First report on the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program for East Fork Poplar Creek

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10144129

Loar, J M; Adams, S M; Allison, L J; Boston, H L; Huston, M A; McCarthy, J F; Smith, J G; Southworth, G R; Stewart, A J ^[1]; Black, M C ^[2]; Gatz, Jr, A J ^[3]; Hinzman, R L ^[4]; Jimenez, B D ^[5]; Reagan, S D ^[6]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
3. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, OH (United States)
4. Oak Ridge Research Inst., TN (United States)
5. Puerto Rico Univ., San Juan (Puerto Rico)
6. International Technology Corp., Knoxville, TN (United States)

As stipulated in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant on May 24, 1985, a Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program (BMAP) was developed for the receiving stream, East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC). The objectives of the BMAP are (1) to demonstrate that the current effluent limitations established for the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant protect the uses of EFPC (e.g., the growth and propagation of fish and aquatic life), as designated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) [formerly the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment (TDHE)], and (2) to document the ecological effects resulting from implementation of a water pollution control program that includes construction of several large wastewater treatment facilities. The BMAP consists of four major tasks: (1) ambient toxicity testing, (2) bioaccumulation studies, (3) biological indicator studies, and (4) ecological surveys of stream communities, including periphyton (attached algae), benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish. This document, the first in a series of reports on the results of the Y-12 Plant BMAP, describes studies that were conducted from May 1985 through September 1986.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OS21400
• OSTI ID: 10144129
• Report Number(s): Y/TS--886; ON: DE93011652
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AUFWUCHS
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FISHES
GEOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
SAMPLING
SURFACE WATERS
TOXICITY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
Y-12 PLANT