Abstract :
EPA has developed guidance for a tiered approach to ocean disposal monitoring that includes the following major elements: [1] A heirarchy of monitoring tiers including compliance, nearfield, farfield, marine resources, and ocean processes, [2] Regulatory and environmental endpoints and related null hypotheses for each tier, [3] An iterative process of predicting and field testing disposed waste transport, fate, and effects, [4] A quality assurance plan, and [5] A data management and reporting plan
