Barometric pumping of burial trench soil gases into the atmosphere at the 740-G Sanitary Landfill

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6730554· OSTI ID:6730554

Wyatt, D E; Pirkle, R J; Masdea, D J

In 1991, a soil gas survey was performed at the Savannah River Site Sanitary Landfill as part of the characterization efforts required under the integrated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation and Comprehensive Environmental Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (CERCLA) Remedial Investigation (RFI/RI) program. This report details the findings of this survey, which identified several areas of the landfill that were releasing volatile organic compounds to the atmosphere at levels exceeding regulatory standards. Knowledge of the rates of VOC outgassing is necessary to protect site workers, provide input into the human health and environmental risk assessment documents and provide input into the remedial design scenario.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6730554
• Report Number(s): WSRC-RP-92-877-Rev1; ON: DE93005070
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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