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american institute of professional geologists northeast section newsletter holidays 2011 commemorating the 25th anniversary of the loss of angelo tagliacozzo 1936-1986 with a renewed commitment to the atmgs scholarship fund see pages 49-50 www.ne-aipg.org -1-

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aipg northeast section newsletter holidays 2011 edition no 125 published by the northeast section of the american institute of professional geologists table of contents executive committee directory 5 executive committee meeting schedule 7 2011 index of advertisers 8-9 presidential ramblings 10 july 11 2011 neaipg meeting minutes 25 neaipg fall meeting roundup 33 editorial angelo tagliacozzo 25 years ago 49 where in the northeast/world 68 its time for a trip 74 angelo tagliacozzo scholarship fund update 78 neaipg publication schedule 80 angelo tagliacozzo scholarship fund list of contributors 84 piggyback angelo tagliacozzo scholarship fund contribution form 89 newsletter editor bill prehoda united water new york 360 west nyack rd west nyack ny 10994 845-620-3306 office 845-620-3318 fax neaipg.editor@gmail.com publisher advertising manager dick young consulting geologist 179 intervale road parsippany nj 07054 973-335-2569 office 973-335-9799 fax ryoungnj@aol.com the newsletter of the northeast section of the american institute of professional geologists is published four times annually at www.issuu.com/neaipg.section members are alerted to each issue by e-mail any printed/paper issues are mailed to section members under a standard mail permit from parsippany new jersey design and layout by bill prehoda and dick young any printed/paper issues of the newsletter are printed in parsippany new jersey by staples preparation and distribution of any printed/paper issues are accomplished by the young family many thanks are extended to all who helped in compiling this issue -4-

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2011 neaipg executive committee president mike greenman cpg-10442 890 grant place north bellmore ny 11710 amgreenman@optonline.net president elect jeff frederick cpg-10989 arcadis/malcolm pirnie inc 17-17 route 208 north fair lawn nj 07410 office 201 398-4318 email jeff.frederick@arcadis-us.com secretary william tom west cpg-08935 haley aldrich of new york 200 town centre drive suite 2 rochester ny 14263-4264 office 585 359-9000 fax 585 359-4650 e-mail twest@haleyaldrich.com treasurer robert p blauvelt cpg-06508 gei consultants 1 greenwood ave suite 210 montclair nj 07042 direct dial 973-873-7127 cell 973-803-0167 fax 973-509-9625 rblauvelt@geiconsultants.com members dennis mcgrath cpg-08578 the louis berger group inc 565 taxter road suite 510 elmsford ny 10523 office 914-798-3716 fax 914-592-1734 e-mail dmcgrath@louisberger.com bill prehoda cpg-09289 united water new york 360 west nyack rd west nyack ny 10994 office 845 620-3306 fax 845 620-3318 e-mail bill.prehoda@unitedwater.com dorothy richter cpg-07033 hager-richter geoscience inc 8 industrial way salem nh 03079 office 603-893-9944 fax 603-893-8313 e-mail dorothy.richter@hager-richter.com laurie scheuing cpg-09898 46 homestead road saratoga springs ny 12866-5808 office 518-695-9445 e-mail lescheuing@aol.com george tyers cpg-10274 roux associates inc 209 shafter st islandia ny 11749 office 631 232-2600 fax 631 232-9898 e-mail gtyers@rouxinc.com craig werle cpg-07412 roux associates inc 209 shafter st islandia ny 11749 office 631 232-2600 fax 631 232-9898 e-mail cwerle@rouxinc.com past president robert a stewart cpg-08332 arcadis/lfr inc 87 church street east hartford ct 06108 office 860290-9300 fax 860 290-9009 e-mail bob.stewart@arcadis-us.com screening board chairman charles a rich cpg-04433 ca rich consultants inc 17 dupont street plainview ny 11803-1602 office 516 576-8844 fax 516 576-0093 e-mail crich@carichinc.com newsletter editor bill prehoda cpg-09289 united water new york 360 west nyack rd west nyack ny 10994 office 845 620-3306 fax 845 620-3318 e-mail bill.prehoda@unitedwater.com directory of members editor curtis a kraemer cpg-06019 shaw group 111 van cedarfield road colchester ct 06415 office 860-537-2935 fax 860-537-3019 e-mail curtkraemer@comcast.net publisher advertising manager richard h young cpg-03356 consulting geologist 179 intervale road parsippany nj 07054 office 973-335-2569 home 973-335-2289 fax 973-335-9799 e-mail ryoungnj@aol.com webmaster mike greenman cpg-10442 890 grant place north bellmore ny 11710 e-mail amgreenman@optonline.net executive committee continued on page 7 -5-

