Information

Source

Obtainable

Comments

Alternative

The ATTIC system is a

ATTIC is free of charge to all members of

Treatment

collection of hazardous

the federal, state and private sectors

Technology

waste databases that are

involved in site remediation.

ATTIC can be

Information Center

accessed through a

accessed directly by a modem.

Abstracts of

(ATTIC)

computerized bulletin

reports can be downloaded from the system.

4 Research Place

board system (BBS).

The

Copies of complete reports are available on

Suite 210

BBS features news items,

request.

(Users register online the first

Rockville, MD 20850

bulletins, and special

time they access ATTIC.)

A User's Manual is

(301) 670 6294

interest conferences.

available and may be obtained by calling the

(voice)

ATTIC users can access

ATTIC System Operator or leaving a message

(301) 670 3808

several databases

on the bulletin board.

(on line)

including the ATTIC

Database, which contains

over 2,500 records dealing

with alternative and

innovative technologies

for hazardous waste

treatment; and the RREL

Treatability Database,

which provides data on

characteristics and

treatability of a wide

variety of contaminants.

Information from these

sources consists of

treatability information,

case histories, transport

and fate data, and other

technical information.

Also included are the

abstracts of Superfund

Innovative Technology

Evaluation (SITE) reports,

many Records of Decisions

(RODs), State agency

reports, international

programs, and industry

studies.

Earth Science

ESDD is a data base that

Also included are data bases that reference

Data Directory

contains information

geographic, sociologic, economic, and

(ESDD)

related to the geologic,

demographic information.

Information comes

U.S. Geological

hydrologic, cartographic,

from worldwide data sources and data

Survey (USGS)

and biological sciences.

includes that from NOAA, NSF, NASA, and EPA.

801 National Center

Reston, VA 22092

(703) 648 7112

Local, State,

Site specific assessment

Many states maintain a department of the

Federal, and

data for dams, harbors,

environment or natural resources.

Reports

Regional Agencies

river basin impoundments,

can be obtained by contacting the

and Federal highways,

responsible agency.

Surface water and

soils, land use, flood

geological foundation conditions such as

plains, groundwater,

fracture orientation, permeability,

aerial photographs, well

faulting, rippability, and weathered

records, geophysical

profiles are particularly well covered in

borehole logs

these investigations.

University sources

Engineering and geology

College and university geology theses, in

theses

most instances, are well documented studies

dealing with specific areas, generally

prepared under the guidance of faculty

members having expertise in the subject

under investigation.

Most theses are not

published.

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