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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS Northeast Section

NEWSLETTER Holidays 2010

www.ne-aipg.org

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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. The Newsletter is printed in Parsippany, New Jersey by Staples. Preparation and distribution are accomplished by the Young family. Many thanks are ex-tended to all who helped in compiling this issue.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Committee Directory ...................................................................... 5 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule ........................................................ 7 Presidential Ramblings .................................................................................. 8 Bosnian Pyramids ........................................................................................ 22 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 7/12/10 ........................................... 24 Where in the Northeast? .............................................................................. 28 News of Members ........................................................................................ 29 NEAIPG Election Results ............................................................................. 31 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 9/7/10 ............................................. 33 Ashokan Clay ............................................................................................... 37 NEAIPG Newsletter Archive ......................................................................... 39 News From the Northeast ............................................................................ 40 Piggyback Mailing Information ..................................................................... 43 Chilean Mine Disaster .................................................................................. 56 NEAIPG Fall Meeting Roundup ................................................................... 60 In Sympathy ................................................................................................ 71 25 Years Ago in the NEAIPG Newsletter ..................................................... 74 Angelo Tagliacozzo Scholarship Fund Update ............................................ 76 2010 Index of Advertisers ...................................................................... 82-83 Angelo Tagliacozzo Scholarship Fund—List of Contributors ....................... 84

AIPG NORTHEAST SECTION NEWSLETTER

HOLIDAYS 2010 EDITION NO. 121

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

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2010 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]

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] Open Member Position 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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2010 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. 12 - Fall Meeting (TBD) 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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Presidential Ramblings

Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 President, NEAIPG

Since school has just started, I think I’ll write an article on how I spent my summer vacation. We all remember doing this in grade school. It was always an effort coming up with the re-quired 200, 500, or more word essay. Here I am again re-quired to write my 1,500 word essay. I thought about using a photo in the article, since a picture is worth a thousand words, thus leaving me with only 500 words to write, but I think Bill our editor would seriously frown on this. Last year I cruised and toured Alaska with its glaciers and mountain ranges. This year I finally made a long awaited trip to Yosemite National Park, in the Sierra Nevada range on the California-Nevada border. I have long been a fan of visiting the National Parks and National Monuments. All my vaca-tions within this country revolve around visiting these natural and historic places. In the east, I am especially drawn to Civil War battlefields, both national and state run. I am especially fascinated by how geology and topography has often had an effect on the battles. Unfortunately, every time the Federal budget needs to save billions (trillions?) of dollars, the first thing cut is the Department of the Interior budget which con-trols the National Parks. Since the parks are not an entitle-ment program, the government does not hesitate to cut our National Park budget and thus save mere millions of dollars. As one wanders through Yosemite, you can here the sounds of dozens of foreign languages spoken by the visitors. Over-heard at one location was, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Polish, German, and several unidentified Slavic languages. The economic draw of the parks is a huge boost to our econ-

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omy. The return on investment in our parks is enormous, in the jobs created as well as saving these unique places. Rather than cutting the budget, more needs to be invested since the parks are being overused. Over the years I have managed to visit most of the well known parks but somehow managed to miss out on two of the most popular, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon. Each park has something different to set it apart. Who hasn’t seen pictures of the Yosemite Valley flanked by El Capitan and Half Dome. Obviously seeing for yourself and hiking the many trails is much more rewarding. Yosemite, unlike sev-eral other parks, still allows cars. It is suggested that one take shuttle buses within the park. While we were visiting Yo-semite, some of the entry roads were being paved which led to an interesting ride along an unpaved road with no shoul-der and a 3,000 foot drop without barriers. Our trip to Yosemite started off in San Francisco with stops in Sacramento and Lake Tahoe and side trips to Reno, Car-son City, and Virginia City in Nevada. Of special note, we visited a former silver mine in Virginia City home of the fa-mous Comstock Lode. Originally gold was being mined until it was found out that the material being thrown away was rich in silver, much more valuable than the meager findings of gold. Hundreds of mines dotted the landscape, some of which are still visible today. The town itself has kept its nine-teenth century look with wooden sidewalks and restored fa-cades. We decided to enter Yosemite from the east. This includes a ride up the steep eastern side of the Sierras through Tioga Pass which is at 9,945 feet above sea level. The climb from Mono Lake to Tioga Pass is spectacular. The Sierras are an asymmetrical mountain range, they rise gradually upwards from California’s Central Valley on the west and form an es-carpment that drops off suddenly on the east.

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Leaving Lake Tahoe, one climbs some of the eastern peaks and then drop three to four thousand feet to the valley below. This trip over the peaks is repeated at Tioga Pass. Along the ride, snow is still visible on the peaks in the middle of August.



View look-ing west at east side of Sierras

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Even at 9,900 feet, the surrounding mountains still tower over the road, with surrounding peaks reaching over 13,000 feet. This eastern escarpment was formed by the Sierras being uplifted along a fault and simultaneously being tilted to the west. This uplift and tilt created the Sierra range and is still active today. From Tioga pass we continued on into the Yosemite Valley for a quick peak at the park before continuing to our rented cabin in the south end of the park near the giant sequoias. The trip from Tioga Pass to the valley floor drops about five to six thousand feet. Correspondingly, the temperature rises about ten to fifteen degrees as one approaches the valley floor. Bare hills turn into verdant green. A quick look at Bri-dal Veil Falls and then a view of the valley from Tunnel View. Tunnel View is at the exit of a tunnel through the mountains that was designed so that one exiting the tunnel emerges into the classic view of Yosemite.

