Full-scale slurry phase biological treatment of wood preserving wastes at a Superfund site
- OHM Remediation Services Corp., Findlay, OH (United States)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA (United States). Region IV
Slurry phase biological treatment is a process in which an aqueous slurry is created by combining contaminated soil or sludge with water. The Southeastern Wood Preserving site is an abandoned wood preserving facility that was in operation from 1928 to 1979. The EPA initiated an emergency response action at the site in June 1986, and excavated approximately 10,500 cubic yards of sludge and contaminated soils from lagoons, treatment facilities and storage areas. The lagoon material was considered to be bottom sediment and sludge from the treatment of wastewaters from wood preserving processes using creosote, and was classified as a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)-listed waste number K001. The excavated materials were stabilized with kiln dust and stockpiled on-site for further treatment. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentration in the stockpiled soil at the site range from 8,000 mg/kg dry-weight soil solids to 15,000 mg/kg dry-weight soil solids for total PAHs and from 1,000 mg/kg dry-weight soil solids to 2,500 mg/kg dry-weight soil solids for carcinogenic PAHs.
- OSTI ID:
- 49345
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941189-; ISBN 1-56590-016-2; TRN: IM9523%%168
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SUPERFUND XV: 15th environmental conference and exhibition for the hazardous materials/hazardous waste management industry, Washington, DC (United States), 29 Nov - 1 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Superfund XV conference proceedings. Volume 1; PB: 866 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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