Resources and References for Neahwa Park Project (Class of 2008)

Record of Decision for Oneonta MGP from NYS DEC, 2005: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/rod439001.pdf and http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/rod439001figs.pdf

SUCO Environmental Geology 2007 class web site: http://employees.oneonta.edu/vislovt/mgp/

City of Oneonta’s overview of the site: http://www.oneonta.ny.us/oneonta/waste.asp

The Daily Star (Oneonta local paper) provides a history of the site (Jan 2008): http://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/local_story_007034510.html

Dale Burrington, Hartwick College (retired) burringtond@hartwick.edu; ph. 607-432-6392

NYS DEC’s (Department of Environmental Conservation) site listing 35 Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) locations where they have delivered a Record of Decision (ROD): http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/24913.html

NYS DEC’s policy on Management of Coal Tar Waste and Coal Tar Contaminated Soils and Sediment from Former Manufactured Gas Plants ("MGP"s): http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2594.html

US EPA guidelines for dealing with MGPs: http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/regional/industry/manufactured.htm

US EPA Case for Source Depletion of DNAPLs: http://www.epa.gov/ada/download/reports/600R03143/600R03143-fm.pdf

Public water supply well guidelines for New York State: http://www.nywelldriller.org/special.pdf

NYS GIS data layers: http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/inventories/results.cfm?SWIS=36

NYS Remediation sites, database layer http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/metadata/nysdec.remedial.html

USGS Stream Gages: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

USGS Seamless Data Server (maps, GIS layers, air photos, etc): http://seamless.usgs.gov/

GIS Data Visualization software, Global Mapper (available as shareware or for purchase): http://www.globalmapper.com

New York water data (well depths, aquifers, etc) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/inventory

Real time monitoring data of shallow ground water wells in the Susquehanna River valley provides a view into how much the water table in shallow sand and gravel aquifers can move up and down annually:

Bainbridge: http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/AWLSites.asp?S=421556075281602

Cooperstown: http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/AWLSites.asp?S=424136075025101

Bloomville (Delaware County) http://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/AWLSites.asp?S=421947074483801

Special Thanks!! To Dale Burrington for giving us a history of the remediation, and to Ashley Tirrell and Raphael Web for Web Page Training at SUCO

Online tutorial/help files for learning DreamWeaver from University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire: http://www.uwec.edu/help/dwCS3.htm

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Last updated May 1, 2008 by Les Hasbargen

SUNY College at Oneonta, Earth Sciences

hasbarle@oneonta.edu