P.O.B.1360 Tiv’on 36000 Israel Tel 972-4-993 0049 Fax 972-4-993 0048 em:aaeng@netvision.net.il
22 february 2005 fle: waste mounds request for technology
Request for technology to treat bulk dusty and contaminated material
Dear Sirs,
Background
We are a consulting firm dealing mainly with environmental issues.
Presently we are involved in a project on a site in the north part of Israel, on which there used to be steel mills, treating scrap metal and manufacturing of construction steel.
Now the mills are closed, and other industries are active on the same site.
On the site there are large waste mounds, consisting mainly of scrap metal leftovers, sand, metal melting-process remains, and a lot of powdered dust - EAF (Electric Arc Furnace Dust) – a byproduct of scrap melting.
All of those wastes where accumulated on the site along many years of operation.
The total amount of wastes is estimated to be some 90,000 cu.m. – between 200,000 to 250,000 tons.
The wastes in the mounds are very dusty. Every earth moving equipment activity in the mounds causes spreading of dust clouds around. Following an environmental survey and a risk assessment study it was concluded that this dust is considered very contaminated (mainly by Pb and other metals) and causes real risk to humans on the site and around it via inhalation and ingestion.
Technology Requested
According the Israeli ministry of the environment demands, these wastes have to be transported and landfilled. Morever, the area taken now by the waste mounds is important for the development of other industrial activities on the site.
Earth moving operations are needed in order move out the wastes to a landfill or to re-shape the waste mounds on the present site. Yet, in light of the above, these activities might cause severe air pollution.
Thus, we are looking for a technology that can be applied on the site – moving, handling loading, transporting and unloading the wastes (in a new site or in a landfill), while preventing dust spreading in the surrounding.
This can involve different technologies such as dust sucking and filtering, working under a temporary tent, or any other applicable technique.
Your company is kindly invited to propose us any suitable technology that you know in order for us to consider to apply it in this project.
Please supply us with technical descriptions on the technology, your experience with it in similair projects, estimated costs, etc.
If your company and products do not meet our needs in this project, but you can recommend us whom to address in this matter, please do tell us and we shall thank you very much.
For any questions and clarifications, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Request for technology to treat bulk dusty and contaminated material
A.A.Engineers – Environmental & Agricultural Engineering Consulting, Design & Supervision
P.O.B.1360 Tiv’on 36000 Israel Tel 972-4-993 0049 Fax 972-4-993 0048 em:aaeng@netvision.net.il
22 february 2005 fle: waste mounds request for technology
Request for technology to treat bulk dusty and contaminated material
Dear Sirs,
Background
We are a consulting firm dealing mainly with environmental issues.
Presently we are involved in a project on a site in the north part of Israel, on which there used to be steel mills, treating scrap metal and manufacturing of construction steel.
Now the mills are closed, and other industries are active on the same site.
On the site there are large waste mounds, consisting mainly of scrap metal leftovers, sand, metal melting-process remains, and a lot of powdered dust - EAF (Electric Arc Furnace Dust) – a byproduct of scrap melting.
All of those wastes where accumulated on the site along many years of operation.
The total amount of wastes is estimated to be some 90,000 cu.m. – between 200,000 to 250,000 tons.
The wastes in the mounds are very dusty. Every earth moving equipment activity in the mounds causes spreading of dust clouds around. Following an environmental survey and a risk assessment study it was concluded that this dust is considered very contaminated (mainly by Pb and other metals) and causes real risk to humans on the site and around it via inhalation and ingestion.
Technology Requested
According the Israeli ministry of the environment demands, these wastes have to be transported and landfilled. Morever, the area taken now by the waste mounds is important for the development of other industrial activities on the site.
Earth moving operations are needed in order move out the wastes to a landfill or to re-shape the waste mounds on the present site. Yet, in light of the above, these activities might cause severe air pollution.
Thus, we are looking for a technology that can be applied on the site – moving, handling loading, transporting and unloading the wastes (in a new site or in a landfill), while preventing dust spreading in the surrounding.
This can involve different technologies such as dust sucking and filtering, working under a temporary tent, or any other applicable technique.
Your company is kindly invited to propose us any suitable technology that you know in order for us to consider to apply it in this project.
Please supply us with technical descriptions on the technology, your experience with it in similair projects, estimated costs, etc.
If your company and products do not meet our needs in this project, but you can recommend us whom to address in this matter, please do tell us and we shall thank you very much.
For any questions and clarifications, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely
Amitay Avnon – General Manager
em: aaeng@netvision.net.il
Tel: 00-972-4-993 0049
Fax: 00-972-4-993 0048 ■