Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Gravesend Bay Anchorage, New York

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/403943· OSTI ID:403943

Barrows, E S; Gruendell, B D ^[1]

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1. Battelle/Marine Sciences Lab., Sequim, WA (United States)

The Gravesend Bay Anchorage was one of seven waterways that the US Army Corps of Engineers-New York District (USACE-NYD) requested the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) to sample and evaluate for dredging and disposal in February 1994. Sediment samples were submitted for physical and chemical analyses to provide baseline sediment chemistry data on the Gravesend Bay Anchorage. Individual sediment core samples collected at the Gravesend Bay Anchorage were analyzed for grain size, moisture content, and total organic carbon (TOC). Two samples, one of composited sediment cores representing the southeast corner of the anchorage (COMP GR), and one sediment core representing the northeast corner of the anchorage (Station GR-1 0), were analyzed for bulk density, specific gravity, metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and 1,4-dichlorobenzene.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 403943
• Report Number(s): PNNL---11316; ON: DE97050270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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DREDGING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
MARINE DISPOSAL
METALS
NEW YORK
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXICITY
WASTE MANAGEMENT