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ARI
Technologies Completes Destruction
of PCB-Contaminated Wastes
May
26, 2000 - Kent, WA —
A
milestone has been reached in the development of a
new Puget Sound environmental technology company.
ARI Technologies, Inc. has successfully completed
the destruction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's)
in its thermochemical conversion technology. ARI has
been operating a thermochemical conversion system
processing asbestos containing waste and PCB wastes
at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA.
The test results indicate that the system achieved
"6 nines" destruction removal efficiency on liquid,
solid and simulated soil PCB- contaminated wastes
(more than 99.9999 percent of the PCB's were destroyed
in the process). PCB concentrations in the waste streams
ranged from 10,000 parts per million (ppm) to 630,000
ppm. End Product test results achieved levels ranging
from non-detect to less than 1 ppm. Successful demonstration
of the destruction of PCB's completes a prerequisite
for the US Environmental Protection Agency's consideration
of ARI's request for a national permit to construct
and operate mobile PCB destruction systems. The US
Government, anticipating future landfill closure to
hazardous wastes produced in the current weapons system
dismantling programs, sponsored the current production
run on asbestos containing materials and the demonstration
of ARI's technology on solid and liquid PCB's under
a congressionally-mandated BAA program.
Congressman
Dicks recently declared, "ARI's technology will allow
for cheaper and safer disposal of hazardous wastes
produced during the Cold War. The Navy, with Congress'
help, has stepped up to its environmental responsibilities,
and this technology should help bring jobs to the
Puget Sound region." Senator Gorton added, "Your (ARI's)
innovation will ultimately benefit society as a whole
by providing possibilities of healthier living and
working environments."
Future
ARI support of Department of Defense environmental
priorities include deployment of thermochemical conversion
systems in the reclamation and re-use of bases and
facilities slated for closure. In addition, ARI is
developing a facility to process hazardous wastes
from all DOD facilities in the Pacific Northwest.
The facility is expected to be operational late this
year.
ARI's
thermochemical conversion technology is sparking considerable
interest in the private sector hazardous waste markets
as well. The most immediate markets of interest to
ARI are areas of the world where land availability
is limited or where environmental concerns have led
to closure of landfills to hazardous waste.
ARI
Technologies founder and Kitsap peninsula native Jerry
D. Hermanson notes, "With our technology it is no
longer necessary for society to be creating a legacy
of health hazards and liabilities by landfilling these
hazardous wastes."
ARI
Technologies, Inc. is the exclusive manufacturer/licensee
of the thermochemical conversion systems that terminate
cradle-to-grave liabilities associated with hazardous
waste disposal.
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ARI
Technologies, Inc. • 1221 2nd Avenue North •
Kent, WA 98032 • USA
Phone: 253.796.5995 • FAX: 425.961.0632
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