Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations (2024)
Chapter: Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics
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"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
APPENDIX C
Case Example Interview Topics
NCHRP Synthesis 20-05 Topic 54-01
PRACTICES TO IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE PFAS IMPACTS ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
State Department of Transportation Case Example Interview
The objective of NCHRP Synthesis 54-01 is to document current state department of transportation (DOT) practices for identifying locations of potential PFAS contamination and for mitigating the impacts of PFAS related to highway construction and maintenance operations. The synthesis will look at PFAS impact and mitigation efforts in all phases of highway project development (planning, design, right-of-way acquisition), construction, and maintenance activities. The synthesis will consider impacts to soil, groundwater, surface water, and stormwater.
- Please describe your formal (or informal) policy and guidance regarding the identification and mitigation of locations with PFAS contamination.
- How has your agency identified materials that may contain PFAS or that are cross-contaminated (e.g., containers with PFAS) used within construction currently or in the past?
- How has your agency been screening for PFAS contamination on construction sites and what is the timing associated with these screenings?
- Please describe your agency’s methodologies for identifying and mitigating PFAS impacts related to highway construction and maintenance operations (e.g., site screening, sampling, geo tracker, new and existing approved product lists, management and disposal considerations, pollutant source assessments, regulatory restrictions, liability considerations, addressing legacy DOT right-of-way acquisitions with PFAS impact).
- How has PFAS impacted operations at your agency?
- Has there been sufficient coordination and communication between agencies in your state about PFAS?
- Do you have lessons learned regarding PFAS identification and mitigation to share with other departments of transportation?
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications:
| A4A | Airlines for America |
| AAAE | American Association of Airport Executives |
| AASHO | American Association of State Highway Officials |
| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ACI–NA | Airports Council International–North America |
| ACRP | Airport Cooperative Research Program |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| APTA | American Public Transportation Association |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATA | American Trucking Associations |
| CTAA | Community Transportation Association of America |
| CTBSSP | Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAST | Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FMCSA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| FRA | Federal Railroad Administration |
| FTA | Federal Transit Administration |
| GHSA | Governors Highway Safety Association |
| HMCRP | Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISTEA | Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 |
| ITE | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
| MAP-21 | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASAO | National Association of State Aviation Officials |
| NCFRP | National Cooperative Freight Research Program |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
| PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
| RITA | Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers |
| SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) |
| TCRP | Transit Cooperative Research Program |
| TEA-21 | Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) |
| TRB | Transportation Research Board |
| TSA | Transportation Security Administration |
| U.S. DOT | United States Department of Transportation |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Interview Topics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Practices to Identify and Mitigate PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction Projects and Maintenance Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27843.
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