1988 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
  CONDITIONS  IN  13  PU6ET  SOUND LOCATIONS

          Contract No. 68-03-3319
         Work Assignment No. 1-113
                 APRIL 1989
               Submitted to

   U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                 REGION  10
            Seattle,  Washington
                Prepared by

              E. A. Crecelius
               D.  L. Woodruff

   Battelle, Marine Sciences  Laboratory
            Sequim, Washington

                M. S.  Myers

                 NOAA-NMFS
   Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
            Seattle,  Washington

                    for

                  Battelle
               Ocean Sciences
           397 Washington Street
        Duxbury, Massachusetts 02332

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                              EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

          In the spring of 1988,  Battelle conducted a reconnaissance survey
in non-urban bays and areas of Puget Sound.   The objective of this survey was
to characterize sediment quality,  fish tissue chemistry,  and fish disease to
identify potential contamination  problems in these areas.   This survey
focused on four bays (Dyes Inlet,  Gig Harbor, Port Angeles Harbor, and Oak
Harbor) which have not been examined extensively for contamination problems
but which may be affected by contamination from local industry, marinas,
sewage outfalls, and military bases.
          The major tasks that comprised this survey included the following:
            »  Characterize sediment quality by contaminant levels and
               amphipod bioassays at six stations in each of the four non-
               urban bays.
            •  Analyze sediment samples from agricultural  and urban areas for
               20 pesticides that are currently in use.
            •  Analyze tissues of flatfish collected from 13 areas for
               evidence of contaminants.
            •  Characterize liver diseases or liver disorders in sole from
               Dyes Inlet, Gig Harbor, and the mouth of the Lake Washington
               Ship Canal.
            »  Archive benthic infaunal samples for potential future
               analysis.
          This report presents the results of the survey and draws a
comparison with results from similar investigations in other areas of Puget
Sound.
          This study was organized to benefit from work conducted by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10; the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),  Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center;
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority; Battelle-Northwest,  Marine Sciences
Laboratory (MSL); and Battelle Ocean Sciences (BOS).  The EPA Region 10
staff conducted amphipod sediment bioassays.  The NOAA Northwest and Alaska
Fisheries Center organized the field sampling cruise that was conducted
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contaminants and metabolites of hydrocarbons;  and analyzed the livers of sole
for tumors and other diseases.   The Battelle groups participated in the field
survey, the chemical analyses of sediments,  project management and report
preparation.
          It should be understood that the results of this survey represent
a reconnaissance of the problems and are not always rigorously quantitative.
The major findings resulting from this report are summarized below.

                          SEDIMENT  CHARACTERISTICS

          Surface sediments  (0 to 2 cm) were sampled at six locations in each
of four non-urban bays.  Water depth at the sediment stations within a given
bay were relatively uniform.  The sediment grain size was usually sandy near
the entrances of the bays and muddy in the head of the bays.  Organic carbon
content increased from 0.5%  in sandy sediments to 7% in muddy sediments.

                          CONTAMINANTS IN SEDIMENTS

          Some of the sediments were found to contain slightly elevated
levels of arsenic, cadmium,  copper,  lead, mercury, silver, and zinc compared
to  reference areas of Puget Sound.   Other metals that were present in
concentrations typical of reference Puget Sound sediments included aluminum,
chromium, iron, manganese, nickel,  and antimony.  Except for mercury and
silver at several stations,  the concentrations of metals do not exceed the
Puget Sound apparent effect  threshold (AET) sediment quality values (Barrick
et al. 1988).
          The concentration  of tributyltin (TBT), a highly toxic pesticide
used in boat antifouling paint, was highest in areas nearest marinas.
However, the TBT concentrations in the four non-urban bays were at least one
order of magnitude lower than those reported in sediments from marinas and
industrial waterways of Puget Sound.
          The concentrations of organic priority pollutant chemicals were
generally low compared with  concentrations reported for urban areas, such as
Elliott and Commencement Bays.  Only one sediment sample in the four
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embayments (Gig Harbor) exceeded the AET values (Barrick et al.  1988) for
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).  PCBs were detected at low levels in
most samples,  with Gig Harbor containing the highest concentrations.
Chlorinated pesticides were usually not detected,  and only one sample (from
Port Angeles)  contained a low but detectable concentration of chlorinated
guaiacol, a compound associated with pulp mill effluent.

                       PESTICIDE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY

          Surface sediments, collected from 17 stations in the mouth of Puget
Sound rivers and Lake Washington, were analyzed for 20 pesticides that are
known to be in current use in the Puget Sound region.  Five pesticides
including chlorpyrifos, dicamba, dichobenil, 2,4-D, and lindanewere
detected in the concentration range of 2 to 31 /tg/kg at one or more stations.
Pentachlorophenol was detected in the range of 7 to 56 fig/kg dry wt in
samples; however, these data are qualified as unreliable because the matrix
spike recoveries were very low and possibly the results underestimate actual
concentrations.

                              AMPHIPOD BIOASSAYS

          None of the sediments tested by the amphipod bioassay indicated a
toxic response.  These results are consistent with the AET sediment quality
values; i.e.,  none of the sediment samples contained levels of contaminants
that greatly exceeded the amphipod AET.

                         CONTAMINANTS IN FISH TISSUE

          The  concentrations of PAH metabolites, PCBs, chlorinated
pesticides, and trace metals were determined for fish collected from 13
locations in Puget Sound (Quartermaster Harbor, Sinclair Inlet,  Liberty Bay,
Port Gamble, Port Townsend, Port Susan, Richmond Beach, Skagit Bay, and the
Lake Washington Ship Canal  in addition to the other four bays where sediments
were studied).  PCBs were present in muscle and liver tissue from all areas.
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The highest concentrations of PCBs were in English sole from Gig Harbor, the
bay which had the highest level of PCBs in sediments.  The concentrations of
PCBs in Gig Harbor muscle tissue (257 /*g/kg wet wt) were similar to the
levels reported for urban bays of Puget Sound (Tetra Tech 1988a),  but were
below U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action levels for safe
consumption by humans.  Trace metals in fish muscle were low and relatively
uniform except for a slight elevation of lead, mercury, and arsenic at
several sites.  These metal concentrations are not considered to be a public
health risk.  The average concentrations of PCBs in fish muscle tissue  (182
/ig/kg) sampled in this survey result in a lifetime cancer risk of 2 x 10"  (2
persons in 10,000 develop cancer) if these fish are consumed at a rate of 30
meals per year for life (70 years).  The health risk results of this
reconnaissance survey are similar to those of Tetra Tech (1988a),  which
evaluated the health risk assessment of chemical contamination in Puget Sound
seafood.
          Fish from most of the sites surveyed had concentrations of
fluorescent aromatic compounds (FACs) in bile, indicative of very low to
moderate levels of uptake of PAHs from petroleum or combustion-related
sources.  Levels of FACs in bile of sanddabs from Port Angeles indicate that
these fish may have been contaminated with petroleum; however, there are no
comparable data for sanddab collected at a reference site.

                                FISH DISEASES

          The specimens that were examined included 151 English sole and 29
rock sole taken from Gig Harbor, Dyes Inlet, and the mouth of the Lake
Washington Ship Canal.  Two other areas, Port Angeles and Oak Harbor, were
sampled, but sole were not captured.  A broad spectrum of pathologic
conditions was observed with the focus of this study on idiopathic
conditions of the liver.  Idiopathic lesions have no apparent association
with an infectious agent.  Fish from Gig Harbor and Dyes Inlet exhibited
idiopathic liver disease levels which were similar to levels found in
reference areas in Puget Sound.  The prevalence of liver lesions found  in

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fish from the Lake Washington Ship Canal was most similar to results from
moderately contaminated sites, such as Elliott Bay and Everett Harbor.

                                 CONCLUSIONS

          This reconnaissance survey indicates the health of 13 areas of
Puget Sound and the mouth of the Lake Washington Ship Canal is good based on
sediment chemistry and sediment bioassays in four bays and fish tissue
chemistry in all areas.  In the four non-urban bays where sediments were
tested for chemicals, generally low concentrations (below most AET values)
were detected although anthropogenic sources cause contamination in these
bays to be elevated compared to rural reference bays.  Benthic infaunal
samples have not been analyzed because the amphipod sediment bioassays
indicated no toxic response and the sediment chemical levels were low.
          Analyses of flatfish tissues indicate relatively low levels of
contaminants in fish.  These contaminate levels are not a major health risk
to humans who consume fish from these areas.  The prevalence of liver
disorders in sole are generally similar to reference areas of Puget Sound,
except for the mouth of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
          A survey for 20 pesticides that are in current use in the Puget
Sound area indicated that a few were detected at low levels in some
locations.

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                               ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
          This document was prepared by Battelle-Northwest, under the
direction of Dr. Eric A. Crecelius, for Battelle Ocean Sciences and the  U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA), Region 10, in partial fulfillment of
EPA Contract No. 68-03-3319.  This project was funded through the National
Estuary Program under the authority of the Clean Water Act, as amended,  and
by the Puget Sound Estuary Program.  Funding was approved by the EPA Office
of Marine and Estuarine Protection,  The Technical Monitor for Battelle  was
Mark Curran.  John Armstrong served as Work Assignment Manager for EPA.
          Many laboratory and field personnel contributed to the success  of
this project.  The following individuals participated in the field work,
laboratory analyses, and report preparation.
Dr. John Armstrong
Dr. Sin-Lam Chan
Dr. Betsy Brown
Dr. John Strand
Hr, Margaret Krahn
Mr. Donald Brown
Dr. Robert Clark
Dr. Allen Uhler
Mr. William Steinhauer
Ms. Carol Peven
Mr. Tim Fortman
Mr. Charles Apts
Ms. Amy Squires
Ms. Ann Trelstad
Mr. Joe Cummins
Ms. Christy Conrad
Dr. Walter Pearson
Dr. Usha Varanasi
Mr. Jeff Anderson
Ms. Donna Baker
Mr. Paul Plesha
Ms. Clare Ryan
Ms. Clara Stehr
Mr. Doug Weber
Dr. Jack Gakstatter
Mr. Michael Rylko
Ms. Lyndal Johnson
Mr. Michael Jacobson
Mr. Peter Stripland
Mr. Steve Quinell
EPA
NOAA
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
NOAA
NOAA
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
Battelle
EPA
Battelle
Battelle
NOAA
Battelle
EPA
NOAA
WDOE
NOAA
NOAA
EPA
EPA
NOAA
PSWQA
WDOE
WDF
Field Collection
Tissue Chemistry
Report Review
Report Review
Bile Chemistry
Tissue Chemistry
Tissue Chemistry
Sediment Chemistry
Sediment Chemistry
Sediment Chemistry
Sediment Chemistry
Sediment Chemistry
Data Analysis
Typing
Amphipod Bioassay
Typing
Field Collection
Report Review
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
Field Collection
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                                  CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.	11
INTRODUCTION	 • 1
     OVERVIEW OF FIELD STUDY DESIGN. 	 1
     SAMPLING PROTOCOLS	8
          Location and Position of Sampling Stations 	 8
          Collection of Sediment for PSWQA Monitoring
          Program	 9
          Benthic Infauna	9
          Amphipod Sediment Bioassays	9
          Chemical Contaminants and Conventional Parameters	10
          Pesticide Reconnaissance Survey	10
          Histopathology and Bioaccumulation in Fish	11
     CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSES.	12
          Analysis of Conventional Parameters
          and Chemicals in Sediments	12
          Guaiacols	12
          Pesticides Reconnaissance Survey
          of Sediment	12
          Amphipod Bioassays	16
          Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds (FACs)
          in Fish Bile	. .17
          Chemical Analyses of Fish Tissue	17
          Trace Metals in Fish Muscle	17
          Fish Histopathology	18
QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS	 .19
     METALS IN SEDIMENT	 .19
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     ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN FOUR NON-URBAN BAY
     SEDIMENT SAMPLES	 .19
     PESTICIDE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY	20
     METALS IN TISSUE	21
     ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN FISH TISSUE	21
     FACs IN FISH BILE	 .21
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	22
     SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS	22
          Grain Size and Organic Carbon	22
          Trace Metals in Sediment 	 ......... .27
          Comparison of Metals with Other Studies	36
          Organic Contaminants in Sediments.	44
          Pesticide Reconnaissance Survey Results	.55
     AMPHIPOD BIOASSAY	58
     SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY COMPARED TO PUGET SOUND
     SEDIMENT QUALITY VALUES	61
     CONTAMINANTS IN FISH TISSUE	62
          PCBs and Priority Pollutant Pesticides
          in Flatfish Muscle	64
          PCBs and Priority Pollutant Pesticides
          in Flatfish Liver	70
          Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds (FACs)
          in Fish Bile	74
          Trace Metals in Flatfish Muscle	76
          Public Health Considerations	76
     FISH HISTOPATHOLOGY	80
          General Patterns of Lesion Prevalences 	81
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               English Sole	81
               Rock Sole ,	.81
          Comparisons of Lesion Prevalences
          Among Study Areas	84
          Relationships Between Hepatic Lesions
          and Mean Ages and Gender of Fish Sampled	84
          Comparisons of Histopathological Analyses
          with Recent Historical Data	86
USEFULNESS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY CONCEPT	89
REFERENCES	91
APPENDIX A - SURVEY REPORT	A.I
APPENDIX B - QA/QC	B.I
APPENDIX C - DATA	C.I

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                                   FIGURES


Figure 1.   Location of Benthic Sediment Stations and
            Trawls in Dyes Inlet	2

Figure 2.   Location of Benthic Sediment Stations and
            Trawls in Gig Harbor	3

Figure 3.   Location of Benthic Sediment Stations and
            Trawls in Port Angeles Harbor	4

Figure 4.   Location of Benthic Sediment Stations and
            Trawls in Oak Harbor	 5

Figure 5,   Locations of 4 Non-Urban Bays and 11
            Fisheries Stations Sampled During This Survey, ..... 6

Figure 6.   Sediment Sampling Locations for Pesticide
            Survey and PSWQA Grain-Size Survey 	  .7

Figure 7.   Concentrations of Silt and Clay (Mud) in Six
            Sediment Samples Collected From Each of Four
            Non-Urban Bays:  Dyes Inlet » DI, Gig Harbor = GH,
            Port Angeles = PA, and Oak Harbor = OH	25
Figure 8.
Figure 9,
Figure 10.
Figure 11.
Concentrations of Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
in Six Sediment Samples Collected from Each
of Four Non-Urban Bays:  Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig
Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, and Oak Harbor

Concentration of Arsenic (As) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH. .... 	
                                                           = OH,
.26
                                                                    .29
Concentration of Cadmium (Cd) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH	
                                                                    .30
Concentration of Copper (Cu) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH	 . . . ,
                                                                    .31
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Figure 12,
Figure 13,
Figure 14,
Figure 15,
Figure 16,
Figure 17,
Concentration of Lead (Pb) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays; Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor - GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH	
                                                                    .32
Concentration of Mercury (Hg) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH	
                                                                    .33
Concentration of Silver  (Ag) in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PH, and
Oak Harbor = OH	,
                                                                    .34
Concentration of Zinc  (In)  in Six
Sediment Collected from Each of
Four Non-Urban Bays: Dyes  Inlet  =  DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port  Angeles =  PH,
and Oak Harbor = OH	
                                                                    .35
Comparison of the Mean Concentration  of  Arsenic
(As) in Sediments from the Non-Urban  Bays  in  This
Survey with Other Areas of Puget  Sound:  Dyes
Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH,  Port Angeles  = PA,
Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay  (South Shoreline) =
EB, Commencement Bay  (City Waterway)  = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH,  Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS,  Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before  the  Year  1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay  = SB  	
                                                                  .37
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of  Cadmium
(Cd) in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays  in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget  Sound
Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor  = GH,  Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor - OH, Elliott Bay (South  Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB,  Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet - SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year  1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
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Figure 18.
Figure 19,
figure 20.
Figure 21,
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Copper
(Cu) in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget Sound
Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year 1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
                                                                    .39
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Lead  (Pb)
in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget Sound
Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year 1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
                                                                    .40
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Mercury
(Hg) in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays  in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget  Sound
Dyes Inlet • DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB,  Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year  1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
                                                                    .41
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Silver
(Ag) in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays  in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget  Sound
Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year  1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
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Figure 22,
Figure 23.
Figure 24,
Figure 25,
Figure 26,
Figure 27.
Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Zinc (In)
in Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget Sound
Dyes Inlet - DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway) « EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year 1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB	
                                                                    .43
Concentrations of Butyltins in Six Sediment
Samples Collected from Each of Four Non-Urban
Bays:  Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port
Angeles = PA,  and Oak Harbor = OH	,
                                                                    .47
Concentrations of Organic Compounds in Six
Sediment Samples Collected from Each of Four
Non-Urban Bays:  Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor =
GH, Port Angeles = PA, and Oak Harbor = OH . .
                                                                    .49
Comparison of the Summed PAH in Sediments from
the Non-Urban Bays in This Survey with Those
in Other Areas of Puget Sound:  Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor = OH,
Elliott Bay (South Shoreline) = EB, Commencement
Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett Harbor (East
Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI, Puget Sound
Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main Basin Sediments
Deposited before the Year 1900 = Pre-1900, Sequim
Bay = SB .	  .50

Concentrations of Organic Compounds (Total
PCS) in Six Sediment Samples Collected from
Each of Four Non-Urban Bays:  Dyes Inlet = DI,
Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, and Oak
Harbor - OH	51

Comparison of the Mean Total PCBs in
Sediments from the Non-Urban Bays in This
Survey with Those in Other Areas of Puget Sound
Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles =
PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South Shoreline) =
EB, Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett
Harbor (East Waterway)  = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI,
Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound Main
Basin Sediments Deposited before the Year 1900 =
Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB.	52
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Figure 28,  Concentrations of Organic Compounds (Total DDT)
            in Six Sediment Samples Collected from Each of
            Four Non-Urban Bays:  Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig Harbor =
            GH,  Port Angeles = PA, and Oak Harbor = OH	53

Figure 29.  Comparison of the Mean Total  DDT in Sediments
            from the Non-Urban Bays in This Survey with Those
            in Other Areas of Puget Sound:  Dyes Inlet = DI,
            Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor = OH,
            Elliott Bay (South Shoreline) = EB, Commencement
            Bay (City Waterway) = CB,  Everett Harbor (East
            Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI, Puget
            Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget  Sound Main Basin
            Sediments Deposited before the Year 1900 = Pre-1900,
            Sequim Bay = SB	54

Figure 30.  Concentrations of PCB (/*g/kg  wet wt) in Flatfish
            Muscle Tissue Collected from  13 Locations in Puget
            Sound:  Dyes Inlet = DI, Gig  Harbor = GH, Port
            Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Lake Washington
            Ship Canal = LWSC, Quartermaster Harbor = QH,
            Sinclair Inlet = SI, Liberty  Bay = LB, Port
            Gamble = PG, Port Townsend =  PT, Skagit Bay = SKB,
            Port Susan = PS, Richmond Beach = RB	68
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                                    TABLES
Table 1.   List of Chemicals and Conventional Parameters
           for Analysis in Puget Sound Reconnaissance
           Survey, April 1988	13

Table 2.   Summary of Analytical Methods for Chemicals and
           Conventional Parameters	14

Table 3.   Concentration of Total Solids, TOC, and Grain Size
           for Sediments in Four Non-Urban Bays and Two
           Reference Sites (Units % Dry Wt)	23

Table 4.   Mean Concentration of Total Solids and Grain Size
           of Sediments at Several Puget Sound Locations 	24

Table 5.   Concentration of Metals in Non-Urban Sediments	28

Table 6.   Concentrations of Organic Compounds in Sediments from
           Four Non-Urban Bays	45

Table 7.   Concentrations of Butyl tin Compounds in Sediments
           from Four Non-Urban Bays	46

Table 8.   Concentrations of Pesticides in Reconnaissance
           Survey of Pesticides in Sediments  (/*g/kg Dry
           Weight)	56

Table 9.   Mean Amphipod Survival for Five Replicates of
           10-Day Sediment Bioassays	59

Table 10.  Percentage of the 24 Sediment Stations from
           Four Non-Urban Bays that Exceed Either the
           Lowest Apparent Effect Threshold  (AET) or the
           Highest AET For Concentration of Chemicals	63

Table 11.  Concentrations, fig/kg  (PPB) Wet Weight,
           of Chlorinated Analytes in One Fish Muscle
           Composite From Each Area	65

Table 12.  Concentrations, fig/g  (PPB) Wet Weight, of
           Chlorinated Chemicals  in Method Blanks for
           Fish Muscle Samples	,	69

Table 13.  Screening Level Concentrations, pg/kg  (ppb)
           Wet Weight, of Chlorinated Analytes in Fish
           Liver Samples	71
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Table 14.  Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds in Fish Bile
           from Selected Puget Sound Sites	  .75

Table 15.  The Concentrations of Metals in One Fish
           Tissue Composite From Each Area of Puget
           Sound		.77

Table 16.  A Comparison of Mean Contaminant Concentrations
           From Flatfish Tissue (Collected From 13 Areas
           or Non-Urban Bays in Puget Sound) with Available
           Human Helth Criteria or Lifetime Cancer Risk	.79

Table 17.  Prevalences (% Affected) of Hepatic Lesions in Adult
           English Sole From Gig Harbor, Dyes Inlet and Lake
           Washington Ship Canal, April 20 - May 4, 1988	82

Table 18.  Prevalences (% Affected) of Hepatic Lesions in Adult
           Rock Sole From Gig Harbor, April 20, 1988	  .83

Table 19.  Mean Agents and Age Ranges for English Sole
           (All Fish) From Gig Harbor, Dyes Inlet, and
           Lake Washington Ship Canal Affected with
           Specific Idiopathic Liver Lesions 	85

Table 20.  Comparisons of Prevalences of Hepatic Lesions in
           English Sole from Different Locations in Puget Sound.  .  .  .88
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                                 INTRODUCTION

          The national program for estuarine studies and pollution abatement
is implemented through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional
Offices under the guidance of the Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection.
EPA Region 10, through the Office of Puget Sound, is responsible for the
development and implementation of an estuarine program for Puget Sound.  A
component of this program in FY 88 was a reconnaissance survey of 13 areas of
Puget Sound.  The survey had multiple objectives, including characterization
of contaminant-related problems in non-urban/non-industrial embayments and
characterization of the distribution and concentration of pesticides in the
estuarine environment.  Meeting these objectives included sampling and
evaluation of sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity, fish disease, and fish
tissue chemistry.  Benthic infaunal community structure samples were
collected and would have been analyzed if sediment chemistry and bioassays
gave conflicting results.

                        OVERVIEW OF FIELD STUDY  DESIGN
          The reconnaissance survey included sampling of four non-urban bays
for sediments and fish (Figures 1-4) (Gig Harbor, Dyes Inlet, Port Angeles
Harbor, and Oak Harbor) and 11 additional bays or areas for fish only
(Figure 5) (Quartermaster Harbor, Sinclair Inlet, Liberty Bay, Port Gamble,
Port Townsend, Port Susan, Saratoga Passage, Richmond Beach, Skagit Bay, Port
Madison, and the Lake Washington Ship Canal).  Sediment samples for grain
size were also collected for the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority (PSWQA)
at 17 stations (Figure 6).  The PSWQA provided station locations and sample
containers.  The locations where sediments were collected for the pesticide
survey are shown in Figure 6.
          In each of the four non-urban bays, sediments from six stations
were sampled for chemistry, conventional (grain size, total solids, and
total organic carbon), bioassays, and benthos.  The locations of the sediment
stations are presented in Figures 1 to 4.  The benthic station locations were

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selected with the intention of sampling the most contaminated sediments in
the bay while not sampling within 30 m of a known source such as an outfall
or within a marina.
          In each of these four bays, sampling for English sole was attempted
near the sediment stations using a 7.3-m (24-ft) otter trawl (Mearns and
Allen, 1978) towed at about 2 knots usually against the current (Figures 1
to 4).  If possible, 60 fish (greater than 23 cm in length) from each bay
were to be caught and processed on shipboard by National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA-NMFS)
staff for histopathological examination of individual fish.  In each of the
13 bays or areas, a composite of 5 livers, a composite of 5 fish bile
samples, and a composite from 5 fish muscle tissues were prepared for
chemical analyses.

                              SAMPLING PROTOCOLS

                 Location and Position of Sampling Stations

          The sediment stations were selected deliberately to sample the more
chemically contaminated region of the bays, but to avoid known contamination
sources.  Stations were located at least 30 m away from docks, marinas, and
outfalls.  Within each bay, sediments were collected from approximately the
same water depth and sediment type.
          Fish were collected near the sediment stations when possible.  When
this was not possible, other areas in the bays were trawled.  When sampling
for fish in areas where sediments were not collected, the sampling area was
selected based on previous experience in collecting flatfish in these areas.
          Station position was identified by a combination of Loran C,  radar,
and compass bearing to charted objects, as specified in the Puget Sound
Estuary Protocol (PSEP) (Tetra Tech,  1986).  The location of each sediment
station was recorded as latitude and longitude to the nearest hundredth of a
minute.  Coordinates for the start and end of each trawl deployment were
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station was corrected to mean lower low water (MLLW).  The positioning data
are included in Appendix A.

             Collection ofSedimentFor PSHQAMonitoring Program

          Collection of Sediments for PSWQA Monitoring Program was to
support the development of the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority Monitoring
Program by providing samples from areas proposed as long-term monitoring
stations in the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program.  Three replicate grab
samples were collected with a Q,l-m2 Van Veen grab from the following
stations for sediment grain-size analysis (Tetra Tech, 1986):  Discovery Bay,
Port Townsend,  mouth of straits out of Admiralty Inlet, Saratoga Passage
North, Saratoga Passage South, Port Susan North, Port Susan South, Northern
Hood Canal, Port Madison, Presidents Point,  and Sinclair Inlet.

