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ERM-Southwsst, inc. 16000 Memorial Drive Sutte 200 Houston, Texas 77079-4006 (713) 496-9600 March 2, 1990 Mr. Brent Truskowski U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202 W.O. 192-09 Subject: Review of the Applicability of Solvent Extraction to the Arlcwood, Inc. Site Dear Mr. Truskowski: At your request, and on behalf of Mass Merchandisers, Inc. (MMI) , ERM-Southwest, Inc. has performed an additional evaluation of solvent extraction to reappraise its applicability for remediation of the Arkwood, Inc. site. Specifically* we reviewed the system designed by CF Systems, Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts. Our review included the following: 1. 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6. Review of pilot test data presented by CF Systems and published by the U.S. EPA on two Superfund sites: a SITE program test on PCB- contaminated harbor sediments from the New Bedford Harbor site (New Bedford, Massachusetts), and the Treatability Study report for soils from th© United Creosoting site (Conroe, Texas) . Discussion of the United Creosoting pilot stu ly with Calvin Spencer, the Weston project manager for the study. Review of data supplied by CF Systems, Inc. on treatment of various wastes (primarily oil refinery sludges) . Visit to the commercial system at the Star Enterprises (formerly Texaco) refinery, Port Arthur, Texas to review its design and operation with CF Systems Comparison of the characteristics of tha wastes in the foregoing tests to affected soils at the Arkwood, Inc. site. Comparison of estimated remediation coats for the Arkwood, inc. site for solvent extraction to costs for sieve-and-v*sh $n, Page 1 of 9 New Orleans Office: 3501 North Causeway Boulevard * Suits 200 - Metaine. Louisiana 70002 (504) 831-6700 An aftftatB ol era Enwonmental Resources Management G*oup wan oft $ « Anncocks. MD • Ann Aiftor Ml Bloommgion MN Bostcm. MA Brentwooti. TN ChanetKwv WV Charlotte. NC • C&umtMJt, OH 0**ri<eW, ft, Eng&veod CO Houston. TX Louwfe. KY - Manetta. GA McLean. VA Mowne. LA Mom. R Nawtxxi Beam. Z* e^nwew NY • Ra-TOW Conjova CA > nodmoM WA > Tomoa. FL Walnut Creek CA • w«« Cftosiar. PA Vancowor BC R322

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Page 1: ERM-Southwsst, inc. · 2020-01-07 · ERM-Southwsst, inc. 16000 Memorial Drive • Sutte 200 • Houston, Texas 77079-4006 • (713) 496-9600 March 2, 1990 Mr. Brent Truskowski U.S

E R M - S o u t h w s s t , inc.16000 Memorial Drive • S u t t e 200 • Hous ton, Texas 77079-4006 • (713) 496-9600

March 2, 1990

Mr. Brent Truskowsk iU . S . Environmental Pro t e c t i on A g e n c y1445 Ross AvenueD a l l a s , T e x a s 7 5 2 0 2 W . O . 192-09S u b j e c t : Review o f the A p p l i c a b i l i t y o f S o l v e n t Ex t ra c t i on to theA r l c w o o d , I n c . S i t eDear Mr. T r u s k o w s k i :At your request, and on b e h a l f of Mass M e r c h a n d i s e r s , I n c . (MMI) ,E R M - S o u t h w e s t , I n c . has p e r f o r m e d an a d d i t i o n a l eva lua t i on o fsolvent e x t rac t i on t o r e a p p r a i s e i t s a p p l i c a b i l i t y f o r r emedia t i onof the A r k w o o d , I n c . site. S p e c i f i c a l l y * we reviewed the sys temde s igned by CF S y s t e m s , I n c . of W a l t h a m , M a s s a c h u s e t t s . Our reviewi n c l u d e d t h e f o l l o w i n g :

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Review of p i l o t test d a t a pre s en t ed by CF S y s t e m s andp u b l i s h e d by the U . S . EPA on two S u p e r f u n d s i t e s :a SITE program test on PCB- contaminated harborsediments f r o m t h e N e w B e d f o r d H a r b o r s i te ( N e wB e d f o r d , M a s s a c h u s e t t s ) , a n dt h e T r e a t a b i l i t y S t u d y report f o r s o i l s f r o m t h ©U n i t e d C r e o s o t i n g s i te ( C o n r o e , T e x a s ) .

