| Title: |
Green and Sustainable Remediation: A Practical Framework
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| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year: |
2011 |
| Availability: |
Technical/Regulatory Guidance GSR-2
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Report / download web link (=direct link): |
http://www.itrcweb.org/Documents/GSR-2.pdf
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Assessment tools
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Economic
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Environmental
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Social
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Sustainable / green remediation
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| Short description: |
EXTRACT:
The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Green and Sustainable Remediation
(GSR) Team has developed this guidance document to assist the remediation industry with the
integration of green and sustainable practices into existing site investigation and remediation
programs. The document provides a generalized framework intended to be flexible and scalable
to each phase of the remedial process. The GSR Team intends for users of the document to
implement this approach as-is or adapt it to their specific program and state and federal
regulatory environment.
This technical and regulatory guidance document is intended to be used in conjunction with the
overview document developed by the GSR Team and titled Green and Sustainable Remediation:
State of the Science and Practice (ITRC 2011a). A survey of the states was conducted as part of
the research and development of these documents, which provided the GSR Team with valuable
input on the status of GSR integration across the United States. Additional information was
provided by federal partners of ITRC, detailing their position and the level of GSR integration
into their respective organizations.
This document provides an introduction to GSR, including definitions of key terms specific to
the concept of GSR, followed by a description of the process of planning a GSR evaluation and
the implementation of GSR concepts during each remediation phase, from site investigation
through site closeout. Finally, the document describes the types of tools available to the GSR
practitioner. Several case studies are included in Appendix C to assist in conceptualizing GSR
integration into each type of cleanup program.
The user will find the three aspects of GSR consisting of environmental, social, and economic
considerations depicted in the introduction to define the process of sustainable site decision
making. The GSR concepts communicated in this document will help state programs develop
guidance and eventually formal GSR policy and may help some federal agencies that have not
developed programs formulate a GSR policy.
The GSR planning process described in this document outlines a process to adequately prepare
for a GSR evaluation, including the identification and engagement of stakeholders. The GSR
Team identified three levels of GSR evaluations to provide users with a set of options to make
GSR evaluations applicable to a wide array of project types. The GSR implementation process
described in this document takes the user through each remedial phase, demonstrating
opportunities for GSR applications and describing the documentation necessary to demonstrate
the use of GSR approaches.
The description of tools provided in this document is intended to guide users in the selection of a
tool that is best suited to their project in consideration of the three levels of GSR evaluations
provided herein. The GSR overview document identified a number of metrics and tools that
combined provide the user with numerous options for GSR evaluations.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 01/12/2011
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