Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 10): Eielson Air Force Base, AK. (First remedial action), September 1992

Technical Report · Tue Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:5776599

The 19,700-acre Eielson Air Force Base (EAFB) site, located 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, is primarily a tactical air support installation. Constructed in 1944, EAFB was originally a satellite installation of Fort Wainwright. Used jointly by the Army and Air Force, the site was designated Eielson AFB in 1948. Many industrial operations were conducted at the base, which generated waste oils, contaminated fuels and sludge, and spent solvents and cleansers. The selected remedial action for the site includes in situ bioventing of BTEX contaminated soil in the vadose zone, with monitoring of soil gases; collecting floating petroleum hydrocarbons from the ground water through wells, culverts, or trenches; incinerating recovered product onsite or transporting the offsite for recycling or disposal; treating extracted ground water, as needed, using air stripping, oil-water separation, or carbon filtration, as determined during the remedial design stage; and discharging the residual water onsite; monitoring petroleum product levels; collecting BTEX-LNAPLS using vacuum extraction wells, with carbon adsorption, followed by offsite disposal of carbon residuals; treating collected liquids using an oil and water separator, air stripper, or carbon adsorption; destroying air emissions using tip flare incineration; and monitoring ground water. The estimated capital cost for the remedial action is $3,867, with an annual O M cost of $3,375 for 5 years.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 5776599
• Report Number(s): PB-93-964612/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--10-92/050
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ADSORPTION
AIR-WATER INTERACTIONS
ALASKA
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AQUIFERS
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BIODEGRADATION
CAPITAL
CARBON
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
COST ESTIMATION
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DECOMPOSITION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXTRACTION
FILTRATION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
LIQUIDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
RECYCLING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SLUDGES
SOILS
SOLVENTS
SORPTION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOLUENE
US DOD
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE OILS
WASTES
WATER