Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program

Final Summary Report--Table of Contents

• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program:
  • Final Summary Report
  • Introduction
  • The ARCS Program Overview
  • ARCS Program Objectives and Issues Addressed
  • Major Findings and Recommendations of the ARCS Program
  • Organizational Structure of the ARCS Program
• Findings and Recommendations of the ARCS Program
  
  • Integrated Sediment Assessment Approach
    • Findings
    • Recommended Tests and Tools for Performing an Integrated Sediment Assessment
    • Chemical and Biological Analyses
    • Visual Presentation of Data
    • Research Vessel (R/V) Mudpuppy
      
  • Risk Assessment and Modeling Activities
    • Findings
    • Baseline Risk Assessments
    • Predictive Risk Assessments: The Mass Balance Modeling Approach
  • Remediation Technology Evaluation
    • Findings
    • Bench-Scale Testing
    • Pilot-Scale Demonstrations
      1. Buffalo River
      2. Saginaw River
      3. Grand Calumet River
      4. Ashtabula River
      5. Sheboygan River
  • Outreach Activities
    • Findings
  • Conclusions/Challenges
  • Acknowledgments
• Additional ARCS Program Participants
• ARCS Program Reports
• ARCS Program Library Repositories

Additional ARCS Program Participants

ARCS Program Reports

The following are the working titles of the project reports to be published under the ARCS Program. Where a report has been published as of July 1994, an EPA publication number is given to facilitate acquiring the report. Limited copies of all ARCS reports will be available from the Great Lakes National Program Office, as supply lasts (please see the GLNPO address on the last page).

• ARCS Assessment Guidance Document
• ARCS Program Final Summary Report
• ARCS Remediation Guidance Document (EPA-905-R94-012)
• ARCS Risk Assessment and Modeling Overview Document (EPA-905-R93-007)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Grand Calumet River, Indiana, Area of Concern
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Buffalo River, New York, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R93-008)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Saginaw River, Michigan, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R92-008)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Resulting from PCB Contamination at the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R93-001)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Ashtabula River, Ohio, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R92-007)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Bioremediation on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula, Buffalo, Saginaw and Sheboygan Rivers
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of RCC's Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment (B.E.S.T.) Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo, Grand Calumet and Saginaw Rivers (EPA-905-R94-010)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sediment Treatment Technologies Summary Report (EPA-905-R94-011)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of SoilTech's Anaerobic Thermal Process Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo and Grand Calumet Rivers (EPA-905-R94-009)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of ReTeC's Thermal Desorption Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula River (EPA-905-R94-008)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Zimpro's Wet Air Oxidation Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Grand Calumet River (EPA-905-R94-007)
• Biological and Chemical Assessment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediment (EPA-905-R93-006)
  Biological Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, with Special Emphasis on the Great Lakes (EPA-600-9-91-001)
• Buffalo River Mass Balance Modeling Study Results
• Concept Plans for the Remediation of Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes
• An Evaluation of Solidification/Stabilization Technology for Buffalo River Sediment^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Saginaw River, Michigan^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Grand Calumet River, Indiana^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Ashtabula River, Ohio^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Sheboygan River, Wisconsin^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Buffalo River, New York^[1]
• Layman's Guide to Contaminated Sediment
• Mineral Processing Pretreatment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediments
• Modeling Data Requirements and Mass Loading Estimates for the Buffalo River Mass Balance Study (EPA-905-R94-005)
• A Multi-Assay/Multi-Test Site Evaluation of Sediment Toxicity
• Numerical Ranking Methodologies for Contaminated Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Solvent Extraction for the Treatment of Grand Calumet River Sediments (EPA-905-R94-003)
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Bioremediation for the Treatment of Sheboygan River Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Sediment Washing for the Treatment of Saginaw River Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Buffalo River Sediments (EPA-905-R93-005)
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Ashtabula River Sediments
  Pollutant Loadings to the Buffalo River Area of Concern from Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites (EPA-905-R94-006)
• Review and Synthesis of Bioassessment Methodologies for Freshwater Contaminated Sediments^[1]
• Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes, 1994 Update
• Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes^[1]
• Saginaw River Mass Balance Modeling Study Results
• Summary of Data Inputs to the Saginaw River Mass Balance Modeling Study
• Tumors and Abnormalities in Fish from the Ashtabula and Buffalo Rivers
• Wildlife Hazard Assessment: Saginaw River Area of Concern
• Wildlife Hazard Assessment: Buffalo River Area of Concern

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 ^[1] This report was published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Copies are available, while supplies last, from GLNPO.

ARCS Program Library Repositories

For additional information on the ARCS Program, write to:

ARCS Program
Great Lakes National Program Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
77 W. Jackson Boulevard (G-17J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590

Created: October 21, 1994
Revised: July 3, 1997

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