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Ecosystem Services Approaches and Tools for Contaminated Site Cleanup Jewel Lipps, Biology graduate student at Georgetown University former EPA ORISE Research ParFcipant at the Office of Superfund RemediaFon and Technology InnovaFon 1 Webinar

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Ecosystem Services Approaches and Tools for Contaminated Site Cleanup

Jewel Lipps, Biology graduate student at Georgetown University former EPA ORISE Research ParFcipant at the Office of Superfund RemediaFon and Technology InnovaFon

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Webinar ObjecFves 1 2 3

Understand the relevance

  • f ecosystem services at

site cleanups. Overview of two tools for quan:fica:on of ecosystem services at remedia:on projects to inform mi:ga:on and revitaliza:on decisions. Discuss ecosystem services with EPA Region site teams who pilot tested the approach and tools at their site.

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Ecosystem services are nature’s contribuFons to human well-being.

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The Classic Ecosystem Services Example: New York City’s Long-Term Watershed Protec:on for Clean Water Supply “A filtra:on plant large enough to clean the City's water supply would cost approximately $6 billion to build and another $250 million annually to maintain. Preserving the watershed, conversely, was es:mated at $1.5 billion, just

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dime invested on ecological preserva:on for every dollar that would have been spent

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filtra:on plant.” – Alice Kenny, The Ecosystem Marketplace h_p://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/ ar:cles/ecosystem-services-in-the-new-york- city-watershed-1969-12-31/

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h_ps://nespguidebook.com/agency-examples/

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Science Advisory Board

h_ps://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/WebBOARD/ValProtEcolSys%26Serv

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Lower Darby Creek Area, Region 3

Are there ecosystem services at contaminated sites?

And… what does this have to do with site cleanup?

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Ecological Risk Assessment ES-GEAEs Greener Cleanups Reasonably An:cipated Future Land Use

Ecological consideraFons at site cleanups

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Ecological Risk Assessment

h_ps://www.epa.gov/osa/ecosystem-services-ecological-risk-assessment-endpoints-guidelines

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Superfund Redevelopment Ini:a:ve

MILLTOWN RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS SITE

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h_ps://www.epa.gov/superfund-redevelopment-ini:a:ve

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Greener Cleanups

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h_ps://clu-in.org/greenremedia:on/

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Lower Darby Creek Area, Region 3

How do we know which ecosystem services are affected by cleanup acFviFes?

And… what can we do about it during cleanup?

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Iden%fy site-specific eco services Quan%fy relevant eco services Examine eco services affected by remedia:on Iden%fy & Implement best prac:ces Outcome: protect and revitalize eco services

EvaluaFon Framework

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Examples of EvaluaFons and Tools

Hypothe:cal “Casual” Evalua:on: EPA EnviroAtlas

  • Raleigh Street

Dump in Tampa, Florida

  • Limita:on: Data

is available for a subset

  • f U.S. communi:es

“Rigorous” Evalua:on: Service Providing Area (SPA) Maps created with spa:al modeling soqware

  • St. Louis River Bay Area
  • f Concern (AOC), Minnesota

and Wisconsin border

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump h_ps://www.epa.gov/superfund-redevelopment-ini:a:ve/superfund-sites-reuse-florida#raleigh

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump

Qualita%ve understanding of ecosystem services for this type of site:

  • 1. Wetlands provide many ecosystem services, thus wetland restora:on is

beneficial.

  • 2. Pollinator habitat

supports pollinators, therefore this supports pollina:on of local food crops.

  • 3. Bird habitat

and nes:ng boxes support songbird species viewed by outdoor recrea:onalists and birdwatchers.

  • 4. Natural green space in urban areas have posi:ve impacts on human health

and well-being.

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump Site Considera:on: Restore wetland habitat. Qualita:ve: Wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services. Wetlands should be restored. Quan:ta:ve: This part

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Tampa has high poten:al for wetland areas.

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump Site Considera:on: Revegetate using na:ve plants and pollinator habitat. Qualita:ve: Pollinators are necessary for local food crop produc:on. Quan:ta:ve: In this part

  • f Tampa, fruit

crop yields are between 0.1 and 748 thousand tons per year.

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump Site Considera:on: Provide habitat and nes:ng for songbirds. Qualita:ve: People enjoy watching songbirds. Quan:ta:ve: The demand for birdwatching in this part

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2,700 people, poten:ally up to 278,000 people.

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Example 1: “Casual” Evalua1on with EnviroAtlas for Raleigh Street Dump Site Considera:on: Plan ecological reuse in an urban area. Qualita:ve: Green space in urban areas posi:vely impact human health. Quan:ta:ve: In this part

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damage to health, ecosystems, and materials.

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Example 2: “Rigorous” Evalua1on with SPA Map for St. Louis River Bay AOC

Coopera:ve AOC – Superfund Site Remedia:on

Great Lakes “Area

  • f Concern”

designa:on reflects significant environmental degrada:on resul:ng in use-impairments. Remedia:on to Restora:on Process “R2R”

  • State of Minnesota

AOC-related R2R projects.

