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Phytoremediation at Tibbetts Road in New Hampshire
Last Updated: December 2006
Site Information                                                      
Site Name, Location:   Tibbetts Road, Barrington, NH, United States
Site Type:   Not Available
Is this a Federal
Superfund Site?
  Yes
ROD Date, if applicable:   09/28/1998
Is this a Federal or
Military Site?
  No


Project Information                                                      
Project Name:   Phytoremediation at Tibbetts Road in New Hampshire
Scale:   Full
Project Status:   Ongoing
Project Start Date:   1998
Media Treated:  
Media Qty. Geology Comments
Soil
Ground Water
Contaminants Treated:  
Contaminant Initial
Concentration
Depth Media Comments
Arsenic Soil
Arsenic Ground Water
Toluene Soil
Toluene Ground Water
Trichloroethene Soil
Trichloroethene Ground Water
Benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylene (BTEX) Soil
Benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylene (BTEX) Ground Water
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) Soil
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) Ground Water
Phytotechnology Mechanism(s):   Hydraulic Control
Rhizodegradation
Plants and other Vegetation Used:   Hybrid Poplar
Understory Grasses
Planting Description:   1,400 one year old rooted plants
Planting Area:   2 acres
Evapotranspiration Rates:   Not available
Climate:   Temperature range: -33 to 102 F; Elevation: 338 feet; Mean annual precipitation: 36.4 inches; Growing season: 6/9 to 9/8.
O & M Requirements:   Mowing and weeding
Performance Data:   Not available
Cost of the Phytotechnology Project:   $40,000 for Ecolotree portion of project. Entire remedy (including source removal, demolition, water supply extension, controls and monitoring) estimated at $8 Million

Point(s) of Contact                                                                      
    Darryl Luce
U.S. EPA
United States
Telephone: (617) 918-1336
E-mail: luce.darryl@epa.gov

Information Source(s):   Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England - TIBBETTS ROAD ITRC (2004) White Paper Case Study. Making the Case for Ecological Enhancements. ECO-1. January 2004
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r1/npl_pad.nsf/8b160ae5c647980585256bba0066f907/c875c2d48055e87a8525691f0063f6fe!OpenDocument

Green, Cynthia; Ana Hoffnagle. 2004. Phytoremediation Field Studies Database for Chlorinated Solvents, Pesticides, Explosives, and Metals.
http://clu-in.org/download/studentpapers/hoffnagle-phytoremediation.pdf

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 Tibbetts Road in New Hampshire
http://www.cluin.org/products/phyto/search/phyto_details.cfm?ProjectID=33

 

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