STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

Buffalo Geological Consulting activities generally fall into two main  areas: the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites, and engineering projects where groundwater is an issue.  We also provide complete turn-key project management where a large team or specialized disciplines are needed. The firm has completed or has ongoing projects in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Mississippi and Kansas.

 

 PROJECT MANAGEMENT:  

  • Turn-key project management including sub-contractor selection, management and supervision; scheduling and financial accounting.

 

PROPERTY TRANSFER / SITE ASSESSMENTS: 

  • Phase I, II, and III Site Assessments to ASTM standards for lenders, real estate agents, municipalities, and private clients.

 

PLANNING:

  • Health and Safety Plans (HS)
  • Sampling and Analysis Plans (SAP)
  • Corrective Action Plans (CAP)
  • Environmental Monitoring Plans (EMP)
  • Remedial Investigation Feasibility Studies (RI/FS)
  • CERCLA and RCRA Project Planning and Permitting
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plans (QA/QC)
  • Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP)

 

FIELD AND CHARACTERIZATION SERVICES:

  • Assessment monitor well program design
  • Soil borings
  • GeoProbe™ assessments
  • Soil-gas surveys
  • Ground penetrating radar
  • Surface and subsurface geophysics
  • Cone penetrometer surveys

 

REMEDIATION SERVICES:

  • Screening and analysis of remedial alternatives
  • Bench scale and pilot testing
  • Technical and economic feasibility studies
  • System design and installation
  • Soil excavation and disposal
  • Groundwater pump and treat
  • Groundwater capture zone analysis
  • Soil vapor extraction & air sparge systems
  • Free-product pumping and removal
  • Chemical or Biologic remedial methods
  • Containment strategies
  • Underground storage tank (UST) management

 

SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER SERVICES:

  • Monitoring well and piezometer design and installation
  • Groundwater sampling and reporting
  • Analytic and numeric contaminant modeling
  • Groundwater/surface water interactions
  • Groundwater quality assessments
  • NPDES Program Activities and Compliance
  • Aquifer and well testing
  • Wellhead protection
  • Infiltration studies
  • Drainage evaluation and improvement

 

SOLID WASTE:

  • Municipal and limited purpose landfill permitting
  • Groundwater and soil chemistry background assessment
  • Detection, assessment and compliance groundwater monitoring
  • Groundwater endangerment assessments
  • Statistical analysis
  • Holocene fault investigations
  • Groundwater quality evaluations
  • Permit Specific Concentration Limit Evaluations