Innovative solutions cut cleanup costs at Sand Creek Superfund site

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Environmental Solutions; (United States)

OSTI ID:6487084

Chinnock, J ^[1]

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1. URS Consultants Inc., Denver, CO (United States)

Remediation of the San Creek Industrial Superfund site, which has been on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List since 1982, is scheduled for completion by the end of this month. The 300-acre site in the Denver suburb of Commerce City is a former industrial property used at various times for manufacturing agricultural chemicals, petroleum production, and chemical storage and distribution. Portions of the site also were used as a municipal landfill and for acid-waste disposal. Like most hazardous waste disposal sites, Sand Creek posed complex and potentially costly remediation problems. However, use of innovative technical solutions and such cost-saving initiatives as value engineering have allowed the project to proceed on schedule and meet EPA's goal of controlling and reducing remediation costs. Sand Creek became a candidate for the NPL after two fires destroyed its chemical manufacturing plants, leaving behind toxic residues. High levels of volatile organic compounds and metals, as well as other contaminants, were found in the groundwater.

• OSTI ID: 6487084
• Journal Information: Environmental Solutions; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Solutions; (United States) Vol. 8:3; ISSN ESOLE7; ISSN 1077-2537
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
CLEANING
COLORADO
DECONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
METALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SOILS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTES
WATER