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remediation <br /> Ell �t, U11 " i;t U!", <br /> him Uses Bugs To C[ean Up Buffalo Site <br /> The department has given the go- <br /> ahead to a Buffalo firm to use an <br /> unusual method to clean up its <br /> hazardous waste problem • i —�,� r :9- <br /> Under <br /> - <br /> Under the first cleanup project of <br /> its kind approved by the Divisions ~ <br /> of Hazardous Waste Remediation, <br /> Osmose Wood Preserving is using <br /> naturally-occurring bacteria to <br /> degrade soil contaminated with <br /> al w <br /> creosote and fuel oil that was <br /> leaking from underground tanks * x <br /> The process is called a Q <br /> bioremediation, a low-cost ` : R <br /> technology that permanently - <br /> renders organic contaminants <br /> harmless by breaking them down Workers for Osmose pull a liner across the pit during construction <br /> . into non-toxic products such as <br /> ' carbon dioxide and eater <br /> Osmose began the bioremediation ` <br /> project in March The 110-foot deep, <br /> 40-by-40-foot hole created during <br /> excavation of the leaking drums was <br /> lined with two layers of plastic <br /> Perforated pipes µere installed to <br /> provide air circulation and nutrients _ <br /> to aid growth of bacteria The pit <br /> was capped to prevent contaminant <br /> rrugration Air and soil sampling <br /> and monitoring will be conducted <br /> periodically to measure the ' <br /> technology's progress <br /> DEC project manager laspal S J , <br /> Walia s&d the soil should take less *� _ <br /> than two years <br /> to biodegrade and T <br /> cost less than to 00 To encourage biodegradation air and nutne-rts tile!! be pumped through <br /> Perforated pipes rmbeaded in the pet <br /> After more than 75 years as a <br /> proven method for treating wastes Questions still remain about <br /> li in seµage treatment systems, solume of contaminants In bioremediation and DEC is closely <br /> bioremediation is becoming a viable addition to its permanence. monitoring the Osmose project to <br /> choice for hazardous waste site bioremediation eliminates the need valuate its application to other site <br /> cleanup Both New York State and for offsite disposal, can be cleanups <br /> the federal government encourage implemented quickly and in place, Walia said the Osmose site will <br /> \� the use of technologies that is cost-effective and can handle a undergo further investigation to <br /> significantly and permanently mixture of contaminants without determine if additional <br /> reduce the toxicity, mobilit} and prior treatment contamination exists <br />