NEAIPG Indian Summer Newsletter

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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS

www.ne-aipg.org

Northeast Section

NEWSLETTER

INDIAN SUMMER 2011

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NEWSLETTER EDITOR PUBLISHER & ADVERTISING MANAGER

Bill Prehoda Dick Young United Water New York Consulting Geologist 360 West Nyack Rd 179 Intervale Road West Nyack, NY 10994 Parsippany, NJ 07054 845-620-3306 (Office) 973-335-2569 (Office) 845-620-3318 (Fax) 973-335-9799 (Fax) [email protected] [email protected]

The Newsletter of the Northeast Section of the American Institute of Professional Geolo-gists is published four times annually and is mailed directly to Section Members under a Bulk Rate Permit as Dated Material at Parsippany, New Jersey. Design and Layout by Bill Prehoda and Dick Young. Any printed/paper issues of The Newsletter are printed in Par-sippany, New Jersey by Staples. Preparation and distribution of any printed/paper is-sues are accomplished by the Young family. Many thanks are extended to all who helped in compiling this issue.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Committee Directory ............................................................... 5 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule ................................................. 7 2011 Index of Advertisers ..................................................................... 8-9 Presidential Ramblings .......................................................................... 10 January 10, 2011 NEAIPG Meeting Minutes ......................................... 21 March 17, 2011 NEAIPG Meeting Minutes ............................................ 26 News of Members .................................................................................. 34 Characterization of the Triassic Newark Basin for Potential Geologic Storage of CO2 ..................................................................... 37 Advertiser Spotlight—The Stephen B. Church Co. ................................ 55 Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Costs ............................................................ 60 Piggyback Mailing Information ............................................................... 67 AIPG-AIH National Conference ............................................................. 68 NEAIPG Election Announcement .......................................................... 71 NEAIPG Fall Meeting ............................................................................. 74 News from the Northeast ....................................................................... 76 How Deep Can A Horizontal Well Be Installed? .................................... 78 Angelo Tagliacozzo Scholarship Fund Update ...................................... 79 NEAIPG Publication Schedule ............................................................... 80 25 Years Ago in the NEAIPG Newsletter ............................................... 82 Angelo Tagliacozzo Scholarship Fund—List of Contributors ................. 84

AIPG NORTHEAST SECTION NEWSLETTER

INDIAN SUMMER 2011 EDITION NO.124

PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS

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2011 NEAIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 890 Grant Place North Bellmore, NY 11710 [email protected] PRESIDENT- ELECT Jeff Frederick, CPG-10989 Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 17-17 Route 208 North Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Office: (201) 398-4318 Email: [email protected] SECRETARY William (Tom) West, CPG-08935 Haley & Aldrich of New York 200 Town Centre Drive, Suite 2 Rochester, NY 14263-4264 Office: (585) 359-9000 Fax: (585) 359-4650 E-mail: [email protected] TREASURER Robert P. Blauvelt, CPG-06508 GEI Consultants 1 Greenwood Ave, Suite 210 Montclair, NJ 07042 Direct Dial: 973-873-7127 Cell: 973-803-0167 Fax: 973-509-9625 [email protected] MEMBERS Dennis McGrath, CPG-08578 The Louis Berger Group, Inc. 565 Taxter Road, Suite 510 Elmsford, NY 10523 Office: 914-798-3716 Fax: 914-592-1734 E-mail: [email protected]

Bill Prehoda, CPG-09289 United Water New York 360 West Nyack Rd West Nyack, NY 10994 Office: (845) 620-3306 Fax: (845) 620-3318 E-mail: [email protected]

Dorothy Richter, CPG-07033 Hager-Richter Geoscience, Inc. 8 Industrial Way Salem, NH 03079 Office: 603-893-9944 Fax: 603-893-8313 E-mail: [email protected]

Laurie Scheuing, CPG-09898 46 Homestead Road Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-5808 Office: 518-695-9445 E-mail: [email protected]

George Tyers, CPG-10274 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749

Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: [email protected]

Craig Werle, CPG-07412 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749 Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: [email protected] PAST- PRESIDENT Robert A. Stewart, CPG-08332 Arcadis/LFR, Inc, 87 Church Street East Hartford, CT 06108 Office: (860)290-9300 Fax: (860) 290-9009 E-mail: [email protected] SCREENING BOARD CHAIRMAN Charles A. Rich, CPG-04433 CA Rich Consultants, Inc. 17 Dupont Street Plainview, NY 11803-1602 Office: (516) 576-8844 Fax: (516) 576-0093 E-mail: [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR Bill Prehoda, CPG-09289 United Water New York 360 West Nyack Rd West Nyack, NY 10994 Office: (845) 620-3306 Fax: (845) 620-3318 E-mail: [email protected] DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS EDITOR Curtis A. Kraemer, CPG-06019 Shaw Group 111 Van Cedarfield Road Colchester, CT 06415 Office: 860-537-2935 Fax: 860-537-3019 E-mail: [email protected] PUBLISHER & ADVERTISING MANAGER Richard H. Young, CPG-03356 Consulting Geologist 179 Intervale Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 Office: 973-335-2569 // Home 973-335-2289 Fax: 973-335-9799 E-mail: [email protected] WEBMASTER Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 890 Grant Place North Bellmore, NY 11710 E-mail [email protected]

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2011 NORTHEAST SECTION SUBCOMMITTEES Advertising Sales: Dick Young Advisory Board Delegate: Open Financial Planning and Treasury: Bob Blauvelt, Curt Kraemer, Dick Young Legislative Liaison and Registration: Tom West (NY), Russell Slayback (CT), Sam Gowan, Tim Stone, Dorothy Richter (NH), Laurie Scheuing (NY) Membership: Open Nominating: Bob Blauvelt Public Affairs: Dennis McGrath Scholarship: Sam Gowan, Dean Herrick, Len Rexrode, Craig Werle, Arnie Schiffman, Tom West, Dennis McGrath Section Directory: Curt Kraemer, Dick Young Section Meetings: Open Section Newsletter: Bill Prehoda, Editor; Dick Young, Publisher Screening Board: Charles Rich (Chairman), Don Bruehl, Carol Graff, William Penn, Daniel Toder, Andrews Tolman

2011 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule: January 10 March 7 May 11 - Spring Meeting July 11 Sept. 6 Oct. 19 - Fall Meeting Dec. 5

Meetings are typically held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the offices of Louis

Berger Group, Elmsford, New York or via teleconference Meetings are open to all members—hope to see you there!

