Book’ entitled “Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal - Testing Manual” EPAKJSACE, 1991). The USACE and EPA have statutory and regulatory responsibilities with regard to the management of dredged material discharge activities in inland and near coastal waters. Manual developed by the USACE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (Testing Manual), commonly referred to as the 'Green Book,' and the regional manual developed by the USACE-NYD and EPA Region II, Guidance for Petfoming Tests on Dredged Material to be Disposed of in Ocean.
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Engineer Manuals
| Pub Number | Proponent | Title | Pub Date | Latest Review | Info |
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| EM 1110-2-3800 | CECW-EC | Engineering and Design Blasting for Rock Excavations. | 10/30/2018 | ||
| EM 1110-2-4000 | CECW-EH-Y | Sedimentation Investigations of Rivers and Reservoirs | 10/31/1995 | ||
| EM 1110-2-4205 | CECW-EE | Hydroelectric Power Plants Mechanical Design | 6/30/1995 | ||
| EM 1110-2-4300 | CECW-ED | Instrumentation for Concrete Structures | 11/30/1987 | ||
| EM 1110-2-5025 | CECW-EW | Engineering and Design, Dredging and Dredged Material Management | 7/31/2015 | ||
| EM 1110-2-5026 | CECW-EG-D | Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material | 6/30/1987 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6050 | CECW-ET | Response Spectra and Seismic Analysis for Concrete Hydraulic Structures | 6/30/1999 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6051 | CECW-EW | Time-History Dynamic Analysis of Concrete Hydraulic Structures | 12/22/2003 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6053 | CECW-CE | Earthquake Design and Evaluation of Concrete Hydraulic Structures | 5/1/2007 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6054 | CECW-ED | Inspection, Evaluation and Repair of Hydraulic Steel Structures | 12/1/2001 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6055 | CECW-CE / CECW-CO | Inland Electronic Navigational Chart Engineering Manual | 2/27/2015 | ||
| EM 1110-2-6056 | CECW-CE | Standards and Procedures for Referencing Project Evaluation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datum's | 12/31/2010 | ||
| EM 1110-3-130 | CEMP-ET | Geometrics for Roads, Streets, Walks, and Open Storage Areas - Mobilization Construction | 4/9/1984 | ||
| EM 1110-3-131 | CEMP-ET | Flexible Pavements for Roads, Streets, Walks and Open Storage Areas - Mobilization Construction | 4/9/1984 | ||
| EM 1110-3-132 | CEMP-ET | Rigid Pavements for Roads, Streets, Walks and Open Storage Areas - Mobilization Construction | 4/9/1984 |
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EPA Region 6 staff taking sediment from a sediment grab sample at an ocean disposal site.Dredged material proposed for ocean disposal is evaluated and tested to ensure that the material will not adversely affect human health and the marine environment. The sediments dredged from our nation’s waterways sometimes are contaminated by historic chemical pollutants. If biologically available, such contaminants may be ingested or absorbed by marine organisms, resulting in toxicity (e.g., death) or bioaccumulation (accumulation of pollutants in the organism’s tissues), which, in turn, exposes other organisms in the food web and ultimately humans when contaminated seafood is eaten.
Evaluation of dredged material for ocean disposal under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), sometimes referred to as the Ocean Dumping Act, relies on standardized testing using biological organisms (bioassays). The purpose of the evaluation procedures is to ensure efficient and reliable protection against toxicity and bioaccumulation that otherwise may impair the marine environment or human health.
Ocean Testing Manual
In 1991, EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jointly published the Ocean Testing Manual, a national testing manual for the evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean dumping (also known as the Green Book). Under section 103 of the MPRSA, any proposed dumping of dredged material into ocean waters must be evaluated through use of EPA’s ocean dumping criteria (40 CFR 220-229). The Ocean Testing Manual provides guidance for sampling, testing, and analysis of water, sediment and tissue to evaluate the environmental acceptability of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal. Uncharacterized materials are prohibited from ocean disposal (40 CFR 227.5(c)). Therefore, EPA and USACE review sampling and analysis plans to ensure that each project’s sediments are appropriately characterized.
Regional Implementation Manuals
EPA Regional and USACE District Offices work together to develop Regional Implementation Manuals that provide regional refinements to the national guidance, such as identifying contaminants of concern for particular harbors and recommending specific species of organisms to be used in testing of dredged material.
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Local regional guidance is provided by San Francisco Bay’s Long Term Management Strategy (LTMS) and its Dredged Material Management Office (DMMO) for USACE San Francisco District projects and by the Southern California Dredged Material Management Team (SC-DMMT) for USACE Los Angeles District projects. For all other dredging projects involving ocean disposal, local sediment testing guidance is provided on a case-by-case basis, using the Ocean Testing Manual (Green Book).
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Related National Guidances
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Additional related guidances, including scientific methodologies and environmental evaluation and reporting techniques, are provided in the following documents:
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Evaluation of dredged material for inland disposal under the Clean Water Act relies on the use of physical, chemical and/or biological tests to determine acceptability of material to be disposed. The Inland Testing Manual is national guidance which provides best available methods for this CWA evaluation. To learn more about dredged material evaluation under the Clean Water Act, please visit Section 404 of the CWA Web page.
For more information about how sediment testing is used in the issuance of MPRSA permits and, in the case of federal navigation projects, authorizations for dredged material, please see Ocean Disposal of Dredged Material Web page.