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United States Risk Reduction
Environmental Protection Engineering Laboratory
Agency Cincinnati OH 45268
EPA/600/M-89/002
June 1989
Research and Development
Description of
Risk Reduction Engineering
Laboratory
Test and Evaluation Facilities
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USER GUIDE TO TREATABILITY STUDIES
CONTAMINANT
CLASS
Halogenated non-polar aromatics
PCB's, dioxins and furans
Halogenated phenols, cresols, other aromatics
Halogenated aliphatic compounds
Halogenated cyclic aliphates/ethers/esters
ketones
Nitrated aromatics and aliphatics
Simple non-polar aromatics and heterocyclics
Polynuclear aromatic
Other polar organics
Non-volatile metals
Volatile metals
Other inorganics
Radionuclides
Cyanide
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N Anaerobic
* Granular activated carbon
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S Steam stripping
O Ozone
I Ion exchange
R Reverse osmosis
P Chemical precipitation
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INTRODUCTION
This brochure is an overview of the test and evaluation facilities of the
Cincinnati based Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (RREL), Office of
Research and Development, U.S. EPA. While these facilities and capabilities
vary greatly as to function and scope they have in common their abilities to
serve the scientific and engineering needs of RREL client offices, both within
EPA, and for other Federal, State and local organizations, and industry.
Detailed information regarding permitted wastes and unit processes, for each
facility location, is illustrated at the conclusion of this brochure.
The facilities described in this brochure are
Cincinnati, Ohio area:
• Test and Evaluation Facility
• Center Hill Facility
• Full Containment Facility
• Drinking Water Pilot Plant (fixed and mobile)
• Mobile Wastewater Treatment Units
• Mobile Dehalogenation Treatment Units
Jefferson, Arkansas
• Combustion Research Facility
Edison, New Jersey
• Synthetic Soils Matrix (SSM) Blending Facility
• Underground Storage Tank Test Apparatus
• Environmental Technology and Engineering (E-TEC) Facility
RREL facilities are available to industry, academia, and other
governmental agencies to pursue cooperative treatability studies or process
control, and equipment research and development activities under terms of
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act as ammended by the
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Provisions of this act are
summarized as follows:
These ammendments include, under the heading COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, authority for ". . .
Government-operated Federal laboratories — to enter into cooperative
research and development agreements on behalf of such agency... with other
Federal agencies; units of State or local government; industrial organizations.
public and private foundations, nonprofit organizations (including
universities) or other persons.. ."Thus, RREL has an even greater opportunity
to work directly with those in need of the knowledge and skills our people have
garnered doing hands-on research in a vast number of areas.
COVER
To indicate the scope and complexity
of RREL's test and evaluation facilities
we have included a cutaway view of the
Jefferson, AR, Combustion Research Facility
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TEST AND EVALUATION (T&E) FACILITY
LOCATION
USEPA Test and Evaluation Facility, 1600 Gest
Street, Cincinnati, OH 45268
CONTACT
Francis L. Evans, III — Comm. 513-684-2621, FTS
684-2621
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
T&E supports the various programs of all
research organizations located in the Cincinnati
area but is operated by RREL and is predominantly
concerned with studies in the areas of municipal/
industrial wastewater and hazardous waste
treatment.
CAPABILITY
A wide variety of wastewater treatment plant feed,
recycle, and sludge streams are available for
continuous study utilizing activated sludge,
trickling filter, rotating biological contactor, and
anaerobic digestion as well as physical-chemical
unit operations such as steam stripping and carbon
adsorption.
The abilities of staff and equipment allow T & E to
function well in the areas of:
• Feasibility testing of new treatment
concepts and equipment
• Process performance including failure
mode analysis
• Parallel evaluations through controlled
process studies
• Treatability studies
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
T&E designed with the flexibility to accommodate
a rapidly changeable variety of bench- and pilot-
scale studies. It has approximately 24,000 square
feet of, two-story high experimental area, with
wastewater streams piped into 16 stations. An
additional 9,000 square feet are occupied by
laboratories, offices, and dry chemical storage.
Several large doors facilitate the movement of large
equipment, including trailer-mounted pilot plants,
thus allowing increased flexibility.
Specific equipment includes:
• Two five-ton bridge cranes for ease of
moving equipment, both in and out of the
facility
• Machine shop for specialized fabrication,
modification or repair of experimental
apparatus
• Greenhouse for agricultural studies of
pollutant application to soils
• Readily available high and low pressure air,
pure oxygen, natural gas, and electric
power ducts (480V, 240V, and 120V) a; each
of 16 experimental bays
• Provision for installation of a
microcomputer for process control, data
logging, data manipulation, and report
generation
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The facility is available on a program interest and
space availability basis. A RCRA Part B Permit and
RD&D Permit authorize handling of 49 wastes in 15
unit processes. A RCRA Part B Permit authorizing
the treat-storage and disposal of most waste
catagories in 49 unit processes has been applied for
and is expected to be approved by July 1989
USER FEE
The fee is negotiated on the basis of floor space
and length of time of the proposed use.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
• Fate and effect of CERCLA compounds in
activated sludge systems
• Anaerobic-aerobic treatment of leachate
• Evaluation of municipal sludge digestion
alternatives
• Hazardous waste treatment technology
assessment-physical separations
• The effects of municipal wastewater sludge
on leachates and gas production from
sludge-refuse landfills and sludge monofills
• Hazardous air emissions control studies
• Hazardous waste landfill leachate treatment
with a rotating biological contactor
• Hazardous waste treatment technology
assessment-inorganic treatment
• Anaerobic selector/aerobic biological
treatment of azo dye/chlorinated organics
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CENTER HILL RESEARCH FACILITY
LOCATION
USEPA Center Hill Research Facility, 5995 Center
Hill Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
CONTACT
Joseph K. Burkart — Comm. 513-569-7885, FTS
864-7885
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
An onsite team of multidisciplined engineers and
scientists conduct research and provide technical
services in the areas of testing, design, and field
implementation for both solid and hazardous waste
management.
Engineering services focus on the design and
implementation of site remediation, and land
pollution control. Existing technologies are
evaluated for their performance in the containment
and control of pollution to the land.
Technical assistance to EPA Regional Offices
includes lab and field services remedial action
program design and construction Computer-aided-
engineering services are also provided tor mapping
and modeling to assist in site-situation assessment
and remedial actions.
CAPABILITY
Center Hill houses labs that are specially equippe 1
for geotechnical testing of soil wastes to evaluate the
physical effects of chemicals on soils and to assess
the soil-chemical interaction and the mechanisms of
chemical release in the geohydroiogical
environment
The Facility also accommodates bench and pilot-
scale testing to evaluate the performance of
technologies for waste treatment and site
remediation.
Major areas of activity are:
• Chemical solidification and stabilization
(CSS)
• Pollution control technologies (PCT)
• Technology evaluation for remedial actions
(TERA)
• Computer assisted engineering (CAE)
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
Facility features include:
• Geotechnical testing lab
• Hazardous waste lab
Chemical stabilization
solidification facilities
Hazardous waste storage
building
High bay area
Lysimeter cells
Pressurized test tank
Slurry wall test flume
Outdoor lysimeters
Cliemical leaching extraction
lab
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The facility is available on a program interest and
space availability basis. A RCRA Part B Permit has
been applied for to conduct aerobic/anaerobic
treatability tests, solidification/stabilization tests,
and permeability studies of earthen barriers and is
expected to be approved by January 1990.
USER FEE
The fee is negotiated on the basis of floor space
and length of time of the proposed use.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
• Lab assessment of solidification/
stabilization (S/S) systems
• Alternative leaching scenarios development
for S/S hazardous soil wastes
• Data base development for S/S performance
• Construction quality assurance programs
for remedial action Superfund projects
• Evaluation and demonstration of S/S
techniques to treat municipal waste
combuster ash
• Slurry wall design and construction
methods
• Evaluation of organics effects on slurry
walls
• Effects of aggressive permeant liquids on
bentonite/soils
• Computer assisted engineering remedial
action assessment
• Innovative delivery and recovery systems:
hydrofracturing
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FULL CONTAINMENT FACILITY
LOCATION
Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research
Center, Cincinnati, OH 45268
CONTACT
Alden G. Christiansen — Comm. 513-569-7406,
FTS 684-7406
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
The Breidenbach Center operates a full
containment facility for research on highly toxic or
hazardous materials.
The 7,500 sq ft facility, constructed in 1988, is
designed for analytical and experimental work,
conducted primarily by Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory and Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory respectively on chemicals
or wastes which cannot be safely handled in normal
laboratory facilities. This includes the capability to
analyze and characterize unknown waste samples
from Superfund sites or other locations and the
ability to conduct laboratory-scale treatment and
treatment-related research on waste surrogates.
CAPABILITY
The EMSL-program component of the
Containment Facility has the capability of providing
analytical services on highly toxic or hazardous"
waste samples.
The RREL-program component of the
Containment Facility has the capability of
conducting a broad range of lab-scale, experimental
studies on high-hazard wastes in a setting designed
for safety and control.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
The major equipment items in the Full
Containment Facility are analytical instruments in
service under EMSL. Included are gas
chromatographs, GC/MS, HPLC/MS, Matrix
Isolation Fourier Transform Infrared/Mass
Spectrometer, Sequential Inductively Coupled
Plasma System, Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, UV
Spectrometer, Ion Chromatograph and Total
Organic Halogen Analyzer Other equipment in the
Facility (e.g., that used in RREL engineering
research) will be variable and transient depending
on the particular experimental work being
conducted.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The facility is available on a program interest and
space availability basts. Treatability studies on
actual hazardous wastes cannot be conducted until
a RCRA Part B application has been approved,
expected date for that approval is January 1990.
USER FEE
The fee is negotiated on the basis of floor space
and length of time of the proposed use.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
• Removal of Asbestos From Surfaces —
Using a glove box in a controlled, negative
pressure atmosphere, the effectiveness of
various techniques (vacuum, chemical, wet
dusting, electrostatic) will be studied for
cleaning carpets, desk tops, ceilings, etc
• Stored Drum Treatment Tests — Using small
scale reactors, effectiveness of sequential
chemical (KPEG) and biological treatment in
destroying organics such as 2, 4-D and 2, 4,
5-T will be determined; also, reactor modes
of operation will be compared.
• Lead Removal From Contaminated Soil —
Using a small scale furnace and scrjbber,
the feasibility of Pyrometallu-gical
extraction of lead, and the chemical steps
involved in the process, will be determined.
• Biokenetics of Toxic Compounds — Using
respirometry apparatus and measurement
units, kinetic parameters and inhibitory
effects related to biodegradation of RCRA
and CERCLA compounds will be
determined.
• Hazardous Waste Treatment — Using lab-
scale reactors, chemostats, and
respirometers, biodegradabihty of complex
toxic wastes in both aerobic and anaerobic
processes will be studied
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DRINKING WATER PILOT PLANTS
LOCATION
USEPA, Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental
Research Center, Cincinnati, OH 45268
CONTACT
Robert M. Clark — Comm. 513-569-7201, FTS 684-
7201
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
These facilities are used to provide the Office of
Drinking Water with data on the effectiveness of
various treatment processes for control of organic
and inorganic contaminants under study for
inclusion in national drinking water standards under
the Safe Drinking Water Act.
CAPABILITY
This group of pilot plants are used to conduct
research on treatment techniques for removing
various organic and inorganic contaminants from
drinking water. Both inhouse and mobile (inorganic)
pilot plant systems are available.
In the field of organic contaminants the treatment
processes include conventional treatment,
filter/adsorbers, diffused air aeration, ozonation,
and reverse osmosis.
There are special installations used to evaluate
various methods for removing inorganic chemicals
(e.g. lead, arsenic, selenium, etc.) radionuclides
(radium, uranium, and radon), and particulates
(inert turbidity, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, etc.). The
concentration of chemicals studied are normally
similar to those found in water sources throughout
the nation.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
In-house Facilities (Organic)
Several pilot-scale testing units are employed for
the study of control of organic contaminants in
drinking water. Dealing with part-per-billion
concentrations of organic contaminants, all
equipment is constructed primarily of stainless steel,
teflon and glass to minimize contamination. Thus,
any proposed use should only involve those
studying similar concentrations of organic
contaminants.
In-house Facilities (Inorganic)
This in-house pilot plant is comprised of two
separate coagulation systems utilizing rapid mix,
chemical addition, slow mix, settling, and filtration.
Each system has a nominal capacity of two gpm and
three interconnected filters and are used only for
inorganic chemical removal. The use of metals, in
construction of the equipment, is minimized to
reduce the possibility of contamination by the
plumbing materials. These systems are arranged so
any individual component may be bypassed to
provide a multitude of treatment scenarios.
In addition to the large pilot systems, this in-house
plant houses a 150 gpd slow sand filter, two small
reverse osmosis units (one gpm each), a large
reverse osmosis unit (6,000 gpd), and a ten gpm
diatomaceous earth filter. All of the units are
connected to various pumps and water storage: a
6,000 gallon stainless steel tank located inside, and
shares outside tanks of 3,000, 7,000 and 2,800
gallons capacity.
Mobile Facilities
RREL also manages two mobile pilot plants one of
which is a box trailer in which several treatment
systems have been installed (i.e. ion exchange,
activated alumina, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis,
and others).
The second mobile plant is a self-contained 20
gpm package plant that utilizes conventional
coagulation followed by sedimentation and filtration
to treat drinking water. This mobile plant is currently
stored at Cincinnati, Ohio.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The facilities are available on a program interest
basis.
USER FEE
The fee is negotiated on the basis of floor space
and length of time of the proposed use.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
The pilot plant is being used to study the removal
and control of disinfection byproducts from drinking
water.
The in-house pilot plant is currently being used to
study the removal of Giardia and other organisms
from drinking water.
The mobile water treatment systems pilot plant
was used to study the removal of radium.
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MOBILE WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNITS
LOCATION
USEPA, Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental
Research Center, Cincinnati, OH 45268
CONTACT
Glenn M. Shaul — Comm. (513) 569-7408 FTS
684-7408
PURPOSE OF FACITLITY
This equipment provides for a wide variety of
treatability options for onsite treatment of
wastewaters. Most equipment was designed to allow
for compatibility for flows and loading allowing
several combinations of unit processes. Operation
and maintenance manuals, including design
specifications are available.
CAPABILITY
Four mobile forty foot treatment trailers with
several unit processes areavailable. All unitsareskid
mounted which allows for flexibility in the selection
of the desired unit process.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
• Physical/Chemical Trailer. This trailer
contains: a dual media filter system, four
carbon adsorption columns, clarifiersystem,
and several tanks, mixers and pumps.
• Ozone Trailer. This trailer contains an ozone
generating system, reverse osmosis system,
magnetic filter system, clarifier and several
tanks.
• Activated Sludge & Anaerobic Digestion
Trailer. This trailer contains four 200 liter
activated sludge process systems and two 40
liter anaerobic sludge digestion systems.
• Textile Trailer. This trailer contains: an
ozone contact column, activated carbon
columns, multi-media filter system, clarifier,
and several holding tanks.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
Items I, II, IV above areavailable immediately. Item
III will not be available until October 1989.
USER FEE
The fee is negotiated on the basis of the length of
time of the proposed use.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
The equipment has been used in determining the
treatability of iron and steel wastewaters,
pharmaceutical wastewaters and textile
wastewaters.
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MOBILE DEHALOGENATION TREATMENT UNITS
LOCATION
USEPA, Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental
Research Center, Cincinnati, OH 45268
CONTACT
Charles J. Rodgers — Comm. 513-569-7757, FTS
684-7757
PURPOSE OF UNITS
The two dehalogenation treatment units provide
for on-site treatability studies of soils, sludges,
sediments or liquids wastes contaminated with
halogenated pollutants. The most technically and
economically feasible site cleanup can better be
established with these units.