Discus s ion o f th e U n i t e d C r e o s o t i n g p i l o t s tu ly wi thC a l v i n S p e n c e r , t h e W e s t o n p r o j e c t manager f o r t h e s t udy .Review of data s u p p l i e d by CF S y s t e m s , I n c . on treatmentof various wastes ( p r i m a r i l y o i l r e f i n e r y s l u d g e s ) .V i s i t to the commercial system at the S t a r E n t e r p r i s e s( f o r m e r l y T e x a c o ) r e f i n e r y , Port Arthur , Texa s to reviewi t s de s ign and opera t i on with CF S y s t e m sCompar i s on of the charac t e r i s t i c s of tha wastes in thef o r e g o i n g t e s t s t o a f f e c t e d s o i l s a t the A r k w o o d , I n c .site.C o m p a r i s o n o f e s t imated r emedia t i on coats for theArkwood , inc. si te for solvent ex trac t ion to costs forsieve-and-v*sh $n,

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New Orleans Office: 3501 North Causeway Boulevard * Suits 200 - Metaine. Louis iana 70002 • (504) 831-6700An aftftatB ol era Enwonmental Resources Management G*oup wan oft $ «

Anncocks. MD • Ann Aiftor Ml • Bloommgion MN • Bostcm. MA • Brentwooti. TN • ChanetKwv WV • Charlotte. NC • C&umtMJt,OH • 0**ri<eW, ft, • Eng&veod CO • Houston. TX • Louwfe. KY - Manetta. GA • McLean. VA • Mowne. LA • Mom. R • Nawtxxi Beam.Z* • e nwew NY • Ra-TOW Conjova CA > nodmoM WA > Tomoa. FL • Walnut Creek CA • w«« Cftosiar. PA • Vancowor BC

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ERM-Southwe s t , inc.

Mr. Brent T r u s k o w s k iU . S . Environmental Pro t e c t i on AgencyMarch 2, 1990Page 2 of 9

S o l v e n t ex trac t ion i s d e s igned for recovery of o i l f r o m s l u d g e s .Organic c ons t i tu ent s in the f e e d are d i s s o l v e d in a so lvent in oneor more extraction steps. In the CF Sys t ems process, shown inF i g u r e 1, the o i l - s o lven t mixture is s eparated f r o m the water-s o l i d s mixture a f t e r the extractor. The solvent i s then recoveredf r o m the oil by d i s t i l l a t i o n and the solvent recycled to the pro-cess. The CF S y s t e m s process uses p r o p a n e as the s o lv en t . W a t e ri s s epara t ed f r o m the s o l i d s by d e w a t e r i n g us ing s t a n d a r d techni-ques such as a be l t f i l t e r pre s s . F e e d p r e p a r a t i o n requirementsvary f r o m s i te to s i t e ; the f e e d p r e p a r a t i o n shown in F i g u r e 1 isthat which would be a n t i c i p a t e d for the A r k w o o d , I n c . site.The process creates three produc t streams: o i l , wastewater andtreated s o l i d s . The oil is can be recycled in some s i t ua t i on s ( f o re x a m p l e , in a r e f i n e r y ) ; at the A r k w o o d , I n c . s i te it would requireo f f - s i t e incineration. W a s t e w a t e r would require on-site treatmentb e f o r e d i s charge . T h e treated s o l i d s a r e t y p i c a l l y f u r t h e r treatedby s t a b i l i z a t i o n to immobi l ize metal s and than l a n d f i l l e d . At theA r K w o o d , I n c . s i t e s t a b i l i z a t i o n would not be necessary, and thetreated s o i l s would be c o n s o l i d a t e d on-site and c a p p e d .P i l o t test data for the CF S y s t e m s proce s s has been encouraging.The proce s s a p p e a r s very s u i t a b l e f o r o i l y s l u d g e s (such a sr e f i n e r y w a s t e s ) . H o w e v e r , quest ions about the r e l i a b i l i t y o f thesystem and its a b i l i t y to achieve a c o n s i s t e n t l y h igh removal oforganics have held back its c ommerc ia l i za t i on . CF S y s t e m s hasi n s t a l l e d a 200 b b l / d a y (50 t o n / d a y ) , f o u r - e x t r a c t o r unit at theS t a r Ent e rpr i s e s ( f o r m e r l y T e x a c o ) r e f i n e r y i n Port A r t h u r , T e x a s .A f t a r a p p r o x i m a t e l y nine months on the s i t e , the unit is s t i l l ina ahakedown period and has yet to achieve continuous treatmentmee t ing s p e c i f i c a t i o n s . If the unit i s unable to achieve theagreed acceptance s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , i t i s d o u b t f u l that CF S y s t e m s ,Inc. wil l remain f i n a n c i a l l y solvent.The prob l ems encountered by CF S y s t e m s in o p e r a t i n g the unit att ha S t a r Ent e rpr i s e s r e f i n e r y in c lud e;

