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Ambient air monitoring of the beneficial use of municipal waste combustor (MWC) ash as daily landfill cover

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OSTI ID:548941
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, Inc., Westford, MA (United States)
  2. Ogden Projects, Inc., Fairfield, NJ (United States)
  3. City and County of Honolulu, Kapolei, HI (United States)

This paper summarizes Human Health Risk Assessments of the proposed use of combined ash from the H-Power municipal waste combustor (MWC) in two beneficial uses: (1) Landfill Daily Cover for the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in Ewa, O`ahu, Hawaii, which is operated by Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc. for the City and County of Honolulu and (2) Landfill Final Cover, a component in the final cover of the Waipahu landfill, in Waipahu, O`ahu, Hawaii. The human health risk assessment represents one phase of a larger project involving the investigation of several potential uses of H-Power MWC ash as alternatives to the current practice of disposal in a lined monofill located at the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. The ash consists of approximately 70% bottom ash and 30% fly ash from the MWC, hereafter referred to as H-Power combined ash. At this time, three alternative uses of H-Power combined ash have been identified: The first option consists of using H-Power combined ash as a component in the final cover in the closure of the Waipahu Landfill; the second option consists of using H-Power combined ash as daily cover at the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill; and, the third option consists of mixing H-Power combined ash into aggregate to be used in roadway paving material.

Research Organization:
Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, MD (United States); Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Integrated Waste Services Association, Washington, DC (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Yonkers, NY (United States). Solid Waste Processing Div.; Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Air Pollution Technology Branch
OSTI ID:
548941
Report Number(s):
CONF-970440--; ON: DE97007054
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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