                               Benthi'c Infauna

          Infauna were sampled at six stations in each of the four bays using
a 0.1-m2 Van Veen grab (five replicates per station).  The sediment was then
washed through a 1.0-mm screen and organisms preserved in buffered formalin.
In accordance with the PSEP (Tetra Tech, 1986), samples were placed in
alcohol after the cruise.  The benthic infauna samples were not analyzed
because both the sediment chemistry data and the sediment bioassays indicated
the sediments were not toxic.

                         Amphipod Sediment Bioassays

          Six stations in each of four bays were sampled.  A 2-L sample of
surface sediment (0 to 2 cm) was collected by compositing sediment from
several 0.1-m2 grab samples.  The sediment was placed  in acid cleaned and
solvent rinsed glass jars, and stored at 4°C (Tetra Tech, 1986) for 1 to 4
days before transfer to the EPA Region 10 Laboratory, Manchester, where EPA
personnel evaluated sediment toxicity using amphipod bioassays.   One sample
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control  in the bioassays.   Fine-grain sediment can have a toxic effect on
amphipods.   Sandy sediment from West Beach, Whidbey Island,  was collected in
April 1988, and was used as the reference sediment.

              Chemical Contaminants and Conventional Parameters

          The same surface sediment composites collected for the amphipod
bioassays were packaged in appropriate clean containers for organic
chemicals, pesticides, metals, grain size, and organic carbon.  These
activities followed the PSEP (Tetra Tech, 1986) for collection of sediments
for the conventional parameters.

                       Pesticide Reconnaissance Survey

          The objective of this portion of the Pesticide Reconnaissance
Survey was to obtain samples that were likely to represent worst-case
scenarios of sediment-bound pesticide transport into estuarine environments.
The list of pesticide analytes reflects a broad range of pesticide use.  The
selection of these analytes and general sampling locations were based on
information reported by Tetra Tech (1988b).  The Tetra Tech report evaluated
the quantity, toxicity, and stability of pesticides that are in current use
in the Puget Sound drainage basin.  Sampling  was conducted by EPA staff in
July 1988 in or near the mouths of several rivers including the Skagit,
Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Sammamish, and Nisqually, and in Lakes Washington
and Union (Figure 6) and Table 5 in Appendix A.  Sampling transects were
established along a gradient from the embayments toward and into the riverine
flow.
          Two types of sampling technique were employed:  a pole-rigged
Eckman Dredge for submerged sediments, and a hand-held spatula for skimming
exposed sediment surfaces.  Either technique yielded a sample taken from only
the top 1 cm of sediment, the most recently deposited sediment.  The 0-1 cm
layer was sampled, as opposed to a deeper sample layer such as 0-2 cm,
because of the fairly rapid degradation rates of most contemporary
pesticides.  Each 200-mL sediment sample was a composite of three to five
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grabs collected from each transect.  Sediment sampling field quality
assurance (QA) was followed per Puget Sound Protocols (Tetra Tech, 1986).

                  Histopatholoqy  and  Bioaccumulation  in  Fish

          Personnel from NMFS assisted Battelle with the collection and
processing of fish specimens.  Scientists from NMFS conducted
histopathological analyses on 60 fish from each of three bays (Gig Harbor,
Dyes Inlet,  and the Lake Washington Ship Canal).
          Adult English sole (Parophrys yetulas) and rock sole (Lepidopsetta
bilineata) were captured by otter trawl onboard the R/V Harold H. Streeter
between the dates of April 20,  1988,  and May 4, 1988.  Fish were immediately
placed in holding tanks and maintained with flowing seawater.  Specimens
greater than 23 cm in total length were selected for necropsy.  The intended
sample size for the primary target species (English sole) was 60 individuals.
If English sole were not available, large rock sole were taken if captured.
If rock sole were not available,  then no fish were retained.
          In 15 bays or areas (Figure 5), a composite of fish muscle from
five fish was prepared for tissue chemistry.  In addition, one composite of
five fish livers, and one composite of five fish bile samples, were taken for
chemical  analyses.  Composites  from Port Madison and Saratoga Passage were
not analyzed due to limited resources.
          The target fish species was English sole (>23 cm in length)
because previous studies (Myers et al,, 1987; Rhodes et al., 1987) have shown
that larger and older English sole have a higher prevalence of the liver
disease that correlates positively with the concentrations of hydrocarbons in
sediments.  Approximately 3 hours of trawling were conducted in each of the
four non-urban bays.  If less than 60 large English sole were collected, then
other fish species were saved for possible analyses.  In the 11 bays or areas
where sediments were not collected, up to 2 hours of trawling was conducted
in an attempt to catch five large English sole or other species of flatfish.
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                      CHEMICAL AND  BIOLOGICAL ANALYSES

        Analysis of Conventional  Parameters and Chemicals in Sediment

          Chemical analyses of sediment samples were performed for the
chemicals listed in Table 1.  This list of chemicals includes most of the
PSEP and Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis (PSDDA)  chemicals of concern.
Chemicals not included because of the general absence in non-urban areas were
most phthalates, volatile organics,  and miscellaneous extractables.  The
analyses also tested for butyltins,  used in antifouling boat paints, and
guaiacols,  associated with pulp mills.  The conventional sediment parameters
of grain size, total organic carbon, and total  solids were determined using
Puget Sound Protocols (Tetra Tech, 1986).  A summary of analytical techniques
is provided in Table 2.

                                  Guaiacols

          Standard procedures for analyses of guaiacols/chlorinated phenols
in sediments are not available.   However, Laucks Testing Laboratories
(Seattle, Washington) in conjunction with the Everett Harbor Action Program
(PTI and Tetra Tech, 1988b), developed an analytical technique which was
applied to six sediments from Port Angeles Harbor, a harbor containing two
pulp mills, which are the possible sources of these compounds.  The technique
consisted of solvent extraction (acetone/hexane) of acidified sediment
followed by derivatization with acetic anhydride and quantification by GC/MS
with selective-ion monitoring.

                 Pesticide Reconnaissance Survey of Sediment

          The following strategy was intended to afford detection of 20 of
the 25 pesticides of primary concern in Puget Sound sediments.  The other
five pesticides were not analyzed because chemical techniques were not
available for sediments and would need to be developed.  The 20 compounds
are all relatively stable semivolatile organic compounds that were prepared
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TABLE 1.  LIST OF CHEMICALS AND CONVENTIONAL PARAMETERS
          FOR ANALYSIS IN PUGET SOUND RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY,
          APRIL 1988
Limit of Detection
Metals
LOD (pg/g)
100.0 Aluminum
0.1 Silver
2.0 Arsenic
0.1 Cadmium
10.0 Chromium
10.0 Copper
100.0 Iron
0.02 Mercury
10.0 Manganese
5.0 Nickel
2.0 Lead
0.5 Antimony
0.02 Butyl tin
10.0 Zinc

Phenols

LOD (pg/kg)

40 phenol
40 2 -methyl phenol
40 4-methyl phenol
40 2,4-dimethylphenol
40 pentachlorophenol

Aromatic Hydrocarbons

LOD (gg/Kg)

200 naphthalene
200 2-methylnapthalene
200 acenaphthylene
200 fluorene
100 phenanthrene
100 anthracene
100 fluoranthene
100 pyrene
100 benzo(a)anthracene
100 indeno(l,2,3-c,d)pyrene
100 dibenzo(a,h)anthraeene
100 benzo(g,h,i)perylene
(LOD) Required
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
LOD (gg/kg)
50 1,2-dichlorobenzene
50 1,3-dichlorobenzene
50 1,4-dichlorobenzene
50 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
50 hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
50 hexachlorobutadiene


Phthalates

100 bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate


Guaiacols in Areas Adjacent
to Pulp Mills

50 3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol
50 tetrachloroguaiacol
50 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol)
50 4,5,6-trichloroguaiacol

Priority Pollutant Pesticides

1 p.p'-DDE
1 p.p'-DDD
1 p,p'-DDT
1 aldrin
1 dieldrin
1 chlordane
1 heptachlor
1 gamma-HCH (lindane)

10 Total PCBs

Conventional Parameters

0.1% Grain size
0.1% Total organic carbon
0.1% Total solids


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        TABLE 2.  SUMMARY OF ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR CHEMICALS AND CONVENTIONAL PARAMETERS
    Parameter
         Method
    Unit
       Reference
Organic Chemicals
Priority Pollutant
Pesticides
PCBs
Neutrals
Acid/Bases
Guaiacols
Extraction/
GC-ECD
Extraction/
GC-ECD
Extraction/
6C-MS
Extraction/
GC/MS
Extract ion-Deri vat izat ion
Mg/kg dry
pg/kg dry
Mg/kg dry
Mg/kg dry
Mg/kg dry
wt
wt
wt
wt
wt
EPA
EPA
EPA
EPA
SW
SW
SW
SW
Oikari
846
846
846
846
and
Method
Method
Method
Method
Anas,
, 1986
, 1986
, 1986
, 1986
1985
Metals

AT, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni
As, Zn, Fe, Mn

Ag, Cd, Sb

Hg
Butyltin

Conventional Parameter

Grain size
Total organic carbon
Total solids
                         GC/MS-SIM
X-ray Fluorescence


Graphite AA

Cold Vapor

Extraction-Deri vatization
Sieve and Pipette
Leco Furnace
Oven Dry
pg/g dry wt
     dry wt

ng/g dry wt

pg/kg dry wt
% dry wt
% dry wt
% dry wt
Nielson and Sanders, 1983


Rantala and Loring, 1975

Bloom and Crecelius, 1987

Unger et al., 1986
Plumb, 1981
Tetra Tech, 1986
Tetra Tech, 1986

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for analysis by a combination of two extraction procedures.  Extraction
Procedure 1 used solvent extraction followed by HPLC cleanup.  The extract
was then split for quantification by either:  (1) high performance liquid
chromatography with an ultraviolet light detector (HPLC-UVD), or (2) by gas
chromatography (GC) using either an electron capture detector (GC-ECD), or
(3) a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (GC-NPD).  The strategy of using these
methods enabled analyte detection in the low part-per-billion Ug/kg) range.
One compound,  glyphosate, was not soluble in organic solvent and was not
analyzed.  Two compounds, diuron and tebuthioron, were not quantifiable in
sediment samples because background peaks were not eliminated by the column
chromatography used to purify the sediment extracts.   Additional chemical
separation methods would be necessary to quantify these two compounds.
          A description of the Extraction Procedure 1 follows.
Approximately 100 g of sediment was extracted with a 50:50 methylene
chloride:acetone mixture.  After three samples were obtained, anhydrous
sodium sulfate was added to each sample for water removal.  Surrogates (1,3-
dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene, dibromooctafluorobiphenyl) were added before the
first shake.  The sample extracts were concentrated to 10 to 15 ml in a
Kaderna-Danish apparatus, further concentrated to 1 ml under nitrogen, and
accurately measured with a syringe before HPLC cleanup by the method of Krahn
et al. (1988).   Extracts were concentrated under nitrogen and spiked with
internal standards (triphenylphosphate, dibutylchlorendate, ethylbenzene).
The sample extracts were then split approximately in half.  The one half was
for HPLC analysis; the other half was further concentrated under nitrogen,
solvent-substituted with hexane, and concentrated to a final volume of
approximately 500 pi for analysis by GC/NP and GC/EC.
          Extraction Procedure 2 followed U.S. EPA  (1986) SW846 Method 8150
for chlorinated herbicides.  Samples were extracted with ether and sodium
sulfate and processed through florisil.  Extracts were derivatized with
diazomethane before quantification by GC-ECD and dual column confirmation.
The surrogate used was 2,4-dichorophenylacetic acid.  The three compounds
quantified by this procedure (dicamba, 2,4-D and pentachlorophenol) had low
matrix spike recoveries  (about 28%, 33%, and 2%, respectively) and therefore
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these data were qualified (QM) because the results possibly underestimate the
actual concentrations due to low matrix spike recoveries.

                             Amphipod Bioassays

          The EPA Region 10 Laboratory conducted sediment toxicity tests with
Rhepoxynius abronius on 24 stations in the four non-urban bays and a
reference sediment from West Beach on Whidbey Island and a grain-size control
from Poverty Bay in East Passage of Puget Sound.
          Acute lethality, emergence, and reburial of amphipods exposed for
10 days to whole,  fresh (unfrozen) sediments were measured using the
methodology of Tetra Tech (1986).  The salinity of interstitial water was
measured and found to be in the acceptable range, 23 to 31 ppt.  A 2-cm layer
of test sediment was placed in 1-L glass beakers and covered with
approximately 800 ml of clean seawater (28 ppt salinity).  Each beaker was
seeded (randomly and blindly) with 20 amphipods and aerated.  Five replicates
(20 amphipods each) were run per test sediment.  Selected water quality
parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and salinity) were measured at
the beginning and end of each test.  Testing was conducted at 15° *1°C under
constant light, and incubator temperatures were recorded continuously.  Test
containers were checked daily to establish early trends in mortality and
sediment avoidance and to gently sink any amphipods that had left the
sediments overnight and become trapped by surface tension at the air/water
interface.  The negative (clean) control or reference sediments were a sandy
sediment from the amphipod collection site at West Beach on Whidbey Island
and a  muddy sediment from Poverty Bay.  These control sediments were run
concurrently with each series of test sediments.  Along with each test, the
LC-50 concentrations for CdCl2 were determined after a 96-h exposure.
Cadmium chloride was used as a reference toxicant without sediment.  Amphipod
bioassays were initiated on all sediments within a 2-week period following
field collection of sediments.
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              Fluorescent  Aromatic Compounds (FACs)  In Fish Bile

          The collection and analysis procedures described by Krahn et al.
(1986a) were followed in the analysis of pooled bile from fish collected  from
13 Puget Sound sites.  A bile composite was collected from five fish from
each site, and the samples were frozen until analysis.  To analyze the
samples, bile was injected directly into a  liquid chromatograph, and a
gradient (100% water to 100% methanol) was  programmed for the reverse phase
column.  Two fluorescence detectors were used in series:  the
excitation/emission wavelengths of one were set to 290/335 nm and normalized
to naphthene (NAP) (where metabolites of 2  to 3 ring PAHs—generally from
petroleum sources--fluoresce); the other was set to 380/430 nm and normalized
to benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) (where metabolites  of 4 to 6 ring PAHs—from
combustion sources—fluoresce).  Concentration of the FACs at each wavelength
is relative, rather than absolute.

                       Chemical Analyses  of Fish Tissue

          Chemical contaminants in samples of fish muscle and fish liver were
analyzed by NMFS personnel.  Samples of fish muscle composited from five fish
were extracted (MacLeod et al., 1985) and analyzed for the chlorinated
hydrocarbon pesticides (CHs) and PCBs.  These analytes were isolated by the
HPLC method of Krahn et al. (1988) and determined by GC with electron capture
detection (MacLeod et al., 1985).  Samples of fish liver were analyzed on a
screening basis for CHs and PCBs because the data are of lower priority for
human health and muscle tissue data.  The samples of liver were extracted and
analyzed by the methods just described, but the concentrations are reported
in ranges.

                         Trace Metals in Fish Muscle

          Samples of fish muscle were analyzed for 10 metals by NMFS
personnel.  For each area, one sample of muscle tissue composited from five
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fish was digested in nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide and then analyzed by
atomic absorption.

                             Fish Histopathology

          Necropsy  protocol for each fish included initial assignment of a
unique specimen number, determination of total length and weight, extraction
of otoliths to determine fish age, notation of gender, and the description of
any grossly visible liver lesions.  Liver tissue for histopathologic
examination was excised, fixed, processed, sectioned, stained, and examined
according to Puget  Sound Protocol Manual for Fish Histopathology (Tetra Tech,
1987).  All histologic slides were examined and diagnoses performed by a
single pathologist, who was not aware of the site of capture of any specimen
until all slides were read.  Age determinations from otoliths were conducted
by methods described previously (Chilton and Beamish, 1982).  Statworks
and/or Statview 512+ were used to determine the prevalence of lesions and to
record length-site, gender-site, and age-site data by analysis of variance
(ANOVA).
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                           QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS


          All  chemical  and conventional  data were reviewed according to
guidelines of the PSEP  for quality control (QC)  (EPA,  1986 b,c,d).   A summary

of the QC results is included in this section.   More complete details of the

QC review and discussion are given in the QA/QC section of this report,

Appendix B.


                             METALS  IN  SEDIMENT


          •    The concentrations of all metals in the certified reference
               material (NBS-1646) were within  20% of the certified value
               which is acceptable.

          *    The coefficient of variation (CV)  for triplicate field samples
               ranged from 3% to 13% for metals.

          •    Matrix spike recoveries of the four metals (Ag, Cd,  Hg, and
               Sb) in sediments analyzed after total digestion by atomic
               absorption ranged from 80% to 107%.  The other nine metals
               were analyzed by X-ray florescence and did not require matrix
               spikes.


           ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN  FOUR  NON-URBAN BAY SEDIMENT  SAMPLES


          •    Matrix spike recoveries for all  organic compounds except DDT
               and dieldrin were above 50% which is considered acceptable
               (Tetra Tech, 1988c).  Results for these two compounds are
               qualified because of low recoveries (Table 10, page B.18).

          •    Surrogate recoveries for each sediment sample were greater
               than 50% for at least one surrogate of each of the phenol-,
               and PAH-type compounds except for two sediments which had
               phenol surrogate recoveries of 39% and 48%.  These data were
               not qualified because recoveries were near 50%.  The priority
               pollutant pesticide/PCB surrogate recoveries were almost all
               in the unacceptably low range of 11% to 27%.   The
               pesticide/PCB data were judged to be acceptable and reliable
               in spite of the low surrogate recoveries for DBOFB (Table 12,
               page B.21) because the DBOFB eluted in a region of the
               chrorriatogram where many other interfering compounds also
               eluted,  making accurate peak measurement difficult.   Because
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the recovery of all the priority pollutant pesticide matrix
spike analytes were acceptable, it is reasonable to use their
recovery to gauge method performance, and not base method
efficiency on DBOFB.  Matrix spike samples did not contain
PCBs to avoid interferences with the peaks of the priority
pollutant pesticides.  However, we know that from other matrix
spike recovery studies conducted in the same laboratory that
pesticides and PCBs have similar extraction efficiency and,
therefore, the good pesticide recoveries infer that the PCB
recoveries should be in the same range.

Detection limits for all organic compounds were more sensitive
than required as presented in Table 1.

Butyl tin surrogate recoveries for tripropyltin were in the
acceptable range of 51% to 110%.  Matrix spike recoveries for
TBT, DBT, and MBT were 94%, 96%, and 36%, respectively.
Monobutyltin data are qualified because of low recoveries that
are typical for MBT in sediments.
        PESTICIDE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY
Detection limits for most of the pesticides were in the range
of 1 to 5 M9/kg dry wt.  Chlordane detection limit was high
(55 M9/kg) because it is composed of about 50 components
(Table 13, page B.22).

Spike blank recoveries were in the range of 41% to 152% except
for pentachlorophenol and phorate which were qualified as
possibly lower than actual, had recoveries of 19% and 15%,
respectively.  Spike recoveries for diazinon and chlordane
were not determined because they would interfere with other
pesticides Table 13, page B.22).

Recoveries of surrogate compounds in field samples were in the
range of 10% to 62% for nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and
23% to 187% for chlorinated compounds.  The recovery of the
surrogate for the herbicides (dicamba, 2,40 and
pentachlorophenol) were very high because of a co-eluting peak
in the sediment samples (Table 14, page B.24).  In the future
a different surrogate should be used.

Matrix spike recoveries were below the acceptable 50% level
for five compounds.  Field data were qualified as unreliable,
and possibly lower than actual, for the following compounds:
pronamide, dicamba, 2,4-D, fenvalerate, and pentachlorophenol
(Table 13, page B.23).
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                     METALS IN  TISSUE
*    The concentrations of metals in certified tissue reference
     materials were usually within the certified range and always
     in the acceptable range.
             ORGANIC COMPOUNDS  IN  FISH  TISSUE
•    Matrix spike recoveries were very good usually in the range of
     87% to 120%.  Acceptable range is grater than 50%.

e    The concentrations of chlorinated compounds in a reference
     material (NMFS Oyster 1) were similar to values reported from
     previous analyses of this material.
                    FACs IN FISH BILE
«    Coefficient of variation for replicate calibration standards
     and the bile pool were less than or equal to 5% and 7%,
     respectively.  These are acceptable values.
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                            RESULTS AND  DISCUSSION

                           SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS

          The locations for sediment  stations in the four non-urban bays were
selected based on knowledge of suspected pollution sources and sediment
grain-size patterns.  Stations were located near, but beyond the direct
influence of suspected pollution sources, such as marinas, outfalls, and
industry, and in areas with fine-grained sediment where chemicals are likely
to accumulate.  The results of the analyses for solids, grain size and TOC
are included in Tables 3 and 4, and the detailed grain size results for the
PSWQA stations are presented in Appendix C.

                        Grain Size and Organic Carbon

          In each bay, the grain-size distribution varied from sandy
sediments near the entrance of the bay to muddy sediments in the back of the
bay (Figure 7).  There was a strong relationship between grain size, total
solids,  and TOC (Figure 8).  As the percent of mud (silt plus clay)
increased, the concentration of TOC increased and the concentration of total
solids decreased.  These sediment characteristics are typical for sediments
in Puget Sound.  The relatively high  TOC concentrations from inner Port
Angeles Harbor (Station 4, 5, and 6)  result from inputs of wood and bark
derived from the wood products industries in the bay.
          The grain sizes of the reference sediments, collected for amphipod
bioassays, were appropriate for their intended function (Table 3).  The West
Beach sand, collected from the native habitat of the amphipods on Whidbey
Island,  contained very little mud.  The Poverty Bay mud, from East Passage
near Des Moines, was used to determine the effect of fine-grain reference
sediment on the survival of amphipods.  Because the species of amphipods used
in the bioassays inhabit clean sand,  a muddy sediment from a relatively
unpolluted area was used as a grain-size control to determine the toxicity of
mud to amphipods.
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TABLE 3.  CONCENTRATION OF TOTAL SOLIDS,  TOC,  AND GRAIN
          FOR SEDIMENTS IN FOUR NON-URBAN BAYS AND TWO
          REFERENCE SITES (UNITS % DRY HT)
SIZE
Station 1.0.
Dyes Inlet
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Gig Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3W
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Port Angeles
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4(b)
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Reference Sediments
Poverty Bay ntud
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Gravel >2 ••
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1.8
1.5
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0.6
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          SOUND LOCATIONS(«)
General Location Station*
Discovery Bay
Port Townsend
Admiralty Inlet
Admiralty Inlet
Saratoga Passage, North
Saratoga Passage, North
Saratoga Passage, South
Port Susan, North
Port Susan, South
Port Susan, South
Northern Hood Canal
Northern Hood Canal
Port Madison
Presidents Point
Presidents Point
Sinclair Inlet
Sinclair Inlet
Lake Washington Ship Canal
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23.6
51.8
89.7
62.4
76.4
76.2
31.3
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47.4
65.1
66.8
64.8
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          The sediments collected at 18 stations for the PSWQA were analyzed
by a commercial  testing laboratory for total solids and grain size.   The
PSWQA staff selected the station locations (Figure 6);  the Authority will
design a long-term monitoring program for Puget Sound based on analysis
results.  The grain size varies between coarse sediments from areas of strong
tidal currents,  such as Admiralty Inlet, and eastern Sinclair Inlet, to fine
sediments in quiet bays (Table 4).

