Fact Sheets Relevant to the Whitehall TOSC Project

• Institutional Controls - They are usually legal controls intended to influence human activities in such a way as to prevent or reduce exposure to hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents that are left on a site following active cleanup work. Click on the link to learn more about them.

• Remedy Selection - The nature and extent of contamination at RCRA corrective action facilities are diverse. Contamination ranges from small spill areas requiring soil cleanup to extensive on-site and off-site soil, sediment, and groundwater contamination, including polluted drinking water sources. The Corrective Action program has to be procedurally flexible, with many different approaches to remedy selection. This fact sheet presents the information on several aspects of the remedy selection process for these types of facilities.

• Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Studies - The remedial investigation (RI) serves as the mechanism for collecting data to characterize site conditions, determine the nature of the waste, assess risk to human health and the environment and conduct treatability testing to evaluate the potential performance and cost of the treatment technologies that are being considered. The feasibility study (FS) is the mechanism for the development, screening, and detailed evaluation of alternative remedial actions. This factsheet provides information about the role these two play in site cleanup.

• Glossary - List of all the terms that are relevant to this site. For more extensive glossary click on the Glossary in the toolbar.