Agricultural Development and Land Improvement with Dredged Material, (9999)
Lee,Charles R., Simmers,John W.
Each year it becomes more difficult to locate suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material. The Dredged Material Research Program (DMRP) explored productive uses of dredged material, which...
Evaluation of Upland Disposal of Richmond Harbor, California, Sediment from Santa Fe Channel (2006)
Lee, Charles R., Brandon, Dennis L., Tatem, Henry E., Skogerboe, John G., Brannon, James M.
This report describes testing and evaluation performed by the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) on sediment from the Santa Fe Channel of Richmond...
Land Application of Waste Materials from Dredging, Construction, and Demolition Processes. (2002)
Lee,Charles R., Engler,Robert M., Mahloch,Jerome L.
This paper presents the text of a manuscript to be published as a chapter in a monograph of the symposium entitled 'Land Application of Waste Materials,' sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of...
Lee,Charles R., Hoeppel,Ronald E., Hunt,Patrick G., Carlson,Charles A.
An assessment was made of the feasibility of using vegetation to filter, dewater, and remove contaminants from dredged material slurry in confined disposal sites. A summary was developed to provide a...
A Hydroponic Study of Heavy Metal Uptake by Selected Marsh Plant Species. (2002)
Lee,Charles R., Sturgis,Thomas C., Landin,Mary C.
Eight marsh plants were grown in chemically controlled hydroponic solutions containing three concentrations of heavy metals to evluate the ability of each plant species to take up and accumulate...
Highlights of Research on Overland Flow for Advanced Treatment of Wastewater. (2002)
Lee,Charles R., Hunt,Patrick G., Hoeppel,Ronald E., Carlson,Charles A.
Overland flow treatment of municipal wastewater was studied in greenhouse grass-soil models. The response of overland flow treatment of nitrogen, phosphorus, and heavy metals to various operating...
Barko,John W., Smart,Richard M., Lee,Charles R., Landin,Mary C., Sturgis,Thomas C.
An investigation of the success of establishment and the growth of marsh plants on physically and chemically different dredged sediments was conducted under semicontrolled conditions in a greenhouse....
Evaluation of Techniques to Estimate Annual Water Quality Loadings to Reservoirs. (2002)
Westerdahl,Howard E., Harris,Jane, Lee,Charles R.
Five techniques for determining annual water quality loadings were compared and evaluated according to data requirements, advantages and limitations, comparability of results, consistency of...
Simmers,John W., Lee,Charles R., Bates,Derrick J.
A natural marsh heavy metal survey was conducted to establish a baseline for comparison to plant concentration and uptake data from contaminated and perturbated sediments. Extensive field sampling of...
Plant Bioassay of Materials from the Blue River Dredging Project. (2002)
Lee,Charles R., Preston,Karen M.
A plant bioassay and associated chemical analyses were performed on sediment and bank material from the Blue River and soil from a proposed disposal site. The objectives of the tests were to...
Field Investigations of Overland Flow Treatment of Municipal Lagoon Effluent. (2002)
Peters,Robert E., Lee,Charles R., Bates,Derrick J.
Overland flow to provide advanced treatment of municipal lagoon effluent was studied in a field environment near Utica, Miss. The field studies were conducted on slopes constructed at 2, 4, and 8...
Lee,Charles R., Peddicord,Richard K., Palermo,Michael R.
This report presents a decisionmaking framework based on a management strategy for dredged material that incorporates results of a suite of test protocols to assess the effects of physiochemical...
Remedial Investigation of Contaminant Mobility at Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California. (2002)
Lee, Charles R., O'Neil, L. J., Clairain, Ellis J., Brandon, Dennis L., Rhett, Richard G.
A remedial investigation was conducted at Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California, to determine the nature and extent of of wetland and terrestrial environments. The evaluation considered major...
Feasability Study of Contamination Remediation at Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California. (2002)
Lee,Charles R., O'Neil,L. J., Clairain,Ellis J.
