TYPICAL PROJECTS

Lead geological consultant to a nation-wide paper products manufacturer for environmental compliance and monitoring at three solid waste facilities in Oregon and Washington.

Managed the investigation and remediation of PCE, TCE and BTEX contamination in soil and groundwater at a former manufacturing site in Kansas City, KS. Activities included negotiation of Consent Order, design of an air-sparge and vapor extraction remedial system, and groundwater monitoring.

Planned and managed the Level I and II site investigations of heavy metals and cyanide at a former printing ink surface disposal facility in Kansas City, KS.

Management of the environmental programs for three closed municipal landfills on the Oregon Coast.  Activities included preparation of the feasibility of closure options; performance of an endangerment assessment focusing on possible impacts to the area's drinking water supply; rewriting the envirnmental monitoring plans.  Current ongoing activities include groundwater sampling, analysis, and reporting. 

Served as principal hydrogeological consultant to a leading environmental contracting firm on over 50 petroleum contamination related investigation and remediation projects located throughout Oregon and Idaho. Responsibilities ranged from site characterization to full remediation design and implementation. 

Conducted a groundwater quality characterization and extensive trench investigation related to the Imperial Fault in El Centro, CA.  Excavated and examined over seventy-five shallow fault assessment trenches.  Designed and installed a nineteen-well network of shallow and deep piezometers to assess the influence of the faulting on the water table and to evaluate vertical gradients.  Utilized tip resistance and friction ratio data from fourteen cone penetrometer surveys to identify and trace previously unknown faults.  Evaluated water quality data in a 250 square-mile area to assess the potential that contamination from a solid waste landfill could migrate to beneficial water bearing zones through known and unknown faults. 

Buffalo Geological wrote the sediment sampling plans for dredging at a municipal port on the Oregon Coast.  Clients included the port, the U.S. Coast Guard and a private marina.   Buffalo Geological designed, fabricated and operated a unique method to obtain samples below water and through the thickness of the entire sediment prism planned for dredge removal.  All work conformed to the US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Material Evaluation Framework (DMEF) protocols. 

Conducted a forensic analysis of two storm water infiltration facilities that failed following construction.  At one facility we conducted a boring program and discovered a very subtle, six inch thick layer of impermeable clay, horizontally distributed a few feet below the original bottom of the facility. Once identified, reconstruction of the facility was engineered to penetrate this layer. At another facility, we identified the cause of failure as a filter fabric which was unable to prevent clogging. The failure resulted from incomplete assessment of the mobile silt content of the surrounding soil prior to construction.

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