Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives

Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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This document is intended to serve as a consistent "roadmap" for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel in evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged amterial management alternatives. Specifically, its major objectives are to provide: A general technical framwork for evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged material management, alternatives (open-water disposal, confined (diked) disposal, and beneficial uses). Additional technical guidance to augment present implementation and testing manuals for addressing the environmental acceptability of available management options for the discharge of dredged material in both ope water and confined sites. Enhanced consistency and coordination in USAC/EPA decision making in accordance with Federal environmantl statutes regulating dredged material management.


Dredging, Remediation, and Containment of Contaminated Sediments

Dredging, Remediation, and Containment of Contaminated Sediments

Author: K. R. Demars

Publisher: ASTM International

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0803120281

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Proceedings of the June 1994 title symposium held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and sponsored by the ASTM Committee on Soil and Rock. Papers identify and describe tests, methods, procedures, and materials used in support of dredging, treatment, and containment of contaminated sediments, and focus on


Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) in Dredged Material Management

Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) in Dredged Material Management

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 14

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This technical note describes some major features of the most common methods for calculating sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1997). The note also describes features that limit the utility of SQGs in dredged material management. In light of these limitations, this technical note specifies circumstances in dredged material assessments where SQGs may be technically appropriate and helpful, and describes conditions in which SQGs are not technically appropriate, for dredged material management decisionmaking.