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GEOCHECK ® - PHYSICAL SETTING SOURCE SUMMARYGROUNDWATER FLOW VELOCITY INFORMATIONGroundwater flow velocity information for a particular site is best determined by a qualified environmental professionalusing site specific geologic and soil strata data. If such data are not reasonably ascertainable, it may be necessaryto rely on other sources of information, including geologic age identification, rock stratigraphic unit and soilcharacteristics data collected on nearby properties and regional soil information. In general, contaminant plumesmove more quickly through sandy-gravelly types of soils than silty-clayey types of soils.GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN GENERAL AREA OF TARGET PROPERTYGeologic information can be used by the environmental professional in forming an opinion about the relative speedat which contaminant migration may be occurring.ROCK STRATIGRAPHIC UNITGEOLOGIC AGE IDENTIFICATIONEra:PaleozoicCategory:System:SilurianSeries:Middle Silurian (Niagoaran)Code: S2 (decoded above as Era, System & Series)Stratifed SequenceGeologic Age and Rock Stratigraphic Unit Source: P.G. Schruben, R.E. Arndt and W.J. Bawiec, Geologyof the Conterminous U.S. at 1:2,500,000 Scale - a digital representation of the 1974 P.B. King and H.M. BeikmanMap, USGS Digital Data Series DDS - 11 (1994).DOMINANT SOIL COMPOSITION IN GENERAL AREA OF TARGET PROPERTYThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Soil Conservation Service (SCS) leads the National Cooperative SoilSurvey (NCSS) and is responsible for collecting, storing, maintaining and distributing soil survey informationfor privately owned lands in the United States. A soil map in a soil survey is a representation of soil patternsin a landscape. Soil maps for STATSGO are compiled by generalizing more detailed (SSURGO) soil survey maps.The following information is based on Soil Conservation Service STATSGO data.Soil Component Name:Soil Surface Texture:Hydrologic Group:Soil Drainage Class:URBANLANDvariableNot reportedNot reportedHydric Status: Soil does not meet the requirements for a hydric soil.Corrosion Potential - Uncoated Steel:Depth to Bedrock Min:Depth to Bedrock Max:Not Reported> 0 inches> 0 inchesTC3413564.2s Page A-4

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