The objective of this Statement of Need was to develop cost effective options for treatment of wastes generated from munitions constituents manufacturing. Wastes that are mixed with legacy munitions constituents and insensitive high explosives (IHE) were of particular concern. Specific research areas of interest included:

• Develop treatment technologies that are able to satisfactorily treat both IHE and legacy munitions constituents in wastewater. Treatment train approaches may be necessary and are of interest.
• Determine the impact of IHE wastes when present during the treatment of legacy munitions constituent wastewaters.
• Develop alternatives or improvements to open burn disposal for aged, off-spec, and excess propellants and energetics, including both legacy munitions constituents and IHE.

Proposers were not required to address all of the needs listed in any individual proposal. Research and development activities at laboratory-, bench-, and field-scale were considered as well as computer modeling to support such efforts. Information on a variety of classes of munitions was of interest. The contaminants of primary concern were RDX and perchlorate due to low federal health advisory levels, but HMX, TNT, DNT and their breakdown products also were of interest, as were the new IHE.

To provide strategic guidance for future research and demonstrations on management of munitions constituents, SERDP and ESTCP conducted a workshop on July 28-29, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Reviewing the Workshop Report for additional detail on these research needs was essential prior to submitting a proposal.

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