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Key EPA Ground Water Guidances and Reports
The topics below link to lists of key EPA ground water guidances and selected other reports on ground water which are used frequently by Superfund Remedial Project Managers. The lists may be accessed by topic below, or download a PDF version of all lists (44 K, 20 pp, About PDF).
A link to an electronic copy of the document is indicated by an underlined Web address. EPA employees can order free paper copies of EPA documents through the EPA Superfund Docket Center at (202) 566-0276. Members of the public can order free paper copies of documents from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) or (800) 490-9198. When free copies are not available, NSCEP will refer the requestor to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) 
, which offers paper documents for a fee. NTIS can also be contacted by phone at (800) 553-NTIS.
- Alternate Concentration Limits (ACL's)
- ARARs (Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements)
- Brownfields
- Ground Water Task Force
- In-Situ Treatment / Innovative Technologies
- Monitored Natural Attenuation
- Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLS)
- Optimization of Pump and Treat Remedies
- Performance Evaluation / Close-Out
- Phased Approach
- Pump & Treat Remediation
- Reinjection of Ground Water for Remediation
- Remedy Selection / RODS
- Removal Action
- Site Assessment / Site Characterization
- Technical Impracticability
- Use Determinations
See also:
"Handbook of Groundwater Protection and Cleanup Policies for RCRA Corrective Action," Updated April 2004.
OSWER/OSW publication EPA 530-R-04-030, 102 p.
Available on-line from OSWER. (HTML)
The handbook provides EPA guidance on many of the ground water topics listed above in a question and answer format. Although this document was developed for the RCRA Corrective Action program, it provides information useful to all cleanup programs. Many of the source documents cited in the handbook were developed for the Superfund program. The on-line version contains hot links to the referenced source documents.
Other information concerning the RCRA Corrective Action Program
(HTML)
This includes program guidance, rules & regulations, and other resources.
CLU-IN: EPA's Hazardous Waste Cleanup Information
This Web site provides a comprehensive source of on-line and downloadable information about site remediation and field analytical technologies, including those pertaining to ground water, developed by EPA's Technology Innovation Office. In addition, users may subscribe on-line to a list server that e-mails subscribers monthly announcements of recent documents, training, and conferences related to site assessment and remediation. The Web site is updated daily with information of value to technology users, developers, and providers. Also available from the EPA's Technical Support Project is Ground Water Forum Web Site which contains publications on various ground water issues developed by a network of EPA Remedial Project Managers, Corrective Action Staff, and On-Scene Coordinators together with EPA's research scientists.
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