The National Shipbuilding Research Program: Contaminated Sediment Management Guide for NSRP Shipyards. Appendix 3: Assessment Technologies

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Abstract:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA estimates that about 10 percent of the sediment underlying U.S. lakes, rivers, and bays is sufficiently contaminated with toxic chemicals to pose potential risks. In 1990, EPA was requested to create a national program to address contaminated sediments. In 1997, EPA completed The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States, a report to Congress. In April 1998, EPA released the Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy CSMS. The National Shipbuilding Research Program NSRP Project N1-96-02, Follow the Development and Analyze the Impact of the Federal Guidelines for Sediment Management, was awarded to accomplish the following trace the development of the EPAs CSMS and other sediment management-related activities, identify their impacts on the shipbuilding and repair industry, and develop a Contaminated Sediment Management Guide for NSRP Shipyards. The Management Guide includes 5 appendices that are accessioned separately Appendix 1 Index of Documents Related to Sediment Management, Appendix 2 Shipyard Survey, Appendix 3 Assessment Technologies, Appendix 4 Removal Technologies, and Appendix 5 Treatment Technologies. This document, Appendix 3, briefly reviews the environmental regulations relating to contaminated sediments and current sediment assessment tools. It also contains a 24-page chapter that describes procedures for collecting sediment samples for an integrated sediment assessment physical, chemical, and biological. Topics discussed include the sediment sampling vessel field positioning methods sediment sampling procedures field processing of sediment samples for physical and chemical analyses, benthic community analyses, and toxicity testing and sediment characterization by remote sensing. Basic procedures for the physical and chemical characterization of sediments also are included.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING CO SAN DIEGO CA
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Pagination:
0037

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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NSRP-0551
Monitor Series:
NSWCCD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.5.3_Establish Metrics; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_6.1.2_Wireless Transmission; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.4_Decide
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION, *TOXICITY, *SAMPLING, *REGULATIONS, *UNDERWATER, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *TEST METHODS, *SEDIMENTS, PROCESSING, HEAVY METALS, METALLOIDS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, SHIPYARDS, PESTICIDES, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, REMOTE DETECTION, POSITION FINDING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Sociology and Law, Physical Chemistry, Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods, Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control, Environmental Health and Safety
Keyword(s):
EPA(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY), SQC(SEDIMENT QUALITY CRITERIA), SEDIMENT TOXICITY, SAMPLE PROCESSING, SAMPLING TOOLS, TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION, SEDIMENT ASSESSMENT, TIERED TESTING, *MARINE SEDIMENTS
Report Date:
1999 Oct 22
Creation Date:
2006 Sep 06