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Company
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Statement
of Qualifications
Talon
Drilling Company was formed in January 1999 as an Environmental
and Geotechnical Drilling Company. The Company was formed
to provide quality drilling services to engineering and environmental
consulting firms. Talon drillers have conducted subsurface
investigations for environmental engineering firms in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York and Virginia.
Talon's
environmental drilling experience includes monitoring well
installations, following the most stringent guidelines, as
specified by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, Delaware DNREC, and Maryland
Department of Environmental Protection.
Talon's
drillers are experienced in monitoring well installation using
the hollow stem auger, mud rotary (single-, double- and triple-cased
wells), and air percussion rotary drilling methods. Their
experience includes rock coring (NQ and HQ), use of the Odex
casing underreaming in difficult drilling conditions. In addition,
Talon crews are experienced in installing, packer testing,
and testing and refurbishing monitoring and production water
wells, and drilling test borings for sampling of soils and
ground water. They are also experienced in conducting geothechnical
investigations for consulting engineering firms throughout
Talon's service area. Talon drillers and assistants have
completed forty (40) hour OSHA CFR 1910.120 training followed
by eight (8) hour annual updates and maintain Commercial Driver
License (CDL) certification.
Talon's President holds M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Geology
and has 25 years of varied experience in environmental consulting.
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Representative
Drilling Projects
1.
Elkton, Maryland. Talon Drilling Company installed six
double cased wells to depths of 360 feet below ground surface
using air rotary drilling methods. These monitoring wells
were installed to assist our client in monitoring ground water
conditions and water quality at depth on this
property which appears on the US EPA's National Priorities
List. Talon worked with its client to facilitate site access
through procurement and placement of road material for temporary
access roads. Talon also worked with the client to perform
packer tests to provide information regarding ground water
flow beneath the property.
2.
Hatfield, P A. Talon Drilling Company installed a ground
water monitoring well to a depth of 700 feet below ground
surface (BGS) at this industrial facility using air rotary
drilling methods. This well was installed to provide additional
information regarding deep hydrogeologic conditions beneath
the property in response to a request for additional information
from a regulatory agency. The well was developed after installation
and purge water was transported to an on-site treatment facility.
The new well may be utilized as a recovery well in the future.
Talon Drilling Company had earlier installed several shallower
wells on the property to aid the client in delineating hydrogeologic
conditions and to define water quality at depths ranging from
approximately 200 to 400 feet BGS.
3.
Franklin, New Jersey. Talon Drilling Company installed
three 2-inch diameter PVC monitoring wells to depths of approximately
80 feet below ground surface using the mud rotary drilling
method. The wells were installed in an area where subsurface
rock condition and drilling were difficult to allow definition
of hydrogeologic conditions and water quality at this former
commercial property.
4.
Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania. Talon Drilling Company
installed four 4-inch diameter open-hole bedrock ground water
monitoring
wells utilizing the air rotary drilling method. The monitoring
wells were
installed for a Talon client to investigate ground water conditions
on this
property in southeastern, Pennsylvania.
5.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Talon Drilling Company installed
nine 2-inch diameter PVC monitoring wells using hollow stem
auger and air rotary drilling methods. These wells were installed
by Talon so that our client could further delineate the hydrogeologic
conditions and ground water quality beneath this property
where monitoring wells had previously been installed.
6.
Somerville, New Jersey. Talon Drilling Company installed
five 4-inch diameter PVC monitoring wells to depths of approximately
25 feet each utilizing the hollow stem auger drilling method.
These shallow ground water monitoring wells were installed
by Talon to aid its client in initially defining hydrogeologic
conditions and water quality beneath this former industrial
property.
7.
Williamstown, New Jersey. Talon Drilling Company installed
twenty-four 4-inch diameter air sparge wells to a depth of
30 feet below ground surface to be used for soil vapor extraction.
The sparge wells were installed using the air rotary drilling
method. The wells are to be used to aid in removal of volatile
organic chemicals from ground water.
8.
Chester County, Pennsylvania. Talon Drilling Company installed
five 2- and 4-inch diameter PVC monitoring wells to a depth
of 25 feet below ground surface using the hollow stem auger
drilling method. Prior to installation of the monitoring wells,
Talon provided two days of Geoprobe
services collecting soil samples to determine the nature of
subsurface soil conditions and to identify optimum locations
and screen depths for monitoring wells on this industrial
property. Direct-push sampling methods were utilized to collect
representative soil samples from the shallow subsurface.
