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NEWSLETTER

Indian Summer 2010

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AIPG NORTHEAST SECTION NEWSLETTER INDIAN SUMMER 2010 EDITION NO. 120 PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS

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Executive Committee Directory ......................................................................5 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule........................................................7 Presidential Ramblings ..................................................................................8 Rocks in Their Heads ...................................................................................15 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 3/8/10 .............................................22 AIPG/AGWT ASR Conference .....................................................................27 Where in the World? ....................................................................................28 News of Members ........................................................................................29 Mining Film ...................................................................................................37 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 5/12/10 ...........................................39 Piggyback Mailing Information .....................................................................43 News From the Northeast ............................................................................50 2010 Spring Meeting Roundup ....................................................................59 It’s Time For A Trip! .....................................................................................65 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

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

PUBLISHER & ADVERTISING MANAGER

Bill Prehoda United Water New York 360 West Nyack Rd West Nyack, NY 10994 845-620-3306 (Office) 845-620-3318 (Fax) neaipg.editor@gmail.com

Dick Young Consulting Geologist 179 Intervale Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 973-335-2569 (Office) 973-335-9799 (Fax) RYoungNJ@aol.com

The Newsletter of the Northeast Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists 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 extended to all who helped in compiling this issue. -4-

2010 NEAIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 890 Grant Place North Bellmore, NY 11710 amgreenman@optonline.net PRESIDENT- ELECT Jeff Frederick, CPG-10989 Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 17-17 Route 208 North Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Office: (201) 398-4318 Email: jfrederick@pirnie.com 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: twest@haleyaldrich.com TREASURER Robert P. Blauvelt, CPG-06508 EWMA 100 Misty Lane, P.O. Box 5430 Parsippany, NJ 07054 phone (973) 560-1400 x168 fax (973) 560-0400 E-mail: bob.blauvelt@ewma.com 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: dmcgrath@louisberger.com 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: bill.prehoda@unitedwater.com Laurie Scheuing, CPG-09898 46 Homestead Road Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-5808 Office: 518-695-9445 E-mail: lscheuing@aol.com George Tyers, CPG-10274 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749 Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: gtyers@rouxinc.com

Craig Werle, CPG-07412 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749 Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: cwerle@rouxinc.com 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: robert.stewart@lfr.com 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: info@carichinc.com 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: bill.prehoda@unitedwater.com 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: curtkraemer@comcast.net 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: ryoungnj@aol.com WEBMASTER Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 890 Grant Place North Bellmore, NY 11710 E-mail amgreenman@optonline.net

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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 Schueing (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 2010 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule January 11 March 1 May 12 – Spring Meeting July 12 September 7 October 13 Fall Meeting (TBD) December 6 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 As I look through the list of Northeast Section members, it becomes obvious that the vast majority of our members are in the groundwater and environmental disciplines. When I was attending college in the 1960’s, a traditional geology program at the City University did not include a course in groundwater nor did it have courses in soils. If one wished, they could take an Engineering Geology course in the Civil Engineering Department. Permission to take the course was not a given, and depended on availability and enrollment, with Civil engineering students getting first preference. This is a far cry from the current programs which seem to be oriented towards a multidisciplinary approach to environmental issues. When I began working as an engineering geologist in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, many of my contemporaries said that they would not consider the field and insisted that the only place to be was in petroleum geology. Several years later, these same people came looking for work when the oil business went bust and all of a sudden engineering geology was no longer beneath them. Engineering, as opposed to petroleum geology, seems to be a constant because things are always being built, and soil borings must always be done as a precursor to building. During the fiscal crisis of the early 1970’s, the City of New York let maintenance go by the wayside since the money came out of the expense budget. Workers doing the maintenance were let go. In a quirk of municipal finance, there was money to build new since this money came from the sale of bonds. I remember going to one site in Eastern Queens to do soil borings for a series of seepage basins to handle heavy rain. I noticed that the street in question had basins along its whole stretch. Each basin was clogged with (Ramblings continued on page 10) -8-

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debris. If the City had the money for maintenance, the basins could have been cleaned and there would be no need for the new basins. The Department for which I worked, General Services, was responsible for a wide array of public buildings. These included, police stations, fire houses, courthouses, prisons, museums, zoos, human resource centers, homeless shelters, libraries, health facilities, municipal buildings, etc. In addition to these public buildings, we did work for sewers, highways, bridges, parks, hospitals and sanitation facilities. Each type of structure had its own intrinsic design features and corresponding foundations. There were many interesting experiences over the years that were unique to the different projects. One of the funnier experiences occurred at the Bronx Zoo. We received a request to do borings for a new structure in a pen that was housing a cow. The Zoo was having no success breeding an animal called a guar. It was decided to use a cow as a surrogate mother and an embryo was implanted in the cow and carried to term. The cow gave birth to the baby guar but was obviously not happy with the whole affair. When we went to the holding pen for the cow, the head of construction for the zoo climbed the fence into the pen to show us where he wanted the borings. No sooner had he gone over the fence, than he vaulted back over. He had been charged at by the irritated cow. The cow was removed from the area before we commenced our borings. Prisons were not an especially friendly work environment. When I started with DGS, there were two or three separate prisons on Rikers Island. By the time I retired from DGS, there were 11 prisons and several expansions including reception centers, fencing, kitchens and security. As a geologist just out of school it was not a very pleasant experience working near a prison work gang and being verbally threat(Ramblings continued on page 11)

