Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives

Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1992
Genre: Dredging
ISBN:

This document is intended to serve as a consistent "roadmap" for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel in evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged amterial management alternatives. Specifically, its major objectives are to provide: A general technical framwork for evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged material management, alternatives (open-water disposal, confined (diked) disposal, and beneficial uses). Additional technical guidance to augment present implementation and testing manuals for addressing the environmental acceptability of available management options for the discharge of dredged material in both ope water and confined sites. Enhanced consistency and coordination in USAC/EPA decision making in accordance with Federal environmantl statutes regulating dredged material management.

Guidelines for the Sampling and Analysis of Dredged Material Intended for Disposal at Sea

Guidelines for the Sampling and Analysis of Dredged Material Intended for Disposal at Sea
Author: International Maritime Organization
Publisher: IMO Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2005
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789280141924

The guidance contained in this publication addresses the selection of substances of concern and effects to be determined, field sampling, and physical, chemical and biological analysis, as well as guidelines for the sampling of sediment intended for disposal at sea and the selection and analysis of physical and chemical parameters for the assessment of dredged material quality.--Publisher's description.

Sediment Classification Methods Compendium

Sediment Classification Methods Compendium
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Sediment Oversight Technical Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1992
Genre: Environmental protection
ISBN:

This document is a compendium of scientifically valid and accepted methods that can be used to assess sediment quality and predict ecological impacts...the intent here is to provide the most useful overall measures or predictors of ecological impacts currently in use rather than procedures that may have limited application outside of a particular regulatory framework... parag The information provided in the compendium on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different assessment methods can provide assistance in selecting the appropriate methods.