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Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program

Final Summary Report

Table of Contents

• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program:
  • Final Summary Report
  • Introduction
  • The ARCS Program Overview
  • ARCS Program Objectives and Issues Addressed
  • Major Findings and Recommendations of the ARCS Program
  • Organizational Structure of the ARCS Program
• Findings and Recommendations of the ARCS Program
  
  • Integrated Sediment Assessment Approach
    • Findings
    • Recommended Tests and Tools for Performing an Integrated Sediment Assessment
    • Chemical and Biological Analyses
    • Visual Presentation of Data
    • Research Vessel (R/V) Mudpuppy
      
  • Risk Assessment and Modeling Activities
    • Findings
    • Baseline Risk Assessments
    • Predictive Risk Assessments: The Mass Balance Modeling Approach
  • Remediation Technology Evaluation
    • Findings
    • Bench-Scale Testing
    • Pilot-Scale Demonstrations
      1. Buffalo River
      2. Saginaw River
      3. Grand Calumet River
      4. Ashtabula River
      5. Sheboygan River
  • Outreach Activities
    • Findings
  • Conclusions/Challenges
  • Acknowledgments
• Additional ARCS Program Participants
• ARCS Program Reports
• ARCS Program Library Repositories

Additional ARCS Program Participants

Daveen Adams, USEPA Region 2 Jim Ahl, Great Lakes United Jim Allen, Bureau of Mines Paulette Altringer, Bureau of Mines Bob Ambrose, USEPA ERL-Athens Gary Ankley, USEPA ERL-Duluth Rochelle Araujo, USEPA ERL-Athens Tom Armitage, USEPA HQ Joe Atkinson, SUNY-Buffalo Karla Auker, Ohio EPA Bev Baker, USEPA HQ Bruce Baker, Wisconsin DNR Bob Barrick, PTI Mike Basile, USEPA Region 2 Jennifer Beese, USEPA Region 5 Linda Bingler, Battelle Barry Boyer, SUNY-Buffalo Carole Braverman, USEPA Region 5 Fred Brown, Great Lakes United Paul Bucens, Wastewater Technology Centre Denny Buckler, USFWS Skip Bunner, Indiana DEM LouAnn Burnett, Illinois NHS Tim Canfield, USFWS Dorreen Carey, Grand Cal Task Force Laverne Cleveland, USFWS Dave Conboy, Corps of Engineers John Connell, USEPA Region 5 Phil Cook, USEPA ERL-Duluth Jim Coyle, USFWS Judy Crane, ASCI Corp/EVS Consultants Bill Creal, Michigan DNR Mari Cronberg, Corps of Engineers Dave Dabertin, Indiana DEM Mario Del Vicario, USEPA Region 2 Joe DePinto, SUNY-Buffalo Clyde Dial, SAIC Linda Diez, Corps of Engineers Tom Dillon, Corps of Engineers John Dorkin, USEPA Region 5 Dick Draper, New York SDEC Len Eames, Ashtabula RAP Tim Eder, National Wildlife Federation Bonnie Eleder, USEPA Region 5 Doug Endicott, ERL LLRS Russell Erickson, USEPA ERL-Duluth Jim Fairchild, USFWS John Filkins, USEPA ERL-LLRS Bill Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin DNR BBeth Flemming, Corps of Engineers Dawn Foster, Blasland & Bouck Catherine Fox, USEPA HQ Joe Gailani, ASCI Corp. Jim Galloway, Corps of Engineers John Gannon, USFWS John Giesy, Michigan State Univ. Mike Giordano, SAIC Greg Goudy, Michigan DNR Wendy Graham, PTI Gene Greer, USFWS Rich Griffiths, USEPA RREL Ken Gritton, Bureau of Mines Geoffrey Grubbs, USEPA HQ Nadine Hall, USFWS Ed Hanlon, USEPA Region 5 Paul Heine, USFWS Mary Henry, Univ. of Minnesota John Herrmann, USEPA RREL Linda Holst, USEPA Region 5 Bill Hoppes, USEPA Region 2 Pam Horner, Corps of Engineers Joseph Hudek, USEPA Region 2 Patrick Hudson, USFWS Laura Huellmantel, ASCI Corp. Don Hughes, Great Lakes United Brett Hulsey, Sierra Club Kim Irvine, SUC-Buffalo Steve Johnson, USEPA Region 5 Tom Johnson, USFWS Jack Jones, USEPA ERL-Athens Roger Jones, Michigan DNR David Jude, Univ. of Michigan GGail Kantak, Saginaw Valley State Univ. Nile Kemble, USFWS Jeff Kelley, USEPA Region 5 Tom Kenna, Corps of Engineers Laura King, USFWS Steve Klaine, Memphis State Univ. Diana Klemans, Michigan DNR Ken Klewin, USEPA Region 5 Nick Kolak, New York SDEC Ron Kovach, USEPA Region 5 Mike Kravitz, USEPA HQ Russ Kreis, USEPA ERL-LLRS Tim Kubiak, USFWS Doug Kuehl, ERL-Duluth Ed Lancaster, ASCI Corp. Peter Landrum, NOAA Tom LaPoint, Clemson Univ. Dick Lee, Corps of Engineers Lisa Lefkovitz, Battelle