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ened by a prisoner wielding a shovel. He was doing it just to get a laugh from his fellow inmates. Some projects required going through the prisons to get to prison yards. It was very spooky hearing the gates clang shut behind you and being in with the general prison population. Especially after being warned that you could be stuck behind bars if there is a lock down. Construction problems were always interesting and some were out and out stupid. We were called in on a problem at a police station in the Bronx where it seems that the station was built right in the middle of a former drainage area of one of the former major streams in the Bronx. The buildingâ€™s basement was flooded every time there was a rain storm with the theory being that the water found its way into the former water course and then into the basement of the police station. What could not be figured out was that the basement was designed with a drain around the outside of the (Ramblings continued on page 12)

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foundation to stop the buildup of water pressure around the walls. The drain led to a sump which was then pumped out, or should have, if water flowed into it. We were called in to see why water was not being sent to the sump. One person in our party looked into the sump, reached into the drain pipe and pulled out a rag. It seems that during installation of the drain, the workers needed to work in a dry condition and had stuffed the drain with a rag. They had forgotten to take the rag out upon completion. Sometimes you just get lucky such as at a newly-constructed library in Brooklyn. The library had a terrible smell in it after it opened and the library just happened to be my local branch. I remembered going in and saying that the smell seemed to be natural gas. The library system had called in Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and according to their explosimeter, it was not natural gas. We were asked to do a series of soil borings around the site to try to determine the source of the smell (assuming that it came from the ground). Research showed that the library was built on the site of a former marsh and stream. After several days we were on the last of the borings when we hit a gas line that was not marked out by the utility companies. The library did not have gas service. What were the odds of hitting a 1â€? line with a 4â€? diameter hole. As it turned out, when the building previously on site was demolished, the gas service was never turned off. Gas was being released into the soil under the slab and then getting into the duct system. The odds of hitting that line seemed astronomically small, however as anyone in the drilling business can tell you, it happens all the time. The library that was closed during this time was allowed to reopen. Also under the category of just getting lucky is the case of a police station in the South Bronx. We did a series of borings across from the station in a vacant lot. The borings were done on a grid across the site and rock was shallow, less than ten feet below the surface. On one of the borings in the (Ramblings continued on page 15)

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middle of the site the rock just disappeared (these were the days before ground penetrating radar and other investigative tools). We did a series of rock probes starting at the boring and radiating out in all directions at 5 foot intervals. We discovered a narrow cleft in the rock, no more than 10 feet wide, where a stream may have eroded a narrow valley. If we didnâ€™t hit this small cleft there would have been large cost overruns in the construction of the foundation. As it was, the designers were able to redesign some of the footings and design beams to span the area. Again, luck prevailed. Many of the engineering problems encountered in New York City concern old water courses and marshes that have been covered over. Builders have forgotten or choose to ignore the fact that water will continue to flow through these buried streams. I will talk more about these problems in future Ramblings, as well as the wealth of information available concerning these water courses. Of concern are the ethics of designers, engineers, and builders who continue to build -The End in unsuitable areas as sites become less desirable.

Rocks in their heads This is an interesting development, and often (if not ever) heard of - the State of California is entertaining the idea of dropping the official state rock - serpentine. Why defrock the state rock? It seems that the asbestos found in the rock, and asbestos' cancer causing issues, is too much for some people to be honoring the rock on a statewide basis. Detractors claim that chrysotile is a less harmful form of asbestos, but this fact doesn't seem to be gaining traction and proponents of the defrocking claim it is a consumer safety issue. That got me thinking about state rocks, and what do we have here in the Northeast section? See for yourself: (Rocks continued on page 19) - 15 -

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Gem or Gemstones Tourmaline Rhodonite Smokey Quartz Garnet Grossular Garnet

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Mineral Garnet Babingtonite Beryl Bowenite Talc

Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont

Rock or Stone Roxbury Pudding Stone (Jasper) Conway Granite Cumberlandite Granite, Marble, Slate

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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, March 8, 2010 1. Call to Order – 16:05 hrs: By Phone - Bob Blauvelt, Mike Greenman, Dennis McGrath, Bill Prehoda, Dan St. Germain, Laurie Scheuing, Jeff Frederick, Bob Stewart, Craig Werle, Dick Young, George Tyers, Minutes by W Thomas West 2. Secretary’s Report: The Secretary’s report covering the January meeting was circulated electronically prior to the meeting. The meeting minutes were reviewed and a motion was made, seconded, and approved to finalize the January meeting minutes pending any additional revisions received by March 12, 2010. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Ex Com reviewed and discussed the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) and Section Treasurer’s reports. Bob Blauvelt has started preparing monthly Treasurer’s reports and a draft 2010 Section budget (see New Business Item below) was distributed for discussion during the March 2010 Ex Com meeting. 4.

