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1. Introduction
2. Importance and Value of Sustainable Resilient Remediation
2. Importance and Value of Sustainable Resilient Remediation
2.1 Evolution of Environmental Remediation to SRR
2.2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
3. Perspectives
3. Perspectives
3.1 State Survey Summary
3.2 Private-Party Sites
3.3 Federal Perspectives
3.4 Public and Tribal Stakeholders
3.5 ASTM International
4. State Resource Map
5. Advancing the Practice: Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience
5. Advancing the Practice: Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience
5.1 Sustainability Is More Than a Footprint
5.2 Special Considerations for Low-Income and Minority Communities
5.3 Road Map of Economic and Social Resources
5.4 Social and Economic Sustainability Through Constructive Change and Protective Remedies
5.5 Integrating Sustainability and Resiliency into Brownfields Redevelopment
5.6 Ecosystem Services
5.7 Green Infrastructure and Resiliency
5.8 Selecting Sustainable and Resilient Passive or Low-Energy Remediation Technologies
5.9 Social and Economic Impact Evaluations
5.10 Case Studies
5.11 How to Identify Potential Site or Cleanup Impacts on Highly Impacted or Socioeconomically Vulnerable Communities
6. Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into the Remedial Project Life Cycle
6. Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into the Remedial Project Life Cycle
6.1 Project Planning
6.2 Site Characterization
6.3 Remedy Planning
6.4 Execution
6.5 Response Complete
6.6 Site Closeout
7. Key Sustainable Best Management Practices for Sustainable Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7. Key Sustainable Best Management Practices for Sustainable Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7.1 SBMPs Universally Relevant to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7.2 Wind
7.3 Snow and Hail
7.4 Fluctuating Groundwater Elevation Levels
7.5 Flooding
7.6 Bank and Shoreline Erosion
7.7 Pre-Wildfire
7.8 Post-Wildfire
7.9 Sea-Level Rise
7.10 Evapotranspiration
7.11 Storm Surge
7.12 Permafrost Thaw
8. Recommendations for the Future
9. References
Appendix A. Case Study Matrix
Appendix B. State Survey and State Survey Results
Appendix C. Tech Sheets for Selected State SRR Resources
Appendix D. Sustainable Best Management Practice Checklists
Appendix E. Team Contacts
Appendix F. Glossary
Appendix G. Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Document Feedback

 

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Federal Resources

Sustainable and Resilient Remediation

US Air Force

Air Force Guidance Memorandum to AFI 32-7001, Environmental Management

https://www.afcec.af.mil/Home/Environment/

https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a4/publication/afi32-7001/afi32-7001.pdf

Air Force Restoration Systems and Strategies Website

https://www.afcec.af.mil/Home/Environment/Technical-Support-Division/Environmental-Restoration-Technical-Support-Branch/Restoration-Systems-and-Strategies/

US Army Corps of Engineers

Evaluation of Incorporating GSR into US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Remediation. A 2012 report “EVALUATION OF CONSIDERATION AND INCORPORATION OF GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION (GSR) PRACTICES IN ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION “

https://cdm16021.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p266001coll1/id/2298

US Navy

US Navy remediation optimization page houses their refernces to green and sustainable remdiation.

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/navfac_worldwide/specialty_centers/exwc/products_and_services/ev/erb/gsr.html

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/content/dam/navfac/Specialty%20Centers/Engineering%20and%20Expeditionary%20Warfare%20Center/Environmental/Restoration/er_pdfs/gpr/don-ev-pol-opt-actions-20120402.pdf

Green and Sustainable Remediation Best Practices

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/navfac_worldwide/specialty_centers/exwc/products_and_services/ev/go_erb.html

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/content/dam/navfac/Specialty%20Centers/Engineering%20and%20Expeditionary%20Warfare%20Center/Environmental/Restoration/er_pdfs/s/navfacexwc-ev-fs-sustainLTMgmtlandfill-201604pdf.pdf

Department of the Navy Green and Sustainable Remediation Best Management Practices

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/navfac_worldwide/specialty_centers/exwc/products_and_services/ev/erb/gsr.html

https://www.navfac.navy.mil/content/dam/navfac/Specialty%20Centers/Engineering%20and%20Expeditionary%20Warfare%20Center/Environmental/Restoration/er_pdfs/g/navfacexwc-ev-TM-GSR-BMP-201609.pdf

