Download or read book Field Verification Program: Summary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Field Verification Program written by Richard K. Peddicord and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US Army Corps of Engineers/US Environmental Protection Agency Field Verification Program was a 6-year, $7.2 million study of upland disposal, wetland creation, and aquatic disposal with dredged material. The program was designed to determine (a) the reproducibility of test methods in the laboratory, (b) the ability of laboratory test methods to predict effects in the field, and (c) the comparative effects of the same material in upland, wetland, and aquatic environments. The program demonstrated that effluent and surface water quality prediction methods have good utility for predisposal evaluation of dredged material proposed for upland disposal. Methods for testing toxicity and bioaccumulation in wetland plants showed good predictive ability. However, optimum utility for predictive evaluations of the upland and wetland animal bioassays awaits further confirmation of the reproducibility of the test results in the laboratory. Methods with good utility for evaluating dredged material proposed for aquatic disposal include toxicity, bioaccumulation, intrinsic rate of population growth, and scope for growth. Keywords: Dredged materials; Solid waste pollution; Waste management; Environmental impact. (KT).