Author: Publisher: PIANC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Dredging the environmental facts - where to find what you need to know?
Author: Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309134102
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Some of the nation's estuaries, lakes and other water bodies contain contaminated sediments that can adversely affect fish and wildlife and may then find their way into people's diets. Dredging is one of the few options available for attempting to clean up contaminated sediments, but it can uncover and re-suspend buried contaminants, creating additional exposures for wildlife and people. At the request of Congress, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to evaluate dredging as a cleanup technique. The book finds that, based on a review of available evidence, dredging's ability to decrease environmental and health risks is still an open question. Analysis of pre-dredging and post-dredging at about 20 sites found a wide range of outcomes in terms of surface sediment concentrations of contaminants: some sites showed increases, some no change, and some decreases in concentrations. Evaluating the potential long-term benefits of dredging will require that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency step up monitoring activities before, during and after individual cleanups to determine whether it is working there and what combinations of techniques are most effective.
Taming the Flood
Author: Jeremy PurseglovePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This study of wetlands management charts the conflicting demands of conservation, agriculture, and development, and outlines practical proposals for the protection and use of these sensitive ecological habitats.
NOAA Technical Report NMFS.
Author: The Environmental Effects of Dumping in the Oceans and Great Lakes
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on the Environment and the AtmospherePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
The Federal Dredge Permitting Process and Its Effect on Ports of the Gulf Coast Region
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental ShelfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1983 (with Specific Reference to the Provision Relating to the Oregon Inlet Project in North Carolina)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Disposal of Contaminated Dredge Material Originating from the Navigation Project for New York/New Jersey Harbor
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contaminated sediments
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
108-1 Hearings: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations For 2004, Part 3, April 2, 2003, *
Author: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2004
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1486
Book Description