Remediation risk management (RRM) helps project managers identify and manage risks that could affect a site cleanup project. These risks can come from investigation and cleanup activities themselves, such as remedy performance, worker safety, impacts to ecological habitats, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, or traffic accidents. Remediation risk management helps managers consider these risks alongside the goal of protecting human health and the environment. By addressing the most important project risks, remediation risk management can improve decision-making and increase the likelihood of meeting cleanup goals.
The Project Risk Management for Site Remediation (RRM-1, 2011) guidance explains how project managers can apply remediation risk management throughout the cleanup process, from investigation and remedy selection through implementation, optimization, and site closeout. It provides a practical framework for identifying, evaluating, mitigating, monitoring, and reporting project risks. The guidance also includes tools, case studies, references, and examples to help managers apply remediation risk management to site-specific circumstances. It does not replace regulatory requirements or reduce the level of cleanup needed to protect human health and the environment.
Similar to this guidance, Using Remediation Risk Management to Address Groundwater Cleanup Challenges at Complex Sites (RRM-2, 2012) focuses on the technical challenges of cleaning up groundwater at highly complex sites.
Topic(s): Risk Assessment, Risk Communication, Risk Management
