PITTSBURG DREAMS

Tony NateraOctober 2, 2014

A Cart, A Horse and a Story

HISTORY

“At the beginning, there was water, and water was good”

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

HISTORY

“Then coal was found and nothing was ever the same…”

HISTORY

• Let there be industry!!

• Let there be Land!!!

• Let there be Arsenic

HISTORY: Let there be industry!• Pittsburg originally settled in 1839

• First Name: "New York Landing“

• Second Name "Black Diamond“

• Last Name: “Pittsburg”, February 11, 1911

HISTORY: Let there be Land!

• Slag used to fill in and reclaim

• Accounts for more than 35 % of land

• Contains Iron, Arsenic, Chromium, Lead

HISTORY: Let there be Arsenic

• As a significant byproduct of Coal Combustion

• As an element used in steel hardening and finishing

• As an antifungal compound in water cooling processes

• As a by product of smelting, cocking and hardening

• As a component of liquid wastes and wastewaters managed in unlined ponds on-site

Steel Manufac.1930-1985

Land Filling 1940 -1965

Hazardous waste management1940-1995

Steel Finishing 1985-2014

Corrective Action 1990 - 2014

Timeline

ARSENIC REMEDIES

• Can’t Destroy Arsenic

• Massive

• Extremely Expensive

• Disruptive

• Not in line with RP interest

BARRIERS

EXTRACTION

EX-SITU TREATMENT

DISRUPTION

CLEVER REMEDIES

• Re$ult Driven Design

• Re$ult Driven Analysis

• Re$ult Driven Reality

THE “SOLUTION”?

CLEVER INVESTIGATION

Let the desired outcome drive the “Results” of the investigation

CLEVER REMEDIATION

Lets “science” be subservient to the final desired outcome

Will not reveal the problem

Will not address the problem

May endanger the public

May endanger the environment

WARNING

From USC Tittle 42, Chapter 103 (CERCLA)

• The term ‘‘natural resources’’ means land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, ground water, drinking water supplies, and other such resources belonging to, managed by, held in trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by the United States (including the resources of the fishery conservation zone established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.])

From USC Tittle 42, Chapter 103 (CERCLA)

• The term ‘‘environment’’ means o (A) the navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone,

and the ocean waters of which the natural resources are under the exclusive management authority of the United States under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.], and

o (B) any other surface water, ground water, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface strata, or ambient air within the United States or under the jurisdiction of the United States.

From USC Tittle 42, Chapter 103 (CERCLA)

• The term ‘‘drinking water supply’’ means any raw or finished water source that is or may be used by a public water system (as defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.]) or as drinking water by one or more individuals.