Superfund Remedial Design and Remedial Action Guidance

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Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986 - Environmental policy
 

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Page 3 - ... contaminated materials, recycling or reuse, diversion, destruction, segregation of reactive wastes, dredging or excavations, repair or replacement of leaking containers, collection of leachate and runoff, onsite treatment or incineration, provision of alternative water supplies, and any monitoring reasonably required to assure that such actions protect the public health and welfare and the environment. The term includes the costs of permanent relocation of residents and businesses and community...
Page 3 - remedy" or "remedial action" means those actions consistent with permanent remedy taken instead of or in addition to removal actions in the event of a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance into the environment, to prevent or minimize the release of hazardous substances so that they do not migrate to cause substantial danger to present or future public health or welfare or the environment. The term includes, but is not limited...
Page 3 - ... hazardous substances so that they do not migrate to cause substantial danger to present or future public health or welfare or the environment. The term includes, but is not limited to, such actions at the location of the release as storage, confinement, perimeter protection using dikes, trenches, or ditches, clay cover, neutralization, cleanup of released hazardous substances...
Page 2-44 - EPA in consultation with the State has determined that responsible parties have completed cleanup such that no publicly funded response actions will be required.
Page 5 - ORDER (JUNE 1965) (a) The Contracting Officer may, at any time, by written order to the Contractor , require the Contractor to stop all, or any part, of the work called for by this contract for a period of ninety (90...
Page 2-16 - Fair market value is the price in cash, or its equivalent, for which the property would have been sold on the open market. (21) Health and safety plan. A plan that specifies the procedures that are sufficient to protect on-site personnel and surrounding communities from the physical, chemical, and/or biological hazards of the site. The health and safety plan outlines: (i) Site hazards; (ii) Work areas and site control procedures...
Page 5 - Facility means all contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units (eg, one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or combinations of them).
Page 13 - Office of Research and Development Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Protected area PicoCuries per liter Publicly owned treatment works Personal protective equipment Parts per million PRC Environmental Management, Inc.
Page xi - The guidance document has been developed to assist agencies and parties who plan, administer, and manage remedial design (RD) and remedial action (RA) at Superfund sites. The guidance document has been developed primarily for use by remedial project managers, state project officers, US Army Corps of Engineers personnel and responsible parties. The document is organized to reflect the general sequence of events that occurs prior to, during, and after remedial design and remedial action at...

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