Strategies for Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites : Fast-Tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making

ISBN-13: 9781566702379 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 448 str.

Scott M. Payne

Opis

This book brings together technical and regulatory information crucial to environmental professionals, policy developers, and legal staff. Readers will learn how to improve environmental performance and hasten decision making, reduce costs, expedite actions, and revitalize a slowing industry. Strategies for improving communication and teamwork to help projects run smoothly are also discussed.
-- Tables listing remedial and investigative technologies provide readers with a simple, yet comprehensive information source to identify and consider innovative technologies
-- More than 60 figures showing the process and approach used to accelerate cleanup help readers understand and grasp the issues related to complex decision making
-- Information presented on trust, communication, and teamwork related to technical decision making in the environmental industry offer approaches that improve internal and external communication, foster trust, and establish teamwork on projects

Spis treści

IntroductionReasons for Accelerating Cleanup and Streamlining Decision MakingWho Should Read This BookFundamental PrinciplesBook OrganizationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEPA's Information Transfer and Technology Demonstration ProgramsCERCLA Early Actions and Accelerated CleanupRCRA and Other EPA ProgramsReferencesU.S. Department of Defense and Military BranchesDepartment of DefenseU.S. Air ForceU.S. NavyU.S. ArmyReferencesU.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Environmental Management (OEM)OEM Environmental Restoration ProgramOffice of Health and Environmental ResearchReferencesState and Local Environmental ProgramsResearch ProgramsVoluntary Cleanup and Negotiating Actions Under State ProgramsState Underground Storage Tank ProgramsWestern Governors AssociationState Abandoned Mine Reclamation ProgramsDeveloping Flexible Record of Decisions under CERCLACalifornia Base Closure Environmental CommitteeReferencesPrivate Sector, Professional Organizations, and Concepts of Innovative SolutionsObservational ApproachRisk-Based Cleanup ApproachComputer ModelingGeophysical Tools and ApplicationsInnovative Technologies and ApproachesReferencesCommunication, Teamwork, Leadership, and TrustGeneral ConceptsCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipTrust People Training and InterventionReferencesStrategic Planning and Lowering Environmental CostsStrategic PlanningLowering Environmental CostsReferencesAppendix A: Environmental Resource GuideAppendix B: Completed U.S. EPA Site Measuring and Monitoring Technologies Evaluation Projects as of 1994Appendix C: Remediation Technology MatrixNTI Copy

O autorze

Scott Marshall Payne (Author)