Guidance Documents, Fact Sheets and Policies
Presented below are the EPA guidance documents, fact sheets and policies relating to contaminated sediments at Superfund sites.
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- Use of Amendments for In Situ Remediation at Superfund Sediment Sites (PDF)
(61 pp, 604KB) - Guidelines for Using Passive Samplers to Monitor Organic Contaminants at Superfund Sediment Sites -
Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) #3 (2012) (PDF)
(32 pp, 1.6MB) - Understanding the Use of Models in Predicting the Effectiveness of Proposed Remedial Actions at Superfund Sites
(36 pp, 1.8M) - Changes to the Roles and Responsibilities of the Contaminated Sediments Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG) (PDF)
(4 pp, 952K) - Using Fish Tissue Data to Monitor Remedy Effectiveness -
Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) #1 (2008) (PDF)
(14 pp, 391K) -
Response to Regional Request Regarding Sediment Cleanup at May 2008 Superfund Division Directors Meeting (PDF)
(25 pp, 4.2MB) - Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites (2005)
- Guidelines for the OSRTI Review of Consideration Memos on Tier 1 Sediment Sites (2004) (PDF)
(5 pp, 34K) - OSRTI Sediment Team and NRRB Coordination at Large Sediment Sites (2004) (PDF)
(3 pp, 116K) - Principles for Managing Contaminated Sediment Risks at
Hazardous Waste Sites (2002) (PDF)
(11 pp, 70K) - Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk Management Principles for
Superfund Sites (1999) (PDF)
(9 pp, 1MB) - Integrating Water and Waste Programs to Restore Watersheds: A Guide for Federal and State Project Managers
Other Relevant Documents Relating to Contaminated Sediment Sites
The documents or links to documents below are not necessarily Superfund or sediment specific, but they may be useful to the Remedial Project Manager working on a contaminated sediment site.
- Interactive Sediment Remedy Assessment Portal: online tool to aid RPMs to develop monitoring programs at Superfund contaminated sediment sites.
- Sediment Treatment Report ERDC, March 2011 (PDF)
(286 pp, 14.6MB) - Technical Guide: Monitored Natural Recovery at Contaminated Sediment Sites, ESTCP Project ER-0622, May 2009 (PDF)
(276 pp, 5MB) - Technical Guidelines for Environmental Dredging of Contaminated Sediments (PDF)
(302 pp, 5MB) - Rapid Sediment Characterization Tools, 2008 (PDF)
(41 pp, 976K) - User's Guide for Assessing Sediment Transport at navy Facilities, 2007 (PDF)
(164 pp,4.43MB) - The Four Rs of Environmental Dredging: Resuspension, Release, Residual, and Risk (PDF)
(64 pp, 634K) - Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites - Assessing the Effectiveness (PDF)
(316 pp, 9.8MB) - MOU Between EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and Navy for Collaboration on Contaminated
Sediments Research (2007) (PDF)
(4 pp, 674K) - Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for Use in Fish Advisories
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Implementation Guide for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediment at Navy Facilities (March 2003) (PDF)
(153 pp, 2.2MB)
- Guidance Manuals to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments
in Freshwater Ecosystems (2002)
- U.S. EPA Office of Water: Methods for Collection, Storage and Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and Toxicological Analyses: Technical Manual (2002)
- U.S. EPA Office of Water: Methods for Sampling and Analyzing Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish Tissue (2000)
- Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (1997)
- Additional Tools for Ecological Risk Assessment
- Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy (1998)