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Report to Congress

Draft Report on the Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States, National Sediment Quality Survey (2001)

The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States: EPA's Report to Congress (1997)

Fact Sheet: National Sediment Quality Survey Database: 1980-1999

Proceedings of the National Sediment Inventory Workshop, April 26-27, 1994, Washington, D.C. (PDF, 16M)

Technical Manuals

Methods for Collection, Storage and Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and Toxicological Analyses: Technical Manual (2002)

Methods for Assessing the Chronic Toxicity of Marine and Estuarine Sediment-associated Contaminants with the Amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus, First Edition (2001)

Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates - Second Edition (2000)

QA/QC Guidance for Sampling and Analysis of Sediments,
Water, and Tissues for Dredged Material Evaluation: Chemical
Evaluations
(1995) (PDF, 18M)

Selecting Remediation Techniques for Contaminated Sediment (1993) (PDF, 12M)

Proceedings: Tiered Testing Issues for Freshwater and Marine
Sediments: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Washington,
D.C., September 16-18, 1992
(1992) (PDF, 21M)

Sediment Classification Methods Compendium (1992) (PDF, 21M)

Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (1991)

Guidance Manuals to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems

MacDonald DD, Ingersoll CG. 2002a. A guidance manual to support the assessment of contaminated sediments in freshwater ecosystems. Volume I: An ecosystem-based framework for assessing and managing contaminated sediments, (PDF) EPA-905-B02-001-A, USEPA Great Lakes National Program, Office, Chicago, IL.exit EPA

MacDonald DD, Ingersoll CG. 2002b. A guidance manual to support the assessment of contaminated sediments in freshwater ecosystems. Volume II: Design and implementation of sediment quality investigations, (PDF) EPA-905-B02-001-B, USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL. exit EPA

Ingersoll CG, MacDonald DD. 2002. A guidance manual to support the assessment of contaminated sediments in freshwater ecosystems. Volume III: Interpretation of the results of sediment quality investigations, (PDF) EPA-905-B02-001-C, USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL. exit EPA

Contaminated Sediment Management

National Conference on Management and Treatment of Contaminated Sediments (1998) (PDF)

Realizing Remediation: A Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities in the Great Lakes Basin (1998)

EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy (1998)

Moving Mud: Remediating Great Lakes Contaminated Sediments (1997)

Selecting Remediation Techniques for Contaminated Sediment (1993) (PDF)

Proceedings of the EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy Forums (1992) (PDF,14M)

Contaminated Sediments: Relevant Statutes and EPA Program Activities (1990) (PDF, 7M)

Managing Contaminated Sediments: EPA Decision-Making Processes (1990) (PDF, 6M)

An Overview of Sediment Quality in the United States (1987) (PDF, 11M)

Office of Water Online Reference Library - Contaminated Sediments

Bioaccumulation

Bioaccumulation Testing and Interpretation for the Purpose of Sediment Quality Assessment: Status and Needs (2000)

National Sediment Bioaccumulation Conference Proceedings (1998)

Dredged Material

Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. - Testing Manual (The Inland Testing Manual) (1998)

Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives (1992)

US Army Corp of Engineersexit EPA

Dredging Operations Technical Support Program Publications

Dredging Operations Technical Support Program Guidance Documents

Environmental Laboratory Publications

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administrationexit EPA

Sediment Quality Guidelines Developed for the National Status and Trends Program (PDF) (1999)

Publications and Technical Documents

US Geologic Surveyexit EPA

Contaminated-Sediment Database Development and Assessment in Boston Harbor

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