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SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: COMPOSITING EXPLOSIVES/ORGANICS CONTAMINATED SOILS
Citation:
U.S. EPA. SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: COMPOSITING EXPLOSIVES/ORGANICS CONTAMINATED SOILS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/540/2-89/007, 1986.
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Laboratory scale and pilot scale studies were conducted to evaluate composting to treat sediments and soils containing explosive and organic compounds. Sediment and soil from lagoons at Army ammunition plants, located in Louisiana, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania contained high concentrations of TNT, nitrocellulose, and.RDX, and moderate levels of HMX and tetryl. Laboratory experiments using C-labeled tracers were used to follow the fate of each explosive. Two types of composts (hay-horse feed and sewage sludge-wood shavings) and three rates of sediment/soil addition to the compost were utilized in these studies.