Record Display for the EPA National Library Catalog

RECORD NUMBER: 36 OF 61

Main Title Innovations in Site Characterization: Case Study. The Role of a Conceptual Site Model for Expedited Site Characterization Using the Triad Approach at the Poudre River Site, Fort Collins, Colorado.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Publisher Nov 2006
Year Published 2006
Report Number EPA/542/R-06/007;
Stock Number PB2007-108927
Additional Subjects Conceptual site model ; Site characterization ; Case study ; Poudre River site (Colorado) ; Contaminant distribution ; Measurement technologies ; Triad approach ; Manufacutred gas plant ; Coal tar waste ; Site reuse issues ; Conceptual site model (CSM) ; Manufactured gas plant (MGP)
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P1000EPO.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
NTIS  PB2007-108927 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 144p
Abstract
This case study examines how systematic planning, an evolving conceptual site model (CSM), dynamic work strategies, and real time measurement technologies can be used to unravel complex contaminant distribution patterns and design a remedy at the Cache La Poudre (Poudre) River site. The investigation and design of the remedy involved a former burn landfill, hydrocarbon fuel contamination, and mobile manufactured gas plant (MGP) coal tar waste. The remedy was driven by recreational reuse and proximity to the Poudre River. The remedy involved pathway elimination and stream restoration in a location central to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. Sites like this one are not uncommon throughout the United States as urban development reaches out to formerly rural areas near former MGPs. Thousands of similar sites are found across the United States, many of which have gone without mitigation because of similar issues in terms of the complexity and the contaminant distributions and political considerations making resolution of reuse issues perplexing. In this case study innovative technologies and strategies are discussed, which can help others with similar sites begin to address stakeholder concerns in a streamlined and economic fashion.