Assessment of the Army Plan for the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility (2004) / Chapter Skim
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40 4 Management of Process and Nonprocess Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility Secondary Wastes For purposes of preparing the environmental assessment for the PBNSF, it was estimated that about 1.6 million lb of liquid hazardous waste, 110,000 lb of spent carbon and filters, 30,000 lb of decontaminated metal parts, and lesser amounts of other solid hazardous wastes would be produced over the entire period of PBNSF operation (U.S.
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MANAGEMENT OF PROCESS AND NONPROCESS PINE BLUFF NON-STOCKPILE FACILITY SECONDARY WASTES 41 streams is that they should be treated on site only to the point that they can be safely shipped to off-site commercial treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) for final treatment and disposal.1 This reduces the scope of operations TABLE 4-1 Major Liquid Secondary Waste Streams from the Treatment Process Total Quantity Description of Stream Generated (lb)
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42 ASSESSMENT OF THE ARMY PLAN FOR THE PINE BLUFF NON-STOCKPILE FACILITY involving hazardous materials at the Pine Bluff site, and the committee expects that the local stakeholders would prefer this strategy over more extensive handling of hazardous materials. While substantial in volume, the quantities will be small in comparison with those routinely handled by commercial TSDFs.
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MANAGEMENT OF PROCESS AND NONPROCESS PINE BLUFF NON-STOCKPILE FACILITY SECONDARY WASTES 43 Recommendation 4-1: The Army should continue to pursue alternatives to incineration and deep welling of liquid hazardous wastes. If the current waste management contract does not result in costs that are acceptable to the Army for disposal using nonincineration technologies, alternative approaches to disposal using nonincineration technologies should be identified and pursued.
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