RCRA Corrective Action ground-water remediation strategy

Conference · · Ground Water; (United States)

OSTI ID:5897223

Bartenfelder, D C; Tomassoni, G A; Myers, V B ^[1]

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1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's RCRA Corrective Action Program is supporting a ground-water remediation strategy that is biased to taking early actions at the highest priority sites and conducting the investigation and remedial actions in a phased approach. The Corrective Action Program appreciates the need to attack ground-water remediations in the most effective and resource efficient manner and to account for uncertainty in setting remedial expectations. By prioritizing and phasing investigations and remedial actions, the limited resources of the regulatory and regulated communities can be focused in a directed manner. This focused and phased approach will allow for more directed investigations, which will result in more judicious remedial actions. In October 1991, EPA proposed the RCRA Corrective Action Stabilization Initiative. This initiative was designed to expedite remediation by focusing on the prioritization of facilities and SWMUs. High priority units, resulting in the greatest environmental benefit from early actions, will be evaluated early in the corrective action investigation phases. The Stabilization philosophy is a logical first step in Corrective Action, especially at complex sites. Setting ground-water remedial goals based on limited facility information, which might be unattainable, does not lend credibility to the program in the eyes of the public. The result of the philosophy embraced by the RCRA Corrective Action Program is to maximize the environmental benefits by making the best ground-water remedial decisions based on the knowledge of the conditions, but at the same time considering the uncertainty present at the facility.

• OSTI ID: 5897223
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310166--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Ground Water; (United States) Journal Volume: 31:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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