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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Omaha District, Corps of Engineers

BZ906

215 Nor t h 17th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4978

:NOTICE: Failure to acknowledge Solicitation No. DACW45 92 R 0020

:all amendments may cause rejection:

:of the proposal. See paragraph 8 Date of Issue: 91 DEC 19

:of the PROPOSAL INFORMATION. New Date of Rece iving Proposals:

92 MAR 13

Amendment No. 0004 12 February 1992

SUBJECT: Amendment No . 0004 to Specifications and Drawings for Construction of HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP . NEW BEDFORD HARBOR/HOT SPOT . OPERABLE UNIT . NEW BEDFORD . MASSACHUSETTS. Solicitation No. DACW45 92 R 0020.

TO : Prospective Offerors and Others Concerned

1. The specifications and drawings for subject project are hereby modified I as f ollows (revise all specification i ndices , attachment lists, and drawing ' indices accordingly).

a. Specifications. (Descriptive Changes.)

(1) Pages IP-1 and SF-1, delete date and time of receiving proposals shown and substitute "92 MAR 13" at "4 :00p .m. " .

(2) Standard Form 1442, delete pages SF-1, 2, 2a , 2b and SF-3 thru SF- 21 and substitute attached new pages SF-1 , 2, 2a, 2b and SF-3 thru SF- 21 .

(3) Following Page 01100-25, insert attached PILOT- SCALE INCINERATI ON OF PCB-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS FROM THE HOT SPOT OF THE NEW BEDFORD HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE (FOR INFORMATION ONLY) .report .

(4) Section 01410 , following page 11, delete Tables 01410-1 and Table 01410 -2 in the i r ent i rety and substitute attached new Table 01410- 1 (2 pages) and Table 01410-2 .

' . (5) Section 01420, following page 5 , delete Table 01420-1 and

substitute attached new Table 01410-2. (6) Section 01730, fo l lowing page 33, delete Tables 01730-I-1 and

01730-I-2 i n the i r entirety and subst i tute attached new Tables 01730-I-1 and 01730-I-2.

(7) Section 11181 , following page 8 , delete Table 11181-2 and ~ substitute attached new Table 11181-2.

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b. Specifications (New and/or Revised and Reissued). Delete and substitute or add specification pages as noted below. The substituted pages are revised and reissued with this amendment. For convenience, on the revised specification pages, changes have been identified by marginal asterisks. (All portions of reissued specification pages shall apply whether or not changes thereon have been indicated by asterisks.)

Pages Deleted Pages Substituted or Added

IP-19 and 20 IP-19-20

01010-4 01010-4 and 4a

01038-1 01038-l

01060-1 thru 01060-4 01060-l thru 01060-4

01062-l and 2 01062-1 and 2

01100-3 01100-3

01150-2, 6, and 7 01150-2, 6, and 7

01305-1 01305-1

01340-7 01340-7

01420-5 01420-5

01440-4 01440-4

01500-2 01500-2

01730-2, 6, 8, 13, 28 01730-2, 6, 8, 13, 28

and 31 and 31

02215-5 02215-5

11181-3 11181-3

11357-1 and 2 11357-1 and 2

16402-13 16402-13

2. This amendment is a part of the proposal papers and its receipt shall be acknowledged on the new Standard Form 1442. All other conditions and requirements of the specifications remain unchanged. If the proposals have been mailed prior to receiving this amendment, you will notify the office where proposals are received, in the specified manner, immediately of its receipt and of any changes in your proposal occasioned thereby.

a. Hand-carried Proposals shall be delivered to a representative of the Contracting Officer at the place indicated on page IP-1.

b. Mailed Proposals shall be addressed as noted in Item 8 on Page SF-1

of Standard Form 1442.

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3. Proposals will be received until 4:00 p.m., local time at place of receiving proposals, 92 MAR 13.

Attachments:

Standard Form 1442, Pages SF-1, 2, 2a, 2b and SF-3 thru SF-21

PILOT-SCALE INCINERATION OF PCB-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS FROM THE HOT SPOT OF THE NEW BEDFORD HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE (FOR INFORMATION ONLY) Report [Section 01100)

Table 01410-1 (2 pages) and Table 01410-2 (1 page)

Table 01420-1 (1 page)

Tables 01730-I-1 and 01730-I-2

Table 11181-2

Spec Pages listed in 1.~ above

Commander U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha Corps of Engineers 215 North 17th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4910

12 February 1992 DRL/4547

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SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD

(Constructi:J.1, Alteration, or Repair)

l.,SOLICITATION NO.

DACW45~92-R-0020

2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

0 SEALED BID (lf'BJ l8l NEGOTIATED tRFP)

3. DATE ISSUED

91 DEC 19

PAGE OF PAGES

SF-1 of SF-21 Also 2a, 2b

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IMPORTANT- The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror. 4. CONTRACT NO. 5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO. ,6. PROJECT NO.

'·ISSUED BY CODE L________________

U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha

215 North 17th Street

Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4978

8. ADDRESS OFF~R TO

Corrunander, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha 215 North 17th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4978

ATTN: CEMRO-CT-C (John Haskell)

g FOR INFORMATION ...._fA. NAME IB TELEPHONE NO. lfndud~ ar

CALL ~~ ~PROPOSAL INFORMATION ~ PROPOSAL INFORMATION SOLICITATION ---------

NOTE: In sealed b1d solic1tat1ons "offer" and "offeror" mean "b1d" and "b1dder". 10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DE. SCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Toll•. rdo·nlr(ymg no. dale I

TIH' biddf'r hPrf'by agrees to do all the work described in these documents enritlf'd:

HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP

NEW BEDFORD HARBOR/HOT SPOT

OPERABLE UNIT

NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

11 The Contractor shall begin performance within 10 calendar days and complete it w1th1n _5J_O__ calendar days alter rece•v•ng

0 award, [RJ notice to proceed Th1s performance period is [!) mandatory. 0 negotiable {See .J 12B. CALENDAR DAYS12A. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONOS•

(/f "YES." indica I~ within how many cc>l~ndar da)'l a(l~r aW 148 CFR) !>3.23f.-lldl

SF-I

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OF FER (Must be fully completed by offeror) 15. TELEPHONE NO. (Include arra codr)14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR (/ndud~ ZIP Codr)

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS (/ncludr only i(dlff,renl than 1/rm 14)

DUNS Number:

CODE FACILITY CODE

17 The offeror agree5 to perform the work requ1red a! tfle pflces spec1hed below 1n SlfiCl accordance w11h the term5 of th1s soilc1tat10n, d th1s offer 1s accePted

by the Government •n writ1ng w1thH1 _ 6 Q--- calendar davs after (he date of1ers are due (/ntert on~ numbf'r rqual to or ,~atrr than the mmrmum ~qu•rt·mentatoiE"d in ltf'm /3D Foilurr to mtert OM)' numbf>r- mt'ans lhe o{(f'ror accrpll the m1n1mUm Jn Item 13D

AMOUNTS ..... See attached PROPOSAL SCHEDULE

18 The ofleror aorees to lurn•sh any •equ1red perlornance and oaymen1 lxmo'

JO :.cq'>!C)\\L [ [)(;Vf

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DACW45-92-R-0020 PROPOSAL SCHEDULE

HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP

NEW BEDFORD HARBOR/HOT SPOT

OPERABLE UNIT

NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

ITEM UNIT ESTIMATED NO. DESCRIPTION QTY. UNIT PRICE TOTAL

BASIC ITEMS

1 SITE WORK 1 Job LS $

2 ASH HANDLING FAC. CONSTRUCTION 1 Job LS $

3 AMBIENT AIR MONITORING 1 Job LS $

4 SITE SECURITY 1 Job LS $

5 DREDGING

SA Dredge Mob./Demob. Misc. 1 Job LS $

5B Sediment Dredging and Disposal 656 Hour $ $

5C Shutdown Time 15 Day $ $

SD Incidental Dredge Equipment 1 Each $ $

6 SEDIMENT TRANSFER SYSTEM 1 Job LS $

7 SECONDARY DEWATERING 1 Job LS $

8 WATER TREATMENT FACILITY

BA Construction of WWTP Facility 1 Job LS $

8B Operation & Maintenance 1 Job LS $

II(- 9 HANDLING OF DEWATERED SEDIMENT 7500 Ton $ $

10 INCINERATION

lOA Mobilization/Demobilization 1 Job LS $

lOB Incineration Start-Up 1 Job LS $

lOC Incineration Trial Burn 1 Job LS $

lOD Incineration Stand-By Time 30 Day $ $

~ 11 INCINERATION OF SEDIMENTS 7500 Ton $ $

12 STABILIZATION OF ASH 735 Ton $ $

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ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION QTY. UNIT

