Sampling sediment on a complex site
- Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., White Plains, NY (United States). Marathon Battery Project
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, MO (United States)
This article discusses how cadmium, lead, cobalt and nickel are the culprits at the former Marathon Battery Superfund site in Cold Spring, N.Y., spread throughout 80 acres that range from upland and marshes to coves and open water of the Hudson River. Remediation will involve dredging and excavation of contaminated sediments, fixation, and off-site disposal in a permitted landfill. Design of the remediation required reliable data that were obtained by extensive field sampling plus laboratory and research programs. For 27 years, Marathon had discharged process wastewater directly into a nearby marsh and through an outfall pipe near Cold Spring Pier, contaminating the area through precipitation of metals and settling of metal hydroxides. The area, about 50 mi north of New York City, was designated as a Superfund site by EPA, which delegated project administration to the Kansas City (Mo.) District of the Army Corps of Engineers. Early remedial investigations/feasibility studies identified cadmium as the primary contaminant of concern. When the Corps contracted Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. of White Plains, N.Y. to complete the remedial design, new studies were required to more precisely identify the limits of remediation. Malcolm Pirnie engineers looked at site features and, with the Corps, experimented with sampling methods and tools in upland, marsh and open-water ware as to determine appropriate methods for each area.
- OSTI ID:
- 5943854
- Journal Information:
- Civil Engineering ASCE; (United States), Vol. 63:3; ISSN 0360-0556
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Marathon Battery, NY (second remedial action), September 1988 (re-announced)
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Mid-State Disposal Landfill, Marathon Battery, Cold Spring, New York, (second remedial action), September 1988
Related Subjects
HUDSON RIVER
MARSHES
SEDIMENTS
SAMPLING
CADMIUM
COBALT
LEAD
NEW YORK
NICKEL
US SUPERFUND
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
LAWS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION LAWS
RIVERS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WETLANDS
540210* - Environment
Terrestrial- Basic Studies- (1990-)