ASPHALT PLANT WANTS TO BURN FUEL-SOAKED SOIL

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, February 11, 1992                   TAG: 9202110260
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Short
ASPHALT PLANT WANTS TO BURN FUEL-SOAKED SOIL
An asphalt plant is seeking Franklin County's permission to add equipment that would enable it to remove petroleum from contaminated soil.
Virginia Asphalt Paving Co., a Roanoke company with an plant on Virginia 40, is seeking a special-use permit from the county Board of Supervisors.
Frank G. Bond, a company vice president, said soil contaminated by underground storage tanks and accidental spills would be purified in an existing kiln. Resulting hydrocarbon gases would be "totally incinerated" in an after-burner added to the equipment, Bond said.
The company would accept only soils contaminated with non-hazardous petroleums and would be licensed by the state Air Pollution Control Board and Department of Waste Management.
A public hearing on the proposal, sponsored by the Franklin County Planning Commission, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at the courthouse.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB