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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS Northeast Section

NEWSLETTER Winter 2009

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 NEGSA, Portland Maine .............................................................................. 12 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 10/15/08 ......................................... 15 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 12/8/08 ........................................... 25 ATMGS 2008-09 Academic Year Status Report .......................................... 31 News of Members ........................................................................................ 35 New York State Licensure Update ............................................................... 37 1996-2008 Spring and Fall Meetings ........................................................... 39 Piggyback Mailing Information ..................................................................... 43 Where in the World? .................................................................................... 49 New Jersey Licensed Site Professional Update ........................................... 50 Notes from the Editor ................................................................................... 63 NEAIPG 2009 Publication Schedule ............................................................ 78 25 Years Ago In the NEAIPG Newsletter ..................................................... 80 2009 Index of Advertisers ...................................................................... 82-83 Angelo Tagliacozzo Scholarship Fund—List of Contributors ....................... 84

AIPG NORTHEAST SECTION NEWSLETTER

WINTER 2009 EDITION NO. 114

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

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2009 NEAIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Kurtis W. Stokes CPG-07934 URS Corporation 5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 13th Floor New York, NY 10001 Office: (212) 609-8099 Fax: (212) 921-0388 E-mail: [email protected] PRESIDENT- ELECT Mike Greenman, CPG-10442 890 Grant Place North Bellmore, NY 11710 [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 Environmental Waste Management Associates, LLC 100 Misty Lane, P.O. Box 5430 Parsippany, NJ 07054 phone (973) 560-1400 x168 fax (973) 560-0400 E-mail: [email protected] MEMBERS Dennis McGrath, CPG-08578 Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 104 Corporate Drive White Plains, NY 10602 Office: (914) 641-2818 Fax: (914) 641-2455 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) 792-3709 Fax: (518) 792-3719 E-mail: [email protected]

Arnold Schiffman, CPG-06589 114 Tunicflower Lane West Windsor, NJ 08550 Office: (609) 371-5966 Fax: (609) 371-5967 E-mail: [email protected]

George Tyers, CPG-10274 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749 Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: [email protected]

Craig Werle, CPG-07412 Roux Associates, Inc. 209 Shafter St. Islandia, NY 11749 Office: (631) 232-2600 Fax: (631)-232-9898 E-mail: [email protected] PAST- PRESIDENT Robert A. Stewart, CPG-08332 LFR Levine Fricke 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] (Executive Committee continued on page 7)

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2009 NORTHEAST SECTION SUBCOMMITTEES Advertising Sales: Dick Young Advisory Board Delegate: Open Financial Planning and Treasury: Arnold Schiffman, 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

2009 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule January 5 (Monday) March 2 (Monday) May 20 (Wednesday, Spring Meeting TBD) July 13 (Monday) September 9 (Wednesday) October 14 (Wednesday - Fall Meeting TBD) December 7 (Monday)

Meetings are typically held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at Malcolm Pirnie

Offices in White Plains, New York Meetings are open to all members—hope to see you there!

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Presidential Ramblings

Kurt Stokes, CPG-07934

President, NEAIPG

Well it’s 2009 and I believe we have reason to be optimistic for this upcoming year after a very challenging 2008. As we kick off 2009 I would like to take a moment to thank the 2008 Executive Committee (Ex-Com) Officers, Members and other contributing Members to the Ex-Com who have all unselfishly volunteered their time over the years in support of our Sec-tion. And I would like to thank the Section members, who con-tinue to maintain their memberships in spite of some rather turbulent economic times, for you are the backbone of the Section. The Ex-Com is here to serve you. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us. As I look back on 2008 I am struck by how vibrate the geo-logic community is in our region. Two examples come to mind. The first was our very successful Fall 2008 meeting jointly held with the Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists Asso-ciation in the Albany NY area. The meeting was very well at-tended and featured a wonderful field trip to the soon to be operating very impressive GE dredged material management facility scheduled to be on line this Spring. However, what struck me about the meeting was the outlook and diversity of the attendees. This was a group of geologists, students, and some non-geologists, who came from throughout the region who I sensed shared a common goal – a love of geology as a career, discipline or hobby. In addition they were a fun and social group to be amongst at the field trip and at the very well received dinner talk. I left that meeting in an upbeat mode about the profession we endeavor for. The second example involves the Long Island Association of Professional Geologists, who meet generally quarterly on

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Don't put the karst before the horst.

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Long Island, and with which we also held a joint meeting in 2008. Here the group demographics are somewhat different, meaning there is a clear younger and up and coming part of the membership, with the occasional gray beard sprinkled in. Yet the theme is the same. A great group to network with dis-playing a fun and positive outlook on our profession. So although we are in an economic downturn the geologic community is alive and well and dare I say prospering. Of course we are not without challenges, but if attitude is the initial yardstick I believe we are on the right path. I hope in your local area of the Section the feeling is mutual and if not let’s plan on working together to change that. Looking forward for our Section I pledge that the Ex-Com will be committed to serving the membership to the best of our ability. In my opinion our two annual meetings are key to the well being of our Section and I promise you we are hard at work planning for them as we kick the year off. Please think about joining us or offering your thoughts, they are encour-aged and appreciated. Two other thoughts I wish to share as Section President in-volve the challenges our Section faces now and in the past. One of which is our wide geographic stretch and how to ef-fectively reach the membership from northern Maine to southern New Jersey. And the other is more from a rhetorical perspective. Are we providing enough services, networking, or other outreach programs to the members to keep them involved or offer value? Obviously we strive for this with our annual meetings and newsletters but could there be more? I and the Ex Com have some ideas to keep our Section vi-brant and hopefully serving our profession and you the mem-bership. For example we plan on being more active to keep our Section Webpage current. Supporting us is the National AIPG office. But what can also help is feedback from the

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membership as to what opinions you have regarding the Section, our Section’s future, and how may we offer services or benefits to help assist, reach out to you or make our Sec-tion even better. We are all in this collectively. Mine and the Ex-Com’s email addresses are in our Section newsletter, please feel free to use them. I look forward to hearing from you and promise the Ex-Com, Ex-Com Members and Con-tributing Members will be committed 100% to make our Sec-tion the continued success it is. Please feel free to make your voice heard in our common endeavor, to make the Northeast Section the best it can be. The End.

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“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” -Archimedes

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Northeast Section of the

Geological Society of America Portland Maine, March 22-24, 2009

Join us at the 44th Annual Meeting of GSA's Northeastern Section. Drop by the NEAIPG booth for a bit and discuss what is going on in your world. This is an excellent opportu-nity to meet with other members of the section and we hope to sign up new students (and other members)!

The meeting will be hosted by: The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England The Maine Geological Survey The Department of Geosciences at the University of Southern Maine The Department of Geology at Bates College The University of Maine The Geological Society of Maine.

Meeting in conjunction with NEGSA will be: The Maine Water Conference The Eastern Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). The Northeast Section of the Paleontological Society The Eastern and New England Sections of the Association for Women Geoscientists, the Council on Undergraduate Re- search-Geology Division The Eastern and New England Sections of the National Asso- ciation of Geology Teachers For more information: http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/northe/09mtg/index.htm

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Meeting Minutes

NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Fall Meeting

GE Hudson Falls Facility 1 John Street

Hudson Falls, New York 1. Call to Order: 1300 hours: Bob Blauvelt, Bob Stewart, Dick Young, Dennis McGrath, Laurie Scheuing, Arnold Schiffman, Russ Slay-back, Kurt Stokes and Bill Siok; Mike Greenman and Craig Werle (by phone); minutes by W. Thomas West. 2. Secretary’s Report: The draft September 2008 meeting minutes were reviewed. A motion was made to finalize the September meeting min-utes pending any additional edits/comments received prior October 22nd. The September meeting minutes were com-piled, edits incorporated and finalized on October 23, 2008. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Section and ATMGS treasurer’s reports were reviewed. A motion was made to accept the treasurer’s reports, the motion was seconded, there was no further discussion, and the motion passed by an Ex-Com vote. 4. Correspondence: None 5. Old Business: AIPG 2008 Advisory Board Report – Bob Stewart confirmed

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that the draft Advisory Board report was finalized and submit-ted to National. New Jersey – Proposed LSP Legislation – B. Blauvelt pro-vided an update on the status of the New Jersey proposed LSP legislation. The NJDEP is planning on ratifying the li-censing program in 2009. The draft licensing legislation will be re-issued for public comment in mid November 2008. Bob will continue to follow the progress of this legislation, and will provide updates at upcoming Ex Com meetings. 6. New Business: News from National – Bill Siok, Executive Director of AIPG National, attended the Fall Meeting and provided comments and a brief update from National. First Bill commended Dan St. Germain on his leadership as President of AIPG over the past year, and also recognized Bob Stewart for his upcoming role as the 2009 Executive Editor of the TPG. Bill then sum-marized AIPG’s involvement with both American Geologic Institute (AGI) and the Alliance of Women Geosciences; Bill is looking forward to a productive association with these or-ganizations. Finally, Bill reminded the group that the 2009 Annual meeting will be held in Grand Junction Colorado next year, and the focus of the meeting will be “Geology”. Publication of Newsletter – D. Young indicated that the newsletter publication was on schedule, and that he had re-ceived a number of advertiser renewals. In coming weeks, Dick will be making a drive to increase advertiser renewals as well as pursuing additional new advertisers. Ex-Com Officer/Member Election Tally – Consistent with the Section by-laws, the Officer and Member election votes are tallied and announced at the Fall Meeting. This year, the voting was completed by both electronic and paper ballot for-mat, and the results were:

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Name Office Votes M. Greenman President-Elect 102 B. Blauvelt Treasurer 104 W. West Secretary 104 A. Schiffman Member 104 D. McGrath Member 102 C. Werle Member 100 2009 Ex Com Meeting Schedule: January 5th March 2nd May 20th - Spring Meeting July 13th September 9th October 14th - Fall Meeting December 7th 7. Adjournment – 1400 hours

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Meeting Minutes NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, December 8, 2008 Offices of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. First Floor Conference Center

104 Corporate Park Drive White Plains, NY

1. Call to Order (1600hs): The meeting was held as a teleconference call: Attendees include: Bob Blauvelt, Mike Greenman, Dennis McGrath, Bill Prehoda, Laurie Scheuing, Bob Stewart, Kurt Stokes, Dick Young; minutes by W. Thomas West. 2. Secretary’s Report: A motion was made to approve the October meeting min-utes pending any additional comments received electroni-cally by noon on December 12, 2008. The motion was seconded, there was no further discussion, and the motion was approved by Ex-com vote. 3. Treasurer’s Report: The Section and ATMGSTF treasurer’s reports were re-viewed. A motion was made to approve the treasurer’s reports. The motion was seconded, there was no further discussion, and the Treasurer’s reports were approved by Ex-com vote. 4. Correspondence: NYSCPG Presidents Letter to the Section – No action until the Section receives a specific funding request from NYSCPG.

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5. Old Business: Spring Meeting arrangements – B. Blauvelt presented a suggestion to hold a joint meeting with The New York Academy of Science (at their Manhattan location). Bob B. will complete preliminary research into hosting a joint meeting and agreed to provide an update on this option during the January Ex Com meeting. Scholarship Update – D. McGrath provided an update on the ATMGSTF scholarship status. As of December 8, fif-teen (15) completed scholarship applications have been received. Dennis M. then opened a discussion of a modifi-cation to the scoring methodology to increase the weight assigned to the academic qualifications of the applicants. D. Young also recommended that the Ex Com consider an additional donation to match the amount of the scholar-ships that were issued in 2008. A motion was made to make a $5,000 donation from the Section fund to the ATMGSTF fund. The motion was seconded and then dis-cussed. After the discussion the motion was passed by Ex Com vote. Newsletter – D. Young has sent out renewal notices to ad-vertisers and has received 15 renewal advertisers; the ad-vertising renewal rate is similar to historical renewal trends. 50th Anniversary Meeting nomination – Indications are that AIPG National will likely want to host the 50th Anniver-sary meeting in Denver CO. As a result, the NE Section has tabled the decision to offer hosting the 50th anniver-sary meeting. NJ LSP – B. Blauvelt provided an update on the status of the NJ LSP. A new licensing bill was presented by NJDEP

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to Legislative Committee sometime before Thanksgiving. The Legislative Committee has proposed edits to the draft licensing bill, and a revised draft bill is expected to be is-sued by February 2009. The current issues that the Legis-lative Committee were in disagreement with included li-censing fees and fees associated with review by NJDEP. The current outlook is that a licensing bill will likely be is-sued by the NJDEP by mid-year 2009. 6. New Business: NE GSA – B. Stewart provided an update on having a Section member attend the NE GSA annual meeting for AIPG recruitment purposes. Bob S. reported that the cost for a non-profit booth would be approximately $200, and that hotel expenses would be approximately $400. The NE GSA meeting is going to be held in Portland Maine in early March 2009. A motion was made to cover the regis-tration fee and nominal lodging and meals costs contin-gent upon identifying a volunteer to man the booth. The motion was passed by Ex Com vote. Next meeting (originally scheduled for Jan 5th) but due the holidays, K. Stokes recommended that the meeting be re-scheduled to January 12th. A motion was made, sec-onded and approved by Ex-Com vote to reschedule the meeting to January 12, 2009. 7. Adjournment – 1800 hours

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ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP 2008 – 2009 ACADEMIC YEAR

STATUS REPORT

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

A total of 16 applications were received from undergraduate geology students attending 12 different colleges or universities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont by the submittal deadline of December 5, 2008. Two applicants were awarded scholarships last year

and are already AIPG student members! Overall, the num-ber of applications just exceeded the response we received a year ago. Currently the seven members of the scholarship committee (Sam Gowan, Dean Herrick, Len Rexrode, Arnold Schiffman, Craig Werle, Tom West and I) are evaluating each application based on the five evaluation criteria. Evaluation criteria include financial need, academic qualifica-tions, career goals, achievements (e.g., awards, projects, publications, senior thesis, etc.), and the faculty recommen-dation letter. Financial need and academic qualifications are weighed more heavily than the other factors. Each commit-tee member will assign an overall rating to each application. I will then assign ordinals to each score, thereby removing any scoring bias that could result. The committee will then convene via teleconference to discuss the overall ratings and resolve any differences. If necessary, additional information may be requested from the student applicants. Ultimately, the committee will recommend to the Board of Trustees of the scholarship fund (the five current AIPG NE Section Officers), the names of the students to receive an award and the amount of each award. For example, last year 14 applications were received and a total of $8,000 was awarded to five students (e.g., $3,000 was awarded to one

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student; $2,000 was awarded to two students; and $1,000 was awarded to one student). The scholarship committee anticipates presenting its recommendations to the Board of Trustees at the March 2, 2009 ExCom meeting. If we can maintain this schedule, checks will be distributed to the se-lected students shortly thereafter. Because the evaluation process is on-going, I cannot say more about the applications that have been received, but again this year I have been very impressed with the aca-demic achievements of the applicants. Another factor that will be considered this year in determining the total dollar amount that we recommend for scholarships is the perform-ance of the trust fund over the past year. In past years it was quite robust, but as we all know, this past year was far from typical. More information will be forthcoming in the Spring newsletter, when I hope to be able to provide the names of the scholarship recipients. You can also check the scholar-ship page on the web site for the list of scholarship recipients and their college or university. The web page will be up-dated once the distribution of scholarship checks is com-pleted. The end.

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NEWS OF MEMBERS Dorothy Richter, CPG-07033 finds it hard to believe that her geophysical consulting firm, HAGER-RICHTER GEOSCIENCE, INC., will celebrate a landmark 25th anni-versary in 2009. Like so many small busi-nesses, HAGER-RICHTER started on the kitchen table out of necessity after Dorothy was ‘downsized’ by her previous employer in 1984. The firm has grown slowly, but steadily to its current sixteen employees and offices in Salem, New Hampshire and Fords, New Jersey. Dorothy is based in New Hampshire, but travels to New Jersey often to interact with the seven-member staff and clients in the New York/New Jersey metro-politan area. She notes “I never thought of myself as an en-trepreneur, but I have not burned out yet. I’m proud of our staff and our body of work. Every day, every project pro-vides learning opportunities. I’d like to thank all our clients, especially AIPG members, who have helped HAGER-RICHTER along the way. I fondly recall a handwritten note from Russ Slayback, CPG-02305 in response to our very first cold mailing in late 1984. Russ did not know me at all, and that he wrote a note of encouragement at a time of scary uncertainty still rings in my heart. It helped me to commit to AIPG.” Bob Blauvelt, CPG-06508 has wrested control of the NEAIPG coffers from Arnie Schiffman, CPG-06589, and as the new Section Treasurer promises to uphold the impecca-ble accounting standards set by Arnie over the years - and to shy away from investment strategies allegedly practiced by Bernie Madoff. Congrats to Arnie on many years of service as Treasurer to the Section - he can now sit on the cruise ship deck chair without the Section books on his lap! What is going on in your world? Drop us a line - [email protected].

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New York State Licensure Update

Excerpts from NYSCPG President Mark Williams’ thoughts on the 2009 Legislative Session regarding passage of the bill (see full comments at www.nyscpg.org):

Given the national and New York state election results (political volatility in the NYS Senate) and the local, regional, national, and global impacts from the Great Recession, we must confront many uncertainties and obstacles.

Once the dust settles we will forge a path through this maze. The good news is that our Same-As Licensing Bill (B ver-sion) is good-to-go with continued strong support from the NYSDEC and NYSED as well as others. The uncertainties/obstacles before us are: 1. We won't know how the NYS Senate will sort itself out. 2. IF the Democrats are the Majority party come January, based on party enrollment, the new Majority Leader will need to announce Committee chairmanships (we are told that this

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1996 - 2008 SPRING AND FALL MEETINGS

NORTHEAST SECTION – AIPG

Spring 1996 Presentation: Use of Remote Sensing to Ex-

plore for Drinking Water Supplies in the City of Saltilo in Coahuila, Mexico, Sheraton Cross-roads, Mahwah, NJ

Fall 1996 Tour of the aggregate and garnet operation at the Patterson Materials Corporation, Wing-dale, NY.

Spring 1997 Joint Meeting with New York Chapter AEG, Edison, NJ Fall 1997 New York City Water Tunnel No. 3, New York, NY Spring 1998 O&G Traprock Quarry, Woodbury, CT Fall 1998 Gem, Mineral and Meteorite Collection, Amer. Museum of Nat’l History, New York, NY Spring 1999 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY Fall 1999 Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, CT Spring 2000 Blue Circle Cement Quarry, Ravena, NY Fall 2000 Rose Center for Earth and Space, Hayden Planetarium, New York, NY Spring 2001 Institute for Exploration/Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT Fall 2001 Caumsett State Park, Lloyd Neck, NY Spring 2002 Weehawken Water Tower, Weehawken, NJ Fall 2002 Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science, Roxbury, CT Spring 2003 Saratoga Springs State Park/Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY Fall 2003 American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Spring 2004 Petrified Sea Gardens/ Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY

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Fall 2004 AIPG 41st Annual Meeting, Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY Spring 2005 Rose Center for Earth and Space/Halls of Minerals and Gems, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Fall 2005 U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY Spring 2006 Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT Fall 2006 New York State Museum, Albany, NY Spring 2007 Chart House Restaurant, Weehawken, NJ - ATMGS 20th Anniversary Celebration Fall 2007 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY Spring 2008 Sunken Forest, Sayville, NY/Joint Meeting with LIAPG, Plainview, NY. Fall 2008 GE Hudson Falls Tunnel/Drain Collection System and Sediment Processing Facility Hudson Falls and Fort Edward, NY The list of relatively recent meetings shows we have some diverse meeting lo-cations and topics, be we always looking for new venues and themes/topics. We are planning on venturing to New York City this Spring, details are pending. So WHERE do YOU want to have a meeting?! Drop us a line, we are always looking for input from members on their organizations activities (we could also use help on organizing these meetings!). -Editor, [email protected]

