[Vwdiesel] Superfund Site

[David Cook]

Well, it is in town so I'm on city water and no wells
nearby.  It is even at least two-three miles from the
nearest creek, etc so I don't suppose that is much of
a worry.

I guess we'll just see what happens.  It wasn't a
whole lot anyway, so good enough!

David


--- "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

> David Cook wrote:
> 
> >Hey All-
> >
> >I accidentally spilled some used oil in the yard
> next
> >to my shed this evening.  
> >
> >At this point, is there much I can do to clean it
> up,
> >or at least mitigate the damage, or at least keep
> it
> >from killing the grass in that area or is it
> basically
> >too late?
> >  
> >
> 
> Depending on how much oil is involved, soil
> conditions, topography, 
> etc., one of the actual remediation techniques is to
> till it up a little 
> and watch it degrade naturally.  If it's sandy soil,
> there were gallons 
> of oil, and it's right next to the creek or right
> next to your well, 
> that's a different story.  The grass is probably
> hosed no matter what 
> you do though sometimes it will act as a sort of
> fertilizer.  Depends on 
> if there was so much it coats the soil and
> suffocates the roots or it 
> it's just enough to add some organic matter.  And
> no, don't anybody go 
> fertilize their tomatoes with motor oil, OK?
> 
> The other, official, industrial-grade remediation
> methods involve taking 
> the affected soil to a haz-mat landfill or
> incinerating the soil.  Both 
> of those are pretty hard on the grass, too. 
> 
> Wish I could remediate the floor of my garage
> biologically....
> 
> -Shalyn
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