CE 422 Environmental Site Assessment Lesson Plan
75 min class
February 2, 2017
Prep: resources handout, Easton street directories
Geographical Info: (John Clark) - find a good site in Sanborn first.
· The National Map - introduce USGS topo quadrangles, NED, map viewer
· PASDA - Text search, PA Atlas, PA Imagery viewer
· Lehigh Valley Planning Commission - GIS data, maps
Historical Use Info: (John Clark)
· Aerial Photos - Penn Pilot, PA Imagery Navigator
· Fire Insurance Maps - Digital Sanborn Maps
· Property Records - Northampton county public access, GIS land parcel layer LVPC
· Historical USGS Topos - US Topos, My Topo, PASDA
· Business Directories - Easton Polk Directory, Google Books, local libraries
· Zoning/Land Use records - LVPC maps, GIS data
GIS: (John Clark) GIS class workshop will cover:
· Georeferencing raster datasets
· Geocoding addresses
Gateway environmental sites: (Kylie Bailin)
· NETR Report
o http://environmental.netronline.com/ searched for 315 W. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE PEN ARGYL, PA 18072
o Show US ACRES Brownfields click on link and then report number (show how to find in clean ups) p 17
o There are no CERCLIS Superfund sites – can cross check here, sites where you live, search by zip 18072 https://www.epa.gov/superfund
· Cleanups in my community https://www.epa.gov/cleanups/cleanups-my-community on same page as above
o Enter 18072 for Pen Argyl – find the Brownfields report – ask if they know what this is? (a former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination)
o This report tells you the status of the assessment, contaminants found and history of the property
· Envirofact data warehouse – multisystem search https://www3.epa.gov/enviro/
o Enter 18072 and this shows you what other facilities in area are EPA regulated.
· Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Clean Ups in Region 3 https://www.epa.gov/hwcorrectiveactionsites/contact-information-corrective-action-hazardous-waste-clean-ups-delaware
o Search PA or zip for either RCRA (Hazardous waste) or Superfund for full listings of all sites which require corrective action
o Search for storage tank cleanup programs here Pen Argyl Boro – can double check against NETR report p 31 matches http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Land/SiteRemediation/Storage-Tank-Cleanup-Program/Pages/default.aspx
o Storage tank search http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Land/Tanks/Registration/Pages/Regulated-Tank-List.aspx
Reference sources: (Kylie Bailin)
· Background
o Library catalog – brownfield*
o Ullmans – arsenic
o Toxnet – HSDB on arsenic – see environmental standards and regs
· Newspapers
o Morning Call - pen argyl ymca slate belt see #11
· Research databases - Show Webbridge or ILL
o Onesearch – arsenic and rail*
o Web of Science – arsenic brownfield*, rail* brownfield*