United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5102G)
EPA542-F-97-024
November 1997
&EPA Field Analytical and Site
Characterization Technologies
Summary of Applications
Newer field analytical and site characterization technologies offer
potential savings in time and cost compared With traditional tech-
nologies. The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Technology Innovation Office (TTO) is interested in increas-
ing awareness of these technologies by encouraging information
exchange among federal, state, and private-sector site managers,
remediation professionals, and other interested parties.
A report is now available which provides information about experi-
ences in the use of field analytical and site characterization tech-
nologies for 204 contaminated site applications. For each technol-
ogy, information is provided on the reported uses, including the
types of pollutants and media, reported advantages and limitations,
and cost data, when available. Information for this report was
obtained from federal and state site managers
and from the Vendor Field Analytical and
Characterization Technologies System (Vendor
FACTS) database. This report is intended to provide information
that will facilitate the broader use of various field analytical and
site characterization technologies at hazardous waste sites by
encouraging information exchange among federal, state, and pri-
vate-sector site managers.
This report documents uses of the following field analytical and site characterization
technologies at contaminated sites:
Chemical Technologies
• Biosensor
• Colorimetric test strip
• Cone penetrometer mounted sensor
• Fiber-optic chemical sensor
• Fourier-transformed infrared (Jt-TJLK) spectrometry
• Gas chromatography
• Immunoassay
• Mercury vapor analyzer
• X-ray fluorescence
Geophysical Technologies
• Bore-hole geophysical
• Direct-push electrical conductivity
• Electromagnetic induction
• Ground penetrating radar
• Magnetometry
• Seismic profiling See
Radionuclide Technologies
• Gamma radiation detector
• Passive alpha detector
Sampling and Sampler
Emplacement Technologies
Closed-piston soil sampling
Direct-push prepacked well screen
Low-flow ground-water pumping
Soil gas sampling
Vertical ground-water profiling
Vibrating well installation
reverse side for information on ordering this report.
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vvEPA Field Analytical and Site
CharacterizationTechnoIogies
Summary of Applications
To Obtain a Copy
Download a copy free of charge from the Mowing on-line source:
Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) web site
http://clu-in.com
Order a free hard copy from:
National Center for Environmental Publications
and Information (NCEPI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 42419
Cincinatti, OH 45242
Telephone: (513)489-8190 or 1-800-490-9198
Fax: (513) 189-8695
Title: Field Analytical and Site Characterization Technologies, Summary of Applications
EPA Document Number: EPA-542-R-97-OH
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