Correspondence: No new correspondence.

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Old Business:

● Spring Meeting – The spring meeting is scheduled to be held at Liberty State Park (http:// www.libertystatepark.org/) on May 12th. The meeting will include a presentation and tour by Dr. Frank Gallagher of the ecological and environmental restoration activities at Liberty State Park. After the meeting, dinner will be held at Casa Dante (voted best Italian restaurant in North Jersey) located in Jersey City, NJ. Bob Blauvelt agreed to help prepare the meeting announcement for distribution in the next Section newsletter. ● Short Course – Due to time limitations for announcing the short course, the Executive Committee agreed to eliminate the short course from the spring meeting agenda. The Executive Committee agreed that presenting a short course would be a viable fund-raising mechanism, but noted that additional efforts to market the course prior to the meeting would be required for the short-course to have sufficient participants and be successful. ● Vacant Executive Committee Positions: Jeff Fredrick has agreed to assume the president-elect position that was vacated when Mike Greenman assumed the office of Section president. A motion was made, seconded, and approved by the Section officers to accept Jeff Frederick’s nomination to the vacated president-elect position. Currently there is one Member-at-Large position vacant on the Executive Committee, and a brief discussion was held regarding efforts to fill the open Member-at-Large position.

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New Business:

● ATGMSF 2010 Awards – The scholarship chair, Dennis McGrath, provided a summary of the scholarship committee’s evaluations and recommendations for 2010. The scholarship committee recommended awarding five scholarships totaling $7,000 as follows: Cindy Colon, Rutgers University - $2,000 Cameron Morissette, Salem State College - $2,000 Daria Vilanova, Southern CT State College - $1,000 Jessica Farrell, Eastern CT State University - $1,000 Angelica Ventrelli, Hofstra University - $1,000 After the scholarship recommendations were presented and discussed, the officers of the ATGMSF (the current Section officers) made a motion, which was seconded and approved, to accept the recommendations of the scholarship committee. Finally, after much discussion, the Executive Committee entertained a motion to contribute $4,000 from the Section fund to the ATGMSF trust fund, with a provision to reevaluate additional contributions (to match the total amount of the 2010 scholarship awards) at the next Section meeting. The motion was seconded, discussed, and approved. ● Draft 2010 Section Budget – Bob Blauvelt has prepared a draft 2010 proposed Section budget. After a brief discussion, it was agreed that the draft budget needed further review and revisions prior to being voted upon. Bob Blauvelt agreed to obtain additional information regarding the cost of publishing the newsletter as well as advertising revenue from Dick Young. Bob Blauvelt will then revise and resubmit the draft Section budget at the Spring meeting. 5.

Adjournment – 1755 hours.

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AIPG 47th Annual Meeting & Conference AGWT 10th Florida ASR Conference The American Ground Water Trust’s 10th Annual Florida ASR Conference is being organized jointly with the American Institute Professional Geologists (Orlando, Sept 12 – 15). The 2010 event has tracks with two full days of aquifer recharge presentations and many other conference sessions covering different aspects of geology. This event provides the latest information on research, operational experience and regulatory issues associated with Aquifer Recharge. Aquifer recharge field trips (pre and post conference) provide a unique opportunity for visits to seven different recharge sites. The links below will connect you with details of this “must attend” event for all water professionals who are involved, or are likely to be involved with aquifer recharge. DETAILS OF Sept 12th AQUIFER RECHARGE FIELD TRIP http://www.agwt.org/events/2010/2010FL_Fieldtrip1.htm DETAILS OF Sept 15th AQUIFER RECHARGE FIELD TRIP http://www.agwt.org/events/2010/2010FL_Fieldtrip2.htm EXPLANATION OF THE AIPG AGWT CONFERENCE PARTNERSHIP http://www.agwt.org/ASR/2010FL_AGWTAIPG_Conf_Partnership.pdf CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM http://aipg.org/Meetings/2010%20Annual%20Meeting/ Orlando_Registration_Form.pdf ONLINE REGISTRATION ON THE AIPG WEB-SITE http:// aipg.org.

