Technical Resources—Management

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Management at all levels

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US Environmental Protection Agency

• An Overview of Sediment Quality in the United States (PDF) (1987) (11MB)
• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program
• Bioaccumulation Testing and Interpretation for the Purpose of Sediment Quality Assessment: Status and Needs (2000)
• Dredged Materials Management Programs
• Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments Program
• Methods for Assessing the Chronic Toxicity of Marine and Estuarine Sediment-associated Contaminants with the Amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus, First Edition (2001)
• Methods for Collection, Storage and Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and Toxicological Analyses: Technical Manual (2002)
• National Conference on Management and Treatment of Contaminated Sediments (1998)
• National Dredging Team
• National Sediment Bioaccumulation Conference Proceedings (1998)
• New Sediment Decontamination Technology Shows Promise (1999)
• Proceedings of the EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy Forums (PDF) (1992) (14 MB)
• Proceedings of the National Sediment Inventory Workshop, April 26-27, 1994, Washington, D.C. (PDF), August 1, 1994 (16MB)
• Realizing Remediation: A Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities in the Great Lakes Basin (1998)
• Selecting Remediation Techniques for Contaminated Sediment (PDF) (1993)
• The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States: Report to Congress (1997)
• The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States: Report to Congress (2004)

US Army Corps of Engineers

• Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material

US Geological Survey

• 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

• Florida: 1994 Florida Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines (Florida Department of Environmental Protection)
• New York: Technical Guidance for Screening Contaminated Sediments (PDF) (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation)
• Washington: Developing Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria for Cleanup Sites: A Case Study Report