Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites

Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites
Author: Allen W. Hatheway
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1398
Release: 2011-07-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420014250

Winner of the 2013 Claire P. Holdredge Awardee for Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites.This award, first established in 1962 by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, is named in honor of Claire P. Holdredge, a founding member and the first President of the Association. The award is

Manufactured Gas Plant Remediation

Manufactured Gas Plant Remediation
Author: Allen W. Hatheway
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2017-12-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351652303

The assessment, remediation, and redevelopment of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites pose a significant technical and financial challenge to successor property owners, including municipalities and other public entities undertaking brownfields revitalization, and to their consulting environmental engineers. Due to the toxicity of many coal tar constituents, sites contaminated as a result of gasworks operations pose a significant threat to public health. This book will discuss the history of the manufactured gas industry in Massachusetts (the largest in the US), as well as the toxicity of gasworks waste products, technical challenges in the cleanup process, and the process for site cleanups.