NCRP
Guidance Material
Remediation Technology Options
Contaminant
Media
Remedial Approach
Generic Landuse
Heavy Metals
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, stabilisation, phyto
remediation, electrolysis, soil washing,
encapsulation.
Landfills, Engine Repair / Maintenance,
Sewage Treatment Plants, Firing Ranges,
Hazardous Materials, Chemical Storage.
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, chemical oxidation and or reduction,
cut off walls, treatment barriers.
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, land farming (bio
remediation), thermal desorption, soil
vapour
extraction,
soil
washing,
encapsulation.
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
(TPH, PAH, BTEX)
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Landfills, Bulk Fuel Storage, Engine
Repair / Maintenance, Fire / AFFF
Training Areas, Chemical Storage.
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Contaminant
Media
Remedial Approach
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, passive skimming and dual phase
extraction, air sparging, ozonation,
chemical oxidation, cut off walls, treatment
barriers.
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, land farming (bio
remediation), thermal desorption, soil
vapour extraction, encapsulation, cut off
walls.
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, passive skimming and dual phase
extraction, air sparging, ozonation,
chemical oxidation, cut off walls, treatment
barriers.
UXOs
All media
Specialist
removal.
Asbestos
Soils / Sediment
Dig and dump, encapsulation, ‘Emu’
picking.
Landfills, Bulk Fuel Storage, Engine
Repair / Maintenance, Fire / AFFF
Training Areas, Sewage Treatment Plants,
Firing Ranges, Hazardous Materials,
Chemical Storage.
SVOCs
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, stabilisation, thermal
desorption, encapsulation; bioremediation
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, passive skimming and dual phase
extraction, air sparging, ozonation,
chemical oxidation, cut off walls, treatment
barriers.
Landfills, Bulk Fuel Storage, Engine
Repair / Maintenance, Fire / AFFF
Training Areas, Sewage Treatment Plants,
Firing Ranges, Hazardous Materials,
Chemical Storage.
Solvents
(VOCs)
Solvents
(VOCs)
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excavation,
Generic Landuse
processing
and
Landfills, Bulk Fuel Storage, Engine
Repair / Maintenance, Fire / AFFF
Training Areas, Chemical Storage.
Landfills, Firing Ranges.
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Contaminant
Media
Remedial Approach
Generic Landuse
Explosive Residues
Soil / Sediment
Specialist advice sought.
Surface Water / Groundwater
Specialist advice sought
Landfills, Fire /Training Areas, Firing
Ranges,
Radiation
Any media
Specialist advice to be sought
Landfills, Fire / AFFF Training Areas,
Sewage Treatment Plants, Firing Ranges,
Hazardous Materials, Chemical Storage.
Biological
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, land farming (bio
remediation), incineration, encapsulation.
Landfills, Sewage Treatment Plants, Firing
Ranges,
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, air sparging, ozonation, cut off walls,
treatment barriers.
Soil / Sediment
Dig and dump, stabilisation, encapsulation.
Surface Water / Groundwater
Natural attenuation, monitoring, pump and
treat, ozonation, chemical oxidation, cut off
walls, treatment barriers.
AFFF
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Landfills, Fire / AFFF Training Areas,
Sewage Treatment Plants, Chemical
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