Manufactured Gas Plant Sites (MGP) produced gas for lighting and heating as well as by products which were used as fuel or feedstocks for the production of chemicals. Though MGP facilities have long been decommissioned, the sites upon which they stood remain as a contamination legacy. [...]
Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) store various products and wastes. These products are often dangerous to the environment and to human health in excessive quantities. [...]
Contaminated soils that require off site disposal are required to be classified in accordance with the NSW DECC Waste Classification Guidelines. Based upon chemical analysis, soils are classified within one of the following six categories.
General Solid Waste (Putrescible)
Contaminated waste material that does not exceed specific contaminant concentrations (SCC) and leachable concentration (TCLP) concentrations [...]
Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) are often found associated with industrial processes. They often contain diesel, unleaded petrol, leaded petrol, heating oil, kerosine, aviation fuel and waste [...]
Capping a contaminated site is a relatively low budget means of containing the contaminants onsite. Capping materials can be both natural and synthetic and the complexity of the systems that they are used are dependent upon numerous [...]