USEPA

Green Streets Report

https://www.eli.org/research-report/giving-green-streets-green-light-improving-water-quality-through-capital-improvement-policies

https://www.eli.org/sites/default/files/eli-pubs/green-streets-report-final-cover-2019-06-20.pdf

USEPA Green and Sustainable Remediation – Greener Cleanups Webpage

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

Green Remediation Focus

https://clu-in.org/greenremediation/

A Citizen’s Guide to Greener Cleanups

https://clu-in.org/greenremediation/

https://clu-in.org/download/Citizens/a_citizens_guide_to_greener_cleanups.pdf

Superfund Green Remediation

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-green-remediation

Consideration of Greener Cleanup Activities in the Superfund Cleanup Process

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-green-remediation

https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/100000160.pdf

USEPA UST Finder

https://www.epa.gov/ust/ust-finder

USEPA Region 1 Clean and Greener Policy for Contaminated Sites

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r2_clean_and_green_update.pdf

USEPA Region 2 Clean and Green Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r2_clean_and_green_update.pdf

USEPA Region 3 Greener Cleanup and Sustainable Reuse Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r3greenpolicy.pdf

USEPA Region 4 updated Clean and Green Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/cleangreen121713.pdf

USEPA Region 5 Greener Cleanup Interim Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/region-5-greener-cleanup-interim-policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/region_5_greener_cleanup_interim_policy.pdf

USEPA Region 6 Clean and Green Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r6grpolicy.pdf

USEPA Region 7 Green Cleanup Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r7_gr_policy_april2015.pdf

USEPA Region 8 Green Remediation Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/epa-region-8-green-remediation-policy

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/r8grpolicy_rev1.pdf

USEPA Region 9 Greener Cleanups Policy

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-04/documents/r9_greener_cleanups_policy_april_2017.pdf

USEPA Region 10, “The goal of Region 10’s Office Clean and Green Policy is to enhance the environmental

https://www.epa.gov/greenercleanups/regional-and-state-implementation-greener-cleanups

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-12/documents/r10_clean_and_green_policy_aug_13_2009.pdf

USEPA Green Remediation Technical Primer

https://www.epa.gov/remedytech/green-remediation-incorporating-sustainable-environmental-practices-remediation

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-04/documents/green-remediation-primer.pdf

USEPA’s Science Inventory

https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/contaminated-sites-natural-disasters-changing-environmental-conditions-and

https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/

Climate Resilience Focus

Alabama

USEPA’s “What Climate Change Means for Alabama”

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-al.pdf

Alaska

USEPA’s Climate Resilience Toolkit – Alaska

https://toolkit.climate.gov/region/alaska

Department of Homeland Security

Regional Resiliency Assessment Program

https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/regional-resiliency-assessment-program

District of Columbia

Case study clean up the Anacostia River, in which the concepts of resiliency and sustainability are considered, and all the groundwater remediation sites along the Tidal  Anacostia River are considered.

https://www.anacostiasedimentproject.com/

Federal Interagency Working Group

Extreme Storm Events Work Group (ESEWG) of the Federal Subcommittee on Hydrology (SOH) under the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI)

https://acwi.gov/hydrology/extreme-storm/

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Insurance Program

https://www.floodsmart.gov/

GAO

EPA Should Take Additional Actions to Manage Risks from Climate Change

https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/702158.pdf

Idaho

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-id.pdf

Kentucky

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-ky.pdf

Mississippi

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-ms.pdf

Missouri

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-mo.pdf

NASA

NASA Sea Level Change Portal

https://sealevel.nasa.gov/

National Institute of Standards

Case Studies of Community Resilience Policy

https://www.nist.gov/

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/gcr/2016/NIST.GCR.16-002.pdf

Nevada

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-nv.pdf

NOAA

Extreme Water Levels Tool

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

https://toolkit.climate.gov/

http://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=d9ed7904dbec441a9c4dd7b277935fad&entry=1

Oklahoma

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for Oklahoma” 

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-ok.pdf

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Application by Service Scientists

https://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/

https://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/pdf/tek-fact-sheet.pdf

US Army Corps of Engineers

Remote Sensing and Monitoring of Earthen Flood-Control Structures

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1037860.pdf

US Army Corps of Engineers New England District flood risk managment page

https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Flood-Risk-Management/

USAID

Green Infrastructure Resource Guide

https://www.usaid.gov/

https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00TDBD.pdf

USDA

Evaporative Stress Index (ESI)

https://hrsl.arsusda.gov/drought/

USDOE

US Department of Energy Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2014).

https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/10/f18/doe_ccap_2014.pdf

US Department of Energy Climate Change Adaptation Plan Update 2017

https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/2016%20DOE%20Climate%20Adaptation%20Plan_0.pdf

US Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2019 Site Sustainability Plan Guidance

https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change

https://sustainabilitydashboard.doe.gov/PDF/Resources/2019%20Site%20Sustainability%20Plan%20Guidance.pdf

US Department of Energy Climate change vulnerability screenings

https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change

https://www.energy.gov/management/spo/articles/does-vulnerability-screening-guidance-published

US Department of Energy climate change resources webpage

https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/climate-change

USEPA

USEPA Climate Change Website

https://www.epa.gov/climate-change

USEPA Superfund Climate Resilience Adaptation Plan

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/epa-climate-change-adaptation-plan.pdf

USEPA Superfund Climate Resilience: Vulnerability Assessment website

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience-vulnerability-assessment

USEPA Superfund Climate Resilience: Resilience measures website

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience-resilience-measures

USEPA Superfund Climate Resilience: Adaptive Capacity website

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience-adaptive-capacity

USEPA Climate Change Adaptation Resouce Center website

https://www.epa.gov/arc-x

USEPA Green Infrastructure Wizard

https://cfpub.epa.gov/giwiz/

USEPA Superfund Climate Resilience

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience

USEPA Practical Strategies for Integrating Final Ecosystem Goods and Services into Community Decision-Making

https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-research-and-development-ord#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20Research%20and%20Development%20%28ORD%29%20is,increasingly%20complex%20environmental%20challenges%20of%20the%2021st%20century.

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/P100SGRC.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2016+Thru+2020&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C16thru20%5CTxt%5C00000006%5CP100SGRC.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL#

Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X), Climate Impacts on Water Utilities

https://www.epa.gov/arc-x/climate-impacts-water-utilities#impacts

Climate Smart Brownfields Manual

https://www.epa.gov/land-revitalization

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/documents/final_climate_smart_brownfields_manual_online_version.pdf

USEPA Climate Change Indicators Report

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/climate_indicators_2016.pdf

Evapotranspiration Calculator

https://www.epa.gov/ceam/evapotranspiration-calculator-desktop-tool

Development of a Climate Resilience Screening Index (CRSI): An Assessment of Resilience to Acute Meteorological Events and Selected Natural Hazards

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100SSN6.txt

USEPA Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Research program

https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-sustainable-and-healthy-communities-research-program

Contaminated Sites, Natural Disasters, Changing Environmental Conditions and Vulnerable Communities: Research to Build Resilience

https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/contaminated-sites-natural-disasters-changing-environmental-conditions-and

Storm Surge Inudation Map

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=852ca645500d419e8c6761b923380663

Executive Order 13653 Preparing The United States

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/11/06/2013-26785/preparing-the-united-states-for-the-impacts-of-climate-change

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-11-06/pdf/2013-26785.pdf

Executive Order 13783 Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-10/documents/memo_eo13783_energy_independence_economic_growth.pdf

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-10/documents/memo_eo13783_energy_independence_economic_growth.pdf

Executive Order 13834 Regarding Efficient Federal Operations

https://www.epa.gov/fgc/executive-order-13834-regarding-efficient-federal-operations

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-05-22/pdf/2018-11101.pdf

West Virginia

USEPA state “What Climate Change Means for…” state series

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-wv.pdf

Wildfire Focus

Department of Homeland Security

Wildfires

https://www.ready.gov/wildfires

DOI

The Office of Wildland Fire

https://www.doi.gov/wildlandfire

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Incident Information System

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

USEPA

Superfund Climate Resilience: Resilience Measures

https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-resilience-resilience-measures

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