Correct implementation of the Argonne QuickSite{sup SM} process for preremedial site investigations
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Research Div.
Expedited site characterization (ESC), developed by Argonne National Laboratory, is an interactive, integrated process emphasizing the use of existing data of sufficient quality, multiple complementary characterization methods, and on-site decision making to optimize environmental site investigations. The Argonne ESC is the basis for the provisional ESC standard guide of the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). QuickSite{sup SM} is the implementation package developed by Argonne to facilitate ESC of sites contaminated with hazardous wastes. At various sites, Argonne has successfully implemented QuickSite{sup SM} and demonstrated the technical superiority of the ESC process over traditional methodologies guided by statistics and random-sampling approaches. A key feature in the success of QuickSite{sup SM} investigations is achieving an understanding of the subsurface geologic and hydrogeologic controls and processes at a site before extensive sampling efforts begin. The QuickSite{sup SM} investigation at the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in California will be used to illustrate the importance of understanding these potential controls in minimizing sampling activities and correctly predicting potential contaminant migration patterns for risk assessment.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 554811
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/ER/CP-94677; CONF-971110-; ON: DE98050327; TRN: AHC29801%%74
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat West `97. International environmental management and technology conference and exhibition, Long Beach, CA (United States), 4 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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