- S o l i d s s e t t l i n g in the f e a d s lurry tank;- F e e d p u m p o v e r l o a d , which required pump r e p l a c e m e n t ;- S u f f i c i e n t extractor mixing without cr ea t ing emul s i on s orpropane vapor by cav i ta t i on; and

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W A T E R

F E E D S O I LS T O C K P I L E

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RECOVEREDO R G A N i C S T OO F F - S I T EI N C I N E R A T I O N

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RECOVEREDO I L T A N K P R O P A N ERECOVERY( D f S T ( L L A T t Q N )

W A T E R T O T R E A T M E N TA N D D I S C H A R G E

C L E A N E D S O L I D S : C A P P E D O N - S I T EF M E E T T R E A T M E N T G O A L ;O T H E R W I S E R E C Y C L E D F O R - — — —A D D I T I O N A L T R E A T M E N T

C O M P R E S S O RDP R O P A N E & O f L ( E X T R A C T )

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D E C A N T E RF L A S H T A N K(PROPANE RECOVERYF R O M W A T E R / S O L f D S S )

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N E W O R L E A N S , L O U I S I A M A H O U S T O N , T E X A S

DATE 02/27/90 W.O.NO. 92Q9AQ26B9Q

F I G U R E 1C F S Y S T E M S P R O C E S S( T W O - S T A G E E X T R A C T I O N S H O W I N G F E E D P R E P A R A T I O N )A r k w o o d I n c . S i t eOmaha, A r t c p i f i s a S / ' - 1 1 3

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Mr. Brent TruskowskiU . S . Environmental Protect ion AgencyMarch 2, 1990Page 4 of 9

- Proper s e p a r a t i o n in the decanter , due to several p r o b l e m swith decanter des ign and over-mixing.All of these prob l ems would be of concern at the A r k w o o d , I n c .site. However, the s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s between the o i l ys ludge s at the S t a r Enterprises r e f inery and a f f e c t e d so i l s at theA r k w o o d , I n c . s i t e would almos t c e r t a i n l y require d i f f e r e n ts o lu t i on s and, t h e r e f o r e , r ede s ign of the proce s s equipment .More r e c e n t l y , the U . S . EPA has a t t e m p t e d to extend use o f thesystem to removal of s p e c i f i c organics f r o m s o i l s with low oi lcontent. The low oil content inev i tab ly decreases the e f f i c i e n c yof the system. CF S y s t e m s solvent e x t r a c t i o n was t e s t ed at theN e w B e d f o r d H a r b o r S u p e r f u n d s i te f o r removal o f PCBs f r o m harborsediments. Data pub l i s h ed by the EPA indicate that the system canremove PCBs f rom soi l s . A p p r o x i m a t e l y six extraction s t ep s wererequired to achieve 90% PCB reduct ion. (In other words , the PCBsoil had to be run through the treatment sy s t em, which had a s i n g l eex trac tor, six times to achieve 90% PCB reduc t i on .) N i n e passeswere required to achieve 98% removal. The p u b l i s h e d da ta containsno i n f o r m a t i o n on m a t e r i a l s h a n d l i n g c o n s i d e r a t i o n s for the t e s t .In the U n i t e d Creoso t ing s tudy, test runs were p er f o rmed on onedrum each o f two m a t e r i a l s : (1) "waste pond soil" h i g h l y a f f e c t e dby creosote c ompound s , and (2) l e s s - a f f e c t e d r e s ident ia l so i l . Thewaste pond soil was treated using nine extraction s t e p s ; since thep i l o t system was bu i l t with two ex trac tor s , th i s consi s ted of 4 1/2pas s e s through the treatment system. The a f f e c t e d r e s i d e n t i a l soilwas to be treated a like number of t imes, but material s handl ingp r o b l e m s f or c ed early termination o f treatment .CF S y s t e m s solvent extraction was pr imar i ly des igned for oilrecovery f r o m s ludge s . U s i n g it to recover const i tuents f r o m so i l swith very low oil content , such as at the A r k w o o d , I n c . s i t e , ist h e r e f o r e s t r e t ch ing the d e s ign use. T h i s is indica t ed by the highnumber of extraction s teps required at the two S u p e r f u n d sitescited above to achieve a c c e p t a b l e removal of c on s t i tu en t s ofconcern. T h i s must s i g n i f i c a n t l y raise the cost of solventextraction treatment. The cost data released by CF Systems isi n s u f f i c i e n t to evaluate how well the degree of treatment has beenaccounted for in CF S y s t e m s ' cost e s t imate s .

