Contaminated Sediments — Web References
Remediation of Contaminated Sediments

Note: The following links will take you out of the MPCA's website.

Great Lakes National Program Office (of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Program.  Remediation Guidance Document

• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Report.  See this website for several remediation technology-related documents.

• Moving Mud.  Remediating Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments

• Realizing Remediation.  A Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities in the Great Lakes Basin

• Realizing Remediation II. An Updated Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities at Great Lakes Areas of Concern

• Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy: 2009 Biennial Report.  See chapter 7 on Sediment Remediation Challenge.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites

• National Conference on Management and Treatment of Contaminated Sediments.  Proceedings.  Cincinnati, Ohio, May 13-14, 1997.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Program

• Long Term Effects of Dredging Operations (LEDO) Program

• The Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory's Dredging Activities 

U.S. Department of Defense

• Monitoring Natural Recovery at Contaminated Sediment Sites

Nonprofit organizations

• Cleaning Up Contaminated Sediments - A Citizen's Guide (Lake Michigan Federation)

International Joint Commission

• Sediment Remediation Case Studies [Sediment Priority Action Committee (SedPac)]

• Overcoming Obstacles to Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes [Sediment Priority Action Committee (SedPac)]

• Ecological Benefits of Contaminated Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes Basin  [Sediment Priority Action Committee (SedPac)]

• Beacons of Light, Successful Strategies Toward Restoration in Areas of Concern

Other

• Deciding About Sediment Remediation. A step-by-step guide to making the decisions (Wisconsin Sea Grant)

• Remediation Research Laboratory; Harbor Sediment Remediation (U.S. Navy)

• Great Lakes Dredging Team

• Sediment Decontamination Technology Demonstration Program (New Jersey Department of Transportation)

• New York/New Jersey Harbor Sediment Decontamination Project (Multiple Agency Project)