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NEWS OF MEMBERS Donald W. Richardson, CPG-10682, RBP, Vice Present of EWMA, reports that he participated in the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association Seminar Series regarding regulatory updates in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Site Remediation and Land Use programs. The program was held on June 16th in New Brunswick, NJ and also featured the new NJDEP Commissioner Mr. Robert Martin. Don moderated a panel of experts opining on site remediation reform measures and the impacts to re-development. The event offered an overview of the changes happening at NJDEP and the overall regulatory process geared toward clarification and discussion of the impact of new environmental legislation on business, including real estate transactions, environmental insurance, relationships with consultants, ethics, and the NJDEP Site Remediation Program. Don also spoke at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s event, “2010 Environmental Law Section Forum Weekend,” on the topic of “Post Remedial Care Liabilities and Solutions.” The program was held at the Golden Inn Hotel & Resort in Avalon, New Jersey. Jeff Frederick, CPG 10989, has graciously volunteered to fill the NEAIPG President-Elect position due to the elevation of Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 to NEAIPG President after the untimely loss of our President, Kurt Stokes, CPG-07934. Thank you Jeff for your current and future efforts for the Section! (News of Members continued on page 31) - 29 -

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Tom Johnson, CPG-07422, reports that his daughter, a geology student, forwarded this very interesting letter regarding our Italian colleagues across the pond: Subject: Letter of support for Italian earthquake scientists indicted for failing to predict the L'Aquila Earthquake Dear colleagues and friends, Two weeks ago the Lâ€™Aquila Prosecutorâ€™s office indicted of manslaughter the members of the National High Risk Committee that met in L'Aquila one week before the Mw6.3 earthquake. The charges are for failing to provide a short term alarm to the population before the earthquake struck, killing more than 300 people. The president of INGV, Enzo Boschi (member of the High Risk Committee), and the director of the National Earthquake Center, Giulio Selvaggi (just accompanying Boschi to the meeting as technical specialist), are among the scientists in seismology and earthquake engineering now under investigation together with some civil protection officials. We think that the allegations against the scientists are completely unfounded and we look for support on this from the international scientific community working on earthquakes and in the Earth sciences in general. We invite you to sign the letter addressed to the President of the Italian Republic, published at the web page www.mi.ingv.it/ open_letter/ . We also would be glad if you could extend this invitation to other seismologists that can possibly share our initiative. We hope that by this action we can increase the awareness of people on earthquake risk reduction through education, preparedness, and a long term program of building reinforcement.

Vince Uhl, CPG-06519, of the Lambertville, New Jersey based firm of Uhl, Baron, Rana & Associates, Inc., has been away from the states for awhile working on water resources development projects in Southwest Afghanistan. Vince and his firm recently completed a groundwater resource investi(News of Members continued on page 33)

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gation in Farah Province southwest Afghanistan for the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Vince spent 2 months incountry working with UBRâ€™s Afghan partner firm, Basic Afghanistan Services (BAS), to conduct field surveys evaluating the groundwater reVince Uhl along the Farah River source development potential for irrigation use in several areas of the Province. Vince indicates that the study confirmed that there are opportunities for irrigation development in the Province as well as the need for demonstration of new irrigation technologies and best practices. Technical input and guidance to improve irrigation application efficiency will reduce water usage, allow more areas to be Irrigation Well Drill Site irrigated and reduce in Southwest Afghanistan pumping costs. It was recommended that this be accomplished through demonstration plots on existing farms, and for new farm development. The project was completed in the latter part of 2009 under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, and a Phase 2 project involving Training Workshops for local drilling companies, USAID contractors, and government ministries, as well as technical assistance in well siting, (News of Members continued on page 35)

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Vince Uhl at a drill site in Farah Province

Alfred Moffit, CPG-11106, Director, Site Assessments and Compliance Services for EWMA in the Parsippany, NJ office questions whether or not everyone is aware of a law New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) follows that places a cap on the amount of oversight costs (fees) NJDEP can charge for a specific site, and problems related to the practice. Alfred and his firm EWMA have negotiated a refund for several clients due to excess oversight costs based on this law and other reasons. Alfred indicates that the NJDEP typically issues invoices on a quarterly basis for oversight costs. As stated in P.L. 2002 Chapter 37 supplementing NJSA 58:10B-1 et al., there is a 7.5% cap on the oversight costs that can be assessed by NJDEP as of July 1, 2002. This 7.5% cap is reviewed upon issuance of the no further action (NFA) for the case but only if the consultant, attorney, or client bring this information to NJDEPâ€™s attention. Alfred reports that his clients are also (News of Members continued on page 37)

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receiving invoices with old or duplicate charges for oversight fees which his firm has successfully challenged and obtained up to 30% reduction. On a recent case, EWMA informed NJDEP that, since July 1, 2002, NJDEP oversight fees were $23,440.95 while environmental costs associated with this project during the same timeframe were $34,566.36. Since the site received NFA, the maximum amount of oversight fees under this regulation should only be $2,592.48 (7.5% of $34,566.36). EWMA provided NJDEP with documentation supporting this claim to obtain a refund for the client. Alfred strongly recommends that, upon receiving the NFA letter or Remedial Action Outcome (RAO) the NJDEP oversight invoices from 2002 on be reviewed to determine if this 7.5% cap applies to your project. The impact of the LSRP program has yet to be determined on oversight fees as they can still be assessed for portions of a project. What is going on in neaipg.editor@gmail.com.