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2011 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Alpha Analytical ......................................................................... 69 Aquifer Drilling & Testing, Inc ...................... Inside Front Cover...2 Arcadis ...................................................................................... 29 Atlantic Screen & Mfg. Inc ......................................................... 54 Boart Longyear .......................................................................... 64 Boyd Artesian Well Co., Inc ...................................................... 52 Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc .................................. 32 CSG Environmental Consultants .............................................. 36 Church, Stephen B., Co ............................................................ 73 Clearwater Drilling, Inc. ............................................................. 38 Clough, Harbour & Associates .................................................. 75 Complete Environmental Testing, Inc. ...................................... 67 ConeTec, Inc ............................................................................. 45 Connecticut Test Borings, LLC ................................................. 67 Conrad Geoscience Corporation .............................................. 32 Delta Well & Pump, Co., Inc ....................................................... 6 Directional Technologies, Inc .................................................... 44 Diversified Geophysics, Inc ........................ Inside Rear Cover...87 Drilex Environmental, Inc ............................................................ 3 EAI, Inc ...................................................................................... 72 Earth Data Northeast, Inc ......................................................... 27 Eastern Analytical, Inc .............................................................. 20 EcoTest Labs,Inc ...................................................................... 52 EnviRent ................................................................................... 47 Environmental Assessment & Remediations ............................ 52 Environmental Closures, Inc ..................................................... 45 Enviroscan ................................................................................ 30 EWMA ....................................................................................... 47 Expedition Drilling, Inc .............................................................. 31 Gannett Fleming ....................................................................... 24 GEI Consultants, Inc. ................................................................ 71 General Borings, Inc ................................................................. 38 Geo-Cleanse International, Inc. ................................................ 13 GEOD Corporation .................................................................... 14 Geomatrix Consultants ............................................................. 54 Geophysical Applications, Inc ................................................... 43 GEOSPHERE Environmental Management, Inc. ..................... 74 GeoVision ................................................................................. 27 Hager Geoscience, Inc ............................................................. 23

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Hager-Richter GeoScience, Inc ................................................. 58 Haley & Aldrich .......................................................................... 34 Hatch Mott MacDonald .............................................................. 62 Hetager Drilling, Inc. .................................................................. 21 Jonathan Paul Associates, Inc. ................................................. 82 JPI Associates, Inc. ................................................................... 22 Layne Christensen Company .................................................... 77 Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc. ...... Outside Rear Cover...88 Lincoln Applied Geology, Inc. .................................................... 57 McLane Environmental, LLC ..................................................... 20 MC Environmental, LLC ............................................................ 53 Maine Test Borings. ................................................................... 54 Malcolm Pirnie ........................................................................... 81 Morris Industries, Inc. ................................................................ 18 NAEVA Geophysics, Inc. ........................................................... 61 New England Boring Contractors of CT., Inc. ........................... 24 Pennsylvania Drilling Company ................................................. 64 Probe Support Services ............................................................. 86 Pure Earth, Inc. .......................................................................... 32 Quality Inspection Services, Inc. ............................................... 17 Quantitative Hydrogeology, Inc ................................................. 81 Regenesis .................................................................................. 53 ReRem ....................................................................................... 77 Rich, C. A., Consultants, Inc ................... Outside Rear Cover...88 Rinbrand Well Drilling Co., Inc. .................................................. 69 Roux Associates, Inc ................................................................. 11 SGS Environmental Services, Inc. ............................................ 42 SJB Services, Inc. ..................................................................... 36 Soil Mechanics .......................................................................... 41 Soiltesting, Inc ........................................................................... 58 StoneHill Environmental, Inc ..................................................... 23 Stothoff, Samuel, Company, Inc ................................................ 64 Summit Drilling Co., Inc ............................................................. 66 TAM International ...................................................................... 81 Terracon .................................................................................... 70 Thermal Remediation Services, Inc .......................................... 46 TRC Environmental Corporation. .............................................. 16 URS Corporation ....................................................................... 83 Zebra Environmental ................................................................. 48

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Presidential Ramblings

Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 President, NEAIPG

The above picture has nothing at all to do with this article. I just thought that it would be nice to look at. For those inter-ested, but don’t recognize the location, it is a travertine de-posit in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. As I write this article summer has begun and temperatures here in the northeast are on the rise - as well as the humid-ity. The central part of the United States is beset by weeks of temperatures above the 100 degree mark. A recent news story shows lakes throughout Texas and Oklahoma that are now puddles. Cattleman are selling off their herds because they are unable to feed and water them. The hot air has reached as far north as Chicago and Minnesota and recent reports seem to indicate that these prolonged dry, hot spells may be the new norm. Severe weather has become more

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and more common as attested to by the severe tornado ac-tivity we had this spring. Hurricane season has just begun and it will be interesting to see how severe the storms will be. Is this due to global warming and our reliance on fossil fuel or just a short term bump in the normal rhythm of the earth’s climate? As I sit contemplating this heat, I am com-forted by the thought that I will be spending 10 days in Ice-land at the beginning of August. The average daytime tem-perature in Iceland in August is 64 degrees Fahrenheit. See my next Ramblings for a geologic tour of Iceland. Work on design and construction projects usually seem to pick up around this time of year and this year seems to be no different. After a slow winter, the number of proposals for new work is sharply increasing as well as awards of new contracts. The work includes private as well a public sector projects. New York City seems to be making major outlays on new construction, however, New York State seems to be

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lagging. Recent layoffs have hit departments such as Trans-portation which has stopped them from starting new pro-jects. Inspectors have been laid off and work such as drilling can not proceed. Jobs ready to start have suddenly been pulled back. Judging by the amount of work we see coming through the pipeline, there is a good chance that many of our members are being kept busy and that those that may have been laid off have been rehired. The long awaited work on a replacement section for the leaky Catskill Delaware Aqueduct is finally under way. The Catskill Delaware Aqueduct has been leaking for years and is drastically in need of replacement. Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc. (full disclosure, the firm I currently work for) is starting borings at shaft sites on both sides of the Hudson River and plans are in the works to eventually do borings in the Hudson along the new alignment. These borings will go to approximately 800 feet below grade. The drilling will be done in several phases that will ensure that the holes are plumb, a necessity due to the proximity to the existing tun-nel. Hopefully I will do a case study of the borings in a future Presidential Ramblings column. We are also seeing many new construction projects that will be using geothermal heating and cooling systems. Many of our local municipalities have mandated that new public con-struction use “green” technology as part of their design. There are also plans in the works for wind farms off our local shores. Some of these projects are well into the design phase and geologic investigations may be imminent. Environmental projects seem to be never ending. A glance at our membership directory shows that a good percentage of our northeast membership are involved in ground water



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and environmental geology. This work does not seem to be as seasonal as the construction industry. Work has been progressing well on many of the large trans-portation projects around New York. The world Trade Cen-ter, Fulton Street Transit Hub, East Side Access, 2nd Ave Subway and #7 Line Extension all have had major geologic investigations as well as instrumentation. I have encoun-tered many of our members working on these projects. Un-fortunately, the Transit Hudson Express Project has been cancelled. Hopefully an alternative that has been discussed will soon come forward. This sounds a little rosy, especially with the fact that States such as Minnesota have shut down and the Federal Govern-ment debt limit continues to perplex our politicians. With the deadline only about two weeks away, any disruption in the government’s ability to pay would probably shut down many of these projects which are heavily funded by Washington. Even a temporary shutdown could be very costly. Projects seem to be getting more and more complicated also, especially here in the New York City area. There was a time not too long ago when a developer chose an empty piece of land and decided to erect a structure. Site investi-gations were fairly easy—you drove the rig onto the site, drilled your borings and left. Now developers take a prop-erty with a building that will be replaced and request that at least some of the borings be done before demolition. This often requires drill rigs with the capability to go through nar-row passages in basements that also may have low head-room. Electric rigs are required where ventilation is not pos-sible. Generators are usually staged outside the structure. There are less and less of those old “drive up and drill” pro-jects.



