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US Environmental Protection Agency
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- Bioaccumulation Testing and Interpretation for the Purpose of Sediment Quality Assessment: Status and Needs (2000)
- EPA Region 10's Marine Sediment Data Page
- EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy (1998)
- Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal
- Managing Contaminated Sediments: EPA Decision-Making Processes (1990) (PDF, 6 MB)
- Methods for Assessing the Chronic Toxicity of Marine and Estuarine Sediment-associated Contaminants with the Amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus, First Edition (2001)
- Methods for Assessing the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Estuarine and Marine Amphipods (PDF), June 1, 1994 (10 MB)
- Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates (PDF), June 1, 1994 (15 MB)
- Moving Mud: Remediating Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments (1997)
- National Conference on Management and Treatment of Contaminated Sediments (1998)
- National Sediment Bioaccumulation Conference Proceedings (1998)
- National Sediment Inventory 2004: Appendix C—Screening Values for Chemicals Evaluated (PDF) (213-246pp., 10.0 MB)
- An Overview of Sediment Quality in the United States (PDF) (1987) (11MB)
- Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: Dieldrin (PDF) (75 pp., 9.6 MB)
- Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: Endrin (PDF) (73 pp., 7 MB)
- Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: Metal Mixtures (Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver, and Zinc) (PDF) (121 pp, 3.0MB)
- Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: PAH Mixtures (PDF) (175 pp., 3.5 MB)
- Publications: Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates—Second Edition (2000)
- Realizing Remediation: A Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities in the Great Lakes Basin (1998)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
US Geological Survey
- Contaminated-Sediment Database Development and Assessment in Boston Harbor
- MacDonald DD, Ingersoll CG. 2002a. A guidance manual to support the assessment of contaminated sediments in freshwater ecosystems. Volume I: An ecosystem-based framework for assessing and managing contaminated sediments, EPA-905-B02-001-A (PDF), USEPA Great Lakes National Program, Office, Chicago, IL. (145 pp., 9.6 MB)
- Prediction of Sediment Toxicity using Consensus-based Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines (US Geological Survey and five other collaborating organizations)
- Sediment Effect Concentration (SEC) Database
- Sediment Effect Concentrations
- Sediment Effects Concentrations and Contaminated Sediments
International
States
- California: Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force
- Florida: 1994 Florida Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines (Florida Department of Environmental Protection)
- Minnesota: 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: Washington Department of Ecology Sediment Management Program
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin's Contaminated Sediment Program