In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes (SERDP ESTCP

In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes (SERDP ESTCP Environmental Remediation Technology)

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, our nation began to grapple with the legacy of past disposal practices for toxic chemicals. With the passage in 1980 of the Comprehensive Envir- mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Sup- fund, it became the law of the land to remediate these sites. The U. S. Department of Defense (DoD), the nationâ€™s largest industrial organization, also recognized that it too had a legacy of contaminated sites. Historic operations at Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps facilities, ranges, manufacturing sites, shipyards, and depots had resulted in widespread contamination of soil, groundwater, and sediment. While Superfund began in 1980 to focus on remediation of heavily contaminated sites largely abandoned or neglected by the private sector, the DoD had already initiated its Installation Restoration Program in the mid-1970s. In 1984, the DoD began the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) for contaminated site assessment and remediation. Two years later, the U. S. Congress codified the DERP and directed the Secretary of Defense to carry out a concurrent program of research, development, and demonstration of innovative remediation technologies. As chronicled in the 1994 National Research Council report, â€œRanking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action,â€ our early estimates on the cost and suitability of existing techn- ogies for cleaning up contaminated sites were wildly optimistic. Original estimates, in 1980, projected an average Superfund cleanup cost of a mere $3.
Country USA
Brand Springer
Manufacturer Springer
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9245436
ReleaseDate 2010-09-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781441914002

Country	USA
Brand	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9245436
ReleaseDate	2010-09-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781441914002

In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes (SERDP ESTCP Environmental Remediation Technology)

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