industry can be invaluable in environmental site characterizations. Environmental companies or consultants do not use many of these methods because they are not required by the EPA... and are not recommended by regulatory agencies. In addition, these methods are unfamiliar to environmental scientists and most regulatory agencies. The "rule of thumb" methods of site... pipeline properties in the East Austin area of Austin, Texas. INTRODUCTION Environmental scientists (companies or consultants) perform most environmental assessment and remediation...

Conclusions References Abstract Recent studies and publications by the U. S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence indicate that anaerobic biodegradation processes dominate... and publications by the U. S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence indicate that anaerobic biodegradation processes dominate the natural "intrinsic" remediation... degradation. A marine sedimentary depositional model, first proposed by Claypool and Kaplan (1974) has an application in environmental science for explaining "intrinsic" bioremediation. This...