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BIOREMEDIATION FIELD EVALUATION - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
Citation:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. BIOREMEDIATION FIELD EVALUATION - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/R-97/505, 1997.
Impact/Purpose:
to inform the public
Description:
In 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Bioremediation Field Initiative as part of its overall strategy to increase the use of bioremediation to treat hazardous wastes at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil- ity Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) and other contaminated sites. The primary purpose of the Initiative is to collect and disseminate information on the capabilities of bioremediation technologies so that EPA and state project managers, consulting engineers, and industry representatives can make better-informed decisions about applying bioremediation in the field. Participants in the Initiative include EPA's Office of Research and Development, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and regional offices, as well as other federal agencies, state agencies, industry, and universities. The Initiative conducts a variety of activities to facilitate the exchange of information about bioremediation, including sponsoring technology-transfer conferences on topics related to bioremediation, maintaining an electronic database of information on bioremediation sites nationwide, and publishing a bulletin of recent developments in field applications of bioremediation. In addition, the Initiative provides support to states and regions for intensive evaluation of bioremediation at selected sites across the country. The extent of the Initiative's involvement at these sites varies from providing support for laboratory feasibility studies, to assisting with field treatability studies, to overseeing and assessing full-scale site remediation. Sites are nominated for field evaluations through the EPA regional offices or through the states with concurrence from the regional offices. To date, nine sites have been selected for performance evaluation of bioremediation: West KL Avenue Landfill Superfund site, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Libby Ground Water Superfund site, Libby, Montana; Park City Pipeline, Park City, Kansas; Bendix Corporation/Allied Automotive Superfund site, St. Joseph, Michigan; Eielson Air Force Base Superfund site, Fairbanks, Alaska; Hill Air Force Base Superfund site, Salt Lake City, Utah; Escambia Wood Preservation site—Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Mississippi; Public Service Company site, Denver, Colorado; and Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation Superfund site, St. Louis Park, Minnesota.