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Chemical Weapons Destruction and Explosive Waste - Unexploded Ordinance Remediations (Hardcover)
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Chemical Weapons Destruction and Explosive Waste - Unexploded Ordinance Remediations (Hardcover)
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Some of the more difficult environmental problems facing the
Department of Defense (DOD) include (1) chemical weapons
destruction, (2) explosive waste remediation, and (3) unexploded
ordnance clearance and extraction. It is conceivable that $50 to
$100 billion will be spent by DOD for these three programs,
offering unusual opportunities for environmental engineering and
related firms.
Military installations are similar to small cities in terms of
population, industrial activities, and some types of contaminated
sites. However, some cover an area larger than a small state. DOD
has operated industrial facilities on its installations for several
decades that have generated, stored, recycled, or disposed of
hazardous wastes. Many of these activities have contaminated the
nearby soil and groundwater. To study and clean up contaminated
sites, DOD established the Installation Restoration Program (IRP)
in 1975. In 1984, the IRP was made part of the Defense
Environmental Restoration Program.
The Secretary of Defense delegated cleanup responsibility to the
Army, Navy, the Air Force, and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
Cleanup actions are usually accomplished under contract with
private firms, which are monitored by the services. Most cleanup
actions are funded through the Defense Environmental Restoration
Account (DERA) and the Base Realignment and Closure Account.
Congress established DERA in 1984 to fund the cleanup of inactive
contaminated sites on DOD installations.
The technology to clean up the conventional hazardous wastes on DOD
sites are the same as those utilized for industrial sites, and
well-documented by this publisher.
However, there are three DOD programs that require the utilization
of somewhat unusual or different technologies that have not been as
well documented. These three programs are:
1. Chemical weapons destruction
2. Remediation of explosives contaminated soils and lagoons
3. Unexploded ordnance detection, clearance, and extraction
This book discusses the current and potential treatment
technologies involved in these three programs.
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