[CPEO-MEF] Program saves bundle cleaning contaminated soil

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Program saves bundle cleaning contaminated soil
by Brion Ockenfels

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Public Affairs

04/10/02 - TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFPN) -- Environmental experts 
here are saving $40 million by using a pilot program to clean 
contaminated soil from an industrial waste pit used half a century ago.

Experts are using the soil treatment technology program to clean soil 
from Industrial Waste Pit 1 here which various maintenance shops used to 
dispose of liquid waste, oil and chemical sludge from 1947 through 1958. 
The project should take about 240 days to complete, officials said.

"This pilot program we're conducting at IWP-1 is specifically designed 
to remove organic and other volatile chemicals," said Joseph Cecrle, 
environmental restoration chief. "It's the first demonstration of its 
kind at the base."

Dan Hunt, lead project manager, said the high-tech soil treatment 
equipment integrates three processes into one, giving it significant 
advantages over other cleanup technologies.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.af.mil/news/Apr2002/n20020410_0552.shtml