Making Green Site Restoration Even Greener Challenge Many U.S. military sites need extensive remediation to reduce human health risks and restore the environment for wildlife or human use. But site restoration activities can themselves have a significant environmental footprint—for example, requiring the use of heavy machinery, chemicals or extensive water use. To meet EPA ’s commitment to conducting its environmental program in a sustainable manner and fulfill the federally mandated sustainability targets, the U.S. military needed to find a better way to incorporate green and sustainable remediation (GSR) into the site remediation process. Solution Battelle worked with the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to develop a stand-alone tool called SiteWise T

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