| Title: |
Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites
|
| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
|
| Country: |
USA
|
| Year: |
2005 |
| Availability: |
US EPA Report EPA 540/R-05/012; December 2005
|
| Author 1/Producer: |
US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
|
| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
|
| Publisher: |
U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
|
| Publisher City: |
Washington DC
USA
|
|
EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Sediments
Water and sanitation-->Water and sanitation Overview
|
| Short description: |
The guidance document was prepared by U.S. EPA over the past 2-3
years to assist state and federal staff managing sediment sites by
providing a thorough overview of methods that can be used to reduce
health and ecological risks caused by contaminated sediment. To its
credit, U.S. EPA sought technical input and considered recommendations
from a broad array of public and private sector stakeholders involved in
sediment investigation, assessment, and remediation. The guidance is
expected to strongly influence state and federal approaches to evaluation
and cleanup of contaminated sediment sites in the U.S. over the next
several years.
|
| Long description: |
The guidance encourages consideration of several factors during cleanup
of contaminated sediment, such as:
•Identifying and controlling the sources of sediment contamination and
identifying the pathways of contaminant exposure, prior to cleanup;
•Using a technical team approach and involving the community and
other stakeholders throughout the cleanup process;
•Considering all three major approaches to management of
contaminated sediment (monitored natural recovery, in-situ capping,
and dredging) and considering alternatives which combine
approaches;
•Validating models used to support sediment decisions and
considering model uncertainty and sensitivity;
•Considering how contaminated sediment alternatives manage or
reduce risks, including residual risks as well as the risks of the
remedies; and,
•Monitoring the effectiveness of remedies at contaminated sediment
sites.
|
|
Submitted By:
|
Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 08/01/2006
|
|
|
