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1 Secondary Waste Generation at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
1 Secondary Waste Generation at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
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The progress made in destroying the cal agent disposal facilities. This study focuses on the stockpile agents and munitions comes with a chal- growing volume of secondary waste at each chemical lenge, however -- disposal of secondary wastes from agent disposal facility and the regulatory requirements these destruction processes in a safe manner and in and best practices for managing these wastes.
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Their discussions cen chemical stockpile incineration-based disposal facilities tered on state regulatory requirements impacting local and the neutralization-based disposal facility on both a site-by-site basis and programmatically recognizing that facilities and any perceived secondary waste issues the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act has provi for the chemical agent disposal facilities. Commit sions for using prior data; tee members also met with representatives from the • feed-rate restrictions to which chemical agent disposal Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva facilities are subject for post trial burns; tion, representatives from three local Citizens Advi • the extent and number of health risk assessments deemed sory Commissions (CACs)
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The began operation in the following order: Tooele, Utah; sites that have used neutralization technology are the Anniston, Alabama; Umatilla, Oregon; Pine Bluff, Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ABCDF) Arkansas; and Newport, Indiana.
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fPBCDF, Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. gNECDF, Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
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0 REVIEW OF CHEMICAL AGENT SECONDARY WASTE DISPOSAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS Stack Scrap Metal Gas Spent Carbon Brine Conveyor Pollution Abatement Munitions Metal Munitions Cyclone Metal Parts System Filtration Demilitarization Scrubber Furnace System from Parts Building Stockpile Brine Spent Carbon Deactivation Metal Parts with Pollution Abatement Cyclone Furnace System Filtration Scrubber Energetics System System Metal Conveyor Scrap Parts Metal Liquid Pollution Abatement Cyclone Liquid System Filtration Scrubber Incinerator Agent System Brine Spent Carbon Brine Brine from Brine Salt Reduction Cyclone Area Scrubbers Liquid Waste FIGURE 1-1 Baseline incineration system block diagram indicating major secondary waste streams. Rinsing 1-1 Scrap Metal Drained and Ton Decontamination Containers Rinse Solution Ton Hydrolysate Agent VX Ton Neutralization Container Temporary Containers Reactor Cleanout Storage Vent Gases Vent Gases Carbon Spent Carbon Filters Vent Gas FIGURE 1-2 NECDF neutralization process block diagram indicating major secondary waste streams.
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. Chemical agent disposal facilities generate the fol BOx 1-1 lowing major categories of secondary wastes over the Definition of "Generator knowledge" lifetime of operations: "Generator knowledge" is a hazardous waste evaluation • Spent activated carbon and spent particulate filter method commonly accepted and defined by the EPA and individual media from the pollution abatement system; states based on some or all of the following information: • Brine solutions or brine salts resulting from evaporation of the brine; 1.
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chemical agent disposal facilities include laboratory Chemical agent disposal facilities using incineration operations, operations associated with protection of technology will have waste profiles somewhat differ personnel or the environment, and operations associent from facilities using neutralization technology. ated with maintenance of the facility.
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Any such carbon will require special treatment and disposal techniques.5 beds containing spent carbon are emptied and refilled with fresh carbon. Spent activated carbon waste streams are generated at chemical agent disposal facilities using either the baseline incineration system or the neutralization process.
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Slag residue, and stored temporarily in roll-off bins prior to and refractory are listed hazardous wastes in some shipment off-site. Munition bodies and empty TCs are states because they are derived from the chemical carbon steel and may be recycled by smelting at either demilitarization process.
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ABCDF The total estimated secondary waste stream inventory also used neutralization technology to treat mustard at the end of operations based on current practices is TABLE 1-3 Projected Secondary Waste Inventories in Storage Across Sites at End of Operations According to Vapor Screening Levels (tons) a Total Across All Sites Above VSLsb Secondary Waste Stream Below VSLs Spent carbon from filters 1,112 869 Containerized combustible solids 301 1,423 Containerized miscellaneous solids 13 140 Containerized DPE/PPE/TAPc gear 605 241 Metals 177 76 Subtotal solids 2,208 2,749 Spent decontamination solution 318 0 Miscellaneous liquids 63 13 Subtotal liquids 381 13 Total 2,589 2,762 aSite managements' best estimates as of January 2007.
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The waste streams and special disposal Waste Characteristics and Listing issues at each of the five operating chemical agent disposal facilities are profiled in detail in Chapter 3. There are two types of regulated hazardous waste: "characteristic" wastes and "listed" wastes.
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The standards require hazardous chemical munitions as listed hazardous wastes; therewaste combustors to meet hazardous air pollutant emis- fore, under the Alabama RCRA regulatory program, sion standards reflecting the application of maximum secondary wastes from the treatment or management achievable controllable technology (MACT)
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. In addition to the federally listed acute hazardous wastes, ODEQ regulations include the following as Overview of Site-Specific Permits state-specific listed hazardous wastes: Each chemical agent disposal facility has been • Blister agents (such as mustard agent)
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The Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board Secondary waste from the five chemical agent disissued a permit (UT 3213820894) to the Tooele Army posal facilities covered in this report are governed by the Depot to operate a hazardous waste treatment and stor regulations and requirements established in the respecage facility located approximately 3 miles south of tive states in which these facilities are located.
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2004. Tooele Chemi cal Agent Disposal Facility Resource Conservation and Recovery Act EPA (U.S.
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