CAPABILITY
Two mobile units processes are owned by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and are available
by appointment. These units are trailer or skid
mounted and offer needed flexibility for on-site
processing of waste.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
• Bench-scale trailer. This 45 foot trailer is
equipped with a 40 gallon reactor, solids
trap, condenser, carbon adsorption unit, and
laboratory for on-site analysis of
contaminated matrices before and after
treatments.
• Pilot-scale unit. This 25 foot skid mounted
400 gallon reactor is steam jacketed,
equipped with mixing blades (7) with Vz inch
wall clearance. Other components of the
treatment system are steam generator,
solids trap, condenser, feeding hopper, and
carbon adsorption unit.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The 40 gallon reactor described above is available
immediately. The 400 gallon pilot-scale system
will not be available until July 1989.
USER FEE
The fee is determined on the basis of materials and
labor requirements.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
The equipment has been used to treat PCB-
contaminated soil in Guam, Moreau, New York and
pesticide contaminated waste in EPA regions IV, V
and VII.
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COMBUSTION RESEARCH FACILITY (CRF)
LOCATION
USEPA Combustion Research Facility (located in
conjunction with National Center for lexicological
Research), Jefferson, AR 72079, Comm. 501-541-
0004, no FTS
CONTACT
Robert C. Thurnau — Comm. 513-569-7692, FTS
684-7692
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
Pilot plant testing is used to test various listed
hazardous wastes and certain organic and metals
"soups" that address RCRA and SARA needs.
Evaluations are carried out in the Rotary Kiln System
(RKS) and the Liquid Injection System (LIS).
Assessment of in-line and slipstream pilot air
pollution control devices (APCDs) such as venturi
scrubbers, packed towers, ionizing wet scrubbers,
spray dryer/fabric filters, and electrostatic
precipitators, will also be conducted. Testing will be
directed at determining the impact of the following
variables, POHC, PIC, and metals emissions, as a
function of:
Chlorine content of the feed material
Afterburner and kiln temperatures
Excess air
Feed matrix
APCD operation
Pollutant removal efficiencies for major classes of
PICs and metals will be determined for each APCD
tested
CAPABILITY
Full RCRA Part B permits have been issued for the
rotary kiln and liquid injection systems. These
incineration systems and their support activities
occupy 12,000 square feet, under roof.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
Two pilot scale incinerators
• Rotary kiln system (RKS) - with afterburner-
1.8 mmBtu/hr. waste
• Liquid injection system (LIS) - 3.5
mmBtu/hr. waste
Air pollution control systems
• Venturi scrubber and packed tower on RKS
• Packed tower and ionizing wet scrubber on
LIS
• Facility APCD system (carbon bed/HEPA
filter) provides additional environmental
protection for the operation of individual
units in experimental modes
• Other APCD as available
On site analytical chemistry capability for metals
as well as volatile and semivolatile orcianic
compounds.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
The facility is available on a program interest and
time available basis. Current time availability is
twelve weeks per year.
Legislative Mandates: RCRA, HSWA, CERCLA,
SARA, FIFRA, TSCA, CAA
• permit modification being processed to
allow:
— mobile combustors
— mobile APCDs
— treatment of generated wastes
— expanded operating area and waste
storage
• types of testing available:
hazardous waste "state-of-practice"
testing
— hazardous waste "state-of-
technology" testing
— parametric evaluation of combustion
conditions
— parametric evaluation of air pollution
control systems
USER FEE
$6,000 per day the CRF is committed to each
individual project. Actual facility operating time per
test is.approximately 10 days.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
A total of 138 tests, covering K037, K086, K087,
K001 wastes plus synthetic mixtures, have been
completed in the past four years.
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TREATABILITY CAPABILITIES FOR SYNTHETIC SOILS MATRIX (SSM)
BLENDING FACILITY
LOCATION
USEPA, RREL, Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New
Jersey 08837-3679
CONTACT
Richard P. Traver — Comm. 201-321-6677, FTS
340-6677
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
The system is designed to mix soils, sludges and
sediments with chemical analytes to produce spiked
matrices, as required.
CAPABILITY
The SSM system is a mixing system equipped with
ventilation, nitrogen blanketing, stainless steel
construction, primary laboratory support facilities,
and level B personnel protection and
decontamination capabilities.
