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Appendix I Definitions of Terms Used in this Report
Pages 163-164

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... ; · conducting oversight and, if necessary, enforcement; · gathering, storing, and retrieving information about residual contaminants and conditions on site, as well as about changing off-site conditions that may affect or be affected by residual contaminants; disseminating information about the site and related use restrictions; periodically reevaluating how well the total protective system is working; evaluating of new technological options to reduce or eliminate residual contaminants or to monitor and prevent migration of isolated contaminants; and supporting research and development aimed at improving basic understanding of both the physical and sociopolitical character of site environments and the fate, transport, and effects of residual site contaminants. Institutional Controls Restrictions on land access or use through such devices as easements, deed notification, zoning, permits, fences, signs, government ownership, and leases; also, legal measures to ensure continued access to privatized sites for the purpose of monitoring and, if necessary, further remediation.
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... 164 APPENDIX I Contextual Factors Factors that can affect the nature and extent of the measures taken under long-term institutional management; seven factors in particular often constrain the range of decisions and actions realistically available: · risk; · scientific and technical capability; · institutional capability; · cost; · laws and regulations; · values of interested and affected parties; and · other sites.
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Key Terms

  • contaminant isolation
  • institutional management
  • prevent migration
  • retrieving information
  • residual site

  • technological options
  • basic understanding
  • ensure continued
  • continued access
  • supporting research

  • privatized sites
  • residual contamination
  • engineered barriers
  • improving basic
  • land access

  • legal measures
  • sociopolitical character
  • eliminate residual
  • prevent human
  • remediation efforts

  • comprehensive approach
  • isolated contaminants
  • stabilization techniques
  • harmful residual
  • development aimed

  • maintaining contaminant
  • site contaminants
  • contaminated sites
  • contaminant remediation
  • manage potentially


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