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executive committee continued from page 5 2011 northeast section subcommittees advertising sales dick young advisory board delegate open financial planning and treasury bob blauvelt curt kraemer dick young legislative liaison and registration tom west ny russell slayback ct sam gowan tim stone dorothy richter nh laurie scheuing ny membership open nominating bob blauvelt public affairs dennis mcgrath scholarship sam gowan dean herrick len rexrode craig werle arnie schiffman tom west dennis mcgrath section directory curt kraemer dick young section meetings open section newsletter bill prehoda editor dick young publisher screening board charles rich chairman don bruehl carol graff william penn daniel toder andrews tolman 2012 executive committee meeting schedule january 9 march 5 may 16 spring meeting tbd july 9 september 10 october 17 fall meeting tbd december 3 meetings are typically held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the offices of louis berger group elmsford new york or via teleconference meetings are open to all members hope to see you there -7-

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2011 index of advertisers alpha analytical 69 aquifer drilling testing inc inside front cover 2 arcadis 29 atlantic screen mfg inc 54 boart longyear 64 boyd artesian well co inc 52 brinkerhoff environmental services inc 32 cha 75 church stephen b co 73 clearwater drilling inc 38 complete environmental testing inc 67 conetec inc 45 connecticut test borings llc 67 conrad geoscience corporation 32 csg environmental consultants 36 delta well pump co inc 6 directional technologies inc 44 diversified geophysics inc inside rear cover 87 drilex environmental inc 3 eai inc 72 earth data northeast inc 27 eastern analytical inc 20 ecotest labs,inc 52 envirent 47 environmental assessment remediations 52 environmental closures inc 45 enviroscan 30 ewma 47 expedition drilling inc 31 gannett fleming 24 gei consultants inc 71 general borings inc 38 geo-cleanse international inc 13 geod corporation 14 geomatrix consultants 54 geophysical applications inc 43 geosphere environmental management inc 74 geovision 27 hager geoscience inc 23 index of advertisers continued on page 9 -8-

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index of advertisers continued from page 8 hager-richter geoscience inc 58 haley aldrich 34 hatch mott macdonald 62 hetager drilling inc 21 jonathan paul associates inc 82 jpi associates inc 22 layne christensen company 77 leggette brashears graham inc outside rear cover 88 lincoln applied geology inc 57 mclane environmental llc 20 mc environmental llc 53 maine test borings 54 malcolm pirnie 81 morris industries inc 18 naeva geophysics inc 61 new england boring contractors of ct inc 24 pennsylvania drilling company 64 probe support services 86 pure earth inc 32 quality inspection services inc 17 quantitative hydrogeology inc 81 regenesis 53 rerem 77 rich c a consultants inc outside rear cover 88 rinbrand well drilling co inc 69 roux associates inc 11 sgs environmental services inc 42 sjb services inc 36 soil mechanics 41 soiltesting inc 58 stonehill environmental inc 23 stothoff samuel company inc 64 summit drilling co inc 66 tam international 81 terracon 70 thermal remediation services inc 46 trc environmental corporation 16 urs corporation 83 zebra environmental 48 -9-

