Information summary, Area of Concern: Buffalo River, New York. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5324391

Lee, C R; Brandon, D L; Simmers, J W; Tatem, H E; Skogerbee, J G

The Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) is carrying out a 5-year study and demonstration project, Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS), with emphasis on removal of toxic pollutants from bottom sediments. Information from the ARCS program is to be used to guide development of Remedial Action Plans for 42 identified Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs). The AOCs are areas where serious impairment of beneficial uses of water or biota (drinking, swimming, fishing, navigation, etc.) is known to exist, or where environmental quality criteria are exceeded to the point that such impairment is likely. Priority consideration was given to five AOCs, including Buffalo River, N.Y. The WES Environmental Lab. reviewed existing data and information for each of these five AOCs. The approach used was to bring together WES scientists who have been conducting research on aspects of contaminant mobility in the aquatic environment to develop a list of information required to evaluate the potential for contaminant mobility. This report summarizes the information obtained for the Buffalo River. Topics include: Fish tissue concentrations, Groundwater, Land use, Metal contamination, Pesticides, Point and nonpoint source discharges, Risk assessment, Spills, Toxicity bioassay, and Water quality.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5324391
• Report Number(s): AD-A-235280/5/XAB; WES/MP/EL-91-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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