Coupling risk-based remediation with innovative technology
- Boelter and Yates Inc., Park Ridge, IL (United States)
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
- Hazardous Substance and Waste Management Research Inc., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Tiered risk-based cleanup approaches have been effectively used at petroleum sites, pesticide sites and other commercial/industrial facilities. For example, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has promulgated guidance for a Tiered Approach to Corrective action Objectives (TACO) to establish site-specific remediation goals for contaminated soil and groundwater. As in the case of many other state programs, TACO is designed to provide for adequate protection of human health and the environment based on potential risks posed by site conditions. It also incorporates site-related information that may allow more cost-effective remediation. IEPA developed TACO to provide flexibility to site owners/operators when formulating site-specific remediation activities, as well as to hasten property redevelopment to return sites to more productive use. Where appropriate, risk-based cleanup objectives as set by TACO-type programs may be coupled with innovative remediation technologies such as air sparging, bioremediation and soil washing.
- OSTI ID:
- 624076
- Journal Information:
- Pollution Engineering, Journal Name: Pollution Engineering Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 30; ISSN PLENBW; ISSN 0032-3640
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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