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Meeting Minutes NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Liberty State Park Jersey City, New Jersey Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1. Call to Order – 1325 hrs: Mike Greenman, Bob Blauvelt, Dennis McGrath, Bill Prehoda, Jeff Frederick, and Dave Streetmith (PA Section member); by phone Laurie Scheuing; minutes by W Thomas West. 2. Secretary’s Report: The Secretary’s report covering the March meeting was circulated electronically prior to the meeting. The meeting minutes were reviewed and a motion was made, seconded, and approved to finalize the March meeting minutes pending any additional revisions received by May 28, 2010. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Ex Com reviewed and discussed the March and April monthly Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF) and Section Treasurer’s reports. Bob Blauvelt had prepared and distributed a draft 2010 Section budget during the March 2010 Ex Com meeting; no action was taken during the May 2010 meeting regarding the draft Section Budget. 4.

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Old Business:

● Short Course – Due to time limitations for announcing the short course, the Executive Committee agreed to eliminate the short course from the spring meeting agenda. However, Bob Blauvelt indicated that the presenter (Lee Slater) would be interested in possibly presenting a revamped Geophysical short-course in association with the Section later this year. The Executive Committee agreed that presenting a short course would be a viable fund-raising mechanism, but noted that additional efforts to market the course prior to the meeting would be required for the short-course to have sufficient participants and be successful. ● Vacant Executive Committee Positions: Currently there is one Member-at-Large position vacant on the Executive Committee. A brief discussion was held regarding efforts to fill the open Member-at-Large position. ● ATGMSF 2010 Awards –Dennis McGrath noted that all of the scholarship recipients had received/cashed their award checks with one exception. Dennis intended to followup with the award-winner to confirm that they did receive their check. In addition, Dennis is planning on getting the 2011 ATGMSF award announcement out to the colleges in August 2010.

New Business:

● Draft 2010 Section Budget – Bob Blauvelt has prepared a revised draft 2010 proposed Section budget and is planning to distribute the revised budget to the Ex Com for review prior to the next (July) meeting. (5-12-10 Meeting Minutes continued on page 49)

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PIGGYBACK MAILING A SERVICE FOR NE/AIPG ADVERTISERS The NE/AIPG Newsletter has expanded the options offered to advertisers to include Piggyback Mailing. Now you can include preprinted promotional flyers or brochures along with our normal mailing of the Newsletter. Piggybacking gives NE/AIPG advertisers a cost-effective way to get their promotional material into the hands of NE/AIPG's targeted audience of decision-makers. That audience has grown to over 700, including 600± NE/AIPG Members and Applicants throughout New York, New Jersey, and the six New England states, 50± AIPG National and Section Officers, over 80 advertisers, and others. Likewise, NE/ AIPG benefits from additional income and from keeping members current on available, innovative products and services. Rates depend upon the size and weight of the promotional piece. A single 8 1/2” by 11" sheet of 20# paper, pre-printed, and pre-folded costs $0.20 each to Piggyback. To schedule Piggybacking your promotional information or to learn more, just call Dick Young at 973335-2289. - 43 -

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● Fall Meeting – The fall meeting is tentatively scheduled for either Wednesday October 13th or October 20th. A venue/topic for the meeting has yet to be determined; the Fall Meeting agenda will be discussed/confirmed at the next Ex Com meeting in July. ● Section Website – The Section website has served the section well, but since it is over 10 years old, it was developed on an older web-platform, which limits some of its access capabilities and functionality. Recognizing that most of the Ex-com members are not web-design savvy, Dennis McGrath suggested exploring the possibility of have a separate section account on the National website to increase visibility and obtain additional functions. Dennis agreed to report back to the Ex Com with additional details on upgrading the Section website at the next Ex Com meeting. ● NYSCPG Update – Laurie Scheuing provided an update on the licensure efforts in New York State. The licensure bill was re-written and introduced in the NYS Assembly. According to Laurie, edits were made to the bill (without NYSCPG authorization) that included reciprocity for professional surveyors. The NYSCPG contacted Senator Thompson who agreed to revise the bill and remove the surveyor’s language. The bill is currently in the finance committee undergoing review. Laurie acknowledged that the NYSCPG could always use additional members and that the newsletter was being distributed electronically to all current (and previous members). Finally, a meeting scheduled with the chair of higher education (Deb Glick) was recently canceled; the meeting was reportedly canceled due to the ongoing NYS budget deficit/crisis. 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. 5.

