Sites where inorganic contaminants may be found include artillery and small arms impact areas, battery disposal area, burn pits, chemical disposal areas, contaminated marine sediments, disposal wells and leach fields, electroplating/metal finishing shops, firefighting training areas, landfills and burial pits, leaking collection and system sanitary lines, leaking storage tanks, radioactive and mixed waste disposal areas, oxidation ponds/lagoons, paint stripping and spray booth areas, sand blasting areas, surface impoundments, and vehicle maintenance areas. Potentially applicable remediation technologies are presented in Table 2-6. Typical inorganic contaminants encountered at many sites include the following:

• Metals

* Although arsenic is not a true metal, it is included here because it is classified as one of the eight RCRA metals

• Other inorganic contaminants

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