Evaluation of the RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) extraction procedure - Lysimeter studies with municipal/industrial wastes. Final report, September 1980-June 1983

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5099613

A study was initiated to determine the accuracy with which the Extraction Procedures (EP), employed in the regulations promulgated under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (40 CFR 26.124), simulates the leaching an industrial waste would undergo when codisposed with municipal refuse in a non-secure landfill. The simulation of the codisposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) with untreated industrial waste (IW) was initiated October 28, 1980. The 0.91 x 1.8 m cylindrical test cells were designed to simulate sanitary landfill environments. The 5 types of industrial waste were oil reclaiming clay, petroleum refinery incinerator ash, paint manufacturing sludge, solvent refining sludge, and tannery waste. Fifteen test cells were loaded providing triplicate samples of each IW leachate. The increase in concentration of the metals in the blow MSW-IW is compared to the change in concentration produced in the EP extract. When the published EP concentration criteria (100 time primary drinking water standards) for the specific metals was exceeded, the test cells also showed a concentration that exceeded the criteria. The EP concentrations are generally lower than the concentration of the same constituents from the same wastes in the test cells.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5099613
• Report Number(s): PB-84-143114
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COATINGS
DISSOLUTION
EQUIPMENT
EXTRACTION
FIELD TESTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LEACHING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PAINTS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SEWAGE
SLUDGES
TESTING
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION