Project Details
- Legacy WWII-era former refinery site containing extremely high concentrations of heavy hydrocarbon waste, including free product tar
- Located in the middle of the City of Whitehorse, and surrounded by residential communities as well as commercial & industrial development
Project Operations
- Approximately 36,000 tons of heavily impacted soil were thermally treated at the site, through all seasons
- Impacts consisted of LEPH10-19 (Light Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons), HEPHC19-C32 (Heavy Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons), and PAH impacts all exceeding
Planned Customer Results
- Thermal treatment had improved results allowing revision of target criteria to Yukon CSR Commercial/Industrial limits
- On-site treatment removed the liability from treated material and approximately 1,000 truckloads of soil were kept off roads & diverted from landfills
ICG Thermal was recognized with and esteemed Brownie Award for Sustainable Remediation and Technological Innovation. It is a nation wide award recognizing excellence in the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites across Canada.
Before and After Iron Creek Group’s environmental restoration.