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Over the years, there has been as dramatic up turn in the number of permits required for a project as well as the emer-gence of health and safety issues. We often spend more time and money on developing HASPs for projects than the time it takes to do the project. We have many one day pro-jects that wait months to start while the safety people have their say. I don’t wish to offend any of our members that work in the Health and Safety field, but we need to find some middle ground that allows our projects to move along in a safe and healthy manner but without putting an undue bur-den on the contractor. As a final topic to ramble on about, gas shale has been back in the newspapers and on television. Investigative reports have been citing the environmental damage caused by hy-drofracturing. A favorite is the homeowner who sets his tap



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water on fire. A recent television report referred to “shaleionaires”. These are people selling their mineral rights to the gas producers for often millions of dollars. It is cer-tainly good for the local economy. Motels, restaurants and support services are booming with the influx of workers to the gas fields. Those selling their mineral rights are buying high end cars and other consumer goods with this new found wealth while others suffer from some of the environ-mental problems. Interviews with gas company executives stress that the process, if done right, is clean. That is the sticking point - “If done right” ignores human error, whether by accident or by intentional cost cutting and short cuts. Chemicals used in the process do not have to be disclosed due to a loop hole in the law. The chemicals most com-monly used are made by Haliburton. The loophole in the law was pushed for by then Vice President Cheney who has known connections to Haliburton. I am sure that some of our members are working on these gas deposits and we can only hope that they bring some reliability and honesty to the process.

I think I’ve rambled on enough. Next issue - Iceland

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Meeting Minutes

Northeast Section – AIPG

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Call In only Monday, January 10, 2011

1. Call to Order – 1610 hrs: Mike Greenman, Bob Blauvelt, Dennis McGrath, Bill Prehoda, Laurie Scheuing, Dorothy Richter, Craig Werle, George Tyers, and Dick Young; minutes by W Thomas West 2. Secretary’s Report: The draft Secretary’s reports covering the October and December 2010 meetings were circulated electronically prior to the meeting. A motion was made to accept the draft reports (with edits). The motion

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was seconded, and approved by Ex Com vote. Final copies of the meeting minutes are to be forwarded to Bill Prehoda for publication in the newsletter. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Ex Com reviewed and dis-cussed the December 2010 (12/31/2010) monthly Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) and Section Treasurer’s reports. Bob Blauvelt noted that the Scholarship fund had recovered well during 2010, primarily as a result of continued positive growth in the investment fund. 4. Correspondence: No new correspondence. 5. Old Business: Short Course – Bob Blauvelt reported that as of January 10, 2011, he had received 61 confirmed attendees. The short course, Hydrogeologic Applications of Environmental Geo-physical Technologies, is scheduled to be held on January 20, 2011 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. In addition to registra-tion fees, the cost of the short course is being offset by sponsorship from seven sponsoring companies and individu-als. Proceeds from the short course have been earmarked for the ATMGSTF. ATMG Scholarship Update: According to Dennis McGrath,

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the scholarship committee has received 14 completed appli-cations and they are currently being reviewed by the schol-arship committee. Dennis hopes to have the scholarship re-view completed by February 4, 2011 and will present the scholarship recommendations to the Ex Com during the March 2011 meeting. Newsletter: Bill Prehoda and Dick Young have announced that beginning with the Winter 2011 issue, the Newsletter is migrating to 100% electronic format and will be distributed in digital format at http://issuu.com/neaipg. The digital version retains the same “folded booklet” layout, but is enhanced with full-color layout and reduces the time and cost of pro-ducing the hardcopy product. Bill and Dick have indicated that notification of the switch to electronic copy has been sent to all members and advertisers and the feedback re-ceived to date has been overwhelmingly positive. The mem-bership directory is also scheduled to be produced and dis-tributed in electronic format. Contribution in Memory of Mrs. Shirley Schiffman: The Ex Com had discussed making a matching contribution to the ATMGSTF in the memory of Shirley Schiffman, who had passed away in July 2009. Bob Blauvelt agreed to contact Arnie Schiffman to confirm the amount of the contribution that Arnie had agreed to match. A motion was made to con-tribute up to $1,000 to the ATMFSTF in the memory of Shirley Schiffman. The motion was seconded, and ap-proved by an Ex Com vote. 6. New Business: Spring Meeting: Craig Werle had previously suggested the New York City Public Library map collection as a possible venue for the Spring meeting. The NYC Public Library main-tains the Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, which is one of the world’s premier map collections in terms



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of size, scope, unique holdings, diversity and intensity of use. The collection was established in 1898 and includes more than 433,000 sheet maps and 20,000 books and at-lases published between the 15th and 21st centuries. Addi-tional venue options were not brought up during the January 2011 Ex Com meeting, and work to prepare for the spring meeting will need to be underway by the March 2011 Ex Com meeting. 7. Adjournment – 1715 hours.

Meeting Minutes

Northeast Section – AIPG Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Offices of Louis Berger 565 Taxter Road – Suite 510

Elmsford, New York

Monday, March 17, 2011 1. Call to Order 1607 hrs: M. Greenman , D. McGrath, B. Blauvelt, C. Werle, G. Tyers, L. Scheuing, S. Gowan, D. Young, D. Richter, B. Prehoda 2. Secretary’s Report: No Secretary’s report was sub-mitted prior to the meeting. 3. Treasurers Report: The draft Treasurers reports were circulated electronically prior to the meeting. The Ex Com reviewed and discussed the February Angelo Tagli-acozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) - Bob Blauvelt reports strong growth through February. There were no donations/transfers reported. The Section Fund is strong, particularly with the proceeds from the NEAIPG geophysical seminar. Dues from National are expected in April.



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4. Correspondence: Bob Blauvelt received a letter from the fledgling SEG student chapter at Rutgers, looking for $500 in startup money for the chapter. Bob will scan the letter and send to Ex Com.

5. Old Business: The NEAIPG Short Course: The short course went well; the Section thanks Bob Blauvelt for his efforts in spearheading the course. Bob indicated the course was a team effort. There were both positive and negative comments received from attendees regarding the venues, some complaints indi-cated that the venue was too small. Bob indicated that the venue was a bit “tight”, but also cost effective. There were 71 people attending the seminar, including the instructors.

Newsletter: The inaugural online edition looks good and Dick Young reports that he will continue with publishing the online edition and a paper edition will be a backup option. Mike Greenman inquired about the cost of the website where the newsletter resides (issuu.com) and Bill Prehoda indicated that for now it is free, but assume down the road we may be paying for access, either on the current is-suu.com website, or some other website (including NE-AIPG.org). Mike Greenman noted that he will put a link up to the newsletter website and Bill Prehoda indicated that there should also be a link to the newsletter on the NEAIPG section on the National website. Sam Gowan indicated that National should be contacted to have this done, should not be a problem.

