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ORD WASTE RESEARCH STRATEGY
Citation:
USEPA. ORD WASTE RESEARCH STRATEGY. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH, EPA/600/R-98/154, 1999.
Description:
The "Waste Research Strategy" covers research necessary to support both the proper management of solid and hazardous wastes and the effective remediation of contaminated waste sites. This research includes improving the assessment of existing environmental risks, as well as developing more cost-effective ways to reduce those risks. Prepared by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD), the strategy responds to two major legislative mandates and large programs within the EPA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or "Superfund") and their amendments. This strategy identifies four research areas that correspond to the major waste-related environmental problems (contaminated ground water, contaminated soils and the vadose zone [subsurface region above the ground water table], emissions from waste combustion facilities, and active waste management facilities). The strategy prioritizes research activities that ORD should undertake through Fiscal Year 2000 (FY00).