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AT-SEA INCINERATION OF HERBICIDE ORANGE ONBOARD THE M/T VULCANUS
Citation:
Ackerman, D., H. Fisher, R. Johnson, R. Maddalone, AND B. Matthews. AT-SEA INCINERATION OF HERBICIDE ORANGE ONBOARD THE M/T VULCANUS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-78/086 (NTIS PB281690), 1978.
Description:
The report describes the at-sea incineration of three shiploads (approximately 10,400 metric tons) of U.S. Air Force-owned Herbicide Orange onboard the incinerator ship M/T Vulcanus, within an EPA-designated Pacific Ocean burn zone, west of Johnston Atoll. The first shipload, transported to the burn zone from the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Base, Gulfport, Mississippi, was incinerated under EPA research permit. Shiploads 2 and 3 were taken onboard M/T Vulcanus at Johnston Island and incinerated under EPA special permit. The incineration was monitored, sampled, and analyzed to ensure compliance with EPA permit operating and safety conditions related to at-sea operations. An EPA representative was onboard M/T Vulcanus during the initial burn. A U.S. Air Force representative participated in monitoring all three burns. Monitoring utilized on-line instrumentation to measure CO and CO2, oxygen concentration, and total hydrocarbons from both incinerators. These parameters served as a measure of overall combustion efficiency with primary emphasis on the CO2/CO ratio in the effluent gases. Combustion efficiency exceeded 99.9% during all three burns. Destruction and combustion efficiencies measured during all burns met or exceeded requirements. All other conditions of the permits related to at-sea incineration operations were met.