UNIT PRICE

ESTIMATED TOTAL

13 DISPOSAL OF ASH IN CDF 1 Job LS $

14 CAPPING OF THE CDF 18,370 SY $ $

15 AIR EMISSION OPTION MOBILIZATION AND TRAINING

1 Job LS $

16

16A

16B

16C

16D

AIR EMISSION PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR THE CDF Foam Suppression System (Long Term Water) Foam Suppression System (Short Term Water) Foam Suppression System (Long Term Solid) Foam Suppression System (Short Term Solid)

1

5

1

6

Event

Event

Event

Event

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

OPTION ITEMS

OP-1 Side Wall Covers 1 Job LS $

ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT $

NOTES:

1. Some items have been identified as estimated quantities only. The respective unit price will prevail in the event an overrun or underrun occurs which is subject to the provisions of SECTIONS: Contract Clauses and Special Clauses.

2. Proposal price must be entered for all items of the schedule. Total amount proposal submitted without proposal prices being entered on individual items will be rejected. Extensions will be subject to verification by the Government. In case of variation between the individual proposal item prices and the total amount, the individual proposal prices will govern.

3. A modification to a proposal which provides for a single adjustment to the total amount proposed should state the application of the adjustment to each respective unit price and lump sum price affected. If the modification is not so apportioned, the single adjustment will be applied to Item No. 2 in the Proposal Schedule.

4. The Government reserves the right to exercise option item OP-1 within the timeframe from start of dredging operations to start of backfilling of ash into Confined Disposal Facility.

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CERTIFICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS

CONSTR.

The bidder (offeror) makes the following certification and representations as a part of the bid, shall check the appropriate boxes, fill in the appropriate information, and provide signatures on the attached "Solicitation Form" (SF) pages, and submit with Standard Form 1442.

1. CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION (APRIL 1985).

1.1. The offeror certifies that -

(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication, or agreement with any other offeror or competitor relating to (i) those prices, (ii) the intention to submit an offer, or (iii) the methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered;

(2) the prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening (in the case of a Sealed Bid solicitation) or contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless otherwise required by law; and

(3) no attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any other concern to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.

1.2. Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory -

(1) is the person in the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices being offered in this bid or proposal, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary to subparagraphs 1.1(1) through 1.1(3) above; or

(2)(i) has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the following principals in certifying that those principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to subparagraphs 1.1(1) through 1.1(3) above

[insert full name of person(s) in the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices offered in this bid or proposal, and the title of his or her position in the offeror's organization];

( ii) as an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named in subdivision 1. 2 (2) (i) above have not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs 1.1(1) through 1.1(3) above; and

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(iii) as an agent, has not personally participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs 1.1(1) through 1.1(3) above.

1.3. If the offeror deletes or modifies subparagraph 1.1(2) above, the offeror must furnish with its offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure. (FAR 52.203-2.)

2. CONTINGENT FEE REPRESENTATION AND AGREEMENT (APRIL 1984).

2.1. REPRESENTATION. The offeror represents that, except for full-time bona fide employees working solely for the offeror, the offeror

(1) [ ] has [ ] has not employed or retained any person or company to solicit or obtain this contract; and

(2) [ 1 has [ 1 has not paid or agreed to pay to any person or company employed or retained to solicit or obtain this contract any commission, percentage, brokerage, or other fee contingent upon or resulting from the award of this contract.

2.2. AGREEMENT. The offeror agrees to provide information relating to the above Representation as requested by the Contracting Officer and, when subparagraph 2.1(1) or 2.1(2) is answered affirmatively, to promptly submit to the Contracting Officer -

(1) A completed Standard Form 119, Statement of Contingent or Other Fees, (SF 119); or

(2) A signed statement indicating that the SF 119 was previously submitted to the same contracting office, including the date and applicable solicitation or contract number, and representing that the prior SF 119 applies to this offer or quotation. (FAR 52.203-4.)

3. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY (NOV 1990).

3.1. DEFINITIONS. The definitions at FAR 3.104-4 are hereby incorporated in this provision.

3.2. CERTIFICATIONS. As required in paragraph 3.3 of this prov1s1on, the officer or employee responsible for this offer shall execute the following certification:

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CERTIFICATE OF PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY

( l) I, ----------------------------------------' am the officer or employee(Name of Certifier)

responsible for the preparation of this offer and hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, with the exception of any information described in this certificate, I have no information concerning a violation or possible violation of subsection 27(a), (d), or (f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended* (41 U.S.C. 423), (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") as implemented in the FAR, occurring during the conduct of this procurement

(Solicitation Number) (2) As required by subsection 27(e)(l)(B) of the Act, I further certify

that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, each officer, employee, agent, representative, and consultant of

(Name of Offeror) who has participated personally and substantially in the preparation or submission of this offer, has certified that he or she is familiar with, and will comply with, the requirements of subsection 27(a) of the Act, as implemented in the FAR, and will report immediately to me any information concerning a violation or possible violation of subsections 27(a), (b), (d), or (f) of the Act, as implemented in the FAR, pertaining to this procurement.

(3) Violations or possible violations: (Continue on plain bond paper if necessary and label Certificate of Procurement Integrity (Continuation Sheet) ENTER NONE IF NONE EXISTS)

(4) I agree that, if awarded a contract under this solicitation, the certifications required by subsection 27(e)(l)(B) of the Act shall be maintained in accordance with paragraph (f) of this provision.

(Signature of the Officer or Employee (Date) Responsible for the Offer)

(Typed Name of the Officer or Employee Responsible for the Offer)

*Subsections 27 (a), (b), and (d) are effective on December 1, 1990. Subsection 27(f) is effective June 1, 1991.

THIS CERTIFICATION CONCERNS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE MAKING OF A FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATION MAY RENDER THE MAKER SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1001.

(END OF CERTIFICATION)

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3. 3. (1) For procurements using sealed bidding procedures, the signed certifications shall be submitted by each bidder with the bid submission except for procurements using two-step sealed bidding procedure (see Subpart 14. 5). For those procurements, the certifications shall be submitted with submission of the step two sealed bids. A certificate is not required for indefinite delivery contracts (see Subpart 16.5) unless the total estimated value of all orders eventually to be placed under the contract is expected to exceed $100,000.

(2) For contracts and contract modifications which include options, a certificate is required when the aggregate value of the contract or contract modification and all options (see 3.104-4(e)) exceeds $100,000.

(3) Failure of a bidder to submit the signed certificate with its bid shall render the bid nonresponsive.

3.4. Pursuant to FAR 3.104-9(d), the Offeror may be requested to execute additional certifications at the request of the Government. Failure of an Offeror to submit the additional certifications shall cause its offer to be rejected.

3. 5. A certification containing a disclosure of a violation or possible violation will not necessarily result in the withholding of award under this solicitation. However, the Government, after evaluation of the disclosure, may cancel this procurement or take any other appropriate actions in the interests of the Government, such as disqualification of the Offeror.