Judy Leithner, Corps of Engineers Don Leonard, Corps of Engineers Lynn Lesko, USFWS Julie Letterhos, Ohio EPA Wilbert Lick, UC-Santa Barbara Simon Litten, New York SDEC B.G. Logananthan, SUC-Buffalo Bob Ludwig, Univ. of Minnesota Mike Mac, USFWS Diane Mann-Klager, USFWS Dave Markland, Univ. of Minnesota Tony Martig, USEPA Region 5 James Martin, ASCI Corp. Mark McCabe, Retec Lawrence McCrone, PTI Steve McCutcheon, USEPA ERL-Athens John McMahon, New York SDEC Mark Meckes, USEPA RREL Mohammed Miah, Lockheed Mike Mikulka, USEPA Region 5 Marirosa Molina, USEPA ERL-Athens Russ Moll, Univ. of Michigan Mary Ellen Mueller, USFWS Tom Murphy, DePaul Univ. Thomas P. Murphy, Canada Centre for Inland Waters Tommy Myers, Corps of Engineers Marcia Nelson, USFWS Lois New, New York SDEC Brian Nummer, Univ. of Georgia Trudy Olin, Corps of Engineers Ian Orchard, Environment Canada Dale Owen, RCC Mike Palermo, Corps of Engineers Dora Passino-Reader, USFWS Mario Paula, USEPA Region 2 Amy Pelka, USEPA Region 5 Dave Petrovski, USEPA Region 5 Diana Papoulias, USFWS Rich Powers, Michigan DNR Mike Raab, Erie County DEP Joe Rathbun, ASCI Corp. Roy Rathbun, USEPA HQ David Reid, NOAA Bill Richardson, USEPA ERL-LLRS Rene Rochon, Environment Canada Charles Rogers, USEPA RREL John Rogers, USEPA ERL-Athens RRon Rossman, USEPA ERL-LLRS Ann Rowan, USEPA Region 5 Ralph Rumer, SUNY-Buffalo Ken Rygwelski, Computer Services Corp. Roger Santiago, Environment Canada Charles Sapp, USEPA Region 3 James Schaefer, Sheboygan RAP Bernie Scheiner, Bureau of Mines Bill Schmidt, Bureau of Mines Paul Schroeder, Corps of Engineers Mary Schubauer-Berigan, Minnesota PCA Jay Semmler, Corps of Engineers Griff Sherbin, Environment Canada Harish Sikka, SUC-Buffalo Jill Singer, SUC-Buffalo EElliott Smith, ASCI Corp. Frank Snitz, Corps of Engineers Mary Sonntag, Erie County DEP Betsy Southerland, USEPA HQ Tim Stewart, Computer Services Corp. Nancy Sullivan, USEPA Region 5 Rick Sutton, Corps of Engineers William Sutton, USEPA ERL-Athens Mike Swift, Univ. of Minnesota Rich Swinich, New York SDEC Henry Tatem, Corps of Engineers Robert Taylor, Univ. of Wisconsin Stewart Taylor, SUNY-Buffalo Joe Thomas, Indiana DEM Nelson Thomas, USEPA ERL-Duluth Joe Tillman, SAIC Dennis Timberlake, USEPA RREL Bob Tolpa, USEPA Region 5 Rick Traver, Bergmann USA Andrew Turner, Ohio EPA Dwight Ullman, USEPA Region 5 Gil Veith, USEPA ERL-Duluth Dave Verbrugge, Michigan State Univ. Tom Wagner, SAIC Tom Wall, USEPA HQ P.F. Wang, ASCI Corp. Craig Wardlaw, Wastewater Technology Centre Lanny Weimer, RCC Mark Wildhaber, USFWS Matt Williams, USEPA Region 5 Tom Wright, Corps of Engineers Daniel Wubah, USEPA ERL-Athens John Yagesic, Corps of Engineers Mark Zappi, Corps of Engineers Paul Zappi, Corps of Engineers Howard Zar, USEPA Region 5 Chris arba, USEPA HQ

ARCS Program Reports

The following are the working titles of the project reports to be published under the ARCS Program. Where a report has been published as of July 1994, an EPA publication number is given to facilitate acquiring the report. Limited copies of all ARCS reports will be available from the Great Lakes National Program Office, as supply lasts (please see the GLNPO address on the last page).

