Environmental restoration of mercury contamination of East Fork Poplar Creek at the Department of Energy`s Oak Ridge, Tennessee, reservation
- Dept. of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
During the {open_quotes}Cold War{close_quotes} era, approximately 239,000 pounds of mercury were released from the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant to the East Fork Poplar Creek watershed. As a result, approximately 75 tons of the contaminant resides within the floodplain soils beyond the confines of the DOE reservation, a Federal Superfund Site. The EFPC watershed encompasses multiple land uses whose ownership varies from private citizens, municipal government, and federal government. DOE, in cooperation with the State of Tennessee and EPA, proposes to clean up the contamination to a risk based standard of 400 ppm. This level has been determined to be protective of human health and the environment. The remedial process and development of the remedial alternative are the result of close interagency cooperation between the State, EPA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers. This case study outlines that process.
- OSTI ID:
- 214868
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950801-; TRN: 96:000922-0345
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 210. national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Chicago, IL (United States), 20-25 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 210th ACS national meeting. Part 1 and 2; PB: 1866 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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