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Presented below are the EPA guidance documents, fact sheets and policies relating to contaminated sediments at Superfund sites.

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• Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites
• Principles for Managing Contaminated Sediment Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites (PDF)(11 pp, 70 K)
• Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk Management Principles for Superfund Sites (PDF)(9 pp, 1 MB)
• Coordinating Water, Superfund, and Enforcement Programs:
  • Promoting Water, Superfund, and Enforcement Collaboration on Contaminated Sediments (PDF)(3 pp, 1 MB)
  • A Primer for Remedial Project Managers on Water Quality Standards and the Regulation of Combined Sewage Overflows under the Clean Water Act, SAMS # 4 (PDF)(23 pp, 3.2 MB)
  • Integrating Water and Waste Programs to Restore Watersheds: A Guide for Federal and State Project Managers
• Technical Resource Document on Monitored Natural Recovery (PDF)(251 pp, 355 K)
• Use of Amendments for In Situ Remediation at Superfund Sediment Sites (PDF)(61 pp, 604 K)
• Passive Sampling:
  • Infographic on Passive Sampling (PDF)(2 pp, 7.2 MB)
  • Passive Sampler Webinar (Clu-In module on how and why to use Passive Samplers, 2 hours long)
  • Guidelines for Using Passive Samplers to Monitor Organic Contaminants at Superfund Sediment Sites - Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) #3 (PDF)(32 pp, 1.6 MB)
• Understanding the Use of Models in Predicting the Effectiveness of Proposed Remedial Actions at Superfund Sites – Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) #2 (PDF) (36 pp, 1.8 MB)
• Using Fish Tissue Data to Monitor Remedy Effectiveness - Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) #1 (PDF)(14 pp, 391 K)
• OSRTI Sediment Team and NRRB Coordination at Large Sediment Sites (PDF)(3 pp, 116 K)
• Changes to the Roles and Responsibilities of the Contaminated Sediments Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG) (PDF)(4 pp, 952 K)
• Guidelines for the OSRTI Review of Consideration Memos on Tier 1 Sediment Sites (PDF)(5 pp, 34 K)
• Response to Regional Request Regarding Sediment Cleanup at May 2008 Superfund Division Directors Meeting (PDF)(25 pp, 4.2 MB)

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Other Relevant Documents Relating to Contaminated Sediment Sites

The documents or links to documents below are not necessarily Superfund or sediment specific, but they may be useful to the Remedial Project Manager working on a contaminated sediment site.

• Technical Guidelines on Performing a Sediment Erosion and Deposition Assessment (SEDA) at Superfund Sites (PDF)(183 pp, 8.7 MB)
• Interactive Sediment Remedy Assessment Portal: online tool to aid RPMs to develop monitoring programs at Superfund contaminated sediment sites Exit
• Sediment Treatment Report ERDC,  March 2011 (PDF)(286 pp, 14.6 MB)
• Technical Guide: Monitored Natural Recovery at Contaminated Sediment Sites, ESTCP Project ER-0622 (PDF)(276 pp, 5 MB)
• Technical Guidelines for Environmental Dredging of Contaminated Sediments (PDF)(302 pp, 5 MB)
• Rapid Sediment Characterization Tools (PDF)(41 pp, 976 K)
• User's Guide for Assessing Sediment Transport at navy Facilities (PDF)(164 pp, 4.4 MB)
• The Four Rs of Environmental Dredging: Resuspension, Release, Residual, and Risk (PDF)(64 pp, 634 K)
• Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites - Assessing the Effectiveness (PDF)(316 pp, 9.8 MB)
• MOU Between EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and Navy for Collaboration on Contaminated Sediments Research (PDF)(4 pp, 674 K)
• Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for Use in Fish Advisories
• Implementation Guide for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediment at Navy Facilities (PDF)(153 pp, 2.2 MB)
• Guidance Manuals to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems
• U.S. EPA Office of Water: Methods for Collection, Storage and Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and Toxicological Analyses: Technical Manua
• U.S. EPA Office of Water: Methods for Sampling and Analyzing Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish Tissue
• Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
• AdditionalTools for Ecological Risk Assessment
• Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy

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