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Superfund Cleanup Sites

by Kneeland A. Godfrey, Jr., Sr. Ed.; Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE World Headquarters, 345 East 47th Street, New York City, NY.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1984, Vol. 54, Issue 4, Pg. 60-64


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

Cleanups of four Superfund hazardous waste sites are described, two in Pennsylvania, one in Tacoma, Wash., and one in Globe, Arizona. The key chemical wastes were polychlorinated bipheynls, asphaltic sludge, chlorinated organic solvents, and asbestos polluted soil. The key treatment technology in each case, respectively, was incineration at an approved hazardous waste incinerator, in place chemical stabilization, and removal of contaminants from groundwater by air stripping towers. It is concluded that most or all hazardous wastes can be rendered innocuous, but correctives often are costly. Perhaps the primary need today is for more approved hazardous waste incinerator operations, and for more approved hazardous waste landfills.

Subject Headings: Hazardous wastes | Chemical wastes | Waste treatment | Waste sites | Soil pollution | Incineration | Stripping (chemical)

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