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ASSESSING THE GEOCHEMICAL FATE OF DEEP-WELL-INJECTED HAZARDOUS WASTE: SUMMARIES OF RECENT RESEARCH
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ASSESSING THE GEOCHEMICAL FATE OF DEEP-WELL-INJECTED HAZARDOUS WASTE: SUMMARIES OF RECENT RESEARCH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/625/2-89/025b.
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The results of recent research funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on topics related to geochemical-fate assessment of deep-well-injected hazardous wastes are summarized in this document. Most of the reports summarized contain some discussion of EPA's 1988 Final Underground Injection Control regulations concerning injection of hazardous wastes (53 Federal Register 28118-28157). The purpose of this document is to make the results of this research available to persons involved in various aspects of regulating and implementing the deep-well injection of hazardous wastes under federal and state Underground Injection Control programs. t also provides an overall assessment of the start-of-the-art of predicting the geochemical fate of deep-well-injected wastes and identifies possible future directions for research in this area. Reports summarized cover the following areas: processes affecting geochemical fate, major environmental factors affecting geochemical processes, geochemical characteristics of hazardous waste, methods and models to predicting geochemical fate, laboratory procedures and protocols, field case studies, and further research needs. This document has a companion report entitled, "Assessing the Geochemical Fate of Deep-Well-Injected Hazardous Waste: A Reference Guide," EPA/625/6-89/025a.