The Nahant Marsh site in Davenport, Iowa is a former shooting range with lead-contaminated soil and sediment. Heavy-metal contamination consisting of lead, arsenic, silver, and antimony was found in soil and sediment surrounding the five shooting platforms on site. An additional shooting area was identified and appeared to have been used early in the history of the site. An estimated 9 tons of lead shot was deposited on the site annually for 27 years for a total of 243 tons of lead shot.
The source area was identified as the area impacted by the past shooting activities. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted sampling of the marsh area and found up to 283 lead pellets per grab sample in sediment samples collected between 109 and 177 yards from the shooting platforms. Local waterflow was diagnosed with lead poisoning from lead shot. Since arsenic, silver, and antimony concentrations did not exceed RCRA Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) limits, lead was the only constituent of concern.
The remedial objectives for the site included the development and implementation of a stabilization approach to meet the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) criteria of 5.0 mg/L for lead in the TCLP test, followed by off-site disposal of stabilized materials.
Through bench-scale treatability study analysis, it was determined that a 2% dosage rate by weight of EnviroBlend® CS would effectively reduce TCLP-lead concentrations in the soil to below 5.0 mg/L. EnviroBlend was applied to stockpiled materials, then thoroughly mixed using conventional construction equipment. After receiving conformational results from a certified laboratory, the stabilized material was disposed of at an off-site landfill.
The cost per treated ton on this project was $6.75 using EnviroBlend.
