Greener Cleanups Information Resources

Greener Cleanup Task Force Papers

Green Remediation Myth Busters, August 2009

GCTF Incorporating Greener Cleanups into Remedy Reviews Paper, August 2009

Discussion of Barriers to Greener Cleanups, by Carey Bridges, at the April 2009 Mid-Year Meeting in Columbus, OH

Strategy Document 1: Implementing Greener Cleanups Strategies in the States

GCTF Incentives for Greener Cleanups Paper 6-25-09

State Information Resources

California:

California Department of Toxics Substances Control – Green Remediation

California Department of Toxic Substances Control Green Remediation Initiative, presentation by John Scandura, CA DTSC, March 2008 ASTSWMO Federal Facilities Managers Symposium, San Diego, CA

Illinois:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s greener cleanups website:
http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/greener-cleanups/

Greener Cleanups – How to Maximize the Environmental Benefits of Site Remediation (matrix dated February 2008)

Greener Cleanups in Illinois – How to Maximize the Environmental Benefits of Site Remediation (matrix dated February 2008)

Maximizing the Environmental Benefits of Site Remediation, presentation by Gary King, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, at the April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Mobile, AL

Massachusetts:

Link to the Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation efforts that are happening in Massachusetts:  http://www.mass.gov/dep/energy.htm

Minnesota:

Green and Sustainable Remediation and Redevelopment (GSR2), presentation by Rebecca Bourdon, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Remediation Division

New York:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Program Policy on Green Remediation

Oregon:

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Green Remediation Website, which includes DEQ’s Green Remediation Policy that was finalized in November 2011

Wisconsin:

Wisconsin’s Initiative for Sustainable Remediation and Redevelopment (formerly known as Wisconsin’s Initiative for Sustainable Cleanups (WISC))

Wisconsin’s Post-Remedy Sustainability Project, presentation by Mark Giesfeldt, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, given at the April 2009 Mid-Year Meeting in Columbus, OH

Wisconsin’s Approach to “Greener” Cleanups (WISC), April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting presentation, Mobile, AL

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Information Resources

  • Web Site:

USEPA Regional Policies for Green Remediation: http://www.clu-in.org/greenremediation/regions/index.cfm

USEPA OSRTI -- Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project’s Environmental Footprint (Draft, September 2011): http://www.clu-in.org/greenremediation/methodology/index.cfm

USEPA OSWER Center for Program Analysis -- RE-Powering America’s Land: http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/

EPA Greener Cleanups Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/greencleanups/index.html

EPA Superfund and Green Remediation Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/greenremediation

EPA Green Remediation Web Site: http://clu-in.org/greenremediation/

  • Documents:

Green Response and Remedial Action Contracting and Administrative Toolkit (July 2009 Update)

EPA Green Remediation Primer 

Introduction to Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Practices into Site Remediation (February 2008)

EPA Green Revitalization Think Piece (dated December 26, 2007)

Recover Your Resources – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Construction and Demolition Materials at Land Revitalization Projects (issued June 2008)
(also available at the web site: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/debris-new/factsheet.htm)

EPA Case Studies Subtitled “A Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction Success Story” (also available at the web site:  http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/success/success_tss.htm#cndwaste)

Smart Energy Resources Guide (SERG) (EPA/600/R-08/049, March 2008, 200 pages)

Introduction to Energy Conservation and Production at Waste Cleanup Sites, EPA Engineering Forum Issue Paper, May 2004 (36-page PDF file)

  • Presentations:

    EPA Green Cleanup Standards Development, presentation by Brigid Lowery, Acting Director, EPA Center for Program Analysis and Deborah Goldblum, EPA Region 3, at the April 2009 Mid-Year Meeting in Columbus, OH

Green Approaches in the Land Revitalization Process, presentation by Sara Rasmussen, U.S. EPA, at the April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Mobile, AL

Green Remediation of Contaminated Lands – Region 9 Superfund Sites, presentation by Penelope McDaniel, U.S. EPA Region 9, at the April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Mobile, AL

Carbon Calculus, presentation by Deborah Goldblum, U.S. EPA Region 3, at the April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Mobile, AL

EPA & Green Remediation, presentation by Carlos Pachon, U.S. EPA, at the April 2008 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Mobile, AL

Promotion of Sustainable Redevelopment Practices, presentation by Jim Van der Kloot, U.S. EPA Region 5, at the April 2007 ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting, Providence, RI

Integrating Sustainability into EPA’s Cleanup Programs – Region 3 RCRA/DuPont Pilot, presentation by Deborah Goldblum, U.S. EPA Region 3, at Greener Cleanups – Chicago meeting, June 27, 2007

Other Organizations

ITRC

Green and Sustainable Remediation: A Practical Framework (November 2011)

 

 

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