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Evaluation of Soil Venting Application

The ability of soil venting to inexpensively remove large amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated soils is well established. However, the time required using venting to remediate soils to low contaminant levels often required by state and federal regulators has not been adequately investigated. This document can also be accessed at http://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/HQ/174342.

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