We are currently storing 25,000 Ibs of clean soil
matrix consisting of defined concentrations of soil
components based on an extensive statistical
research of soil characterizations of Superfund sites
throughout the country is available. This soil
consists of sand, No. 9 gravel, silt, top soil and clays.
The system is also storing a series of volatile organic,
semivolatile organic and metal salt analytes that also
represent the results of an extensive compilation of
chemicals found in Superfund sites throughout the
country. These analytes include acetone,
chlorobenzene, ethyl benzene, styrene,
tetrachloroethy lene, xylene, anthracene,
hexachlorobenzene, bis-(2ethylhexyl) phthalate,
and arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead,
nickel, and zinc metal salts.
The system is capable of operation at all times
during the year.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
The SSM system consists of a mixing room, a
decontamination area, a clean/support area, and an
administrative/office trailer. The mixing room
contains a tilt-tub explosion proof batch mixer with
internal paddles and is entirely constructed of 316
stainless steel for a broad chemical material
compatibility. The mixer has a 10 cu. ft. capacity and
is capable of mixing 500 Ibs of solid matrix per batch.
Access to the mixer in theoperating position isaided
by a platform built around the unit. An explosion
suppression nitrogen gas system is provided to
blanket the mixer air space during mixing. A
ventilation system in the mixing room provides for
more than 30 air exchanges per hour. The floor of the
mixing room and the contamination reduction area
is covered with a combination plywood and plastic
sheeting to protect the concrete floor from analyte
penetration. Sheets of formica cover the plywood
and the mixing room walls in critical spill/splash
areas to accommodate rapid and complete
decontamination. The system is equipped with level
B umbilical airline support and complete personnel
and equipment decontamination capabilities.
Additionally, the mixing room contains work tables
for materials staging, sample collection and
preparation with storage cabinets for flammable
liquids and analyses. Primary laboratory capabilities
for the preparation and measuring of liquid and solid
analyses area also available. The system has
provisions for packaging and shipping prepared
blends, in any type of container or quantities as
specified. A complete inventory of health and safety
equipment and supplies consistent with level B and
level C personnel protection and decontamination is
available. Process operations that can be
accommodated by the above system include:
blending and mixing operations to create standard
analytical or Superfund defined matrices consisting
of soils, sludges, sediments and organic and
inorganic analyses; mixing operations to support
solidification/stabilization studies; primary
mixing/contacting to support biological treatability
studies, agitation to suppport vacuum extraction of
volatiles from a solid matrix; mixing and contacting
of reagents with contaminated soils to support
extraction, washing and other chemical/physical
contaminant reduction technology treatability
studies
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
This is a soil/contaminant mix generation service
provided by RREL for treatability testing elsewhere
with the resulting sample matrix.
USER FEE
The cost to prepare2,000 Ibsof spiked SSM during
a 1 week operation of the blending system is
approximately $15,000. This includes operating
labor costs, packaging and shipping costs,
chemicals costs, miscellaneous materials and
supplies, and support laboratory analyses.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
Th SSM system is completely operational and
capable of full-scale blending of solid matrices and
analytes.
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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TEST APPARATUS
LOCATION
USEPA, RREL, Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New
Jersey 08837-3679
CONTACT
Anthony N Tafuri
340-6604
Comm. 201-321-6604, FTS
PURPOSE OF FACILITY
An onsite team of multidisciplmed engineers and
scientists conduct research and provide technical
services in the areas of test protocol conception and
design, testing, field implementation, and operation
of the UST apparatus.
Engineering services focus on the evaluation of
leak detection methods and the experimental
investigation of the ambient conditions that have a
profound affect on the performance capability of
these test methods.
Results generated from evaluations at the UST
apparatus support the creation of a practical
framework for leak detection in the federal UST
regulation.