                          Trace Metals  in Sediment

          Table 5 gives the concentrations of 13 metals at six sediment
stations from each of the four non-urban bays.  Only seven metals (As, Cd,
Cu, Pb, Hg, Ag,  and Zn) were elevated above natural abundances at some
stations; these metals will  be discussed in this report.  The other six
metals (Al, Cr,  Fe, Mn, Ni,  and Sb) were found in concentrations typical of
uncontaminated Puget Sound sediments (PNL, 1986; Romberg et al., 1984).  The
concentrations of the seven metals that were elevated are presented as bar
graphs in Figures 9 to 15.  In these figures, the stations are grouped by
Bay, with the station numbers increasing from the entrance channel toward the
back of the bay.  Generally, the sediment grain size decreases from sandy
sediments at the entrance of the bay to muddy sediment further into the bay.
The concentrations of the seven metals presented in Figures 9 to 15 generally
covary with the concentration of mud and TOC.  The highest concentrations of
metals are in the inner region of the bays.  This trend is due to both the
association of heavy metals with fine-grained sediment and proximity of
pollution sources to the inner stations.  The stations that have the least
contamination of trace metals are the sandy Port Angeles  (Stations 1 and 2)
and the muddy inner harbor stations  (5 and 6) at Oak Harbor.  The levels at
these four stations are similar to the levels of metals in sediment deposited
in Puget Sound over 100 years ago (Bloom and Crecelius, 1987; Crecelius and
Bloom, 1988).
          The source of the relatively high concentrations of Cu, Pb, Hg, and
Ag in Dyes Inlet appears to be the Bremerton area.  The land use around Dyes
Inlet is rural or residential, and not likely to be a significant source of
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                        TABLE 5.   CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN NON-URBAN SEDIMENTS
Station I.D.
Dyes Inlet
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 8
Gig Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3a
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Port Angeles
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. i
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Al

6.68
5.91
6.03
6.14
6.33
6.24

5.47
5.90
6.43
6.82
6.49
6.13

6.33
6.48
6.71
6.18
5.98
5.53

5.24
6.48
6.68
7.52
7.60
7.21
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0.13
0.54
0.43
1.18
0.85
1.04

0.20
0.23
0.40
0.67
0.53
0.27

0.02
0.06
0.17
0.12
0.18
0.17

0.13
0.17
0.32
0.29
0.31
0.15
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9,9
17.7
18.8
19.3

7.6
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5.7
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1.11
0.67
0.97
1.41
1.07

0.30
0.22
0.32
0.37
0.28
0.26

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0.39
0.66
1.78
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0.74
0.59
0.45
0.44
0.63
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118
162
104
111
113
101

90
108
101
128
120
89

66
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87

76
87
126
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19
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44
90
72
81

29
31
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69
62
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42
37
48
55

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40
43
47
48
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1.85
2.93
2.80
3.84
3.51
3.63

2.07
2.21
2.52
2.82
2.86
2.19

3.30
2.18
3.68
3.27
3.25
3.32

3.21
3.36
4.12
4.17
4.13
3.32
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0.386
0.316
0.717
0.659
0.790

0.127
0.224
0.213
0.356
0.371
0.273

0.043
0.099
0.266
0.224
0.458
1.290

0.285
0.253
0.083
0.095
0.099
0.067
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371
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448
484
438
442

415
446
437
442
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285
382
333
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292

288
335
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60
58
62

26
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33
34
38
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0.55
0.54
1.29
0.81
1.03

0.90
0.62
0.93
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1.15
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0.14
0.41
0.29
0.41
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0.27
0.27
0.28
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0.21
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47
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these metals.  The sediments of Sinclair Inlet,  located near the entrance to
Dyes Inlet, are contaminated with these same metals at concentrations
generally higher than those in Dyes Inlet sediments,  but in approximately the
same ratio of enrichment.  Therefore,  the suspected major source of
contaminants to Dyes Inlet is contaminated suspended matter from Sinclair
Inlet, which is transported by the strong tidal  currents at the entrance of
Dyes Inlet and deposited in the fine-grained sediment of Dyes Inlet.
          In Gig Harbor, the inner harbor stations are slightly contaminated
with Pb, Cu, and Hg compared to reference areas  of Puget Sound.  The obvious
sources of metals in this harbor are boats and sewage.  The elevated
concentrations of butyltin compounds in Gig Harbor sediments (presented
later) is supporting evidence that boating activity contributes to the
contamination.
          The inner three stations in  Port Angeles Harbor contain elevated
concentrations of Cd, Cu, Hg, and Zn.   Station 6 has the highest levels of
Cd, Hg, and Zn measured in this survey.  Possible sources are the pulp and
forest products mills located on this  harbor.
          Oak Harbor sediments are relatively uniform in grain size and
exhibit very little heavy metal contamination.  A sewage outfall, marina, and
naval air station are the suspected sources of the low level of contaminants
in this harbor.

                   Comparison of Metals with Other Studies

          The mean concentrations of seven metals in the fine-grain sediments
(less than 60% sand) from non-urban bays are compared with mean concentration
of these metals in other areas of Puget Sound.  The areas selected for
comparison represent some of the most  contaminated and some of the least
contaminated in Puget Sound.  The results are presented as bar graphs in
Figures 16-22.  The first four bars on the left  are from this study, the
other areas are EB  (Elliott Bay South  Shoreline, PTI-Tetra Tech, 1988a), CB
(Commencement Bay City Waterway, Tetra Tech, 1985), EH (Everett Harbor East
Waterway, Anderson and Crecelius, 1985), SI  (Sinclair Inlet, PNL, 1986), PS
(Puget Sound Main Basin, Romberg et al., 1984),  Pre-1900 (Puget Sound main
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                FIGURE 16.  Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Arsenic (As) in Sediments
                            from  the Non-Urban  Bays  in  This  Survey  with  Other  Areas  of Puget
                            Sound:  Dyes  Inlet  =  DI, Gig  Harbor  = GH,  Port  Angeles = PA,  Oak
                            Harbor = OH,  Elliott  Bay  (South  Shoreline) = EB, Commencement Bay
                            (City Waterway) = CB,  Everett Harbor (East Waterway)  = EH,  Sinclair
                            Inlet = SI, Puget Sound Main  Basin = PS,  Puget  Sound  Main  Basin
                            Sediments  Deposited before  the Year  1900  = Pre-1900,  Sequim Bay =
                            SB.   References and Data are  provided in  Appendix  B.

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                            from the Non-Urban Bays in This  Survey with Those in  Other Areas
                            of Puget Sound:  Dyes Inlet = DI,  Gig Harbor =  GH,  Port  Angeles =  PA,
                            Oak Harbor = OH,  Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)  =  EB,  Commencement  Bay
                            (City Waterway) = CB, Everett Harbor  (East  Waterway)  = EH,  Sinclair
                            Inlet = SI, Puget Sound Main Basin =  PS,  Puget  Sound  Main  Basin Sediments
                            Deposited before  the year 1900 =  Pre-1900,  Sequim  Bay = SB.
                            References and Data are provided in Appendix B.

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   FIGURE 18.  Comparison of the Mean  Concentration of  Copper  (Cu) Sediments from the
               Urban Bays in This  Survey with Those in  Other Areas of Puget Sound:  Dyes  Inlet
               = DI, Gig Harbor =  GH,  Port Angeles =  PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay (South
               Shoreline) = EB, Commencement Bay  (City  Waterway) = CB, Everett Harbor (East
               Waterway) = EH, Sinclair Inlet = SI, Puget Sound Main Basin = PS, Puget Sound
               Main Basin Sediments Deposited before  the year  1900 = Pre-1900, Sequim Bay =
               SB.  References and Data are provided  in Appendix B.

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              FIGURE 19.  Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Lead  (Pb)  in Sediments from the
                         Non-Urban Bays  in This Survey with Those in Other Areas in  Puget  Sound:
                         Dyes Inlet =  DI,  Gig Harbor = GH,  Port  Angeles = PA,  Oak Harbor = OH,
                         Elliott Bay (South Shoreline) = EB,  Commencement Bay  (City  Waterway) = CB,
                         Everett Harbor  (East Waterway) = EH,  Sinclair Inlet = SI,  Puget Sound
                         Main Basin =  PS,  Puget Sound Main  Basin Sediments Deposited before the
                         year 1900 = Pre-1900,  Sequim Bay = SB.   References and  Data are provided
                         in Appendix B.

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      FIGURE 20.   Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Mercury (Hg) in Sediments from
                  the Non-Urban Bays in This  Survey with Those in Other Areas in Puget Sound
                  Dyes Inlet = 01,  Gig  Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor = OH,
                  Elliott  Bay (South Shoreline)  = EB,  Commencement Bay (City Waterway)'= CB
                  Everett  Harbor (East  Waterway)  = EH,  Sinclair Inlet = SI,  Puget Sound Main
                  Basin  =  PS,  Puget Sound Main Basin Sediments Deposited before the year
                  1900 = Pre-1900,  Sequim Bay = SB.  References and Data are provided in
                  Appendix B.

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    FIGURE 21.  Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Silver  (Ag) in Sediments  from  the
                Non-Urban  Bays  in  This  Survey with  Those  in  Other Areas in Puget Sound.
                Dyes  Inlet =  DI, Gig  Harbor  = GH, Port  Angeles  = PA,  Oak  Harbor = OH,
                Elliott  Bay (South  Shoreline) =  EB,  Commencement Bay  (City Waterway) = CB,
                Everett  Harbor  (East  Waterway) =  EH,  Sinclair Inlet =  SI,  Puget Sound
                Main  Basin =  PS, Puget  Sound Main Basin Sediments Deposited before the
                year  1900  = Pre-1900, Sequim Bay  =  SB.  References and Data are provided
                in  Appendix B.

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    FIGURE 22.   Comparison of the Mean Concentration of Zinc (Zn)  in  Sediments from the
               Non-Urban  Bays in This  Survey with Those in  Other Areas in Puget  Sound.
               Dyes Inlet = DI,  Gig Harbor = GH, Port  Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor = OH,
               Elliott  Bay (South Shoreline) = EB,  Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB,
               Everett  Harbor (East Waterway) = EH,  Sinclair Inlet = SI,  Puget Sound
               Main Basin = PS,  Puget  Sound Main Basin Sediments Deposited before the
               year 1900  = Pre-1900, Sequim Bay = SB.   References and Data are provided
               in Appendix B.

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basin dated sediment deposited in the 19th century,  Romberg et al.,  1984),
and SB (Sequim Bay,  PNL,  1986).  The chemical  data used for the comparisons
are listed in Appendix C.  These urban areas include some of the most
contaminated marine sediment in Puget Sound and for comparison relatively
pristine sediments from pre-1900 and Sequim Bay.  These comparisons  indicate
that the four non-urban bays are contaminated with some heavy metals compared
with pre-1900 or Sequim Bay levels, but not nearly as contaminated as
sediments from urban bays, particularly Elliott and Commencement Bays.

                      Organic Contaminants in Sediments

          The 24 sediment samples from the four non-urban bays were analyzed
for a variety of organic compounds, including butyltin compounds,  PAHs, PCBs,
six priority pollutant pesticides, chlorinated benzenes, hexachlorobutadiene,
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, phenols, chlorinated phenols, and guaiacols.
Some of these organic contaminants were not detected in this survey.  The
compounds, which were frequently or occasionally detected include tributyltin
(TBT), PAHs, PCBs, and DDT derivatives, are presented in Table 6.   The
concentrations of the individual PAH compounds are listed in Appendix C.
          A major source of TBT compounds to coastal waters is from the use
of organotin antifouling paint on boat hulls.  Other sources of butyltin
compounds include pesticides, the chemical industry, and degradation of TBT.
The concentrations of total butyltins  (BT) (sum of mono-, di-, and
tributyltin) are presented in Figure 23 (units are ^g/kg as Sn).  The
concentrations of the three individual compounds are presented in Table 7.
The highest concentrations are in the range of 23 to 37 /*9/kg BT for 7 of the
12 stations in Gig Harbor and Port Angeles Harbor.  Both harbors have
marinas, and Port Angeles also has commercial shipping traffic.  The
concentrations of BT in Dyes Inlet and Oak Harbor are substantially lower
than in the other bays.  Sediment at Stations 5 and 6 near the Oak Harbor
Marina contain slightly higher levels of BT than at the other stations from
this harbor.  In comparison, BT concentrations reported by two other studies
in Puget Sound range from >500 ^g/kg in three marinas to 20 to 300 ^g/kg in
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         TABLE 6.   CONCENTRATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN SEDIMENTS
                   FROM FOUR NON-URBAN BAYS (DRY HEIGHT)
Station I.D.
Dyes Inlet
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Gig Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3b
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Port Angeles
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4a
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Summed PAH
/tg/kg

1203
1358
943
2748
1399
1443

4325
2986
6272
45392
6392
2148

371
1594
4071
4886
3721
4798

128
193
314
322
437
217
Total PCB
/*g/kg

0.6
6,0
4.0
7.9
4.5
9.0

4.0
5.0
25.6
18.5
97.3
6.0

<0.1
1.0
5.4
6.6
8.4
<0.1

<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
8.8
6.1
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Total DDT(a)
MgAg

O.I
0.1
O.I
O.I
O.I
0.8

0.1
0.1
0.4
0.6
3.1
0.1

O.I
0.1
4.8
0.7
O.I
O.I

0.1
O.I
O.I
O.I
O.I
O.I
TBT
/ig/kg as Sn

3
10
7
10
8
7

17
27
26
30
29
37

<2
3
14
23
28
8

3
<2
<2
<2
10
4
(a)   Sum of ODD,  DDE,  and DDT.

(b)   Mean of three field replicates.
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TABLE 7.   CONCENTRATIONS OF BUTYLTIN  COMPOUNDS IN
            SEDIMENTS FROM FOUR  NON-URBAN BAYS.   UNITS
            ARE ^G/KG DRY  WEIGHT AS TIN
Tri-
Station I.D. butyltin
Dyes Inlet
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Gig Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3 *
Sta. 4
Sta. 6
Sta. 6
Port Angeles
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4 *
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta, 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6

3
6
4
6
4
4

ID
14
14
15
13
15

nd
3
11
17
22
8

3
nd
nd
nd
7
4
Di-
buty It in

nd
4
3
4
4
3

4
7
7
7
ID
9

nd
nd
3
4
6
nd

nd
nd
nd
nd
3
nd
Mono-
byty Itin

nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd

3 Q
6 Q
4 5
8 q
6 5
13 Q

nd
nd
nd
2 Q
nd
nd

nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
Total
butyl tins

3
10
7
ID
8
7

17
27
26
30
29
37

nd
3
14
23
28
8

3
nd
nd
nd
10
4
%
Tri butyl in

100
60
57
60
50
57

E6
52
53
50
45
40

nd
100
76
72
79
100

100
nd
nd
nd
70
100
*  Mean of three field replicates.

nd = Not detected at 2 fjg/kg.
|  = Qualified as unreliable because of low matrix spike recoveries.
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                        from each  of  Four  Non-Urban  Bays:   Dyes  Inlet  =  DI,  Gig  Harbor  =  GH,
                        Port Angeles  =  PA,  and  Oak Harbor = OH.

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Elliott Bay and <3 fig/kg in sediments from deep water in the main basin
(Varanasi et al., 1988: PTI, 1988).
          The concentrations of PAH in sediment are generally in the range of
1,000 to 6,000 fig/kg except for one station in Gig Harbor, which is a factor
of 10 higher than in surrounding sediments (Table 6 and Figure 24).  The
levels of PAH in Oak Harbor are substantially lower than those in the other
three non-urban bays.  The high concentration of PAH in Gig Harbor Station 4
may indicate contamination at that station or the sediment sample could
contain pieces of blacktop road surface material, tar, or creosote-treated
wood.
          The levels of PAH found in this survey are typical of sediment from
non-urban areas.  Sources of PAH include combustion of fossil fuels and
wood, discharges of petroleum products, sewage outfalls, and street runoff.
The mean concentrations of PAH in the four non-urban bays is shown  with that
of several Puget Sound urban bays in Figure 25.  This comparison indicates
the non-urban bays have relatively low concentrations, all below the AETs for
PAH.
          The concentration of total PCB in sediments ranged from below the
detection limit of 0.1 /*g/kg to 97 fig/kg at Gig Harbor Station 5.  The
results, presented in Figure 26, indicate the presence of relatively low
concentrations of PCBs in many of the sediments from the four non-urban bays.
Gig Harbor had the three highest concentrations (sources unknown) whereas the
concentrations in Dyes Inlet and Port Angeles Harbor were somewhat lower.
Only two of the six Oak Harbor sediments contained detectable levels of PCBs.
For comparison with PCB concentration in sediments from other areas of Puget
Sound, the results of this study are given with that of urban bays of Puget
Sound in Figure 27.  The four non-urban bays have much lower concentrations
of PCBs than the urban bays.
          The concentrations of total DDT (sum of ODD, DDE, and DDT) in
sediments from the four non-urban bays are presented in Figure 28.  Most of
the sediments contained less than 0.1 /*g/kg total DDT.  Six of the 24
stations contained low concentrations, 0.4 to 4.8 /*g/kg.  For comparison,
sediments from several Puget Sound urban bays contained 20 to 80 fig/kg, as
presented in Figure 29.
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                             in This Survey with  Those in  Other Areas of  Puget Sound:  Dyes
                             Inlet = 01, Gig  Harbor  =  GH,  Port Angeles  =  PA, Oak Harbor =  OH,
                             Elliott Bay (South Shoreline)  =  EB, Commencement Bay  (City
                             Waterway) = CB,  Everett Harbor (East Waterway)  = EH,  Sinclair
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                 in This Survey with Those in Other Areas  of  Puget Sound:   Dyes Inlet = DI,
                 Gig Harbor = GH, Port Angeles = PA, Oak Harbor  = OH,  Elliott Bay (South
                 Shoreline) = EB, Commencement Bay  (City Waterway)  = CB,  Everett Harbor
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                 in  This  Survey with Those  in Other Areas of Puget Sound:  Dyes  Inlet  =  DI,
                 Gig Harbor =  GH,  Port Angeles =  PA, Oak Harbor = OH, Elliott Bay  (South
                 Shoreline) =  EB,  Commencement Bay (City Waterway) = CB, Everett Harbor  (East
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          Five other priority pollutant chlorinated pesticides were not
detected in the non-urban bay sediments.  Two of the pesticides, chlordane
and lindane, were included in the list of 20 pesticides that were sought in
the pesticide reconnaissance survey of sediments from several river mouths in
Puget Sound.
          Sediments from Port Angeles Harbor were analyzed for guaiacol and
several related chlorinated guaiacols that can be produced by the pulp and
paper industry.  Because Port Angeles has two pulp mills that discharge
treated effluent through marine outfalls, the sediment from this bay was
analyzed for these special compounds.  Only one compound, 3-,4-,5-
trichloroguaiacol,  was detected at 10 /tg/kg in sediment from Station 4, which
is located about 1.5 miles from an outfall.  All other compounds were below
the obtained detection limit of 8 /tg/kg in the six sediment samples.  For
comparison, PTI and Tetra Tech (1988b) report these three chlorinated
guaiacol compounds  in the range of 20 to 110 fig/kg in approximately 10% of
the sediments analyzed from stations near a pulp mill in the East Waterway of
Everett Harbor, an  area that has received pulp mill effluent for over
50 years.

                   Pesticide Reconnaissance Survey Results

          Sediment  samples were collected for the pesticide survey by the EPA
Region 10 staff along transects in the estuaries of several rivers.  The
sampling locations, which are shown in Figure 6 and locations given in
Appendix A, Table 5, were selected based on estimates of pesticide use in
the Puget Sound basin (Tetra Tech, 1988b).  The stations sampled include one
in Dugulla Bay (Whidbey Island), four near the Skagit River mouth, one in
the Stillaguamish River, two in the Snohomish River, two in the Sammamish
Slough near Kenmore, four in the Lake Washington-Lake Union system, two in
the Nisqually River mouth, and one in Sequalitchew Creek near Fort Lewis.
           The 17 sediment samples were analyzed for 20 pesticides, listed in
Table 8.  All samples that contained detectable pesticides were confirmed by
quantification on a second confirmation column.  Twelve of the 20 pesticides
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                               TABLE 8.    CONCENTRATIOHS  OF  PESTICIDES  IN  RECONNAISSANCE  SURVEY
                                             OF  PESTICIDES  IN SEDIMENTS  G»g/kg  DRY  HT)
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Atrazine
Butyl ate
Diazinon (a)
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Ethyl Pirathion v '
Methyl Parathion
Phorate
Prometon
Pronanide
Siiazine
Trif lural in
Vernolate
Chlordine
(b)
Chlorpyrifos
Dicaiba
Dichobeni t
2,4-D
Fenvalerate
Lindane
Pen tach 1 o ropheno 1


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N
N
N,P
P
N
N
P
N
N
N,CI
N
N
Cl
CI.M.P
Cl
Cl
Cl
CI,N
Cl
Cl


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NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
NPD
ECD
ECD
ECD
ECD
ECD
ECD
ECD
ECD

Dectection Liiil
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1
1.6
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3.0
1.6
2.8
1.3
1.3
4.8
2.4
2.2
1.4
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0,02
1.4
0.06
13.2
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Sta. 1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
2.7 qi
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
31 qM

Lk. lash.
Sta. 2
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
2.0
ND
ND
20
56 qM

Lk. lash.
Sta. 3
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
2.3
ND
ND
7.1
14 qM
Site
Lk. fash.
Sta. 4
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
7.0 qr
ND
4.9
ND
ND
ND
53 qM

Lk. Wash.
Sta. 5
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
3.0 qi
ND
3.8
ND
ND
3.5
12 qM

Lk fash
Sta. 8
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
32 qM
       (a) Diazinon and Disulfoton co-elute, therefore all reported concentrations represent a suited  result.
       (b) Ethyl Paration and Chlorpyrifos co-elute,  therefore all reported concentrations  represent a su«»ed result.

       N = Nitrogen
       P = Phosphorus
       Cl = Chlorine
       NPD = Nitrogen phosphorus detector
       ECD = Electron capture detector
       ND = Not detected at the given detection liiiit in column 4.
       QM = qualified as data possibly lower than actual value because of  low natrix spike  recoveries.
       HI = Qualified as unreliable data  because of natrix interferences in *atrix spike  recovery test.

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                                                          TABLE 8.   CONTINUED
Pesticides
Atrazine
Butyl ate
Diazinon
Disulofton
Ethyl Parathion * '
Methyl Parathion
Phorate
Proaieton
Pronanide
Sinazine
Triflural in
Vernolate
Chlordane
Chlorpyrifos
Dicanba
Oichobeni 1
2,4-0
Fenvalerate
Lindane
Pentach lorophenol

Sti 1 laguaiish
Rivtr
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
8.4
11 qy

Nisqual ly
Sta. 1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
1.5 qM
ND
ND
ND
2.2
8,7 qu

Nisqual ly
Sta. 2
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
12 qU
ND
ND
ND
11
7.5 qu

Snohoiish
Sta. 1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
5.9
24 qu

Snohoiish
Sta. 2
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
7.8 qu
Site
Dugualla
Bay
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
9.5 qy

Skagit
Sta. 1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
is qu

Skagit
Sta. 2
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
31 qu
ND
ND
7.9 qu

Skagit
Sta. 3
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
17 qu
ND
2.8
10 QM

Skagit
Sta. 4
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
43 qu
ND
6.7
is qu

Sequal itchew
Creek
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
12 qu
ND
ND
46 qu
(a) Diazinon and  Disulfoton co-elute, therefore all  reported concentrations represent a sunned result.
(b) Ethyl  Paration  and Chlorpyrifos co-elute,  therefore, all reported concentrations represent a sunned result.

N = Nitrogen
P = Phosphorus
Cl = Chlorine
NPD = Nitrogen phosphorus detector
BCD = Electron capture detector
ND = Not detected at the given detection limit in  column 4.
QM - Qualified as data possibly lower than actual  value because of low natrix spike recoveries.

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were quantified using the nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) detector.  Of the
12 N or P containing pesticides, none of the 17 stations contained detectable
concentrations that were confirmed by dual column analysis.  Six  pesticides
containing chlorine were quantified by electron capture detector.  Of these
six chlorinated pesticides, only lindane and pentachlorophenol  were detected
frequently.  Pentachlorophenol, a common wood preservative, was detected at
all 17 stations.  However, because of the low matrix spike recoveries for
pentachlorophenol, the data are qualified unreliable.  Chloropyrifos was
detected in three of the six Lake Washington stations although matrix
interferences in the matrix spikes caused these results to be qualified.
Lindane was detected at 9 of the 17 stations.  Dichobenil was detected in
four Lake Washington sediment samples in the range of 2 to 4.9 M9/kg.  Both
dicamba and 2,4-D were detected in a few sites but because of low matrix
spike recoveries, the data are qualified.
          This pesticide reconnaissance apparently provides the only data
available for most of these pesticides in sediments from Puget Sound.
Previous studies have reported several of these pesticides in urban bays,
including pentachlorophenol and lindane.
          The scope of this study did not include evaluation of the
environmental significance of the pesticide levels in sediments.  There are
U.S. EPA water quality criteria for pentachlorophenol, chlordane, and
ethylparathion  (parathion), which are relatively low compared with criteria
for other toxic chemicals.  However, the only sediment quality guidelines for
Puget Sound sediment is the AET for pentachlorophenol, which is 170 ^g/kg,
approximately three times the level measured at three stations.

                              AMPHIPOD BIOASSAY

          Results of the amphipod sediment bioassays are presented in
Table 9.  Detailed results are provided in Appendix C.  Three sets of
amphipod bioassays were performed.  The first set was started on April 28
with sediments collected from Dyes Inlet and Gig Harbor.  The second set was
started on May 6 with sediments collected from Port Angeles and Oak Harbors.
A mean survival of 90% or more is considered acceptable for amphipod sediment
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            TABLE 9.  MEAN AMPHIPOD SURVIVAL FOR FIVE REPLICATES
                      OF 10-DAY SEDIMENT BIOASSAYS.  TWENTY
                      INDIVIDUALS WERE USED PER REPLICATE.
                      SUPPORTING INFORMATION ON REBURIAL AND
                      EMERGENCE IS IN APPENDIX C.
    Station I.D. and
   Dates of Bioassays
Survivors
Mean * SO
                   Survival
                   Mean %
Control Sediments

         West Beach sand

            (4/28 - 5/8/88)
            (5/6 - 16/88)
            (5/12 - 22/88)

         Poverty Bay mud

            (4/28 - 5/8/88)
            (5/12 - 22/88)

Dyes Inlet  (4/28 - 5/8/88)

         Sta, 1
         Sta. 2
         Reanalysis Sta. 2
            (5/12 - 22/88)
         Sta. 3
         Reanalysis Sta. 3
            (5/12 - 22/88)
         Sta. 4
         Reanalysis Sta. 4
            (5/12 - 22/88)
         Sta. 5
         Sta. 6
         Reanalysis Sta, 6
            (5/12 - 22/88)

Gig Harbor  (4/28 - 5/8/88)

         Sta. 1
         Sta. 2
         Sta. 3(a)
         Reanalysis Sta. 3
            (5/12 -  22/88)
         Sta. 4
         Sta. 5
         Sta. 6
17.0 * 1.0
20.0 * 0.0
20.0 * 0.0
16.0 * 2.0
18.5 * 1.7
16.4 *
18.0 *
17.3
15.6

19.7
14.2

16.0
16.6
14.2
  2.1
  1.0
* 0.6
* 2.3

* 0.6
± 3.9

* 2.7
± 1.5
* 2.5
17.0 * 0.0
16.8 * 2.6
16,8 * 2.5
16.3 * 2.1
19.0
17.4
17.6
17.8
* 1.7
* 2.8
* 1.1
* 1.8
                      85
                      100
                      100
                      80
                      93
82
90

87
78

99
71

80
83
71

85
84
84
79

95
87
88
89
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                            TABLE 9 (Continued)
    Station I.D. and
   Dates of Bioassays
Survivors
Mean ± SD
Survival
Mean %
Port Angeles (5/6 - 16/88)

         Sta. 1
         Sta. 2
         Sta. 3
         Sta. 4 (a)
         Sta. 5
         Sta. 6

Oak Harbor (5/6 - 16/88)
19.8 A 0.5
19.8 * 0.5
17.8 * 1.3
19.2 * 1.3
19.0 * 1.2
19.4 ± 0.5
(a)
   99
   99
   89
   96
   95
   97
Sta.
Sta.
Sta.
Sta.
Sta.
Sta.
1
2
3
4
5
6
16.6
17.4
17.6
17.4
17.2
19.2
* 1.7
± 2.4
* 1.5
* 1.8
* 2.2
* 0.5
83
87
88
87
86
96
   Mean of three field replicates,
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bioassay controls (Swartz et al.,  1985).   Because the survival  of the
amphipods in the control  sediments of the first set of tests was 80% to 85%,
less than 90% needed to validate  the test,  some of the sediments were
retested.  The third set  was started on May 12 to retest some of the
sediments used in the first set of tests.  Sediments that were retested were
held at 4°C for about 3 weeks.
          The results of the control or reference sediments (West Beach sand
and Poverty Bay mud) indicated that the batch of amphipods used in the first
set of tests (April  28) were more sensitive to both their native sand and the
Poverty Bay mud than the second batch of amphipods used for the subsequent
two sets of bioassays (May 6 and  12).  The PSEP for the amphipod sediment
bioassay (Tetra Tech, 1986) requires that survival rate for the control sand
be at least 90%.  A reference toxicant test,  amphipod survival  at the end of
the 96-h exposure to cadmium, also indicated  the batch of amphipods used on
April 28 was more sensitive (in poorer condition) than the batch used later.
The cadmium 96-h LDso results were 0.24,  0.74, and 1.09 mg/L for the three
respective sets of bioassays.
          Mean values of amphipod survival  are greater than or equal to 80%
for all sediments tested  on May 6 and May 12  control survival  was 93% to
100%.  These results indicate the sediments tested from these bays do not
cause increased amphipod  mortality compared with reference sediments.  These
results are consistent with other surveys of sediment toxicity, which usually
did not detect amphipod toxicity  for sediment from non-urban areas of Puget
Sound (PNL, 1986).

