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Phytoremediation at a Hydrocarbon Burn Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Last Updated: December 2006
Site Information                                                      
Site Name, Location:   Hydrocarbon Burn Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States
Site Type:   Federal Facility
Is this a Federal
Superfund Site?
  No
Is this a Federal or
Military Site?
  Yes
Entity Responsible for Cleanup:   NASA


Project Information                                                      
Project Name:   Phytoremediation at a Hydrocarbon Burn Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Site History and Background:   Not available
Scale:   Full
Project Status:   Ongoing
Project Start Date:   April 1998
Media Treated:  
Media Qty. Geology Comments
Soil Soil consists of medium-coarse sand. Groundwater 1 to 12 ft bgs. Organic chemical spill site, impacted to 12 ft bgs.
Ground Water
Contaminants Treated:  
Contaminant Initial
Concentration
Depth Media Comments
1,1-Dichloroethene Soil
1,1-Dichloroethene 1,200 µg/L Ground Water
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene Soil
cis-1,2-Dichloroethene 4,800 µg/L Ground Water
Chromium 0.05 mg/kg Soil
Total petroleum hydrocarbons 110-760 mg/kg Soil
Vinyl chloride Soil
Vinyl chloride 456 µg/L Ground Water
Trichloroethene Soil +/- 0.5-26 mg/L
Trichloroethene 65 mg/L Ground Water
trans-1,2-Dichloroethene Soil
trans-1,2-Dichloroethene 110 µg/L Ground Water
Phytotechnology Mechanism(s):   Phytoremediation
Hydraulic Control
Phytoextraction
Phytovolatilization
Rhizodegradation
Plants and other Vegetation Used:   Hybrid Poplar
Understory Grasses
Planting Description:   4,400 trees and understory grasses
Planting Area:   3 acres
Evapotranspiration Rates:   950L/m2-year
Climate:   Semi-tropical; Temperature range: 25 to 96F; Elevation: 9 feet; mean annual precipitation: 127 centimeters; Growing season: 2/7-12/22
O & M Requirements:   Mowing, irrigation
Performance Data:   Not available
Cost of the Phytotechnology Project:   $70,000 for Ecolotree portion
Lessons Learned:   Not able to establish phytoplantation due to competing vegetation (grasses) and drought.
Comments:   Organic chemical spill site, to 12 feet. (depth of impact)

Point(s) of Contact                                                                      
    Louis Licht
President
Ecolotree
3017 Valley View Ln.
N. Liberty, IA United States
Telephone: (319) 665-3547
Fax: (319) 665-8035
E-mail: lou-licht@ecolotree.com

Information Source(s):   Phytoremediation. Ed. McCutcheon, S.C. Schnoor, J.L. 2003

http://www.rtdf.org/public/siteprof/usersearch/phyto_detail.cfm?TrackID=186

EPA. 2005. Use of Field-Scale Phytotechnology for Chlorinated Solvents, Metals, Explosives and Propellants, and Pesticides. EPA 542-R-05-002.
http://www.epa.gov/tio/download/remed/542-r-05-002.pdf

Phytoremediation at the hydrocarbon burn facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.cluin.org/products/phyto/search/phyto_details.cfm?ProjectID=25

Associated Vendor(s) or Consultant(s):   Ecolotree
 

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