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Main Title Emergency response equipment to clean up hazardous chemical releases at spills and uncontrolled waste sites /
Author Wilder, Ira.
CORP Author Municipal Environmental Research Lab.-Cincinnati, Edison, NJ. Oil and Hazardous Materials Spills Branch.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; NTIS,
Year Published 1982
Report Number PB84-170679; EPA 600/D-82-348
Stock Number PB84-170679
OCLC Number 11264643
Subjects Chemical waste ; Hazardous wastes ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Sewage disposal ; Waste disposal
Additional Subjects Hazardous materials ; Chemical compounds ; Waste disposal ; Mobile equipment ; Sites ; Extraction ; Water pollution ; Soils ; Incinerators ; Sediments ; Performance evaluation ; Chemical spills ; Physical chemical treatment ; Hazardous materials spills ; Toxic substances ; Emergency plan
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91007L7Q.PDF
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ELBD RPS EPA 600-D-82-348 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/09/2020
NTIS  PB84-170679 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation [iii], 19 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
This paper reviews some of the research activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the development of emergency response equipment to control hazardous chemical releases. Several devices and systems have been developed by EPA for environmental emergencies involving spills and uncontrolled waste sites. Many of these have already been made available commercially by industry, including a mobile physical/chemical treatment system for processing contaminated water at hazardous incidents and a mobile laboratory for on-site chemical analyses. Other operationally-ready devices addressed in this paper include: a mobile stream diversion system for isolating segments of small streams to facilitate the removal of contaminated sediments; a portable backpack polyurethane foam diking system for the containment of spilled chemicals; and an acoustic emission-based spill alert device for detecting imminent dike failure at lagoons containing toxic and hazardous wastes. Prototypical equipment, described in this paper, which are now undergoing shakedown testing and evaluation include: a mobile soils washing system for extracting spilled materials from excavated soils on site; and a mobile, field-use incineration system for the thermal destruction of toxic organic compounds.
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Performing organization : Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Edison, New Jersey.