      SEDIMENT  CHEMISTRY  COMPARED  TO PUGET  SOUND SEDIMENT QUALITY VALUES

          Sediment quality values based on AET concentrations are available
for a variety of chemicals of concern in Puget Sound.  An AET value for a
specific chemical indicates the concentration of a chemical above which a
specific toxic effect is expected to occur.  The AETs have been determined
for a number of contaminants in Puget Sound sediments using results from
several hundred sediment samples  (Barrick et al., 1988).  The four types of
biological tests for which AET values are currently available include
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amphipod sediment bioassay, benthic abundance, oyster larvae bioassay, and
microtox bioassay.  For each individual contaminant there may be four
different AET values derived independently for each of the four types of
sediment quality tests.  The AET values may differ for each test, and no
test is consistently more sensitive than the others for all chemicals of
concern.  When an AET is exceeded for a single indicator (e.g., amphipod
bioassay), adverse effects may be occurring to that species or species group.
When an AET is exceeded for multiple indicators, adverse effects are probably
occurring to multiple species or species groups.
          The sediment chemistry results for the 24 sediments collected in
this survey of four non-urban bays have been compared with the lowest AET
(LAET)  (most sensitive for a specific chemical) and the highest AET (HAET)
for the number of chemicals of concern.  The percentage of the sediment
stations that exceeded either the LAETs or HAETs is presented in Table 10.
Only five chemicals exceeded the LAET by a small amount at a few stations,
and no sediment sample exceeded the HAET.  Mercury exceeded the Microtox AET
of 0.41 fig/g in five stations or 21% of the sediment stations.  Silver
exceeded the AET for oyster larvae (0.56 M9/9) at four stations or 17% of the
stations, and Zn exceeded the benthic AET (410 /*g/g) at one station or 4% of
the stations.  Of the organic chemicals examined, only one station or 4% of
the stations exceeded the LAETs for low- molecular-weight PAH (LPAH) (5,200
jig/kg) and high-molecular-weight PAH (HPAH)  (12,000 /tg/kg).  In both cases,
this sediment sample was from Station 4 in Gig Harbor.
          Because the LAET for chemicals of concern measured in this survey
were based on either the microtox, oyster larvae or benthic abundance tests,
and were lower than the amphipod-based AET in all cases, it is consistent
that the results from the amphipod sediment bioassays did not indicate the
presence of toxic sediments.

                         CONTAMINANTS IN FISH TISSUE

          Fish tissue was analyzed to evaluate the accumulation of selected
contaminants in the liver and muscle tissue of flatfish in 13 study areas of
Puget Sound.  The organic contaminants selected for analysis (PCBs and eight
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                  TABLE 10.   PERCENTAGE OF THE 24  SEDIMENT STATIONS FROM FOUR NON-URBAN BAYS
                             THAT EXCEED  EITHER THE LOWEST APPARENT EFFECT  THRESHOLD  (AET)  OR
                             THE HIGHEST  AET FOR CONCENTRATION OF CHEMICALS
CTI
CO
Chemical Parameters
Metals (ptg/g dry weight; ppm)
Ant i sony
Arsenic
Cadiiu*
Chroiiun
Copper
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Si Iver
Zinc
Organics (^g/kg dry weight; ppb)
LPAH
HPAH
PCB
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
1 , 2-d i ch 1 orobenzene
1, 2, 4-tri eh 1 orobenzene
b i s [2-ethy 1 hexy 1 ] phtha 1 ate
phenol
2-»ethyl phenol
4-«ethyl phenol
2, 4-d i lethy 1 pheno 1
pentachlorophenol
hexachlorobenzene
hex ach 1 o robutad i ene
DDE
ODD
DDT
Range of
Values

D. 07-1. 3
4-19
<0.02-4.6
68-162
17-90
8-79
0.04-1.3
22-79
0.02-1.18
49-482

<50-9,460
95-35,900
8-97
<51
<52
<52
140
>0.5B
410

6,200
12,000
130
>170
110
SO
31
1,900
420
63
870
29
>140
22
11
9
16
>6
,ET

B
B
B
B
L
B
M
A
L
B

L
M
M
A
M
B
M
L
L
A
L
L
L
B
B
B
B
L
I of Stations
> Lowest AET

0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
17
4

4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nusber of
Stations
> Lowest AET

0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
4
1

1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Highest

200
700
9.6
270
1,300
660
2.1
>140
6.1
1,600

24,000
69,000
3,100
>170
120
>110
64
>3,100
1,200
72
3,600
210
690
230
180
15
43
>270
ACT

A
L
L
A
A
A
A
B
A
L

A
A
A
B
A
A
L
A
A
B
A
B
B
L
A
A
A
A
X of Stations
> Highest AET

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
    A = A»phipod AET
    B = Benthie AET
    L = Oyster Larvae AET
    M = Microtox AET.

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other chlorinated organic compounds or pesticides) have a high potential for
accumulation in higher organisms such as fish.  Of the 10 trace metals
sought in muscle tissue, only mercury is usually of concern because of its
potential toxicity to mammals.  Previous studies in industrial bays of Puget
Sound have indicated PCBs are bioaccumulated at concentrations exceeding
reference levels.  The objective of the present study was to describe the
geographic trends in bioaccumulation and to determine whether levels of
tissue contaminants were of concern regarding public health.

          PCBs and Priority Pollutant Pesticides in Flatfish Muscle

          The concentrations of PCBs and pesticides in flatfish muscle tissue
are presented in Table 11 and in Figure 30.  From each bay or area, one
composite of muscle tissue from five fish was analyzed.  The data are
expressed in units of /tg/kg wet weight and are not corrected for recovery of
surrogate standards, which usually ranged between 90% to 120%.  Because the
surrogate recoveries were excellent, no correction was considered.  The data
for the chlorinated hydrocarbons and pesticides are not blank corrected.  The
procedure blanks are low, between 0.1 to 1 /*g/kg for pesticides (Table 12).
The total PCBs are reported with blank correction because blank correction
lowers the PCS concentration by as much as about 40%.  The PCB blank is 23
^g/kg (Table 12).  The blank corrected PCB data are used in the discussion.
The levels of total PCBs in muscle range from 257 pg/kg in Gig Harbor English
sole to 29 /tg/kg in Skagit Bay starry flounder.  Generally there is a
parallel trend between the level of PCBs in fish muscle and the level of PCBs
in sediments of the four non-urban bays.  Gig Harbor had both the highest
levels of PCBs in sediments and tissue, whereas Port Angeles concentrations
were the lowest of the four non-urban bays.  Different species of flatfish
may have different abilities to bioaccumulate contaminants; therefore,
comparison between species may not be meaningful.  Other factors confound the
interpretation of the tissue results.  For example, the fish were not
necessarily collected from specific sediment stations, and the fish may
migrate between bays.
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                          TABLE  11.   CONCENTRATIONS,  /tg/kg  (PPB)  MET HEIGHT, OF  CHLORINATED ANALYTES
                                         IN ONE  FISH           COMPOSITE  FROM EACH AREA(a), (b) t(c)
en
en
Si to, Species, and Sample Nuibtr


Conpound
H«xach 1 orobeniene . ,,
Lindane (gam - BHC)1 '
Heptacblof
AIdrinw
Aiphi-ehlordane
Oieidrintf)
p.p'-DDE
p,p'-DDO
p.p'-OOT
Tr i eh I orob i pheny 1 s
Tetrachlorobiphenyls
Pentach 1 orob i pbeny 1 s
Hexach lorob i pheny 1 s
Heptach I o rob i pheny 1 s
Oc tic h 1 o rob i phen y 1 s
Nonach lorob i pheny Is
Deeach lorob i pheny 1 s
Sun of PCBs
Sum of PCBs (blink corrected)
X recovery of surrogate
standards:
4 , 4 ! d i broiiooctaf I uorob i pheny 1
1,2,3-tribroiobenzene
Smpte weight, g
I dry weight

Gig Harbor
Eng 1 i sh So 1 e
0.7
<0,8
<0.1
<1
D.8
1
2
2
D.8
10
38
82
9?
45
8
0.2
0.8
280
257


99
120
3.19
13.6

Dyes Inlet
Engl ish Sole
0.8
<1
(0.1
a
0.6
O.i
0.7
2.0
0.3
12
22
39
34
12
3
1
1
120
97


110
120
3.03
19.0

Port Angeles
Sanddab
0.6
<0.8
<0.1
<1
0.4
S.8
0.5
1
0.2
S
13
18
IS
S
I
0.3
0.2
SB
as


110
130
3.08
18.6

Oak Harbor
Starry Flounder
0.9
<1
<0.2
<2
0.7
0.5
0.7
1
<0.2
12
20
28
14
4
fl.fl
O.S
0,4
78
IS


100
120
3.08
16.7
Lake Washington
Ship Canal
Engl ish Sole
0.7
<0.8
<0.1
<0,8
2
1
7
5
1
S
21
58
62
27
5
1
I
180
1S7


100
120
3,07
17.02
        (a) Concentrations  and  initial  identifications were det«™in«d using gas chro»atography (GC) *ith electron capture detection ECO.
        (b) The  'less thin* symbol (()  indicates that the analfte *as not detected in concentrations above  the stated value.
        (c) The  concentrations of arnlytes and the percent recoveries of the surrogate standards were calculated using tetraehloro-i-xylen* as th* GC internal
            standard.
        (d) Lindane »as present in both  blanks (1 ppb ftg/kg, wet weight),  therefore the concentration of  lindane is reported as less than  the stated value.
        (e) Atdrin coelutes with an unknown conpound.  The concentration would not be higher than the stated value.
        (f) Dieldrin coelutes with a pentachlorobiphenylisoiier.  The percentages of each analyte in a peak  were estimated  by analyzing selected samples  of
            CC/MS.

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                                                                   TABLE 11.   CONTINUED
cr>
cr>
Site, Species and Sample Number
(uartemaster Harbor

Compound
Hexachlorobenzene ,,.,
Lindane (gamma - BHC)W
Heptachlqr
Aldrin1*'
Alpha-chlordane
Die1drinU;
p,p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
p,p'-DDT
Trichlorobipheny Is
Tetrach 1 orob i pheny 1 s
Pentach lorob i pheny Is
Hexachlorobipheny Is
Heptach 1 orob i pheny Is
Detach 1 o rob i pheny 1 s
Nonach 1 orob i pheny 1 s
Decachl orob i pheny Is
Sun of PCBs
Sun of PCBs (blank corrected)
I recovery of surrogate
standards:
4 , 4 'd i bronooctaf 1 uorob i pheny 1
1 , 2, 3-tr i bronobenzene
Sample weight, g
X dry weight

Rep. 1
0.8
«J,8
<0.3
<1
0.4
0.5
1
1

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                                                                  TABLE  11.   CONTINUED
01
•-J
Compound
Hexachlorobenzene ,.•,
Lindane (gamma - BHC) w
Heptacblor
Aldrinw
Alpha-chlordane
Dieldrinlr>
p.p'-DDE
p.p'-DDD
p.p'-ODT
Tr i ch 1 orob i pheny Is
Tetrich 1 orob i pheny I s
Pentach 1 orob i pheny 1 s
Hexach I orob i pheny 1 s
Heptach lorobiphenyls
Detach 1 orob i pheny Is
Nonach lo rob i pheny Is
Decachl orob i pheny Is
Sun of PCBs
SIM of PCBs (blank corrected)
X recovery of surrogate
standards:
4,4'dibroiooctaf luorobi pheny!
1,2,3-tribromobenzene
Sanple weight, g
X dry weight

Port Townsend
Rock Sole
1
<1
<0.2
<2
0.5
0.4
0.5
1
<0.1
14
ie
24
14
4
0.5
0.4
0.7
76
S3


100
130
3.10
18.0
Site, Species
Skagit Bay
Starry Flounder
0.9
<1
<0.1
<0,9
0.8
0.4
0.6
1
0.2
5
13
17
13
3
0.5
0.5
0.4
52
29


110
120
3.05
16.7
and Saiple Nuiber
Port Susan
Engl ish Sole
o.a

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   _
   \
    o>
    0.
cr>
Co
260


240 -


220 -


200 -


180


160 -


140 -


120 -


100 -


 80 -


 60 -


 40 -


 20 -


  0
                  I
                  Dl


              FIGURE 30.
               i      i       I       I      I
              GH    PA     OH   LWSC   QH
SI
LB
PG
 i
PT
SkB
 l
PS
 l
RB
               Concentrations of PCB (/*g/kg  wet wt)  in Flatfish Muscle Tissue Collected
               from 13 Locations in  Puget  Sound:  Dyes Inlet = 01, Gig Harbor = GH,
               Port Angeles  = PA,  Oak  Harbor = OH, Lake Washington Ship Canal = LWSC,
               Quartermaster Harbor  =  QH,  Sinclair Inlet = SI, Liberty Bay = LB,
               Port Gamble = PG,  Port  Townsend =  PT, Skagit Bay = SKB, Port Susan -  PS,
               Richmond Beach =  RB.

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            TABLE 12.  CONCENTRATIONS, M9/9 (PPB) WET HEIGHT, OF
                       CHLORINATED CHEMICALS IN METHOD BLANKS
                       FOR FISH MUSCLE SAMPLES (a),(b),(c)
        Compound
% recovery of surrogate
standards:

  4,4'd i bromooctaf1uorob ipheny1
  1,2,3-tribromobenzene
 Rep.  1
 96
110
                                                        Blanks
Rep. 2
Hexachlorobenzene
Lindane (gamma - BHC)
Heptacblor
Aldrin^ '
Alpha-chlordane
Dieldrin1 }
p,P'-DDE
p.p'-DDD
p.p'-DDT
Trichl orobi pheny Is
Tetrachl orobi pheny 1 s
Pentachl orobi pheny Is
Hexachl orobi pheny Is
Heptachl orobi pheny Is
Detach! orobi pheny Is
Nonachl orobi pheny 1 s
Decachl orobi pheny 1 s
Sum of PCBs
0.2
1
0.8
<1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
<0.1
3
5
8
6
1
<0.08
<0.08
O.I
23
<0.2
0.9
<0.3
<0.3
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
<0.3
<0.3
3
9
8
2
0.2
<0.2
O.I
<0.2
22
100
120
(a) Concentrations and initial identifications were determined using gas
    chromatography (GC) with electron capture delection ECD.

(b) The "less than" symbol (<} indicates that the analyte was not detected
    in concentrations above the stated value.

(c) The concentrations of analytes and the percent recoveries of the
    surrogate standards were calculated using tetrachloro-m-xylene as the GC
    internal  standard.

(d) Aldrin coelutes with an unknown compound.  The concentration would not
    be higher than the state value.

(e) Dieldrin  coelutes with a pentachlorobiphenylisomer.  The percentages of
    each analyte in a peak were estimated by analyzing selected samples on
    GC/MS.
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However, the general pattern throughout the 13 areas indicates relatively
low levels of PCBs with a range of about a factor of five between lowest and
highest.
          The concentrations of pesticides in fish muscle tissue were often
near or below the procedural blank.  Alpha-chlordane, dieldrin, DDE, ODD, and
DDT were usually detected at levels of 0.3 to 1 fig/kg.  The highest level was
for 7 ng/kg of DDE in English sole from the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

           PCBs  and  Priority Pollutant  Pesticides  in Flatfish  Liver

          The concentrations of PCBs and chlorinated pesticides determined in
13 composites of flatfish liver are presented in Table 13.  The screening
method of quantification was proposed by NOAA as a cost-effective procedure
for surveying the liver samples.  Because the chlorinated organics data for
livers are not intended for use in health risk assessment, the data were only
quantified in a semiquantitative manner and are useful in making comparisons
between areas.  The screening results were arbitrarily divided into low (less
than 5 pg/kg}, medium (5 to 25) and high (greater than 25) concentrations for
the pesticides and low (40 to 200 fig/kg) and high (201 to 2000 pg/kg) for
total PCBs.  Results are reported in units of fig/kg wet weight and are not
corrected for either procedural blanks or recoveries.  The procedural blanks
are approximately 1 /ig/kg for pesticides and 23 fig/kg for total PCBs.
Recovery of surrogate standards was usually very good, in the range of 70% to
100%, 50% to 150% is acceptable.
          The PCS levels in livers were in the higher range (201 to 2000
//g/kg) for fish caught in the four non-urban bays and in the main basin of
Puget Sound and Port Angeles.  Fish from areas outside the main basin (except
for Port Angeles), such as Port Townsend, Port Gamble, Port Susan, and Skagit
Bay, contained lower levels of PCBs in liver (40 to 200 fig/kg).
          The pesticide levels in livers were generally in the ranges of
either less than 5 or 5 to 25 /ig/kg.  The most abundant compound was DDE,
with five areas in the range 5 to 25 fig/kg and the other eight areas
containing greater than 25 fig/kg.  The areas which had the highest levels of
pesticides were Port Angeles, Gig Harbor, and Lake Washington Ship Canal, and
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TABLE 13. SCREENING LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS, ug/kg (PPB) WET WEIGHT, OF CHLORINATED
ANALYTES IN FISH LIVER SAMPLES (aJ, (b)



Compound
Hexaehlorobenzene
Lindane (gamma - BHC)
Heptachlor
Aldrin
Alpha-chlordane
Dieldrin
p,p'-DDE
p.p'-DDO
p,p'-DDT
Total PCBs^c^
% recovery of surrogate
standards:
4 , 4 ' d i bromooctaf 1 uorob i pheny 1
1,2,3-tribronobenzene
Saiple weight, g
% dry weight


Gig Harbor
Engl ish Sole
5-25
<5
<5
(5
<5
5-25
>25
5-25
5-25
201-2000


100
130
3.16
16.7
Site

Dyes Inlet
Engl ish Sole
<5
<5
<5
25
5-25
5-25
201-2000


42
53
3<1?«
52, 7W

Oak Harbor
Starry Flounder
<5
<5
<5
25
<5
<5
201-2000


78
60
3.17
20.3
Lake Washington
Ship Canal
Engl ish Sole
<5
<5
<5
<5
5-25
<5
>25
5-25
<5
201-2000


60
60
3.07
20.3
(a)  Concentration  ranges  were  agreed upon prior to analysis.   Concentrations were calculated based on average response factors of standards.  The range
    of  concentrations  of  pesticides (<5,  low;  5 to 25,  itd-range; >25, high) and PCBs (<40, low; 40 to 200, nid-range; 201 to 2000, high) were
    calculated  using tetrachloro-m-xylene as the GC internal  standard.

(b)  The percent recoveries  of  the surrogate standards were calculated using tetrachloro-n-xylene as the GC internal standard.

(c)  The dichlorobiphenyls were not included among the total PCBs.

(d)  Percent  dry weight verified upon re-analysis.

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                                                         TABLE  13.    CONTINUED



Compound
Hexachloroberuene
Lindane (gamma - BIIC)
Heptachlor
Aldrin
Alpha-chlordane
Dieldrin
p,p'-DDE
p,p'-DDO
p,p'-DOT
Total PCBs^
I recovery of surrogate
standards:
4 ,4 'd i bronooctaf 1 uorob i pheny 1
1,2,3-tribronobenzene
Sample weight, g
% dry weight

Quartenaster
Harbor
Eng! ish Sole
5-25
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
5-25
5-25
25
5-25
<5
201-2000


78
eo
2.87
18.3
. Spec its, and Sanple Nutber

Liberty Bay
Rock sole
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
>25
<5
<5
201-2000


86
8?
3.42
20.0

Port Ga»bl«
Engl ish sole
(5

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                                                                TABLE  13.   CONTINUED
CO

Compound
Hexachlorobenzene
Lindane (gamma - BUG)
Heptachlor
Aldrin
Alpha-chlordane
Oieldrin
p.p'-DDE
p.p'-DDD
p,p'-DDT
Total PCBs(c)
X recovery of surrogate
standards:
4,4'dibromooctaf luorobiphenyl
1,2,3-tribromobenzene
Sample weight, g
2.86
X dry weight

Skagit Bay
Starry flounder
<5
<5
<5
<5
5-25
<5
>25
<5
<5
40-200


97
96
2.94
22.2
Site, Species, and Sample Numbers
Port Susan
Engl ish sole
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
5-25
<5
<5
40-200


92
92
2.83
17.7

Richnond Beach
Engl ish sole
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
<5
>25
5-25
<5
201-2000


96
96

17.0
         (a)  Concentration ranges were agreed  upon prior to analysis.  Concentrations were calculated  based on  average response factors of standards.   The  range
             of  concentrations of pesticides  «5,  low; 5 to 25, mid-range;  >25,  high) and  PCBs  «40,  low;  40  to 200, mid-range; 201 to 2000,  high)  were
             calculated using tetrachloro-«-xylene as the GC internal standard.

         (b)  The percent recoveries of the  surrogate standards were calculated using tetrachloro-ii-xylene  as  the GC  internal standard.

         (c)  The dichlorobiphenyls were not included among the total PCBs.

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the areas having the lowest levels were Dyes Inlet, Port Susan, Port Gamble,
and Port Townsend.  Fish which contained higher levels of chlorinated
compounds in muscle tissue also had higher levels in liver tissue.
          Comparison of the total PCBs and total DDT levels in muscle tissue
from the present study with previous studies in urban and non-urban areas of
Puget Sound indicates similar ranges (i.e., several hundred fig/kg PCBs and a
few fig/kg DDT, as reported by Galvin et al. (1984), Romberg et al. (1984),
Mai ins et al.  (1982), Gahler et al. (1982), Ginn and Barrick (1988), and PTI
and Tetra Tech,  Inc. (1988a,b).  Detailed comparisons are not meaningful
because of differences in sampling locations and analytical methods.  The
concentrations of PCBs in livers of English sole have been reported for
several locations in Puget Sound by Mai ins et al. (1984) and Hal ins et al.
(1985).  Their results are similar to those of this survey with levels in
liver about ten  times higher than in muscle.  Sole from urban bays contained
higher levels  than sole from non-urban areas.

              Fluorescent  Aromatic Compounds  (FACs)  in  Fish  Bile

          Fish rapidly metabolize PAH compounds and temporarily store these
metabolites in bile.  Analysis of FACs in fish bile is an effective method of
assessing exposure of fish to PAH,  Fish from several sites in Puget Sound—
Port Susan, the  Lake Washington Ship Canal, Liberty Bay and Oak Harbor--
exhibit concentrations of FACs (at 380/430 nm and 290/335 nm) in bile that
were comparable  to those previously found at relatively uncontaminated
(reference) sites (Table 14) (Krahn et al., 1986b).  Bile of fish from
several other sites--Dyes Inlet, Gig Harbor, Quartermaster Harbor, Richmond
Beach, Sinclair Inlet, Port Townsend, and Skagit Bay—have bile FACs (BaP)
levels similar to those found previously in sites with low to moderate
contamination.  This pattern suggests low to moderate pollution from higher
molecular weight PAHs generated as combustion products.
          Fish from two sites had relatively high levels of FACs  in bile.
English sole from Port Gamble showed concentrations of FACs (BaP) of about
2,000 ng/g, whereas Pacific sanddab from Port Angeles indicated FACs (NPH) of
approximately 185,000 ng/g.  The FACs pattern in the Port Gamble  fish bile is
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   TABLE  14.  FLUORESCENT AROMATIC  COMPOUNDS IN FISH BILE FROM SELECTED PUGET SOUND SITESU)
Species
English sole
(Parophrys vetulus)









Pacific sanddab
(Citharichthys sordidus)
Rock sole
(Lepidopsetta bilineata)


Starry flounder
(Platichys stellatus)


Site
Dyes Inlet
Gig Harbor
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Port Gamble Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Port Susan Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Quartermaster Harbor Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Richmond Beach
Sinclair Inlet
Port Angeles Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Liberty Bay Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Port Town send Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Oak Harbor Rep. 1
Rep. 2
Skagit Bay Rep. 1
Rep. 2
BaP* ^(/ig/kg)
98
160
46
2,200
1,700
31
27
130
140
74
420
210
260
13
16
170
140
39
34
69
68
NPH(c) (/tg/kg)
11,000
17,000
11,000
7,500
7,100
20,000
17,000
25,000
22,000
23,000
44,000
200,000
170,000
13,000
17,000
42,000
35,000
5,800
5,800
25,000
27,000
(a)  Bile  (20 fil)  was  pooled  from each of 5 fish (4 fish when insufficient bile was available).



