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Service Station Assessment
Service Station Assessment
All assessments of service station sites should be conducted in accordance with guidelines that have been made or approved by the EPA. Service station sites may be investigated for a variety of reasons including redevelopment, modification, following environmental incidents and as a result of apparent fuel losses. Many site investigations proceed in multiple stages due to the complexity of site conditions and of contaminant properties and/or the discovery of unexpected contamination. Poorly planned and executed site investigations are likely to result in time delays and additional costs (both during the investigation and any subsequent remediation) and inadequate or misleading data which may result in risks to human health and/or the environment not being addressed.
Geoaquitards Environmental provides a systematic planning process to define the objectives of a site assessment and develop a sampling plan for the collection and evaluation of representative data to achieve defined objectives. Removal of fuel infrastructure, tanks and lines must be undertaken by duly qualified contractors. Geoaquitards Environmental provides expert advice on removal and disposal of all works associated with clean-up works. Where a UPSS is decommissioned, abandoned or removed, a report validating that the site is suitable for continued use must be prepared. This report must be submitted to the relevant local authority (usually the council) after completion of the validation or any necessary remediation works. Geoaquitards Environmental provides relevant reports to meet audit or council or local authority’s requirements.
