A Toolbox Approach for the Environmental Site Assessment of a Chemical Plant in a Coastal Area

연안지역 화학공장부지의 부지환경평가를 위한 복합조사기법의 적응

  • Published : 2007.08.28

Abstract

Recently, the branch-out of foreign companies into domestic markets through M&A and the opened followed by the Free Trade Agreement(FTA) with America have made the environmental site assessments of specific site more necessary. In this study, through case study of conducting actual environmental site assessment by use of a toolbox approach at a large scale of chemical plant with various contaminants located in a coastal area, the problems of guideline of domestic environmental assessment of soil were complemented. And an efficient and economical assessment was achieved. All six steps such as basic investigation, environmental site history survey, sampling and analysis, installation of monitoring wells and hydrogeological survey, and data interpretation were conducted in this study. All results of document survey, geological lineament analysis, field geology survey of surrounding area, geophysical prospecting of the site, hydraulic conductivity, measurement of groundwater flow rate and direction, sampling and analysis at each step were associated and estimated as an integrated tool box approach. As a consequence of this study, toolbox approaches were very useful techniques for contamination level and site characterization of subsurface media. The given conditions to conduct a basic survey for domestic soil environment assessment of site by use of existing documents, as well as interviews with the owner/manager/user of all adjacent properties and thorough review of all practically reviewable records pertaining to the property and surrounding properties within "Guideline for Soil Environment Assessment" radii are very poor. As a result, the application of toolbox approach in the environment site assessment of site is not only more efficient and economical, but also could be very useful assessment to integrate the soil and groundwater contamination.

최근 국내에서는 외국기업의 국내진출에 따른 M&A, 미국과의 자유무역협정에 따른 시장개방에 따라 부지환경평가 (토양환경평가)의 결과를 반영할 필요성이 점차 증가되어 왔다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 연안매립지역에 위치한 대규모 화학공장부지에 대한 실제적인 부지환경평가를 통하여 국내의 토양환경평가 지침의 문제점을 보완하고 효율적, 경제적 평가를 위한 복합적 조사기법들을 이용하였다. 이 연구는 기초조사, 부지현황조사, 시료채취와 분석, 관측정 설치와 수리지질 조사, 자료 분석의 6단계로 진행되었다. 각각의 조사단계에서는 기존자료조사, 선구조분석, 지표지질조사, 지구물리탐사, 시추조사, 수리전도도, 지하수의 유향유속측정, 시료채취 및 분석 결과를 조합하여 복합적으로 해석하였다. 연구결과, 부지환경평가를 위한 이러한 다양한 조사기법들의 적용은 부지의 오염현상, 지하매질에 대한 부지특성화에 매우 효과적이었다. 국내에서는 '토양환경평가 지침'에 의한 기초조사에 있어 기존자료의 이용, 가용한 자료의 보관상태, 평가를 위한 관계자 인터뷰 등에 있어 매우 열악한 여건을 가지고 있다. 따라서 '부지환경평가'를 수행하는데 있어 이러한 복합조사기법의 적용은 더욱 경제적이고 효율적이며, 토양과 지하수오염을 연계하여 평가하는데 있어서도 매우 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

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