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News From the Northeast New Hampshire The New Hampshire PG Statute 10 Years Later Submitted by: Dorothy Richter, CPG-07033 It is hard to believe that it has been ten (10!) years since the bill establishing the licensing of Professional Geologists in the State of New Hampshire was signed into law (RSA 310A:118-139). Many NE-AIPG members will never forget the melodramatic 2Â˝-year roller coaster ride we had in getting the bill passed. It would never have happened without the individual contributions made by multiple members of the geologic community and the support of NE-AIPG. Fortunately, any controversy or melodrama is long gone. The PG license is now well respected in New Hampshire, as we all knew it would be, and the New Hampshire Board of Professional Geologists (PG Board), which issues the licenses, is firmly established and running smoothly. It seems timely to provide an update to the NE-AIPG membership. The PG Board is a part of the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification. The PG Board consists of five professional geologists (including Dorothy Richter, CPG-07033, and the State Geologist David Wunsch, Mem-0147), plus one public member. Appointment to the Board is made by the Governor and Executive Council for five-year terms, except for the State Geologist, who is a Board member by definition in the statute. The staff of the Joint Board smoothly performs most of the administrative duties. In the past decade, the NH PG Board has issued 794 PG licenses, 639 of which were in good standing as of June 1, 2010. The drop of 155 licenses is primarily due to non(News From the Northeast continued on page 51) - 50 -

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renewals, many of which occurred during the first round of renewals following the end of the ‘grandfather’ period. The geographic distribution of active PG licenses in the NE-AIPG states is: New Hampshire Massachusetts Maine New York Connecticut Vermont New Jersey Rhode Island Total

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The Joint Board staff has administered the ASBOG examination, required for PG licensure in New Hampshire and other states, since the end of the initial ‘grandfather’ period for licensing without examination. We have data for September, 2007 - March, 2010, during which 42 people took the Fundamentals of Geology portion of the examination, and 32 passed (76%). In the same time frame, 32 individuals took the Practice of Geology portion of the test, and 31 passed (97%). The New Hampshire pass rates are much higher than the national averages of 58% and 71%, respectively, reported by ASBOG for the same time period. The continuing education requirements of the PG statute seem to have been met by almost all licensees. The Joint Board contracts an outside party to randomly select 5% of the pool of PG licensees for an annual audit of compliance with the continuing education requirements. The PG Board is not informed whom is selected for audit and does not review results unless an individual refuses to cooperate with the audit. Be sure to keep good records of your continuing education activities, and please cooperate with the Joint Board staff if you are selected for audit. NE-AIPG provides (News From the Northeast continued on page 55)

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many wonderful opportunities to help fulfill the continuing education requirements. Unlike many other State licensing boards, the PG Board has not received any formal complaint about a NH PG since the Board was established. To date, there have been only three disciplinary matters brought before the Board, all of which were uncontested. Two of the disciplinary actions were related to non-compliance with the continuing education requirements of the statute uncovered during the annual audits, and resulted in involuntary revocation of the licenses. One disciplinary matter was due to a felony conviction of a licensee for crimes unrelated to the practice of geology, and resulted in voluntary surrender of the license. New Hampshireâ€™s ethics and right-to-know statutes require that all questions, concerns, clarifications, suggestions, formal complaints, or any other matters to be considered by any State Board, including the PG Board, must be submitted in writing to the Board offices. All State Board business must be conducted only during scheduled meetings, for which minutes are kept and which are open to the public. Oral or other informal communications by Board members with members of the public or licensees outside of Board meetings are not permitted to avoid the appearance that any individual speaks for a Board. Members of the PG Board are explicitly instructed not to respond to any individual or to discuss Board matters outside of scheduled meetings. Please do not contact individual PG Board members with your questions, but do send them in writing to the Joint Board offices. In most cases, the Joint Board staff will promptly answer administrative questions, and more substantive issues will be considered by the PG Board at its next meeting. Please remember, too, that the PG Board cannot provide opinions about many professional issues. The role of the PG Board is limited to licensing Professional Geologists in the (News From the Northeast continued on page 56)

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State of New Hampshire in accordance with the licensing statute. The purpose of that statute, for which we all worked so hard, is to regulate the practice of geology “in order to safeguard life, health, property and the environment and to promote public welfare” (RSA 310A:119). Please do visit the PG Board website for information and to review the statute that governs the Board and its administrative rules at www.nh.gov/jtboard/geo.htm. New York Licensure Effort in New York, Submitted by: Laurie E. Scheuing, CPG-09898, PG 2010 NYSCPG President The New York State legislature has been consumed by the budget negotiations. We are still without a state budget, so as you can imagine our bill to license geologists has not received much attention. We have, however, made some progress this year. Our “sameas” bills (A-4774C and S2784-B) were introduced into the Senate and Assembly last year and because of the two-year legislative cycle did not need to be reintroduced this year. On January 6, 2010, the bills were referred to the Higher Education committees in both houses. On March 10, 2010, the Senate version was reported out of the Higher Education committee and committed to codes. We were able to avert last minute changes to the language of the Senate version of the bill, and on June 22, 2010, the bill passed the NYS Senate. We have also reestablished communication with the Professional Land Surveyors. We have had a conference call with their representatives and their lobbyists and hope to continue to have fruitful discussions in the future. We have also had meetings with each of our sponsors, Senator Antoine Thompson and Assemblyman Steve Englebright, as well as Assemblymember Deborah Glick, chair of the Higher (News From the Northeast continued on page 57)

