******************************************************************** Treatment Options for PCBs in Sludge According to the EPA references (SITE program, VISITT 4.0 database) the following companies have indicated experience treating PCBs in sludge. Profiles for each of the entries below will be added to the COPA BBS soon, with some additional commentary about the suitability of specific processes to the sludge at the Winston-Thomas Treatment Plant. ********************************************************************* From the VISITT database: DETOX INDUSTRIES, INC. (Bioremediation) EIMCO PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO. (Bioremediation) ETUS, INC. (Bioremediation) MOLTEN METAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Chemical Treatment) ELI ECO LOGIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Chemical Treatment) ALTERNATIVE REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Soil Washing) CF SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Solvent Extraction) DEHYDRO-TECH CORPORATION (Solvent Extraction) ENVIROGEN, INC. (Solvent Extraction) IT CORPORATION (Thermal Desorption) RUST INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Thermal Desorption) SOILTECH ATP SYSTEMS, INC. (Thermal Desorption) WESTINGHOUSE REMEDIATION SERVICES, INC. (Thermal Desorption) REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Thermal Desorption) ECOTECHNIEK B.V. (Vitrification) GEOSAFE CORPORATION (Vitrification) From the EPA SITE program: American Combustion, Inc. (PYRETRON Thermal Destruction) Babcock & Wilcox Co. (Cyclone Furnace) BioTrol, Inc. (Soil Washing System) CF Systems Corporation (Liquified Gas Solvent Extraction [LG-SX] Technology) Dehydro-Tech Corporation (Carver-Greenfield Process for Solvent Extraction of Wet, Oily Wastes) ELI Eco Logic International, Inc.(Thermal Desorption Unit) Funderburk & Associates (Dechlorination and Immobilization) Geo-Con, Inc. (In Situ Solidification and Stabilization Process) Geosafe Corporation (In Situ Vitrification) High Voltage Environmental Applications, Inc. (High-Energy Electron Irradiation) Horsehead Resource Development Co., Inc. (Flame Reactor) Resources Conservation Company (B.E.S.T. Solvent Extraction Technology) Retech, Inc. (Plasma Arc Vitrification) RUST Remedial Services, Inc. (X*TRAX Thermal Desorption) SoilTech ATP Systems, Inc. (Anaerobic Thermal Processor) Soliditech, Inc. (Solidification and Stabilization) Sonotech, Inc. (Frequency-Tunable Pulse Combustion System) STC Omega, Inc. (Chemical Fixation/Solidification Treatment Technologies) Texaco Inc. (Entrained-Bed Gasification) WASTECH, Inc. (Solidification and Stabilization) Roy F. Weston, Inc. (Low Temperature Thermal Treatment [LT3 ] System) Vortec Corporation (Oxidation and Vitrification Process) Allis Mineral Systems (PYROKILN THERMAL ENCAPSULATION Process) ART International, Inc. (Low-Energy Extraction Process) Babcock & Wilcox Co. (Cyclone Furnace) Energy and Environmental Research Corporation (Hybrid Fluidized Bed System) Institute of Gas Technology (Chemical and Biological Treatment) New Jersey Institute of Technology (GHEA Associates Process) PSI Technologies (Metals Immobilization and Decontamination of Aggregate Solids) J. R. Simplot (The SABRE Process) Trinity Environmental Technologies, Inc. (PCB- and Organochlorine-Contaminated Soil Detoxification) Vortec Corporation (Oxidation and Vitrification Process) Center for Hazardous Materials Research (Organics Destruction and Metals Stabilization) Davy International Energy and Environmental Division (Chemical Treatment) Energy and Environmental Research Corporation (Reactor Filter System) Institute of Gas Technology (Fluidized-Bed Cyclone Agglomerating Combustor) Institute of Gas Technology (Supercritical Extraction/Liquid Phase Oxidation) State University of New York at Oswego (Photocatalytic Degradation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments and Waters) ************************************ end of file, last updated 1/26/95 COPA BBS ************************************