3. 6. In making the certification in paragraph (2) of the certificate, the officer or employee of the competing contractor responsible for the offer may rely upon a one-time certification from each individual required to submit a certification to the competing contractor, supplemented by periodic training. These certifications shall be obtained at the earliest possible date after an individual required to certify begins employment or association with the contractor. If a contractor decides to rely on a certification executed prior to the suspension of section 27 (i.e., prior to December l, 1989), the Contractor shall ensure that an individual who has so certified is notified that section 27 has been reinstated. These certifications shall be maintained by the Contractor for 6 years from the date a certifying employee's employment with the company ends or, for an agent, representative, or consultant, 6 years from the date such individual ceases to act on behalf of the Contractor.

3.7. Certifications under paragraphs 3.2 and 3.4 of this provision are material representations of fact upon which reliance will be placed in awarding a contract.

(FAR 52.203-8)

4. CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (APR 1991).

4.1. The definitions and prohibitions contained in the clause, at FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions, included in this solicitation, are hereby incorporated by reference in paragraph 4.2 of this certification.

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4.2. The offeror, by signing its offer, hereby certifies to the best of his or her knowledge and belief that on or after December 23, 1989,

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement;

(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds (including profit or fee received under a covered Federal transaction) have been paid, or will be paid, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with this solicitation, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB standard form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to the Contracting Officer; and

(3) He or she will include the language of this certification in all subcontract awards at any tier and require that all recipients of subcontract awards in excess of $100,000 shall certify and disclose accordingly.

4. 3. Submission of this certification and disclosure is a prerequisite for making or entering into this contract imposed by section 1352, title 31, United States Code. Any person who makes an expenditure prohibited under this provision or who fails to file or amend the disclosure form to be filed or amended by this provision, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000, and not more than $100,000, for each such failure.

(FAR 52.203-11)

5. TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (SEP 1989).

5.1. DEFINITIONS.

"Common parent," as used in this solicitation provision, means that corporate entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations that files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of which the offeror is a member.

"Corporate status," as used in this solicitation provision, means a designation as to whether the offeror is a corporate entity, an unincorporated entity (e.g., sole proprietorship or partnership), or a corporation providing medical and health care services.

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"Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)," as used in this solicitation provision, means the number required by the IRS to be used by the offeror in reporting income tax and other returns.

5.2. The offeror is required to submit the information required in paragraphs 5. 3 through 5. 5 of this solicitation provision in order to comply with reporting requirements of 26 U.S.C. 6041, 6041A, and 6050M and implementing regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If the resulting contract is subject to the reporting requirements described in 4.902(a), the failure or refusal by the offeror to furnish the information may result in a 20 percent reduction of payments otherwise due under the contract.

5.3. TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN).

] TIN: ] TIN has been applied for. ] TIN is not required because: ] Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or

foreign partnership that does not have income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S. and does not have an office-or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the U.S.;

[ ] Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government;

Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a Federal, state, or local government;

[ ] Other. State basis.

5.4. CORPORATE STATUS.

] Corporation providing medical and health care services, or engaged in the billing and collecting of payments for such services;

[ ] Other corporate entity; [ ] Not a corporate entity; [ ] Sole proprietorship [ ] Partnership [ ] Hospital or extended care facility described in 26 CFR

50l(c)(3) that is exempt from taxation under 26 CFR 50l(a).

5.5. COMMON PARENT.

[ ] Offeror is not owned or controlled by a common parent as defined in paragraph 5.1 of this clause.

] Name and TIN of common parent:

Name

TIN

(FAR 52.204-3)

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6. CONTRACTOR ESTABLISHMENT CODE (AUG 1989).

6 .1. In the block with its name and address, the offeror should supply the Contractor Establishment Code applicable to that name and address, if known, to the offeror. The number should be preceded by "CEC:" Offerors should take care to report the correct CEC and not a similar number assigned to the Offeror in a different system.

6.2. The CEC is a 9-digit code assigned to a contractor establishment that contracts with a Federal executive agency. The CEC system is a contractor identification coding system which is currently the Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS). The CEC system is distinct from the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) system. The Government will obtain a Contractor Establishment Code for any awardee that does not have or does not know its CEC.

(FAR 52.204-4)

7. COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) CODE REPORTING (OCT 1987).

7 .1. In the block with its name and address, the Offeror should supply the CAGE code applicable to that name and address. The CAGE code should be preceded by "CAGE:". If the Offeror does not have a CAGE code, the Offeror may request the Contracting Officer to initiate aDD Form 2051. The Contracting Activity will complete Section A and the Offeror must complete Section B of the DD Form 2051. A CAGE code will be assigned when a completed DD Form 2051 is received by the Defense Logistics Services Center, Attn: DLSC-FBA, Federal Center, 74 N. Washington, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084. No Offeror should delay the submission of its offer pending receipt of its CAGE code.

(DFARS 252.204-7007)

8. CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, PROPOSED DEBARMENT. AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (MAY 1989).

8.1. (1) The Offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that-

(i) The Offeror and/or any of its Principals-

(A) Are [ ] are not [ ] presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency;

(B) Have [ ] have not [ ) , within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for: commission for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, state, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft,

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forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; and

(C) Are [ are not [ ] presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision 8.l(l)(i)(B) of this provision.

(ii) The Offeror has [ ] has not [ ] , within a threeyear period preceding this offer, had one more contracts terminated for default by any Federal agency.

(1) "Principals," for the purposes of this certification, means officers; directors; owners; partners; and, persons having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a subsidiary, division, or business segment, and similar positions).

THIS CERTIFICATION CONCERNS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE MAKING OF A FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATION MAY RENDER THE MAKER SUBJECT TO PROSECTION UNDER SECTION 1001, TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.

8. 2. The Offeror shall provide immediate written notice to the Contracting Officer if, at any time prior to contact award, the Offeror learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.

8.3. A certification that any of the items in paragraph 8.1 of this prov1s1on exists will not necessarily result in withholding of an award under this solicitation. However, the certification will be considered in connection with a determination of the Offeror's responsibility. Failure of the Offeror to furnish a certification or provide such additional information as requested by the Contracting Officer may render the Offeror nonresponsible.

8. 4. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render, in good faith, the certification required by paragraph 8.1 of this provision. The knowledge and information of an Offeror is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings.

8. 5. The certification in paragraph 8.1 of this provision is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when making award. If it is later determined that the Offeror knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to the other remedies available to the Government, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract resulting from this solicitation for default.

(FAR 52.209-5)

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9. TYPE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION - SEALED BIDDING (JULY 1987). The bidder, by checking the applicable box, represents that

(1) It operates as [ ] a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of [ ] an individual, [ ] a partnership, 1 a nonprofit organization, or [ ] a joint venture or

(2) If the bidder is a foreign entity, it operates as [ ] an individual, [ ] a partnership, [ ] a nonprofit organization, [ ] a joint venture, or [ ] a corporation, registered for business in (FAR 52.214-2) country

10. SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN REPRESENTATION (JAN 1991).

10.1. REPRESENTATION. The offeror represents and certifies as part of its offer that it [ ] is [ ] is not a small business concern and that [ 1 all [ 1 not all end items to be furnished will be manufactured or produced by a small business concern in the United States, its territories or possessions, or Puerto Rico or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

10.2. DEFINITION. "Small business concern," as used in this provision, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in this solicitation.

10.3. NOTICE. Under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), any person who misrepresents a firm's status as a small business concern in order to obtain a contract to be awarded under the preference programs established pursuant to sections 8(a), 8(d), 9 or 15 of the Small Business Act or any other provision of Federal law that specifically references section 8(d) for a definition of program eligibility, shall (1) Be punished by imposition of a fine, imprisonment, or both; (2) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and debarment; and (3) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Act. (FAR 52.219-1.)

11. WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATION (APRIL 1984).

11.1. REPRESENTATION. The offeror represents that it [ is [ ] is not a women-owned small business concern.

11.2. DEFINITIONS.

"Small business concern," as used in this prov~s~on, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR 121.

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"Women-owned," as used in this provision, means a small business that is at least 51 percent owned by a woman or women who are U.S. citizens and who also control and operate the business. (FAR 52.219-3.)

12. SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERN REPRESENTATION (DoD FAR SUPPLEMENT DEVIATION) (APR 1990).

12.1. DEFINITION. "Small disadvantaged business concern," as used in this provision, means a small business concern, including mass media, owned and controlled by individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged, as defined in regulations prescribed by the U.S. Small Business Administration at 13 CFR Part 124, the majority of earnings of which directly accrue to such individuals. (13 CFR Part 124 generally provides that a small disadvantaged business concern is a small business concern (l) which is at least fifty-one percent (51%) unconditionally owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting stock of which is unconditionally owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and (2) whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more such individuals.) (See 13 CFR 124.101 through 124.109.) This term also means a small business concern that is owned and controlled by an economically disadvantaged Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization and which meets the requirements of 13 CFR 124.112 or 13 CFR 124.113 respectively.

12.2. REPRESENTATIONS. The Offeror represents that its qualifying ownership falls within at least one of the following categories (check the applicable categories):

Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) American (U.S. Citizen with or1g1ns from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, or Nepal)

_______ Asian-Pacific American (U.S. Citizen with origins from Japan, China, the Phillipines, Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau), the Northern Mariana Islands, Laos, Kampuchea (Cambodia), Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia) Black American (U.S. Citizen)

_______ Hispanic American (U.S. Citizen with or1g1ns from South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain or Portugal) Native American (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians, including Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations) Individual/concern certified for participation in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) Other

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12.3. CERTIFICATION. (1) The Offeror represents and certifies, as part of its offer,

that it is [ ] , is not [ ] a small disadvantaged business concern. (2) The Offeror represents and certifies, as part of its offer,

that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has [ ] , has not [ ] made a determination concerning the Offeror's status as a small disadvantaged business concern. If the SBA has made such a determination, the date of the determination was and the Offeror certifies that it:

was found by the SBA to be socially and economically disadvantaged as a result of that determination and that no circumstances have changed to vary that determination. was found by the SBA not be socially and economically disadvantaged as a result of that determination, but circumstances which caused the determination have changed.

12.4. NOTIFICATION. The Offeror agrees to notify the Contracting Officer before award of any change in its status as a small disadvantaged business concern occurring between the submission of its offer and contract award.

12.5. PENALTIES AND REMEDIES. The Offeror represents and certifies that the above information is true and understands that whoever for the purpose of securing a contract or subcontract under subsection (a) of Section 1207 of Public Law 99-661 misrepresents the status of any concern or person as a small business concern owned and controlled by a minority (as described in subsection (12.1)) shall (i) be punished by imposition of a fine, imprisonment, or both; (ii) be subject to administrative remedies including suspension and disbarment; and (iii) be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Small Business Act (DFARS 252.219-7005)

13. SMALL COMPETITIVENESS

BUSINESS CONCERN REPRESENTATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (JUL 1991).

FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS

13.1. DEFINITION. "Emerging small business", as used in this solicitation, means a small business concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard applicable to the standard industrial classification code assigned to a contracting opportunity.

13.2. (Complete only if Offeror has certified itself under the provision at FAR 52.219-1 as a small business concern under the size standards of this solicitation.) The Offeror represents and certifies as part of its offer that it [ ] is, [ ] is not an emerging small business.

13.3. (Complete only if the Offeror is a small business or an emerging small business, indicating its size range.)

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Offeror's number of employees for the past 12 months (check this column if size standard stated in solicitation is expressed in terms of number of employees) or Offeror's average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years (check this column if size standard stated in solicitation is expressed in terms of annual receipts). (Check one of the following.)

No. of Employees Average Annual Gross Revenues

so or fewer ___$1 million or less

51 - 100 __$1,000,001 - $2 million

101 - 250 __$2, 000,001 - $3.5 million

251 - 500 __$3,500,001 - $5 million

501 - 750 __$5, 000,001 - $10 million

751 - 1,000 __$10,000,001 - $17 million

Over 1,000 Over $17 million

(FARS 52.219-19)

13A. SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REPRESENTATION FOR TARGETED INDUSTRY CATEGORIES UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (JUL 1991).

(Complete only if the Offeror has certified itself under the provision at 52.219-1 as a small business concern under the size standards of this solicitation.)

Offeror represents and certifies as follows:

Offeror's number of employees for the past 12 months (check this column if size standard stated in solicitation is expressed in terms of number of employees) or Offeror's average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years (check this column if size standard in solicitation is expressed in terms of annual receipts). (Check one of the following.)

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No. of Employees Average Annual Gross Revenues

50 or fewer $1 million or less

51 - 100 __$1,000,001 - $2 million

101 - 250 $2,000,001 - $3.5 million

251 - 500 __$3, 500,001 - $5 million

501 - 750 __$5, 000,001 - $10 million

751 - 1,000 $10,000,001 - $17 million

Over 1,000 Over $17 million

(FARS 52.219-21)

14. CERTIFICATION OF NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES (APRIL 1984).

14.1. "Segregated facilities," as used in this provision, means any waiting rooms, work areas, restrooms and washrooms, restaurants and other eating areas, time clocks, locker rooms, and other storage or dressing areas, parking lots, drinking fountains, recreation or entertainment areas, transportation, and housing facilities provided for employees that are segregated by explicit directive or are in fact segregated on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin because of habit, local custom, or otherwise.

14.2. By the submission of this offer, the offeror certifies that it does not and will not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilities at any of its establishments, and that it does not and will not permit its employees to perform their services at any location under its control where segregated facilities are maintained. The offeror agrees that a breach of this certification is a violation of the Equal Opportunity clause in the contract.

14.3. The offeror further agrees that (except where it has obtained identical certifications from proposed subcontractors for specific time periods) it will -

(1) obtain identical certifications from proposed subcontractors before the award of subcontracts under which the subcontractor will be subject to the Equal Opportunity clause;

(2) retain the certifications in the files; and

(3) forward the following notice to the proposed subcontractors (e~cept if the proposed subcontractors have submitted identical certifications for specific time periods):

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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS OF REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATIONS OF NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES.

A Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities must be submitted before the award of a subcontract under which the subcontractor will be subject to the Equal Opportunity clause. The certification may be submitted either for each subcontract or for all subcontracts during a period (i.e., quarterly, semiannually, or annually).

NOTE: The penalty for making false statements in offers is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001. (FAR 52.222-21.)

15. PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (APRIL 1984). The offeror represents that:

15.1. It [ ] has [ ] has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject either to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation, the clause originally contained in Section 310 of Executive Order No. 10925, or the clause contained in Section 201 of Executive Order No. 11114.

15.2. It [ ] has [ ] has not, filed all required compliance reports.

15.3. Representations indicating submission of required compliance reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before subcontract awards. (FAR 52.222-22.)

16. CLEAN AIR AND WATER CERTIFICATION (APRIL 1984). The offeror certifies that:

16.1. Any facility to be used in the performance of this proposed contract [ ] is [ ] is not listed on the Environmental Protection Agency List of Violating Facilities;

16.2. The offeror will immediately notify the Contracting Officer, before award, of the receipt of any communication from the Administrator, or a designee, of the Environmental Protection Agency, indicating that any facility that the Offeror proposes to use for the performance of the contract is under consideration to be listed on the EPA List of Violating Facilities; and

16.3. The offeror will include a certification substantially the same as this certification, including this paragraph 16.3, in every nonexempt subcontract. (FAR 52.223-1.)

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17. CERTIFICATION REGARDING A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (JUL 1990).

17.1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this provision,

"Controlled Substance" means a controlled substance in schedules through V of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and

as further defined in regulation at 21 CFR 1308.11-1308.15.

"Conviction" means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the Federal or State criminal drug statutes.

"Criminal Drug Statute" means a Federal or non-Federal criminal statute involving the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of any controlled substance.

"Drug-Free Workplace" means the site(s) for the performance of work done by the Contractor in connection with a specific contract at which employees of the Contractor are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance.

"Employee" means an employee of a Contractor directly engaged in the performance of work under a Government contract.

"Directly engaged" is defined to include all direct cost employees and any other Contractor employee who has other than a minimal impact or involvement in contract performance.

"Individual" means an offeror/Contractor that has no more than one employee including the offeror/Contractor.

17.2. By submission of its offer, the offeror, if other than an individual, who is making an offer that equals or exceeds $25,000, certifies and agrees, that with respect to all employees of the offeror to be employed under a contract resulting from this solicitation, it will --no later than 30 calendar days after contract award (unless a longer period is agreed to in writing), for contracts of 30 calendar days or more performance duration; or as soon as possible for contracts of less than 30 calendar days performance duration; but in any case, by a date prior to when performance is expected to be completed-

(1) Publish a statement notifying such employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the Contractor's workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition;

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(2) Establish an on-going drug-free awareness program to inform such employees about

(i) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;

(ii) The Contractor's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;

(iii) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs; and

(iv) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace;

(3) Provide all employees engaged in performance of the contract with a copy of the statement required by subparagraph 17.2(1) of this provision;

(4) Notify such employees in writing the statement required by subparagraph 17.2(1) of this provision, that as a condition of continued employment on the contract resulting from this solicitation, the employee will

(i) Abide by the terms of the statement; and

(ii) Notify the employer in writing of the employee's conviction under a criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) calendar days after such conviction;

(5) Notify the Contracting Officer in writing within ten (10) calendar days after receiving notice under subdivision 17.2(4)(ii) of this provision, from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. The notice shall include the position title of the employee; and

(6) Within 30 calendar days after receiving notice under subdivision 17. 2(4) (ii) of this provision of a conviction, take one of the following actions with respect to any employee who is convicted of drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace;

(i) Take appropriate personnel action against such employee, up to and including termination; or

(ii) Require such employee to satisfactorily participate in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.

(7) Make a good faith effort to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of subparagraphs 17.2(1) through 17.2(6) of this provision.

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17.3. By submission of its offer, the offeror, if an individual who is making an offer of any dollar value, certifies and agrees that the offeror will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance in the performance of the contract resulting from this solicitation.

17.4. Failure of the offeror to provide the certification required by paragraphs 17.2 or 17.3 of this provision, renders the offeror unqualified and ineligible for award. (See FAR 9.104-1(g) and 19.602-l(a)(2)(i).)

17.5. In addition to other remedies available to the Government, the certification in paragraphs 17.2 and 17.3 of this provision concerns a matter within the jurisdiction of an agency of the United States and the making of a false, fictitious, or fraudulent certification may render the maker subject to prosecution under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001. (FAR 52.223-5)

18. NOTICE OF RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTING WITH SANCTIONED PERSONS (APR 1991).

18.1. Statutory prohibitions have been imposed on contracting with sanctioned persons, as specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 25.10 and in the clause at 52.225-13, Restrictions on Contracting with Sanctioned Persons.

18.2. By submission of this offer, the Offeror represents that no products or services delivered to the Government under any contract resulting from this solicitation will be products or services of a sanctioned person, as defined in the clause referenced in paragraph 18.1 of this provision, unless one of the exceptions in subparagraphs (d)(l) or (d)(2) of the clause referenced above applies or unless listed below.

Product or Service Sanctioned Person

(List as necessary)

(FAR 52.225-12)

19. UTILIZATION OF INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIAN-OWNED ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES (AUG 1991)

19.1. This clause applies only if the contract includes a subcontracting plan incorporated under the terms of the clause entitled, Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan. It does not apply to contracts awarded based on a subcontracting plan submitted and approved under paragraph (g) of FAR 52.219-9.

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19.2. Definitions. As used in this clause:

"Indian organization" means the governing body of any Indian tribe (as

defined by 25 U.S.C. 1452(c)) or entity established or recognized by the governing body for the purposes of 25 U.S.C., Chapter 17.

"Indian-owned economic enterprise" means any Indian-owned (as determined by the Secretary of Interior) commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of profit, provided that Indian ownership shall constitute not less than 51 percent of the enterprise.

19.3. The Contractor agrees to use its best efforts to give Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises the (25 U.S.C. 1544) maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the subcontracts it awards to the fullest consistent with efficient performance of its contract.

(1) The Contractor may rely on the written representation of the Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise.

(2) If the cost of subcontracting with an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise exceeds the cost of acquiring the supplies or services from a non-Indian source, the Contractor may request an adjustment to the following:

(i) The estimated cost of a cost-type contract;

(ii) The target cost of a cost-plus-incentive-fee prime contract;

(iii) The target cost and ceiling of a fixed-price incentive prime contract; or

(iv) The price of a firm-fixed price prime contract.

(3) The amount of the equitable adjustment to the prime contract shall be the lessor of -

(i) The difference between the estimated cost, target cost or firm-fixed-price included in the subcontract initially awarded to the Indian organization or enterprise and the corresponding estimated cost, target cost or firm- fixed-price which would have been included in a subcontract with the otherwise low, non-Indian offeror; or

(ii) Five percent of the estimated cost, target cost or firm-fixed-price included in the subcontract initially awarded to the Indian organization or enterprise.

(4) The Contractor has the burden of proving the amount claimed and must assert its request for an adjustment prior to completion of contract performance.

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19.4. The Contracting Officer shall decide the amount of the adjustment and modify the contract accordingly. The Contracting Officer's decision is final and not subject to the Disputes clause of this contract.

(FAR 52.226-0001)

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January 1992

PILOT-SCALE INCINERATION OF

PCB-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS FROM

THE HOT SPOT OF THE NEW BEDFORD HARBOR

SUPERFUND SITE

By

W. E. Whitworth and L. R. Waterland

Acurex Corporation

Environmental Systems Division

Incineration Research Facility

Jefferson, Arkansas 72079

EPA Contract No. 68-C9-0038

Work Assignment 1-3

EPA Project Officer: R. C. Thurnau

Technical Task Manager: M. K. Richards

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Waste Minimization, Destruction, and Disposal Research Division

Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory

Cincinnati, Ohio 45268

RISK REDUCTION ENGINEERING lABORATORY

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

CINCINNATI, OHIO 45268

NOTICE

This document is a preliminary draft. It has not been formally released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and should not at this stage be construed to represent Agency policy. It is being circulated for comments on its technical merit and policy implications.

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ABSTRACT

A detailed test program was performed at the EPA's Incineration Research Facility (IRF) to define the incineration characteristics of contaminated marine sediments from the Hot Spot in New Bedford Harbor, a Superfund site near New Bedford, Massachusetts. The sediments at this site are contaminated with PCB concentrations of 4,000 to over 200,000 mg/kg, as well as with trace metals, chiefly cadmium, chromium, copper, and lead, at concentrations up to several hundred mg/kg. The test program was designed to evaluate the effects of incineration operating conditions on the composition of the discharge streams.

Three incineration tests were performed using sediments spiked with pure PCB Askarel transformer fluid. The third test also included a period of operation with native sediment alone, or unspiked. Spiking was performed to increase the sediment PCB content from nominally 6,000 mg/kg to nominally 46,000 mg/kg, a level that allowed an unambiguous determination of whether a PCB destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999 percent could be achieved. For the three spiked sediment tests, plans were to vary kiln temperature from 816° to 982°C (1,500° to 1,800°F). Average test temperatures achieved were 824° and 984°C (1,516° and 1,803°F).

Test results show that greater than 99.9999 percent PCB DRE (100 · [1 - flue gas emission ratejfeedrateJ) was achieved at both kiln temperatures with the an afterburner operated at 1,208°C (2,206°F). However, with a kiln solids residence time of 0.5 hr, the treated sediments (kiln ash) are still PCB-contaminated. In tests with the PCB-spiked sediment feed, incinerated without dewatering, kiln ash contained 128 to 245 mg/kg of PCBs. The PCBs in the kiln ash discharge accounted for between 0.08 and 0.14 percent of the PCBs fed, regardless of kiln temperature. For a native (unspiked) sediment feed incinerated without dewatering, the kiln ash contained 100 mg/kg of PCBs, which accounted for 0.44 percent of the PCBs introduced in the sediment feed. The wet scrubber system discharge flue gas contained low levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and higher levels of dibenzofurans (PCDFs), chiefly total TCDF, PeCDF, and HxCDF. The 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxicity equivalent emissions were in the nominal 0.05 to 0.10 ng/dscm range.

