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ENGINEERING BULLETIN: SELECTION OF CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF LEAD BATTERY RECYCLING SITES
Citation:
Royer*, M D., A Selvakumar*, AND R. Gaire. ENGINEERING BULLETIN: SELECTION OF CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF LEAD BATTERY RECYCLING SITES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/S-92/011 (NTIS 93-121333), 1992.
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to present information
Description:
Section 121(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (CERCLA) mandates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to select remedies that "utilize permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies or resource recovery technologies to the maximum extent practicable" and to prefer remedial actions in which treatment "permanently and significantly reduces the volume, toxicity, or mobility of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants as a principal element." The Engineering Bulletins are a series of documents that summarize the latest information available on selected treatment and site remediation technologies and related issues. They provide summaries and references for the latest information to help remedial project managers, on-scene coordinators, contractors, and other site cleanup managers understand the type of data and site characteristics needed to evaluate a technology for potential applicability to their Superfund or other hazardous waste sites. Those documents that describe individual site remediation technologies focus on remedial investigation scoping needs. Addenda will be issued periodically to update the original bulletins. The objective of this bulletin is to provide remedial project managers (RPMs), potentially responsible parties (PRPs), and their supporting contractors with information to facilitate the selection of treatment alternatives and cleanup services at lead battery recycling sites (LBRS). This bulletin condenses and updates the information presented in the EPA technical resource document (TRD) entitled; "Selection of Control Technologies for Remediation of Lead Battery Recycling Sites," EPA/540/2-91/014, July 1991. This bulletin consolidates useful information on LBRS, such as the following: 1) Description of types of operations commonly conducted, and wastes generated at LBRS; 2) Technologies implemented or selected for LBRS remediation; 3) Case studies of treatability studies on LBRS wastes; 4) Past experience regarding the recyclability of materials that are found at LBRS; and 5) Profiles of potentially applicable innovative treatment technologies.