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SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION: A LOW COST TREATMENT FOR WOOD PRESERVING SITES
Citation:
Bates*, E R. SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION: A LOW COST TREATMENT FOR WOOD PRESERVING SITES. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, 5/20-23/2002.
Description:
Over 600 curent and former wood preserving sites have been identified across the U.S. Many of these have been placed on the EPA Superfund NPL (National Priorities List). Most of these sites contain soils contaminated with pentachlorophenol, dioxins, and/or creosote. Treatability tests and completed site remediations have demonstrated that solidification/stabilization (S/S) can, in some cases, be a very cost effective treatment for these sites. Formulations, performance data, and cost for S/S treatment of contaminated soils from wood preserving sites are presented. The American Creosote site in Jackson, TN was remediated at a cost of about $64 per cubic yard ($40 ton), including all costs from mobilization through demobilization.