(b)  BaP  =  Benzo[a]pyrene.



(c)  HPH  =  Naphthalene.

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unusual,  with several  large peaks in the chromatogram,  which may be
attributable to metabolites of fluoranthene, pyrene,  and BaP (Krahn et al.,
1987).  The high levels of FACs (NPH) in the bile of the Port Angeles fish
are likely due to uptake of lower molecular weight PAHs, possibly from a
petroleum source.  However, without a reference site for Pacific sanddab,
proper comparisons of bile values from Port Angeles fish cannot be made.
English sole from the Lake Washington Ship Canal contained lower levels of
FACs than fish from very rural or "reference areas",  such as Skagit Bay and
Port Susan.

                       Trace Metals in Flatfish Muscle

          The concentrations of 10 trace metals in muscle tissue collected
from 13 areas are presented in Table 15 in units of /*g/g dry weight.  These
data have been corrected for procedural blanks.  Most of these results
indicate little or no significant differences among these areas.  There are
several trends that may be related to contamination of water, sediment and/or
food.  Lead was elevated in English sole from Gig Harbor and Sinclair Inlet
in relation to the other samples.  Mercury was elevated in sanddab from Port
Angeles,  flounder from Oak Harbor and English sole from Quartermaster Harbor
compared to the other samples.  Arsenic was elevated by a factor of two in
English sole from Gig Harbor and Quartermaster Harbor compared to the other
samples.   These two areas have received input of arsenic from the ASARCO
smelter in Tacoma.  Because of relatively limited data for different species
of fish,  interpretation of these data are limited.  However, similar
concentrations of metals have been reported for flatfish muscle tissue in
Puget Sound (Tetra Tech 1988a; Ginn and Barrick 1988) and Southern California
(Schafer et al., 1982).

                         Public  Health  Considerations

          It is important to assess the potential risk to human health
associated with the contamination of Puget Sound fish.   Both sport and
commercial fisheries harvest flatfish from some of the areas sampled in this
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TABLE 15.  THE CONCENTRATIONS OF METALS IN ONE FISH TISSUE
           COMPOSITE FROM EACH AREA OF PUGET SOUND
/jg/g, Dry Wt
Location
Gig Harbor
Dyes Inlet
Port Angeles
Oak Harbor
Lake Washington
Ship Canal
Quarter* aster
Harbor
Sinclair Inlet
Liberty Bay
Port Gaible
Port Townsend
Skagit Bay
Port Susan
Richmond Beach
Spec i es
English sole
Engl ish sole
Sanddab
Starry flounder
Engl ish sole

Engl ish sole

Engl ish sole
Rock sole
Engl ish sole
Rock sole
Starry flounder
Eng! ish sole
Engl ish sole
Cu
0.84
0.08
0.74
1.46
1.61

1.75

1.45
0.73
2.13
1.09
1.44
1.26
0.89
Zn
12
11
16
22
14

13

IB
22
21
IB
20
16
16
Cd
0.27
0.17
0.18
0.24
0.19

0.24

0.21
0.15
0.21
0.15
0.19
0.19
0.24
Ag
0.007
0.005
0.004
0.014
(0.004

0.049

0.039
(0.004
D.01
(0.004
(0.004
(0.004
(0,004
Ni
0.54
0.74
0.35
0.41
0.34

0.33

0.45
0.42
0.39
0.37
0.28
0.33
0,46
Pb
3.16
1.47
0.91
1.27
1.77

1.13

2.75
0.71
O.BB
0.88
0.9B
1.03
1.38
Cr
2.23
0.88
0.74
1.33
0.82

1.01

0.88
0.46
0.45
0.41
0.94
1.56
0.89
Sb
1.6
3.8
10.4
2.2
3.5

3.7

2.9
1.5
2.4
2.6
2.9
3.4
3.3
As
50.6
25.8
17.7
12.5
17.1

47.2

33.6
22.6
16.1
15.4
9.98
14.9
18.1
Hg
0.36
(0.02
0.95
0.62
0.19

0.61

0.43
0.41
0.18
(0.02
0.19
0.26
0.23
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survey.  The range of concentrations of contaminants in muscle tissue of
flatfish sampled from 13 areas in Puget Sound are compared with Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) action levels in Table 16 (FDA, 1984).  The
concentrations of these chemicals in the fish sampled in this survey are well
below the FDA action levels.  It should be noted, however, that FDA
tolerances or action levels are aimed at controlling fish and shellfish in
interstate commerce for which a national market exists and for which it is
appropriate to use a national average consumption figure.  FDA limits are
not designed for the protection of local consumers of recreationally
harvested fish who may ingest substantial quantities of seafood collected
from a limited geographic area over extended portions of their lives.  For
this reason, conducting site specific human health risk assessment is
important.
          An evaluation of human health risk associated with chemical
contamination in Puget Sound fish was recently conducted for the Office of
Puget Sound, EPA Region 10 (Tetra Tech, 1988a).  The report based on this
evaluation focused on PCBs, PAHs, pesticides, and metals in recreationally
harvested Puget Sound seafood.  The report provides graphs for estimating
health risks for a wide range of exposure conditions and presents limited
information on risk associated with the consumption of other foods (i.e.,
peanut butter and charcoal-broiled steak).
          The average concentrations for each of six chemicals (As, Cd, Hg,
Pb, DDT, and PCBs) measured in flatfish muscle tissue collected from the 13
areas sampled in this survey are used to estimate either a lifetime  (70
years) cancer risk or a noncarcinogenic risk index using the graphs  in the
report (Tetra Tech, 1988a).  The assumption was made that 30 servings per
year (150 g/serving) of fish comparable in concentration to the fish
composite (mean for 13 areas) collected in this present reconnaissance survey
are eaten for a lifetime.  Based on this risk assessment, the greatest risk
is associated with exposure to PCBs, which average 182 /ig/kg for the 13
areas.  PCBs are suspected human carcinogens.  Risk estimates based on PCBs
in fish caught in this survey indicated that two individuals in a population
of 10,000 consumers may develop cancer during a lifetime of exposure or a
              -4
risk of 2 X 10  .  The cancer risk for As and DDT are 10 to 100 times less
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       TABLE 16.   A COMPARISOH OF MEAN CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS FROM
                  FLATFISH TISSUE (COLLECTED FROM 13 AREAS OR NON-URBAN
                  BAYS IN PU6ET SOUND) WITH AVAILABLE HUMAN HEALTH
                  CRITERIA OR LIFETIME CANCER RISK

Range
of

Concentration

Contaminant
As
Cd
Hg
Pb
Total DDT
Hexachlorobenzene
Total PCB
Peanut butter^
fel
Charcoal -broiled1 ;
steak
in Muscle
mg/kg Wet
1 -
0.01 -
<0.01 -
0.2 -
0.002 -
0.006 -
0.03 -
>_ _

--
Tissue
Ht(a)
5
0.03
0.2
0.6
0.013
0.001
0.280



FDA Action Level
mg/kg Wet Wt
None
None
1.0
None
5.0
0.5
2.0
..

--

/ L \
Lifetime*0'
Cancer Risk
2 X 10"5
0.02^
0.2(C)
0.06(c)
5 X 10"6
No data
2 X 10"4
6 X 10"4
f-
7 X 10"D
(a)  Range of composites  of flatfish  collected  from 13  areas  of Puget Sound.

(b)  Assumption  of  30  servings  per year (150  g/day)  of  fish muscle tissue
    containing  the average concentration  of  chemical observed  in  this survey,

(c)  Noncarcinogenic risk index.   Values less than  1.0  indicate no potential
    adverse  health effect.

(d)  Aflatoxin B, four tablespoons per day.

(e)  Benzo(a)pyrene, 100  steaks per year.
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than for PCBs (Table 16).  The cancer risks estimated for this survey are
about the same risks for fish collected throughout Puget Sound (Tetra Tech,
1988a).   The risk associated with exposure to the noncarcinogenic metals, Cd,
Hg, and  Pb are low and similar to those estimated for other areas of Puget
Sound (Tetra Tech, 1988a) and do not appear to be of concern for a variety of
toxicological end points.  Noncarcinogenic risk factors of less than 1.0
(Table 16) indicate that potential health risk is below a generalized level
of concern for a range of toxicological end points.

                             FISH HISTOPATHOLOGY

          A total of 151 English sole (Parophrys vetulus) were collected and
examined from Gig Harbor (31), Dyes Inlet (60), and the Lake Washington Ship
Canal (60).  A sample of 29 rock sole (Lepidopsetta bi1 ineata) in addition to
the 31 English sole was obtained and examined from Gig Harbor because of
difficulties encountered in capturing the targeted sample size (60) of adult
English  sole.  A broad spectrum of pathologic conditions was observed in the
liver of each species.  Because the results of previously conducted studies
(Maiins  et al.,  1982, 1984; Krahn et al., 1986; Myers et al.,  1987) have
demonstrated that the liver is the organ most often affected with lesions of
an idiopathic (lesions having no apparent association with an infectious
agent) and potentially toxicopathic nature, the focus of the present study
was on idiopathic conditions in this organ.
          Idiopathic lesions of the liver in both species were categorized
into five broad  classifications based on histopathologic features.  These
classifications  were:  (1)  nonspecific degenerative/necrotic conditions,
which include a  variety of lesions including hepatocellular necrosis,
hyalinization, hydropic degeneration, hepatocellular necrosis, and spongiosis
hepatis; (2) specific or unique degenerative/necrotic conditions, which
include  megalocytic hepatosis and hepatocellular nuclear pleomorphism,  the
latter of which  is interpreted as a precursor of the former lesion type; (3)
hepatocellular storage disorders, including hemosiderosis and fatty
change/steatosis; (4) preneoplastic focal lesions, including basophilic,
eosinophilic, and clear cell foci, and, rarely, hyperplastic regenerative
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foci; and (5)  hepatic neoplasms, including liver cell adenoma,  hepatocellular
carcinoma,  cholangioma,  cholangiocellular carcinoma,  mixed hepatobiliary
carcinoma,  and various types of rarely detected mesenchymal neoplasms.  While
lesions may be caused by exposure to chemical contaminants, they can also be
caused by nutritional imbalances, genetic disorders,  microorganisms (not
distinguishable at the light microscope level), trauma,  or as yet undefined
environmental  factors.

                   General  Patterns  of  Lesion  Prevalences

English Sole

          The prevalences of hepatic lesions in English sole are shown by
area in Table 17.  Thirteen distinct lesion types were detected, representing
several types of degenerative/necrotic lesions including nonspecific
hepatocellular degeneration/necrosis (hepatocellular necrosis and spongiosis
hepatis) and specific or unique hepatocellular degeneration/necrosis  (nuclear
pleomorphism and megalocytic hepatosis), storage disorders (hemosiderosis and
fatty change or steatosis), non-neoplastic proliferative lesions
(hepatocellular regeneration),  preneoplastic focal lesions (eosinophilic
focus, basophilic focus, clear cell focus), hepatocellular neoplasms  (liver
cell adenoma,  hepatocellular carcinoma), and congestion.  These types of
lesions are described in detail by Myers et al, (1987).

Rock Sole

          In response to the difficulty in capturing the targeted sample
sizes (60)  of adult English sole at Gig Harbor, an additional sample of 29
adult rock  sole was obtained and examined.  A summary of the histopathology
results in  rock sole from this  site is presented in Table 18.  In general,
lesion types similar to those in English sole were observed in this species;
however, hemosiderosis,  fatty change, nuclear pleomorphism/megalocytic
hepatosis,  spongiosis hepatis,  eosinophilic focus, hepatocellular carcinoma,
and congestion were not observed, and parenchyma!  fibrosis was detected.
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           TABLE 17.   PREVALENCES (% AFFECTED)  OF HEPATIC LESIONS
                      IN ADULT ENGLISH SOLE FROM GIG HARBOR,  DYES
                      INLET AND LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL APRIL 20
                      -  MAY 4, 1988.
Hepatic Lesion
Hepatocellular
storage disorders
Fatty change
Non-specific degen./necrotic
(hep. necrosis)
Nuclear pleomorphism
Megalocytic hepatosis
Specific degenerative/
necrotic (MH/NP)
Spongiosis hepatis
Hepatocellular regeneration
Eosinophilic focus (EF)
Basophilic focus (BF)
Clear cell focus (CCF)
Preneoplastic/foeal lesions
(EF/BF/CCF)W
Liver cell adenoma (LCA)
Hepatocellular carcinoma
(HC)
Hepatic neoplasms (LCA/HC)
Congestion
Any idiopathic lesion
Gig Harbor
(n = 31)
12.9
0,0
6.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.2
0.0
3.2
3.2
0.0
3.2
0.0
19.4
Dyes Inlet
(n = 60)
1.7
0.0
3.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.0
1.7
0.0
0.0
0,0
0.0
5.0
Lake Washington
Ship Canal
(n = 60)
8.3
1.7
15.0
3.3
5.0
6.7
3.3
5.0
3.3
11.7
5.0
13.3
6.7
3.3
8.3
0.7
36.7
^  '  Some  fish  had  more  than  one  kind  of  hepatic  lesion.
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TABLE 18.  PREVALENCES (% AFFECTED) OF HEPATIC LESIONS IN ADULT
          ROCK SOLE  FROM GIG HARBOR, APRIL 20, 1988.
                                                Gig Harbor
             Hepatic  Lesion                       (n = 29)
        Hepatocelular storage disorders            0.0
        Fatty change                               0.0
        Non-specific degen./necrotic               3.4
           (hep. necrosis)
        Nuclear pleomorphism                       0.0
        Megalocytic hepatosis                      0.0
        Specific degenerative/                     0.0
           necrotic  (MH/NP)
        Spongiosis  hepatis                         0.0
        Hepatocellular regeneration                3.4
        Eosinophilic focus  (EF)                    0.0
        Basophilic  focus  (BF)                      3.4
        Clear cell  focus  (CCF)                     3.4
        Preneoplastic focal lesions                6.9
           (EF/BF/CCF)(a)
        Liver cell  adenoma  (LCA)                   3.4
        Hepatocellular carcinoma  (HC)              0.0
        Hepatic neoplasms  (LCA/HC)                 3.4
        Congestion                                 0.0
        Parenchyma! fibrosis                       3.4
        Any idiopathic lesion                     10.3

        ^&* Some fish had more than one kind of hepatic
            lesion.
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These lesions have,  however,  been observed and described in rock sole
primarily from urban areas of Puget Sound (Maiins et al.,  1984; Myers and
Rhodes,  1988).  The prevalences of other lesions were similar to those seen
in English sole from this site (Table 17) in this study.

             Comparisons of Lesion Prevalences Among Study Areas

          Idiopathic lesions  were most frequently encountered in English sole
from Lake Washington Ship Canal,  at prevalences ranging from 0.7%
(congestion)  to 15.0% (hepatocellular necrosis).  Of particular interest at
Lake Washington Ship Canal were the prevalences of hepatocellular necrosis,
nuclear pleomorphism/megalocytic  hepatosis (6.7%),  preneoplastic focal
lesions  (13.3%),  and hepatic  neoplasms (8.3%).  Prevalences of specific
Idiopathic liver lesions were considerably lower in English sole from Gig
Harbor and were even lower or absent at Dyes Inlet.  Both  preneoplastic
focal lesions and hepatic neoplasms were, however,  detected at low
prevalences in Gig Harbor (3.2% and 3.2%, respectively).  At Dyes Inlet,
idiopathic lesions were rare  or absent, with detection of  only hemosiderosis
(1.7%),  hepatocellular necrosis (3.3%), and basophilic focus (1.7%).

                    Relationships Between Hepatic Lesions
                  and Mean Ages  and  Gender  of Fish  Sampled

          Mean ages and age ranges for English sole affected with specific
idiopathic liver lesions from all the sites sampled are presented in
Table 19.  These results are  consistent with previous lesion-age data
analysis (Rhodes et al., 1987), with degenerative lesions  (hepatoeellular
necrosis, nuclear pleomorphism/megalocytic hepatosis, spongiosis hepatis)
first appearing in relatively young fish (3 to 5 years).  The youngest fish
affected by preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions are generally older
(6 to 11 years).
          Fish from Gig Harbor ranged in age from 3 to 14  years (mean
age 6.17 ±2.35) and 231 to 475 mm in length (mean length 326.3 ±59.6).  Lake
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TABLE 19.  MEAN AGENTS AND AGE RANGES FOR ENGLISH SOLE
           (ALL FISH) FROM GIG HARBOR,  DYES INLET, AND
           LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL AFFECTED WITH
           SPECIFIC IDIOPATHIC LIVER LESIONS.   FISH WERE
           CAPTURED BETWEEN APRIL 20 AND MAY 4,  1988.
Hepatic Lesion
Hepatocellular storage
disorders
Fatty change
Non-specific degen./
necrotic
(hep. necrosis)
Nuclear pleomorphism (NP)
Megalocytic hepatosis (MH)
NP/MH
Spongiosis hepatis
Hepatocellular regeneration
Eosinophilic focus (EF)
Basophilic focus (BF)
Clear cell focus (CCF)
Preneoplastic focal
lesions (EF/BF/CCF)
Liver cell adenoma (LCA)
Hepatocellular carcinoma
(HC)
Hepatic neoplasms (LCA/HC)
Congestion
Any idiopathic lesion
Mean Ages
* S.D.
7.60 ±2.27
7.00
6.85 ±2.79
9.50 ±6.36
5.33 ±1.53
7.50 ±4.51
6.00 ±2.83
5.33 ±1.53
12.50 ±2.12
9.44 ±2.79
11.33 ±2.31
9.50 ±2.64
10.60 ±2.51
8.00 ±2.83
9.83 ±2.93
6.00
7.48 ±2.97
Age Range
4-12 10
7
3-14
5-14
4-7
4-14
4-8
4.7
11-14
6-14
10-14
6-14
7-14
6-10
6-14
6
3-14
Number
Affected

1
13
2
3
4
2
3
2
9
3
10
5
2
6
1
31
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Washington Ship Canal English sole ranged from 3 to 14 years (mean age  6.37
±2.39) and 230 to 416 mm in length (mean length 311.7 ±42.6).  English sole
from Dyes Inlet ranged from 2 to 11 years (mean age 4.98 ±1.68), and 235 to
420 mm in length (mean length 301.5 ±41.7).  Calculations using ANOVA
revealed significant differences among the three sites in age distribution
(F-test = 6.914, p = 0.0014), and intersite differences in length (F-test =
2.956, p = 0.0551).  A multiple comparison test (Fisher's Least Significant
Difference Test, Zar, 1974) revealed significantly lower ages (p <0.05) in
sole from Dyes Inlet relative to both Gig Harbor and Lake Washington Ship
Canal.  The age distributions at Gig Harbor and Lake Washington Ship Canal
were not distinguishable.  Consequently, the younger age distribution of sole
from Dyes Inlet relative to the other two sites may partially explain the
lower prevalences of idiopathic liver lesions detected at this site, because
the prevalence of many of these lesion types is known to increase directly
with age (Rhodes et al., 1987).  It should be noted that, although sole from
Dyes Inlet were significantly younger than sole from the other sites, this
difference was not particularly dramatic.  Previous findings have shown that
the most dramatic differences in prevalences of many idiopathic liver lesions
are between sole less than 2 years in age and sole more than 2 years old
(Rhodes et al., 1987).  Because these younger age classes were not
represented in our samples, the histopathology data remain essentially
comparable across all study sites.  ANOVA calculations of the distribution of
each gender among the sites revealed no significant intersite differences
(F-ratio = 0.855, p = 0.427).

    Comparisons of Histopathological Analyses with Recent Historical Data

          Results of the present study for prevalences of hepatic lesions in
English sole from the Lake Washington Ship Canal are in general agreement
with the previous findings of McCain et al. (1982) at this site, which showed
low to moderate prevalences of lesions.  No historical data are available for
Gig Harbor or Dyes Inlet.
          In general, results of the present survey conducted in Dyes Inlet
most closely resemble findings of recent surveys conducted at Point Fully and
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Port Susan (Table 20).   Apparently because these sites are not highly
industrialized and/or do not receive a high level  of chemical  pollution,
their fish fauna do not generally exhibit a high prevalence of idiopathic
hepatic lesions.  In fact,  Point Pully and Port Susan have served as
reference sites for surveys conducted in Elliott Bay and Everett Harbor,
respectively, two of the more polluted embayments in Puget Sound (PTI
Environmental Services and  Tetra Tech, Inc., 1988a,b).  Similarly,  results
of surveys conducted in Gig Harbor indicate prevalences for hepatic lesions
that are comparable to data collected in Case Inlet (Table 20), a relatively
undeveloped embayment in South Puget Sound.  Although Case Inlet served as a
reference bay in the 1983-1984 Eight Bay Study (Pacific Northwest
Laboratory, 1986), results  of bioassays and histopathologic surveys detected
some evidence of sediment toxicity.  This finding was thought to be
attributed to circulation of pollutants from Commencement Bay and/or the main
basin of Puget Sound.  Finally, prevalences of hepatic lesions found in fish
from the Lake Washington Ship Canal are slightly greater than observed  in Gig
Harbor and Dyes Inlet in the present survey, but lower than those found in
Elliott Bay, Everett Harbor, Clinton, and Mukilteo.  With the exception of
Clinton, these survey sites are all known to exhibit moderate to high levels
of aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons in their sediments
(Krahn et a!., 1986b).  However, prevalences of hepatic lesions encountered
in the Lake Washington Ship Canal during the present study do not reach the
levels found in fish taken  from the Duwamish Waterway, one of the most
polluted water bodies in Puget Sound and the most contaminated part of
Elliott Bay.  These levels  in the Ship Canal were also much lower than  in
Eagle Harbor (Table 20).
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                                  TABLE  20.   COMPARISONS OF PREVALENCES  OF  HEPATIC  LESIONS IN
                                                ENGLISH  SOLE FROM  DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN  PUGET SOUND
co
oo
General
Gig Harbor
Dyes Inlet
Lake Washington
Ship Canal
Sinclair Inlet
Elliott Bay
(3 waterfront sites)
Elliott Bay
(3 waterfront site)
Point Fully
Everett Harbor
Everett East
Waterway (EK-91)
Port Susan
Connencement Bay
City laterway
Mukilteo
Eagle Harbor
Carkeek Inlet
Case Inlet
Cl inton
President Point
Richmond Beach
Duwarnish faterway
Data Source
1
1

1
2
3

4

3
5
9

5
4

6
7
8
8
2
9
9
9
9
Specific
Degenerative/
Necrotic
Conditions
0.0
0.0

6.7
5.0
41.0

19.9

3.3
2.4
40.0

14.3
0.0

9.1
40.9
72.0
11.1
0.0
43.8
20.0
19.0
44.8
Hepatocel lular
Storage
Disorders
12.9
1,7

8.3
50.0
N.A.

6,2

N.A.
N.A.
10.0

N.A.
12.1

9.1
10.6
49.3
16.7
6.7
6.2
30.0
23.8
41.4
Preneoplastic
Focal Lesions
3.2
1.7

13.3
20.0
16.3

8.1

6.7
10.8
20.0

10.2
0.0

14.3
16.7
44.0
5.6
3.3
25.0
0.0
28.6
32.8
Hepatic
Neoplasms
3.2
0.0

8.3
3.3
2.7

1.2

0.0
2.4
5.0

2.0
0.0

1.3
7.5
26.7
0.0
3,3
12.5
0.0
0.0
20.7
       iRresent study.
       2pacific Northwest Laboratory, 1986.
       3PTI Environmental Services and Tetra Tech,  Inc.,  1988.
       4Malins et al., 1984.
       5PTI EnvironnentaI Services and Tetra Tech,  Inc.,  1988.
       BTetra Tech,  Inc., 1985.
       7Malins, D. C., et al., 1985a.
       SMalins, D. G., et al., 1985b.
       9Krahn, M. M., et al.  1986.
       N.A. = Not Analyzed.

