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AOC 7 consists of several small surface debris disposal areas containing a few 55 gallon drums and cans. One of the areas of note is a pit approximately 30 feet by 20 feet and 8 feet deep that contained 40–50 10-gallon rusted cans with labeling containing the word “tetrachloroethene.” AOC 7 is located north of Building 14 and Site 8.
Included in the site history was the storage of 2,328, 55-gallon drums of hazardous waste in 1993. This was part of a RCRA permit issued by the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board. These drums were stored in a facility called the Conforming Storage Building. Storage of these materials ended in 1997, and the building was closed.
In 1993, the EPA removed and disposed of 275 55-gallon drums of waste, over 47,000 gallons of liquid waste and 100 gallons of sludge. [1] In 1997, a synthetic geomembrane cap covered with 18 inches of soil was placed on 3 acres of the site to reduce exposure to the contaminated soil.
Contamination from improperly dumped industrial waste was an issue at many sites in Woburn; 187 55-gallon drums of polyurethane resin were discovered at the station site during construction in 1979. [19] The station appeared under several names on systems maps prior to opening: "Mishawum Park" in 1978, and "Mishawum Park-128" in 1980. [20] [21]
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To train the astronauts, Nkoloso set up a makeshift facility on an abandoned farm 11 kilometres (7 mi) from Lusaka, where the trainees would be rolled down a rough hill in a 200-litre (55 US gal, 44 imp gal) oil drum. [4] This, according to Nkoloso, would train them in the feeling of weightlessness in both space travel and re-entry.
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A 200-litre drum (known as a 55-gallon drum in the United States and a 44-gallon drum in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world) is a cylindrical container with a nominal capacity of 200 litres (55 US or 44 imp gal). The exact capacity varies by manufacturer, purpose, or other factors.