(EPA 510-B-97-001, March 1997 and EPA 510-B-16-004, October 2016)
This document, first issued in 1997, discusses the expedited site assessment process, which is a framework for rapidly characterizing UST site conditions for corrective action decisions. This concept has been described with other names including: accelerated site characterization, rapid site characterization, and expedited site investigation. In October 2016, EPA revised the document by updating Chapter V - Direct Push Technologies. The entire document carries the same title but a new number: EPA 510-B-16-004.
NOTE: QA documents referred to in some of the following chapters may be outdated. Visit The EPA Quality System web site for the latest version of EPA's QA documents.
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You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Cover page, title page, acknowledgments, contents (PDF)(5 pp, 86 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter I - Introduction (PDF)(6 pp, 91 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter II - Expedited Site Assessment Process (PDF)(34 pp, 443 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter III - Surface Geophysical Methods (PDF)(44 pp, 527 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter IV - Soil-Gas Surveys (PDF)(36 pp, 316 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter V - Direct Push Technologies (PDF)(129 pp, 4 MB, Revised October 2016)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Chapter VI - Field Methods for the Analysis of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PDF)(59 pp, 319 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Appendix A - Data Requirements for Corrective Action Evaluations (PDF)(3 pp, 78 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Appendix B - Table of U.S. EPA Test Methods for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PDF)(3 pp, 83 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Abbreviations (PDF)(4 pp, 84 K)
- Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: Glossary (PDF)(20 pp, 106 K)