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Links and information about contaminated sediment can be found below.

• SedWeb is an online community designed to promote improvements in contaminated sediments management and research. Users who register as a member can join in online discussions of pertinent technical topics, contribute articles to the online library, or place items on the bulletin board. SedWEb is sponsored by the South and Southwest region of the Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRC), a five-center consortium established and supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

• Center for Contaminated Sediments, Army Corps of Engineers

• Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes
  This University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute fact sheet explains how contaminants build up in sediment, how they affect the food chain, why the Great Lakes are suspecptible, and more.

• Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies and Technologies
  Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments, National Research Council

• DOER Technical Notes--Focus Area-Contaminated Sediments, Army Corps of Engineers - This page includes a list of documents providing guidance on testing and evaluating contaminated dredged materials for various beneficial use applications

• GLIN's Contaminated Sediments page
  Links to numerous resources and information regarding soil contamination in the Great Lakes basin.

• Identifying and Assessing the Economic Benefits of Contaminated Aquatic Sediment Cleanup
  DRAFT-Work In Progress. Prepared by the Sediment Priority Action Committee (SedPAC) of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, August, 1999

• Sediment Management for Ecosystem Recovery
  This fact sheet identifies the contaminated sediment problem, emphasizes the need for a better understanding of the relationships between contaminated sediment and beneficial use impairments, and states the importance of monitoring the ecological effectiveness of contaminated sediment remediation after cleanup has taken place. Prepared by the SedPAC of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, August, 1999.

• Deciding When to Intervene: Data Interpretation Tools for Making Sediment Management Decisions Beyond Source Control
  This report synthesizes and interprets the scientific methodologies and management practices that are used to make sediment management decisions, provides advice on the use of scientific data interpretation tools, and discusses approaches for evaluating the degree to which an intervention for sediment cleanup is ecologically compelling. The report is based on a Workshop to Evaluate Data Interpretation Tools used to Make Sediment Management Decisions held at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on December 1-2, 1998. Prepared by the SedPAC of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, 1999.

• Ecological Benefits of Contaminated Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes Basin
  This report examines ecological effects of contaminated sediment, sediment contamination and remediation in the Great Lakes, measurements of ecological benefits, and also presents advice to managers and researchers on future evaluation of ecological effectiveness of sediment remediation. Prepared by the SedPAC of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water Quality Board, August, 1999.

• Three Case Studies, International Joint Commission
  The International Joint Commission Water Quality Board's SedPAC have prepared three case studies on the environmental benefits of sediment remediation in the Great Lakes.

• Overcoming Obstacles to Sediment Remediation in the Great Lakes Basin
  Also prepared by the SedPAC; summarizes the contaminated sediment problem, specifies key obstacles, and identifies options to address these obstacles.

• Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments Program, USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office

  • Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program
    
    
  • Guidance for In-Situ Subaqueous Capping of Contaminated Sediments provides technical guidance for subaqueous, in-situ capping as a remediation option for contaminated sediments. The document describes in-situ capping, identifies the design requirements of an in-situ capping project, and recommends a sequence for design. Guidance is also provided on sediment characterization, cap design, equipment and placement techniques, and monitoring and management considerations.
    
    
  • Hazard Ranking of Contaminated Sediments
    
    
  • Moving Mud!: Remediating Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments
    
    
  • Realizing Remediation: A Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities in the Great Lakes Basin
    
    
  • R/V Mudpuppy: a boat specifically designed for sediment sampling in shallow rivers and harbor. Mudpuppy is used to perform assessments to characterize the nature and extent of sediment contamination at Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
    

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