ABSTRACT
T his p aper presents a co m p ariso n o f b en ch -sca le so il b io trea tab ility s tu d y resu lts w ith fu ll-sca le rem ed ia tio n . A s p a rt o f a B ro w n fie ld s red e v e lo p m e n t e ffo rt, a bench-scale study w as perfo rm ed in M a lco lm P im ie ’s so ils te s tin g lab o ra to ry w ith p e tro leu m -co n tam in a te d so il to d e te rm in e th e p o ten tia l fo r fu ll-sca le b io re m e d ia tio n . T he source o f th e co n tam in a tio n w as an ap p ro x im a te ly 2 0 -y ear o ld spill o f N o. 6 fuel o il. O p en -p an reac to rs w ere se lec ted to m im ic p la n n e d fu llsca le fie ld co n d itio n s an d to o p tim ize en v iro n m en ta l co n d itio n s fo r b io re m e d ia tio n . T h e study co n c lu d ed th a t b io rem ed ia tio n v ia lan d fa rm in g is a v ia b le ap p ro a ch cap ab le o f d eg rad in g all co n tam in an ts o f in te rest. In Ju n e 1997, fu ll-sc a le b io rem ed ia tio n ac tiv itie s co m m en c ed by sp read in g ap p ro x im a te ly 2 6 ,0 0 0 cu b ic yard s o f p e tro leu m -co n tam in a te d so il o v er an 8 -acre c lay pad . T h e fu ll-sca le b io rem ed ia tio n w as successfu lly co m p le ted , an d th e rem e d ia l ap p ro ach a llo w ed th e co n tam in a te d site to be fas t-track ed fo r site d ev e lo p m en t.