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               USEFULNESS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY CONCEPT

          This reconnaissance survey of non-urban bays and shorelines of
Puget Sound provides information on the environmental condition of the areas
surveyed and an opportunity to compare different methods of evaluating the
environmental conditions in areas with moderate to low levels of pollution.
          The survey results indicate that,  of the four non-urban bays,  the
concentrations of chemicals in sediments are generally below currently
available sediment quality values and the sources of the chemicals are from
activities within the bays or, in the case of Dyes Inlet,  probably in the
adjoining inlet.  The pesticide reconnaissance survey detected low
concentrations of seven contemporary pesticides in only a few sediments  from
several  river mouths or lakes.  Pentachlorophenol was detected in all 17
sediments that were collected.  However, the pentachlorophenol and some  of
the other pesticide data were qualified as not reliable because of either low
matrix spike or low surrogate recoveries.
          In this survey, the amphipod bioassay test was not a useful method
for comparing sediment quality in areas of low contamination because the
tests result in uniformly high survival.  Longer-term chronic or sublethal
sediment bioassays are needed to differentiate between these sediments for
potential sublethal effects.  Perhaps benthic infauna analysis would be
useful in evaluating sediment quality in bays with low to moderate sediment
contaminants.  The problem with the benthic infauna method will be in
obtaining suitable reference sites that match the water depth, sediment grain
size and TOC, time of year, and water mass properties of the sediments in
each bay.  Also, benthic infaunal methods suffer somewhat from the patchiness
of community assemblages.
          The fish chemistry data from this study provide a range of
concentrations of PAH metabolites and PCBs,  which appear to be correlated to
the sediment chemistry and our knowledge of pollutant sources.  The trace
metal data for fish muscle tissue were almost uniform and did not appear to
be correlated with sediment chemistry.
          The results from the fish histopathology study are consistent with
previous studies that have shown the prevalences of well-documented
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pollution-associated liver lesions were generally proportional to the levels
of environmental contamination at the sites.  Highest prevalences tended to
be found in English sole from the Lake Washington Ship Canal; clearly lower
prevalences were found in sole from Gig Harbor and the lowest prevalences
were in sole from Dyes Inlet.
          The findings of this survey may be summarized as follows:
(1) Sediments in the four non-urban bays have low levels of contaminants
associated with local sources.  (2) None of the sediment collected gave a
toxic response when subjected to the 10-day amphipod test.  (3) Very few of
these sediments exceeded AET values for specific chemicals.  (4) A consistent
pattern exists between low levels of PCBs in fish tissue and sediments.  (5)
The concentrations of metals in fish are low and fairly uniform.  (6) Levels
of contaminants in fish muscle tissue are not a public health concern based
on health risk assessment techniques used by Tetra Tech (1988a).  (7) Except
for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, fish histopathology results indicate low
prevalence of liver disorders, similar to prevalence in reference areas.
          The overall conclusion from this reconnaissance survey was that
these 13 areas of Puget Sound were generally in good health.  The sediments
were nontoxic, the fish had fairly low levels of chemicals in their muscle
tissue and the prevalence of fish liver disorders was low.  Twenty pesticides
in current use were infrequently detected in 17 sediment samples collected
near usage areas.
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     APPENDIK A
    SURVEY REPORT
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

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TABLE 1.  SUMMARY OF DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE PUGET SOUND RECONNAISSANCE
          SURVEY CRUISE, APRIL-MAY 1988
Personnel Aboard
 Station
Activities
4/18/88

Scott Becker (PT!)
Catherine Krueger (EPA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
4/19/88

Scott Becker (PTI)
Catherine Krueger (EPA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Ann Schaefer (COE)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
4/20/88

Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
John Armstrong (EPA)
Donna Baker (EPA)
Eric Crecelius (Battelle)
Chris Dunagan (Bremerton Sun)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Clare Ryan (EPA)
Carl a Stehr (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Eagle Harbor
(EH)

Elliot Bay
(EB-A.B)

East Passage
(EB-R, EH-R)
Commencement Bay
(CB-A,B,C)

East Passage
(CB-R)

Quartermaster
Harbor (F-6)
Gig Harbor
(Stations 1-4)
Van Veen sediment grab - 1 site
for Bioassay Comparison Task

Van Veen sediment grab - 2 sites
for Bioassay Comparison Task

Van Veen grabs - 2 sites (reference)
for Bioassay Comparison Task
Van Veen sediment grab - 3 sites
for Bioassay Comparison Task

Van Veen grabs - 1 site (reference)
for Bioassay Comparison Task

Trawls (2) for English Sole
(fish tissue chemistry)
Trawls (8) for English and Rock
sole (histopathology and fish
tissue chemistry)

Sta. 1 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta, 2 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventional

Sta, 3- Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 4 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventional
                                     A.I

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                             TABLE 1  (Continued)
Personnel Aboard
 Station
Activities
4/21/88
Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
Eric Crecelius  (Battelle)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Carl a Stehr (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Gig Harbor
(Stations 5,6)
                              Liberty Bay
                              (F-l)

                              Dyes Inlet
                              DI  (Sta. 1)
                              Sinclair
                              (F-8)

                              Sinclair
                              (S-11E)
         Inlet
         Inlet
4/22/88
Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
John Armstrong (EPA)
Eric Crecelius (Battelle)
Jack Gackstader (EPA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Carl a Stehr (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Martin Westerman  (guest of EPA)
Hike Rylco (EPA)
Dyes Inlet
DI (Sta. 2-6)
                                                    Sta.  6  -  Van Veen grabs
                                                    for bioassay,  benthos,  chemistry,
                                                    and conventionals
Sta. 5 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 6 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Trawls (3) for Rock sole
(fish tissue chemistry)

Sta. 1 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Trawls (4) for English sole
(histopathology and tissue chemistry

Trawls (1) for English sole
(fish tissue chemistry)

Van Veen grabs for PSWQA
(sediment grain size)
Sta. 2 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 3 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 4 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 5 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals
                                     A.2

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                             TABLE  1   (Continued)
Personnel Aboard
Station
                     Activities
4/22/88
4/25/88

Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Lindle Johnson (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
4/26/88

Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
Eric Crecelius (Battelle)
Lindle Johnson (NOAA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Dana Woodruff (Battelle)
                                                   Sta.  6  -  Van  Veen  grabs
                                                   for bioassay,  benthos, chemistry,
                                                   and conventionals
                    Trawls (4) for English sole
                    (histopathology and tissue chemistry
                    Van Veen grabs for PSWQA
                    (sediment grain size)
                                                   Trawls  (3)  for  English  sole
                                                   (fish tissue chemistry)

                                                   Van Veen grabs  for  PSWQA
                                                   (sediment grain size)

                                                   Trawls  (6)  for  Rock Sole
                                                   (fish tissue chemistry)
                    Van Veen grabs for PSWQA
                    (sediment grain size)
  Dyes Inlet
Northern Hood Canal
(S-8E)

Northern Hood Canal
(S-8W)

Port Gamble
(F-7)

Port Townsend
(S-2)

Port Townsend
(F-4)
Mouth Admiralty
Inlet (S-3E)

Mouth Admiralty
Inlet (S-3W)

Discovery Bay
(S-l)
                              Port Angeles Harbor  Sta. 5  - Van  Veen  grabs
                              (Station 5)          for bioassay,  benthos, chemistry,
                                                   and conventionals

                                                   Trawls  (10) for  Sand  Dab
                                                   (fish tissue  chemistry)
                                     A.3

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                             TABLE 1  (Continued)
Personnel Aboard
Station
Activities
4/27/88
Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
Eric Crecelius (Battelle)
J.R. Davila (guest of EPA)
Michael Jacobson (PSWQA)
Lindle Johnson (NOAA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Port Angeles Harbor  Sta. 1 - Van Veen grabs
(Sta. 1-4, 6)        for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
                     and conventional

                     Sta. 2 - Van Veen grabs
                     for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
                     and conventionals
4/27/88
4/28/88
Jeff Anderson (Battelle)
Eric Crecelius (Battelle)
Lindle Johnson (NOAA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Steve Quinell (WDF)
Pete Strip!and (W. DOE)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Port Angeles Harbor  Sta. 3 - Van Veen grabs
                     for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
                     and conventionals

                     Sta. 4 - Van Veen grabs for bioassay
                     triplicate samples for benthos,
                     chemistry, and conventional

                     Sta. 6 - Van Veen grabs
                     for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
                     and conventionals
Oak Harbor
(Sta. 1-6)
Trawls for Starry flounder
(fish tissue chemistry)

Sta. 1- Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 2 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 3 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 4 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals

Sta. 5 - Van Veen grabs
for bioassay, benthos, chemistry,
and conventionals
                                     A.4

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                                   TABLE 1  (Continued)
Personnel Aboard
Station
Activities
4/29/88

Lindle Johnson (NOAA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Canadians

5/2/88

Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Dana Woodruff (Battelle)
5/3/88

Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Dana Woodruff (Battelle)
Skagit Bay
Saratoga Passage
South (S-5)

Saratoga Passage
North (S-4E)

Saratoga Passage
(F-3)

Saratoga Passage
North (S-4W)

Port Susan
North (S-6)

Port Susan
(F-2)

Port Susan
South (S-7W)

Port Susan
South (S-7E)
Richmond Beach
(F-9)
                                                   Sta.  6  -  Van  Veen  grabs
                                                   for bioassay,  benthos, chemistry,
                                                   and conventional
Trawl (1) for Starry flounder
(fish tissue chemistry)

Training of Canadian guests
Van Veen grab for PSWQA
(sediment grain size)
                                                   Trawls  (2)  for  English  sole
                                                   (fish tissue chemistry)

                                                   Van Veen grab for  PSWQA
                                                   (sediment grain  size)
                                                   Trawls  (1) for  English  sole
                                                   (fish tissue chemistry)

                                                   Van Veen grab for  PSWQA
                                                   (sediment grain size)
Trawl (1) for English sole
(fish tissue chemistry)
                                     A.5

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                                   TABLE  1   (Continued)
Personnel Aboard
Station
Activities
                              Presidents  Point
                              (S-10E)

                              Presidents  Point
                              (S-10W)

                              Port Madison
                              (S-9)

                              Port Madison
                              (F-5)
                     Van Veen grab  (3) for  PSWQA
                     (sediment grain size)
                     Trawls  (2) for  English  sole
                     (fish tissue chemistry)
5/4/88

Mark Meyers (NOAA)
Paul Plesha (NOAA)
Doug Weber (NOAA)
Dana Woodruff (Battelle)
Shilshole Bay
Trawls (4) for English sole
(histopathology)

Van Veen grabs (3) for PSWQA
(sediment grain size)
                                     A.6

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          TABLE 2.  STATION POSITIONS OF BENTHIC STATIONS AND TRAWLS FOR
                    CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-URBAN BAYS
Benthic Stations   Latitude	Longitude
Time
Delay
Time
Delay
Depth
(MLLW)
Date
Time
Gig Harbor

   Sta. 1
   Sta. 2
   Sta. 3
   Sta. 4
   Sta. 5
   Sta. 6

Dyes Inlet

   Sta. 1
   Sta. 2
   Sta. 3
   Sta. 4
   Sta. 5
   Sta. 6

Port Angeles

   Sta. 1
   Sta. 2
   Sta. 3
   Sta. 4
   Sta. 5
   Sta. 6
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
48
48
48
48
48
48
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
0
o
o
o
o
o
19
20
20
20
20
20
35
35
35
36
38
38
07
07
07
07
07
08
.86'
.05'
.12'
.14'
.17'
.30'
.04'
.37'
.67'
.87'
.48'
.56'
.75'
.47'
.56'
.67'
.80'
.13'
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
123
123
123
123
123
123
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
o
o
o
o
o
34
34
34
35
35
35
39
40
40
41
41
40
23
24
25
26
27
27
.56'
.80'
.90'
.03'
.15'
.14'
.35'
.80'
.75'
.71'
.46'
.84'
.97'
.73'
.79'
.38'
.10'
.44'
27930
27930
27931
27932
27933
27933
28059
28066
28070
28081
28093
28091
28480
28480
28484
28487
28491
28494
.2
.5
.2
.1
.0
.9
.7
.6
.9
.7
.0
.3
.6
.4
.6
.7
.1
.7
42231
42231
42231
42231
42230
42230
42241
42238
42239
42237
42241
42243
42150
42146
42143
42141
42138
42138
.9
.5
.4
.2
.7
.9
.9
.1
.3
.9
.5
.5
.2
.8
.3
.3
.9
.2
25 ft
26 ft
22 ft
17 ft
20 ft
18 ft
19 ft
22 ft
30 ft
37 ft
30 ft
30 ft
68 ft
43 ft
36 ft
44 ft
41 ft
54 ft
4/20/88
4/20/88
4/20/88
4/20/88
4/21/88
4/21/88
4/21/88
4/21/88
4/22/88
4/22/88
4/22/88
4/22/88
4/27/88
4/27/88
4/27/88
4/27/88
4/26/88
4/27/88
                                          1730
                                          1500
                                          1400
                                          1215
                                          1055
                                          900
                                          915
                                          1130
                                          1205
                                          1300
                                          1545
                                          835

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                                            TABLE 2  (Continued)
00
Benthic Stations
Latitude
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
Fisheries













Stations
48°
48°
48°
48°
48°
48°

16
16
17
16
17
17

.33'
.67'
.04'
.99'
.02'
.13'

Longitude

122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°


38
38
38
38
38
38


.66'
.98'
.73'
.42'
.16'
.25'

Time Time Depth
Delay Delay (HLLW)

28409.1 42326.5 45 ft
28412.8 42326.2 12 ft
28415.0 42327.8 15 ft
28414.2 42328.8 12 ft
28413.3 42329.8 13 ft
28414.9 42330.0 17 ft

Date

4/28/88
4/28/88
4/28/88
4/28/88
4/28/88
4/28/88

Time

1040
1045
1430
1255
0830
1530

Gig Harbor
Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
19
20
.82'
.07'
.08'
.23'
.01'
.20'
.20'
.01'
.or
.20'
.12'
.09'
.78'
.87'
.88'
.20'
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
34
34
34
35
34
35
35
34
34
35
35
34
34
34
34
34
.54'
.87'
.77'
.04'
.63'
.08'
.08'
.63'
.63'
.08'
.02'
.93'
.49'
.56'
.62'
.73'
Loran down 22-42 ft

ditto 23-43 ft

23-43 ft

29-49 ft

" 29-49 ft

28-48 ft

26-46 ft

25-45 ft

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

4/20/88

815

825

855

1210

1500

1540

1800

1830


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TABLE 2  (Continued)
Benthic Stations
Latitude
Dyes Inlet
Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

Port Angel
Trawl

Trawl

Trawl

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

es
1

2

3

S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E

S
E
S
E
S
E
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°
47°

48°
48°
48°
48°
48°
48°
36
37
37
38
37
37
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
37
36
37

07
07
08
08
08
08
.77'
.08'
.95'
.25'
.33'
.00'
.87'
.62'
.50'
.74'
.50'
.74'
.81'
.06'
.80'
.13'

.98'
.92'
.08'
.03'
.25'
.26'
Longitude

122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°

123°
123°
123°
123°
123°
123°

39.87'
40.44'
41.69'
41.68'
41.34'
41.05'
41.28'
40.98'
40.95'
41.23'
40.95'
41.23'
41.10'
41.14'
41.18'
41.28'

26.72'
26.37'
25.43'
24.79'
24.06'
24.85'
Time Time Depth
Delay Delay (MLLW)

45

54

Loran down 123

ditto 122

113

124

114

97


Loran down 103

ditto 118

168


ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft


ft

ft

ft

Date

4/21/88

4/21/88

4/21/88

4/22/88

4/22/88

4/22/88

4/22/88

4/22/88


4/26/88

4/26/88

4/26/88

Time

1845

1910

1953

945

1015

1105

1300

1340


1645

1710

1735


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TABLE 2 (Continued)
Benthic Stations
Port












Oak












Latitude
Time Time
Longitude Delay Delay
Depth
(MLLW)
Date
Time
Angeles (Continued)
Trawl 4

Trawl 5

Trawl 6

Trawl 7

Trawl 8

Trawl 9

Harbor
Trawl 1

Trawl 2

Trawl 3

Trawl 4

Trawl 5

Trawl 6

S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E

S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
S
E
48° 07.54'
48° 07.53'
48° 07.71'
48° 07.74'
48° 07.47'
48° 07.70'
48° 08.09'
48° 08.10'
48° 07.90'
48° 07.74'
48° 07.98'
48° 07.92'

48° 17.07'
48° 17.01'
48° 16.94'
48° 16.73'
48° 16.63'
48° 16.42'
48° 16.20'
48° 16.01'
48° 15.53'
48° 15.32'
48° 16.28'
48° 16.52'
123° 24.37'
123° 24.51'
123° 24.36'
123° 25.13'
123° 25.50' Loran down
123° 26.21'
123° 25.54' ditto
123° 26.31'
123° 26.84'
123° 26.15'
123° 26.72'
123° 26.37'

122° 38.05'
122° 38.54'
122° 38.70'
122° 39.06'
122° 38.95'
122° 38.78'
122° 38.50'
122° 38.41'
122° 38.29'
122° 38.49'
122° 38.57'
122° 38.81'
52 ft

52 ft

47 ft

56 ft

66 ft

75 ft


11 ft

11 ft

32 ft

25 ft

55 ft

35 ft

4/26/88

4/26/88

4/26/88

4/26/88

4/26/88

4/26/88


4/28/88

4/28/88

4/28/88

4/28/88

4/28/88

4/28/88

1805

1830

1858

1925

1950

2015


915

945

1020

1155

1200

1230


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                 TABLE 3.  STATION POSITIONS OF TRAWLS FOR FISH TISSUE CONTAMINATION
Station
                               Time      Time       Depth
        Latitude   Longitude   Delay     Delay      (MLLW)
                               Date
                     Time
F-l  Liberty Bay


F-2  Port Susan


F-3  Saratoga Passage


F-4  Port Townsend

F-5  Port Madison


F-6  Quartermaster
     Harbor

F-7  Port Gamble

F-8  Sinclair Inlet


F-9  Richmond Beach


F-10  Shilshole Bay

F-ll  Skagit Bay
Start  47° 42.88' 122° 37.85' 28113.9   42260.6
 End   47° 43.26' 122° 38.20' 28116.9   42260.4
Start  48° 09.95' 122° 25.12'
 End   48° 09.28' 122° 24.74'

Start  48° 12.57' 122° 34.61'
 End   48° 13.60' 122° 35.48'

Start  47° 05.30' 122° 45.50'

Start  47° 44.10' 122° 31.72'
 End   47° 43.16' 122° 31.22'

Start  47° 22,55' 122° 27.41'
Start  48° 50.83'  122° 34.30'
Start
 Loran not accurate  140 ft
       ditto
28037.9   42247.2
Start  47° 40.47'  122° 24.60'

Start  47° 16.50'  122° 29.30'
       ditto
33 ft    4/21/88    1515


           5/2/88     1950


 215 ft    5/2/88     1430
 End   47° 33.84'  122° 36.95'   28039.9    42247.3

Start  47° 45.99'  122° 23.51'   Loran  not  accurate   81  ft
 End   47° 45.35'  122° 23.33'
84 ft
121 ft
54 ft
55 ft
59 ft
81 ft
44 ft
30 ft
4/25/88
5/3/88
4/19/88
4/25/88
4/21/88
5/3/88
5/4/88
4/29/88
1700
1412
1950
1405
1315
1100
845
1130

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TABLE 4.  STATION POSITIONS  OF  VAN  VEEN  SEDIMENT  GRAB SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR PUGET SOUND HATER
          QUALITY AUTHORITY  MONITORING PROGRAM
Sediment Stations
S-l



S-2



S-3E

S-3W



S-4W



S-4E



Discovery Bay
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Port Townsend
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Mouth of Straits
Rep 1 8 2
Mouth of Straits
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Saratoga Passage
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Saratoga Passage
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Latitude

48°
48°
48°

48°
48°
48°

48°

48°
48°
48°
North
48°
48°
48°
North
48°
48°
48°

02.22'
02.13'
02.04'

04.96'
04.94'
04.86'

13.12'

08.86'
08.87'
08.85'

12.50'
12.55'
12.55'

14.32'
14.27'
14.22'
Longitude

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

50.08'
50.10'
50.12'

45.28'
45.31'
45.38'

46.79'

49.99'
50.07'
50.23'

35.98'
36.00'
36.00'

32.23'
32.23'
32.20'
Time
Delay

28320.6
28319.7
28319.2

28327.6
28327.6
28327.1

28406.0

28378.6
28378.0
28379.3

28363.6
28364.4
28364.4

28367.5
28367.0
28366.4
Time
Delay

42257.
42257.
42257.

42279.
42279.
42278.

42291.

42271.
42270.
42270.

42326.
42326.
42326

42343
42343
42343

7
4
2

5
2
7

4

5
9
6

6
6
.6

.2
.1
.0
Depth
(MLLW)

102 ft
104 ft
104 ft

122 ft*
115 ft*
110 ft*

57 ft

63 ft
63 ft
64 ft

53 ft
49 ft
62 ft

72 ft
67 ft
64 ft
Date

4/28/88
4/28/88
4/28/88

4/25/88
4/25/88
4/25/88

4/26/88

4/26/88
4/26/88
4/26/88

5/2/88
5/2/88
5/2/88

5/2/88
5/2/88
5/2/88
Time

1045
1100
1110





800

930
930
930

1600
1600
1600

1330
1330
1330

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                                           TABLE 4   (Continued)
Sediment Stations
                       Time     Time      Depth
Latitude   Longitude   Delay    Delay     (MLLW)
Date
Time
S-5  Saratoga Passage South
     Rep 1             48°  07.28'  122°  31.56'
     Rep 2    -         48°  07.21'  122°  31.67'
     Rep 3             48°  07.25'  122°  31.63'
                       28300.3  42329.7   350 ft     5/2/88       1101
                       28300.2  42329.2   381 ft     5/2/88       1101
                       28300.4  42329.4   381 ft     5/2/88       1101
S-6  Port Susan North



S-7W



S-7E



S-8W



S-8E



Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
48°
48°
48°
09
09
09
.91'
.95'
.91'
122°
122°
122°
25
25
25
.03'
.12'
.23'
28301
28302
28302
.4
.1
.9
42356
42356
47356
.9
.7
.4
Port Susan South
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
48°
48°
48°
03
03
03
.63'
.68'
.73'
122°
122°
122°
21
21
21
.25'
.25'
.24'
28229
28230
28230
.7
.1
.9
42354
42355
42355
.9
.0
.2
Port Susan South
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Northern
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Northern
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
48°
48°
48°
Hood Canal
47°
47°
47°
Hood Canal
47°
47°
47°
04
04
04

49
49
49

50
50
50
.79'
.84'
.88'

.47'
.43'
.40'

.30'
.26'
.20'
122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°
19
19
19

39
39
39

40
40
40
.32'
.36'
.40'

.23'
.28'
.34'

.71'
.82'
.92'
28233
28234
28234

28172
28172
28172

28185
28185
28185
.5
.0
.7

.9
.9
.8

.6
.5
.3
42363
42363
42363

42268
42268
42268

42265
42264
42264
.7
.5
.6

.5
.3
.1

.3
.8
.5
                                                                  140 ft
                                                                  147 ft
                                                                  140 ft
                                                                   65 ft
                                                                   53 ft
                                                                   64 ft
                                                                   53 ft
                                                                   61 ft
                                                                   53 ft
                                                                   51 ft
                                                                   54 ft
                                                                   54 ft
                                                                   52 ft
                                                                   54 ft
                                                                   50 ft
                                                     5/2/88
                                                     5/2/88
                                                     5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    5/2/88
                                                    4/25/88
                                                    4/25/88
                                                    4/25/88
                                                    4/25/88
                                                    4/25/88
                                                    4/25/88
            1930
            1930
            1930
            1824
            1824
            1824
            2120
            2120
            2120
            1300
            1300
            1300
            1235
            1235
            1235

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                                         TABLE 4  (Continued)
Sediment Stations
S-9



S-10W



S-10E



S-11E


S-11W



S-12



Port Madison
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Presidents Point
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Presidents Point
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Sinclair Inlet
Rep 1
Rep 2
Sinclair Inlet
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Shilshole Bay
Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Latitude

47=
47°
47°

47°
47°
47°

47°
47°
47°

47°
47°

47°
47°
47°

47°
47°
47°

43.92'
43.99'
44.06'

46.28'
46.33'
46.39'

46.71'
46.76'
46.79'

33.83'
33.81'

32.77'
32.77'
32.77'

40.55'
40.50'
40.44'
Longitude

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

122°
122°
122°

31.79'
31.76'
31.66'

28.28'
28.27'
28.29'

23.96'
23.94'
23.79'

36.87'
36.73'

39.28'
39.22'
39.14'

24.50'
24.43'
24.38'
Time
Delay

28099.1
28099.5
28099.7

28105.0
28105.2
28105.8

28091.9
28092.3
28092.4

28039.3
38038.5

28040.8
28040.6
28040.4

Loran not
Time
Delay

42281.3
42281.5
42282.0

42296.7
42296.9
42296.9

42310.9
42311.1
42311.0

42274.6
42248.0

42238.4
42238.5
42238.7

accurate
ditto
II

Depth
(MLLW)

128
98
97

62
68
65

68
68
70

66
66

24
25
26

35
34
35

ft
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft

ft
ft

ft
ft
ft

ft
ft
ft
Date

5/3/88
5/3/88
5/3/88

5/3/88
5/3/88
5/3/88

5/3/88
5/3/88
5/3/88

4/21/88
4/21/88

4/22/88
4/22/88
4/22/88

5/4/88
5/4/88
5/4/88
Time

1345
1345
1345

1245
1245
1245

1130
1130
1130

1350
1350

720
725
730

1104
1104
1104
Uncorrected Depth

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      TABLE 5.  LOCATIONS OF THE SEDIMENT STATION FOR THE PESTICIDE
                RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY, JULY 1988
   Site Center
                          Latitude N
                           Longitude W
Snohomish 1
Snohomish 2
Stillaguamish
Dugualla
Skagit 1
Skagit 2
Skagit 3
Skagit 4
Nisqually
Nisqually
1
Sequalitchew Creek
Lake Washington 1
Lake Washington 2
Lake Washington 3
Lake Washington 4
Lake Washington 5
Lake Washington 6
48°
48°
48° 01.88'
47° 59.82'
48° 14.43'
    21.47'
    19.30'
48° 21,45'
48° 18.90'
48° 16.88'
47° 05.60'
47° 05.96'
47° 07.05'
47° 34.82'
47° 38.55'
47° 39.40'
47° 45.35'
47° 45.32'
47° 41.72'
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
123°
123°
123°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
122°
12.20'
08.98'
22.97'
35.57'
22.71'
21.47'
22.68'
22.46'
40.98'
41.61'
39.90'
11.17'
18.53'
17.05'
14.89'
15.06'
16.23'
                                     A.15

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  APPENDIX B





QA/QC APPENDIX

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              TABLE  1.   QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW - CONVENTIQNALS
Grain Size

 1.  Sample collection, preparation, and storage - Acceptable

Samples were collected between 4/28/88 and 5/4/88 using methods recommended
in QA Project Plan and PSEP protocols.
3.

