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050 00 $aTD899.G3$bH38 2012
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100 1 $aHatheway, Allen W.
245 10 $aRemediation of former manufactured gas plants and other coal-tar sites /$cAllen W. Hatheway.
260 $aBoca Raton, FL :$bCRC Press,$cc2012.
300 $axliv, 1354 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHistory of Manufactured Gas and Coal-Tar Activities -- Gas Manufacturing Processes (I): Coal Gas and Carbureted Water Gas (Lowe) -- Gas Manufacturing (II) Secondary Processes: Gas-Manufacturing Processes Other Than Coal Gas and Carbureted Water Gas -- Third-Level Gas-Related Processes -- Gasworks Components (I): Generation through Clarification (or Pre-Purification) -- Gasworks Components (II): Purification and Storage -- Historic Sources, Mechanisms, and Choices Responsible for Coal-Tar Site Contamination -- Historic Technical Literature of Manufactured Gas -- Site and Waste Characterization for Coal-Tar Contamination -- Selection and Construction of Remedy: A Commendation to the "RPM" -- FMGP Regulatory and Legal Considerations for Remedial Engineers and Scientists.
520 $a"Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites is geared toward environmental professionals who want to design and implement gasworks remediation strategies that offer the greatest chance to successfully protect the public. Exploring the bases for selecting remedial alternatives to adequately address today's environmental wounds, this compendium of essential knowledge combines historic and modern scientific data and technology with common sense and empirical lore passed down from past generations of gas professionals, a group that is now all but extinct.
520 $aMost of the general population does not have a sufficient understanding of remediation needs. Unfortunately, there seems to be a similar lack of knowledge among some environmental professionals whose job it is to protect the public from the health threats associated with coal tar. Pitfalls in remediation are common and represent a significant risk to the public, especially when processes are based on inaccurate assumptions.
520 $aThis book sifts through the existing scholarship from around the developed world to present the necessary evaluation factors used in effective remediation. Almost encyclopedic in scope, it offers 265 separate tables with checklists, hard data facts, and associations to help readers define site-specific gas plant conditions. It also includes a plethora of photographs and historic drawings, as well as an extensive glossary that is indispensible for understanding potential and actual gas plant contamination."--pub. desc.
650 0 $aGas manufacture and works$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aCoal-tar$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aHazardous waste site remediation.