Of the contaminant trace metals, chromium and copper were relatively nonvolatile. The kiln ash discharge accounted for nominally 80 to 90 percent of the discharged amount of these metals. These fractions were not affected by kiln temperature in the range tested. Cadmium and lead exhibited relatively volatile behavior, and increasingly so at the higher kiln temperature. The kiln ash discharge accounted for 53 percent of the lead and 61 percent of the cadmium discharged at low kiln temperature. These fractions decreased to the nominal 10 to 20 percent range for cadmium and the 20 percent range for lead at higher kiln temperature. Scrubber exit flue gas fractions (cadmium and lead) and scrubber liquor fractions (cadmium) increased

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accordingly. Neither treated sediments nor the scrubber liquor would be toxicity characteristic (TC) hazardous wastes based on their cadmium, chromium, or lead concentrations. However, the lead content of scrubber liquor toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) leachate was near the TC regulatory level. This suggests that the scrubber liquor discharge from a wet scrubber could be a TC hazardous waste in the incineration of higher-than-tested lead-containing sediments, or under extended scrubber operation at minimum blowdown.

Test results suggest that incineration would be an effective treatment option for the site sediments. However, sediment dewatering prior to incineration, and/or incinerating at longer kiln solids residence times might be required to yield a treated sediment not contaminated by PCBs. If a wet scrubber were used for particulate and acid gas control, the scrubber blowdown discharge might require further treatment to stabilize leachable lead levels. In addition, lead levels in flue gas emissions from a wet scrubber air pollution control system (APCS) might be of concern.

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ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

SECI'ION 1 INTRODUCI'ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SECI'ION 2 FACILITI' DESCRIPTION, COMPOSITION, AND TEST

CONDmONS ............................................... 3

2.1 ROTARY KILN INCINERATION SYSTEM

DESCRIPllON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1.1 Incinerator Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1.2 Air Pollution Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 TEST WASTE DESCRIPllON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3 TEST CONDmONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

SECTION 3 SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3.1 SAMPLING PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.2 lABORATORY ANALYSIS PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SECTION 4 TEST RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.1 PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE ANALYSIS RESULTS ........ 27

4.2 PCB, SEMIVOIATILE AND VOlATILE ORGANIC,

AND DIOXIN/FURAN ANALYSIS RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.2.1 PCB Analysis Results and Destruction and Removal

Efficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.2.2 Semivolatile and Volatile Organic Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.2.3 Dioxin and Furan Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.3 TRACE METAL DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.3.1 Sample Concentrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.3.2 Discharge Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

4.4 PARTICUlATE AND HCI EMISSIONS DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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4.4.1 Particulate Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4.4.2 HCI Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4.4.3 Particle Size Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

SECfiON 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SECfiON 6 QUALITY ASSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6.1 PCB ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6.2 PAH AND OrnER SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC

CONSTITUENT ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

6.3 TRACE METAL ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

6.4 CHLORIDE ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

APPENDIX A-INCINERATOR OPERATING DATA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

APPENDIX A-t-CONTROL ROOM DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

APPENDIX A-2-GAS TRAIN DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

APPENDIX A-3-AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM

DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

APPENDIX A-4-CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITOR DATA . . . . . . 98

APPENDIX B-OPERATING DATA PLOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

APPENDIX B-1-KILN AND AFTERBURNER OPERATION . . . . . . . 104

APPENDIX B-2-$CRUBBER EXIT AND STACK

CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORS . . . . . . . . . . 109

APPENDIX C-LABORATORY ANALYSIS DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

APPENDIX C-1-PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE ANALYSES...... 121

APPENDIX C-2-TRACE METALS ANALYSES.................. 123

APPENDIX C-3-PCB ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

APPENDIX C-4-PAH ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

APPENDIX C-5-PCDD/PCDF ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

APPENDIX C-6-METHOD 0030 (VOST) ANALYSES............. 154

APPENDIX C-7-FLUE GAS CHLORIDE TRAIN ANALYSES . . . . . . 159

APPENDIX D-SAMPLING TRAIN WORKSHEETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1 Schematic of the IRF rotary kiln incinerator system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2 Sampling matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 3 Afterburner exit particle size distributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Design characteristics of the IRF rotary kiln incineration system . . . . . . . . . 5

Table 2 New Bedford Harbor characterization sample PCB and proximate

analysis results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 3 New Bedford Harbor characterization sample metals analysis

results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 4 Target incineration test conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 5 Incinerator system operating conditions held constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 6 Kiln operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 7 Afterburner operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 8 Air pollution control system operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Table 9 Continuous emission monitor data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 10 Actual versus target operating conditions for the New Bedford

Harbor tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 11 Sampling and analysis matrix summary for the New Bedford

Harbor sediment incineration tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 12 Continuous emission monitors used for the tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 13 Multiple metals train impinger system reagents 22

Table 14 Stack Method 5 train impinger system reagents 22

Table 15 Summary of test samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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LIST OF TABLES (CONTINUED)

Table 16 Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon analytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 17 Other semivolatile organic constituent analytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 18 Volatile organic constituents determined in Method 0030 samples . . . . . . . 26

Table 19 Proximate and ultimate analysis results for the composite sediment

feed sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Table 20 Sediment feed and ash collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Table 21 Sediment feed PCB analysis results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 22 PCB analysis results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 23 PCB decontamination effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 24 PCB DREs................................................. 33

Table 25 Volatile organic constituents detected in scrubber exit flue gas . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table 26 Flue gas PCDD/PCDF analysis results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 27 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxicity equivalent factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 28 Trace metals analysis results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Table 29 TCLP-leachable trace metal contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 30 Trace metal distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Table 31 Normalized trace metal distributions ........................·. . . . . 42

Table 32 Apparent scrubber collection efficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 33 Flue gas particulate levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 34 Flue gas HCl levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 35 Afterburner exit particle size distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 36 PCB sample hold times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table 37 PCB measurement DQOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 38 PCB POLs: objectives and achieved 55

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Table 40

Table 41

Table 42-Table 43

Table 44

Table 45-Table 46

Table 47-Table 48

Table 49

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Table 51

Table 52

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PCB recoveries from matrix spike samples ........................ . 55

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PCB analysiS preciSIOn ....................................... . 56

PAH sample hold times ...................................... . 57

PAH PQLs: objectives and achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9

PAH measurement DQOs .................................... . SB

Surrogate recoveries in PAH analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

PAH and other semivolatile organic constituent recoveries from

matrix spike samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Trace metal sample hold times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Trace metal analyses of blank samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Trace metal measurement DQOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Trace metal measurement PQLs: objectives and achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Metals analysis precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Metals spike recoveries from matrix spike samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

HCl measurement DQOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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SECI10N 1

INTRODUCI10N

One of the primary miSSions of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Incineration Research Facility (IRF) is to support Regional Offices in evaluations of the potential of incineration as a treatment option for wastes found during remedial actions taken at Superfund sites. EPA Region 1 is conducting the remedial design (RD) for the remediation of a Superfund site located in New Bedford Harbor near New Bedford, Massachusetts. According to the record of decision (ROD) document of 1990 (Reference 1), the EPA has identified approximately 10,000 yd3 of highly contaminated sediment in a 5-acre area of the harbor. This area has been identified as the Hot Spot Operable Unit. Incineration of the dredged sediment is the selected treatment option. In support of the RD, incineration technologies will be examined to determine the optimum equipment configuration and incinerator operating parameters for the waste material. EPA Region 1 requested that test bums be conducted at the IRF to support the RD for this Operable Unit.