Members Directory: The Members Directory was discussed, either a paper edition or online edition. Currently, Curt Kraemer is working with National regarding obtaining the member information that is typically included in the member-ship directory. National has a different database/format and Curt has indicated that it will take a lot of work to get the data in the format typically found in the Membership Direc-tory. National indicated that there is potentially no need for



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the Membership Directory since all of that information is on the National website (although in a different format). Putting the Membership Directory online in the current format was discussed, either on National’s website, the current NE-AIPG website or the Newsletter website. Security of mem-ber’s personal information was questioned, potential for log in access on the National and NE-AIPG websites. Dick and Curt will continue to work on the Membership Directory is-sues.

Contribution in Memory of Mrs. Shirley Schiffman: A motion was made to transfer $1,000 from Section funds to the ATMGSTF, the motion was seconded and approved by an Ex Com vote.

6. New Business:

Scholarship Committee Recommendations: Dennis McGrath provided the overview of the Scholarship Commit-



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tee’s evaluation of the applications received this year. The Scholarship Committee recommended awards to six candi-dates. A motion was made to accept the Scholarship Com-mittee’s recommendations; the motion was seconded and approved by an Ex Com vote. A motion was made to allow the Scholarship Committee’s suggested award be trans-ferred from the Section account to the ATMGSTF, the mo-tion was seconded and approved by an Ex Com vote. Dick Young discussed the possibility of giving the scholarship ap-plicants, who did not obtain a scholarship, a nominal applica-tion award in addition to a one-year membership to NEAIPG.

Scholarship Applications for 2011-2012: Dennis McGrath would like to provide any NEAIPG attendees to the NEGSA meeting in Pittsburg with a scholarship announcement for the 2011-2012 academic year. These could be placed at the NEAIPG booth. Laure Scheuing is going and Dennis will provide Laurie a stack of announcements.

Spring Meeting: Mike Greenman reports difficulty in setting up a meeting in the Map Room of the New York Public Library. Seems that his phone calls have generally not been returned, and the response so far is that they do not do programs in the afternoon, and not usually for the size group we would antici-pate for our Spring Meeting. The Library is still checking in on it and Mike will follow up. Other possible venues discussed were 1) the East Side Access tunnel in Manhattan; 2) World Trade Center; 3) another walk/talk with Charles Merguerian, possibly in the northern part of Central Park (or possibly an-other local) and 4) Van Cortland Park/Mosholu Golf Course (NYC water treatment plant). Ex Com members will follow up on these potential Spring Meeting venues.

New York State Council of Professional Geologists: Laurie Scheuing asked that the NEAIPG consider contributing to NYSCPG this year as it has done in the past.

Future Short Courses: Bob Blauvelt indicated the possibility of a bioremediation short course with faculty at Rutgers. 7. Adjournment – 1745 hours.


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News of NEAIPG Members Jessica McEachern, MEM-0395, would like you to note the new address change of our advertiser MC Environmental, LLC (p. 53) has been changed to: 26 Railroad Avenue #182, Babylon, NY 11702-2216. The phone numbers remain the same: Phone: 631-321-4500, Fax: 631-321-0190. Timothy Stone, CPG-7282, reports StoneHill Environ-mental, located in Portsmouth, NH, is successfully weather-ing the continued economic downturn, though he sure misses the days when projects just rolled in through the door. From his perspective as a small consulting firm, the industry seems to have done a great job of “cleaning it up”; good for the environment, not so good for consulting firms vying for a piece of a smaller pie! The contaminated urban

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fill and natural arsenic enrichment in soils issues are coming up with greater frequently and creating some real chal-lenges, particularly because there really is no party responsi-ble for creating the contamination. To compound the prob-lem, it’s disheartening that even though for decades we have talked about applying risk-based corrective actions, in real-ity, regulatory agencies and financial institutions in most cases still force the expenditure of exorbitant amounts of money to cleanup sites that poise little or no risk to human health, or present risks that can be reasonably managed with engineering and institutional controls (ie. vapor intru-sion). That said, StoneHill is involved in some interesting projects including a tannery site remediation project which involved an encouraging and remarkable level of coopera-tion between EPA Region 1, the NH Department of Environ-mental Services, an impacted property owner, and the local municipality that applied for and received two Brownfields Grants and supplemental American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act (ARRA) funding. If anyone is needs Massachu-setts Licensed Site Professional (LSP) support for a project, or is looking to for a DBE/WBE firm to team with, please keep StoneHill in mind. Advertiser EWMA (p. 47) reports that they have moved their West Windsor, New Jersey Office to Lawrenceville, New Jersey! Their new address is: EWMA, 11 Princess Road, Suite B, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. The phone and fax numbers remain the same: Phone: (609) 799-7300, Fax: (609) 799-0108. -The End

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS

property transfer site assessments

groundwater development, management, protection, permitting

UST closures and investigations

litigation support Carol S. Graff, CPG-06429 Phone: 609-393-4442 109 Renfrew Avenue FAX: 609-393-5999 Trenton, NJ 08618-3335 E-mail: [email protected]

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Characterization of the Triassic Newark Basin for

Potential Geologic Storage of CO2

John Conrad, Matt Tymchak, Dan Collins, CPG-10003 In 2003, the DOE Office of Fossil Energy launched the Re-gional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Initiative to de-velop and validate carbon storage technologies as part of a national strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) envisions having a portfolio of safe, cost-effective, commercial-scale greenhouse gas capture, storage and mitigation technolo-gies that are available for commercial deployment by 2020. TriCarb Consortium for Carbon Sequestration, LLC In September, 2009, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) award to the TriCarb Consortium for Carbon Sequestration (TriCarb) to complete a deep exploratory borehole to determine whether the Triassic-aged Newark Basin of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Figure 1) has sufficient reservoir capacity and the necessary geologic properties to permanently store and trap large quantities of carbon dioxide. In addition to its potential storage capacity, other factors make the Newark Basin an interesting subject for characterization. The Basin is in close proximity to large population centers, and, therefore, major CO2 emission sources; and what is learned from the TriCarb study could potentially be applied to other rift basins along the eastern U.S. seaboard. TriCarb consists of two co-principal investigators, Conrad Geoscience Corp. of Poughkeepsie, NY and Sandia Tech-nologies, LLC of Houston, TX. The New York State Energy

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Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provided 20% of the initial project funds, with the remaining 80% pro-vided by DOE as part of the American Recovery & Reinvest-ment Act. TriCarb is assisted by a technical advisory team that includes Dr. David Goldberg, director of Lamont-Doherty’s Borehole Research Group, Dr. Paul Olsen, one of the world’s leading experts on Newark Basin geology, and Dr. Dennis Kent of Rutgers University. Other advisory team members include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Schlumberger Carbon Services and the New York State Mu-seum. Geology of the Newark Basin TriCarb will characterize the northern end of the Newark Ba-sin, a Triassic-aged sequence of sedimentary and igneous rock that extends from Rockland County in southeastern New York, through northern New Jersey, and into eastern

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Pennsylvania (Figure 1). The Basin is an elongate half-graben and is approximately 190 km long and 50 km wide at its widest point. It is bounded to the northwest by the Ramapo Fault Zone. The basin is divided into five northwest-tilted fault blocks. Triassic sedimentary formations within the Basin are illustrated in Figure 2 and consist of the basal Stockton Formation (fluvial-alluvial deposits), the Lockatong Formation (lacustrine depositional cycles), and the Passaic Formation (massive red mudstones and associated evapo-rates).