9.
Greenbelt, Maryland. Talon Drilling Company installed
three borings in Coastal Plain sediments to depths of approximately
375 feet using mud rotary drilling techniques. Talon assisted
in grouting grounding rods for microwave transmission towers
in the borings using a special conductive grout to cement
the grounding rods in place.
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Licenses
and Certifications
- Delaware
- Talon drillers are licensed in Delaware.
- Maryland
- Talon drillers are licensed in Maryland.
- New
Jersey - Talon drillers are licensed in New Jersey.
- New
York - Company registered. Talon drillers qualified
to drill in New York.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County - Company registered, Talon drillers are
licensed
in Chester County. Driller's license presently not required
elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
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Resumes
of Key Individuals
Charles
A. Bandoian, Ph.D.
P.G., President-Talon Drilling
Company
Registration
Certified Professional Geologist in Indiana and Pennsylvania
Fields
of Competence
Planning, management, and quality assurance of geologic and
ground water studies related to landfills, hazardous waste
disposal sites, railroads and industrial facilities.
Hydrogeologic and enviromental impact assessment of existing
and proposed facilities.
Evaluation of geologic conditions relative to foundation stability
of man-made structures.
Geologic investigations related to siting, planning, and
construction of facilities and hazardous and non-hazardous
waste
management and disposal facilities
Regional geologic mapping and interpretation.
Technical and strategic oversight for PRP group, reviewing
or overseeing agency-led site remediation activities.
Litigation support related to enviromental compliance at
industrial facilities.
Chief operating officer of an enviromental drilling company,
an
eviromental equipment rental business, and a mobile and fixed
base chemical analytical service.
Experience
Summary
More than 28 years of diversified experience in consulting;
planning, execution, and management of geologic and
hydrogeologic projects in areas of broad geographic and geologic
diversity; client advocate and representative in negotiations
and
technical program management/development with several US
EPA regions and various state regulatory agencies; site geologic
investigations; surface and ground water pollution assessment
and monitoring; remediation of ground water contamination.
Experience as a principal technical investigator, project
manager,
technical quality investigator, technical quality assurance
reviewer; field and office manager of
geologic, hydrogeologic, and multidisciplinary projects.
Manager of diverse businesses providing services to
enviromental consultants.
Credentials
B.A.,
Government,
Tufts University, 1963
M.S., Geology,
University of New Mexico,
1969
Ph.D.,
Geology,
Rutgers University, 1973 |
Professional
Affiliation
Geologic
Society of America
America
Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Key Projects
Definition of hydrogeological
conditions and investigation of
ground water contamination at
numerous industrial sites. Design,
installation, and monitoring of
ground water monitoring networks
and remedial ground water
recovery systems.
Principal-in-Charge,
project
manager and technical director for
State-lead Site Remediation projects
at various railroad railyards in the
Northeast and Midwest.
Investigation and remediation of
fuel oil (engine refueling), heating
oil (facility heating plant) and
kerosene (caboose fueling area)
impacted soils, ground water and
equipment repair/maintenance
facilities in New Jersey. Installation
and maintenance of fuel oil product
recovery systems. Delineation and
source identification for volatile
organic compound contamination
in ground water.
Technical
Director and Project
Manager for multidisciplinary
teams of professionals conducting
CERCLA, RCRA, and ECRA/ISRA
(New Jersey) investigations in the
Northeast and Midwest.
RCRA
gorund water monitoring
compliance evaluation, monitoring
network design and installation,
ground water quality assessment at
refineries, industrial complexes,
and agircultural/chemical waste
disposal sites.
Studies
of the potential for
subsurface migration of
radionuclides through geologic
media.
Site
Selection, preliminary geologic
evaluation, and foundation
investigations, regional
stratigraphy, geomorphology,
seismicity, and glacial geology for
proposed manufacturing and
electric generating facilities.
Publications
Author
of several papers dealing with
Pleistocence geology and
geomorphology, marine and river
erosion, carbonate geology and
petrology, and low level radioactive
waste disposal.
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