Accelerated actions were developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) within the regulatory framework for initiating early cleanup action or accelerating ongoing cleanup action to abate, mitigate, or reduce risk to human health or the environmen...
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The U.S. EPA currently is developing and implementing a streamlined way to clean up hazardous waste sites known as the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model, or SACM. It is designed to make the Superfund Program more efficient by cutting years off of cleanups and quickly reducing risks to people and the environment. ...
Energy Citations Database
Superfund is undertaking an initiative to develop presumptive remedies that are appropriate for specific types of sites, contaminants, or both. The initiative is part of a larger program, known as the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM), which is designed to speed all aspects of the Superfund clean-up ...
The fact sheet describes the Regional pilot programs testing the application of the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model, and describes the major categories of pilots and the overall status of the programs.
The document details the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM), the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response's new model for streamlining and accelerating the Superfund program. The concept has been designed to make Superfund work better and deliver results the public will value: (1) quick reduction ...
The bulletin provides answers to issues the Regions have raised on the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM).
The purpose of the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM) is to make Superfund cleanups more timely and efficient. This will be accomplished through more focus on the fron end of the process and better integration of all Superfund program components. The SACM Program Management Update ...
This Performance Management Plan describes the approach for accelerating cleanup activities of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office (NNSA/NV) Environmental Management (EM) Program. This approach accelerates the reduction of risk at NNSA/NV sites while ...
The purpose of the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM) is to make Superfund cleanups more timely and efficient. This will be accomplished through more focus on the front end of the process and better integration of all Superfund program components. The bulletin discusses the Regional Decision Team under ...
This executive summary addresses the activities associated with the National Transuranic (TRU) Program managed by the Carlsbad Area Office (CAO). The CAO programmatically reports to the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management and receives adminis...
The purpose of the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM) is to make Superfund cleanups more timely and efficient. This will be accomplished through more focus on the front end of the process and better integration of all Superfund program components. The bulletin discusses assessing sites under SACM.
Acknowledging that the magnitude and diversity of the critical issues facing the DOE-EM cannot be addressed by a single institution, the Laboratory Directors established the EM Core Laboratories. This collaborative network ensures that the best available resources are addressing environmental quality issues through the introduction of critical new science and technology. Based upon the ...
This report describes the status of Environmental Management`s (EM`s) cleanup program and a direction forward to complete achievement of the 2006 vision. Achieving the 2006 vision results in significant benefits related to accomplishing EM program objectives. As DOE sites accelerate cleanup ...
DOE Information Bridge
In July 1996, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) chartered a government contractor led effort to develop a suite of technically defensible, integrated alternatives which meet the EM mission. The contractor team was challenged to ``think outside-the-box`` for solutions that cross traditional site boundaries and enable the ...
Since Superfund's inception in 1980, the removal and remedial programs have found that certain categories of sites have similar characteristics, such as the types of contaminants present, past industrial use, or the environmental media that are affected. Based on a wealth of information acquired from evaluating and cleaning up these sites, Superfund is undertaking an ...
This poster session presents information on integrated demonstrations, integrated programs, and special programs within the EM Office of Technology Development that will accelerate cleanup of sites within the Nuclear Weapons Complex. Presented topics include: Volatile organic compounds in soils and ground water, ...
The Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM), is the most significant change to the Superfund program since its inception. It will streamline the Superfund process and provide risk-based cleanups at the greatest possible number of sites. The Superfund program has operated within a complex ...
Accelerated actions were developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) within the regulatory framework for initiating early cleanup action or accelerating ongoing cleanup action to abate, mitigate, or reduce risk to human health or the environment at a contaminated waste site. The purposes of this report ...
Within the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM), the Office of Science and Technology (OST) identifies and develops innovative technologies that accelerate cleanup of high-priority environmental contamination problems and enable EM closure sites to meet closure schedules. OST manages an integrated research and development ...
encouraged by the EPA's attempt . The EPA expects the accelerated. Cleanup of Many .... _welled tg.$80.million,. " people, attorneys,community _c-. ...
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... 6.12 Initiatives for Accelerating Cleanup ... of commercial/retail, residential and open ... disposal hierarchy requirements and community reuse planning ...
DTIC Science & Technology
In an effort to speed and maximize cleanup of the worst sites first, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM). SACM streamlines the Superfund process so hazardous waste sites can be addressed quicker and in a more cost effective manner. EPA Regional offices developed a number of ...
The memorandum provides the FY 1994 National Superfund Program Priorities for Regions and Headquarters. There are nine major Superfund priorities: Accelerated Cleanup and Emergency Response; Enforcement First; Enforcement Fairness; Military Base Closure; NPL Construction Completions; Contracts Management; Environmental Justice and ...
Wastes Cleanup in the Southeast National Information Land Cleanup Superfund Safe Waste Management Federal Facilities Emergency Response Brownfields Tribal Program Risk Assessment...
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This document was previously referred to as the Draft 2006 Plan. As part of the DOE`s national strategy, the Richland Operations Office`s Paths to Closure summarizes an integrated path forward for environmental cleanup at the Hanford Site. The Hanford Site underwent a concerted effort between 1994 and 1996 to accelerate the cleanup of ...
... are: Cleanup Site Information, Sediment Management, Underground Storage Tanks and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, Voluntary Cleanup Program, Policies & Guidance, Public Notices, Regulations & ... ...
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... agreements that affect the Department of Energy's (DOE) cleanup program. ... Office of Management and Budget does not require DOE to develop ...
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) documented a plan for accelerating cleanup of the Hanford Site, located in southeastern Washington State, by at least 35 years (DOE 2002). A key element of the accelerated cleanup plan was a strategic initiative for acceleration of the tank waste ...
The Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats) contributed to America's defense up to the end of the Cold War. The Site is directly upstream of water supplies that serve over 300,000 people. As a result, accelerated cleanup, consolidation, re...
In an effort to remediate and reuse abandoned or contaminated industrial properties, the Ohio State legislature passed a law in 1994 that created the Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP). VAP consists of a series of incentives for property owners and prospective buyers to accelerate cleanup and reuse of abandoned sites or brownfields. ...
Vision for the One Cleanup Program Anticipated Improvements Action Plan Horinko's Speech Announcing Program to States (PDF) (5 pp, 69K, About PDF) One Cleanup program Fact...
The extent of environmental contamination created by the nuclear weapons legacy combined with expensive, ineffective waste cleanup strategies at many U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites prompted Congress to pass the FY96 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, which directed the DOE to: ''provide sufficient attention and resources to longer-term ...
The report examines site cleanup capabilities in all 50 States and provides descriptions of statutes, program organization, findings, and cleanup procedures. Also provides snapshots of state cleanup programs.
...DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS-UNDERGROUND COAL MINES Combustible Materials and Rock Dusting § 75.400-2 Cleanup program. A program for regular cleanup and removal of accumulations of coal and...
Code of Federal Regulations, 2010
The United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management (EM) is responsible for the nations nuclear weapons program legacy wastes cleanup. The EM cleanup efforts continue to progress, however the cleanup continues to be technologically complex, heavily regulated, long-term, and a high life ...
The ANS Winter Meeting of 1988 contained an embedded topical on the cleanup of Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2). At the time of the meeting the cleanup program was still in progress. It was not until December 1993 that the cleanup program was completed, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...
When the Rocky Flats closure project was declared complete in October 2005, it was the largest environmental cleanup to date. Even more impressive, it was ahead of schedule and well under budget. Several factors combined to produce this success including a performance-based contract with financial incentives, development and application of innovative technologies, and a ...
Fifty years of nuclear weapons production and energy research in the United States during the Cold War generated large amounts of radioactive wastes, spent nuclear fuel (SNF), excess plutonium and uranium, thousands of contaminated facilities, and contaminated soil and groundwater. During most of that half century, the Nation did not have the environmental regulatory structure or nuclear waste ...
Feb 2, 2011 ... Remediation Program - Site Cleanup Fact Sheets. Components Cleaning Facility . CCF is a NASA-operated facility that originally was used for ...
and Removal Program conducts cleanup operations at hazardous waste sites, responds to chemical and oil spills, and removes abandoned chemicals from communities before the...
The Hanford Site has over 100 facilities that have been declared surplus and are scheduled to be decommissioned. In addition to these surplus facilities, there is a significant number of facilities that are currently being shut down, deactivated, and transferred to the Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) program. In the last year, Westinghouse Hanford Company and the ...
The mission of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is to clean up the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons research and production during the Cold War. That mission includes cleaning up nuclear waste, contaminated groundwater and soil, nuclear materials, and contaminated facilities covering two million acres of land in thirty-five states. ...
The DOE-EM Office of Engineering and Technology is responsible for implementing EM's international cooperative program. The Office of Engineering and Technology's international efforts are aimed at supporting EM's mission of risk reduction and accelerated cleanup of the environmental legacy of the ...
This document was previously referred to as the Draft 2006 Plan. As part of the DOE's national strategy, the Richland Operations Office's Paths to Closure summarizes an integrated path forward for environmental cleanup at the Hanford Site. The Hanford Sit...
Nearly 40 years of nuclear weapons production at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS or Site) resulted in contamination of soil and underground systems and structures with hazardous substances, including plutonium, uranium and hazardous waste constituents. The Site was placed on the National Priority List in 1989. There are more than 370 Individual Hazardous Substance Sites ...
In April 2009, the Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office (RL) was allocated $1.6 billion (B) in ARRA funding to be applied to cleanup projects at the Hanford Site. DOE-RL selected projects to receive ARRA funding based on 3-criteria: creating/saving jobs, reducing the footprint of the Hanford Site, and reducing life-cycle costs for ...
... is pleased to provide the Congress with this report on the ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, *WASTE MANAGEMENT, STORAGE TANKS ...