Hazardous substances identified as necessitating remedial actions include lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, selenium, and arsenic. The proposed remedial actions are designed to address existing or...
Lee,Charles R., Bates,Derrick J.
Heavy metal uptake by Cyperus esculentus from 15 highly contaminated freshwater sediments under reduced (flooded) and oxidized (upland) disposal conditions was investigated in the greenhouse. Heavy...
Skogerboe,John G., Lee,Charles R., Price,Richard A., Brandon,Dennis, Hollins,George
Some of the sediment dredged from waterways is contaminated and must be tested to predict problems that might occur after disposal. Laboratory tests showed that as dredged material dried and...
Lee, Charles R., O'Neil, L. J., Brandon, Dennis L., Rhett, Richard G., Skogerboe, John G.
This report is an appendix to Miscellaneous Paper EL-86-2. It contains corrections and supplemental information to the original report, as well as data collected between June 1986 and August 1987 to...
Lee, Charles R., O'Neil, L. J.
This report identifies and describes potential remedial actions to eliminate or mitigate the release of hazardous substances onto lands of the Naval Weapons Station, Concord, CA. Hazardous substances...
Lee, Charles R., O'Neil, L. J., Brandon, Dennis L., Robertson, J. M.
This report contains responses by the Department of the Navy to comments received after the Navy issued a public notice on 16 September 1988 that it had completed the proposed remedial action plan...
Effects of Storage on Sediment Toxicity, Bioaccumulation Potential, and Chemistry. (1998)
Tatem, Henry E., Brandon, Dennis L., Lee, Charles R., Jarvis, A. S., Rhett, R. G.
Current guidance on storage of sediments for bioassay/bioaccumulation tests requires that samples be held at 4 C and used within 2 weeks of collection. The objective of this study was to determine...
Lee, Charles R., Tatem, Henry E., Brandon, Dennis L., Kay, Stratford H., Peddicord, Richard K.
Navigable waterways of the United States have a vital role in the Nation's economic growth. The US Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for the dredging and disposal of large volumes of sediment...
Large Centrifuge: A Critical Army Capability for the Future. (1998)
Ledbetter, Richard H., Hughes, Steven A., Rollings, Marian P., Lee, Charles R., Gilbert, Paul A.
The purpose of this report is to present an overview of potential applications of a centrifuge for the purposes of research and development. The technical areas discussed are (a) coastal regions, (b)...
Brandon, Dennis L., Lee, Charles R., Simmers, John W., Skogerboe, John G., Wilhelm, Gerould S.
Contaminated sediment was dredged from Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut, in October 1983 and placed in aquatic, upland, and wetland environments as part of the Field Verification Program (FVP),...
Current Corps of Engineers Data Management Practices. (1998)
Price, Richard A., Lee, Charles R., Brandon, Dennis L., Lemlich, Sandra K.
This technical note describes the results of a survey of Corps of Engineers districts on data management practices presently being used. The information is applicable to all Corps districts that...
Lee, Charles R., Brandon, Dennis L., Engler, Robert M.
This technical note summarizes data collected between 1983 and 1989 that relate to plant and animal communities colonizing the wetland creation site of the US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental...
Environmental Effects of Dredging: Wetland Animal Bioassays/Biomonitoring. (1998)
Simmers, John W., Kay, Stratford H., Rhett, R. G., Lee, Charles R.
This note follows Technical Note EEDP-O3-1 and adds support to the concept of using wetland animals as Indicators of bioavailable contaminants in dredged material used to create intertidal wetlands....
Skogerboe, John G., Lee, Charles R., Engler, Robert M.
The purpose of this technical note describes how the results of the surface runoff water quality test can be used to predict the water quality of surface runoff from confined upland disposal sites...
Lee, Charles R., Brandon, Dennis L.
Contaminated sediment was dredged from Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut, in October 1983 and placed in aquatic, upland, and wetland environments as part of the US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental...
Environmental Effects of Dredging: Upland Animal Bioassays of Dredged Materials. (1998)
Simmers, John W., Rhett, R. G., Lee, Charles R.