CAPABILITY
The Underground Storage Tank (UST) test
apparatus is a controlled condition test apparatus
designed and fabricated with UST's and other
associated equipment to provide control over the
primary variables affecting leak detection in
underground storage tanks. The apparatus allows,
as far as is practical, control be be exercised over the
major factors that affect the accuracy and detection
threshold of volumetric leak detection methods
The design incorporates underground tanks and
above-grade components to enable this control to
be exercised In addition to the UST's at the
apparatus is the underground storage tank piping
system (USTPS) As with the UST appurtenances,
the USTPS has associated equipment to provide
control over the variables that affect line 'eak
detection methods Under specific simulc.ted
conditions, the operators can evaluate the
performance of commercial line leak detec ion
methods for both pressurized and non-pressur zed
line systems.
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
The UST apparatus is equipped with two research
trailers, a computer network system, operation
controls, a technician's workshop, storage, and
emergency equipment.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
Generally, two to four commercial leak detecion
methods can be tested, or a series of amb ent
investigations can be conducted over a one week
period with a complimentary crew of eight people.
USER FEE
The cost of one commercial volumetric leak
detection method evaluation is based upon the
following Gathering of background data,
development of a mathematical model, verification
testing, model validation, and performance estimate.
Estimated Cost: $80,000.
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING (E-TEC) FACILITY
LOCATION
USEPA, RREL, Woodndge Avenue, Edison, New
Jersey 08837-3679
CONTACT
James J Yezzi, Jr. — Comm. 201-321-6703, FTS
340-6703
PUROSE OF FACILITY
The E-TEC Facility will be a specialized location
designed to provide state-of-the-art capabilities to
test and evaluate hazardous waste control
technologies in a safe and environmentally secure
manner. The facility will be equipped with testing
areas and backup treatment systems such that spills
and other accidental releases associated with
testing of experimental equipment will be contained
and treated without being released to the
environment.
The facility, currently under development, will
primarily serve research and development programs
funded by the Superfund program, but can receive
assignments for the non-Superfund areas
CAPABILITY
E-TEC will be constructed at the RREL facilities at
Edison, New Jersey, and will include both indoor
and outdoor areas on a roughly 115 acre site. Indoor
areas will include office spaces, a technology
information exchange function, laboratory spaces,
areas for training activities, shop spaces, specialized
testing areas for bench, pilot scale and full scale
technologies for treatment or control of
environmental contaminants, specialized "backup
treatment systems" to control any emissions or
byproducts that arise from testing such that no
contaminants are released to the environment,
storage art as tor hazardous materials, storage areas
for equipment and other specialized spaces' as
needed Outdoor areas will include an existing
underground storage tank test apparatus, areas for
training of response personnel (to be done by
OSWER's Environmental Response Branch), areas
for testing prototypical technologies, and other,
related areas.
The schedule for the facility development is as
follows.
• Architectural and engineering work will be
completed by mid-FY 1989
• Construction should be completed by late
FY 1990
• Startup, permit compliance testing and
permit-related authority to proceed should
be completed by February 1991
• Testing and other developmental activities
should be in full operation during FY 1992
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
Testing and evaluations will be at bench, pilot and
full scales. Technologies to be researched,
developed, tested and/or evaluated include
physical, chemical, thermal and biological
processes, used individually or in combination, as
flow-through systems or as in-site treatments, for
chemical, microbiological, radiological or other
contaminants, individually or in combination. The
contaminants may be in any media, including air,
water, soils, sludges or sediments. Emphasis will
continue on research pertaining to treatment of
excavated soils and treatability studies in support of
EPA's Regions.
The facility will include 150,000 ft2 of testing and
evaluation bays as well as 25,000 ft2 of laboratory
space. The laboratory facilities will include a full
containment anlaytical laboratory, regular analytical
labs and a bench/pilot unit testing lab.
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
In general the E-TEC Facility is intended to be
used by anyone internal or external to EPA that
needs such a specialized facilityforthedevelopment
and testing of environmental contamination control
technologies. Use by outside parties will be on both
a subsidized and reimbursable basis, dependent
upon available funds and EPA program priorities.
USER FEE
The on-site E-TEC Facility operating contractor
will make such financial and legal arrangements as
needed and as directed by EPA to arrange for
commercial environmental contamination control
systems to be tested and evaluated at the Facility
using third party user agreements and other
authorities such as those contained in the Federal
Technology Transfer Act.
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