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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Marble Chip Tanks Under Sinks
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 10:26:25 AM
Author: James Kaufman <jim**At_Symbol_Here**LABSAFETY.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Marble Chip Tanks Under Sinks
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:34:02 -0400
Author: "Justis, Desi"

From: Edward Movitz <movitz**At_Symbol_Here**OLEMISS.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Marble Chip Tanks Under Sinks
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:07:42 +0000
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Jim,

We just had a pipe break on the exit side of a chip tank last week. This was a building size tank of about 500 gallons.


Yesterday, we had the pit area drained, as well as the tank. In this case, the tank had the normal limestone, plus a health amount of charcoal. 


We just called in our waste contractor who sent a vac truck. Took about three hours from start to finish. 1 truck, three contractors, 3 on-staff plumbers. Cost under $3,000, but this was not a "scheduled" remediation.


If this was not an urgent matter, we would have used just our maintenance personnel and plumbers to replace the rocks and clean the tank. 


Ed



 

Edward M. Movitz

Research & Environmental Compliance Officer / FSO

The University of Mississippi 

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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Marble Chip Tanks Under Sinks
 

Who cleans out your tanks, replaces the chips, and disposes of the old one?  ... Jim


James A. Kaufman, Ph.D.

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The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI)
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