Potential for Migration of Hazardous Wood Treating Chemicals during Land Treatment Operations. Final Technical Report

摘要

The project is an extension of the project undertaken jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency, Southern Pressure Treaters Association, and Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory. The overall objective of the study is to determine the amount and type of toxic chemicals that migrate into the ground water during active land treatment operations. The hazardous waste at each site has been characterized chemically using a variety of parameters. Determination of the rates of microbiological degradation is complete. Studies on migration patterns are still in progress. The principal findings are that all the sites had bacteria that could degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pentachlorophenol. The relative rates varied for each constituent and depended on the soil type.