Remediation - Site Examples
Tonolli Metals Superfund Site
The Tonolli Metals Superfund site contained soil contaminated
with highly weathered #4 Fuel Oil at concentrations low enough to go directly
to Phase II of the Phased Approach. Warm season grasses were planted with a
nurse crop of a cool season grass for soil stabilization. Hydroseeding and
cultipacking were used for plant stand establishment. Both the cool and warm
season grasses developed as expected with no inhibition from petroleum
hydrocarbons which have significantly decreased (P=.05) in all treatment cells
except one.
The cost savings of using this approach was realized over traditional hauling
and disposal costs with the additional sampling and analysis included.
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| Aerial view of the Tonolli Metals Superfund site with stockpiled petroleum contaminated soil on left. | |
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| Small mammal tunnels under the vegetation cover in Treatment Cell #3 | |
| Root system of warm season grasses on left compared to cool season on right |
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| Panoramic view of treatment area at the Tonolli Metals site at the beginning of the second growing season |
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| Panoramic view of treatment area at the Tonolli Metals site at the end of the second growing season |
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