They work with state and local regulatory agencies, restoration advisory boards, and other interested stakeholders to promote streamlined decision making, creative management approaches, and strategies for accelerating cleanup efforts. For example, presumptive remedies can accelerate the cleanup of similar types of sites. These remedies are preferred technologies for common categories of sites that are based on historical patterns of remedy selection and demonstrated success of these remedies. Their use enables site managers to focus the number of technologies considered, focus data collection efforts, and streamline site assessment. As a result, cleanups proceed more rapidly and unnecessary costs are avoided.
Variable oversight is another innovative practice that streamlines the cleanup process.
Variable oversight is a common-sense approach to cleanup that combines tailoring, or varying, the level of regulatory oversight at an installation to correspond with the complexity of the facility's environmental problems. While there are core requirements that must be met at all sites, variable oversight involves applying streamlining concepts and tools to reduce time frames and avoid costs. Innovative Technologies Make A Difference Federal facilities offer unique opportunities for collaborating efforts on technology innovation. DoD and EPA are committed to facilitating the use of federal facilities as demonstration and testing sites for the application of site assessment and remediation technologies. We encourage reasonable risk-taking in selecting technologies for contaminated soils and groundwater.