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An environmental study was conducted during February
1991 on Kwajalein Island, a US Army Kwajalein, Atoll
(USAKA) Base in the Republic of the Marshall Isiands
(RMI). This study was undertaken for the US Department
of Energy (DOE) Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program
(HAZWRAP) acting in behalf of USAKA. The purpose of the
study was to determine if selected locations for new
construction on Kwajalein Island were contaminated by
petroleum hydrocarbons as suspected and, if so, whether
bioremediation appeared to be a feasible technology for
environmental restoration. Two different sites were
evaluated: (1) the site planned freshwater production
facility and (2) a site adjacent to an aboveground
diesel fuel storage tank. Within the proposed
construction zone for the freshwater production facility
(a.k.a desalination plant), total petroleum hydrocarbons
(TPH) where either absent or at low levels.
Characterization data for another potential construction
Site adjacent to an aboveground diesel fuel storage tank
southeast of the old diesel power plant revealed high
concentrations of diesel fuel in the soil and
groundwater beneath the site. Results of this
investigation indicate that there are
petroleum-contaminated soils on Kwajalein Island and
bioremediation appears to be a viable environmental
restoration technique. Further experimentation and field
demonstration are required to determine the design and
operating conditions that provide for optimum
biodegradation and restoration of the
petroleum-contaminated soils.
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DIESEL FUELS/biodegradation ; SUBSURFACE
ENVIRONMENTS/pollution control ;MARSHALL ISLANDS;
MILITARY FACILITIES;SITE CHARACTERIZATION; BIODEGRADATION;
SOILS; MICROORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;GROUND WATER;
FEASIBILITY STUDIES;HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; VOLATILE MATTER;
WATER TABLES; STORAGE FACILITIES; LEAKS; BIOLOGICAL
ADAPTATION; INFORMATION NEEDS; EXPERIMENT PLANNING
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‘ANALYTIC TITLE ENGLISH The impact of atmospheric aerosols on trace metal
chemistry in open ocean surface seawater 3. Lead
ANALYTIC AUTHOR/AFFIL Maring, H.B.; Duce, R.A. [Univ. of Rhode Island,
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