Sustainable Urban and Environmental Management Restoration Applications Using Sediment Treatment Systems with Beneficial Use Sustainable Urban and Environmental Sustainable Urban and Environmental Management Restoration Applications Management Restoration Applications Using Sediment Treatment Systems Using Sediment Treatment Systems with Beneficial Use with Beneficial Use E.A. Stern – US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USA K.W. Jones – Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York W.S. Douglass – New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New Jersey M.A. Kruge & H.E. Feng - Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey L.A. Baron – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New York Urban Sediment Management and Port Redevelopment Sediment in River Basin Management Plans 5 th International SedNet Conference 28 May 2008 E.A. Stern E.A. Stern – – US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USA US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USA K.W. Jones K.W. Jones – – Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York W.S. Douglass W.S. Douglass – – New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New Jersey New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New Jersey M.A. M.A. Kruge Kruge & H.E. & H.E. Feng Feng - - Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey L.A. Baron L.A. Baron – – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New York U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New York Urban Sediment Management and Port Redevelopment Urban Sediment Management and Port Redevelopment Sediment in River Basin Management Plans Sediment in River Basin Management Plans 5 5 th th International International SedNet SedNet Conference Conference 28 May 2008 28 May 2008
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Sustainable Urban and Environmental Management Restoration Applications
Using Sediment Treatment Systems with Beneficial Use
Sustainable Urban and Environmental Sustainable Urban and Environmental Management Restoration Applications Management Restoration Applications
Using Sediment Treatment Systems Using Sediment Treatment Systems with Beneficial Usewith Beneficial Use
E.A. Stern – US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USAK.W. Jones – Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
W.S. Douglass – New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New JerseyM.A. Kruge & H.E. Feng - Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
L.A. Baron – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New York
Urban Sediment Management and Port RedevelopmentSediment in River Basin Management Plans
5th International SedNet Conference28 May 2008
E.A. Stern E.A. Stern –– US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USAUS Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, New York USA
K.W. Jones K.W. Jones –– Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New YorkBrookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New YorkW.S. Douglass W.S. Douglass –– New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New JerseyNew Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New Jersey
M.A. M.A. KrugeKruge & H.E. & H.E. FengFeng -- Montclair State University, Montclair, New JerseyMontclair State University, Montclair, New JerseyL.A. Baron L.A. Baron –– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New YorkU.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NY District, New York
Urban Sediment Management and Port RedevelopmentUrban Sediment Management and Port RedevelopmentSediment in River Basin Management PlansSediment in River Basin Management Plans
55thth International International SedNetSedNet ConferenceConference28 May 200828 May 2008
• System-based (watershed) approachthat seeks to solve sediment-related problems by designing solutions that fit within the context of a regionalstrategy and sediment system
Recognizes sediments as a resourceSediment processes (coastal/estuarine)
• Integral to environmental / economic vitality
Engage StakeholdersAchieve long-term balance and sustainablesolutions
National
Regional Sediment Management
Regional Sediment Management(watershed)
Urban
Sediment Management
Sediment Quality
Quantity
Dredged Material Management
Sustainable
Sediment Management
Long – Term Implementation / Monitoring (NRC)
Federal – State – City
Port Authority
Environmental –Public
Cross-Program
Contaminated Sediments
Ports and Waterways
EU
SedNET
Design / Build
Urban / Port Impacts Urban / Port Impacts
• Contaminants in sediment:– Pose an ecological and human health risk
in the river and contributes to risk harbor-wide;
– Contribute to contaminant loading in the harbor (on-going sources)
• Regional Sediment Management (Watersheds)
– Impact dredged material and port management
– Impact future waterfront development opportunities (weak link)
Passaic River, NJ – Port Newark Downstream 2,3,7,8-TCDD / Mercury Contamination
Passaic River / Newark Bay
Mercury
Passaic River (3D)
TCDD
Deeper sediments more contaminated
20,000 ng/kg
10,000
0
600
300
100
5 -
3 -
Port Newark
mg/kg
Port of NY & NJ - Navigation
Port Newark
Arthur Kill Kill van Kull
Newark Bay
Claremont Terminal
Upper NY Harbor
Newark Airport
Passaic River Superfund Site -TCDD
Staten Island, NY
Bayonne, NJ
Use of Innovative Use of Innovative TechnologiesTechnologies
Positioning for the FuturePositioning for the FutureEnvironmental SustainabilityEnvironmental SustainabilityEnvironmental ManufacturingEnvironmental Manufacturing
Beneficial UseBeneficial Use
Positioning for the FuturePositioning for the Future
• Life Cycle Assessment – What is the cost associated (long-term)?
• Environmental, economic, social – Of not (environmental sustainability)
• Diminishing natural resources• Waste minimization• Landfill Closures for most contaminated sediments• Lack of real-estate (CAD’s/CDF’s)
– Loss of Benthic Habitat / wetlands / channel configuration• Short vs. long-term vision
Application of Innovative Decontamination Technologies with Beneficial Use
• Multiple Feeds of:– Dredged Material (Navigation)– Contaminated Sediments (Superfund)– Contaminated Soils– Coal Ash– Construction / Debris– Electronic waste– Sewage sludge– Medical Waste– Tires– Auto Fluff– Food Waste– Municipal Solid Waste
• Keeps system economics by supplying constant feed of material
• Diversity of Beneficial Use Products
TheyThey’’re making people every day, but they re making people every day, but they ainain’’t making any more dirt t making any more dirt –– Will RodgersWill Rodgers
• Topsoil is being depleted avg/yr 18X faster than what is being built up in nature– Takes 2000 yrs to build up 1in of topsoil
• US/California– CA agriculture depleting as much as 1in TS every 25 years.
80x faster than nature
• Developing Nations – 36x
• China – 54x
– C.J. Barrow. Land Degradation, Cambridge U. Press. (1981)– National Resources Inventory. Soil Conservation Service. USDA,
Washington, DC (1992)
Beneficial Use Beneficial Use –– Manufactured SoilManufactured Soil
010602010602--0404
• Decontaminated sediment blend with sand and organic material (mulch) to create a high end topsoil
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17. Envor Processing paper and cardboard recycling18. Envor Recycling glass and plastic recycling19. Envor Group office and truck wash20. Suomen Erityisjäte Ltd contaminated soil21. J Syrjänen Oy construction waste22. Suomen Uusioaines Oy glass recycling
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