The Clean Water Act in the United States requires that the environmental evaluation of dredged material prior to discharge or impacting the waters of he United States include the effects of disposal...
Recently, a solid-phase plant bioassay was developed to test sediment for contaminants that are potentially phytotoxic and may be bioaccumulated by plants (Folsom and Lee 1981a; Folsom, Lee, and...
Engler, Robert M., Wright, Tom, Lee, Charles R., Dillon, Tom M.
This note describes the Federal Standard pursuant to Corps' technical considerations and policies with regard to the disposal of dredged material in accordance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), which...
Tatem, Henry E., Lee, Charles R.
Nine species of freshwater mussels collected from the Big Sunflower River, Mississippi, in 1993 were chemically analyzed for three classes of environmental contaminants. There was a proposal to...
Dredged Material Screening Tests for Beneficial Use Suitability (1998)
Winfield, Linda E., Lee, Charles R.
The nature, magnitude, and distribution of contaminants in dredged material vary within and between sites, making consideration of the potential beneficial uses of dredged material more difficult....
Evaluation of Dredged Material for Phytoreclamation Suitability. (1998)
Price, Richard A., Lee, Charles R.
This technical note serves primarily to describe an approach to evaluating the phytoreclamation alternative for dredged material treatment. This approach falls under the treatment block described as...
The purpose of this technical note is to provide implementation guidance for select options for the reclamation and beneficial use of contaminated dredged material. Previous technical notes have...
Predicting Surface Runoff Water Quality from Upland Disposal of Contaminated Dredged Material (1998)
Price, Richard A., Skogerboe, John G., Lee, Charles R.
The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Rainfall Simulator/Lysimeter System (RSLS) has been very effective in predicting surface runoff water quality from the upland placement of...
Lee, Charles R., Brandon, Dennis L.
This technical note summarizes data collected between 1983 and 1989 that relate to plant and animal communities colonizing the upland disposal site of the US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental...
Upland Animal Bioassays of Dredged Material (1998)
Simmers, John W., Rhett, R. G., Lee, Charles R.
This note introduces the concept of using an upland animal as an indicator of the contaminants in dredged material (1) proposed for disposal in an upland environment or (2) already placed in an...
Plant Bioassay of Dredged Material (1998)
This note introduces the concept of using a plant as an indicator of the contaminants in dredged material. An example of the application of a plant bioassay procedure to saltwater dredged material...
Wetland Animal Bioassay of Saltwater Dredged Material (1998)
Simmers, John W., Rhett, R. G., Lee, Charles R., Engler, Robert M.
This note introduces the concept of using a wetland animal as an indicator of the contaminants in dredged material proposed for disposal in a wetland environment. An example of the application of an...
Sturgis, Thomas C., Lee, Charles R., Johnson, Kervin
Manufactured soil/beneficial reuse of dredged material is a potential strategy/alternative for long-term confined disposal. The development of a manufactured topsoil product will allow the U.S. Army...
Sturgis, Thomas C., Lee, Charles R.
Soil particles and other materials in runoff find their way to the bottom of waterways. These soil particles become sediment that eventually has to be removed from the waterways to maintain...
Manufactured Soil Field Demonstrations on Brownfields and Abandoned Minelands (1998)
The purpose of this technical note is to describe the use of dredged material in manufacturing topsoil for restoration of brownfields and abandoned acid minelands.
Sturgis, Thomas C., Lee, Charles R., Johnson, Kervin, Langan, J. P.
Recycling of waste materials within the environment must be a serious national goal in order for the United States to manage its resources wisely. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development...
Ruff, Jessica S., Lee, Charles R.
This issue describes the concept of using dredged material as an ingredient in manufactured soil products. This innovative process offers an alternative for beneficial use of both dredged material...
Brandon, Dennis L., Lee, Charles R., Simmers, John W.
Contaminated sediment dredged from Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut, was placed in aquatic, upland, and wetland environments as part of the Field Verification Program (FVP), a 6-year joint effort of...