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Status Report for the Week of February 18, 2008
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Technical Assistance to Region II: On February 15, 2008, Dr. Richard
Wilkin (GWERD) provided RPM Richard Ho with review comments on a Draft
Remedial Investigation Report for the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in
Edgewater, NJ. The document describes an evaluation of sources, nature
and extent, and transport and fate of contaminants in ground water, as
well as risks to human health and the environment. Extensive and
detailed comments on each of these issues were provided along with
suggestions for improving the document and questions regarding some of
the stated conclusions.
(07-R02-002)
(R. Wilkin(GWERD)580-436-8874)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
Su, Chunming and Robert W. Puls (GWERD). "Removal of Added Nitrate in
Cotton Burr Compost, Mulch Compost, and Peat: Mechanisms and Potential
Use for Groundwater Nitrate Remediation." (2007) Chemosphere 66,
91-98.
(C. Su(GWERD)580-436-8638)
Su, Chunming and Robert W. Puls (GWERD). "Removal of Added Nitrate in
the Single, Binary, and Ternary Systems of Cotton Burr Compost,
Zerovalent Iron, and Sediment: Implications for Groundwater Nitrate
Remediation Using Permeable Reactive Barriers." (2007) Chemosphere 67,
1653-1662.
(C. Su(GWERD)580-436-8638)
Su, Chunming (GWERD). "Utilization of Zero-valent Iron for Arsenic
Removal from Groundwater and Wastewater." (2007) Chapter 8, pp.
111-150. In: Irene M.C. Lo, Rao Y. Surampalli, and Keith C.K. Lai
(Eds.), Zero-Valent Iron Reactive Materials for Hazardous Waste and
Inorganics Removal. American Society of Civil Engineers.
(C. Su(GWERD)580-436-8638)