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remediation <br /> - tim Uses Bugs 6 Dean Up Buffalo mite <br /> The department has given the go- <br /> ahead to a Buffalo firm.to use an — - <br /> unusual method to clean up its <br /> 4q-- <br /> hazardous waste problem <br /> Cinder the first cleanup project of <br /> its kind approved by the Division <br /> of Hazardous Waste Remediation, <br /> Osmose Wood Preserving is using <br /> naturally-occurring bacteria to <br /> degrade soil contaminated with <br /> w <br /> creosote and fuel oil that was <br /> leaking from urderground tanks <br /> The process is called q' <br /> bioremediation, a low-cost <br /> technology that permanently a <br /> renders organic contaminants <br /> harmless by breaking them down Workers for Osmose putl a liner across the pit during construction <br /> into non-toxic products such as <br /> carbon dioxide and water <br /> Osmose began the bioremediation <br /> project in March The 10-foot deep. <br /> 40-by-40-foot hole created during <br /> excavation of the leaking drums was <br /> bned with two Iayers of plastic II <br /> Perforated pipes were installed to ! <br /> provide air circulation and nutrients <br /> to aid growth of bacteria The pit <br /> was capped to prevent contaminant <br /> migration Air and soil samphng <br /> and monitoring will be conducted s <br /> periodically to measure the 'S <br /> technology's progress _ <br /> DEC project manager ]aspal 5 <br /> Waha said the soil should take less <br /> than two years to biodegrade and <br /> cost less than $125,000 To encourage biodegradation air and nutrients w+11 be pumped through <br /> Perforated pipes imbedaed to the pit <br /> After more than 75 years ass <br /> proven method for treating wastes Questions still remain about <br /> in sewage treatment systems, volume of contaminants in bioremediation and DEC is closely <br /> bioremediation is becoming a viabie addition to its permanence, monitoring the Osmose project to <br /> choice for hazardous waste site bioremediation chromates the need evaluate its application to other site <br /> cleanup Both New York State and for offsite disposal, can be cleanups <br /> the iederal government encourage implemented quickly and in place, Walla said the Osmose site will <br /> the use of technologies that is cost-effective and can handle a undergo further investigation to <br /> sigruficantly and permanently mixture of contaminants without determine if additional <br /> . reduce the toxicity, mobility and prior treatment contamination exists 0 <br />