Environmental Cleanup & Restoration

ESR 410/510

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION PAGE

Links to supplemental readings and useful web sites

Week 1

Mon

Wed

Info on how chemicals are tested for toxicity

Endpoints used in toxicity testing

QA/QC in the Assessment Process: An example guidance document

Week 2

Mon

Toxicity of dioxins: U.S. government perspective

Are dioxins human carcinogens? The chlorine industry perspective

Did foot-and-mouth disease in UK lead to higher dioxin emissions?

U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (general info on toxicity)

Toxicology: The Ethics of using medical data from Nazi experiments

Recent enforcement actions against haz waste violators

RCRA: More information about what it is and how it works (PDF)

Definition of Hazardous Waste under RCRA; TCLP Info

How CERCLA and RCRA differ and how they complement each other (PDF)

EPA RCRA Orientation Manual (the whole nine yards)

GLOSSARY of Common Environmental ACRONYMS

Week 3

Mon

Sediment Quality Criteria: Intro PP Slide Show

Slide Show: Introduction to Sediments

GLOSSARY of Sediment Terminology

Wed

COLUMBIA SLOUGH: Screening Level Risk Assessment Summary

Week 4

Mon

POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW: Marathon Battery Site History

Marathon Battery Record of Decision (ROD)

Wed

Sediment Cleanup Options (PP Slide show)

Week 5

Mon

Dredge the Hudson (NY Times Op Ed Piece)

Less Dredging in the Hudson?? (NY Times)

"No Retreat on the Hudson" (NY Times Editorial)

Wed

DOE Info on Pump and Treat

Week 6

Mon

 Info on Regensis ORC (1 pg document)

Regenesis Corp. home page

Pros and Cons of Permeable Reactive Barriers (1-page summary)

Wed

 On-Site Cleanup of Pb Contamination at a Skeet-Shooting Range

Brief Description of a study of "soil washing" for PCP removal

Neighborhood Demographics & Statistics (MSN "HomeAdvisor")

EPA EnviroMapper Home Page (several quick and easy map and data sources)

EPA Region 10 Site Mapping (custom, very detailed maps within Region 10 ONLY; takes awhile to process request)

Sample Map Showing % People of Color near a N. Portland Facility

Sample Map Showing % Population below Poverty Level near Toppenish,WA

Sample Map Showing Tribal Land and other ownership (Quinault, WA)

Week 7

Mon

New Jersey’s "Gold Coast": A poorly handled brownfield?

Rose City Plating redevlopment: A Portland brownfield in Sellwood

Cleaning up "fossil poisons" in our Nat’l Parks: A Bush Initiative ;-)

Former Police Horse Barn at Union Station: Request for Cleanup Services