Between 1990 and 1993, researchers at Columbia Univer-sity recovered 6,770 meters of stratigraphically overlapping core from boreholes at seven sites within the New Jersey portion of the Newark Basin. This project is known as the Newark Basin Coring Project (NBCP, see Olsen et al., 1996). The primary objectives of the NBCP were to estab-lish basin-wide stratigraphy and depositional environments, and to add to the framework for global correlations. Coring was confined to the eastern and southeastern fault blocks of the central Basin. The combined cores represent a 15,288 foot composite section of Triassic-age rocks and provide a critical knowledge base needed for TriCarb’s evaluation of the Basin for CO2 storage. The Stockton Formation is the basal formation over most of the Newark Basin (Olsen et al., 1996) and repre-



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sents the most promising unit for CO2 storage. The Stock-ton Formation consists of a series of fluvial-alluvial deposits that include arkose and pebbly arkose interbedded with mudstones and conglomerates in a grading-upward se-quence (Van Houten, 1969; Olsen et al., 1996). The Stock-ton Formation is overlain by the Lockatong Formation, which has been identified in all major fault blocks of the Basin (Olsen et al., 1996). The lowest prominent black or gray shale unit defines the base of the Lockatong and may serve as the primary reservoir seal for CO2 storage. Perhaps the most recognizable rock unit of the Newark Basin is the Pali-sades Sill, which forms the shear cliffs above the western bank of the Hudson River in southern New York and north-ern New Jersey. The density of this crystalline diabase may provide additional reservoir seals. However, characteristics of the Sill vary throughout the Basin and recent studies sug-gest that deep portions of the Sill may contain porosities and



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mineralogy that are favorable for additional CO2 storage and long-term in-situ mineral carbonation (see Goldberg et al., 2008; Goldberg et al., 2009). Analysis of Existing Cores The NBCP cored approximately 2,800 feet of the Stockton Formation and 900 feet of the lower Lockatong at the Prince-ton well site. This core represents the most complete sec-tion of the Stockton formation to date; however, it was re-trieved from a location approximately 50 miles from the Tri-Carb drill site. This core section also straddles the contact between the Stockton and Lockatong formations, as defined by the lowest black shale unit. In 2010, approximately 3,700 feet of core section were pho-tographed and analyzed visually by the TriCarb team in or-der to select lithologic intervals for core sample analysis. In April 2010, TriCarb and the New York State Museum col-lected thirty three samples from the Stockton and Lockatong sections of NBCP core to evaluate reservoir and seal char-acteristics. Thin sections were created from all core sam-ples and analyzed for mineral composition, porosity and pore type prior to laboratory evaluations for porosity and per-meability. Thin section photographs were also used to pro-vide an initial estimate of porosity. Seismic Surveys In March 2011, TriCarb completed a seismic survey, which consisted of two perpendicular seismic lines traversing parts of Rockland County, New York and northern New Jersey (Figure 3). The lines were cross-dip and along basin strike, respectively, and data acquisition was via three vibroseis trucks along the westbound shoulder of New York State Thruway and the southbound shoulder of the Garden State Parkway. The east/west line was 13 miles long and the



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north/south line was five miles long. Seismic data will be used to evaluate thickness, depth, geometry, orientation and structural features of different rock layers within the Basin.

Drilling

The centerpiece of TriCarb’s study will be a test boring in Rockland County (Figure 3). TriCarb will evaluate geologic and fluid characteristics of Basin strata to depths of up to 8,000 feet. The drilling site is owned by the New York State Thruway Authority and is located at the Exit 14 interchange of the New York State Thruway (I-287). Drilling is antici-pated to begin near the end of July 2011. A program of inte-grated geophysical logging, vertical coring of selected inter-vals, and rotary horizontal coring will follow the initial log run. A combination of standard logging tools and specialty tools, including a formation micro-imager, elemental capture log, nuclear magnetic resonance and sonic scanner, calibrated with core data, will provide full borehole and reservoir char-



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acteristics and lithology. These will be coupled with forma-tion fluid sampling and formation pressure data to assess porosity, permeability, geochemistry and storage capacity – factors that will determine its viability for future CO2 sequestra-tion.

Benefits to the Scientific and Local Community

CO2 sequestration, while not new to the scientific community, is a relatively new concept to the general public and civic lead-ers, particularly in the Northeast. This creates a unique oppor-tunity to educate the public about climate, energy and carbon storage. The TriCarb team has launched a public outreach ini-tiative to help educate residents and decision-makers about the benefits of the project, as well as temporary impacts, such as light and noise from the drilling operation. In addition, TriCarb expects this project to be of great scientific and technical inter-est to local colleges and universities.

There are no plans to sequester CO2 at the drilling site during this research phase or at any time in the future. However, this assessment of deep geology will be important in developing a better understanding of the geologic factors that will determine the viability of the Triassic Newark Basin as a possible reser-voir for future CO2 sequestration. If carbon sequestration proves to be viable in this region, the resulting carbon capture-and-storage industry in the Newark Basin region could poten-tially create long-term jobs and fuel a new growth sector of our economy while helping to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

More information about this project and TriCarb can be found at www.tricarb.org. The article authors are:

Matt Tymchak & John Conrad Conrad Geoscience Corp. One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 501 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Dan Collins, CPG-10003 Sandia Technologies, LLC 6731 Theall Road Houston, TX 77066

Any correspondence should be submitted to John Conrad: 845-454-2544, jconradconradgeo.com -The End


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Advertiser Spotlight:

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What is your primary line of business? We provide drilling services to explore for ground water in sand and gravel aquifers, construction of gravel packed wells, well yield testing, installation and maintenance of pumps, and well abandonment. We serve water utilities, government agencies, municipalities, industry, institutions, and others who have need for large quantities of clean wa-ter. How long has your firm been in business? Our company started in 1886, so this is our 125th year in business. How was your firm started? The founder of our company, Stephen B Church, grew up on a farm but had no particular love for farming. To make a liv-ing, he became a dealer of agricultural equipment. As a part of this, he sold and installed windmills to provide water to farmers. In the 1890’s, Mr. Church began to sell internal combustion engines to replace windmills so that water could be delivered whether the wind was blowing or not. Mr. Church expanded this foray into the water business and he became a pioneer in the drilling and pump industry. How long have you been involved in the business? The two principals of the firm are Pete and Jim Duncan. We have been around here since high school, and have been

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running the firm for thirty five years. We are the fourth own-ers of the company. In the recent past, what types of projects are you mainly working on? Most of our recent work has been well redevelopment, well repair, pump installation, and turbine and centrifugal pump repair. A recent satisfying project involved rebuilding a 45-year old gravel packed well with new casing, well screen, and gravel pack. Another challenging job was the redevelop-ment of several large diameter seepage control wells on a large earthfill dam for a government agency. This included specialized well redevelopment along with pre-and post de-velopment slug testing and pre- and post-development video inspection. Are you working on any new lines of business, or have any developed in recent years that were generally not part of your business before? We are solving new problems every day. We have devel-oped expertise in the use of some specialized well redevel-opment chemicals, especially for wells plugged with iron bacteria. The use of the underwater cameras has greatly facilitated our well repair services. We have also found un-usual applications for the cameras including the inspection of pump station intake structures and dam intake screens. How would you describe the current business climate? Our mission is to provide excellent service at fair prices. In this economic environment, all of our clients are doing what they can do to minimize expenditures. As poor as the cur-rent economic climate is, we believe that our approach will contribute to our continuing success.

