Publications Under Development
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Leveraging Contracts for Innovative Site Characterization and Cleanup: Contracting Primer and Administrative Toolkit
Primer and Toolkit to outline best practice (BP) approaches, strategies and processes for procuring site investigation and remediation services. The goal of the Primer and Toolkit is to help users identify opportunities to structure procurement processes to encourage application of innovative and cost-effective strategies and technologies. By providing descriptions and rationale for the use of specific contract vehicles, unique insights for contracting services under a variety of regulatory programs, and access to resources and tools, the Primer and Toolkit enables users at all levels to design and implement effective, results-oriented procurements.
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Brownfields Grant Recipients’ Road Map to Understanding Quality Assurance Project Plans
Quality assurance (QA) for Brownfields site assessments involves planning and managing the process for gathering and using environmental data to ensure they are of the right type, quantity and quality necessary to make project and site decisions. Quality assurance project plans (QAPP) document the quality processes and address the specific QA elements required by EPA regions and states. The EPA prepared the Brownfields Grant Recipients’ Road Map to Understanding Quality Assurance Project Plans to:
- Help EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant recipients design and complete site assessment projects more efficiently and effectively
- Provide an overview of EPA requirements for developing generic and site-specific QAPPs and site-specific QAPP addendums (collectively ‘QAPPs’) in support of site assessment efforts at Brownfields sites
- Outline a general process to help recipients oversee their environmental contractor’s efforts to develop QAPPs to ensure collection of adequate and appropriate data to support the decision-making processes needed to determine and support protective future uses of Brownfields sites
Brownfields Road Map to Understanding Options for Site Investigation and Cleanup, Fifth Edition
The new Brownfields Road Map publication and website provide a general outline of how to assess and clean up a brownfields site and introduce stakeholders to a range of technology options and available resources. General concepts and basic considerations that affect the cleanup of brownfields sites are described with a “Back to Basics” approach that covers setting reuse goals and planning, understanding regulations and liability concerns, engaging the community and identifying funding.
Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project’s Environmental Footprint
Green remediation metrics associated with contaminated site cleanup, and a process to quantify those metrics, are presented within this document. Through the use of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) methodology, large contributions to the footprint can be identified and steps can then be taken to reduce the footprint while meeting regulatory requirements driving the cleanup. Application of the methodology can help project teams identify green remediation best management practices (BMPs) that target large contributions to the footprint.
EPA has applied the methodology at several sites and developed a set of analytical workbooks known as Spreadsheets for Environmental Footprint Analysis (SEFA) which they use when quantification of a cleanup's environmental footprint is desired. Although SEFA was designed for EPA's internal use, other parties may wish to use it as a model for similar efforts on a voluntary basis.
Streamlining Site Cleanup in New York City
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center (BTSC) and the New York City (NYC) Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) have jointly prepared this document as a technical transfer resource for organizations and individuals involved in the redevelopment of contaminated properties in NYC. This joint effort, supported by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), advances the environmental cleanup goals of PlaNYC 2030, the city’s comprehensive sustainability plan. The purpose of this document is to present how Triad Approach best management practices (BMP) for site investigation and remediation advance EPA’s and NYC Mayor’s Office initiatives in the areas of community revitalization and Brownfields redevelopment.
Environmental Cleanup Best Management Practices: Effective Use of the Project Life Cycle Conceptual Site Model
EPA supports the use of BMPs as a mechanism for maximizing technical effectiveness and resource efficiency in the execution of site assessment and cleanup projects. This fact sheet summarizes how environmental practitioners can use conceptual site models (CSMs) at each stage of a cleanup project’s life cycle to achieve, communicate, and maintain stakeholder consensus on site understanding, while satisfying project technical and quality objectives.
Demonstrations of Method Applicability under a Triad Approach for Site Assessment and Cleanup — Technology Bulletin
A demonstration of method applicability (DMA) is an initial site-specific performance evaluation for a wide range of sampling, testing, and data management tools. DMAs are key components of using real-time measurement technologies under the Triad Approach. This technology bulletin provides answers to frequently asked questions on key aspects of DMAs, highlights examples of DMAs performed at hazardous waste sites, and offers sources of additional information for communities and project teams that desire to impelement DMAs and the Triad Approach.
Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites
In accordance with its mission to protect human health and the environment, the EPA is dedicated to developing and promoting innovative cleanup strategies that restore contaminated sites to productive use, reduce associated costs, and promote environmental stewardship. With the implementation of green remediation, these goals can be met by considering all environmental effects of remedy implementation and incorporating options to maximize net environmental benefit of cleanup actions.
Brownfields Technology Primer: Vapor Intrusion Considerations for Redevelopment
Brownfields redevelopment plays an important role in stimulating the economic revitalization of communities by bringing vacant or underutilized properties into productive use and offsetting the need to develop open land, or “green space.” Along with the normal financial and business risks associated with developing property, brownfields redevelopers must manage environmental risk, including that due to vapor intrusion - the migration of chemical vapors from contaminated soil and groundwater into buildings. This primer is designed for land revitalization stakeholders1 concerned about vapor intrusion, including property owners, municipalities, and real estate developers. It provides an overview of the vapor intrusion issue and how it can affect redevelopment. It also summarizes techniques for quickly and cost effectively assessing the potential for vapor intrusion, as well as techniques for mitigating it.
