Contaminated Sediments Program
Monitoring Links
Reports and Publications
I. Guidance Documents
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A Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated
Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems
- Volume I - An Ecosystem-Based Framework for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediments [PDF 997KB, 149pps]
- Volume II - Design and Implementation of Sediment Quality Investigations [PDF 1.31MB, 136pps]
- Volume III - Interpretation of the Results of Sediment Quality Investigations [PDF 1.64MB, 232pps]
- ARCS Assessment Guidance Document
- ARCS Final Summary Report
- ARCS Remediation Guidance Document
- Cleaning Up Contaminated Sediment--A Citizen's Guide
- Project Summary: Quality Assurance Program Plan
- Risk Assessment and Modeling Overview Document
- Guidance for In-Situ Subaqueous Capping of Contaminated Sediments (EPA 905-B96-004)
II. Site Characterization/Risk Assessment Reports
- Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Slip C, Duluth Harbor, Minnesota
- Assessment of Sediment Quality in the Black River Watershed
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Ashtabula River, Ohio, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Buffalo River, New York, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Grand Calumet River/Indiana, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Saginaw River, Michigan, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risks Resulting from PCB Contamination at the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Area of Concern
- Contaminants in Sediment Samples from Waukegan Harbor, Illinois
- Ecological Screening-Level Risk Assessment of the Lower Ottawa River
- Evaluating Ecosystems Results
of PCB Control Measures Within the Detroit River-Western Lake Erie
Basin
[PDF 2119Kb, 134 pages] - Phase II Investigation of Sediment Contamination in White Lake
- Preliminary Investigation of the Extent and Effects of Sediment Contamination in White Lake, Michigan
- Preliminary Investigation of the Extent of Sediment Contamination in the Lower Grand River
- Preliminary Investigation of the Extent of Sediment Contamination in Manistee Lake
- Preliminary Investigation of the Extent of Sediment Contamination in Muskegon Lake
- Sheboygan River Food Chain and Sediment Contaminant Assessment
- Investigation of Sediment Contamination in the Lower Grand River
III. Technology Demonstration Reports
- An In Situ Laser-Induced Fluorescence System for Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sediments
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Bioremediation for the Treatment of Sediments from the Ashtabula, Buffalo, Saginaw and Sheboygan Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of RCC's Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment (B.E.S.T.®) Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo, Saginaw, and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sediment Treatment Technologies--Summary Report
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of SoilTech's Anaerobic Thermal Process Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of ReTeC's Thermal Desorption Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula River
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Zimpro's Wet Air Oxidation Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Grand Calumet River
- Mineral Processing Pretreatment of Contaminated Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Sediment Washing for the Treatment of Saginaw River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Solvent Extraction for the Treatment of Grand Calumet River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Ashtabula River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Buffalo River Sediments
IV. Remediation Reports
- Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing & Evaluation Manual
- Health of Bullhead in an Urban Fishery After Remedial Dredging
- Moving Mud - Remediating Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments
- October 2000 and August 2002 - Survey of Sediment Contamination in the Chicago River - Chicago, Illinois
- Remediation of Contaminated Sediment at the Unnamed Tributary to the Ottawa River
- Realizing Remediation I
- Realizing Remediation II
- Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes
V. Public Outreach Reports
VI. Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program Documents (Table of Contents and Abstract)
A. Human Health
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Ashtabula River, Ohio, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Buffalo River, New York, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Grand Calumet River/Indiana, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Saginaw River, Michigan, Area of Concern
- Baseline Human Health Risks Resulting from PCB Contamination at the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Area of Concern
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Bioremediation for the Treatment of Sediments from the Ashtabula, Buffalo, Saginaw and Sheboygan Rivers
B. Bench Scale Testing
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of RCC's Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment (B.E.S.T.®) Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo, Saginaw, and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sediment Treatment Technologies--Summary Report
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of SoilTech's Anaerobic Thermal Process Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo and Grand Calumet Rivers
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of ReTeC's Thermal Desorption Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula River
- Bench-Scale Evaluation of Zimpro's Wet Air Oxidation Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Grand Calumet River
C. Information Summaries
- An Evaluation of Solidification/Stabilization Technology for Buffalo River Sediment
- Biological and Chemical Assessment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediment
- Hazard Ranking of Contaminated Sediment Based on Chemical Analysis, Laboratory Toxicity Tests, and Benthic Community Structure: Method of Prioritizing Sites for Remedial Action
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Ashtabula River, Ohio
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Buffalo River, New York
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Grand Calumet River, Indiana
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay
- Information Summary, Area of Concern: Sheboygan River, Wisconsin
- Model Data Requirements and Mass Loading Estimates for the Buffalo River Mass Balance Study
D. Pilot-Scales
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Sediment Washing for the Treatment of Saginaw River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Solvent Extraction for the Treatment of Grand Calumet River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Ashtabula River Sediments
- Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Buffalo River Sediments
- Pollutant Loadings to the Buffalo River Area of Concern from Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites
- Review and Synthesis of Bioassessment Methodologies for Freshwater Contaminated Sediments
- Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes
The ARCS Program had the following objectives:
- Assess the nature and extent of bottom sediment contamination at selected Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AoCs);
- Demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of selected remedial options; and,
- Provide guidance on contaminated sediment problems and remedial alternatives in the AoCs and other locations in the Great Lakes.
Major findings and recommendations of the ARCS Program included the following:
- Use of an integrated sediment assessment approach, incorporating chemical analyses, toxicity testing, and benthic community surveys, is essential to define the magnitude and extent of sediment contamination at a site;
- Risk assessment and modeling activities are valuable techniques for evaluating the impacts of contaminated sediments;
- Numerous treatment technologies are effective in removing or destroying sediment contaminants; and,
- Broad public outreach and education are critical in any sediment assessment and remediation study.