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Mr. Brent Truskowsk iU . S . Environmental Protection AgencyMarch 2, 1990Page 5 of 9

United Creosoting used creosote for wood treatment. The solventex trac t ion s tudy t h e r e f o r e f o c u s e d on p o l y n u c l e a r aromatichydrocarbons (PNAs), bu t d id include analysi s f or p en ta ch l oropheno l( P C P ) . P C P w a s be low d e t e c t i on l i m i t s f o r t h e r e s id en t ia l s o i l ,so no conclusions can be drawn on solvent e x t rac t i on e f f i c i e n c y forPCP removal f r o m that material . For the waste pond so i l , thesystem achieved 96% removal of PNAs and 83% removal of P C P . Forcomparison to the Arkwood T r e a t a b i l i t y S t u d y , this 83% removalwould t r a n s l a t e into the f o l l o w i n g treated soil PCP concentrationsf or th e Arkwood, I n c . site:

S o i l F r a c t i o n-1/4" +12 mesh-12 mesh-12 sesh

C o n c e n t r a t i o n s , ( m q / k c f ) T r e a t a b i l i t y£d Tr_eated ._So_i l S t u d y T a b l e _930

2,3001,300

160390220

4-14-44-7

For compari son, sieve-and-wash achieved PCP removals for these sameso i l s of between 50% and 90%. ( S e e the Arkwood T r e a t a b i l i t y S t u d yf o r d e t a i l s . )The most s t r ik ing aspect of the Uni t ed Creosot ing s tudy was theserious mat er ia l s h a n d l i n g p r o b l e m s encountered. I n t h e f i r s tp l a c e , not all of the wastes were treated. Only 68% of the wastepond soil and 60% of the r e s i d e n t i a l soil was t r ea t ed . The remain-der was removed by screening during f e e d p r e p a r a t i o n . The s tudyf a i l e d to addre s s the p r o b l e m s which may be expected in crushingor m i l l i n g the f e e d so that all of the waste may be treated. Inthe case of the residential s o i l , sand which s e t t l ed quickly whenthe soil was s lurr i ed with water ( a f t e r s c r e en ing) was al soexc luded from treatment. Y e t , for the Arkwood , I n c . s i t e , i t wouldbe expec t ed that a large p o r t i o n of c r u s h e d / m i l l e d soil would tendto s e t t l e quickly. T h u s , the p i l o t s tudy did not addres s thi sconcern which would be critical to the Arkwood, I n c . site.Despi t e the f e ed screening, the system experienced materialsh a n d l i n g prob l ems throughout t e s t ing . A p p a r e n t l y , these prob l emsp r i m a r i l y consisted of s o l i d s s e t t l i n g in the extractors and l inep l u g g i n g due to s o l i d s s e t t l i n g , in th© case of the r e s ident ia ls o i l , the prob l ems were s u f f i c i e n t l y severe that only sevenextractions (3 1/2 pa s s e s) were made instead of the p lanned nine.

