Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program

LAUREL handles all aspects of the USEPA underground injection control program, including the transfer of UIC sludges to a roll-off container for disposal at an approved facility. This program addresses facilities that have bay drains, floor drains, trough drains, etc. that are located within a building and discharge to soil. The enforcement program administered by the USEPA and local regulatory agencies has grown recently. These drainage systems can be costly to clean up and can cause groundwater contamination.

We provide:

- Dye tracing and magnetometer tracing
- Sampling of floor drains and associated leaching pools.
- Preparation of UIC Closure Plans
- - Submittal to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for approval.
  - Remediation and closure of contaminated soil, sludge, and liquid from UIC components.
  - Preparation and submittal of UIC Closure report and submittal to the USEPA for approval.
  - Design, agency approval, and installation of alternative waste water treatment system.

Based on comprehensive field testing that can include dye tracing, magnetometer tracing and geophysical surveying, our engineers, geologists and technicians work as a team to formulate and submit concise UIC closure plans to the USEPA. To ensure that contamination of soil or groundwater does not recur, a wastewater treatment system may be included as part of the closure plan. We monitor the approval process closely, with approval for our plans being granted in as little time as one week.

Upon approval, we obtain bids from several qualified remediation contractors. Our field engineers manage the remediation tightly to effect a rapid and cost effective cleanup. Endpoint sampling of remediated pools, split with the lead regulatory agency inspector, is completed with analytical results included in our UIC Closure Report.

Services Include:

Site History Review

determine what hazardous substances may have been present

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review of federal, state and local databases

determine if the subject site or any sites up to a one mile radius of the subject site are listed

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A site specific study

of the pertinent geologic, hydrogeologic conditions and hydrologic data found at the site

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Written report of findings

clearly lay the groundwork for additional study, if warranted.

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If contamination is discovered, LAUREL can design and optimize an economical mitigation plan that is environmentally sound. In some cases, early implementation of a proactive remedial strategy will permit a property transaction to move forward while a clean-up is in progress.

Phase II Soil / Groundwater Testing

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

The validity of the results obtained through this sampling relies heavily on the proper placement of monitoring wells and soil borings, though the placement is largely subjective. It is therefore important for a highly skilled scientist to conduct research on site history and visual reconnaissance in formulating a plan, and final decision of proper placement of the monitoring wells and borings to obtain relevant samples.

Whenever possible, LAUREL makes every effort to limit costs, damage to property and especially disruption of business, through the use of the latest state of the art drilling and sampling equipment available.

DATA COLLECTION

Correct media sampling methods are just as important as proper well installations and sampling point decisions. Utilizing the correct sampling equipment and decontamination techniques, LAUREL ensures that no cross contamination has occurred. Without exception, only properly trained and certified staff collect samples.

SOIL BORINGS AND MONITORING WELL INSTALLATIONS

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

GROUNDWATER/SOIL SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

Groundwater depths and product thicknesses are determined using an oil/water interface probe. Wells are developed using a bladder pump, to a turbidity (a measure of the silt present in water) of 50 nephelometric units (NTU's), or less to ensure proper hydraulic connection with the surrounding aquifer.

DRINKING WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

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SLUDGE
SAMPLING

LAUREL has found that septic systems, and industrial and storm water leaching pools are often receptors of significant contamination at any given property. By design, these systems leach as much water as possible into the ground.

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS

LAUREL conducts geophysical surveys to aid in the discovery of underground storage tanks, buried drums, fill material, unexposed drywells and large scale subsurface hydrocarbon contamination with no excavation or drilling necessary.

BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

The validity of the results obtained through this sampling relies heavily on the proper placement of monitoring wells and soil borings, though the placement is largely subjective. It is therefore important for a highly skilled scientist to conduct research on site history and visual reconnaissance in formulating a plan, and final decision of proper placement of the monitoring wells and borings to obtain relevant samples.

Whenever possible, LAUREL makes every effort to limit costs, damage to property and especially disruption of business, through the use of the latest state of the art drilling and sampling equipment available.

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