Interim Report on the Impacts from Flooding at OLEM Sites & Facilities

This sub-product is a presentation on the progress of the EPA report on the impacts and costs associated with flooding at OLEM sites and facilities. This presentation presents the literature review, screening approach, and synthesis of focus group discussions with EPA headquarters, regions and states and Tribes. The presentation summarizes the current and projected impacts and costs due to flooding as well as identify data gaps or programmatic needs to address flooding in the future.

Impact/Purpose

The ORD Integrated Climate Sciences Division is preparing a new assessment report on the impacts and costs of flooding to OLEM sites and facilities (for a range of site types: Superfund, Brownfields, Tanks, RCRA, PCBs, Landfills). The report includes an indicators screening approach, literature review summary, and synthesis of focus group discussions held with EPA headquarters, regions, states, and Tribes. The goal of the EPA report is to summarize the current state of the literature and program planning for the impacts and costs of flooding at sites and facilities, and to identify program needs and data gaps that ORD can help fill.   

Citation

Fry, M., L. Oliver, M. Matsler, J. Wilkening, Sean J. Paul, S. Hartzell, AND M. Dicarlo. Interim Report on the Impacts from Flooding at OLEM Sites & Facilities. To be presented at Briefing to OLEM and Regions, Washington, DC, April 14, 2025.

• Interim Report on the Impacts of Flooding at OLEM Sites & Facilities_Part 2 (PDF)  (20  pp, 3.2 MB, about PDF)
• Interim Report on the Impacts of Flooding at OLEM Sites & Facilities_Part 1 (PDF)  (187  pp, 4.6 MB, about PDF)