The mountains of Yosemite are plutonic igneous rocks com-prised mainly of granites, that were formed deep below the



View of Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View

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earth’s surface and were later revealed by erosional forces. Granite, because of its unfoliated massiveness, allows for these rather large bare structures. The granite looks uniform to the casual observer but a closer inspection reveals that the granite is made of a series of magmatic intrusions of one granite into another. These intrusions continued in the Sier-ras for 100 million years along the full length of the range. The u-shaped nature of the valley also indicates the effect of valley glaciers in carving the landscape. The top of the peaks on either side of the valley were unglaciated. Meta-morphic rocks occur on the west side of the park and are an indication of the country rock into which the granites in-truded. Some of these metamorphic rocks that formed the cover for the granites can still be found in the park but only cover less than five percent of the park area. The granites were exposed by the end of the Cretaceous, about 65 million years ago. The uplift that formed the Sierras started about 25 million years ago and is still active today. The continued uplift has fostered fast running streams which flow west into the Central Valley. These streams have led to increased erosion and the formation of new and higher wa-terfalls. No trip to a national park would be complete without a ranger tour. We decided on a tour to Sentinel Dome. This is a small brother of the famous Half Dome. The tour is about 2 hours and a trek of two miles long took us up to the top. The view from here was spectacular—mountains as far as the eye could see. Half dome is also where naturalist John Muir took his famous picture of a bent over ancient tree, the tree is still there but unfortunately has died. We continued on to Glacier Point for probably the best view of the Park. Here, one can look down 3,000 feet to the valley floor and also see all the main features of the valley including water falls, some of which were still flowing in the summer. Evidence that the park is still evolving is shown by the num-



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ber and frequency of rock falls that occur. Some tent and cabin rental areas of the park have been closed due to the occurrence of large rock falls. These rock falls have always occurred but have grown in size and frequency. The last part of visit to Yosemite was a visit to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. Although not geologic, it is a natu-ral wonder not to be missed. Once again we took a ranger tour which was a sequence of talks starting with the plant roots and culminating with the upper foliage. This is the area



View of Half Dome from Sentinel Dome

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of the famous Wawona Tree seen in pictures with cars driv-ing through it. Sadly the tree died in the sixties but we were still able to walk through the Grizzly Giant, another of the tun-nel trees. It is impossible to grasp the size of the trees until you are close. Everything in Yosemite is oversized—heights cannot be appreciated until you are looking straight up or straight down along a cliff face, or looking up from the bottom of a tree. Mountain passes don’t look that high until you drive up from the valley floor or wind down from the summit. I have included three of my 400 pictures taken on the trip and all 400 are available, with dull commentary, for inter-ested parties. As with most vacation pictures that we are forced to sit through, they are a good cure for insomnia. Next issue, a career continues, or another topic I can think of. -The End


Bosnian Pyramids

According to bosnianpyra-mid.com, “The Bosnian Pyra-mid, Visocica Hill, is the first European pyramid to be dis-covered and is located in the heart of Bosnia” . Many other pyramids have also been “discovered” in the area. Re-portedly, a geological “expert” indicates that “Nature does not make correct geometrical shapes like this and the rocks could not have been formed in this pattern by natural forces”. According to posts on Wikipedia, "...academics...from the Faculty of Mining and Geology at the University of Tuzla and led by Professor Dr. Vra-bac concluded that the hill is a natural geological formation, made of clastic sediments of layered composition and varying thickness, and that its shape is a consequence of endodynamical and exodynamical processes in the post-Miocene era." Well, it sounded like a good story. –The End, Editor

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Meeting Minutes

NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. 565 Taxter Road, Suite 510

Elmsford, NY 10523

Monday, July 12, 2010 1. Call to Order – 1610 hrs: Dennis McGrath, Bill Pre-hoda, Jeff Frederick; by phone Mike Greenman, Bob Blau-velt, Laurie Scheuing, George Tyers, Dick Young; minutes by Dennis McGrath. 2. Secretary’s Report: The Secretary’s report covering the May meeting was circulated electronically prior to the meeting. The meeting minutes were reviewed; approval will follow by email after the updated minutes are re-circulated. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Ex Com reviewed and dis-cussed the June Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) and Section Treasurer’s reports. The Treasurer’s reports were accepted. 4. Correspondence: National has requested the annual report from each Section for the Advisory Board meeting re-port in September at the Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. 5. Old Business: ● Fall Meeting – Potential venues for the fall meeting were discussed including Dinosaur State Park; Lamont Do-

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herty Earth Observatory; the Poughkeepsie Foot Bridge; and the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries. The Beacon Institute garnered the most support. Bill Prehoda agreed to contact the Institute’s public outreach coordinator, explore the options at this venue, and report back to the ExCom. ● Short Course – Lee Slater has returned from the UK. Bob Blauvelt plans to meet with him soon to discuss details of a revamped Geophysical short course. Danbury, CT was a suggested location/area for the short course. ● Vacant Executive Committee Positions: Dennis McGrath will call Dorothy Richter to see if she may be inter-ested or if she could suggest someone. ● Web site – Dennis McGrath reported that no new pro-gress was made on updating the web site. Mike Greenman reported that he would look into obtaining Dreamweaver (web site building) software. ● Newsletter – Bill Prehoda reported that he was explor-ing options for making the NL available in electronic format. ● NYSCPG Update – Laurie Scheuing provided an up-date on the licensure efforts in New York State. The licen-sure bill was passed in the Senate but held up in the Assem-bly. As a result of the economic and political forecast, Laurie did not believe that there was a favorable environment that would allow the licensure bill to pass during the 2010 fiscal year. 6. New Business: ● 2010 Annual Meeting – Mike Greenman reported that he will be unable to attend. Laurie Scheuing may be able to attend and represent the NE Section. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to reimburse one Section member up

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to $1,500 in expenses to attend the Annual Meeting and rep-resent the NE Section. 7. Adjournment – 1735 hours.

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State By State Distribution of the 2010 636 NEAIPG Members (2008 US Census estimated population).

Number of members per 500,000 people in each respec-tive state are listed at left.

RI 6.2 NJ 6.6 MA 6.6 NY 7.1 ME 8.0 CT 10.9 NH 11.8 VT 13.7

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? WHERE IN THE NORTHEAST?

(Answer page 80)

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NEWS OF MEMBERS

Lawrence Daniels, P.G., CPG-09216 Re-ports that he continues to manage an internal environmental consulting division of Global Loss Prevention, a Chartis Insurance com-pany. Larry is based in Jersey City, NJ but deals with sites all over the U.S. and Canada. His staff of environmental professionals, lo-cated in New Jersey and elsewhere through-out the U.S., provides internal technical con-sultation and advisement to hundreds of claims analysts and attorneys handling pollution and environmental-related claims from our insureds. Larry also runs an internal pro-gram (“PIER”) that provides emergency response services to pollution incidents through a nationwide network of vetted contractors, available to all his clients. After 12 years, Larry continues to find the work varied and interesting and the in-surance industry has been a great place to apply his techni-cal knowledge and background. Lawrence D. Daniels, P.G., C.P.G. Assistant Vice President/Division Manager Global Loss Prevention, Environmental Claims Division 201.631.7233 Telephone 917.783.6035 Cell 201.631.5053 Facsimile [email protected] Chartis 101 Hudson Street, 31st Floor Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 www.chartisinsurance.com What is going on in your world? Drop us a line - [email protected].

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NEAIPG Election Results

Two-Year Terms: 2011 - 2012 PRESIDENT-ELECT: Jeff Frederick (CPG-10989) TREASURER: Bob Blauvelt (CPG-6508) SECRETARY: Tom West (CPG-8935) MEMBER: Dorothy Richter (CPG-7033) MEMBER: Dennis McGrath (CPG-8578) MEMBER: Craig Werle (CPG-7412) NOTES: Current President, Mike Greenman (CPG-10442), will continue in the role of President for 2011-2012. Current Past-President, Bob Stewart (CPG-8332), will continue in the role of Past-President for 2011-2012. CONGRATULATIONS to all and thanks for you efforts on behalf of NEAIPG!

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Meeting Minutes

NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. 565 Taxter Road, Suite 510

Elmsford, NY 10523

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

1. Call to Order – 1610 hrs: Mike Greenman, Bob Blau-velt, Dennis McGrath, Bill Prehoda, Laurie Scheuing, Jeff Frederick, Craig Werle, George Tyers, Dick Young; minutes by W Thomas West 2. Secretary’s Report: The Secretary’s report covering the July meeting was not available; Dennis McGrath agreed to circulate the draft July meeting minutes electronically to the Ex Com following the meeting. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Ex Com reviewed and dis-cussed the August monthly Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) and Section Treasurer’s reports. Bob Blauvelt agreed to prepared and distribute a draft 2011 Section budget during the next 2010 Ex Com meeting in October. 4. Correspondence: No new correspondence. 5. Old Business: ● Fall Meeting – Details for the Fall meeting at the Bea-con Center for Environmental Innovation and Education are

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well underway. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, October 27th. The Ex Com agreed that the cost of the fall meeting (including dinner) should be kept un-der $50; the Ex Com agreed that the cost of the meeting would be $47 and announcements for the meeting made by email. Details regarding the dinner selection were discussed and Option 2 (Prime Rib/Chicken or Veal) was recom-mended. Bill Prehoda agreed to finalize the dinner arrange-ments at Brother’s Trattoria. Laurie Scheuing agreed to fol-low-up with National to determine if we could use the Na-tional paypal account for reservations. ● Short Course –Bob Blauvelt has agreed to complete additional research about securing a presenter and location for an upcoming short course. ● Vacant Executive Committee Positions: Currently there is one Member-at-Large position vacant on the Execu-tive Committee. Dorothy Richter has agreed to fill the posi-tion. In addition, Dennis McGrath agreed to draft and circu-late the 2011-2013 ballots for three Ex Com Officer and three Member-at-Large positions (including Dorothy Richter) that expire at the end of 2010. The deadline for distributing paper ballots with the Indian Summer NL was missed; therefore Section voting will be completed electronically with the assis-tance from National. Dennis will coordinate this effort with National in time for the results to be announced at the Fall Meeting. 6. New Business: ● National Meeting – Laurie Scheuing agreed to attend the National Meeting on behalf of Mike Greenman, who cur-rently has a schedule conflict and cannot attend. Laurie will represent the Section at the meeting and be compensated for travel and lodging expenses up to $1,500, consistent with

