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Management and Disposal of Vehicles Following a Wide-Area Incident
Citation:
Hayes, C., M. Rodgers, T. Boe, P. Lemieux, S. Lee, AND L. Oudejans. Management and Disposal of Vehicles Following a Wide-Area Incident. EPA Decon Conference, Norfolk,VA, November 19 - 21, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
Abstract on the Management and Disposal of Vehicles Following a Wide Area Incident for the 2019 EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference.The resource demand required to manage (gather, transport, store, treat/decontaminate, recycle, or dispose of) these contaminated vehicles may overwhelm local, state, and federal recovery efforts.
Description:
Large-scale natural disasters have the potential to generate a significant amount of waste. Man-made chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents, either by way of terrorism, war, or accident, have the potential to generate as much or more waste. Furthermore, following a wide-area incident, it is assumed that a large number of vehicles will be damaged and/or contaminated to varying degrees and left unattended or abandoned within the impacted area. Therefore, EPA is undertaking researching efforts to reduce the cost and time associated with assessing, collecting, and recycling or disposing of contaminated vehicles resulting from a wide-area incident.