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may not happen until late January or later). This may “require” us to get a new Sponsor in the Senate even though Senator Marcellino and his staff have delivered results and have championed our Bill from the get-go. 3. If the Democrats are the majority, what they may wish to do about the Geologists Bill may be determined by their posi-tions on the budget; their acceptance, or not, of Governor Paterson's budget proposal (to be submitted December 16th for 2009); and what positions the Senate Republicans take on the budget. Since the Geologist’s Bill would impose a new fee on the professions, either party, neither party, and/or the Governor may or may not want to support anything that ap-pears to create a new "tax" or is perceived as an assessment on the public or even a select segment of the public. 4. Budget negotiations may be so contentious and lengthy that they will consume most or all of the session and not much else will get done. The Geologist’s Bill may fall by the wayside in this case because it's not important in the gover-nor's or legislature's greater scheme of things. The end.

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New Jersey Licensed Site Professional Update

As noted in the December 8 meeting minutes, the Excom was provided an update by Bob Blau-velt of the status of the New Jersey Licensed Site Profes-sional proposal. Senator Bob Smith introduced S.1897 on June 5, 2008 which authorizes significant changes to the NJDEP Site Remediation Program, including the proposed LSP program.

As of 2008, former NJDEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson (now elevated to head the USEPA) indicated that the backlog of cases in the NJDEP SRP has exceeded 20,000. Why? Some indicate that the NJDEP “Tech Regs” (the cookbook for how to complete a site investigation and cleanup) are too onerous and inflexible, delaying the process and requiring significant back and forth between the responsible party and the NJDEP. The current prescriptive approach is more oner-ous to some versus a performance based approach. Foot dragging by many RPs is cited as another reason for the backlog. The NJDEP has indicated that the excessive caseload has resulted in two primary problems, there is no focus on priority environmental sites nor redevelopment pro-jects that may have a relatively immediate economic benefit.

To achieve needed reforms to the NJDEP SRP, the pro-posed legislative action includes statutory amendments which:

1. Mandates how the Department of Environmental Protec-tion (DEP) shall provide remediation oversight, 2. Further supports the existing statutory incentives for unre-stricted use cleanups, 3. Provide disincentives for warehousing of contaminated sites, 4. Provide disincentives for cleanups to restricted standards or using caps, 5. License environmental consultants who perform site reme-diation work,

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6. Clarify a responsible party’s obligation under the Spill Act to clean up and remove a discharge, 7. Modify Remediation Funding Source requirements, and 8. Amend various site remediation statutes in order to imple-ment the above amendments.

Regarding No. 5 above, probably the most important item to most readers, the proposed legislation will set up an 11-member Licensing board, and LSPs will be required to ad-here to Codes of Conduct, Ethics and Conflict of Interest. According to the proposed legislation, “A licensed site reme-diation professional's highest priority in the performance of professional services shall be the protection of public health and safety and the environment.”

The legislation has provisions for the standards for educa-tion, training and experience of LSPs. The NJDEP will adopt a new enforcement initiative and will have the ability to re-voke and LSP license and issue penalties to consultants not conforming to the requirements and regulations. An LSP li-cense will have a duration of three years. So, what are the requirements to become an LSP? Read on from S.1897:

d. An applicant for a site remediation professional license shall demonstrate to the board that the applicant:

(1) holds a bachelor's degree or higher in natural, chemical or physical science, or an engineering degree in a discipline related to site remediation, from an accredited institution of higher learning;

(2) has eight years of full-time professional experience, as described in subsection e. of this section, in the field of contaminated site remediation, of which five years shall have occurred in New Jersey and at least three years shall have occurred in New Jersey immediately prior to submission of the application;

(3) has a minimum of 5,000 hours of experience over the five years immediately prior to submission of the application

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working on contaminated sites within the State;

(4) has attended and completed the minimum environmental health and safety education and training provided pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.120 no more than one year prior to submission of an application for a license pursuant to this section;

(5) has attended and completed a course approved by the department on the State's rules and regulations concerning the technical requirements for site remediation no more than three years prior to submission of the application;

(6) has not been convicted of, or plead guilty to, an environmental crime or any similar or related criminal offense under federal or state law; and

(7) has not had a state professional license revoked by any state licensing board or any other professional licensing agency within the previous 10 years.

e. For the purposes of this section, full-time professional experience includes experience in which the applicant is re-quired to apply scientific or engineering principles to contami-nated site remediation where the resulting conclusions form the basis for reports, studies or other documents connected with the remediation of a contaminated site. The board may consider the applicant's work activities, field of practice, dura-tion of employment, and work products prepared in determin-ing the credit to be allowed for professional experience. The board may allow applicants with relevant advanced degrees up to two years of credit for professional experience, of which one year of credit may be awarded for applicants who have earned a master's degree in a relevant field of study and up to two years of credit may be awarded for applicants who have earned a doctorate degree in a relevant field of study.

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effective date of the law, any submissions to the NJDEP must be signed and certified by an LSP. To qualify for the interim licensing, an applicant must posses all of the qualifi-cations for LSP, show experience in site remediation projects (10 years as a manager and listing of the last 5 years pro-jects). The specific requirements for a temporary LSP license are:

(1) holds a bachelor’s degree or higher in natural, chemical or physical science, or an engineering degree in a discipline related to site remediation, from an accredited institution of higher learning;

(2) has 10 years of full-time professional experience, as described in subsection c. of this section, in the field of contaminated site remediation, of which five years shall have occurred in New Jersey and at least three years shall have occurred in New Jersey immediately prior to submission of the application;

(3) has attended and completed the minimum environmental health and safety education and training provided pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.120 no more than one year prior to submission of an application for a temporary license;

(4) has attended and completed a course approved by the department on the State’s rules and regulations concerning the technical requirements for site remediation no more than three years prior to the date of enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill);

(5) has not been convicted of, or plead guilty to, an environmental crime or any similar or related criminal offense under federal or state law; and

(6) has not had a professional license revoked by any state licensing board or any other professional licensing agency within the previous 10 years.

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experience includes experience in which the applicant is re-quired to apply scientific or engineering principles to contami-nated site remediation where the resulting conclusions form the basis for reports, studies or other documents connected with the remediation of a contaminated site. The department may consider the applicant's work activities, field of practice, duration of employment, and work products prepared in de-termining the credit to be allowed for professional experi-ence. The department may allow applicants with relevant ad-vanced degrees up to two years of credit for professional ex-perience, of which one year of credit may be awarded for ap-plicants who have earned a master's degree in a relevant field of study and up to two years of credit may be awarded for applicants who have earned a doctorate degree in a rele-vant field of study.

The current “subsurface evaluator” certification, within the underground storage tank certification program for regulated USTs, will be eliminated. An LSP will be required to perform corrective actions at regulated UST sites, whereas existing (non-LSP) certified subsurface evaluators may continue to work on home heating oil tanks.

Response Action Outcomes (RAOs) are to be submitted by LSPs to the NJDEP which certify that a site has been reme-diated according to applicable regulations. Given the require-ment of submission of RAOs by the LSPs, the NJDEP will no longer issue No Further Acton (NFA) letters, except for cer-tain cases. The RAO has a very specific definition as pro-posed:

"Response action outcome" means a written determination by a licensed site remediation professional that the site was remediated in accordance with all applicable statutes and regulations, and based upon an evaluation of the historical use of the site, or of any area of concern that site, as applica-ble, and any other investigation or action the department deems necessary, there are no contaminants present at the



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site, or at any area of concern, at any other site to which a discharge originating at the site has migrated, or that any contaminants present at the site or that have migrated from the site have been remediated in accordance with applicable remediation regulations, and all applicable permits and au-thorizations have been obtained.

Of course, the use of LSPs does not exclude NJDEP over-sight, which will continue on a submission screening basis, including audits. The screening process may range from a simple acceptance of submissions as-is, or a full blown audit. If an audit is to be conducted, the NJDEP will notify the LSP within 6 months of the receipt of the RAO. In addition, the NJDEP will reserve the right to invalidate an RAO. The NJDEP is retaining more authority to deny a selected remedy if they see fit.

NJDEP oversight will depend to some degree on the “priority” of the site based on a tiered ranking system, with the lower “tiered” sites receiving less oversight.

There is a lot more specific reforms in the NJDEP SRP re-form than will fit in this newsletter, so visit the NJDEP SRP website at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/ for more informa-tion. On that website, there is a lot of information about the proposed reform, including the latest bill and proposed Senate subcommittee revisions, see:

http://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/stakeholders/s1897scs.pdf

It appears likely that the legislation will in place in the rela-tively near future, changing that way a lot of professionals will be conducting the way they work in New Jersey. The end—Editor


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Notes from the Editor Bill Prehoda, CPG-9289 The Marcellus Shale seemed to be a hot topic in the Northeast for awhile while petroleum based fuel prices were skyrocketing, however I haven’t seen as many headlines lately after the prices fallen. However, activity still abounds with many local meetings regarding the potential environ-mental impacts from drilling activities and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has been busy ramping up the effort overseeing these activi-ties. Although the DEC has regulated the oil and gas indus-try for decades (there are around 75,000 wells in New York State), the public outcry regarding perceived environmental disaster has shown a new light on the process. Drilling per-mits in New York State have increased to around 700 per year, up from around 100 in 2002, fueled in part by petro-leum pricing but also advances in drilling (horizontal) and re-covery technologies (hydrofracturing) and new pipelines to transport the gas to the metropolitan markets. Some of the significant issues the public is concerned about is the potential affect on local ground water resources (i.e., potability of their water after the drilling is complete) and the amount of water used in the drilling process, which is on the order of several million gallons or more. According to NYS-DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis, “New York State is com-mitted to working with the public and local governments to make sure that if drilling in the Marcellus Shale goes forward, it happens is the most environmentally responsible way pos-sible”. The NYSDEC reports that there has not been any known ground water contamination as the result of any of the horizontal well drilling completed thus far in New York State, and that most of the existing regulations within the drilling program and other State programs effectively cover much of the potential problems associated with drilling these wells.

