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In 2000, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium Für Bildung und Forschung [BMBF]) continued an ongoing partnership to gain an understanding of each other's approach to the cleanup of chemical contamination in order to protect human health and the environment. The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) is also partnering with EPA in this effort.  One product the U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group is developing is SMARTe (Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools – electronic). SMARTe has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under contracts 68-C-00-181 and EP-C-05-061 to Tetra Tech EMI, and under contract 68-C-03-032 to Neptune and Company Inc. under Task Order Manager and Program Manager, Ann Vega (513-569-7635). It has been subjected to the Agency’s review, and it has been approved for public use. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

The BMBF and the ITRC provided “model projects” (projects that were successful in at least one aspect of revitalization). Information collected from these model projects constitutes a significant portion of the content in SMARTe.

The content of SMARTe is made up of a series of sections for which there are expert authors and contributors. SMARTe would not be possible without these experts, and their contributions are greatly appreciated: