Assessment & Remediation
Technology Questionnaire
Section 1- General Program Information
1.
Has your state conducted and/or reviewed site characterization
investigations of contaminated drycleaners sites? (check one)
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Yes
No
If you answered, “Yes” approximately how many?
2.
What is the range of time to complete site characterization
work (from start of assessment plan to assessment report
completion) at drycleaner sites in your state? (check one)
< 6 months
6 – 12 months
>12 months
If specific data is available please provide:
3.
Even though costs are site specific, what is the estimated average cost to
characterize drycleaner sites in your state? (circle one)
< $50,000
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$50,000 - $100,000
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> $100,000
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If specific data is available please provide:
4.
What percentage of the contaminated drycleaning sites that have
been investigated have had either direct or presumptive evidence of
the presence of NAPL, given any of the following criteria:
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Recovery of free-phase solvent
Groundwater – at least one sample with a contaminant concentration of > 1%
of the aqueous solubility of the parent compound (drycleaning solvent).
Soil – at least one sample with a parent compound (drycleaning solvent)
concentration of > 10,000 mg/kg.
5.
What analytical suites or methods are utilized to characterize drycleaning sites
that use or have used petroleum solvents?
6.
What soil and groundwater cleanup standards (for example, MCLs, PRGs,
RBCA levels, etc.) are currently applied to dry cleaner sites in your state?
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Section 2 – Site Characterization Technologies
1.
Which of the following technologies have been utilized in drycleaning site
characterization work in your state? (Check all that apply)
Geophysical Techniques
Ground-Penetrating Radar 
Magnetometer
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Borehole Geophysics type(s):
Other Geophysical (list):
Screening Technologies
Active Soil Gas Surveys
Passive Soil Gas Surveys
Immuno-Assay Kits
Colorimetric Tubes
NAPL Detection
Hydrophobic Dye
Fluoroscope
Other (list):
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Electrical Resistivity Survey
Electromagnetics
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Organic Vapor Analyzer
Photo Ionization Detector
Flame Ionization Detector
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NAPL Ribbon Sampler
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Other type(s):
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Direct-push/Cone Penetrometer Technologies
Geoprobe-type equipment
Membrane Interface Probe
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Cone Penetrometer
Laser-Induced Fluorescence
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Hydrosparge
Electrochemical Sensor Probe
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Raman Spectroscopy
Soil Conductivity Probe
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Waterloo Profiler
GeoVis
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Other (list):
Analytical Techniques
Portable Gas Chromatograph
Fixed Laboratory
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Mobile Lab - Gas Chromatograph (GC)
Mobile Lab - GC/Mass Spectrometer
Drilling/Monitor Well Installation
Rotary Drilling
Continuous Flight Augers Drilling
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Sonic Drilling
Microwells
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Continuous Multi-chambered Tubing (Multi-chambered Monitor Wells)
Aquifer Testing
Conventional Slug Testing
Pneumatic Slug Testing
Other (list) :
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Pump Testing
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Other
Partitioning Inter-well Tracer Test 
Diffusion Bag Samplers
Video Camera (sewer line investigations or borehole)
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Other (List):
2.
Has your agency adopted new technologies, approaches, or processes that have
saved time/money and resulted in improved site characterizations? If so, please
elaborate:
3.
What strategies and/or technologies has your state implemented to reduce the
generation of investigative-derived wastes and the costs associated with treatment/
disposal of these wastes?
4.
What are the greatest obstacles/problems associated with conducting site
characterization work at drycleaning sites?
Section 3- Remediation
1.
Has your agency installed or reviewed proposals to install remedial
systems at any contaminated drycleaning sites? (check one)
2.
Approximately how many drycleaning sites in your state have had
corrective or remedial action (both in situ and/or active remedial
systems)?
Approximately how many remedial systems are currently active?
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Yes
No
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3.
What is the approximate breakdown for selected remedies at drycleaning sites where
characterization studies have been completed?
No Further Action
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Natural Attenuation Monitoring
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%
Active Remediation
%
What are the greatest obstacles/problems associated with conducting remedial work
at drycleaning sites?
Please list the most common remedies proposed/implemented at drycleaning sites
for:
Contaminated Soil:
Contaminated Groundwater:
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6.
Which of the following remedial technologies/approaches have been implemented at
contaminated drycleaning sites in your state? (Check all that apply)
Soil
Soil Vapor Extraction
Bioventing
Excavation
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Chemical Treatment
Thermal Treatment
With Ex Situ Treatment (list):
Groundwater – Mechanical Methods
Air Sparging
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Pump & Treat
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Groundwater – In Situ Bioremediation
Butane/Propane
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Dextrose
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Ethyl Lactate
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Molasses
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Phoster’s Process
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Sodium Lactate
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Other:
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Multi-phase Extraction
Recirculating Wells
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Cooking Oil
Ethanol
Hydrogen Release Compound
Oxygen Release Compound
Potassium Lactate
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Groundwater – Chemical Oxidation
Fenton’s Reagent
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Hydrogen Peroxide
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Ozone
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Other:
Potassium Permanganate
Sodium Permanganate
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Groundwater – In Situ Flushing
Co-Solvent (list types):
Surfactant (list types):
Groundwater – Thermal Treatment
Steam-Enhanced Extraction
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Electrical Resistance Heating
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Groundwater – Other
Permeable Reactive Barrier Wall
Other (list):
Dynamic Underground Stripping
Thermal Conduction Heating
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Natural Attenuation
Questions/Comments/Suggestions:
Survey Contact Information:
Name, title:
Agency:
Address:
City/State/Zip:
Phone:
E-mail:
The survey may be downloaded from the SCRD website at: www.drycleancoalition.org
Please return the
completed survey to:
By mail:
By fax:
By e-mail:
Bob Jurgens
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Kansas Drycleaning Program
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 410
Topeka, KS 66612-1367
(785) 296-4823
e-mail: bjurgens@kdhe.state.ks.us
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Thank you for your assistance in this survey. Please contact Bob Jurgens at (785)291-3250
or Craig Dukes, South Carolina DHEC at 1-866-343-2379 (toll free) if you have any
questions. For more information on SCRD please visit our web site at
www.drycleancoalition.org.
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