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property transfer site assessments

groundwater development, management, protection, permitting

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prior Section funding allotments for attendance at the meet-ing. ● Scholarship – Dennis McGrath was preparing to mail approximately 120 announcements of the 2011 Angelo Tagli-acozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship to colleges through-out the Northeast. Dennis requested reimbursement for an-ticipated mailing expenses. The Ex Com agreed that Mike Greenman, as Section President, could allocate discretionary funds for Section operations. Dennis was requested to sub-mit receipts for the postage to Bob Blauvelt for reimburse-ment. 7. Adjournment – 1710 hours.

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The New York State’s Catskills Ashokan Clay Geologists from the New York State Museum are mapping the location and thickness of Ashokan clay deposits in the Esopus Creek watershed. According to a Museum press release, the clay was deposited in large lakes dammed by glacial ice during the most recent retreat of the continental ice sheet from New York State between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago. Geologists hope to extract paleo-climate data from the recovered sediments to help determine the timing of the lakes' existence and the ice retreat. Since these deposits flow, via the Esopus Creek, into the Ashokan Reservoir, this is a concern of the New York City DEP who operates the reservoir as part of the New York City water supply. The amount of turbidity caused by the suspended clay in the water is problematic. Knowing the location and extent of clay deposits will aid the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program’s proposed man-agement strategies for improving the quality of New York City's drinking water. -The End, Editor

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE The search for an option to bring our NEAIPG newsletter in the traditional booklet format in digital form and also archive these issues on the web, the ExCom has agreed that this web site appears to be a good option:

http://issuu.com/neaipg/docs/

Just click on the link and you will see the 2010 newsletters I have uploaded so far. Just click on an issue and scroll through the document with the page scroll bar on the bottom of the screen, it is very user friendly (It looks best in full screen mode). My plan will be to periodically upload more back issues from our digital archive, and when I get some time, start scanning the analog issues from the days when Publisher Dick Young was hand setting type and operating the manual printing press (just kidding Dick). I think you will enjoy the older issues, as do I, thanks to Dick's diligent saving of every copy. Hopefully this web resource will be of interest and value to our members. -Editor

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News From the Northeast New York NYSDEC WOES As we go to print, we are in the midst of a governor's race in New York State, with Carl Paladino (R) and Andrew Cuomo (D) the apparent front run-ners (we will leave the story of Jimmy McMillan and his "Rent is To Damn High Party” for another time). The current Gov-ernor, David Paterson, was favored over Mr. Cuomo on the Democratic ticket, and thus will be leaving office. As one of his outgoing actions, Governor Paterson has fired the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Com-missioner, Pete Grannis. Commissioner Grannis was ap-pointed by former Governor Eliot Spitzer, before his prema-ture departure from office (Paterson was Lt. Governor under Spitzer). Apparently the firing of Grannis was over a leaked memo reportedly authored by Grannis that discussed in de-tail Commissioner Grannis' dislike of a mandate by the Gov-ernor's office to cut an additional 200+ jobs from the NYS-DEC (after 250 jobs have already been recently cut from the NYSDEC). The memorandum is unsigned and undated and discusses how the NYSDEC comprises approximately 2.5% of the New York State workforce that is subject to Executive control and that the proposed NYSDEC's layoffs will comprise more than 10% of the 2,000 positions that Governor Paterson has pro-posed to be eliminated. The Governor's statewide layoff pro-posals are in response to New York State's massive budget deficit, in part due to the recent economic downturn (as with many other State's budgets).

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Interestingly, approximately 75% of the $500 million budget of the NYSDEC is provided by the Federal government and special revenue accounts. Reportedly, other agencies that receive outside funding (100%) are exempt from the pro-posed layoffs, thus making the proposed NYSDEC layoffs disproportionately severe. According to the memorandum, in April 2008, the NYSDEC employed 3,775 staff and since that time has lost 595 em-ployees or 16% of the workforce. The additional proposed 209 layoffs would bring the NYSDEC's total job loss count to over 800 employees or 21% of the workforce since 2008. This reportedly has left the NYSDEC in the weakest position since its founding 40 years ago. The memorandum states "The public would be shocked to learn how thin we are in many areas - in many instances, we have offices or sections responsible for important permitting and monitoring functions staffed by only one or two people." The memorandum discuss how over the period of recent layoffs, State mandates have continued to grow. The NYSDEC is looking to reduce services across that board to meet the targeted lay-offs, and the list of reduced ser-vices is long: cleanup of petro-leum spills; inspections; enforce-ment activities in hazardous waste, air emissions, wastewater discharges, dam safety, mining and drilling safety, wetlands development, shellfish safety, and enforcement of hunting/fishing regulations. The memo-randum points out that economic development of the State relies in large part on the NYSDEC permitting process in such areas as general construction, mining, oil and gas drill-ing (Marcellus Shale), energy generation, water-dependent

