Lead-Based Paint Hazard-Mitigation Technologies: Final Report.
Abstract
Lead-based paints (LEP) and primers have been used in the past by the Department of Defense (DoD) to protect steel structures from corrosion. DoD owns about 200 million sq it of steel structures with lead-based paint (such as bridges, aircraft hangars, water tanks, etc.). The DoD also owns about 2 billion sq it of pre--1978 buildings with some lead-based paint. Cost-effective procedures for risk assessment, interim controls, and abatement need to be provided to DoD users for a lead hazard free environment. The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) has developed and demonstrated cost-effective environmentally compliant technologies for management and safe removal of LBP hazards from steel and wood. These include (1) thermal spray vitrification technology, which can be used safely and effectively for removal and immobilization of paints containing heavy metals; (2) an integrated "Lead Hazard Mitigation and Management System" (Painter-L); (3) emerging environmentally acceptable technologies for LBP removal; and (4) a microwave-assisted system for removal of LBP from wooden substrates. This report summarizes the results of these four work tasks, which were supported wholly or in part by the multiagency Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA362080
Entities
People
- Ashok Kumar
- David Booth
- L. D. Stephenson
- Richard Hollinger
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory