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| Title | Little Spokane River PCBs: Screening Survey of Water, Sediment, and Fish Tissue |
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Little Spokane River PCBs: Screening Survey of Water, Sediment, and Fish Tissue (Number of pages: 40) (Publication Size: 1954KB)
Win Zip format (Publication Size: 166KB) Note: APPENDIX B
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| Author(s) | Friese, M. and R. Coots | ||||
| Description | The lower section of the Little Spokane River is in Category 5 of the 303(d) list for PCBs in fish tissue. This study evaluated current PCB levels in fish to validate the 303(d) listing. Sediment and water were also analyzed. PCB levels in fish tissue ranged from 3.85 to 62.4 ug/kg. Fish samples exceeded (did not meet) the National Toxics Rule human health criteria (NTR=5.3 ug/kg), so the river must remain on the 303(d) list. PCB levels in sediment were below (met) the cleanup objective (110 ug/kg) in WAC 173-204. PCB levels in water were below (met) chronic (0.014 ug/L) and acute (2 ug/L) aquatic life criteria. Appendix B is available under Win Zip above. |
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| Contact | Randy Coots at 360-407-6690 or rcoo461@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | Spokane River, fish, water, sediment, PCBs | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Improving the Spokane River | ||||
| WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Area 55 Little Spokane | ||||
| DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #MIFR0002 |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Little Spokane River PCBs in Fish Tissue Verification Study |
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