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Marc Tuchman, Program
Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes National Program Office
77 West Jackson Boulevard (G-17J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Tel: (312) 353-1369
Fax: (312) 353-2018
Other Sediment Documents
Guide to GLNPO Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Reports
Source: Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Program--FY93 Accomplishments [Fact Sheet]. 1993. Environmental Protection Agency/Great Lakes National Program Office. Chicago, Ill.
Summary
The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act, in Section 118(c)(3), authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) to coordinate and conduct a 5-year study and demonstration project relating to the appropriate treatment of toxic pollutants in bottom sediments. Five areas were specified in the Act as requiring priority consideration in conducting demonstration projects: Saginaw Bay, Michigan; Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin; Grand Calumet River, Indiana; Ashtabula River, Ohio; and Buffalo River, New York. To fulfill the requirements of the Act, GLNPO initiated the Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program. In addition, the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990 amended the Section, now 118(c)(7), by extending the Program by one year and specifying completion dates for certain interim activities.
These technical reports contain results of assessments and other studies of contaminated sediments by the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S. EPA between 1988 and1994. The focus of these studies is on five priority areas of concern (AOC) in five of the Great Lake states: the Sheboygan River in Wisconsin, the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor in Indiana, the Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay in Michigan, the Ashtabula River in Ohio, and the Buffalo River in New York.
Table of Contents
I. Guidance Documents
- ARCS 1992 Work Plan
- ARCS Assessment Guidance Document
- ARCS Final Summary Report
- ARCS Remediation Guidance Document
- Cleaning Up Contaminated Sediment--A Citizen's Guide
- Detection of Genotoxins in Contaminated Sediments: An Evaluation of a New Test for Complex Environmental Mixtures
- Project Summary: Quality Assurance Program Plan
- Risk Assessment and Modeling Overview Document
- Assessment of Sediments in the Buffalo River Area of Concern
- Estimating Contaminant Losses from Components of Remediation Alternatives for Contaminated Sediments
II. ARCS Documents (Table of Contents and Abstract)
A. Human Health
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Ashtabula River, Ohio, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Buffalo River, New York, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Grand Calumet River/Indiana, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Saginaw River, Michigan, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risks Resulting from PCB Contamination at the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Area of Concern
B. Bench Scale Testing
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Bioremediation for the Treatment of Sediments from the Ashtabula, Buffalo, Saginaw and Sheboygan Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of RCC's Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment (B.E.S.T.®.;) Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo, Saginaw, and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sediment Treatment Technologies--Summary Report
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of SoilTech's Anaerobic Thermal Process Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of ReTeC's Thermal Desorption Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula River
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Zimpro's Wet Air Oxidation Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Grand Calumet River
C. Information Summaries
- Biological And Chemical Assessment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediment
- An Evaluation of Solidification/Stabilization Technology for Buffalo River Sediment
- Hazard Ranking of Contaminated Sediment Based on Chemical Analysis, Laboratory Toxicity Tests, and Benthic Community Structure: Method of Prioritizing Sites for Remedial Action
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Ashtabula River, Ohio
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Buffalo River, New York
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Grand Calumet River, Indiana
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Sheboygan River, Wisconsin
- Mineral Processing Pretreatment of Contaminated Sediments
- Model Data Requirements and Mass Loading Estimates for the Buffalo River Mass Balance Study
D. Pilot-Scales
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Sediment Washing for the Treatment of Saginaw River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Solvent Extraction for the Treatment of Grand Calumet River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Ashtabula River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Buffalo River Sediments
- Pollutant Loadings to the Buffalo River Area of Concern from Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites
- Review and Synthesis of Bioassessment Methodologies for Freshwater Contaminated Sediments
- Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes
Archival and Access Information
| These documents are available to the public through: | |
| U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office 77 West Jackson Boulevard (G-17J) Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 Tel: (312) 353-1369 Fax: (312) 353-2018 |
U.S. Department of
Commerce  Technology Administration National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Springfield, Virginia 22161 Tel: (703) 605-6000 Fax: (703) 321-8547 |
Data Acquisition/Collection Summary
Data was collected, analyzed, and distributed by participating project-associated agencies and contractors. The reports in this collection were generated by GLNPO staff and the following parties: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of the Interior, EPA Regions II, III, and V, Great Lakes State Agencies, numerous universities, and public interest groups.
Key Databases/Datasets
- ARCS Data in ODES (Ocean Data Evaluation System)
- Region V Sediment Inventory
- National Sediment Inventory (Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy)
Keywords
Algae, Aquatic Plants, Assessment, Bacteria, Contaminants, DDT, Fish, Invertebrates, Mass Balance Modeling, Metals, Models, Organo-metals, PCBs, Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Remediation, Risk Assessment, Sediments, Technologies, Toxic Chemicals, Toxic Cleanup, Human and Environmental Health, Land and Freshwater Resources.