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Respirometer studies were used to determine the benefits of mixing soy
bean hulls with gravel contaminated with petroleum products. The aerob
ic conditions prevailing in the respirometer maintained significant mi
crobiological activity. A reduction in petrochemical concentrations wa
s detected, whether the contaminated gravel was treated with agricultu
ral by-products or not, but at a slightly faster rate with the treatme
nt.