• ARCS Assessment Guidance Document
• ARCS Program Final Summary Report
• ARCS Remediation Guidance Document (EPA-905-R94-012)
• ARCS Risk Assessment and Modeling Overview Document (EPA-905-R93-007)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Grand Calumet River, Indiana, Area of Concern
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Buffalo River, New York, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R93-008)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Saginaw River, Michigan, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R92-008)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Resulting from PCB Contamination at the Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R93-001)
• Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment: Ashtabula River, Ohio, Area of Concern (EPA-905-R92-007)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Bioremediation on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula, Buffalo, Saginaw and Sheboygan Rivers
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of RCC's Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment (B.E.S.T.) Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo, Grand Calumet and Saginaw Rivers (EPA-905-R94-010)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sediment Treatment Technologies Summary Report (EPA-905-R94-011)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of SoilTech's Anaerobic Thermal Process Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Buffalo and Grand Calumet Rivers (EPA-905-R94-009)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of ReTeC's Thermal Desorption Technology on Contaminated Sediments from the Ashtabula River (EPA-905-R94-008)
• Bench-Scale Evaluation of Zimpro's Wet Air Oxidation Process on Contaminated Sediments from the Grand Calumet River (EPA-905-R94-007)
• Biological and Chemical Assessment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediment (EPA-905-R93-006)
  Biological Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, with Special Emphasis on the Great Lakes (EPA-600-9-91-001)
• Buffalo River Mass Balance Modeling Study Results
• Concept Plans for the Remediation of Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes
• An Evaluation of Solidification/Stabilization Technology for Buffalo River Sediment^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Saginaw River, Michigan^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Grand Calumet River, Indiana^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Ashtabula River, Ohio^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Sheboygan River, Wisconsin^[1]
• Information Summary, Area of Concern: Buffalo River, New York^[1]
• Layman's Guide to Contaminated Sediment
• Mineral Processing Pretreatment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediments
• Modeling Data Requirements and Mass Loading Estimates for the Buffalo River Mass Balance Study (EPA-905-R94-005)
• A Multi-Assay/Multi-Test Site Evaluation of Sediment Toxicity
• Numerical Ranking Methodologies for Contaminated Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Solvent Extraction for the Treatment of Grand Calumet River Sediments (EPA-905-R94-003)
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Bioremediation for the Treatment of Sheboygan River Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Sediment Washing for the Treatment of Saginaw River Sediments
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Buffalo River Sediments (EPA-905-R93-005)
• Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Thermal Desorption for the Treatment of Ashtabula River Sediments
  Pollutant Loadings to the Buffalo River Area of Concern from Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites (EPA-905-R94-006)
• Review and Synthesis of Bioassessment Methodologies for Freshwater Contaminated Sediments^[1]
• Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes, 1994 Update
• Review of Removal, Containment and Treatment Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediment in the Great Lakes^[1]
• Saginaw River Mass Balance Modeling Study Results
• Summary of Data Inputs to the Saginaw River Mass Balance Modeling Study
• Tumors and Abnormalities in Fish from the Ashtabula and Buffalo Rivers
• Wildlife Hazard Assessment: Saginaw River Area of Concern
• Wildlife Hazard Assessment: Buffalo River Area of Concern

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 ^[1] This report was published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Copies are available, while supplies last, from GLNPO.

ARCS Program Library Repositories

Ashtabula River Ashtabula County District Library 335 West 44th Ashtabula Ohio 44004 Tel: (216) 997-9341 Buffalo River Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Attn: Science Department Lafayette Square Buffalo, New York 14203 Tel: (716) 858-7101 J.P. Dudley Branch Library 2010 South Park Avenue Buffalo, New York 14220 Tel: (716) 823-1854 State University College at Buffalo Attn: Butler Library 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 Tel: (716) 878-6331 Grand Calumet River Gary Public Library 220 West 5th Street Gary, Indiana 46202 Tel: (219) 886-2484 East Chicago Public Library 2401 E. Columbus Drive East Chicago, Indiana 46312 Tel: (219) 397-2453 Indiana University-Northwest Attn: Government Documents 3400 Broadway Gary, Indiana 46408 Tel: (219) 980-6580

Saginaw River Hoyt Library Attn: Michigan Room 505 Janes Street Saginaw, Michigan 48605 Tel: (517) 755-0904 Bay City Branch Library 708 Center Avenue Bay City, Michigan 48708 Tel: (517) 893-9566 Saginaw Valley State University Attn: Zahnow Library (reference) 2250 Pierce Road University Center, Michigan 48710 Tel: (517) 790-4240 Sheboygan River Mead Public Library 710 Plaza 8 Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081 Tel: (414) 459-3432 Additional Repositories U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Attn: Librarian 77 West Jackson Blvd Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 Tel: (312) 353-2022 Lake Michigan Federation 59 East Van Buren Chicago, Illinois 60605 Tel: (312) 939-0838 International Joint Commission Great Lakes Regional Office 100 Ouellette Avenue Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3 Tel: (313) 226-2170

For additional information on the ARCS Program, write to:

ARCS Program
Great Lakes National Program Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
77 W. Jackson Boulevard (G-17J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590

Created: October 21, 1994
Revised: July 3, 1997

 

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