ABSTRACT
This chapter presents information and operational data for a specific Superfund site involving land treatment as the final cleanup option. The waste material consists of contaminated soils from a wood-treating plant. The constituents of concern are hydrocarbons found in petroleum industry waste. Operational data and removal rates are quantified for gross hydrocarbons and specific polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons The studies were designed to maintain soil conditions which promote the degradation of hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbon losses in the test plots were measured using benzene as the extraction solvent. The selection of an initial loading rate should balance additional land area requirements against time requirements for completing the treatment process. The treatment area was constructed on top of the existing wastewater disposal pond after all contaminated materials were removed. Construction of the waste pile and treatment area was completed in October 1985.
