Newly promulgated Risk - Based Corr...

Newly promulgated Risk - Based Corrective Action (RBCA) guidelines will originate in substantial savings in cleanup costlinesss for states and property proprietors dealing with contaminated underground storage tank (UST) sites, according to Len Eder president of Eder Associates, Locust Valley, NY an environmental engineering firm active in UST remediation devises

"By employing science-based risk assessments rather than non-scientific worst-case default assumptions, UST cleanup could be accomplished often faster and in a les precious manner,," Eder says.

"In fact, according to a preliminary meditation conducted by the Washington-based National Environmental Policy Institute, use of risk-based assessments could wound cleanup costs by as long as 60 percent," he adds.

The crisis Standard Guide for RBCA, issued by the agency of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), was revised and issued in final form in September.

Develop for sites with leaking subterranean storage tanks, the guide promulgates the use