A Regional Facility for the Treatment and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes Generated Within the Appalachian Region of South Carolina

摘要

The following are the major conclusions of this study: (1) A substantive quantity of potentially hazardous waste (over 100,000 tons per year) is estimated to be generated within the Appalachian Region of South Carolina. The only existing commercially or privately operated process within the Region which is adequate with respect to proposed regulations for the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is incineration. Incineration is not sufficient or best economically for disposal of all waste streams. Consequently, a large portion of the hazardous wastes generated does not have proper facilities for treatment and disposal. (2) There is no need to duplicate existing incineration facilities within the Region. (3) There also exists a need to upgrade solvent recovery operations available in the Region. Costs for solvent recovery will increase greatly and may force small commercial operations out of business. (4) There exists a need for hazardous liquid waste treatment prior to disposal. Liquid wastes could be substantially concentrated by distillation/evaporation processes, thereby lowering subsequent costs of incineration of landfilling. A regional hazardous liquid waste treatment facility would logically include solvent recovery. Other treatment processes would include filtration, pH adjustment, precipitation and sedimentation.