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EPA Bioremediation
Fact Sheets
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- Literature
Review on the Use of Commercial Bioremediation Agents for Cleanup of
Oil-Contaminated Estuarine Environments
- This document is a comprehensive review of the
use of commercial bioremediation products in treating oil spills. The scope
of this review is mainly estuarine environments, but it also pertains to
marine shorelines, terrestrial environments, freshwaters, and wetlands. The
review will be useful for oil spill responders (e.g., on-scene coordinators
and response contractors) to better understand the feasibility of
bioremediation technology and as an aid in selecting bioremediation
products.
- Guidelines
for the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes
- This document contains detailed technical
guidelines for using bioremediation technology for the cleanup of coastal
wetlands contaminated with oil and oil products. A supplement to the
previously published "Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Marine Shorelines
and Freshwater Wetlands" (Zhu et al., 2001), this guidance document includes
a thorough review and critique of the literature and theories pertinent to
oil biodegradation and nutrient dynamics, and provides examples of
bioremediation options and case studies of oil bioremediation in coastal
wetland environments.
- NRT Fact Sheet:
Bioremediation in Oil Spill Response
- The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide on
scene coordinators and other decision-makers with the latest information on
evolving technologies that may be applicable for use in responding to an oil
spill. Bioremediation is one technique that may be useful to remove spilled
oil under certain geographic and climatic conditions. For the purpose of
this effort, bioremediation is defined to include the use of nutrients to
enhance the activity of indigenous organisms and/or the addition of
naturally-occurring non-indigenous microorganisms.
- Guidelines for the
Bioremediation of Marine Shorelines and Freshwater Wetlands
- The objective of this document is to present a
detailed technical guidance document for use by spill responders for the
bioremediation of marine shorelines and freshwater wetlands contaminated
with oil and oil products. Technical personnel who are responsible for
designing and operating field bioremediation processes as well as
consultants and equipment manufacturers will also find it useful. The scope
of the document is limited to marine shorelines and freshwater wetlands
because of definitive results from recently completed, EPA-sponsored field
studies.
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