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Environmental Compliance: Is there improperly disposed waste in Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) at an old gas station? Determining the depth and locations of possible terminals, UST's and utilities
A former gas station, located in the Adirondack Region of NY, improperly disposed of UST's and other bulk waste in the mid-1980's. Since then, the site ownership has changed a number of times and lost the documentation pertaining to the location of these UST's and terminals. In late 2014, Precision Environmental Services (PES) contacted Radar Solutions International, Inc. (RSI) to locate and identify UST's, piping, disturbed fill and utilities.
In Early December 2014, RSI's President and Senior Geophysicist Doria Kutrubes directed Geophysicist Cameron Russ and Geophysical Technician Rick Lammey to perform a ground penetrating radar (GPR), EM-61, EM-31 and EM Induction (EMI) survey over a 9 acre area.
Data collected using GSSI's SIR-3000 and a 400 MHz antenna achieved an average 7.5ft of penetration. The compiled GPR data identified lineaments and other structures located in the subsurface throughout the site. One of the most notable features is piping running through the middle of the site (2051510 E, 1578279 N) to (2051350 E, 1578295 N) as seen below.