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What are the primary issues currently affecting your business? What part do local/ state/ federal regulations play in your business? Since these questions are related, we will answer them to-gether. The primary issues affecting our business are related to the state and federal regulations. As Professional Geologists, you know that the regulatory en-vironment in Connecticut makes it very difficult to obtain permits to drill high capacity wells, so the drilling portion of our business in Connecticut has been reduced significantly. As a result, we have focused on providing well redevelop-ment and pump maintenance services to our clients. Other regulations involving tax issues, motor vehicles, OSHA, licensing requirements, as well as industry-specific regulations have a significant and growing impact on our op-erations. We now submit over fifty different tax forms and federal and state reports every year. Do you frequently/ occasionally work with Professional Geologists? Most of our work is done in conjunction with Professional Geologists or other consultants. We value our relationships which we have developed with these professionals and we enjoy working with them. -The End Editor’s note—we will periodically be spotlighting advertisers, if you are interested, drop me a line, [email protected].

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Costs Associated with Installation of Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Systems

Robert Carvalho, CPG-10588, PG

Mike Li, Engineer Vapor intrusion has become a topic of increasing interest in New Jersey. A variety of mitigation techniques can be util-ized to prevent the migration of hazardous vapors into build-ings. A combination of a vapor barrier, sub-slab depressuri-zation system, and sub-slab ventilation system has become the standard. By understanding the major driving forces of the costs asso-ciated with the installation of these systems, it can help one to choose the correct mitigation technique for a vapor intru-sion issue. There are numerous variables involved with the cost of the installation of vapor mitigation systems. The type of system installed plays a role in the cost of a project, but it is also subject to geographical labor rates, whether the labor force called for is union or non-union, and geographical cost fluctuations of fuel and equipment. The size and magnitude of the project can influence the cost, as well as insurance, bonding, and warranty requirements. The type and the ex-tent of contamination, along with the anticipated height of the building are also factors. Monitoring device installations or the usage of a passive vs. active ventilation system are also components of an overall vapor intrusion mitigation ap-proach. The cost of the system is also dependent on the sub-slab vapor transmission pathway. The option of gravel or sand is typically presented. The basic system cost for the New York/New Jersey metro region is outlined below:

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Sub-slab depressurization system (The building footprint is based on a 39,000 sq. ft. average and can be evaluated in terms of cost per square foot): • Cast Iron (Passive) = $2.45/sq. ft.

• PVC/slotted (Passive) = $1.95/sq. ft.

• Geovent (Passive) = $1.40/sq. ft.

• Cast Iron (Active) with 5 hp blower = $2.95/sq. ft.

• PVC/slotted (Active) with 5 hp blower = $2.65/sq. ft.

• Geovent (Active) with 5 hp blower = $1.85/sq. ft.

Vapor Barrier (Evaluated in terms of the cost per square

foot installed for sub-slab):

• HDPE 15 mil = $1.75/sq. ft.

• HDPE 40 mil = $2.65/sq. ft.

• Grace 300R (Not typically used as a Vapor Barrier, used

for Waterproofing) = $8.45/sq. ft.

• Liquid Boot/HDPE = $4.95/sq. ft.

• Liquid Boot = $5.00/sq. ft.

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EAI’s laborers spraying Liquid Boot on a hot summer day in Secaucus, NJ. The site is to be used for a mixed use devel-opment. The above costs have been determined through years of ex-perience installing vapor mitigation systems. It is highly rec-ommended that the system be designed by a qualified ge-ologist or engineer. The best gauge for cost evaluation is to obtain multiple bids from qualified contractors. Robert Carvalho, a PG, is the President of EAI, Inc., an envi-ronmental contracting and consulting firm located in Jersey City, NJ and MD. EAI, Inc. is one of the largest installers of Vapor Barriers in the United States. EAI, Inc. has installed millions of square feet of vapor barriers for branches of banks, to large scale redevelopments, encompassing hun-dreds of thousands of square feet. If you would like to con-tact Robert further, he can be reached at [email protected]. -The End

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Contact Robert Blake Technical Sales Representative

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The NE/AIPG Newsletter again has expanded its PiggyBacking options offered to Advertisers. Advertisers can include promotional flyers or brochures along with NE/AIPG's normal distribution of the Newsletter. PiggyBacking gives NE/AIPG Advertisers a cost-effective way to get their pro-motional material into the hands of NE/AIPG's targeted audience of decision-makers. That audience has grown to over 800, including ~700 NE/AIPG Mem-bers and Applicants throughout New York, New Jersey, and the six New Eng-land states, as well as ~40± AIPG National and Section Officers, over 70 Ad-vertisers, and others. NE/AIPG Members benefits from keeping current on available, innovative products and services.

PiggyBack Rates are in two categories: 1. For digital issues (see http://issuu.com/neaipg/docs ), a "Full Page" (~8" high by 5" wide) Space in Full Color costs $125 per issue. A "Double Full Page" (~8" high by 10" wide) Space in Full Color costs $225 per issue, while a "Quad Full Page" (2 Doubles of ~8" high by 10" wide each) Space in Full Color costs $425 per issue. 2. For any issues printed on paper and sent by US Mail, PiggyBack Rates depend upon the size and weight of the pre-printed promotional piece provided by the Advertiser. For instance, a single 8 1/2” by 11" sheet of 20# paper, pre-printed, and pre-folded costs $0.25 each to PiggyBack.. To schedule your Pig-gyBack promotion, or to learn more, just call Dick Young at 973-335-2289.

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AIPG-AIH National 2011 Conference This 2011 American Institute of Professional Geologist (AIPG) 48th Annual National Conference is taking place September 10 - 13, 2011 at the Hilton Chicago - Indian Lake Resort located in Bloomingdale, IL (30 minutes from down-town Chicago and O’Hare International Airport). The na-tional conference is being held jointly with the American In-stitute of Hydrology (AIH) and is co-hosted by the AIPG Illi-nois/Indiana Section and co-sponsored by the Lake Michi-gan Section of the Air and Waste Management Association (LM-A&WMA). At this conference you will have the opportu-nity to increase your technical knowledge of current ad-vancements in technology and practice methods, earn con-tinuing education credits, and interact with fellow profession-als from the consulting, municipal, industrial, regulatory, and academic communities. Together, we are working on creat-ing a sustainable environment. This year’s conference theme is “Geosciences: The Road to a Sustainable Future”. The four day conference includes technical presentations, nationally recognized keynote speakers, workshops, field trips, poster session, and an ex-hibit hall. The technical program offers a solid selection of multidisciplined topics with a focus toward sustainability. The technical program includes five topic areas listed on the attached table. In addition, exciting field trips will include Lake Michigan coastal geology and development, regional quarry and mining trips, and field lectures covering geologi-cal, hydrological, and environmental engineering areas of interest. Continuing education credits will be offered for all technical sessions, workshops, and field trips. The exhibit hall will include an area for student posters, exhibitor booths for marketing products and services, and displays from con-ference sponsors. Additionally, trips to Chicago’s Shopping District, Navy Pier, architectural tours, restaurants, and nightlife will be offered. The conference website is: www.aipg.org/2011/AIPG-AIH.htm

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NEAIPG ELECTION! Three members of the NEAIPG Executive Committee are up for re-election as at-large members: Laurie Scheuing (CPG-9898), Bill Prehoda (CPG-9289) and George Tyers (CPG-10274).

