United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research Office of Solid Waste
and Development and Emergency Response
Washington, DC 20460 Washington, DC 20460
Research and Development
&EPA Arsenic & Mercury
Workshop on
Removal, Recovery,
Treatment,
and Disposal
The Holiday Inn Old Town
Alexandria, VA
August 17 through 20, 1992
Printed on Recyc'ed Paper
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1 Background and Purpose
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Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions for small group discussion are
scheduled following the technical presentations to
address these issues further. All attendees are
encouraged to participate in these sessions. Please
indicate your areas of interest on the registration form
included in this brochure.
Who Should Attend
Representatives from EPA and other government
agencies who have research and/or regulatory interests;
academia; As and Hg generators and users; vendors
of recovery/treatment/disposal technologies; and trade
associations.
I! Registration
A registration form is included in this brochure. There
is no fee to participate in the workshop, but all attendees
must preregister by mail. Please fill out the registration
form and return it to SAIC by July 31,1992. Space is
limited; registration will be on a first-come, first-serve
basis. You will be sent a letter confirming receipt of your
registration.
|| Hotel Information
Arrangements have been made with the Holiday Inn -
Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia. The following special
room rates will be in effect.* Be sure to mention that you
are attending the EPA Arsenic & Mercury Workshop.
Single $110 Double $135 'includes tax
Rooms will be available on a first-come, first-serve
basis from a reserved block. Rooms not assigned
from the block by July 23 will be released;
reservations after this date will be handled on
a space-available basis. You may make your
hotel reservations by calling (703) 549-6080 or (800)
368-5047.
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Session A ARSENIC
Monday, August 17, 1992
INTRODUCTION
8:30 U.S. EPA Overview of Short- and Long-
term Problems Posed by Hazardous
Waste Containing Arsenic
L Rosengrant, U.S. EPA, Office of
Solid Waste, Waste Treatment Branch
9:00 U.S. EPA Overview of Recent
Developments in Recovery, Removal,
and Treatment of As Wastes
R. J. Turner, U.S. EPA, Office of
Research and Development, Risk
Reduction Engineering Laboratory
FUNDAMENTALS
9:30 Introduction to Arsenic Chemistry and
Analysis
£ Woolson, EPL Bio-analytic Services
10:00 Break
10:30 As Chemistry in Relation to the
Disposal and Stability of Wastes
6. Robins, HydroMet Technologies Ltd.
11:00 Bureau of Mines; As Supply/Demand
J. R. Loebenstein, U.S. Bureau of Mines
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RECOVERY AND REUSE
11:30 Sources of As-containing Wastes
and Hydrometallurgical and
Pyrometallurgical Recovery Techniques
ft. Daniefe, Dames & Moore
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Recovery of As as a Raw Material for
Reuse (Case Studies - Mining Wastes,
Rue Dusts)
ft. Arsenault, Aminex
1:30 Alternative Preservative Systems: Pros
and Cons
HM Bams & D. Nicholas, Mississippi
Forest Products Utilization Laboratory
2:00 Remediation Process for Contaminated
Residues from Wood Preserving
Operations
T. Lewis, Lewis Environmental Services
2:30 Break
3:00 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:30 Wrap-up
5:00 Reception (Cash Basis)
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Session A ARSENIC
Tuesday, August 18, 1992
RECOVERY AND REUSE
8:30 Reuse of Wood Preservative that
Contains Arsenic
W, J. Baldwin, Hickson Corporation
9:00 Osmose Water Purification System to
Remove CCA Contaminants from Water
G. Staats, Osmose Wood
Preserving Inc.
TREATMENT, STORAGE, DISPOSAL
9:30 Process Metallurgy Treatment of
Polymetallic Arsenical Dusts, Sludges,
and Wastes
R. Kunter, Richard Kunter & Assoc.
10:00 Break
10:30 Arsenic Extraction from Silt and Clay
A. Zambrano, BioTrol
11:00 The Behavior of Arsenic in a Rotary
Kiln Incinerator
R. Thurnau, U.S. EPA, Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory
11:30 Removal of As from Wastewaters and
Stabilization of As-bearing Waste Solids
L Twidwell, Montana College of Mineral
Science & Technology
12:00 Lunch
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TREATMENT, STORAGE, DISPOSAL
1:00 Treatment of Landban-varianced
Arsenic Wastes at TSDFs
J. Conner, Chemical Waste
Management, Inc.
1:30 As Contamination at Superfund Mining
Sites: Various Problems and Treatment
Options
M. Bishop, U.S. EPA Region VI
2:00 Solidification/Stabilization of Arsenic
Salts
F. Cartledge, Louisiana State University
2:30 Vitrification of Arsenic Compounds
J. Hnat, Vortec Corporation
3:00 Break
3:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:30 Wrap-up
5:00 Adjourn
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-EPA
legislation Form
Arsenic & Mercury Workshop
August 17-20,1992
Alexandria, VA Holiday Inn-Old Town
lame
\ffiliation
lAddress _
City
State
Zip
(Telephone/Fax.