4.
     Recommended Procedure
     surface collection (0-2 cm)
     clean plastic jars
     on ice (4 °C)
     max,, holding time - 6 months

     Detection limits - Acceptable

     Recommended
     0.1%

     Procedural  blanks - Not Required

     Replicate Analysis - Acceptable
Field Replicates

Gig Harbor
                  Gravel
Pt. Angeles
                               Sand
                                              Actual Procedure Used
                                              same
                                              same
                                              same
                                              4 weeks
                                              Actual
                                              0.01%
Silt
Cla\
Sta
Sta
Sta
mean
S.D.
3
3
3


(a)
(b)
(c)


0
0
0
0
0
.05 %
.00
.00
.02
.03
52
50
59
54
4
.68 %
.69
.72
.36
.74
27
28
22
26
3
.49 %
.30
.74
.18
.00
19
21
17
19
1
.79
.01
.55
.45
.75
Sta 4 (a)
Sta 4 (b)
Sta 4 (c)
mean
S.D.
0.74
1.07
1.28
1.03
0.27
12.26
18.96
15.67
15.63
3.35
52.18
43.47
45.07
46.90
4.63
34.82
36.50
37.98
36.43
1.58
                                     B.I

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TABLE 1.  CONTINUED
Laboratory
Sample ID 1
OMEP-113-1
OMEP-113-1
mean
S.D.
Laboratory
Sample ID #
OMEP-113-2
OMEP-113-2
mean
S.D.
OMEP-113-4
OMEP-113-4
mean
S.D.
Procedural Repl
% Gravel
0.16
0.01
0.09
0.11
Procedural Repl
% Gravel
0.01
0.00
0.005
0.007
0.02
0.14
0.08
0.08
icates
% Sand
6.67
6.49
6.58
0.13
icates (Continued)
% Sand
2.47
1.87
2.17
0.42
71.25
70.44
70.84
0.57
% Silt
32.24
46.49
39.36
10.08
% Silt
51.37
41.38
46.37
7.06
15.43
15.30
15.36
0.09
% Clay
60.93
47.01
53.97
9.84
% Clay
46.15
56.75
51.45
7.50
13.30
14.12
13.71
0.58
        B.2

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              TABLE 2.   QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW - CONVENTIONALS
Total Solids

 1.  Sample collection, preparation and storage - Acceptable

Samples were collected between 4/28/88 and 5/4/88 using methods recommended
in QA Project Plan and PSEP protocols.
         Recommended procedure
         surface collection (0-2 cm)
         clean plastic jars
         on ice (4 °C),
         max. holding time - 6 months

 2.  Detection limits - Acceptable

         Recommended
         0.1%

 3.  Procedural blanks - Not Required

 4.  Replicate Analysis - Acceptable

Field Replicates
        Gig Harbor

        Sta 3 (a)
        Sta 3 (b)
        Sta 3 (c)
Pt.  Angeles
        Sta 4 (a)
        Sta 4 (b)
        Sta 4 (c)
% Total Solids

    51.20
    50.16
    55.57
    42.49
    38.42
    40.55
                     Actual procedure used
                     same
                     same
                     same
                     4 weeks
                     Actua}
                     0.01%
Mean

52.31
40.49
S.D.

 2.87
 2.03
Laboratory Procedural  Replicates

        Sample ID #       % Total  Solids
        OMEP-113-1
        OMEP-113-1

        OMEP-113-2
        OMEP-113-2
    31.63
    31.63

    28.22
    28.22
                      Mean
31.63
28.22
S.D.

 0.00
 0.00
                                     B.3

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                     TABLE 2.  CONTINUED
Sample ID #       % Total Solids        Mean        S.D.

OMEP-113-4            58.72             58.72        0.00
OMEP-113-4            58.72
                             B.4

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              TABLE 3.   QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW -  CONVENTIONALS
Total Organic Carbon
 1.  Sample collection, preparation and storage - Acceptable
Samples were collected between 4/28/88 and 5/4/88 using methods recommended
in QA Project Plan and PSEP protocols.
         Recommended procedure                 Actual procedure used
         surface collection (0-2 cm)           same
         clean plastic jars                    same
         frozen                                same
         max. holding time - 6 months          4-5 weeks
 2.  Detection limits - Acceptable
         Recommended                           Actual
         0.1%                                  0.01%
 3.  Procedural blanks - Not Required
 4.  Analysis of Standard Reference Material  (SRM) - Acceptable
        Sample ID         % Total  Carbon        Mean        S.D.
        MESS-1-REP A          2.27              2.36        0.12
                              2.44
        MESS-1-REP B          2.08              2.13        0.06
                              2.17
 5.  Replicate Analysis - Acceptable

Field Replicates
        Gig Harbor        % TOC (dry wt)        Mean        S.D.
                                                1.58        0.10
Sta 3 (a)
Sta 3 (b)
Sta 3 (c)
Pt. Angeles
Sta 4 (a)
Sta 4 (b)
Sta 4 (c)
1.63
1.64
1.46
4.71
5.89
4.95
                                                5.18        0.62
                                     B.5

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TABLE 3.  CONTINUED
Laboratory Procedural
Sample ID #
OMEP-113-1
OMEP-113-1
OMEP-113-10
OMEP-113-10
OMEP-113-20
OMEP-113-20
Replicates
% TOC (dry wt)
3.19
3.14
1.26
1.23
4.94
4.77
Mean
3.16
1.25

4.86
S.D.
0.04
0.02

0.12
        B.6

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Al
Ag
As
Cd
Cr
Cu
Fe
Hg
Mn
Ni
Pb
Sb
Butyltin
In
100.00
0.1
2.0
0.1
10.0
10.0
100.0
0.02
10.0
5.0
2.0
0.5
0.02
10.0
             TABLE 4.   QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW - METALS ANALYSIS
                      AND BUTYLTINS
 1.  Sample collection, preparation and storage - Acceptable

Samples were collected between 4/28/88 and 5/4/88 using methods recommended
in QA Project Plan and PSEP protocols.

         Recommended procedure                 Actual procedure used
         surface collection (0-2 cm)           same
         acid clean plastic jars               same
         frozen                                same
         max, holding time - 6 months          4-8 weeks

 2.  Detection limits - Acceptable

All analyses achieved level of detection required.

  Detection limit required (^g/g)          Detection limit Obtained

                                                        1500
                                                           0.01
                                                           2.1
                                                           0,02
                                                           6.0
                                                           2.4
                                                          30
                                                           0.01
                                                           6.0
                                                           2.1
                                                           2.2
                                                           0.05
                                                           0.002
                                                           2.4

 3.  Procedural  (preparation)  blanks

Procedural  blanks were analyzed where appropriate.

Graphite AA and  Cold Vapor method
(jug/q dry wt)
Rep.
Rep.
Rep.
1
2
3
AS
<0
<0
<0
.01
.01
.01
Cd
0.
0.
0.
04
04
04
Ma
0.
0.
0.
176
170
173
Sb
<0
<0
<0
.07
.07
.07
                                      1.7

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                             TABLE 4.  CONTINUED
ExtractJon-Derivatization for Butyltins
Tri-butyl
tin
24 ng
18
Di -butyl
tin
15.9 ng
9.1
Mono-butyl
tin
33.4 ng
5.4
Rep. 1
Rep. 2

 4.  Analysis of Standard Reference Materials  (SRM's)

Graphite AA or Cold Vapor Method

                              dry wt)
      Standard          Aj          Cd          H^          Sb

      MESS-1-STD
      Rep-1            0.12        0.60        0.176       0.74
      Rep-2            0.10        0.67        0.170       0.69
      Rep-3            0.11        0.69        0.173       0.55

      MESS-1 (cert, none           0.59        0.171       0.74
      values)                      ±0.19       ±0.014      ±0.08

The percent difference between actual recovery and certified values is given
below.  Recovery is required to be within 20%.

                   Percent Difference

Rep 1
Rep 2
Rep 3
Cd
1.69
13.55
16.95
Ma
2.92
0.58
1.17
Sb
0.00
6.76
25.68*
*Recovery is within 20 %  when the S.D. of ±0.08 is considered.


X-ray Fluorescence Method

                    Cone, in ^g/g dry wt (except A1,  Fe given in %)
Standard           AT_     As     CrCuFe     Mn     Ni_   Pb     Zn

NBS 1646 STD
Rep 1              6.24   11.6   76   17   3.44   356   32   28.2   124
Rep 2              6.22   11.2   70   20   3.47   352   36   26.4   120
Rep 3              6.24   11.6   76   17   3.44   356   32   28.2   124
                                     B.8

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                             TABLE 4.  CONTINUED
NBS 1646 Cert.     6.25   11.6   76    18   3.35   375   32   28.2    138
Values             ±0.20  ±1.3   ±3    ±3   ±0.10  ±20   ±3   ±1.8     ±6
Percent difference
Rep
Rep
Rep
1
2
3
0
0
0
.16
.48
.16
0.0
3.4
0.0
0
7
0
5
11
5
2.69
3.58
2.69
5
6
5
0
12
0
0.0
6.4
0.0
10
13
10
Extraction-Derivatization Method for Butyltins

                     Tri-butyl        Di-butyl        Mono-butyl
     Standard           Tin             Tin              Tin
     Sequim-1   (/*g/g as Sn dry wt)
     Rep 1             58.2            <2.9              <2.8
     Rep 2             61.1            <3.0              <3.0

     Sequim-1 (value     30            N.S.              N.S.
     analyzed by
     NOAA)

Surrogate Recovery for Butyl tins

A surrogate, tripropyltin,  was added to each sample at the time of solvent
extraction.  The surrogate recoveries were in the acceptable range of 51% to
110% (Table 12,  page B.21)

 5.  Matrix spikes

Matrix spikes for heavy metals were acceptable (between 70% and 130%) in
samples where digestion procedures were used.  Matrix spike recoveries for
TBT, DBT, and MBT were 94%, 96%, and 36%, respectively.

                            	Concentration in /tg/g	
      Description	      Ag         Cd         Hg         Sb
Dyes Inlet Sta.4
+ Spike Rep-1
+ Spike Rep-2
1.18
2.11
2.21
0.97
6.07
6.32
0.717
1.594
1,657
1.29
10.6
9.27
Spike Concentration          1.0        5.0         1.0       10.0

Percent recovery
Spike Rep-1                  93%       102%         88%        94%
Spike Rep-2                  103        107          94         80


                                     B.9

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                             TABLE 4.  CONTINUED
 6.   Replicate Analysis
Field Replicates
Graphite AA and Col
Gig Harbor

Sta. 3 (a)
Sta. 3 (b)
Sta. 3 (c)
mean
S.D.
Pt. Angeles

Sta. 4 (a)
Sta, 4 (b)
Sta. 4 (c)
mean
S.D.
X-ray Fluorescence
Gig Harbor

Sta. 3 (a) 6
Sta. 3 (b) 6
Sta. 3 (c) 6
mean 6
S.D. 0
Pt. Anqeles
Sta. 4 (a) 6
Sta. 4 (b) 5
Sta. 4 (c) 6
mean 6
S.D. 0
d Vapor Method

Ag
0.41
0.43
0.36
0.40
0.03

Ag
0.12
0.10
0.13
0.12
0.01
Method

Al_ As Cr
.65 9.3 95
.13 9.6 118
.50 8.5 91
.43 9.1 101
.22 0.5 11.9

.47 9.9 86
.59 8.8 89
.48 7.8 82
.18 8.9 86
.42 0.8 2.9


Cd
0.36
0.30
0.31
0.32
0.03

Cd
0.68
0.70
0.59
0.66
0.05


CM E§
48 2.49
52 2.63
47 2.45
49 2.52
2.2 0.077

40 3.49
33 3.11
36 3.20
37 3.27
3.1 0.162


Hg
0.228
0.227
0.184
0.213
0.021

Hg
0.198
0.260
0.213
0.224
0.0264


Mn
410
464
437
437
22.0 1

380
296
323
333
35.0 3

















Mi
31
35
34
33
.6

39
30
33
34
.8


Sb
0.88
0.89
1.02
0.93
0.063

Sb
0.27
0.27
0.34
0.29
0.032


Pb
41.2
34.4
29.7
35.1
4.72

17.7
20.1
19.5
19.1
1.02

















Zn
78
79
74
77
2.3

100
94
93
96
3.4
                                    B.10

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                             TABLE 4.  CONTINUED
Extraction-Derivatization Method
Gig Harbor
                     Tri-butyl        Di-butyl         Mono-butyl
                        Tin             Tin               Tin
Sta. 3 (a)             18.1             9.4               6.7
Sta. 3 (b)             15.3             8.3               5.0
Sta. 3 (c)              7.7             5.3               1.4

mean                   13.7             7.7               4.4
S.D.                    5.4             2.1               2.7

Pt. Angeles

Sta. 4 (a)             19.3             3.8              <1.2
Sta. 4 (b)             17.0             3.9               2.9
Sta. 4 (c)             16.1             5.4               2.7

Pt. Angeles (Continued)

mean                   17.5             4.4               2.3
S.D.                    1.7             0.9               0.9
                                     B.ll

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                TABLE 5.   QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW - GUAIACOLS
 1.  Sample collection, preparation and storage - Acceptable

Samples were collected on 4/26/88 using methods recommended in the QA
Project Plan.

         Recommended procedure                 Actual procedure used
         surface collection (0-2 cm)           same
         acid clean glass                      same
         frozen                                same
         recommended holding time -            6-8 weeks
           2 months

 2,  Detection limits - Acceptable

All analyses achieved level of detection requested - 20 ^9/Kg dry wt.

 3.  Procedural (preparation)  blanks

One methods blank was extracted and analyzed as requested.  No target
compounds were detected.

 4.  Matrix spikes - Acceptable (/*g added to sample)

                             Spike          MS             %
Compound                     Added        Result        Recovery

Guaiacol                     20 ^9         14.1 A»g        70.5
3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol      20            20.0          100.0
4,5,6-tnehloroguaiacol      20            20.6          103.0
tetrachloroguaiacol          20            18.5           92.5

 5.  Surrogate Recoveries - Acceptable (50 fig added to sample)

                             Target        Target          %
Compound/Sample              Added        Recovered     Recovery
                              (MO)          (MO)
4-Bromo-2-chlorophenol
Sample II                     50.0          47.7          95.4
Sample 12                     50.0          37.5          75.0
Sample #3                     50.0          49.4          98.8
Sample #4              .       50.0          41.4          82.8
Sample #5                     50.0          47.8          95.6
Sample #6                     50.0          51.2         102.3
                                     B.12

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           TABLE 6.  QUALITY ASSURANCE  REVIEW  -  ORGANICS  ANALYSIS
                     QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW - METALS ANALYSIS
 1.  Sample collection,  preparation and storage - Acceptable

Samples were collected between 4/28/88 and 5/4/88 using methods recommended
in QA Project Plan and PSEP protocols.
         Recommended procedure
         surface collection (0-2 cm)
         glass with teflon lined lid
         frozen (-20 °C),
         max, holding time - 2 months

 2.  Detection limits - Acceptable
Actual procedure used
same
same
same
2 months
All analyses achieved level  of detection required.

Level  of detection (/*g/Kg)                      Required
          Phenols
          phenol
          2-methylphenol
          4-methylphenol
          2,4-dimethylphenol
          pentachlorophenol

          Aromatic Hydrocarbons
          naphthalene
          2-methylnaphthalene
          acenaphthylene
          fluorene
          phenanthrene
          anthracene
          fluoranthene
          pyrene
          benzo(a)anthracene
          chrysene
          benzof1uoranthenes
          benzo(a)pyrene
          indeno(l,2,3-c,d)pyrene
          dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
          benzo(g,h,i)perylene

          Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
          1,2-dichlorobenzene
          1,3-dichlorobenzene
          1,4-dichlorobenzene
          1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
   200
   200
   200
   200
   200
   200
   200
   200
   200
   100
   100
   100
   100
   100
   100
   100
   100
   200
   200
   200
   100
   100
   100
   100
                Achieved
 75
 75
 73
 83
210
 51
 52
 45
 44
 46
 46
 46
 49
 52
 53
 41
 41
 43
 44
 44
 51
 52
 52
 53
                                    B.13

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                             TABLE 6.  CONTINUED
          hexachlorobenzene (HCB)                 100              71
          hexachlorobutadiene                     100              53

          Phthalates
          bis(2-ethy1hexyl)phtha1ate              100              52

          Pesticides
          p,p'-DDE                                  2               0.5
          p,p'-DDD                                  2               0.5
          p.p'-DDT                                  2               0.5
          aldrin                                    2               0.5
          dieldrin                                  2               0.5
          chlordane                                10               0.5
          heptachlor                                2               0.5
          gamma-HCH (lindane)                        2               0.5
          Total  PCBs                               10               8

 3.  Procedural  (preparation)  blanks - Acceptable

As requested,  2 procedural  blanks were run.  For all compounds listed above
the results were ND (not detectable) (page B.15).

 4.  Matrix spikes, acceptable except for DDT and dieldrin (pages B.18 and
     B.19).

 5.  Surrogate Recoveries (pages B.20 and B.21),

 6,  Replicate Analysis, acceptable (pages C.4 and C.5).
                                     1.14

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        TABLE 7.  BASE/NEUTRAL PROCEDURAL BLANK RESULTS
                                   FV-18                  FV-20
Base/Neutral Analytes
naphthalene
2-methyl naphthalene
acenaphthylene
fluorene
pyrene
benzo( a) anthracene
chrysene
benzofluroanthene
benzo(a)pyrene
indeno(l, 2, 3-c,d) pyrene
dibenzo(a,HOanthracene
benzo(g,H,i)perylene
1,2-dichlorobenzene
1 ,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
hexachlorobenzene
hexachlorobutadiene
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
Acid Analytes
phenol
2-methyl phenol
4-methyl phenol
2,4-dimethylphenol
pentachlorophenol
Pesticide/PCB Analytes
p.p'-DDE
p,p'-DDT
p,p'-DDT
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Chlordane
Heptachlor
Gamma-BHC
Total PCB
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39

< 78
< 78
< 78
< 78
< 78

< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39
< 39

< 78
< 78
< 78
< 78
< 78

< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
< 0.3
                             B.15

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TABLE 8.  BASE/NEUTRAL INSTRUMENT DETECTION LIMITS (IDL)
Base/Neutral Analytes                       IDL  (ng)
naphthalene                                 3.8
2-methylnaphthalene                         3.9
acenaphthylene                              3.4
fluorene                                    3.3
pyrene                                      3.7
benzo(a)anthracene                          3.9
chrysene                                    4.0
benzofluroanthene                           3.1
benzo(a)pyrene                              3.1
indeno(l,2,3-c,d)pyrene                     3.2
dibenzo(a,h)anthracene                      3.3
benzo(g,h,i)perylene                        3.3
1,2-dichlorobenzene                         3.8
1,3-dichlorobenzene                         3.9
1,4-dichlorobenzene                         3.9
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene                      4.0
hexachlorobenzene                           5.3
hexachlorobutadiene                         4.0
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate                  3.9

Acid Analytes

phenol                                      5.6
2-methylphenol                              5.6
4-methylphenol                              5.5
2,4-dimethylphenol                          6.2
pentachlorophenol                          15.5

Pesticide/PCB Analytes

p,p'-DDE                                 0.0037
p.p'-DDT                                 0.0037
p,p'-DDT                                 0.0037
Aldrin                                   0.0037
Dieldrin                                 0.0037
Chlordane                                0.0037
Heptachlor                               0.0037
Gamma-BHC                                0.0037
Total PCB   '                             0.0675
                          B.16

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TABLE 9.  SEDIMENT SAMPLE EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS DATES
ANALYSIS
Sample
DI-5
DI-6
GH-1
GH-2
GH-5
GH-6
DI-3
DI-4
OH-3
OH-4
PAH-3
PAH-4, Rep. 1
GH-3, Rep. 2
GH-3, Rep. 3
OH-5
OH-6
PAH-4, Rep. 2
PAH-4, Rep. 3
OH-1
OH-2
PAH-5
PAH-6
GH-3
GH-4
PAH-1
PAH-2
DI-1
DI-2
113-8-MS-l
113-8-MSD-l
Extraction
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/21/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
6/24/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
GC/EC
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/08/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
7/06/88
7/07/88
7/07/88
7/07/88
7/07/88
7/08/88
7/09/88
7/09/88
7/13/88
7/11/88
7/11/88
7/12/88
7/12/88
7/12/88
7/12/88
7/12/88
7/12/88
GC/MS
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/13/88
7/14/88
7/14/88
7/14/88
7/14/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/19/88
7/12/88
7/13/88
                         B.17

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          TABLE 10.   BASE/NEUTRAL AND ACID MATRIX SPIKE RECOVERIES FOR SEDIMENTS
DO
O3
Amount in
Analyte Unspiked Sample Spike
Ug) (113-8) Level (|»g)
phenol
2-methyl phenol
4-methyl phenol
2,4-dimethylphenol
pentachlorophenol
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
1 ,2-dichlorobenzene
1 ,2,4-trichlorobenzene
naphthalene
hexachlorobutadiene
2-methylnaphalene
acenaphthylene
fluorene
hexachlorobenzene
phenanthrene
anthracene
f luoranthene
pyrene
benzo(a) anthracene
bis(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate
chrysene
benzo(b)f luoranthene
benzo(k)f luoranthene
benzo(a)pyrene
indeno(l ,2.3-cd)pyrene
d i benz( a, h) anthracene
benzo(g,h, i)perylene
ND
ND
0.178
ND
ND
ND
0.054
ND
ND
1.14
ND
0.481
1.23
0.531
ND
2.32
1.62
4.57
5.92
3.19
2.86

4.15
3.29
2.59
3.45
2.33
0.656
2.72
46.56
43.36
120.32
50.37
122.88
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
39.94
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
51.78

40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32
40.32

Matrix
Spike
113-8MS1
35.4
36.6
83.0
43.5
118.4
29.1
29.2
30.4
36.5
38.5
37.4
20.7
49.5
43.0
42.5
46.5
45.7
56.9
53.8
45.3
70.2

47.4
39.6
44.5
42.2
38.8
46.3
44.8

Percent
Recovery
76%
84%
69%
86%
96%
72%
72%
75%
90%
95%
93%
52%
123%
107%
105%
115%
113%
141%
133%
112%
136%

118%
98%
110%
105%
96%
115%
111%
Recovery
Matrix Spike
Duplicate
113-8MSD
42.1
43.2
96.4
48.7
137.8
32.8
33.2
35.5
42.0
42.9
40.5
23.4
58.7
48.2
45.7
52.2
53.3
61.9
58.7
51.7
69.1

53.0
52.5
40.4
45.1
44.7
51.2
48.4

Percent
Recovery
90%
100%
80%
97%
112%
81%
82%
88%
104%
106%
100%
59%
146%
120%
113%
130%
132%
154%
146%
128%
133%

131%
130%
100%
112%
111%
127%
120%

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03




in
                                                  TABLE 10.  CONTINUED



                                 PESTICIDE MATRIX AND MATRIX SPIKE DUPLICATE RECOVERIES
Recovery

Analyte

p,p'-DDT
p.p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Chlordane
Heptachlor
Lindane
Amount in
Unspiked Sample
(ng) (113-8)
ND
2.63
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND

Spike
Level (ng)
195.7
198
197.2
197.1
197.1
197.2
198
197.4
Matrix
Spike
113-8MS1
73.88
149.3
195.4
125.4
81.4
157.1
224.5
279.6

Percent
Recovery
37.8
75.3
99.1
63.6
41.3
79.7
113.4
141.7
Matrix Spike
Duplicate
113-8MSD
65.3
115.3
151.2
108.7
66.4
122.4
105.7
216.4

Percent
Recovery
33.4
58.2
76.7
55.2
33.7
62.1
53.4
109.6

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TABLE 11.  ACID AND BASE/NEUTRAL SURROGATE RECOVERY FOR SEDIMENTS
r "imn 1 r*
Ouitlp i c
ID A
DI-5 31
DI-6 5
6H-1 41
GH-2 34
GH-5 14
GH-6 34
DI-3 28
DI-4 39
OH-3 24
OH-4 26
PAH-3 30
PAH-4, Rep. 1 53
GH-3, Rep. 2 60
GH-3, Rep. 3 48
OH-5 34
OH-6 83
PAH-4, Rep. 2 57
PAH-4, Rep. 3 82
OH-1 63
OH-2 52
PAH-5 47
PAH-6 45
GH-3 42
GH-4 40
PAH-1 49
PAH-2 45
DI-1 38
DI-2 41
113-8-MS-l 54
113-8-MSD-l 64
(a) Percent recovery of
A. 2-fluorophenol
B. phenol-d6
C. 2,4,6-triburomophenol
D. 2-fluorobiphenyl
E. nitrobenzene-d5
F. 4-terpheny1-dl4.
Percent Recovery(a)

B
43
25
89
61
39
60
65
77
53
60
51
69
79
71
55
98
77
108
86
78
76
75
67
76
71
90
68
68
66
78
the following







C
92
48
97
60
5
4
77
110
71
91
79
92
79
79
83
7
5
7
79
83
82
87
65
82
73
123
95
90
96
98
surrogates







D
128
109
139
115
111
104
127
135
117
110
97
113
110
98
105
110
94
118
125
111
108
110
110
124
117
121
115
122
98
106
*







E
104
54
134
92
78
71
109
123
99
84
63
80
79
72
81
106
84
117
114
90
89
82
86
96
90
138
115
117
78
83








F
92
82
96
97
97
87
88
94
93
88
89
101
96
106
111
106
98
116
109
109
128
143
111
121
104
101
99
109
125
133







                        B.20

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TABLE 12.  SURROGATE RECOVERIES FOR PESTICIDE/PCB AND BUTYLTINS
Sample
ID
DI-5
DI-6
GH-1
GH-2
GH-5
GH-6
DI-3
DI-4
OH-3
OH-4
PAH-3
PAH-4, Rep. 1
GH-3, Rep. 2
GH-3, Rep. 3
OH-5
OH-6
PAH-4, Rep. 2
PAH-4, Rep. 3
OH-1
OH-2
PAH-5
PAH-6
GH-3
GH-4
PAH-1
PAH-2
DI-1
DI-2
113-8-MS-l
113-8-MSD-l
Percent Recovery
DBOFB
25
14
11
13
52
14
14
10
25
21
27
20
15
12
26
11
18
23
18
14
14
86
14
17
15
14
11
15
94
81
Percent Recovery
Tripropyltin
63
101
51
99
52
90
110
80
64
62
98
65
80
59
82
63
76
80
73
64
79
60
73
80
52
84
110
80
67
63

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           TABLE 13.  DETECTION LIMITS, PROCEDURAL BLANKS, BLANKS,
                      SPIKE BLANK MATRIX AND MATRIX SPIKE DUPLICATE
                      RECOVERIES FOR PESTICIDE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY
Detection Limit
Pesticides (M9/kg dry wt)
Atrazine
Butyl ate
Diazinon(a)
Disulfoton
Ethyl Parathion
Methyl Parathion
Phorate
Prometon
Pronamide
Simazine
Trif lural in
Vernolate,,\
Chlordanew
Chlorpyrifos
Dicatnba
Dichobenil
2,4-D
Fenvalerate
Lindane
Pentachlorophenol
1
1.59
__
2.99
1.61
2.59
1.32
1.3
4.82
2.41
2.21
1.41
55
2.13
0.02
1.44
0.06
13.2
2.09
0.01
Procedural Blanks (ng)
No. 1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
No. 2
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
Spike Blank
Recovery %
76
41
--
46
152
87
15 Q
91
52
85
61
41

141
43
65
55
99
71
19 Q
(a)  Diazinon and disulfoton co-elute.  The detection limit and recovery were
     only determined for disulfoton.

