Overview

Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites: Fast-tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making presents truly innovative advances in investigative and cleanup technologies, offering valuable solutions that streamline the data collection process, speed up the time it takes to characterize a site, and expedite decision making. Using easy to understand graphic displays, tables, text summaries, and real world case studies, and by synthesizing technical and regulatory reference information crucial to the development of effective cleanup strategies, this book provides the framework for environmental professionals to develop project and program approaches that meet today's needs. An advanced text for those with at least basic understanding of environmental investigation, cleanup, regulations, decision making, and policy development, Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites addresses the ""human"" side of the environmental industry and why it is perhaps one of the most important considerations for successful accelerated cleanup. This book takes the next step by providing managers, project teams, and other professionals with approaches that bring techniques, regulations, strategies, and people together into one comprehensive package that works.

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Author:   Scott Marshall Payne
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9781566702379

ISBN 10:   1566702372
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   29 December 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

IntroductionReasons for Accelerating Cleanup and Streamlining Decision MakingWho Should Read This BookFundamental PrinciplesBook OrganizationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEPA's Information Transfer and Technology Demonstration ProgramsCERCLA Early Actions and Accelerated CleanupRCRA and Other EPA ProgramsReferencesU.S. Department of Defense and Military BranchesDepartment of DefenseU.S. Air ForceU.S. NavyU.S. ArmyReferencesU.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Environmental Management (OEM)OEM Environmental Restoration ProgramOffice of Health and Environmental ResearchReferencesState and Local Environmental ProgramsResearch ProgramsVoluntary Cleanup and Negotiating Actions Under State ProgramsState Underground Storage Tank ProgramsWestern Governors AssociationState Abandoned Mine Reclamation ProgramsDeveloping Flexible Record of Decisions under CERCLACalifornia Base Closure Environmental CommitteeReferencesPrivate Sector, Professional Organizations, and Concepts of Innovative SolutionsObservational ApproachRisk-Based Cleanup ApproachComputer ModelingGeophysical Tools and ApplicationsInnovative Technologies and ApproachesReferencesCommunication, Teamwork, Leadership, and TrustGeneral ConceptsCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipTrust People Training and InterventionReferencesStrategic Planning and Lowering Environmental CostsStrategic PlanningLowering Environmental CostsReferencesAppendix A: Environmental Resource GuideAppendix B: Completed U.S. EPA Site Measuring and Monitoring Technologies Evaluation Projects as of 1994Appendix C: Remediation Technology MatrixNTI Copy

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