization
**Immediate Office of the A**  **ssistant Ad**  **ministrator** Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator Kevin Teichman, Deputy AA for Science Lek Kadeli, Deputy AA for Management **Office of Resources Management and**  **Ad ministration**  Amy Battaglia **Office of Science Policy**  Fred Hauchman **National Risk Management**  **Research Laboratory**  Sally Gutierrez **National Center for Environmental**  **Research** Bill Sanders **National Homeland Security**  **R esearch**  **Center** Jonathan Herrmann **National Center for Computational**  **Toxicology** Robert Kavlock **National Center for Environmental**  **As sessment**  Peter Preuss **National Health and Environmental Effects**  **Research Laboratory**  Hal Zenick **National Exposure Research**  **Laboratory** Larry Reiter **Office of the Science**  **Ad visor**  Pai -Yei W hung, Chief Scientist SETO **National Program Directors** 
**Office of Science Information**  **Management** Jack Puzak **Office of Ad**  **ministration and Resource**  **Management** Jerry Blancato (Acting)**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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**Research Tr**  **iangle Park, NC**  Athens, GA Las V egas, NV Duluth, MN

Gulf Breeze, FL Ada, OK Corvallis, OR Edison, NJ Newport, OR Grosse Ile, MI Narragansett, RI **Wa shington,**  **DC** 

### 3 National Laboratories 4 National Centers 2 Of fices 13 Locations**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# ORD Research Areas **Cross -**  **Program Research**  

### Computational Toxicology  

### Ecosystem Services  

### Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals  

### Global Change  

### Human Health (incl. Communities, Tribal)  

### Human Health Risk Assessment  

### Nanotechnology  

### Science and Technology for Sustainability **Program -** **Targeted Research**   

### Air  

### Drinking Water  

### Homeland Security  

### Land Preservation and Restoration  

### Safe Pesticides and Products  

### Water Quality**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Vulnerable Populations **and ORD** 

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### Research on vulnerable populations supported by the Administrator’s Priorities • 

### Scope includes research to assess and manage risks in special populations (e.g., children, small communities, tribes) • 

### Symposium on environmental health disparities in March, 2010 • Ta king action on climate change • Improving air quality • Assuring the safety of chemicals • Cleaning up our communities • Protecting America’s waters • **Expanding the conversation on environmentalism and**  **wo rking for environmental**  **justice** • Building strong state and tribal partnerships **Ad ministrator**  **Jackson's Priorities for EP** 

**A' s Future**  **January 2010 Office**  **of Research**  **and Development** 

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# Vulnerable Population **Research Activities** 

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### Approaches for community- based assessments • 

### Data and methods for hazard ID and risk characterization (e.g., endocrine disruptors) • 

### Children’s Health Research Program

– Children’s Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (EPA/NIEHS)

– Studies of susceptibility and exposure

– Assessment tools • 

### Technologies for small communities**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Special Populations

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### Economic and social factors (influence on exposure assessment) • 

### Non -chemical stressors (cumulative risk assessments) • 

### Lifestyle and cultural practices and risk assessment (tribal communities)**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# R&D Continuum**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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## ORD in - house research program • 

## Collaboration and technology transfer

– Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs): Technologies can be co-developed or jointly improved

– Material Transfer Agreements: Loan or donation of research materials from one party to another

– Outside User Agreements: Non - Federal parties can use EPA facilities for independent research (EPA can charge fees)

– Licenses: Technologies developed in EPA labs can be transferred to the partner for further development and/or commercialization 

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## Grants/contracts (including SBIR) • 

## Environmental Technology Verification • 

## R&D supported by other agencies and organizations (e.g., NSF) 

# Technology **Development, Transfer**  **and Verification Office**  **of Research**  **and Development** 

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# Example Partnerships* **Example Partners and Licensees**  American Chemistry Council  BP Amoco  Chevron  Dow Corning  DuPont Eastman Chemical  Exxon  Fisher-Scientific  Ford Motor Electric Power Research Institute  General Electric  General Motors Georgia Pacific  Proctor and Gamble  Hewlett- Packard  International Paper Partnership for a New Generation of V ehicles  Duke University University of Maryland  Georgia Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology  University of North Carolina 

## Examples of Research **Areas for CRADAs and**  **Licenses** Black Mold Arsenic Removal Hybrid V ehicles Water Security Children's Health Clean Diesel Combustion Phytoremediation Cryptosporidium Aerosol Samplers Soil Treatment 

# 72% industry partners; 24% non -industry partners; 4% other

*Federal Technology Transfer Act Program**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# ORD’s “Path Forward” Priorities

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## Principles

– Sustainability – Using a “systems approach”

– Solution -oriented

– Timeliness

– Responsiveness

– Relevance

– Integrity 

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## Characteristics

– Integrated, transdisciplinary research

– Innovative

– Catalytic

– Visible**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# ORD’s “Path Forward” Priorities **(continued)** 

# Key Area of Emphasis • 

## Sustainable technological innovations

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### Internal entrepreneurial research through a seed grant program

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### External partnerships (CRADAs, etc.)