The sediment at the Hot Spot in the New Bedford Harbor site is contaminated with PCBs ranging in concentration from 4,000 ppm to more than 200,000 ppm (Reference 1 ). In addition to PCBs, other contaminants have been reported to be present, including polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), at concentrations up to 930 ppm, and trace metals (copper, chromium, lead, and cadmium), at concentrations up to 7,000 ppm. The primary objective of this test program was to obtain data to support the RD plans and specifications. Therefore, the test conditions were designed to evaluate the effectiveness of varying incinerator operating conditions in the destruction of PCBs and other pollutants. Specifically, the test program attempted to answer these questions:

• Can incineration effectively destroy PCBs to the required destruction and removal efficiency (ORE) of 99.9999 percent?

• What is the distribution of the contaminant trace metals in the discharge streams during incineration of the sediment?

• What are the effects of incineration excess air and temperature on PCB destruction and metals distributions, including the leachability of the metals from the kiln ash?

• What is the effectiveness of an air pollution control system (APCS), with design and operating characteristics similar to those of the IRF APCS, in collecting particulate and trace metals?

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• Can the treated sediment (i.e., kiln ash) from the incinerator be disposed of as non-hazardous solid waste?

The test program consisted of a set of three incineration tests in the rotary kiln incineration system (RKS) at the IRF. These tests were aimed at measuring PCB destruction and the fate of contaminant trace metals in the sediment as functions of kiln temperature and kiln excess air level. The tests were performed in the RKS with the venturi/packed-column scrubber as the primary APCS.

This report documents the fmdings of the test program. Section 2 describes the IRF's RKS and incinerator operating conditions during the incineration tests. Section 3 discusses the sampling and analysis procedures employed during the incineration tests. Section 4 presents the incineration test results. Section 5 outlines test conclusions. Finally, Section 6 discusses the quality assurance (QA) aspects of the test program. The appendices provide a complete data set from which information of interest can be extracted for further study.

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SECTION 2

FACILI1Y DESCRIPTION, COMPOSmON, AND TEST CONDmONS

The IRF's RKS was used for this test program. A description of the system is presented in Section 2.1. The waste feed composition used in the tests is discussed in Section 2.2. The test matrix and incinerator operating conditions are discussed in Section 2.3.

2.1 ROTARY KILN INCINERATION SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

A process schematic of the RKS is shown in Figure 1 and the system design characteristics are listed in Table 1. The IRF RKS consists of a primary combustion chamber, a transition section, and a fired afterburner chamber. After exiting the afterburner, flue gas flows through a quench section followed by a primary APCS. The primary APCS for these tests consisted of the venturi/packed-column scrubber. Downstream of the primary APCS, a backup secondary APCS, comprised of a demister, an activated-carbon adsorber, and a high-efficiency particulate (HEPA) filter, is in place. The backup APCS is designed to ensure that organic compound and particulate emissions to the atmosphere are negligible. The main components of the RKS and its APCS are discussed in more detail in the following subsections.

2.1.1 Incinerator Characteristics

The rotary kiln combustion chamber has an inside diameter of 1.0 m (39-in) and is 2.49 m (8ft 2 in) long. The chamber is lined with refractory formed into a frustroconical shape to an average thickness of 18.7 em (7.375 in). The refractory is encased in a 0.95-cm (0.375-in) thick steel shell. Total volume of the kiln chamber, including the transition section, is 1.90 m3

(67.3 ft 3). Four steel rollers support the kiln barrel. A variable-speed DC-motor coupled to a reducing gear transmission turns the kiln. Rotation speeds can be varied from 0.2 to 1.5 rpm.

The afterburner chamber has a 0.91-m (3-ft) inside diameter, and is 3.05 m (10ft) long. The afterburner chamber wall is constructed of a 15.2-cm (6-in) thick layer of refractory encased in a 0.63-cm (0.25-in) thick carbon steel shell. The volume of the afterburner chamber is 1.80 m3

(63.6 ft 3).

2.1.2 Air Pollution Control System

For this test program, the primary APCS consisted of a venturi scrubber followed by a packed-column scrubber in place on the RKS. The flue gas exiting the afterburner passes through a refractory-lined transfer section and enters the quench section, where the flue gas temperature is reduced to approximately 81°C (178°F) by direct injection of aqueous caustic

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WET SCRUBBER

SCRUBBER LIQUOR RECIRCULATION

MODULAR PRIMARY AIR

POLLUTION CONTROL

SYSTEM DEVICES

QUENCH........._

AFTERBURNER I

AIR

I NATURAL GAS, LIQUID FEED

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ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR

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Figure I. Schematic or the IRF rotary kiln incinerator system.

·rJ TABLE 1. DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IRF ROTARY KILN INCINERATION

SYSTEM

Characteristics or the Kilo Main Chamber Length 2.49 m (8 ft-2 in) Diameter, outside 137m (4 ft-6 in) Diameter, inside Nominal 1.00 m (3 ft-3.5 in) Chamber volume 1.90 m3 (673 ftl) Construction 0.95 em (0375 in) thick cold-rolled steel Refractory 18.7 em (7375 in) thick high alumina castable refractory, variable depth to produce

a frustroconical effect for moving solids Rotation Clockwise or counterclockwise, 0.2 to 1.5 rpm Solids retention time 1 hr (at 0.2 rpm) Burner North American burner rated at 590 kW (2.0 MMBtu/hr) with liquid feed

capability Primary fuel Natural gas Feed system:

Liquids Positive displacement pump via water-cooled lance Sludges Moyno pump via front face, water-cooled lance Solids Metered twin-auger screw feeder or fiberpack ram feeder

Temperature (max) 1,010"C (1,850"F)

Characteristics or the Afterburner Chamber Length 3.05 m (10 ft) Diameter, outside 1.22 m (4ft) Diameter, inside 0.91 m (3 ft) Chamber volume 1.80 m3 (63.6 fil) Construction 0.63 em (0.25 in) thick cold-roUed steel Refractory 15.2 em (6 in) thick high alumina castable refractory Gas residence time 1.2 to 2.5 s depending on temperature and excess air Burner North American Burner rated at 590 kW (2.0 MMBtu/hr) with liquid feed

capability Primary fuel Natural gas Temperature (max) 1,200"C (2,200"F)

Characteristics or the Ionizing Wet Scrubber APCS System capacity, 85 m3/min (3,000 acfm) at 78•c (172"F) and 101 kPa (14.7 psia) inlet gas flow Pressure drop 1.5 kPa (6 in WC) Liquid flow 15.1 L/min (4 gpm) at 345 kPa (50 psig) pH control Feedback control by NaOH solution addition

Characteristics of the Venturi/Packed-Column Scrubber APCS System capacity, 107 m3/min (3,773 acfm) at 1,200"C (2,200"F) and 101 kPa (14.7 psia) inlet gas flow Pressure Drop

Venturi scrubber 7.5 kPa (30 in WC) Packed column 1.0 kPa ( 4 in WC)

Liquid flow Venturi scrubber 77.2 L/min (20.4 gpm) at 60 kPa (10 psig) Packed column 116 L/min (30.6 gpm) at 69 kPa (10 psig)

pH control Feedback control by NaOH solution addition

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scrubber liquor. The cooled flue gas then enters the venturi scrubber, which is fitted with an automatically adjustable area throat. The scrubber is designed to operate at 7.5 kPa (30 in WC) differential pressure, with a maximum liquor flowrate of 77.2 L/min (20.4 gpm). The scrubber liquor, again an aqueous caustic solution, enters at the top of the scrubber and contacts the flue gas to remove entrained particulates and, to some degree, acid gases.

Downstream of the venturi scrubber, the flue gas enters the packed-column scrubber, where additional acid gas and particulate cleanup occurs. The scrubber column is packed with 5.1-cm (2-in) diameter polypropylene ballast saddles to a depth of 2.1 m (82 in). It is designed to operate at 1.0 k.Pa ( 4 in WC) differential pressure, with a maximum liquor flowrate of 116 L/min (30.6 gpm).