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activities, brownfields development, waste transportation, commercial fishing and most manufacturing. In order to carry out the proposed personnel cuts, the NYS-DEC has proposed preserving programs which directly ad-dress risks to human health or prevent immediate environ-mental degradation. Programs that do not fit these criteria would be targeted for reductions and/or elimination. Across the board cuts would decimate already foundering depart-ments. In addition, some programs are more important in certain parts of the state than in others. Reportedly, all cate-gories of employees will be considered for layoffs, including executive and other exempt position. So, in the end, the currently understaffed NYSDEC will po-tentially be further burdened with more work and less people, effectively slowing down every conceivable NYSDEC permit-ting process, cleanup and enforcement across the State. Massachusetts Cape Cod Wastewater For a very long time, the Cape Cod coastal area of Massa-chusetts has been home to many folks who made a living from the sea. In more recent decades, the Cape has be-come a popular vacation spot and second home region, not only for nearby Bostonians but for people from far and wide. As usual, more people equals more problems. In this case, more people means more wastewater discharge, traditionally through subsurface disposal systems (i.e., septic tanks/fields). Herein lies an issue somewhat unique to the Cape area, the porous sandy soil does not always allow for enough residence time for the breakdown of human wastes. As a result, "unprocessed" wastewater often makes its way di-


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rectly to surface water bodies (lakes, streams and the ocean bays).

The end result of these often poorly designed wastewater systems is the rising nitrogen levels in adjacent surface wa-ter bodies. In the end, the natural processes sustaining life in the water bodies is severely altered, resulting in the loss of natural flora and fauna in these water bodies due to excess algae and seaweed feeding on the wastewater byproducts. The lack of oxygen in the surface water bodies as the result of excess algae and seaweed can and has decimated shell-fish beds, which along with the rotting algae and seaweed, don't help the local economy (tourism, fishing) and real es-tate values. The problem is acute in bays where the ocean



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does not flush the water sufficiently to reduce the wastewater byproducts. The influx of people created the problem in more ways than one. In a response to this influx, local governments did not accept the Federal monies available in the 1960's and 1970's for sewer systems, fearing an even greater influx of people. Of course, this did not stop people from coming to the Cape and installing ever more individual septic systems. The solution is obvious, better wastewater control. But how that is to be done, and of course, where is all the money coming from, is a source of constant debate. The very inde-pendent Towns on Cape Cod are not necessarily used to working closely with one another, which would be crucial for an adequate wastewater control plan. More information can be found on these websites: http://www.apcc.org/content/water-quality-and-wastewater-infrastructure http://www.ccwpc.org/ http://www.3bays.org/

-The End.


“A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works, and the education of the will is the flowering and result of all this geology and astronomy.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Chilean Mine Disaster I'm sure that most of the readers were following the Chilean mine dis-aster story, where 33 poor souls were stuck in a collapsed mine about a half mile below ground for a couple of months. It was hard not to miss the story, as quite a media circus built up around it. I admit to check-ing the status of the rescue effort al-most on a daily basis. The San Jose mine is located in a volcanic forma-tion in the Atacama Desert, near Copiapo, in northern Chile and is owned by the San Esteban Mining Company. There are hundreds of mines in this region of Chile. The San Jose mine is old, begun in the late 1800's. The San Jose gold and copper mine's main shaft reportedly collapsed around 1,300 feet below ground. This, believe it or not, was actually fortunate in a way for the miners since there were working a lot further down, about 2,200 feet be-low ground. Thus, there were a lot of passageways full of air to keep the miners alive prior to the initial contact of the res-cue operations. Luckily, in this hard rock formation (quartzite), methane or other explosive gases were not an issue. Three efforts to rescue the miners were conducted simulta-neously, Plans A, B and C, each involving a different drilling rig, different location, borehole size and target depth. The theory was that if one plan failed or got bogged down, there were two other plans operating simultaneously. Ultimately, Plan B worked.

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The interesting part about Plan B is that one of our very own advertisers, Layne Chris-tensen (p.77), was a major player in Plan B, providing the personnel with the drilling ex-pertise to complete the task. The chosen drillers, Jeff Hart and Matt Staffel, were recently drilling water wells in Afghani-stan. Layne is know for large-diameter well drilling capability, and I have frequently turned to them for water-supply related appli-cations. Layne bills themselves as the largest water supply well driller in the world and the second largest mineral explo-ration company. Layne began in 1882 as a water-well drill-

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ing company in South Dakota. Layne completed the work with their Latin American affiliate, Geotec Boyles Bros. (http://www.laynechristensen.com/rescue.html)

Plan B involved the use of a Schramm T-130 top head drill to bore out a 6-inch diameter previously drilled pilot hole (drilled within 17 days after the collapse). The borehole was reamed first to 12-inches and ultimately to 26-inches in diameter, us-ing specialized down hole hammer bits. All appeared to be going well (pun intended), until, as often happens, the bit hit an obstruction and broke. The usual fishing expedition com-menced and the bit was successfully extracted and the op-eration was only slightly delayed. It took the Layne crew 33 days to reach the miners, two months ahead of the conser-vative Christmas time estimate.

Kudos to Layne Christensen, and the massive amount of worldwide support, in the rescue of those 33 Chilean miners.

