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Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project s Environmental Footprint
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| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year: |
2012 |
| Availability: |
EPA 542-R-12-002
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| Author 1/Producer: |
US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Assessment tools
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| Short description: |
EPA developed a methodology to analyze and quantify the environmental footprint of activities often involved in contaminated site cleanup. A project team can use the information gained by application of the methodology to identify best management practices (BMPs) that target large contributions to the footprint at a particular site and help achieve a greener cleanup. The Agency's corresponding report presents a total of 21 metrics corresponding to core elements of a greener cleanup and a seven-step process to quantify the footprint. The report addresses:the purpose of the methodology, the value of footprint analysis, and the associated level of effort and cost; considerations for evaluating and using the analytical results; and illustrative approaches to reduce the footprint through various BMPs
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 08/03/2012
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