Both the venturi and packed-column scrubbers receive their scrubber liquor from the same recirculation system. This liquor is a dilute NaOH aqueous solution, the pH of which is monitored continuously by a pH-sensor. An integral pH controller automatically meters the amount of NaOH needed to maintain the set point pH for proper acid gas removal.

At the exit of the packed-column scrubber, a demister removes the bulk of the suspended liquid droplets. In a typical commercial incinerator system, the flue gas would be vented to the atmosphere downstream of this unit. However, at the IRF, a backup APCS is in place to further clean up the flue gas. The flue gas exiting the demister is passed through a bed of activated carbon, to allow the vapor phase organic compounds to be adsorbed.

A set of HEPA ft.lters designed to remove suspended particulate from the flue gas is located downstream of the carbon bed. An induced draft fan draws and vents the treated effluent gas to the atmosphere.

2.2 TEST WASTE DESCRIPTION

Eight 30-gal drums of sediments were dredged from the Hot Spot area of New Bedford Harbor for these tests. The Hot Spot area is an area of approximately 5 acres along the western bank of the Acushnet River Estuary adjacent to the Aerovox facility. A characterization sample representing each drum dredged was shipped to the IRF for pretest analyses. These samples were subjected to proximate, PCB, and hazardous constituent trace metals analyses. The results of these analyses are shown in Tables 2 and 3.

As shown in Table 2, the average total PCB concentration of the eight drums was 5,300 ppm, as received. The level required in an RKS feed to be able to just establish 99.9999 percent ORE at a typical RKS feedrate of 68 kg/hr (150 lb/hr) is 5,100 ppm, just below the average dredged drum characterization sample level. Consequently, it was decided to spike the test sediment to higher PCB concentrations to provide a greater margin in the ability to establish 99.9999 percent DRE. The material used to spike the sediments was an Askarel transformer fluid comprised of roughly 75 percent Aroclor 1242 and 25 percent Aroclor 1254. This spiking material was chosen because it was the only suitable material readily available.

As shown in Table 3, the test sediments were contaminated with significant levels of chromium, copper, and lead, and with lower levels of the other hazardous constituent trace metals noted.

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Y'TABLE 2. NEW BEDFORD HARBOR CHARACTERIZATION SAMPLE

PCB AND PROXIMATE ANALYSIS RESULTS

PCB concentration•, mg/kg Proximate analyses

Drum Aroclor Aroclor Specific Moisture, Ash, number 1242 1254 Total gravity % %

A-1 846 277 1,120 1.10 81.6 15.3

A-2 19,500 7,050 26,550 1.03 78.5 16.9

A-3 1,600 544 2,140 1.26 66.9 29.5

A-4 546 264 810 1.09 64.8 33.4

B-1 1,920 551 2,470 1.09 63.0 35.0

B-2 2,500 678 3,180 1.20 75.2 22.1

B-3 3,930 731 4,660 1.29 75.7 21.9

B-4 1,230 242 1,470 1.26 74.9 21.1

Average 4,010 1,290 5,300 1.17 72.6 24.4

•concentrations are on an as-received (not dry weight) basis.

TABLE 3. NEW BEDFORD HARBOR CHARACTERIZATION SAMPLE METALS ANALYSIS RESULTS

Metals concentration•, mg/kgDrum

number As Ba Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Se Ag

A-1 1.3 70 2.5 59 580 217 0.75 0.15

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For the test program, all eight drums of sediment were shipped to the IRF, where they

were combined to form one test feed material. The sediments were combined by transferring the contents of all eight drums into a 250-gal mixing container at the IRF. The mixing was accomplished by using a concrete hoe and mixing the sediments like a batch of concrete. As the sediments were 60- to 80-percent water, being a typical dredged mud, this mixing operation presented no difficulties.

Prior to testing, the combined sediments were sampled, then repackaged into 1.5-gal fiberpack containers for feeding to the RKS via the ram feeder in place on the system. The PCB spike was added to the sediments during this packaging. The packaging procedure was as follows. Each plastic-bag-lined fiberpack drum was filled with 5.5 kg (12 lb) of combined sediments. Then 0.2 kg (0.5 lb) of spike PCB solution was added. The fiberpack drum contents were manually stirred, the plastic bag secured with a plastic wire tie, and the drum lid secured. Therefore, each fiberpack drum contained 5.7 kg (12.5 lb) of PCB-contaminated sediment. In addition to spiked sediments, 42 fiberpack drums were prepared without the PCB spike for testing using only the native sediment.

TEST CONDmONS

The test series was designed to measure the effects of incinerator operating conditions on PCB destruction and trace metal distributions in the incinerator discharge streams. The operating parameters planned to be varied were kiln exit temperature and kiln excess air (exit flue gas 0 2). Three tests were to cover the range of target kiln exit flue gas temperatures of 816 and 982°C (1,500 and 1,800°F) and target kiln exit 0 2 levels of 6 to 10 percent, as shown in Table 4. The third test (denoted as Test 3a in Table 4) included a period of operation using native (unspiked) as well as spiked sediment. For all tests, the operating conditions noted in Table 5 were to be held at the nominal values noted in the table.

TABLE 4. TARGET INCINERATION TEST CONDmONS

Kiln exit Afterburner exit Kiln exit temperature, temperature, ol level,

Test oc (oF) oC (oF) %

1 816 (1,500) 1,204 (2,200) 6

2 982 (1,800) 1,204 (2,200) 6

3a 982 (1,800) 1,204 (2,200) 10

3b 982 (1,800) 1,204 (2,200) 10

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TABLE 5. INCINERATOR SYSTEM OPERATING CONDmONS HELD CONSTANT

Kiln solids residence time

Total waste/sediment feedrate

Scrubber blowdown rate

Venturi liquor flowrate

Venturi pressure drop

Packed tower liquor flowrate

Scrubber liquor temperature

0.5 hr

68.2 kg/hr (150 lb/hr)

0 L/min (0 gpm) or minimum operable

76 L/min (20 gpm)

6.2 kPa (25 in WC)

115 L/min (30 gpm)

49°C (120°F)

The actual kiln and afterburner operating conditions achieved for each test are summarized in Tables 6 and 7, respectively. Table 8 provides a similar summary of the APCS operating conditions for each test. Continuous emission monitor (CEM) data are summarized in Table 9. The ranges and averages of the temperature, CEM, and scrubber pH data presented in Tables 6, 7, 8, and 9 were developed for the periods of flue gas sampling, using the data automatically recorded by a personal computer (PC) based data acquisition system. The values given for the remaining parameters were derived from the control room log book data. Problems with the data acquisition system were encountered on the last day of testing. The data for tests 3a and 3b were a combination of the data stored in the PC and log book data.

Transcribed operating-parameter data from the control room logs, recorded at 15-min intervals, are given in Appendix A. Appendix B contains graphic presentations of the flue gas temperatures and emission monitor readings at the kiln and afterburner exits. Appendix B also contains graphic presentations of the flue gas emission monitor readings for the scrubber exit and stack. These data plots are based on incinerator system conditions recorded at 70-s intervals on the data acquisition system. In addition, durations of the various flue gas sampling periods, major events, and the cumulative amounts of the waste fed into the incinerator are also included on these plots. These data provide the basis for assembling a complete picture of the actual incinerator operating conditions.

Table 10 summarizes the actual incinerator exit temperatures and flue gas levels, including their ranges and averages for each test during flue gas sampling. These are compared with the respective target conditions. For all tests, the average kiln exit temperature was within 8°C (l6°F) of the respective target temperature.

The actual 0 2 levels at the kiln exit were generally higher than the target concentrations. The higher 0 2 levels experienced resulted from higher than expected air inleakage into the kiln chamber due to the inability to tightly secure a rotating kiln seal. This air inleakage results from operating the kiln at negative pressure (draft). The minimum 0 2 achievable was 9 percent at the kiln exit. The maximum 0 2 tested was 11.2 percent. As a practical matter, these two levels present comparable combustion environments. Consequently, it was not possible to test kiln excess air as a variable. Thus, no discussion concerning the effects of varying kiln excess air on test measurements is given in Section 4.

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