-The End, Editor

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Poem on the 1653 New England Earthquake

The solid earth, before an angry God, Shakes at the terrors of His awful nod. The balance of the mighty world is lost— Its vast foundations, in confusion toss'd, Through all the hollows of its deepest caves Rock like a vessel foundering in the waves. Volumes of sulphurous air, with booming sound, Burst through the gorges of the parted ground.

The earth doth heave, with groanings of distress, Beneath the weight of human sinfulness. Shall not our eyes drop penitential rain, When all creation travaileth in pain? Great God! who shall not fear Thee in the hour When heaven and earth are trembling at Thy power! Father, to nature's tumult whisper peace, And bid the wickedness of man to cease!

Latin poem composed by Reverend Peter Bulkeley, Concord, Massa-chusetts, on the occasion of the 29 October 1653 earthquake; recorded by Cotton Mather. About.com

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NEAIPG FALL MEETING ROUNDUP

Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Beacon NY So, we get out the crystal ball and pre-dict what the weather will be for the Fall Meeting—perfect crisp Fall air and bright sunshine, right? Of course not, we have that weather pattern in the preceding days, and of course following the meet-ing. But on meeting day, rain, wind and some fog was in order. Nevertheless, this did not dampen the spirits of ap-proximately 30 members and guests to trek to Beacon, New York to visit the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries (BIRE). We were greeted at the Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) facility by Michael Heintzman, the Public Outreach Coordinator for the BIRE who was invalu-able in coordinating this event with NEAIPG. About half the

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crowd showed up for the Executive Committee meeting, which is unusual and a welcome change. As it poured out-side, we enjoyed the spacious meeting facility to carry out the ExComm business. As the ExComm meeting wound down, and the remaining party of 30 showed up, we were seated and pro-vide with a discussion of the State of the Federal Clean Water Act by the director of the BIRE, John Cronin. Mr. Cronin opened his talk with a broad statement that the CWA is largely a failure, which immediately caught the attention of many in the audience (a statement that is not often heard, par-ticularly among the members in the field). Although Mr. Cronin indicated there were some successes within the framework of the CWA, they were few and far between. Mr. Cronin started with a few quotes from a speech and que-ried the audience as to who gave the speech. Paraphrasing the speech, two items of note that John wanted to point out was that the speaker indicated that entities that pollute water should be the ones that clean it up and also that the cost of cleanups should be incorporated in the products produced. A few members in the audience guessed who gave the speech and it was none other than President Nixon, who gave the speech prior to the passage of the significant envi-ronmental legislation in the 1970’s. Mr. Cronin indicated that a central purpose of the CWA was to restore and maintain the nation’s water resources, with a goal to have this done by 1985. Obviously, this came and went, and State Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems

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permits were issued instead. Overall, Mr. Cronin indicated that the CWA ended up as a punitive act, since no “good deeds” relative to restoring and maintaining the water re-sources are rewarded. There is essentially no incentive to go beyond minimum compliance and it is often cheaper to violate the law. The Director then discussed the issues of water supply



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(contaminated or not). There are many areas in the United States where future water sources are either uncertain or un-known, with no significant solutions in sight. This is true throughout the world also, with many areas lacking adequate supply right now. Mr. Cronin indicated that major corporations are cognizant of the fact that there cannot be significant economic growth without adequate water supply. To this end, corporations are on the forefront of innovation and technology with respect to a clean, safe, reliable water supply. BIRE is, and wants to, tap into this innovation resource in its goal to fully monitor the Hudson River water quality. BIRE is working with such in-dustrial giants such as GE and IBM and has committed the Institute to innovation in the area of water quality monitoring. The BIRE has already deployed numerous water quality monitoring platforms up and down the Hudson River, with plans for significantly expanding the network. Some of the water quality parameters currently monitored at the platforms include atmospheric conditions, particle counting, chloro-phyll, conductivity, salinity and temperature. The data can b e v i e w e d a t t h e B I R E w e b s i t e a t www.thebeaconinstitute.org. After the Director’s talk, a tour of the restored brick fac-tory building was provided by Mr. Heintzman. The building was re-stored and outfit-ted with the latest in “green” technol-ogy. One such in-novation was the



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In Sympathy We are sad to report that Mrs. Charleen F. Dimmick, wife of Charles W. Dimmick, CPG-3886, passed away Monday Oc-tober 18, 2010, in Meriden, CT. A Memorial Service for Charleen was held October 30th at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cheshire, CT. Donations in Charleen’s name may be made to Friends of Feral Cheshire Cats, P.O Box 946, Cheshire, CT 06410. To send a condolence or light a me-morial candle, please visit www.aldersonfuneralhomes.com. Charles served for many years on the NE/AIPG Executive Committee and has been active in Section matters, as well as serving as AIPG Editor.

ground source heat pumps, circulating water from numerous wells drilled by none other than one of our advertisers—Aquifer Drilling and Testing. Of particular interest to the group was the sod roof on the addition for the original build-ing. Mike Greenman wasn’t sure how they got the lawn mower up there, but it was decided that mowing was not necessary. After the meeting concluded at the CEIE, the group pro-ceeded a short distance to downtown Beacon where we re-c o n v e n e d a t t h e B r o t h e r ’ s T r a t t o r i a Italian Res-taurant for an excellent meal. -The End, Editor


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25 YEARS AGO IN THE NEAIPG NEWSLETTER Holidays 1985

• Rochester Drilling Co., Inc., offered complete test boring programs for buildings, sewage-water treatment plants and connecting systems, landfills, groundwater, oil and fuel spills and had a complete materials testing labora-tory.

