SHC 3.62 ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES OF OILS AND FUELSOutput 3.62.2 Tools for evaluating Impacts of Fuels/Oils for Use in Site Remediation, Restoration and Revitalization
Citation:
Weaver, James W. AND R. Conmy. SHC 3.62 ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES OF OILS AND FUELSOutput 3.62.2 Tools for evaluating Impacts of Fuels/Oils for Use in Site Remediation, Restoration and Revitalization. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/F-17/286, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
Provides information on tools to help site managers and thereby communities and site to better evaluate and predict the potential public health impacts of fuels and oil spills. These tools will assist in identifying and addressing impacts to advance public health through prevention measures and improved response technologies to minimize impacts to land and water resources.
Description:
This output provides tools to help site managers and thereby communities and site to better evaluate and predict the potential public health impacts of fuels and oil spills. These tools will assist in identifying and addressing impacts to advance public health through prevention measures and improved response technologies to minimize impacts to land and water resources. The work reported here builds on previous contaminant fate and transport characterization work for fuels and oils (Conmy and Weaver, 2016), which is necessary to evaluate exposure to populations and impacts to ecosystem services that potentially impact human health and the environment. The work involves assessment of appropriate metrics for oil spill response, remediation, restoration, and revitalization, in the context of potential changes due to various factors, such as climate change. Three specific tools are included in this output: (1) a report on fate of diluted bitumen, (2) a model for petroleum vapor intrusion, and (3) methods to understand the association of private domestic wells and underground storage tank sites.