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Royer, M., A. Selvakumar, AND R. Gaire. CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AND WASTE DEPOSITS AT SUPERFUND LEAD BATTERY SITES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-92/296 (NTIS PB92227388), 1992.

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This paper primarily addresses remediation of contaminated soils and waste deposits at defunct lead-acid battery recycling sites (LBRS) via immobilization and separation processes. efunct LBRS is a facility at which battery breaking, secondary lead smelting, or both operations were performed for the primary purpose of reclaiming lead from spent lead-acid batteries. etallic lead and lead compounds are generally the principal contaminants of concern in soils and waste deposits (i.e., buried, piled, landfilled waste) are often present at LBRS, but usually at much lower concentrations than lead. his article is primarily based on experience gained from: 1) Superfund site investigation, removal, and remedial actions, and (2) development and demonstration of control technologies under the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program. he primary remedial options for lead contaminated soils and wastes deposits include: 1) no action, (2) off-site disposal, (3) containment, (4) immobilization, (5) separation with resource recovery, and (6) separation without resource recovery. olidification/stabilization of lead-contaminated soils has been implemented at three Superfund sites and is the selected remedy at several others. eparation technologies (e.g., screening, extraction) are attractive because, if successful, they actually remove the contaminant from the environmental media. eparation technologies also offer the possibility that a valuable product (e.g. lead, plastic, energy) can be recovered, but careful consideration of economic and technical factors are required.

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