• NEAIPG President Ted Clark indicated the recent Ex-Comm meeting in New England (Concord), which was combined with an upper Northeast Section AIPG meet-ing, was successful if lightly attended. Ted was busy in the Fall since the next week he (and Russ Slayback) were off to the National AIPG meeting in St. Paul, Minne-sota. Ted indicated that the meeting program was out-standing, and the St. Paul Hotel was worth the trip in of itself. At the National meeting, Ted was awarded an AIPG Presidential Certificate of Merit by President Ernie Lehmann for superior performance as 1985 President of the Northeast Section. Ted mentioned that the “Future Trends in Professional Geology” discussion at the meet-ing eventually became the theme for the upcoming NEAIPG Spring 1986 meeting. The discussion at the Na-tional meeting was an “eye-opener”, where some geo-logic professions were doing fine, other fields were faced with significant cutbacks and for those geologists, most of whom had years of experience and were highly qualified,

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employment was difficult to find. • The NEAIPG Fall meeting was held at the Lamont-

Doherty Geological Observatory with speakers Dr. Kim Kastens and Dr. William Haxby. Dr. Kastens discussed her research on ocean rifts and fracture zones she has been studying along the eastern limits of the Pacific Ocean. Dr. Haxby’s talk dealt with his significant work on interpreting the gravity field over the world’s oceans that was transmitted by the short-lived SEASAT satellite that circled the earth in 1978.

• The title of Dunn Geoscience’s advertisement read “Ground Work”, with the text of the ad promoting the 25 years of interpreting subsurface data for engineers, mu-nicipalities, utilities and industries. The Dunn office loca-tions at the time were in Albany, Buffalo, Harrisburg and Laconia.

• Bill Siok submitted to the NEAIPG Ex Comm a draft posi-tion statement on registration of geologists. In part, the statement reads: “The question of registration for profes-sional geologists remains in dispute. There are equally valid reasons for and against formal statutory registration similar to the licensing requirements for other profession-als, such as doctors, lawyers and engineers. While the arguments, pro and con, have continued for many years, it is the consensus of the NEAIPG that formal statutory registration of professional geologists in a state-by-state basis is desirable and necessary.”

• S.A. Alsup & Associates, Inc., Gloucester, Massachu-setts, advertised as Consultants in Engineering Geology and Engineering Geophysics.

• The NEAIPG Section Screening Board noted that 15 ap-plications for membership were processed in 1985 and 14 were recommended for approval.

• Lawrence LaChance of Dunn Geoscience and Fred Troise of Geraghty & Miller were named to the Executive Committee replacing Erhardt Werth and John Bee who have moved out of the NEAIPG territory.

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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP

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

The announcement and application form for the 2010 – 2011 academic year scholarships was distributed in September. On a trial basis, I took a more eco-friendly approach this year to reduce the mass mailing typical of years past. A package consisting of a cover letter, two color announcements suit-able for posting on a department bulletin board or circulating to students (8.5 x 11-inch and 11 x 17-inch formats), and an updated application form were sent to 58 faculty members that have sponsored one or more students since 2000. We try never to forget a faculty sponsor, so emails with the announcement and application form were sent to another 26 faculty members that sponsored a student applicant before 2000. Lastly, emails with the announcement and application form were sent to another 31 faculty members at colleges or universities where we have never received a student applica-tion. In total, a paper or electronic copy of the announcement and application form were sent to 112 faculty members at 81 dif-ferent colleges and universities in the seven states that com-prise the Northeast Section (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, and VT). The announcement and application form are also posted on and can be downloaded from our web site (www.ne-aipg.org). Information on the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship was also listed on a free c o l l e g e s c h o l a r s h i p s e a r c h w e b s i t e (www.scholarships.com). Scholarships.com was established to help students locate scholarship opportunities and is en-

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NEAIPG NEWSLETTER 2011 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Winter Newsletter January 21 Deadline (Material to Editor) February 4 Content ready to print February 21 Dispatch by mail/e-mail March 7 Receipt by Members Directory of Members February 18 Deadline (Material to Editor) March 4 Content ready to print April 11 Dispatch by mail/e-mail April 25 Receipt by Members Spring Newsletter March 11 Deadline (Material to Editor) March 25 Content ready to print April 11 Dispatch by mail/e-mail April 25 Receipt by Members Indian Summer Newsletter July 1 Deadline (Material to Editor) July 22 Content ready to print August 15 Dispatch by mail/e-mail September 1 Receipt by Members 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

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dorsed by both the National Association for College Admis-sion Counseling (NACAC) and the National Scholarship Pro-viders Association (NSPA). The deadline for submitting applications this year is Decem-ber 7, 2010. The Scholarship Committee will begin their evaluations shortly thereafter. By the time the Winter 2011 Newsletter is published early next year, 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 continuing sluggishness in the econ-omy, financial need is expected to rise so continued growth of the fund is even more important. We saw evidence of this last year with a record number (23) student applications. The long-standing goal of the scholarship program has been and still is to get 100% participation from the membership. The size of your contribution is not as important as making a contribution. Give what you can afford, but give something. Look for the insert in this newsletter and mail-in your contri-bution today. If your contribution is received before the end of 2010, you will receive a tax-deduction for this year. Re-member: the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship is a scholarship for geologists, awarded by ge-ologists. 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 support! -The end

