Overview of Ongoing Research and Development

摘要

The mounting evidence of the ecological risk associated with contaminated sediments makes clear the realization that remediation of contaminated sediments will sometimes be necessary in order to control risks. With this realization, however, comes the awareness that many times effective techniques simply do not exist for the management of contaminated sediments. A clear need exists to conduct research into the development and evaluation of sediment management techniques. The following is a discussion of research and development opportunities for the risk management of contaminated sediments. Specific lessons learned are presented from EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory's (NRMRL) experience in developing a research program.