(Notes from the Editor continued on page 65)

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The extraction wells are deep, likely over 2,000 feet for the most part, and the grouted multiple casings, if completed cor-rectly, should be largely protective of the shallower aquifers. The source of water and the wastewater generated from the drilling and hydrofracturing process presents more of a prob-lem, with source quantity availability and waste disposal top-ping the list. The NYSDEC is proposing to supplement the existing Generic Environmental Impact Statement to address any unique issues associated with drilling in the Marcellus Shale. More information can be found on the NYSDEC web-site http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/46288.html. I listened to a taped version of the Presidential Inaugural Address, and for some reason I tuned in just when the President said "To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds." Now, since I work in the water supply end of the in-dustry, I thought it very odd that I tuned in at that moment, let alone the fact the availability of clean water was even in the speech. Hopefully the new President follows through on the pledge, not only to people of poor nations, but for everyone of every economic stripe right here in the USA. An order of magnitude 3.0 earthquake in New Jersey oc-curred on February 2, 2009 near Dover (north central New Jersey). Reportedly, order of magnitude 2-3 quakes have been quite common in recent years. The alleged tsunami that hit Maine last October is intrigu-ing, the theory discussed on geology.com was that it may have been a undersea landslide, however it was pointed out in the blog that the truth was being suppressed by the me-dia— it was really the result of alien intervention. Speaking of tsunamis, did you follow the recent news arti-

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cles (which seemed to multiply daily) about the discovery of dia-monds in the sediments near Long Island? The theory is that about 2,300 years ago, a meteorite struck in the Atlantic off New York, and the result was the tsunami and microscopic “nanodiamonds” (the result of high pressure impact ejecta) in the sediment lay-ers—at least according to Dr. Dallas Abbot at Lamont Do-herty Earth Observatory. The “tsunami layer”, or gravel zone, was first noticed by Dr. Steven Goodbred, while re-searching the history of oysters on the south shore of Long Island. Similar layers have been found in the region and many other researchers reportedly indicate that the layer is just the result of a big storm. Critics also point to the lack of evidence of a crater. So, next time you are doing some cores in the NY Metro area, keep in mind that some things are forever—even if it is only a nanodiamond, Did you hear/read about the Indian Head Rock that made the news recently? Apparently the States of Ohio and Ken-tucky are having a good old fashioned feud over an eight ton chunk of s a n d s t o n e hauled out of the Ohio River. Re-portedly ar-cheologists first wrote about the rock in 1847, it has carved into it what looks like a smiley face, or what some people say resembles the like-



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ness of good ole Charlie Brown. Why the feud? The rock has not been seen since the 1920’s when dams were in-stalled that raised the level of the Ohio River. A local histo-rian spearheaded an expedition to find it and was ultimately successful. Realizing the Ohio River is actually in Kentucky, the historian offered it to the officials of the nearby Kentucky town of South Shore—who didn’t want it. Kentucky State of-ficials subsequently chimed in saying something to the effect that the rock was a Kentucky “registered antiquity” and then things got going. Ohio officials the piped up claiming the rock was theirs and the fight commenced. Of course, the story is not necessarily that interesting without the Army Corps of Engineers, so the ACOE put their two cents in say-ing they have jurisdiction over rocks in rivers. The rock ex-tractors reportedly have been indicted on felony charges and the rock is sequestered from public view (maybe in a witness



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The New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC) 2009 meeting and field trips will be held during the last weekend of September in the Northeast Kingdom of Ver-mont and the surrounding area, with headquarters in Lyn-donville. The meeting will be sponsored by Lyndon State College, Norwich University and the Vermont Geological Sur-vey. For more information see: http://w3.salemstate.edu/~lhanson/NEIGC/. The end.

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(Answers from Page 49) Where in the World? Manicouagan Reservoir/Impact Crater, Quebec. Located on the Manicouagan (’the place where there is bark”) River, the Manic series of hydroelectric projects built by Hydro Quebec in the 1960s flooded the fifth largest impact struc-ture on Earth. The 200 + million year old crater is located in the metamorphic rocks of the Canadian Shield and was formed by the impact of an asteroid estimated at 3 miles in size. The structure was estimated to be originally 100 miles in diameter, but eroded to its current size of about 45 miles in diameter. Of course, if falling rocks from the sky seem to be an insufficient explanation to create such a structure, why not some large electrical strike to do the same dam-age? Visit: http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2007/arch07/071126manicouagan.htm for the alternative explana-tion. Where in the Northeast? Plymouth Rock, Plymouth MA. "The Rock itself might be described as a boulder of sienitic [sic] granite, weighing some seven tons, and the theory which has been advanced for its being upon the sand shores at Plymouth is that it was placed there by some prehistoric upheaval or by some un-usual action of Nature." (An Illustrated Guide to Historic Ply-mouth, 1921). Alas, the notion that the travelling pilgrims ac-tually stepped on the tourist trap is unsubstantiated, how-ever the rock itself has an interesting travel itinerary—coming from the other side of the Pond during an accretion-ary event. The chunk of Dedham granodiorite was subse-quently plucked from the bedrock of Massachusetts and shaped by glacial action before several more recent at-tempts to move it to its present location (broken a few times in the process) at Pilgrim Memorial State Park. The “1620” (which I took out of the drawing) was reportedly carved into the rock in 1880.