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presidential ramblings mike greenman cpg-10442 president neaipg this past august my wife and i decided to go to iceland as an alternative to scandinavia which we had been considering for awhile we wished to go somewhere that would be a relief from the hot august weather of long island we got our wish and then some during our nine day stay temperatures ranged from just above freezing to a balmy 650f or so we also had four days of rainy and windy weather our days were long with approximately 19 hours of daylight which made for interesting late night walks after dinner we were on a tour with sixteen other adventurers from australia england dubai sweden and the united states we were led by a local icelandic guide and a bus driver the tour completely circled the island as well as a good part of the interior the main focus of the tour was the natural and historic wonders of the country iceland prizes its many geologic features at each site along the tour a series of uniformly designed signs give excellent geologic narratives of the feature being observed the signs are in icelandic as well as english iceland is a known as the land of fire and ice and is a geologist s wonderland glaciers and volcanic features lie side by side and often overlie one another iceland came to world attention two years ago when a volcanic eruption spewed an ash cloud skyward disrupting air traffic to ramblings continued on page 11 10 -

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ramblings continued from page 10 europe for over a week the erupting volcano was under a glacier thus causing a massive cloud of wet ash iceland s volcanic activity is due to its position on the midatlantic ridge volcanic eruptions continue to produce new land in 1963 the island of surtsey was formed from an underwater lava flow off the south coast of iceland scientists have been able to use surtsey as a laboratory to study how plant and animal life develop on newly formed land half of iceland is situated on the north american plate and the other half on the european plate rift valleys and fissures are indications of the continental spreading at one location near lake myvatn it is possible to stand with a foot on each of the continents note i have yet to find the character set on my computer that has the icelandic alphabet some of the symbols are runes i have decided to go ramblings continued on page 12 11 -

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ramblings continued from page 11 with the english alphabet with an occasional character thrown in when there is no close letter as substitute at the unesco world heritage site of Þingvellir which is the site of the world s first parliament there is also a large rift valley defining the mid-atlantic ridge the site is both of natural and cultural significance a note about human and animal habitation of iceland when the norse arrived in iceland there was no native population all human settlement began with leif ericsson and the only native animal was the arctic hare trees which were once plentiful were almost completely wiped out and it is only recently that a major reforestation program has been instituted sheep and icelandic horses are now plentiful and reindeer have been introduced our trip took us in a counterclockwise direction around the island starting in the capital of reykjavik our first stop was geysir geysir is the type locality for geysers although the original geysir no longer erupts it has been replaced by a new one called strokar which erupts approximately every five minutes the eruptions are brief and powerful however not as long as old faithful numerous other small geysers and mud pots litter the landscape and the smell of sulfur is in the air people are allowed to get strokar quite close and guard erupting rails are almost nonexistent as they were in almost all of iceland geothermal energy provides a large part of the heating hot water and electricity used by the ramblings continued on page 15 12 -

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ramblings continued from page 12 inhabitants hot water is pumped directly to many of the towns and used directly for washing and showers the smell of sulfur was in the air when we showered at most of the inns in which we stayed geothermal plants dot the landscape along with giant pipe networks that bring the water to the villages escaping steam can be seen in many places wells have been drilled to bring the superheated water to the surface which is also used to make steam to generate electricity we were able to stop at one small facility where the water was bubbling up through fissures and flowing in streams at the surface the warmth was appreciated on a raw cold day icelanders love to swim and numerous pools are found throughout the island all heated with water from the geothermal wells some of these pools are large man made lakes and we had time for a dip in one which are like giant hot tubs the air temperature that day was 390f luckily it was a short run to and geothermal baths from the locker rooms one geothermally active area was at namafjall hverir this te truly seemed like iden pres el the gates of hell with noxious sulfur fumes rising from the earth and hot liquids bubbling up from below the escaping steam and liquids made a roaring sound as they expanded we walked between the vents and mud pots on paths that were thick with condensed steam mud caked on ramblings continued on page 16 15 -

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