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Regulatory Strategies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Pages: 10 Published: Jan 1995
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View License Agreement A number of federal and state laws may be used to obtain remediation of contaminated sediments in the United States. Until recently, the most prominent approaches at the federal level were the use of Superfund authorities for sites on the National Priority List and navigational dredging activity by the Corps of Engineers. However, with the increasing concern about contaminated sediments, regional offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies have begun to use a greater variety of regulatory approaches, both individually and in combination. These efforts have been particularly evident in the Great Lakes and are now being extended nationwide, as embodied in the EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy. This paper will describe some of the regulatory approaches being applied, case examples in the Great Lakes area, and the expected directions of these efforts, as embodied in the national strategy. | ||
