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  2. Chemical Control Superfund Site - Wikipedia

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    Fifty-five gallon drums containing a variety of chemicals rocketed two hundred feet in the air before they burst due to the intense heat. Temperatures reached 3,000°F., melting and fusing containers. An estimated 50,000 drums of hazardous waste burned for more than ten hours before the Elizabeth fire department was able to bring the fire under ...

  3. Havertown Superfund - Wikipedia

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    The cleaning continued with the removal of dozens of contaminated containers and the demolition of the wood treatment building. 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.

  4. Drum (container) - Wikipedia

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    Steel drums used as shipping containers for chemicals and other liquids. 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 ...

  5. Love Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Niagara Power and Development Company granted permission to Hooker during 1942 to dump wastes into the canal. The canal was drained and lined with thick clay. Into this site, Hooker began placing 55-US-gallon (210 L) drums. In 1947, Hooker bought the canal and the 70-foot-wide (21 m) banks on either side of the canal. [16]

  6. Tesla Fremont Factory - Wikipedia

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    The EPA found that Tesla allowed hazardous waste to accumulate on site without a permit beyond the allowed 90 days, failed to "promptly clean up flammable paint and or solvent mixtures", left two 55-US-gallon (210 L) containers of hazardous waste open with "no gasket or locking mechanism", and violated air emission standards for three leaky ...

  7. Ton containers - Wikipedia

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    A ton container is a steel, cylindrical barrel equivalent in length and diameter to two stacked 55-gallon drums. A ton container weighs approximately 1,600 pounds and measures nearly seven feet in length. [1] The United States Army has used ton containers to store and ship bulk chemicals, including chemical agent, since the 1930s.

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