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Sediment Quality Guidelines

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Environmental Protection Agency

• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program
• Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal
• The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States: Report to Congress (1997)
• Managing Contaminated Sediments: EPA Decision-Making Processes (1990) (PDF, 6MB)
• QA/QC Guidance for Sampling and Analysis of Sediments, Water, and Tissues for Dredged Material Evaluation: Chemical Evaluations (1995) (PDF, 18MB)
• Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: PAH Mixtures (PDF) (175 pp, 3.5MB)
• Sediment Classification Methods Compendium (1992)(PDF) (21MB)

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

• Publications and Technical Documents
• Screening Quick Reference Tables
• Sediment Guidelines
• Sediment Quality Guidelines Developed for the National Status and Trends Program

US Army Corps of Engineers

• Dredging Operations Technical Support Program Publications
• Dredging Operations Technical Support Program Guidance Documents

US Geological Survey

• Prediction of Sediment Toxicity using Consensus-based Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines (US Geological Survey and five other collaborating organizations)
• Summary of Discussions During the Interactive Short Course on "Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines in the Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sediments." Presented before the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in San Francisco, CA on Nov. 16, 1997 (Science Advisory Group on Sediment Quality Assessment)

States

• California: Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force
• 1994 Florida Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines (Florida Department of Environmental Protection)
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency—Contaminated Sediments
• New York: Technical Guidance for Screening Contaminated Sediments (PDF) (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation)
• Washington: Sediment Quality Chemical Criteria
• Washington: Developing Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria for Cleanup Sites: A Case Study Report
• Washington Department of Ecology Sediment Management Program
• Wisconsin's Contaminated Sediment Program

International

• Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines
• List of Canadian Sediment Quality Guideline Publications
• Summary Tables: Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life

Other

• Sediment Management Work Group