ABSTRACT
Composting is an innovative bioremediation technology which has been recommended as the remedial technology of choice for the remediation of explosives-contaminated soils at a National Priority List site. The proven technology for explosives-contaminated soils is high temperature incineration; however, it is publicly undesirable and essentially uneconomical for the remediation of small sites. Incineration is currently the only proven technology for the remediation of explosives-contaminated soils, and the US Army has incinerated explosives-contaminated soils at the Comhusker Army Ammunition Plant and the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant. Composting is an emerging, innovative bioremediation technology for explosives-contaminated soils which has the potential to save the US Army millions in remediation costs. The analysis concluded that direct implementation of composting with this amendment cost would be more expensive than incineration for explosives-contaminated soils.
