Strategies for Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites: Fast-Tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making

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ISBN: 9781566702379 | 1566702372
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Copyright: 12/29/1997

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This book brings together technical and regulatory information crucial to environmental professionals, policy developers, and legal staff. Readers will learn how to improve environmental performance and hasten decision making, reduce costs, expedite actions, and revitalize a slowing industry. Strategies for improving communication and teamwork to help projects run smoothly are also discussed.-- Tables listing remedial and investigative technologies provide readers with a simple, yet comprehensive information source to identify and consider innovative technologies-- More than 60 figures showing the process and approach used to accelerate cleanup help readers understand and grasp the issues related to complex decision making-- Information presented on trust, communication, and teamwork related to technical decision making in the environmental industry offer approaches that improve internal and external communication, foster trust, and establish teamwork on projects

1 Introduction

(14)

1.1 Reasons for Accelerating Cleanup and Streamlining Decision Making

(2)

1.2 Who Should Read This Book

(2)

1.2.1 What Kind of Book is This?

(1)

1.3 Fundamental Principles

(6)

1.3.1 Risk and Decision Making

(1)

1.3.2 The Scientific Method

(1)

1.3.3 Strategy and Approach

(2)

1.3.4 Investigation and Cleanup Technology

(1)

1.3.5 The Human Element

(1)

1.4 Book Organization

(3)

2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(64)

2.1 EPA'S Information Transfer and Technology Demonstration Programs

(8)

2.1.1 Remedial Technologies

(3)

2.1.2 Accelerated Investigation

(4)

2.2 CERCLA Early Actions and Accelerated Cleanup

(34)

2.2.1 Removal Actions

(8)

2.2.2 Interim Remedial Actions

(1)

2.2.3 Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model

(5)

2.2.4 Integrated Investigations

(4)

2.2.5 Presumptive Remedies and Plug-In Remedies

(6)

2.2.6 The Record of Decision

(7)

2.2.7 Superfund Case Study for Accelerated Cleanup

(3)

2.3 RCRA and Other EPA Programs

(19)

2.3.1 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

(1)

2.3.2 RCRA Corrective Actions

(10)

2.3.3 USTs and RCRA

(1)

2.3.4 RCRA Waste Minimization

(1)

2.3.5 Integration of Environmental Programs

(3)

2.3.6 Evaluating the Impracticability of Groundwater Cleanup

(2)

2.3.7 Additional EPA Information

(1)

2.4 References

(2)

3 U.S. Department of Defense and Military Branches

(66)

3.1 Department of Defense

(27)

3.1.1 The Environmental Security Program

(2)

3.1.2 Lead Agency Responsibility

(1)

3.1.3 Budgeting as a Means of Fast-tracking Cleanup

(2)

3.1.4 DoD's Aggressive Approach for Site Cleanup

(1)

3.1.5 Base Realignment and Closure

(10)

3.1.6 Establishing Partnerships and Enhancing Community Involvement

(2)

3.1.7 Community Outreach Programs

(1)

3.1.8 Determination of Land Use

(1)

3.1.9 Measuring Progress at DoD Installations

(3)

3.1.10 Road to ROD

102

(4)

3.2 U.S. Air Force

106

(22)

3.2.1 The Air Force's Installation Restoration Program and Accelerated Cleanup

106

(7)

3.2.2 Air Force Center For Environmental Excellence

113

(15)

3.3 U.S. Navy

128

(14)

3.3.1 Navy Environmental Leadership Program

129

(1)

3.3.2 Integrated Project Schedules

130

(9)

3.3.3 Developing a Comprehensive Scope of Work

139

(2)

3.3.4 Accelerated Scheduling

141

(1)

3.4 U.S. Army

142

(1)

3.5 References

143

(2)

4 U.S. Department of Energy

145

(28)

4.1 Office of Environmental Management

147

(1)

4.2 OEM Environmental Restoration Program

148

(13)

4.2.1 OEM's Environmental Restoration Strategy and Accomplishments

148

(13)

4.3 Office of Health and Environmental Research

161

(10)

4.3.1 Overview of the NABIR Program

161

(10)

4.4 References

171

(2)

