Missile Launch Facility Sewage Lagoon Sludge Survey Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota (ACC)
Abstract
A missile launch facility sewage lagoon sludge survey was conducted at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, during the week of 3 - 7 November 1997. The survey was the result of a request from the 5 Civilian Engineering Squadron, Environmental Flight (5 CES/CEV). The purpose of the sludge sampling request was to determine the amount of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, zinc, ammonia, Total Kejldahl Nitrogen (TKN), nitrate/nitrite, percent solids and fecal coliform colonies in the sludge layer at each missile site's primary and secondary sewage lagoon. Minot AFB is located approximately 13 miles north of Minot, North Dakota. It occupies approximately 7.2 square miles of contiguous property and also operates 150 off-site Minuteman III missile launch facilities (LFs) and 15 missile alert facilities (MAFs). Metal sample results indicate the metals of concern in the sludge from both primary and secondary sewage lagoons are below both Ceiling Concentration Limits and "High Quality" Pollutant Concentration Limits in the 40 CFR 503. The geometric mean of seven discrete fecal coliform samples from each of the primary and secondary sewage lagoons at all sites are less than 2,000,000 CFU/g TS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA345875
Entities
People
- Doris A. Dohner
Organizations
- Armstrong Laboratory