Compendium of Best Management Practices for Environmental Compliance and Stewardship at Highway Transportation Maintenance Facilities

This report documents and presents the results of a study of environmental best management practices performed at highway maintenance facilities. Information about best management practices (BMPs) was obtained through surveys and interviews with agency personnel and a literature review. Participants self-selected BMPs performed at their maintenance facilities for a range of practices, such as vehicle washing, hazardous waste management, and animal carcass management. The research team then applied the criteria of cost savings, time savings, and effectiveness at meeting regulatory obligations and preventing pollution to these BMPs, and compared the results in order to identify BMPs. The results were compiled into the BMP Compendium to be used as a resource by highway transportation maintenance managers.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/nchrp25-25(46)_FR.pdf
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  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2373
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This study was requested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and conducted as part of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 25-25. Project 25-25 is intended to fund quick response studies on behalf of the AASHTO Standing Committee on the Environment.
• Corporate Authors:

  EA Engineering Science and Technology, Incorporated

  8401 Colesville Road
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20910

  Applied Research Associates, Incorporated

  7184 Troy Hill Drive, Suite N
  Elkridge, Maryland  United States  21075

  Parsons Brinckerhoff

  100 South Charles Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21201
• Publication Date: 2009-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 181p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Compliance; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Highway maintenance; Maintenance facilities; Maintenance management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Environmental stewardship
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I15: Environment; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01497412
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 25-25, Task 46
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2013 10:54AM