| This document was prepared by Jewel Lipps, an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) research participant working with staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. The purpose of this report is to help representatives of the Superfund program understand ecosystem services (ES) and their relevance to greener cleanups at contaminated sites. The discussion focuses on the use of ES evaluations to support greener cleanups and related environmental footprint analyses. It describes ES evaluation tools, as well as greener cleanups best management practices to minimize impacts of site cleanup on ES and to support land reuse. |