Fate and Migration Evaluation

SSP&A was initially retained to provide expert review and evaluation of hydrologic, hydrogeologic, and geochemical conditions at the former Leviathan Mine Site, and to assess the sources of impacts of mining-related residues on groundwater and surface water.

SSP&A has designed sampling and analysis plans to determine groundwater and basalt chemistry, performed geochemical reactive transport modeling to predict the types and consequences of chemical reactions during ASR operations, and identified mitigation measures in cases where chemical incompatibilities between recharge water and basalt have been identified.

SSP&A provided expert services for the State of New Mexico, New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), and members of the Navajo Nation in lawsuits related to a mine blowout at the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado.

The State of Minnesota selected SSP&A to provide expert services for a natural resources damage lawsuit related to impacts to groundwater and surface water from releases of PFAS from the 3M manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, MN.