5 State and Local Environmental Programs

173

(32)

5.1 Research Programs

174

(4)

5.2 Voluntary Cleanup and Negotiating Actions under State Programs

178

(4)

5.2.1 Addressing Voluntary Actions from a Cultural and Flexibility Perspective

179

(3)

5.3 State Underground Storage Tank Programs

182

(12)

5.3.1 Acceleration through Preventing Future UST Releases

183

(2)

5.3.2 Considerations for Pilot Cleanup Technologies and Actions during UST Removals

185

(9)

5.4 Western Governors Association

194

(4)

5.4.1 Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation Working Group Findings

194

(4)

5.5 State Abandoned Mine Reclamation Programs

198

(3)

5.5.1 Case Study -- Montana's Approach for Abandoned Mine Reclamation

199

(2)

5.6 Developing Flexible Record of Decisions under CERCLA

201

(1)

5.6.1 Case Study -- Streamside Tailings Project

201

(1)

5.7 California Base Closure Environmental Committee

202

(2)

5.8 References

204

(1)

6 Private Sector, Professional Organizations, and Concepts of Innovative Solutions

205

(50)

6.1 Observational Approach

206

(11)

6.1.1 Observational Method

206

(8)

6.1.2 Sequential Risk Mitigation

214

(3)

6.2 Risk-Based Cleanup Approach

217

(4)

6.2.1 Other ASTM Standards

220

(1)

6.3 Computer Modeling

221

(9)

6.3.1 Modeling Techniques and Decision Making

222

(8)

6.4 Geophysical Tools and Applications

230

(16)

6.4.1 Selecting and Planning Geophysical Applications

231

(8)

6.4.2 Case Study -- Electromagnetic Offset Logging

239

(7)

6.5 Innovative Technologies and Approaches

246

(7)

6.5.1 General Concepts of Environmental Innovation

246

(2)

6.5.2 Concepts of Innovative Technologies

248

(2)

6.5.3 Concepts of Innovative Approaches

250

(3)

6.6 References

253

(2)

7 Communication, Teamwork, Leadership, and Trust

255

(28)

7.1 General Concepts

255

(4)

7.1.1 Evidence Supporting the Need to Value People in the Environmental Profession

256

(3)

7.1.2 Science-Based Information

259

(1)

7.2 Communication

259

(8)

7.2.1 The Learning Process

260

(1)

7.2.2 Understanding Basic Dialogue

261

(3)

7.2.3 Communicating Success and Failure

264

(1)

7.2.4 I and Thou Concepts

264

(1)

7.2.5 Behavior Styles and Gender Differences

265

(2)

7.3 Teamwork

267

(6)

7.3.1 Mission and Vision

267

(2)

7.3.2 Partnership Models

269

(3)

7.3.3 Empowerment and Accountability

272

(1)

7.4 Leadership

273

(6)

7.4.1 Leadership Skills

275

(4)

7.5 Trust

279

(1)

7.6 People Training and Intervention

280

(1)

7.7 References

281

(2)

8 Strategic Planning and Lowering Environmental Costs

283

(46)

8.1 Strategic Planning

284

(32)

8.1.1 External Strategy Development and Implementation Process

286

(1)

8.1.2 Large-Scale Strategy Elements for Accelerating and Streamlining Environmental Projects

287

(10)

8.1.3 Small-Scale Strategy for Accelerating and Streamlining Environmental Projects

297

(4)

8.1.4 Strategic Plan

301

(1)

8.1.5 Brownfields and Environmental Strategic Planning

302

(14)

8.2 Lowering Environmental Costs

316

(12)

8.2.1 Reducing Remediation Costs

319

(3)

8.2.2 Remedial Performance Evaluations

322

(2)

8.2.3 Property Tax Reduction

324

(3)

8.2.4 Increasing Efficiency by Understanding What Motivates People

327

(1)

8.3 References

328

(1)

Appendix A Environmental Resource Guide

329

(22)

Appendix B Completed U.S. EPA Site Measuring and Monitoring Technologies Evaluation Projects As of 1994

351

(4)

Appendix C Remediation Technology Matrix

355

(66)

Index

421

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Strategies for Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites: Fast-Tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making

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