  • Coopera:ve AOC-Superfund

contaminated sediment remedia:on project at the former Duluth Works

  • f the U.S. Steel Corpora:on.

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Coopera:ve AOC – Superfund Site Remedia:on

Example 2: “Rigorous” Evalua1on with SPA Map for St. Louis River Bay AOC The project team used spa:al mapping soqware to create Service Providing Area (SPA) maps of the AOC.

  • Mapped 23 ecosystem services
  • indicators. Examples:
  • Bald eagle nes:ng habitat

characteris:cs

  • Wild rice bed loca:ons
  • Safe boa:ng area

characteris:cs

  • Shoreline characteris:cs of

habitat for riparian and semi- aqua:c wildlife

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Example 2: “Rigorous” Evalua1on with SPA Map for St. Louis River Bay AOC Ecosystem Service Exis%ng SPA (km2) Alterna%ve 8 SPA (km2) Alterna%ve 12 SPA (km2) Bald eagles 0.08 0.02 0.03 Wild rice 0.09 0.08 0.21 Power boa:ng 0.04 0.13 0.08 areas Riparian and 0.04 0.04 0.05 semi-aqua:c wildlife

Table 7 adapted: Mapped changes in SPA (km2) for ecosystem services responding to biophysical changes resul:ng from two remedial ac:on alterna:ves. Angradi et

  • al. 2016

The project team was interested in comparing two of the proposed remedia:on alterna:ves:

  • “Alterna:ve 8”
  • Wetland would be excavated

to create open water habitat

  • Confined disposal facility

would be created in part

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the former wetland, within site of Spirit Island, to store the sediment.

  • “Alterna:ve 12”
  • Wetland would be excavated

to create open water habitat

  • The contaminated sediment

would be disposed at an upland site outside the AOC.

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Discussion of ecosystem services with Regional EPA site teams

Josh Barber, RemediaFon Project Manager, Region 3 Bruce Pluta, Biological Technical Assistance Group, Region 3 Kim Prestbo, Remedial Project Manager, Region 10 Kira Lynch, Superfund Technology Liaison, Region 10

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Lower Darby Creek Area, Philadelphia, PA

Urban loca:on, local scale Josh Barber, RPM, and Bruce Pluta, BTAG

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Lower Darby Creek Area Ques1on 1

Can you describe some of the ecosystem services currently present at the Clearview Landfill site? And ecosystem services that are expected to result as part

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What about the Folcroq Landfill?

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Lower Darby Creek Area Ques1on 2

How did community involvement inform the iden:fica:on of ecosystem services?

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Lower Darby Creek Area Ques1on 3

How is considera:on of ecosystem services influencing remedial design?

Photo: Bruce Pluta Photo: Bruce Pluta Photo: Bruce Pluta 28

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Lower Darby Creek Area Ques1on 4

How could documen:ng and quan:fying ecosystem services be a useful tool for site work?

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Bunker Hill Mine Complex, Coeur d’Alene, ID

Rural loca:on, watershed scale

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Bunker Hill Mine Complex Ques1on 1

What are some of the ecosystem services in the Coeur d’Alene River Lower Basin, currently and poten:ally aqer remedia:on?

restora:onpartnership.org

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Bunker Hill Mine Complex Ques1on 2

How did community involvement inform the iden:fica:on of ecosystem services?

restora:onpartnership.org

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Bunker Hill Mine Complex Ques1on 3

How is considera:on of ecosystem services influencing remedial design?

restora:onpartnership.org

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Bunker Hill Mine Complex Ques1on 4

How could documen:ng and quan:fying ecosystem services be a useful tool for site work?

restora:onpartnership.org

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Conclusion

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  • Ecosystem services approach can help site teams
  • p:mize remedy design and communicate the

posi:ve cleanup outcomes.

  • Free evalua:on tools provide several op:ons for

quan:fica:on of ecosystem services.

  • Different

tools for different needs or “niches”

  • Learn more about

the concepts and find more tool op:ons in the Engineering Forum issue paper, h_ps://www.epa.gov/remedytech/ecosystem- services-contaminated-site-cleanups

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Acknowledgements

EPA Region 3: Josh Barber, Bruce Pluta EPA Region 10: Kira Lynch, Ed Moreen, Kim Prestbo EPA Office of Research Development: Mike Kravitz, Ma_hew Harwell, Joel Hoffman, Anne Neale EPA Office of Superfund Remedia:on and Technology Innova:on: Michele Mahoney, Carlos Pachon Engineering Forum and Ecological Risk Assessment Forum This project was supported in part by an appointment to the Internship/Research Par:cipa:on Program at the Office of Superfund Remedia:on and Technology Innova:on, U.S. Environmental Protec:on Agency, administered by the Oak Ridge Ins:tute for Science and Educa:on through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department

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Contact

Jewel Lipps Biology Graduate Student at Georgetown University el785@georgetown.edu

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