EVALUATION OF MTF FOR TESTING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL CONTROL EQUIPMENT

The Mississippi Test Facility (MTF), Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is evaluated as a potential location for safely testing and demonstrating equipment designed to control hazardous materials spills. The study includes an examination of all factors, which influence the selection of an appropriate site, with special emphasis on the assured protection of the environment. Within the identified constraints, three candidate areas were selected for more detailed investigation: the Northeastern Buffer Zone, the Southeastern Buffer Zone, and the North-Central Fee Area. The report recommends the use of a 100-acre site located in the Northeastern Buffer Zone to conduct a three-phase development program. The program includes detailed initial and continuing environmental baseline monitoring, construction and operation of a semi-closed test facility, and continuing analysis and upgrading of program elements. The recommended test facility includes the following: an artificial stream channel, test ponds, landspill study areas, and supporting elements.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission

  Bay Saint Louis, MI i   

  National Environmental Research Center

  Industrial Waste Treatment laboratory
  Edison, NJ  United States 

  Environmental Control Corporation

  Painesville, OH  United States 

  Environmental Quality Systems, Incorporated

  6110 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States 
• Authors:
  • Thomas, C R
  • Robinson, GML
  • Martin, E J
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 308 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Crashes; Environmental engineering; Environmental protection; Equipment tests; Fills; Geology; Hazardous materials; In place density; Lagoons; Monitoring; Oil spills; Oils; Planning; Pollution; Pollution control; Sampling; Sewage treatment; Solid waste disposal; Surveying; Surveying; Test facilities; Testing equipment; Transportation; Water pollution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Abatement; Contamination; Decontamination; Laboratory equipment; Water treatment
• Geographic Terms: Mississippi
• Old TRIS Terms: Lagoons ponds; Oil spillage; Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090853
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: EPA-S-801830
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM