HAZARDOUS Waste Technical Assistance Survey, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Abstract

At the request of 56th Medical Group/SG, the AFOEHL conducted a hazardous waste technical assistance survey at MacDill AFB (MAFB) from 6 to 17 February 1989. The scope of this survey was to evaluate the hazardous waste management practices, hazardous waste streams and suggest improvements on waste minimization. The survey team performed a shop-by-shop evaluation of chemical waste management practices as well as met with hazardous waste managers and engineers to discuss the hazardous waste program. The results of our survey showed that MAFB needs to formalize the hazardous waste management program. Recommendations include: (1) The base needs to develop a waste analysis plan. (2) The 56 EMS Corrosion Control should put the distillation unit into operation as soon as possible to minimize hazardous waste disposal costs. (3) Waste transfer storage area should be regulated to have specific dates, time and place for personnel to deposit wastes. (4) The undocumented waste storage area has unlabeled drums. The contents are now known on most of the drums.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223489

Entities

People

  • Shelia P. Scott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Cleaning Compounds
  • Containers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Energy Management
  • Engineering
  • Generators
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Repair Shops
  • Storage Tanks
  • Warfare
  • Waste Management
  • Waste Products

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.