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Implementing Advanced Site Characterization Tools

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1 Introduction
1 Introduction Overview
1.1 Purpose and Scope
1.2 Technologies
1.3 How to Use this Document
2 ASCT Implementation
2 ASCT Implementation Overview
2.1 Tool Selection
2.2 Tool Application
3 Direct Sensing
3 Direct Sensing Overview
3.1 How to Select and Apply Direct Sensing Tools Using this Document
3.2 Membrane Interface Probe
3.3 Optical Image Profiler
3.4 Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3.5 Cone Penetrometer Testing
3.6 Hydraulic and Groundwater Profiling Tools
3.7 Electrical Conductivity (EC) Probe
3.8 Flexible Liners
4 Borehole Geophysics
4 Borehole Geophysics Overview
4.1 How to Select and Apply Borehole Geophysical Tools Using this Document
4.2 Fluid Temperature
4.3 Fluid Resistivity
4.4 Mechanical Caliper
4.5 Optical Televiewer
4.6 Acoustic Televiewer
4.7 Natural Gamma Logging
4.8 Borehole Flow Meters
4.9 Advanced Borehole Logging Tools
5 Surface Geophysics
5 Surface Geophysics Overview
5.1 How to Select and Apply Surface Geophysical Tools Using this Document
5.2 Electrical Resistivity Imaging
5.3 Ground Penetrating Radar
5.4 Seismic Methods
5.5 Electromagnetic Surveys
6 Remote Sensing
6 Remote Sensing Overview
6.1 How to Select and Apply Remote Sensing Tools Using this Document
6.2 Drones
6.3 Visible Spectrum Camera
6.4 Camera Features
6.5 Photogrammetry
6.6 Sample Collection and Monitoring using Drones
6.7 Cost Considerations
6.8 Case Studies
7 Stakeholder and Tribal Perspectives
8 Regulatory Perspective
8 Regulatory Perspective Overview
8.1 Challenges and Solutions
9 Case Studies
9 Case Studies Overview
9.1 MIP Boring Data Allow On-Site Decisions to Fill Data Gaps and Reduce Uncertainty during Triad Approach Evaluation at Five South Dakota Sites
9.2 MIP Allows Real-Time Identification and Delineation of DNAPL Plume at a Former Naval Air Station in California
9.3 OIP-Green Probe Delineates Extent of Coal Tar NAPL at a Former Gas Manufacturing Plant in Kansas
9.4 LIF Survey with UOVOST® Provides More Accurate Representation of LNAPL Plume at a Former Bulk Petroleum Storage Facility in New Hampshire
9.5 UVOST Differentiates LNAPL Types to Allocate Financial Liabilities at a Retail Petroleum Facility in Tennessee
9.6 TarGOST Determines DNAPL Extent and HPT Confirms Site Lithology at a Former Creosote Facility in Louisiana
9.7 CPT Borings and Hydropunch Sampler Optimize Site Characterization at an Aviation Industrial Complex in California
9.8 Waterloo APS, CPT, and LIF Data Update CSM and Help Optimize Selected Remedy at a Former Refinery in Oklahoma
9.9 Conceptual Site Model Development Using Borehole Geophysics at the Savage Municipal Water Supply Superfund Site in New Hampshire
9.10 ERI Provides Data to Improve Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Models at Hanford 300 Facility in Washington
9.11 Surface and Borehole Geophysical Technologies Provide Data to Pinpoint and Characterize Karst Features at a Former Retail Petroleum Facility in Kentucky
9.12 GPR Data Show Location of Buried Debris and Piping Associated with a Former Gas Holder in Minnesota
9.13 Resistivity, Seismic Exploration, and GPR Provide Data to Evaluate Clay Reserves at a Commercially Mined Pit
9.14 Seismic Refraction, Electric Resistivity, and Multichannel Analysis of Seismic Waves Provide Data to Locate Monitoring Well Locations in a Mixed-Use Area in Northern Virginia
9.15 Surface Geophysical Methods Provide Data to Identify Prospective Utility Waste Landfill Sites in Karst Terrain in Missouri
9.16 Airborne Time-Domain Electromagnetic Method Maps Sand Distribution along the Illinois Lake Michigan Shore
9.17 Drone Technology Expedites and Streamlines Site Characterization at a Former Golf Course in Missouri
9.18 High-Resolution and Thermal Aerial Images Identify Mine Openings at an Abandoned Colorado Mine
9.19 RPAS Collects Water Samples to Avoid Safety Concerns at Montana Tunnels Mine
Additional Information
Appendix A. Tool Tables and Checklists
Glossary
References
Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Team Contacts
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Acknowledgments

The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Implementing Advanced Site Characterization Tools Team wish to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this technical/regulatory guidance.

As part of the broader ITRC effort, the Implementing Advanced Site Characterization Tools Team effort is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy. Additional funding and support have been provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Advance Site Characterization Tools Team wish to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this Technical and Regulatory Web-based Guidance Document.

The ASCT team was led by: Alex Wardle of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Ed Winner of Kentucky Division of Waste Management.

Team leaders were assisted by Program Advisors: Jim Rocco and Lesley Hay Wilson of Sage Risk Solutions LLC.

Specifically, the team recognizes the efforts and important contributions of the following:

State and Local Government

Glenn Anderson
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Justin Buckler
Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Tom Fox
Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety

Andrew Fuller
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Andri Dahlmeier
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Maile Gee
Santa Ana, California Regional Water Quality Control Board

Margaret Greene
Tennessee Department of Environmental Control

Minda Hornosky
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Ricardo Jaimes
District of Columbia Department of Energy and the Environment

Jennifer Jevnisek
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Kelvin Lew
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

John Mefford
Washington Department of Ecology, Toxics Cleanup Program

Todd Mullins
Kentucky Division of Waste Management

Kisa Mwakanyamale
Illinois Geological Survey

Natalie Pheasant
Tennessee Department of Environmental Control, Division of Remediation

Elnaz Siami-Irdemoosa
Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Harold Templin
Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Tiffany Yee
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Federal Government

Edward Gilbert
USEPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division

Allan Harris
US DOE Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center

Kenda Neil
US Navy NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

Tom Walker
USEPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks

Tribal Stakeholder

Mary Jo Ondrechen
Northeastern University

Academia

Lee Slater
Rutgers University, Newark

Industry Affiliates

Carey Austrins
Golder Associates, Ltd.

Bob Bond
Langan

Mark Bruce
Eurofins

Devin Castendyk
Golder Associates, Ltd.

Janet Castle
Eagle Synergistic

Eliot Cooper
Gregg Drilling LLC

Frederic Cosme
Geosyntec Consultants

Bradley Cross
ERM

Thomas Darby
Arcadis

Safaa Dergham
Ramboll

John Dougherty
CDM Smith

Joann Dyson
GHD

Jaime Feliciano
Geosyntec

Jim Finegan
Kleinfelder

Jason Flagg
Langan

William Flinchum
Duncklee & Dunham, P.C.

John Fontana
Vista Geoscience

David Heidlauf
Ramboll

Todd Kafka
Geosyntec Consultants

Wes McCall
Geoprobe Systems

Robert Meyer
Gregg Drilling LLC

Christopher Mulry
GES, Inc.

Robert O’Neill
Brown and Caldwell

James Peterson
Princeton Geoscience, Inc.

Mike Rawitch
Ramboll

Brian Sandberg
GHD

Alice Sandzen
ERM

Lizanne Simmons
Kleinfelder

John Sohl
Columbia Technologies

Randy St Germain
Dakota Technologies, Inc.

Many others offered advice, suggestions, reviews and edits.

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