Implementation of In Situ Activated Carbon
Remedies at Contaminated Sediment Sites



REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

FEDERAL AND STATE ACTIVE CARBON REMEDY DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES

Use of Amendments for In Situ Remediation at Superfund Sediment Sites This EPA document is a general introduction to amendments for in situ remediation of sediments. This is not a guidance or design document but summarizes some of the information on contaminated sediment sites that have already employed these amendments.

Contaminated Site Clean-Up Information. Sediment Remediation. The EPA CLU-IN web site is an excellent resource containing links to scientific publications, reports, and case studies on sediment remediation including activated carbon.

Remedial Technology Fact Sheet – Activated Carbon- Based Technology for In Situ Remediation US EPA Fact Sheet for GAC treatment for soils and groundwater.

Contaminated Sediment Remediation Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites USEPA 2005 guidance document on “technical and policy guidance for project managers and management teams making remedy decisions for contaminated sediment sites.”

NAVFAC Technology Transfer Review Sediment Reactive Capping. Website on activated carbon remedies published by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Environmental Restoration (ER) program.

Reactive Capping US NAVFAC general webpage on activated carbon as a sediment remedial alternative. Site includes links to other references (USN and EPA) on sediment remediation.

Contaminated Sediments at Navy Facilities: Cleanup Alternatives. General description of sediment remedial alternatives and USN Policy on sediment remediation.

Chapter 5. Conventional and Amended Capping. In: Contaminated Sediments Remediation. Remedy Selection for Contaminated Sediments. Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council. 2014.