TCLP as a measure of treatment effectiveness

Journal Article · · Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1089/hwm.1989.6.347· OSTI ID:5927812

Thurnau, R C ^[1]; Esposito, M P ^[2]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
2. Bruck, Hartman and Esposito, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)

The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) require that EPA either ban the disposal of hazardous wastes to the land or ascertain that such wastes are acceptable for land disposal. The soil and debris associated with the clean up of Superfund sites also fall under these statutes and must be addressed. A series of soil treatment technologies that were considered as candidates for Superfund sites were tested on a laboratory prepared feed sample and the waste product streams generated were processed by the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). The TCLP chemicals and mechanism have been compared to some of the most severe leaching conditions experienced in the land disposal of hazardous wastes, and therefore the results of these tests should simulate the worst case situations. In this context, TCLP was studied as an indicator of treatment effectiveness, and may be one of the criteria employed to determine if a waste is banned or land disposed. This paper presents the TCLP data generated from five different treatment technologies tested and helps to put the use of this technique into practical perspective.

• OSTI ID: 5927812
• Journal Information: Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA), Journal Name: Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (USA) Vol. 6:4; ISSN 0882-5696; ISSN HWHME
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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