Each member as indicated a willingness to serve another two-year term. The election will take place on-line (no paper ballots), so be looking for an email notification of the elec-tion and be sure to vote! Write-in Candidates are welcome.

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NEAIPG FALL MEETING Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Dinosaur State Park—400 West Street Rocky Hill, CT 06067, 860.529.8423

The Northeast Section of AIPG (NEAIPG) invites all members and their guests to take a trip back in time 200 million years ago, and visit Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill, CT. Under the geodesic dome at the park’s Exhibit Center, is an exceptional display of early Jurassic fossil tracks. It is one of the largest such sites in North America and dominated by the prints of theropod dinosaurs. The Exhibit Center presents a bird’s-eye view of the preserved Mesozoic floodplain covered with tracks, dioramas of Triassic and Jurassic environments, collections of fossils, and interactive exhib-its. Surrounding the Exhibit Center are more than two miles of nature trails and the Dinosaur State Park Arboretum, containing more than 250 species and cultivars of conifers, as well as katsu-ras, ginkgoes, magnolias and other living representatives of plant families which appeared in the Age of Dinosaurs.

NE-AIPG last visited Dinosaur State Park for the Fall Meeting in October 1999; several important changes have occurred since then. Meg Enkler now serves as the manager of the park and will serve as our guide. The program for our visit starts with a 25-minute video featuring local paleontologist Emma Rainforth. Rain-forth is a professor of environmental science at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The video serves as a good introduction to the park and the natural history of the Connecticut Valley. After the video, Meg will give a “track talk” that will end with a Q&A session. Following the video and presentation by Meg, NEAIPG members

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and their guests can take a self-guided tour the park facilities. Be-fore you leave the park though, be sure to visit the gift shop and see the recently published Window into the Jurassic World . This book is a 100-page, full-color pictorial souvenir and historical ref-erence about Dinosaur State Park, including its history and exhib-its, the geologic history of Connecticut's Central Valley, and much more. Social hour and dinner will follow at nearby Dakota of Rocky Hill in Rocky Hill, CT. A special presentation is schedule for after dinner. Tentative Schedule:

12:00PM–2:00PM Executive Committee Meeting at GEI Consultant’s office at 455 Winding Brook Drive, Suite 201, Glastonbury, CT 06033. Phone: 860.368.5300. All AIPG members are invited.

2:30PM – 4:30PM Meet at Dinosaur State Park for a 25-minute video and “track talk” by Meg Enkler. This will be followed by a self-guided tour of the Exhibit Center and park grounds. Dinosaur State Park, 400 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. Phone: 860.529.8423

5:30PM – 8:00PM Social Hour (cash bar), Dinner and Evening Program at Dakota of Rocky Hill, Silas Dean Highway, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. 860.257.7752. Watch your email for the final details!!! See you there!!!

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News From the Northeast

New York

Marcellus Shale

In July 2011, the New York State Department of Environmental Con-servation issued a Preliminary Re-vised Draft of its Supplemental Generic Environmental Im-pact Statement (SGEIS) regarding Horizontal Drilling and High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF) in the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs. The Draft SGEIS addresses permit conditions required for gas drilling in Marcellus Shale. HVHF is an approach to extract-ing natural gas in New York that raises new, potentially sig-nificant, adverse impacts not studied in 1992 in the NYS-DEC’s previous GEIS on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program. This current revised draft incorporates issues raised by over 13,000 public comments received re-garding the first draft SGEIS issued in September 2009.

According to the NYSDEC, “After the addition of Chapters on issues requiring additional analysis, the dSGEIS will be officially noticed to the public and comments will be ac-cepted. A Final SGEIS will then include summaries of the substantive comments received on both the September 2009 Draft and this dSGEIS, along with the Department‟s responses to such comments. The Final SGEIS will also in-corporate by reference all volumes of the 1992 GEIS”.

The draft SGEIS addresses a variety of potential impacts from HVHF, with such mitigative measures as multiple grouted casings, water supply well setbacks and evaluations of local ground water supplies. The draft SGEIS is volumi-nous, and can be found where the above information was derived from at : http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html -The End

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How Deep Can A Horizontal Well Be Installed?

By Kathy Sequino

During the recent Battle International Symposium on Biore-mediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, a frequently asked question was “how deep can a horizontal well be installed?” Directional Technologies is always up for a challenge and so far we have been able to meet the re-quired depth for all the horizontal remediation well projects that have been presented to us.

That being said, there are two factors to keep in mind when planning and considering a deep horizontal well: set back and cost. For each horizontal well, a setback distance is needed. Setback is the distance required from ground pene-tration to target depth; the typical ratio is 5 horizontal feet of set back for every foot of vertical penetration. For example, if the target depth is 75’ bgs, the directional drill rig would be-gin drilling 375’ away from the target point. On some sites, there may not be enough room for the required set back. However, Directional Technologies often “bends the rules” and has installed many horizontal wells for environmental remediation with set backs less than 5 for 1 that were previ-ously considered impossible to install. Creativity in horizontal well bore path planning and thoroughly knowing our equip-ment capability enables us to expand the limits of the hori-zontal well “technology envelope”.

Costs become a factor when the horizontal well depth ex-ceeds 100’. At this depth threshold, the traditional walk over locator reaches its technology limits and it becomes necessary to employ wire line locator instrumentation (oil field technology) to remotely sense drill bit location. Wire line technology is more labor intensive and requires more equip-ment than the walk over locator and is therefore more ex-pensive but also very accurate. Kathy Sequino can be reached at: 203-294-9200, 877-788-4HRW, [email protected]. www.directionaltech.com (p. 44). -The End

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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP

2011-2012 Academic Year FIRST STATUS REPORT

Dennis G. McGrath, CPG-08578 Chair, Scholarship Committee

As in past years, the announcement and application form are planned for distribution between late August and early September. A package consisting of a cover letter, two color announcements suitable for posting on a department bulletin board or circulating to students (8.5 x 11-inch and 11 x 17-inch formats), and an application form will be sent to faculty at colleges and universities in the seven states that comprise the Northeast Section (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, and VT). Last year approximately 100 announcement packages were sent out via either snail mail or email. The announce-ment and application form will be posted on and can be downloaded from our web site (www.ne-aipg.org). The An-gelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship an-nouncement will also be listed on www.scholarships.com, a free college scholarship search web site. The deadline for submitting applications this year will proba-bly be on or around December 6, 2011. The Scholarship Committee will begin their evaluations shortly thereafter. By the time the Winter 2011 Newsletter is published, I should be able to report on the number of applications received. Our success in growing the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship Trust Fund is largely attributed to your generosity – the members of the Northeast Section - AIPG. Because of the ongoing turmoil in the financial mar-kets, financial need is expected to rise so continued growth

