The Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model: The wave of the future

Journal Article · · Hazardous Materials Control; (United States)

OSTI ID:6733798

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The Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM), is the most significant change to the Superfund program since its inception. It will streamline the Superfund process and provide risk-based cleanups at the greatest possible number of sites. The Superfund program has operated within a complex system that was designed in 1980 to accommodate a new and complicated law. Since then, it has been altered to fit the changing expectations of the public and the government. The program has been pulled in several directions to meet the sometimes conflicting interests of various groups; the results have satisfied few. It has become clear that the most important goal of the public - and of anyone involved in the Superfund program - is to promptly and appropriately clean up sites to ensure safety for people, and then to tackle long-term environmental restoration. SACM will achieve this goal. One integral part of SACM will streamline site and risk assessment. Currently, numerous separate studies are conducted during the assessment phase. With one-step site assessment, collected data will be used to serve multiple purposes, significantly reducing the time it takes to get to the cleanup phase.

• OSTI ID: 6733798
• Journal Information: Hazardous Materials Control; (United States), Journal Name: Hazardous Materials Control; (United States) Vol. 5:6; ISSN 0895-3260; ISSN HMCOEF
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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ACCELERATION
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LAWS
POLLUTION LAWS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
US SUPERFUND