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Education Committee. These efforts are key to passage of the bill. We urge NYS residents to visit with your representatives to educate them about the importance of our licensure bill. Anyone of the NYSCPG board members would be happy to give you pointers on meeting with elected officials. There are also talking points available on our webpage www.nyscpg.org. Finally, we are redoubling our membership efforts. Thanks to all our individual, prospector, and corporate members. If you are not a member, I encourage you take a few minutes and join NYSCPG. Please pass the information along to your colleagues and your employers and see if they would consider one of our various levels of corporate sponsorship. It is imperative that we increase our membership ranks so that we can say that we have the support of the geologists within the state and also to raise the funds to hire a professional lobbyist to move the bill through the process during the next legislative session. -The End. - 57 -

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history and ecology of the Hudson River Estuary and offers programs for school and community groups and the general public. Members of the ExCom gathered at the center for our "premeeting" gathering of the ExCom. Top: Meeting outside the Interpretive Center. Right: Lady Liberty. Bottom: Discussing soil stockpile issues and cleanup standards.

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After the ExCom meeting, our next stop was to gather at the historic CRRNJ terminal, which was a grand railroad terminal for trains approaching and leaving metropolitan New York. Once the group was assembled, Dr. Gallagher provided us with an excellent kick off lecture regarding the processes by which the former Jersey Central Rail Yards, which sit atop highly contaminated soils, have been converted into a fully functioning and recovering eco-system. According to Dr. Gallagher, "The State of New Jersey has spent the past 30 years acquiring the land, planning and building a park infrastructure that is suitable for public recreation and protecting the associated habitats. With approximately five million visitors annually, the park's development has been an extraordinary success". Dr. Gallagher indicated that "The four components of the restoration project include the creation of approximately 46 acres of salt marsh, the creation and/or enhancement of approximately 26 acres of freshwater wetlands, the creation of approximately 50 acres warm weather grasslands and the enhancement of approximately 100 acres of urban successional northern hardwoods and maritime shrub assemblages." Following the technical presentation, Dr. Gallagher led the group on a van tour of selected locations in the restored brownfields area, starting with a restored pond/wetland area. Dr. Gallagher pointed out the special adaptations that flora and fauna have made in order to survive and thrive in this unique urban setting. Becoming increasingly hungry, the group thanked Dr. Gallagher for his presentation and parted ways. The group somehow found its way through Jersey City to Casa Dante which has been voted Best Italian Restaurant in North Jersey for 3 Consecutive Years (and reportedly a favorite haunt of none other than Bob Blauvelt). Parking is very interesting in this neck of the woods. Obviously, a great meal was had by all at this wonderful restaurant and plans for the next meeting were beginning to emerge. The endâ€”Ed.

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IT’S TIME FOR A TRIP! Walkway over the Hudson Poughkeepsie/ Highland, NY While musing on locations for the Fall Meeting (TBA), we discussed a (somewhat) new destination in the Hudson Valley of New York, the “Walkway over the Hudson” in Poughkeepsie, NY. The Walkway is a new New York State Park, being dedicated as part of the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial in October 2009. The Walkway is billed as the longest pedestrian bridge in the world at 1.28 miles long and, even more spectacular is that it is 212 feet above the Hudson River. I have been to the bridge a couple of times now, and have to say it is worth the diversion, if not a trip in itself. Both days that I visited were sunny and both were windy—and being over 200 feet above the Hudson, it can be windy. The Walkway is very popular and there were a lot of people at the park. You can either get on the Walkway in Poughkeepsie, NY on the East side of the River, or in Highland, NY, on the West side (It’s Time for a Trip continued on page 68) - 65 -

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of the River (my entrance way). According to the new ASCE dedication plaque on the bridge, "The Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge is the oldest surviving steel cantilever bridge in the world and, when Top: Looking toward Poughkeepsie from the new deck; below: Construction of the bridge built, had the long- (from plaque on bridge); Bottom: Looking down est truss and canti- at the piers. lever spans. The bridge provided the first, and only, all-rail route across the Hudson River south of Albany, and it facilitated the movement of coal eastward and manufactured goods westward for 85 years." Trains first started crossing the bridge in 1889, however after a fire on May 8, 1974, the railroad ceased operation due to the expense of repair. In 1992, organized efforts began to provide public access to the bridge and also to connect rail trails on both sides of the Hudson River. The Walkway Over the (Its Time for a Trip continued on page 71)

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Hudson organization assumed ownership of the bridge in 1998. Significant progress was made when in 2007 the organization partnered with the Dyson Foundation to access public and private funding to conduct rehabilitation of the bridge. As part of the rehabilitation, the bridge was still sound after all these years although with some replacements to the structure. The rails and ties were removed and replaced with large concrete decking panels. Railings keep the wind from blowing you off the Top: Looking south at the Mid-Hudson Bridge; deck. above looking North; below, barge approaching the Walkway from the South.

