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Defining contamination limits with pneumatic hammer soil probes
Author(s) -
Kerfoot William B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440020305
Subject(s) - gallon (us) , underground storage tank , environmental science , contamination , waste management , gasoline , petroleum product , petroleum , liquefied petroleum gas , truck , hammer , soil contamination , groundwater , environmental engineering , soil water , engineering , storage tank , geology , geotechnical engineering , automotive engineering , ecology , paleontology , structural engineering , biology , soil science
There have been more than 100,000 confirmed releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks (USTs) in the United States and its territories. The 10,000‐gallon spill and cleanup of unleaded gasoline, detailed in this article, that occurred from 1988 to 1990 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, illustrates the author's argument that electric pneumatic‐hammer soil probes are the fastest, most convenient, and least costly way of performing the soil‐gas surveys needed to locate spilled petroleum product, evaluate vapor intrusion into basements, and determine the extent of groundwater contamination for remediation purposes. Current state soil‐gas requirements are also included.