News and Events

News

Professional Licensing of Geologists in New York State:

Update on Professional Licensing of Geologists
in New York State, 04/08 (Download pdf)

Letter to regent Dawson, 04/08 (Download pdf)

New NYSCPG Poster (Download pdf)

Dinner Meetings

" The Rebuilding of Ground Zero "

Kevin J. Phillips, P.E., Ph.D.
FPM Group

On September 11, 2001 in a coordinated terrorist attack suicide hijackers crashed airplanes into the TWIN TOWERS of the WORLD TRADE CENTER.  This resulted in the collapse of the Twin Towers, compromise of the slurry wall that acts as a cutoff wall to protect all the structures from the Hudson River, the destruction of the subways beneath the World Trade Center, and total or significant damage to many nearby major buildings.  Since then the NY City Transit has rebuilt the subways, Building 7 has been rebuilt, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has started to rebuild the entire site.  Dr. Phillips will address many of the technical issues surrounding THE REBUILDING OF GROUND ZERO.

Dr. Phillips obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1978 and also holds degrees in Water Resources, Hydrodynamics, and Civil Engineering. Dr. Phillips is a Principal in FPM Group and has over 35 years of experience in hydrogeology and environmental engineering. He has taught courses at Polytechnic Institute and SUNY Stony Brook and has published numerous articles in professional journals focusing on wastewater management, environmental remediation, and groundwater hydraulics. Dr. Phillips has worked on NYC Transit sites for over 20 years and is very familiar with technical issues at Ground Zero due to his involvement in subway system protection and reconstruction in the aftermath of the destruction.

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A demonstration of the "Spill Buster", a turnkey floating product recovery system available from Luke Sorensen of Systematic Technologies.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Cocktails/Networking 6:00 p.m.: Dinner 7:00 p.m.: Presentation 7:45 p.m.
at
Holiday Inn, Plainview
215 Sunnyside Blvd.
Exit 46 on the L.I.E., just off the service road.
516-347-7400

Reservations required by Monday, June 15, 2009.
Preregistration: $40.00 members, $50.00 non-members. Dinner and cash bar.

Registration at the door $45.00 members, $55.00 non-members (cash).

We would like to encourage attendance by local regulators. The LIAPG members will underwrite the cost for up to two members from each of the Suffolk County and Nassau County Health Departments and the NYSDEC. Please contact Cheryl Neary (631-586- 4900) to sign up under this special arrangement.

Companies and agencies may sponsor and host geology students at this meeting. If you would like to sponsor a geology student, please call Cheryl Neary (631-586-4900) for information, or pay for and note that you are supporting a student on your registration form. Students may be sponsored at the $40.00 rate.

Make your reservations by sending a check for $40.00 / $50.00 per participant made out to LIAPG.

Send checks to: LIAPG c/o Cheryl Neary, 42 Jefferson Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772-1008
RSVP by phone to Cheryl Neary: 631-586-4900, at Fenley & Nicol Environmental, Inc

Register now using PayPal


Click to Pay $40 Member Price for LIAPG / AIPG Dinner

Click to pay $50 non-member price for LIAPG / AIPG Dinner

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Conferences and Field Trips

 

Long Island Geologists
Field Trip

Selden Hill-Hole Pair
Sean Tvelia
9 AM to 12 Noon Saturday June 27, 2009

Bluemle and Clayton (1984) described the hill-hole pair as "a discrete hill of ice-thrust material, often slightly crumpled, situated a short distance downglacier from a depression of similar size and shape." In the case of the Selden Hill, Long Island’s recently identified hill-hole pair, the associated hole may have filled during recession of the glacier and/or from outwash produced during the Harbor Hill event.
Lying just north of the Ronkonkoma moraine, the Selden Hill is unique when compared to other glacial features in the vicinity. Identifying such varied structures ultimately leads to the question of how glaciotectonic processes can vary so much over a relatively short geographic range.
During this field trip we will investigate the energy associated with the glacial margin. Using SCWA well logs, we will reconstruct the sedimentary environment prior to the development of the Selden Hill. Finally, using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data, we will investigate the link between subsurface structure and surface topography and discuss how the previous glacial deposition may have influenced local glaciotectonic processes.

Links

Glaciotectonic Development of the Selden Hill
Science Walk Glacial History of the Ammerman Campus?
Glaciotectonic Thrusting within the Selden Hill: Implications for Previous Models

Directions: Meet at the Ammerman Campus of Suffolk Community College. Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 62. Proceed north on Nicolls Road (CR97) about 2 miles to second traffic light. Turn right at the main campus entrance. Participants should park in parking lot 7 and proceed to room 109 of the Smithtown Science Building. Campus map is at http://www3.sunysuffolk.edu/About/MapAmmermanStandard/index.asp We will meet at 9 AM
Be prepared for inclement weather.
We will not go in a severe thunderstorm, northeaster or hurricane.
Wear long pants and sturdy walking shoes or boots.
We will be walking about one mile total.
Three contact hours toward in-service credit for teachers or professional geologists.
Please let Gil Hanson know if you want a letter for in-service credit.

No Fee!
Please e-mail Gil Hanson, if you plan to attend.
gilbert.hanson@sunysb.edu
Gilbert N. Hanson
Professor
Department of Geosciences
SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-21000
Office 310 Earth and Space Sciences Building
Tel 631-632-8210
FAX 631-632-8240
e-mail gilbert.hanson@sunysb.edu
http://www.geosciences.stonybrook.edu/people/faculty/hanson/hanson.html

Short Courses

Events

Breakfast Seminar

NYS’s NEW Environmental Tenant/Occupant
Indoor Air Contamination Notification Law
and Insurance Products to
Address Potential Liabilities


Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Time: Sign in 8 a.m.; Program 8:15 –10 a.m.
Includes Continental Breakfast
Place: Marsh USA, Inc.
1166 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. – 11th Floor

In December 2008, a NEW LAW went into effect requiring both residential and commercial property owners to notify their tenants of adverse air contamination. This seminar will explain the new statute that is causing confusion and concern among owners, landlords, property managers, brokers, tenants and other parties.

Topics and Speakers:
Kurtis W. Stokes, P.G., Vice President URS Corporation
Welcoming remarks. A brief technical presentation will be provided on the causes of adverse air quality conditions, vapor intrusion and migration, a case study third party soil vapor intrusion project and notification documents and, what your client can do from an engineering and due diligence standpoint to mitigate risk.

Suzanne M. Avena, Esq., Chair, NCBA Environmental Law Committee
Garfunkel Wild & Travis, P.C. Great Neck
Discussion of the circumstances that trigger the obligation to give notice, what contaminants of concern are included in the law, the timing and content of such notice and what enforcement consequences and legal liabilities may arise from for non-compliance. Practice tips will be offered on how to legally protect your property owner or tenant.

Christopher Alviggi, ARM, Vice President, Marsh USA
Joseph Quarantello, SVP, Marsh Environmental Practice
Discussion of insurance environmental products covering potential liabilities created by the New Vapor intrusion investigation and discovery and the New Notification law.

RSVP by June 19th 2009 to: Peter Smith at Peter.B.Smith@marsh.com
Japan Client Services/Client Representative
1166 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 345-3334
Fax: (212) 345-3699
Please note space may be limited.

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