Geology? There is reportedly approximately 70 feet of river deposited clay, silt, sand over a 15 feet of gravel on bedrock. The bridge piers set on the gravel layer. Sedimentary shale and limestone underlie the east and west approaches. Visit the websites at http://www.walkway.org/ index.php and http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/178/ details.aspx. The endâ€”Ed.

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cies and Problems”, with panelists: Dennis Wolterding, Senior Engineering Geologist, NYSDEC; James Murphy, Principal Environmental Analyst, Connecticut Department of Water Compliance; David Butterfield, Groundwater Management Chief, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Montpelier, Vermont; and Arnold Schiffman, NJDEP Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Management Element, Trenton, New Jersey. The Friday afternoon field trip was led by Eric Hanson, Senior Hydrogeologist with Dunn Geoscience, where he discussed the complexities and depositional sequence of some of the area’s major unconsolidated aquifers. President Clark also reports that Angelo Tagliacozzo, and the NEAIPG Screening Board, have been promoting the use of a more comprehensive applicant reference form to be completed by the sponsor. The form requires the sponsor to prepare rather definite statements about the applicant’s qualifications, thus allowing the Screening Board to reach more objective decisions. The Guest Editorial was provided by David Miller, of Geraghty & Miller, Inc., where he opined that all of the groundwater cleanup activities occurring, while mostly justified, may be diverting precious resources away from preventing groundwater pollution in the first place. He suggested that Professional geologists can play a significant role in balancing the scale between cleanup and protection. David goes on to say that the majority of the contamination problems affecting public supply wells that he has worked on are traceable to poor industrial housekeeping practices, disposal of toxic consumer products into home septic systems, leaks from gasoline storage facilities, and runoff from urban, mining, and agricultural activities, not Superfund sites. New members listed in the issue included Edward T. Oaksford, Frederick M. Beck, Donald E. Jones, Lonnie D. Norman, Fred L. Troise, James T. Mickam, Robert A. Saar, Dennis R. Sasseville, Thomas W. Fowler and C. -The end. McDonald Grout. - 75 -

ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP

Dennis G. McGrath, CPG 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 17inch formats), and an application form will be sent to faculty at colleges and universities in the eight states that comprise the Northeast Section (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, and VT). Last year approximately 120 letters were sent out. The announcement and application form will be posted on and can be downloaded from our web site (www.ne-aipg.org). The Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship announcement will also be listed on www.scholarships.com, a free college scholarship search web site. The deadline for submitting applications this year will be December 7, 2010. The deadline was moved to early December while colleges are still in session two years ago on a trial basis. Previously the submittal deadline coincided with the holiday break when both students and faculty are off-campus and occasional problems occurred submitting a complete package with a faculty recommendation letter on time. That problem has not re-occurred with the early December submittal, so we are sticking with the early December deadline. The Scholarship Committee will begin their evaluations shortly thereafter. By the time the Winter 2010 Newsletter is published, I should be able to report on the number of applications received.

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NEAIPG NEWSLETTER 2010 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Winter Newsletter January 22

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Our success in growing the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship Trust Fund is largely attributed to your generosity â€“ the members of the Northeast Section AIPG. Because of the ongoing turmoil in the financial markets, financial need is expected to rise so continued growth 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 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 contribution today. If your contribution is received before the end of 2010, you will receive a tax-deduction for this year. Remember: the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship is a scholarship for geologists, 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 support! -The end.

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Where in the World? (answers from page 28) Skocjan Caves in Slovenia, reportedly contain the largest known underground canyon in the world and is a UNESCO site. The caves are located in the original type Karst (Kras) region. According to Unesco, the cave area contains numerous karst features such as sink holes, natural bridges, gorges, potholes, collapse dolines, abysses, underground canyon, passages covered with flowstone deposits, springs etc. Photo from UNESCO.

Where in the Northeast? A very stunning syncline and anticline in the Ordovician Bascom Fm (limestone and dolostone, Bennington Bypass, Bennington, VT (Photo: Tom Eliassen, 2003). This is a relatively new road cut (road opened in the mid 2000â€™s) bypassing Bennington, VT (Route 279) that really catches your eye, especially on the westbound lanes looking south so you have some distance between you and the outcrop.

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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 (Index continued on page 83)

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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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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SINCE 1987 (List Updated Through December 2009) 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

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

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