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### Catalyzing the private sector**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Discussion **of Selected Technologies**  **for Vulnerable Populations** **Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Arsenic Treatment Technologies for Small Communities 

# Selected Technologies

**Rimrock, AZ**  **– Ab** **sorptive Media Sy** **stem Climax, MN**  **– Coagulation Filtration**  **Sy stem** **Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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## Arsenic Treatment Technology Demonstration Program
• Extensive studies on treatment technologies for cost-effective arsenic removal to help small systems comply with arsenic standard
• Providing information to numerous small drinking water systems, States, and EPA regional offices on:

– best treatment technology to select given local water quality parameters

– relative costs of various treatment technology alternatives (both capital and long -term operation and maintenance)

– technology transfer, through an aggressive communication plan
• Provided a basis to develop design manuals (3) and cost and performance reports (53) for distribution to engineering firms, consultants, operators, and the general public 

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# Selected Technologies **Lead T est Kit**  • 

### Simple, one step analysis **for w ater**  • **Tw o**  **step system for paint, dust, and soil**  • **One button push for analysis**
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### Ti **me and date stamped, secure, and GPS geo**  **- located sampling av** **ailable Office**  **of Research**  **and Development** 

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# Selected Technologies **S creening**  begin with ranked census blocks, move to precise exposure estimates 

### T **ool** interactive, online, scenario testing (fleet mixes, traffic volumes, etc.) **for** 

### R**oadw ay**  consider different types, conditions (slow or fast, traffic density, flow) 

### E **missions** characterize from general types and volumes to precise **&** 

### E**xposure** identify indicators that contribute to exposure **to** 

### T **oxics** mobile source air toxics, carcinogens, mixtures (diesel), particulate matter STREETT

ool – uses GIS framework to ID communities at higher risk of exposure to traffic- related pollution**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Example Oversize Graphic Template

**REMOVE AFTER READING** Design Notes: This slide is included as a guide to illustrate how to place oversize images/charts on a content page and retain the EPA/ORD communications standards. The background of the imported image must be set to white, and the frame stretched to cover the background EPA logo in the upper left corner. The image element and the text box below are foreground elements that mask the default background image and text boxes from appearing.**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Example Oversize Graphic Template

**REMOVE AFTER READING** Design Notes: This slide is included as a guide to illustrate how to place oversize images/charts on a content page and retain the EPA/ORD communications standards. The background of the imported image must be set to white, and the frame stretched to cover the background EPA logo in the upper left corner. The image element and the text box below are foreground elements that mask the default background image and text boxes from appearing.**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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**Roadw ay** **s in Detroit around w hich children are being recruited to participate in the health study**  **. High traffic/high diesel (HD) roadw** **ay s**  **( ); high traffic/low** **diesel (LD) roadw** **ay s**  **( ); traffic -** **related air pollutants w**  **ill be measured along a spatial transect adjacent to I**  **- 96 ( ).** **Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# Distance-We ighted Traf fic Density Near Roadway Study of Adverse Birth Outcomes in Downtown LA and East LA**Office of**  **Research and**  **Development**

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# C- FERST ( Community- Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool) • 

## ORD’s “one-stop shop” GIS and resource access Web tool for conducting community assessments

www.epa.gov/heasd/c-ferst
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## Currently under development; Beta test version on EPA internet in early 2011 

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## Other Examples • 

### Semi -continuous sampling technology for ambient air monitoring of toxic metals near schools (Advanced Monitoring Initiative, AMI) • 

### Colorimetric ozone indicator card • 

### Inexpensive drinking water treatment technologies for small communities in Puerto Rico (SBIR) • 

### Stormwater Management Technologies – BMPs, social/community benefits (WQ Research Program) • 

### SmartE - (Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools: Electronic)

– Decision support tools for sustainable land management (CRADA) 

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### Use of modeling, GIS, mining waste remediation technologies and pointof - use water treatment devices in rural mine waste areas



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# NACEPT **– Proposed**  **Charge**

• Identification and use of technologies that are innovative and safe for the environment and public health, and can aid Federal, State and local government and community efforts to better protect vulnerable populations. Determine the specific actions to be taken to support the Agency in responding to the “Challenge”

– Community involvement • Methods to empower vulnerable communities with innovative and safe and appropriate technologies through identification of needs and ensuring effective technology transfer • Best techniques for effective engagement of communities in EPA research activities

– Opportunities to expedite the identification and use of existing technologies, and recent scientific developments to better protect vulnerable populations

– Identification of “game-changing” new technologies applicable to the protection of vulnerable populations