REFERENCES AND ARTICLES Below is a list of documents, articles and links containing guidance and information on sludges and sediments.
2008 Sediment Workshop Presentations EPA General Reports EPA Guidance Brownfields Databases Decision Analysis Dredging Remedial Options Risk Sediment Dating Sediment Stability Sediment Toxicity Specific Sites Additional Resources Allocation Modeling NRD Claims Sediment Transport
EPA General Reports
U.S. EPA, Contaminated Sediment Report to Congress, 2004 U.S. EPA, Final Report - Superfund Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology ("NACEPT"), 2004 U.S. EPA, Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy, 1998
ECO Update/Ground Water Forum Issue Paper - Evaluating Ground-Water/Surface-Water Transition Zones in Ecological Risk Assessments (US EPA, 2008)
EPA Guidance
EPA Can Better Implement Its Strategy for Managing Contaminated Sediments (2006) EPA Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites (2005) Summary and Analysis of U.S. EPA's Sediment Remediation Guidance (2005) Remediation Guidance Document
Brownfields
U.S. EPA, Contaminated Sediment Report to Congress, 2004 Brownfields Federal Programs Guide, U.S. EPA, 2005 EPA Brownfields liability guidance web page EPA web page on “All Appropriate Inquiries” rule
Prospective Environmental Restoration/Restoration Up Front: A Concept for an Incentive-Based Program to Increase Restoration Planning and Implementation in the US (Windward, 2008)
Databases Contaminated Sediment Site Database (if you have problems going to this link, simply copy and paste the link into your browser, http://www.hudsonvoice.com/mcss/form.htm)
Decision Analysis Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Comprehensive Decision Approach for Management of Contaminated Sites (2006) Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Framework for Managing Contaminated Sites (2004) Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Effective Use of Mathematical Models as Decision Tools (QEA, 2007)
Dredging U.S. Army Corps of Engineers literature database on Environmental Effects & Dredging and Disposal (“E2-D2”) U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. (Inland Testing Manual), 1998
Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material - The Regulatory Approach (CH2MHILL)
Case Studies of Environmental Dreging Residuals and Management Implications (Anchor Environmental, 2003)
Designing a Dredge Plan to Accomodate Anticipated Residuals (Anchor Environmental, 2007)
Literature Review of Effects of Resuspended Sediments Due to Dredging Operations (Anchor Environmental, 2003)
Productive Reuse of Dredge Material - Capping a Mercury Contaminated Sediment Site (Anchor Environmental) Remedial Options EPA, National Remedy Review Board web site Palermo et al., Guidance for In-Situ Subaqueous Capping of Contaminated Sediments, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, 1998
Approaches Used for Remedy Selection at Contaminated Sites (ENVIRON)
Key Technical Element for Conducting Remedial Investigations at Superfund Sediment Sites (Winward, 2006)
Natural Attenuation Processes during In Situ Capping (Geosyntec, 2007)
Remediation of DDT - Contaminated Sediment Using a Scour-Resistant Sediment Cap (CH2MHILL)
Spacial and Temporal Evolution of Biogeochemical Processes Following In Situ Capping of Contaminated Sediments (Geosyntec, 2008) Risk EPA, Superfund Risk Assessment website
EPA, A Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems, 2002
EPA, “Principles for Managing Contaminated Sediment Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites,” OSWER Directive 9285.6-08, 2002
EPA, “National Sediment Bioaccumulation Conference Proceedings,”
EPA, Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates – Second Edition, 2000
NOAA, Sediment Quality Guidelines website
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers database on links between sediment concentrations and biological effects
Measurement of Totally Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Sediments and Toxic Units Used for Estimating Risk to Benthic Invertebrates at Manufactured Gas Plant Sites (ENSR, 2006)
Evaluating Post-Remedy and Remedy-Implementation Risks at a PCB-Contaminated Site: Practical Experiences (ENVIRON, 2008)
Importance of Implementation and Residual Risk at a PCB-Contaminated Site: Practical Experiences (ENVIRON, 2005)
Sediment Dating Collection, Analysis, and Age-Dating of Sediment Cores from 56 U.S. Lakes and Reservoirs Sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, (1992-2001)
Determine the Ages of Recent Sediment Using Measurements of Trace Radioactivity (Hewitt W. Jeter) Sediment Stability Sediment Stability Assessment to Evaluate Natural Recovery as a Viable Remedy for Contaminated Sediments (2004)
Evaulating Sediment Stability at sites with Historic Contamination (QEA, 2002)
Sediment Toxicity Report: Management of Mercury Pollution in Sediments (2006) Prediction of Sediment Toxicity using Consensus-based Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines, USGS (2000) Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates, EPA (2000)
Predicting Bioavailability of Sediment Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Hyalella asteca using Equilibrium Partitioning, Supercricial Fluid Extraction, and Pore Water Concentrations (Steven B. Hawthorne, ENSR)
Evaluation of Potential Toxicity and Bioavailability of Chromium in Sediments Associated with Chromite Ore Processing Residue (Integral, 2006)
Specific Sites GE Hudson River Dredging Project website
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fox River website
EPA Housatonic River website
EPA Kalamazoo River website
EPA Region 10 clean-up sites website (includes Commencement Bay – Nearshore Tideflats, Portland Harbor, and Upper Columbia River)
EPA Calcasieu Estuary website
EPA Ashtabula River (Great Lakes Legacy Act) website
Additional Resources
EPA Superfund Sediment Resource Center
EPA, Contaminated Sediments Technical Advisory Group ("CSTAG")
Sediment Management Work Group
SedWeb
Sidley & Austin 2007 Comprehensive Sediment Reference List
2008 Sediment Workshop Presentations
Allocation in a Sediment Case (PPC, M. Low) Benificial Reuse of Dredged Material (CVX, J. Hall) Common Sediment Challenges (CH2MHILL, G. Hicks) Contaminated Sediment SCMs & Remediation (Anchor Envi, D. Keith)
Emerging Trends in Sediment Cases (Anchor, C. Patmont)
Evaluating Source Allocation (QEA, J. Quandrini)
Strategies for Sediment Sites (Beveridge & Diamond, S. Jawetz)
Allocation Allocation in the Sediment Case (Matthew A Low, Project Performance Corp, 2008)
Modeling A Model of PCB Fate in the Upper Hudson River (Connolly, QEA, 2000) Modeling Natural Remediation: Contaminant Fate and Transport (QEA, 2000) Modeling Sediment Transport Dynamics in Thompson Island Pool, Upper Hudson River (QEA, 2000)
Modeling the Environmental Fate and Transport of Metals (QEA, 1997)
NRD Claims Natural Resource Damage Claims at Sediment Sites (Windward, 2006)
Sediment Transport Technical Report: User's Guide of Assessing Sediment Transport at Navy Facilities (A.C. Blake, D.B. Chadwick, 2007)
