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REMEDIATION SYSTEM EVALUATION (RSE), MOSS- AMERICAN SUPERFUND SITE, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN U.S. EPA,Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, DC. EPA 540-R-11-018, 60 pp, Mar 2011
The 88-acre Moss-American site comprises a former wood treating facility
plus several miles of the Little Menomonee River and its adjacent floodplain
soils. Creosote was used there for wood preservation, and the site's
contaminants of concern include anthracene, benzene, benzo(a)pyrene,
benzo(b)fluoranthene, chrysene, fluoranthene, fluorene, naphthalene, and
pyrene. The groundwater remedy consists of a funnel and gate system to capture
and treat contaminated groundwater prior to discharge to the Little Menomonee
River. A sheet-pile containment wall funnels the groundwater through two sets
of treatment gates. These permeable treatment zones consist of an area
backfilled with a mixture of clean sand/soil pierced by a line of injection
wells at the upgradient edge of the gate area. The injection wells were
designed to distribute air or other nutrients. NAPL collection sumps were
installed upgradient of the gates to prevent potential plugging and/or
treatment performance problems. Nutrients were added at Gate 1 from June 2001
through October 2002 using a solution containing potassium nitrate and
potassium phosphate, but nutrient augmentation was discontinued due to
inconclusive evidence that it was enhancing biodegradation. Air injection to
enhance biodegradation of contaminants has been the only treatment since that
time. This remediation system evaluation report focuses primarily on
optimization of system performance, addressing in particular the stagnant
groundwater zone that is limiting flow through the treatment gates and
elevated contaminant concentrations in the vicinity of one of the monitoring
wells. This report provides a brief background on the site, current
operations, and recommendations for changes and additional actions. The cost
impacts of the recommendations are also discussed.
http://clu-in.org/download/remed/hyopt/application/rses/superfund_rses/final-m
oss-american-rse.pdf
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