The Truth about Ecological Revitalization – Case Studies and Tools to Improve your Cleanups Michele Mahoney Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology.

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The Truth about Ecological Revitalization – Case Studies and Tools to Improve your Cleanups Michele Mahoney Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation Superfund HQ Support

1 OSWER  Current involvement  Support for ecological revitalization

2 EPA Administrator’s Priorities Taking Action on Climate Change Improving Air Quality Assuring the Safety of Chemicals Cleaning Up Our Communities Protecting America’s Waters Expanding the Conservation on Environmentalism and Working for Environmental Justice Building Strong State and Tribal Partnerships Purpose

3 Topics on EcoTools Web site

4 Quick Page Links  Why restore disturbed or contaminated lands?  Why are ecosystems important to ecological land reuse?  Archived internet seminars for ecological restoration  Further EPA information and resources on ecological land reuse  Glossary of ecological land reuse terms

5 Archived Internet Seminars and Presentations

6 Fact Sheets

7 Ecological Revitalization Database 99 project profiles!

8 Ecological Revitalization Database

9 Case Studies

10 Feedback and Updates

11 Principles for Ecological Land Reuse Site after Site before

12 Soil Amendments Recycling of industrial by- products Reduces exposure of contaminants Restores soil quality SOIL AMENDMENTS Quick Page Links  Why is soil health important?  Why are soil amendments?  What is compost?  What are biosolids?  Biosolids Recycling: Restore, Reclaim, Remediate (video)  Further Information and Resources

13 Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration

14 Plants and Revegetation O HORIZON A HORIZON B HORIZON C HORIZON R HORIZON CO2 microbial respiration Uses CO2 to store carbon in biomass Translocation Soil & Plant Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2

15 Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Three Sites:  Stafford Airport Site, Virginia  Sharon Steel Site, Pennsylvania  Leadville Site, Colorado

16 Act locally Organizations and Resources How to get involved

17 Feedback and References EcoTools Web site Today’s presentations Reference material Fact Sheets Ecological Revitalization Database Case studies Feedback Web site Reference material

Michele Mahoney US EPA OSWER Technology Innovation & Field Services Division Phone: (703)