I plan to attend Session A-Arsenic
|Q I plan to attend Session B-Mercury
IQ I plan to attend Both Session A & B
Optional Deli-Buffet Lunch*
Monday, August 17 $15.00=
Tuesday, August 18 $15.00 =
Wednesday, August 19 $15.00 =
| Thursday, August 20 $15.00 =
TOTAL
'Includes tax & gratuity. Please make check payable to SAIC.
Please also fill out questionnaire on reverse side of
form and mail to:
SAIC
Technology Transfer Department
501 Office Center Drive, Suite 420
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Telephone (800) 783-3870 or (215) 628-9317
Fax* (215) 628-8916
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We would like to know your areas of interest. Please
indicate those breakout sessions that you would like tc
attend (choose three). This information will be used tc
place you in the breakout sessions at the workshop.
Q Arsenic Chemistry and Analytical Issues
Q Arsenic Markets
Q Reduction of Arsenic Wastes at Their Source
Q Arsenic Recycling or Reuse
Q Treatment and Disposal of Arsenic Wastes
Questionnaire for SeSSJOH B-MerCUry
(must be included with registration)
We would like to know your areas of interest. Please
indicate those breakout sessions that you would like to
attend (choose three). This information will be used to
place you in the breakout sessions at the workshop.
Q Mercury Chemistry and Analytical Issues
Q Mercury Markets
Q Reduction of Mercury Wastes at Their Source
Q Mercury Recycling or Reuse
Q Treatment and Disposal of Mercury Wastes
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Session B MERCURY
Wednesday, August 19,1992
NTRODUCTION
8:30 U.S. EPA's Review of Short- and Long-
term Problems Posed by Hazardous
Waste Containing Mercury
J. Labiosa, U.S. EPA, Office of Solid
Waste, Waste Treatment Branch
9:00 U.S. EPA Overview of Recent
Developments in Recovery, Removal,
and Treatment of Mercury Wastes
R.J. Turner, U.S. EPA, Office of
Research and Development, Risk
Reduction Engineering Laboratory
FUNDAMENTALS
9:30 Elemental Mercury in Soil and
Subsurface: Transformations and
Environmental Transport
R.R. Turner, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
10:00 Mercury in U.S. Mining
M. Logsdon, Geochimica, Inc.
10:30 Break
11:00 Research Program for Dealing with
Mercury in Soil at Natural Gas
Industry Sites
D. Charlton, Energy and Environmental
Research Center
11:30 Mercury-Containing Hazardous Waste
Generation and Potential Reduction
S. Schwartz, Versar, Inc.
12:00 Lunch
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Session B MERCURY
Wednesday, August 19,1992
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES/
CHARACTERIZATION
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
Recent Advances in the Analytical
Techniques for the Quantification of
Mercury and Mercury Compounds in
Different Media
£ Prestbo, Brooks Rand Limited
Mercury in Sediments - How Clean Is
Clean?
G. Bigham, PTI Environmental Service,
Chemical Form and Concentration of
Mercury Determine Performance of
Mercury-Dosed Soils on Standard
Leaching Tests
R.R. Turner, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Inter-laboratory Testing by TCLP and
Source Reduction in the Electrical
Manufacturing Industry
V. Meyer, National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Break
3:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:30 Wrap-up
5:00 Reception (Cash Basis)
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Session B MERCURY
^hursday, August 20, 1992
REMOVAL, RECOVERY, REUSE
8:00 Management of Hg Battery Wastes
Through Source Substitution
J. Price, Broward County Office of
Integrated Waste Management
8:30 Recovery of Elemental Mercury
D009 and U151 Waste from Soil
Using Proven Physical and Gravimetric
Methods
M, Chintis, Hunter Mining/GZA
9:00 Mercury Waste Treatment and
Recovery from GE Wiring Devices
Superfund Site, Juana, Puerto Rico
Harvey Dewing, Bureau of Mines,
Rolla Research Center
9:30 Break
10:00 Development of BOAT for the Thermal
Treatment of K106 and Certain D009
Wastes
A. Dungan, The Chbrine Institute, Inc.
10:30 Hazardous Waste Recycling by HT-V
Thermal Distillation
B. Home, TDI Thermal Dynamics
11:00 Mercury Removal with lonac Ion
Exchange Resins
F. McGarvey, Sybron Chemicals Inc.
11:30 Development of Bacterial Strains for
the Remediation of Mercurial Wastes
J. Horn, U.S. EPA, Gulf Breeze
Environmental Research Lab
12:00 Lunch
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Session B MERCURY
Thursday, August 20, 1992
REMOVAL, RECOVERY, REUSE
1:00 The Recovery of Mercury from Mineral
Extraction Residues Using
Hydrometallurgical Techniques
B. Robins, Hydromet Technologies
Limited
1:30 High Vacuum Mercury Retort Recovery
Still for Processing EPA D009
Hazardous Wastes
6, Lawrence, Bethlehem Apparatus
TREATMENT
2:00 Non-Thermal Process of K106
Mercury Mud
M. Rockandel, Universal Dynamics
2:30 Biological and Physio-chemical
Remediation of Mercury Contaminated
Hazardous Waste
C. Hansen, Utah State University
3:00 Break
3:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions \
4:30 Wrap-up
5:00 Adjourn
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