![[logo] US EPA](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090514055815im_/http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/logo_epaseal.gif){kind=logo}
How To Effectively Recover Free Product At Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites: A Guide For State Regulators
How To Effectively Recover Free Product At Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites: A Guide For State Regulators (EPA 510-R-96-001) September 1996.
This technical guidance document helps state regulators and cleanup contractors review those parts of an UST corrective action plan that propose free-product-recovery technologies.
- Chapters I & II (PDF), (25 pp, 402K, About PDF) "Introduction" and "The Corrective Action Process", plus cover page, title page, acknowledgments, and table of contents and list of exhibits.
- Chapter III (PDF), (30 pp, 1MB, About PDF) "Behavior of Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface" * File re-generated 6/03
- Chapter IV (PDF), (38 pp, 886K, About PDF) "Methods for Evaluating Recoverability of Free Product" * File re-generated 6/03
- Chapter V (PDF), (38 pp, 846K, About PDF) "Hydrocarbon Recovery Systems/Equipment" * File re-generated 6/03
- Appendix (PDF), (9 pp, 131K, About PDF) Comparison of seven methods for evaluating the volume of free product in the subsurface (methods introduced in Chapter IV) * File re-generated 6/03
- Checklist: Free Product Recovery Plan (PDF) (4 pp, 12K, About PDF)
- Glossary (PDF) (8 pp, 18K, About PDF)
- References (PDF) (10 pp, 19K, About PDF)
Following are "Errata" sheets related to the above manual. NOTE that if you did NOT attend any of the four Strategic Technology Exchange Workshops (STEWs) you will NOT need any of these sheets.
- Example Problem #4 (PDF) (3 pp, 18K, About PDF) Strategic Technology Exchange Workshop (STEW) workbook problem #4 based on equation in Exhibit IV-9 above.
- Handout slides 154-157 (PDF) (2 pp, 50K, About PDF) From Region 1 STEW July 15-17, 1997 in Portland, ME on expedited site assessment, free product recovery, fractured rock.
- Handout slides 39-42 (PDF) (2 pp, 36K, About PDF) From Region 3 STEW Sept. 9-10, 1997 in Glen Allen, VA on free product recovery.
- Handout slides 28-31 (PDF) (2 pp, 36K, About PDF) From Region 5 STEW Sept. 15-17, 1997 in Chicago, IL on expedited site assessment, free product recovery.
- Handout slides 164-167 (PDF) (2 pp, 51K, About PDF) From Region 10 STEW Aug. 25-28, 1997 in Portland, OR on free product recovery, expedited site assessment, fractured rock.