Review of State Regulations Regarding Natural Attenuation as a Remedial Option.

Abstract

The AFCEE's risk-based approach to petroleum cleanup is designed to promote risk-based standards and cost-effective technologies to remediate sites with petroleum contamination. One major thrust of AFCEE's approach is to support a wider recognition and acceptance of natural attenuation as a viable alternative for restoring groundwater contaminated with dissolved petroleum products. Natural attenuation is also referred to as intrinsic bioremediation, passive bioremediation, or intrinsic remediation. It is a remediation approach that depends upon natural processes (e.g., dilution, dispersion, sorption, volatilization, chemical transformation, and biodegradation) acting to contain contaminants, reduce contaminant concentrations and mass, and to restore groundwater quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA324023

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Armament Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bioremediation
  • Contamination
  • District Of Columbia
  • Environment
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Hygiene
  • North Carolina
  • Public Health
  • Solid Waste
  • Storage Tanks
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Bioremediation