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NEAIPG NEWSLETTER 2009 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Directory of Members February 20 Deadline (Material to Editor) March 6 Content ready to print April 13 Dispatch by mail/e-mail April 27 Receipt by Members Spring Newsletter March 13 Deadline (Material to Editor) March 27 Content ready to print April 13 Dispatch by mail/e-mail April 27 Receipt by Members Indian Summer Newsletter July 6 Deadline (Material to Editor) July 24 Content ready to print August 17 Dispatch by mail/e-mail September 1 Receipt by Members Holidays Newsletter October 9 Deadline (Material to Editor) October 23 Content ready to print November 9 Dispatch by mail/e-mail November 23 Receipt by Members

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25 Years Ago in the NEAIPG Newsletter WINTER 1984

Mike McEachern took over the duties of Secretary-Treasurer from Nick Valkenburg. The CATOH Environmental Companies, Inc. adver-tisement indicates they are capable of installing all types of water wells from 2” to 36” in diameter and also conduct “Pollution Abatement” work from their four offices in New York State. AIPG’s annual dues have increased to $75, an in-crease of 400% in 22 years, from $15. The NEAIPG Newsletter frequency in 1983 was in-creased to four issues per year. Efforts were underway in 1984 to re-introduce the ge-ologist’s draft registration bill in New Jersey (the bill’s spon-sor failed to call for listing of the measure for a Senate vote at the appropriate time, effectively killing it). Steve Maslansky was scheduling the Spring Meeting to be at either Dartmouth or the US Army Corps of Engi-neers Cold Regions Research Lab. John Bee has been working 12 hour days on a tetra-chloroethylene spill in the ground water in Wallkill, New York. Members of the NEAIPG Screening Board: Angelo Tagliacozzo (Chairman), Walter Anderson, Hank Bailey, Don Bruehl, Sid Fox, George Grow, Haig Kasabach, Steve Maslansky, Hank Maxwell, Hans Schreiber. BE IT RESOLVED that the NEAIPG establish a Pro-fessional-Academic Interaction Nexus (PAIN) to facilitate the introduction of students to the profession of geology. The end.

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2009 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Alpha Analytical ......................................................................... 69 Aquifer Drilling & Testing, Inc .......................... Inside Front Cover Arcadis ...................................................................................... 19 Atlantic Screen & Mfg. Inc ......................................................... 54 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 EnvirRent ................................................................................... 71 Environmental Assessment & Remediations ............................ 52 Environmental Closures, Inc ................................ Centerfold (45) Environmental Waste Management Assoc., LLC. Centerfold (47) Enviroscan ................................................................................. 30 Expedition Drilling, Inc ............................................................... 16 Forrester Environmental Services, Inc. (FESI) ......................... 29 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 Maher Drilling & Pump Services ............................................... 64 Maine Test Borings. .................................................................. 54 Malcolm Pirnie .......................................................................... 81 Midwest GEOSCIENCES Group .............................................. 79 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. ............................................... 27 Quantitative Hydrogeology, Inc ................................................. 81 Quinlan Well Drilling .................................................................. 37 R&L Well Drilling, LLC .............................................................. 34 Regenesis ................................................................................. 53 ReRem ...................................................................................... 77 Rich, C. A., Consultants, Inc ......................... Outside Rear Cover 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 Subsurface Consulting, Ltd ....................................................... 57 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 ROUX ASSOCIATES ROUX, PAUL H. SLAYBACK, RUSSELL G. VALKENBURG, NICHOLAS YOUNG, RICHARD H. BENEFACTORS ($500+) BLAUVELT, ROBERT P. HERRICK, DEAN H. HIGGINS, JONATHAN B. KASABACH, HAIG F. KAYLER, KYLE REXRODE, H. LEONARD , JR. STONE, TIMOTHY S. PATRONS ($250+) AIRMAG SURVEYS, INC. ANONYMOUS BRINCKERHOFF, LAURA (IN HONOR OF FRANK MCCARTHY) BURKE, MICHAEL DIMMICK, CHARLES WM. EMERSON, MARK 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 CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN MARK DE ANGELIS, JAMES ERM-NORTHEAST GRAHAM, JACK B.

MIKE GREENMAN (IN MEMORY OF LEO HALL) 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 SCOTT, DAVID (ATMGS Contributors continued on page 85)

ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SINCE 1994

(List Updated Through January 2009)

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

DONORS (UP TO $50) BRADLEY, MARGARET BUSA, MARK D. COX, PETER FALDETTA, SARAH FOURNIER, LEROY GANNETT FLEMING, INC. FREDERICK, WILLIAM T. HARWOOD, DAVID G. HAGER, JUTTA HERGERT, DAVID KING, DANIEL KOWALSKI, RICHARD G.

MAHIER, LUKE SASS, DANIEL B. (IN HONOR OF K. E. CASTER) SUSCA, MICHAEL VOZZA, SCOTT WEINSTOCK, ERIC

ANGELO TAGLIACOZZO MEMORIAL GEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SINCE 1994

(List Updated Through January 2009) (con’t from pg. 84)

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