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NEAIPG NEWSLETTER 2011 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Holidays Newsletter October 7 Deadline (Material to Editor) October 21 Content ready to print November 7 Dispatch by mail/e-mail November 21 Receipt by Members

e-mail news and information to Bill Prehoda [email protected]

Advertising rates and information:

contact Dick Young [email protected]

of the fund is even more important. The long-standing goal of the scholarship program has been and still is to get 100% participation from the membership. The size of your contri-bution is not as important as making a contribution. Give what you can afford, but give something. If your contribution is received before the end of 2011, you will receive a tax-deduction for this year. Remember: the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship is a scholarship for geolo-gists, awarded by geologists. Be a part of our success, give something back to your profession, and help us continue to aid undergraduate geology students in need of financial sup-port! -The end

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25 YEARS AGO IN THE NEAIPG NEWSLETTER Indian Summer 1986

• According to the Presidential Ramblings of President Ted Clark, forty people attended the Northeast Section Spring Meeting in New York City. The topic of the panel discus-sion was "Future Trends in Geology”.

• There were 232 members in NEAIPG in 1986. • An amendment to the NE Section Bylaws was pro-

posed—separation of the combined duties of Secretary/Treasurer.

• CATOH Environmental Companies, Inc. advertised an innovative service—downhole television surveys.

• The Fall meeting was announced to be held at Charley’s Brother Restaurant in Hopewell Junction, New Jersey. A talk on “Hazardous Waste” was scheduled to be given by John Gaston, Assistant Commissioner, NJDEP. A field trip was scheduled to be led by Hugh Houghton of

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the New Jersey Geological Survey, entitled “Applied Ge-ology of Later Triassic Sedimentary Rocks, Central-North Basin, New Jersey”. Five star lodging was available at the Stage Depot Motel.

• F.M. Beck, Inc., of Yarmouth, Maine, advertised that they are expanding their traditional metallic and industrial min-eral geophysical exploration experience to now include engineering and ground water applications.

• Charles Dimmick reports that the Connecticut registration bill is “lost” in the legislature.

• Dunn Geoscience President Bill Cutcliffe announced the opening of the firm’s Chicago office on September 1.

• Paul Roux, President of Roux Associates, Inc., Hunting-ton, NY announces the opening of a new office at 39 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, Connecticut. The office will be managed by James V. Worrall, Vice President of Roux Associates.

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FRIENDS OF THE FUND ($1,000+)

AQUIFER DRILLING AND TESTING, INC. BANINO, GEORGE LEGGETTE, BRASHEARS & GRAHAM, INC. MILLER, DAVID W. NE-AIPG REXRODE, H. LEONARD , JR. ROUX ASSOCIATES ROUX, PAUL H. SCHIFFMAN, ARNOLD (in Memory of Mrs. Shirley Schiffman) SLAYBACK, RUSSELL G. VALKENBURG, NICHOLAS YOUNG, RICHARD H.

BENEFACTORS ($500+)

BLAUVELT, ROBERT P. EMERSON, MARK HERRICK, DEAN H. HIGGINS, JONATHAN B. (IN MEMORY OF LEO HALL) KASABACH, HAIG F. KAYLER, KYLE STONE, TIMOTHY S.

PATRONS ($250+)

AIRMAG SURVEYS, INC. ANONYMOUS BRINCKERHOFF, LAURA (IN HONOR OF FRANK MCCARTHY) BURKE, MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN MARK DIMMICK, CHARLES WM. GRAFF, CAROL S. GAVRAS, JOHN M. HARRINGTON, JONATHAN HIGGINS, JONATHAN B. KLEIMAN, AMY MCGRATH, DENNIS Nova Consulting & Engineering RICH, CHARLES A. RICHTER, DOROTHY ROSENFELD, MORDECAI SOILTESTING, INC.

SPONSORS ($125+)

ALLEN, BOYD, III ALPHA GEOSCIENCE DE ANGELIS, JAMES ERM-NORTHEAST GRAHAM, JACK B. GREENMAN, MIKE

HINCE, ERIC KOCH, ELLIS KRAEMER, CURTIS A. MASLANSKY, STEVEN P. MATHEZ, MURIEL PIERIBONI, JOHN PREHODA, BILL SCHECHNER, CLAIRE AND LOUIS SHOPE, STEVEN B. STANDISH, RICHARD STEWART, ROBERT A. TSACOYANNIS, NICHOLAS URBAN-MEAD, RUSSELL B. WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. (MATCHING GIFT ON BEHALF OF GEORGE BANINO)

CONTRIBUTORS ($50+)

ARGUDEN, A. TEFVIK Barish, James M. BECKER, ARTHUR E. BELL, DAVID L. BELT, EDWARD S. BUGH, JAMES CLEMENS, ROBERT H. DAVIS, R. LAURENCE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, INC. (ON BEHALF OF JOSEPH TORLUCCI) FAKUNDINY, ROBERT GALLAGHER, EVELYN A. HANLON, KERRY HEINDEL, CRAIG HERMAN KARPEL MEMORIAL FOUND. (ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF RHODA TAGLIACOZZO) HIXON, RICHARD HNOTTAVANGE-TELLEN, KEN Hoogerhyde, Kevin HOUSMAN, JOHN J. , JR. Jonathan Paul Associates, Inc. KACZOR, SOFIA KETANI, RALPH Mase, David MOZER, ROBERT PENN, WILLIAM E. RICE, JOHN RHYNER, JOHN ROSS, LOREN RYAN, MICHAEL J. SCHEUING, LAURIE

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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SINCE 1987

(List Updated Through July 2011)

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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SINCE 1987

(List Updated Through July 2011) (con’t from pg. 84)

CONTRIBUTORS ($50+)

SCOTT, DAVID Sillman, Robert and Roberta STOKES, KURTIS W. SPARROW, LESLIE ST. GERMAIN, DANIEL STONEHILL ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. TATLOCK, DEREK TIMMONS, ROBERT TORLUCCI, JOSEPH TYERS, GEORGE WARING, ANDREW D. WENZ, KENNETH P. WERLE, CRAIG WEST, William T. WOHLFORD, THOMAS

DONORS (UP TO $50)

BRADLEY, MARGARET BUSA, MARK D. COX, PETER FALDETTA, SARAH FOURNIER, LEROY GANNETT FLEMING, INC. FREDERICK, WILLIAM T.

HARWOOD, DAVID G. HAGER, JUTTA HERGERT, DAVID KING, DANIEL KOWALSKI, RICHARD G. MAHIER, LUKE SASS, DANIEL B. (IN HONOR OF K. E. CASTER) SHAKTI ASSOCIATES SKEHAN, JAMES SUSCA, MICHAEL VOZZA, SCOTT WEINSTOCK, ERIC

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