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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961760903321

Titolo

Environmental cleanup at Navy facilities : risk-based methods / / Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612082078

9780309173490

0309173493

9781282082076

1282082078

9780309521215

0309521211

9780585057743

0585057745

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

363.738/4

Soggetti

Navy-yards and naval stations - Environmental aspects - United States

Hazardous waste site remediation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Navy under Contract No. N47408-97-C-0234"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary ""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Review of Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""3 Strengths and Weaknesses of Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""4 Uncertainty in Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A Survey of State Risk-Based Decision Making""; ""Appendix B Acronyms""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""

Sommario/riassunto

The fiscal and technological limitations associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites to background conditions have prompted responsible parties to turn to risk-based methods for environmental



rememdiation. Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities reviews and critiques risk-based methods, including those developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Society of Testing and Materials. These critiques lead to the identification of eleven criteria that must be part of any risk-based methodology adopted by the Navy, a responsible party with a large number of complex and heavily contaminated waste sites. January