Stock Photo - 04/06/1999 ___ On the site of Launch Complex 34, key participants sign a Memorandum of Agreement, formalizing cooperative efforts of NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and federal agencies in ground_water cleanup initiatives. Seated at the table, from left to right, are Timothy Oppelt, director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tom Heenan, assistant manager of environmental management, Savannah River Site, U.S. Department of Energy, Col. James Heald, Vice Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. Air Force, Gerald Boyd, acting deputy assistant secretary, Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, James Fiore, acting deputy assistant secretary, Office of Environmental Restoration, Department of Energy, Brig. Gen. Randall R. Starbuck, Commander 45th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force, Roy Bridges Jr., director of John F. Kennedy Space Center, Walter Kovalick Jr., Ph.D., director, Technology Innovation Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NASA, the U.S. Air Force and the agencies have formed a consortium and are participating in a comparative study of three innovative techniques to be used in cleaning a contaminated area of Launch Complex 34. The study will be used to help improve groundwater cleanup processes nationally