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Mr. Bretit Truskowsk iU . S . Environmental Prot e c t i on AgencyMarch 2, 1990Page 6 of 9

The united C r e o s o t i n g report acknowledge s these p r o b l e m s andsugge s t s numerous d e s i g n changes to addre s s them. T h e s e chUaeshave yet to be s u c c e s s f u l l y t e s t e d , however? and so must beregarded as s p e c u l a t i v e . CF S y s t e m s c la ims that h i g h l y s a n d yh g h ls t w o d ™ tinc. s i t e would not cause any p r o b l e m s for the irc on s id e r ing the r e s u l t s o f th e U n i t e d C r e o s o t i n g study!must be viewed with s k e p t i c i s m . y

CF S y s t e m s has a l s o r epor t ed p r o b l e m s in some cases with carryoverof f i n e s which do not s e t t l e in the decanter. The sy S 4Tcane m p l o y cyclone s epara tor s when th i s occurs, but they w i l l not wor"in all cases. T h i s p r o b l e m would occur at the A r k w o o d , Inc s l?e fIn th e T r e a t a b i l i t y s t u d y , dur ing treatment o f th e l a n d / r t n e s i twas observed that most of the f i n e s would not s e t t l e even with Pro-l o n g e d quiescence. It was necessary to use a c e n t r i f u a * ivT«r«,-b ' f u ^ ? ° l i d V n t l W a t e r - A s imi lar tac tniVe couiTpresum^ybe used with solvent e x t ra c t i on , but it is not c u r r e n t l y i n c l u d e din the d e s i g n and c e n t r i f u g e s are h igh-wainLnancetos i t eS i t e .

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A c c o r d i n g to Dun and B r a d s t r e e t , the company has a net worth of$1.3 m i l l i o n with sa le s o f $3.3 m i l l i o n . T h u s , r e m e d i a t i o n o f t h eA r k w o o d , I n c . s i t s would b e very large p r o j e c t f or CF S y s t e m s , I n c .A p p l i c a t i o n of CF S y s t e m s solvent ex trac t ion at the Arkwood I n c .site would require use of a new and unprovan de s ign. T h i s wouldi n e v i t a b l y require an extensive p i l o t s tudy and resul t ^« ap r o l o n g e d s t a r t - u p per iod b e f o r e actual s i t e r emed ia t i on couldoccur (such as has occurred at the S t a r E n t e r p r i s e s

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F r o m the procurement s t a n d p o i n t , should the EPA select solventextraction for this s i te, there would be v i r tua l ly no way tocontrol price s charged by the solvent e x t rac t i on contractor. CFS y s t e m s would have the on ly semi-proven process a v a i l a b l e and wouldbe in a po s i t i on to d i c ta t e the treatment price regardle s s of theactual cost of t r ea tment . T h i s would amount to the EPA g r a n t i n gCF S y s t e m s a m o n o p o l y on treatment for th i s s i te .In summary, solvent ex trac t i on does not a p p e a r to be a p p r o p r i a t efor the Arkwood, I n c . site for the f o l l o w i n g reasons:

1. S o l v e n t e x trac t i on is p r i m a r i l y d e s igned for oil recoveryf r o m s ludge s . Use for so i l s is unproven at this time.2 . S e r i o u s m a t e r i a l s h a n d l i n g p r o b l e m s would exist f orsolvent extract ion at the Arkwood , I n c . s i t e ,3 . R e s o l u t i o n o f the m a t e r i a l s h a n d l i n g p r o b l e m s , i f theyare s o l v a b l e , would require p i l o t s tud i e s and an ex t endedequipment d e s i g n and s tar t-up p e r i od .4. The c l ean-up l e v e l s to be a t ta ined by use of so lventex trac t ion for Arkwood s o i l s are unknown and d i f f i c u l tto predic t with ex i s t ing data.5. The EPA would be e f f e c t i v e l > rant ing CF S y s t e m s , I n c .a m o n o p o l y i f i t s e l e c t ed solvent ex trac t ion for thesite.6. The cost of solvent ex trac t ion treatment for th i s s i tewould a p p r o a c h the cost of on-sitr, incinerat ion. Due tothe innovative t e chno logy to be u t i l i z e d , the cost ofsolvent e x t rac t i on could a c t u a l l y exceed the cost of on-site inc inerat ion i f solvent e x t ra c t i on were mandated forthe site.7o ComBercial equipment d e s i g n s for s o i l s remediation bysolvent extraction are not ava i lab l e .8. if a p i l o t study at the Arkwood, Inc . site are succe s s fulwith e x i s t i n g p r o t o t y p e equipment , e x t en s ive equipmentr ed e s i gn , t e s t i n g and m o d i f i c a t i o n s would be required tou p s c a l e the equipment to f u l l - s c a l e operations that woulda l l o w remedia t ion of the Arkwood s o i l s .

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