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Where in the Northeast? (answer from page 28)

Slate quarry, Granville, NY Area Well, you don’t see this sight much anymore (if at all), but it was a staple of the slate industry on the New York / Vermont border for many years. Prior to excavators and dump trucks driving down into the open pit mines, quarry operators set up “sticks” (oversized telephone poles) on top of slate dump (excess waste slate was piled up in “dump”). A stick was rigged upright with a dizzying array of steel cables, anchored in the ground or to large pieces of slate. A main cable was run across the top of the quarry pit, upon which sat a “carriage” that you see in the photo. An operator controlled a hoisting system that consisted of a secon-dary cable that ran from the cable drum on the hoist to the carriage and around the “billy wheel”. Down in the “pit”, holes were hand drilled (later pneumatically) and black powder charges were used to break away the slate for removal. After much splitting, moving the slate with bars, and propping the blocks up with smaller chunks of slate, a chain was wrapped around a block of slate in preparation for hoisting out of the pit. The pit man would signal the hoist operator (sometimes with an electric cable hooked to a bell in the “engine house”, the pit man would contact the wires, making the bell sound). The hoist operator would wind up the secondary cable on the drum, bringing the billy wheel and its cargo up out of the pit and to the carriage. Once the billy wheel hit the carriage, it locked on a lever and the carriage and cargo would ride up the main cable to the yard area. The cable routing allowed the car-riage to remain in place while the billy wheel was lowered with its cargo down to the yard. A yard man would unhook the chain on the slate block and the hoist operator would raise the billy wheel to the carriage and send the carriage back over the pit and down again. A steel box was also attached to the billy wheel which al-lowed the pit man to “shovel rubbish” (waste slate) into the box, which would then be brought up the main cable to the area where the stick was and dumped on the waste pile. Eventually, the dump got high enough that the stick would have to be taken down and placed higher up on the dump. As a youth, I worked in the family slate quarry with my father and worked as pit man and yard man, occasionally with help, my father would let me run the hoist con-trols. Thank the stars for the invention of hydraulics. -The End, Editor. Photo: Slate Valley Museum

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2010 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Alpha Analytical ......................................................................... 69 Aquifer Drilling & Testing, Inc .......................... Inside Front Cover Arcadis ...................................................................................... 19 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 .................................................. 67 Complete Environmental Testing, Inc. ...................................... 67 ConeTec, Inc ......................................................... Centerfold (45) Connecticut Test Borings, LLC .................................................. 67 Conrad Geoscience Corporation ............................................... 32 Delta Well & Pump, Inc ............................................................... 6 Directional Technologies, Inc ............................... Centerfold (44) Diversified Geophysics, Inc .............................. Inside Rear Cover Drilex Environmental, Inc ............................................................ 3 Earth Data Northeast, Inc ................................. Inside Rear Cover Eastern Analytical, Inc ............................................................... 20 EcoTest Labs,Inc ...................................................................... 52 EnviRent .................................................................................... 47 Environmental Assessment & Remediations ............................ 52 Environmental Closures, Inc ................................ Centerfold (45) Enviroscan ................................................................................. 30 EWMA ................................................................... Centerfold (47) Expedition Drilling, Inc ............................................................... 16 Gannett Fleming ........................................................................ 24 General Borings, Inc ................................................................. 38 Geo-Cleanse International, Inc. ................................................ 13 GEOD Corporation .................................................................... 14 Geomatrix Consultants .............................................................. 54 Geophysical Applications, Inc ............................... Centerfold (43) GEOSPHERE Environmental Management, Inc. ..................... 74 Hager Geoscience, Inc .............................................................. 23 Hager-Richter GeoScience, Inc ................................................ 58 Haley & Aldrich .......................................................................... 34 Hatch Mott MacDonald .............................................................. 62

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Hetager Drilling, Inc. ................................................................. 21 Jonathan Paul Associates, Inc. ................................................... 9 JPI Associates, Inc. ................................................................... 21 Layne Christensen Company .................................................... 77 Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc. ............ Outside Rear Cover 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 R&L Well Drilling, LLC .............................................................. 34 Regenesis ................................................................................. 53 ReRem ...................................................................................... 77 Rich, C. A., Consultants, Inc ......................... Outside Rear Cover Rinbrand Well Drilling Co., Inc. ................................................. 69 Roux Associates, Inc ................................................................ 11 SGS Environmental Services, Inc. ........................ Centerfold (42) SJB Services, Inc. ..................................................................... 36 Soil Mechanics ...................................................... Centerfold (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 ......................... Centerfold 46 TRC Environmental Corporation. .............................................. 16 URS Corporation......................................................................... 9 Zebra Environmental .........................................Centerfold 48, 72

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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. 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 SCHIFFMAN, ARNOLD 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 BE HALF 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 (ATMGS Contributors continued on page 85)

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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.

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