(b)  Chlordane was not added because it causes interferences with other
     compounds.

ND = Not Detected at reported detection limit, column 2.

Q  = Qualified as unreliable data because of low spike blank and matrix
     recoveries.
                                    B.22

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                             TABLE 13, CONTINUED
Pesticide
Atrazine
Butylate / v
Diazinon/Disulfoton*1 '
Ethyl Parathion
Methyl Parathion
Phorate
Prometon(b)
Pronamide
Simazine(b)
Triflural in
Vernolate
Chlordane(c)
Chlorpyrifos(b)
Dicamba
Dichobenil
2,4-D
Fenvalerate
Lindane
Pentachlorophenol
Surrogates
DMNB (d)
DBOFB(e)
2,4DCPA(f)
Matrix BKGD
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND

ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND

57
92
110
% Recovery
Matrix SPK
59
109
101
158
140
125

27 Q
--
108
100

--
25 Q
38
20 Q
20 Q
79
2 Q

48
103
68
Matrix SPK DUP
57
106
96
153
135
119

19 Q

106
95

--
33 Q
50
46 Q
23 Q
81
2 Q

43
107
53
(a)  Diazinon and disulfoton co-elute.  The detection limit and recovery
     were only determined for disulfoton.
(b)  Matrix interference precluded accurate quantification,
(c)  Chlordane was not added because it causes interferences with other
     compounds.
(d)  1,3 dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene.
(e)  4,4 dibromo-octafluorobiphenyl.
(f)  2,4 dichlorophenylacetic acid.
Q =  Qualified as unreliable data because of low matrix recoveries.
                                     B.23

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             TABLE 14.   RECOVERY OF SURROGATE  COMPOUNDS  ADDED  TO
                        SEDIMENT SAMPLES  AT  TIME  OF  EXTRACTION
Sample No.
L. Wash. 1
L. Wash. 2
L. Wash. 3
L. Wash. 4
L. Wash. 5
L. Wash. 6
Stillaguamish
Nisqually 1
Nisqually 2
Snohomish 1
Snohomish 2
Dugualla Bay
Skagit 1
Skagit 2
Skagit 3
Skagit 4
Sequalitchew
Spike Blank
Procedural Blank 1
Procedural Blank 2

1,3 dimethyl -2-
nitrobenzene
50
22
62
37
38
34
41
10
36
37
30
33
34
22
26
32
15
45
49
96
% Recovery
4,4-dibromoocta-
fluorobiphenyl
23
29
38
31
69
81
53
45
70
75
47
57
84
62
108
187
40
72
52
55

2,4 dichloro-
phenyl acetic acid(a)
87
149
220
189
102
115
214
243
514
298
320
216
382
136
453
412
194
76
90
__
(a)  Recovery  of  this  surrogate was  high  in  field  samples,  not  in  spike  blank
    or  procedural  blank,  because  of co-eluting  peak.
                                    B.24

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ro
en
               TABLE 15.  CONCENTRATIONS, NG/G  (PPB) WET WEIGHT, OF  CHLORINATED
                          ANALYTES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE SAHPLES  (REFERENCE TISSUE)
                          FOR EPA 1988 PUGET SOUND FISH MUSCLE SAMPLES(a),(b),(c),(d)
Mussel II
Sanple Number 63-11
hexachlorobenzene 13
lindane(gaiwa-BHC) 98
heptachlor 5
aldrin1^ 4
alpha-chlordane 7
dieldrinlfj 5
p,p'-DOE 2
p,p'-DDO 21
p,p'-ODT 4
trichlorobipheny Is 11
tetrachlorobiphenyls 82
pentachlorobiphenyls 200
hexachlorobiphenyls 110
heptachlorobiphenyls 22
octachlorobiphenyls 0.8
nonachlorobiphenyls <0.1
decachlorobiphenyls <0.1
SIM of PCBS 430
% recovery of surrogate
standards:
4,4'-dibrouooctaf luoro- 95
bipheny 1
1,2,3-tribromobenzene 100
sample weight, g 3.03
% dry weight 16.1
Mussel II
63-28
13
100
5
4
7
4
2
19
4
11
99
200
95
18
1
<0.1
<0.1
420


110

120
2.97
14.6
(a) The concentrations of the analytes were calculated using 4
as the internal standard.
(b) The 'less than1 symbol (<) indicates that the
above the stated value.

analyte was

(c) Concentrations and initial identifications were determined
(GC) with electron capture detection ECD.


n
39
39
39
31
39
30
37
39
36
39
39
39
39
39
18
4
-
39


37

-
-
-
Mussel II
*
9
170
3
3
4
3
1
15
2
11
51
140
64
13
1
1
-
280


91

-
-
-

RSD(JE)
38
110
3S
63
35
45
74
31
46
63
53
33
37
44
40
61
-
36


18

-
-
-
,4'-dibromooctaf luorobiphenyl



not detected in concentrations



using gas chromatography



(d) The percent recoveries of the surrogate standards were calculated using tetrachloro-
i-xylene as the GC internal standard.
(e) Aldrin coelutes within unknown compound. The
the stated value.




concentration would not be higher than

(f) Dieldrin coelutes with a pentachlorobiphenyl isomer. The
in a peak were estimated by analyzing selected
samples on

percentage of each
GC/MS.

analyte





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              TABLE 16.   PERCENT RECOVERIES OF CHLORINATED ANALYTES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE  SAMPLES
                        (MATRIX SPIKES) FOR EPA 1988 PUGET SOUND FISH LIVER SAMPLES(a),(b)
rv>
CTv

ng/g
spiked
hexachlorobenzene
lindane (gamma-BHC)
heptachlor
aldrin
alpha-chlordane
dieldrin
p,p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
p.p'-DDT
trichlorobiphenyl (128)
tetrachlorobiphenyl (#52)
pentachlorobiphenyl (1101)
hexachlorobiphenyl (#153)
heptachlorobiphenyl (#170)
octachlorobiphenyl (1195)
nonachlorobiphenyl (#206)
decachlorobiphenyl (#209)
% recovery of surrogate
standards:
4,4' -dibromooctaf luorobiphenyl
1,2,3-tribromobenzene
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
30
33


33
24
(a) Percent recoveries were determined
(b) Percent recoveries of analytes
as the GC internal standard.
(c) Amount spiked is based on 3 g
(d) Percent recovery could not be
and

wet
Quartermaster Harbor
(c) 63'97
x ' % recovery
87
100
120
140
97
120
(d)
94
130
110
110
61
100
92
100
100
100


95
94
using gas chromatography (GC) with
the surrogate standards were calcul

tissue sample.
Quartermaster Harbor
63-98
% recovery
87
100
120
140
110
130
(d)
110
140
110
150
71
160
110
110
120
110


99
100
electron capture detection ECD.
ated using tetrachloro-m-xylene


determined due to an interfering peak.

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        TABLE 17.  CONCENTRATIONS, NG/G (PPB) WET WEIGHT, OF CHLORINATED
                   ANALYTES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLES (METHOD BLANKS)
                   FOR EPA 1988 PUGET SOUND FISH MUSCLE SAMPLES W* (b),(c)
Sample Number
Blank
63-12
Blank
63-27
  hexachlorobenzene                                0.2                   < 0.2
  lindane (gamma-BHC)                                 1                     0.9
  heptachlor                                       0.8                   < 0.3
  aldrin(d)                                         < 1                   < 0.3
  alpha-chlordane                                  0.1                   < 0.2
  dieldrin(e)                                       0.1                   < 0.2
  p,p'-DDE                                         0.2                   < 0.2
  p,p'-DDD                                         0.2                   < 0.3
  p,p'-DDT                                       < 0.1                   < 0.3
  trichlorobiphenyls                                  3                       3
  tetrachlorobiphenyls                               5                       9
  pentachlorobiphenyls                               8                       8
  hexachlorobiphenyls                                 6                       2
  heptachlorobiphenyls                               1                     0.2
  octaehlorobiphenyls                            < 0.08                   < 0.2
  nonachlorobiphenyls                            < 0.08                   < 0.1
  decachlorobiphenyls                             < 0.1                   < 0.2

  Sum of PCBs                                        23                      22

  % recovery of surrogate
  standards:
  4,4'-dibromooctafluorobiphenyl                     96                     100
  1,2,3-tribromobenzene                            110                     120
(a)   Concentrations  and  initial  identifications  were determined using gas
     chromatography  (GC)  with  electron  capture detection ECD.

(b)   The "less  than"  symbol  (<)  indicates  that the analyte was not detected
     in  concentrations  above the stated value.

(c)   The concentrations  of analytes  and the percent recoveries of the surrogate
     standards  were  calculated using tetrachloro-m-xylene as the GC internal
     standard.

(d)   Aldrin  coelutes  with an unknown compound.  The concentration would not be
     higher  than  the  stated  value.
(e)   Dieldrin coelutes  with  a  pentachlorobiphenyl  isomer.  The percentage of
     each analyte in  a  peak  were estimated by analyzing selected samples on
     GC/MS.
                                      B.27

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        TABLE 18.   SCREENING LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS,  NG/G (PPB) WET HEIGHT,
                   OF CHLORINATED ANALYTES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLES
                   (METHOD BLANKS) FOR EPA 1988 PUGET SOUND FISH LIVER
                   SAMPLESW, (b)
                                                 Blank                   Blank
  Sample Number	63-27	63-100


  hexachlorobenzene                                < 5                     < 5
  lindane (gamma-BHC)                               < 5                     < 5
  heptachlor                                       < 5                     < 5
  aldrin                                           < 5                     < 5
  alpha-chlordane                                  < 5                     < 5
  dieldrin                                         < 5                     < 5
  p,p'-DDE                                         < 5                     < 5
  p.p'-DDD                                         < 5                     < 5
  p,p'-DDT                                         < 5                     < 5
            (r}
  total  PCBs^  ;                                   < 40                    < 40

  % recovery of surrogate
  standards:
  4,4'-dibromooctafluorobiphenyl                    100                      80
  1,2,3-tribromobenzene                            120                      82
(a)   Concentration  ranges were agreed upon prior to analysis.   Concentrations
     were calculated  based on  average response factors of standards.  The range
     of concentrations  of pesticides (< 5,  low;  5 to 25,  mid range;  > 25, high)
     and PCBs (< 40,  low;  40 to 200, mid range;  201-2000, high)  were calculated
     using tetrachloro-m-xylene as the GC internal  standard.

(b)   The percent recoveries of the surrogate standards were calculated using
     tetrachloro-m-xylene as the GC internal standard.

(c)   The dichlorobiphenyls were not included among  the total PCBs.
                                      B.28

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TABLE 19.  RATIO OF GC RESPONSE OF CHLORINATED ANALYTES  TO RESPONSE OF GC  INTERNAL
           STANDARD TETRACHLORO-M-XYLENE
Compound Level 1
hexachlorobenzene
lindane (gamma-BHC)
heptachlor
aldrin
alpha-chlordane
dieldrin
p.p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
p,p'-DDT
trichlorobiphenyl (#28)
tetrachlorobiphenyl (#52)
pentachlorobiphenyl (#101)
hexachlorobiphenyl (#153)
heptachlorobiphenyl (#170)
octaehlorobiphenyl (#195)
nonachlorobiphenyl (#206)
decachlorobiphenyl (#209)
4,4' -dibromooctaf luorobiphenyl
tribromobenzene
0.32
0.62
0.47
0.46
0.44
0.57
0.45
0.70
0.66
0.78
1.02
0.73
0.50
0.29
0.26
0.24
0.27
0.50
0.62
2
0.42
0.53
0.53
0.58
0.46
0.53
0.45
0.65
0.60
1.11
1.63
0.98
0.67
0.37
0.32
0.32
0.39
0.59
0.68
3
0.46
0.55
0.57
0.60
0.48
0.54
0.46
0.65
0.58
1.27
1.84
1.07
0.72
0.38
0.33
0.33
0.41
0.65
0.75
4
0.55
0.59
0.64
0.67
0.54
0.60
0.52
0.72
0.62
1.57
2.32
1.32
0.88
0.45
0.40
0.39
0.50
0.76
0.88
5
0.65
0.67
0.74
0.76
0.63
0.67
0.60
0.76
0.70
1.91
2.83
1.58
1.04
0.53
0.47
0.46
0.58
0.87
1.00
X
0.48
0.59
0.59
0.61
0.51
0.58
0.50
0.69
0.63
1.33
1.92
1.14
0.76
0.41
0.36
0.35
0.43
0.67
0.79
RSD(%)
26
9
17
18
15
10
13
7
7
33
36
29
27
22
23
24
27
22
20

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TABLE 20.  QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR FLUORESCENT AROMATIC COMPOUNDS IN BILE
Compound        Area
               Mean
               Std. Deviation
                    RSD
BaP
NPH
107534
105318
106968
106029
110062

 19980
 21010
 22347
 22129
 22146
107182
 21522
1821
1.70
1010
4.69
                                  B.30

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TABLE 21.  QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR FLUORESCENT AROMATIC COMPOUNDS IN BILE
                          BaP (ng/g)                  NPH (ng/g)
 Bile pool                    670                       110,000
                             620	100,000

 Count for Bile pool:           2                             2
 Average for Bile pool;       645                       105,000
 Standard Deviation for        35                         7,071
   Bile pool:

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TABLE 22.  QUALITY ASSURANCE DATA FOR TISSUES |*g/g, DRY HT
Referenet Materials
NBS 11586 (Oyster tissue)
Mean found
±STD
n
Certified
¥alue ± TL
NBS |1577a (Bovine liver)
Mean found
±STD
n
Certified
value ± TL
DORM - 1 (Dogfish ituscle)
Mean found
±STD
n
Certified
value ± IL
OQLT-1 CDogfish Hv*r)
Mean found
±STD
n
Certified
value ± TL
TORT-1 (Lobster hepatopancreas)
Mean found
±STO
n
Certified
value ± TL
Co

56.8
4.2
2
63
3.5

N.A.
-
_
158
7

4.88
0.6S
4
5.22
0,33

21,3
1.1
3
20.8
1.2

459.7
-
1
439
22
Zn

973
5
2
852
14

133
3
3
123
8

17.3
2.S
3
21.3
1

95.9
0,9
4
92.5
2.3

185
6
4
177
10
Cd

3.07
0.25
2
3.5
0.4

0.35
0.086
3
0.44
0.08

N.A.
-
-
0.08B
0.012

3.54
D.12
4
4.18
0,28

N.A.
.
-
26.3
2.1
Ag

0.71
0.09
2
0.69
0.09

0.04
0,04
3
0.04
0.01

0.2
0.1
4
N.A.
-

0.81
0.08
4
N.A.
-

2.67
1.34
4
N.A.
-
Ni

0.79
.
1
1.03
0.04

Q.9S
0.19
3
N.A.
-

1.2
0.13
4
1.2
0.3

0.32
0.06
4
0.26
0.06

2.7S
0.83
4
2,3
0.3
Pb

0.63
0.13
2
0.48
0.27

0.16
D.07
3
0,14
0,02

0.32
0,05
4
0.4
0.12

1.4
0.5
4
1.36
0.29

10.5
3.6
4
10.4
2
Cr

0.59
0.01
2
0.69
0.27

0.65
0.11
3
N.A.
-

2.7
0.3
4
3.6
0.4

0.69
0.09
4
0.4
0.07

2.29
0.81
4
2.4
o.«
Sb

2
0.04
2
N.A,
-

2
1.3
3
N.A.
-

2.6
0.9
4
N.A.
-

2.2
0.5
4
N.A.
.

4,3
0.3
4
N.A.
_
As

16
1
2
13.4
1.9

N.A.
-
-
0.047
0.006

13
2
4
17.7
2.1

14
1
4
10.1
1.4

24.8
4
4
24.6
2.2
Kg

N.A.
-
-
0.057
0.015

<0.02
-
-
0.004
0.002

0.9
0.24
7
0.798
0.074

0.3
0.06
2
0.225
0.037

0.22
0.02
2
0.33
0,06

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              STATEMENT BY NOAA-NMFS ON THE QA/QC FOR METALS IN
                         EPA PUGET SOUND FISH TISSUE
     The quality assurance program for trace metals analyses follows the
"WORK/QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN for the National Status and Trends
Program's Benthic Surveillance Study of Long Island Sound prepared by NOAA
(National Ocean Service, Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment, Ocean
Assessment Division, Rockville, MD) for the US Environmental Protection
Agency Regions I and II Long Island Sound Project", dated March 15, 1987,
     The CRMs used in rotation of analyses included National Bureau of
Standard's, Standard Reference Materials 11566 Oyster Tissue and I1577a
Bovine Liver, the National Research Council of Canada's (NRCC) Certified
Reference Materials DORM-1 Dogfish Muscle, DOLT-1 Dogfish Liver, and TORT-1
Lobster Hepato- pancreas, and US EPA Trace Metals in Fish-Water Pollution
Quality Control Sample (Table 2).  Not all CRMs were certified for all
elements and no CRM was certified for antimony; the Sb values reported are
the best estimate based on a continuing NOAA National Status and Trends
network of 6 NOAA and contractor labs working in conjunction with the NBS and
NRCC,
                                    B,33

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 APPENDIX C
DATA APPENDIX

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TABLE 1.  DETAILED RESULTS FOR SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE AND % MOISTURE IN
           SEDIMENTS COLLECTED FOR THE PUGET SOUND WATER QUALITY
Grave I («5 (phi)
Station
Repl icite
(-2
-1
0
Sand(b) (phi)
1
2
3
4
MudW
>4
I
Moisture

S-l
S-l
S-2
S-2
S-2
S-3E
S-31
S-4E
S-4E
S-4E
S-4E
S-4f
S-4I
S-4*
S-5
S-5
S-5
S-6
S-6
S-7E
S-7E
S-7E
S-7W
S-7I
S-7I
S-8E
S-8E
S-BE
S-8W
S-8I
S-8*
S-9
S-9
S-9
S-10E
S-1DE
S-1DE
S-1DW
S-101
S-l 01
S-lOf
S-11E
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
2*
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
3
1
2
3
I
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
3*
1

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                                        TABLE  1.   (Continued)
Grave I (») (phi)
Station
Repl icato
<-2
-1
0
Sand(b) (phi)
1
2
3
4
Uud(c)
>4
I
Moisture

S-11E
S-11E
S-11I
S-lli
S-llf
S-12
S-12
S-12
S-12
Poverty
Poverty
2
2*
1
2
3
1
2
2*
3
Bay 1
Bay 1*
63.14
53.90
0.18
2.31
<0.22
6.22
3.47
2.41
0.47
0.40
0.45
2.77
3.31
D.96
1.26
0.88
0.44
1.47
0.70
0.38
1.81
1.51
3.27
4.89
0.39
0.84
0.22
0.59
1.05
0.80
0.47
1.81
1.89
9.17
6.12
5.02
1.89
2.87
0.44
1.79
1.11
0.47
2.81
3.21
12.83
13.38
5.98
5.88
6.40
1.92
14.32
3.32
1.42
10.64
10.76
S.S5
6.32
2.70
3.15
3.76
33.48
24.42
23.54
12.63
5.62
6.04
1.69
1.78
6.76
8.40
5.74
26.52
38.74
26.24
42.83
10.84
11.32
1.58
10.30
78.01
76.27
60.26
30.39
14.74
41.91
41.33
86.07
62.83
18.12
18.12
71.68
72.32
73.82
37.69
41.44
41.44
41.89
64.46
64.46
*   Duplicate of replicate.
(a)  Gravel:  >2 mm, coarser than 0 phi.
(b)  Sand:  0.063 - 2 urn, 0 to 4 phi,
(c)  Mud or silt plus clay:  <0.063 mm, finer than 4 phi.
                                                  C.2

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                 TABLE  2.   ORGANIC  COMPOUNDS  IN  PUGET SOUND SEDIMENTS
                                               DYES INLET
Compound
Phenol
2-iethyl phenol
4-»ethy 1 pheno 1
2 , 4-d iiethy 1 pheno 1
pentachlorophenol
1,3-dichlorobefUine
1 , 4-d i ch 1 orobenzene
1,2-dichlorobenzene
1 , 2, 4-trichl orobenzene
Naphthalene
Hexieh 1 o robytsd i ene
2-isethy Inaphalene
Acenaphthy 1 ene
Fluorene
Hexachi orobenzene
Pheninthrene
Anthracene
Fluoranthene
Pyrene
Benzo [a] anthracene
b is [2-ethy 1 hexy 1 ] phtha I ate
Chrysene
Benzo [b] f 1 uoranthene
Benzo [k] f i uoranthene
Benzo[a]pyrene
Indeno [1 , 2 , 3-cd] py rene
Di benz [a , hjanthracene
6enze[g,h, i]perytene
p,p'-DDT
P,p'-OD£
p,p'-DDO
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Chlordane
Heptachlor
Lindane
Total PCB

Sta. 1
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
22
nd
8
29
13
nd
50
44
166
199
106
239
183
146
93
105
86
15
93
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
, nd
o.e a

Sta, 2
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
13
nd
6
34
8
nd
43
50
159
239
114
50
146
72
81
88
SB
20
72
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
rid
nd
6.0 Q
M/kB
Sta. 3
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
25
nd
12
28
13
nd
43
32
119
142
63
131
103
68
79
67
60
16
73
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
1.7 «
dry »t
Sta. 4
nd
nd
12
nd
nd
nd
4
nd
nd
78
nd
33
87
31
nd
158
111
312
404
218
we
284
225
17?
235
1S9
46
186
nd
0.5 |
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
7.S |

Sta. S
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
33
nd
14
35
16
nd
81
64
175
234
90
111
118
111
101
93
94
14
126
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
no
nd
4,5 Q

Sta. 8
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
32
nd
nd
26
nd
nd
76
40
153
222
104
1S3
124
131
122
129
123
nd
161
nd
0.7 |
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
9.0 8
nd =  Not detected at the detection limit (Appendix 8, Table 6),  Detection limits for base/neytrals *ere usually
     in the range of 41 to 83 £sg/kg.  For pesticides and  PCBs the detection limits *ere 0.5 and 8,  respectively.

5  ~  Hyalified as ynreliable because  of  lo* surrogate recoveries.
                                                  C.3

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                                         TABLE  2,  CONTINUED
                                                 GIG HARBOR

Phenol
2-iethy 1 phenol
4 -methyl phenol
2 , 4-d i methyl phenol
pentachlorophenol
1 ,3-d i ch 1 orobenzene
1 , 4-d ieh lorobeniene
1,2-dichl orobenzene
1,2, 4-trichl orobenzene
Naphthalene
Hexach 1 orobutad iene
2-iethy Inaphalene
Acenaphthy lene
Fluorene
Hexach 1 orobenzene
Phenanthrene
Anthracene
Fluoranthene
Pyrene
Benzo [a] anthracene
b is [2-ethy 1 hexy 1 ] phtha 1 ate
Chrysene
Benzo [b] f iuoranthene
Benzo [k] f 1 uoranthene
Benzo[a]pyrene
Indeno [1,2, 3-cd] py rene
Di benz [a , h] anth racene
Benzo [g,h, i]perylene
p.p'-DDT
p,p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Chlordane
Heptachlor
Lindane
Total PCB

Sta. 1
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
11
nd
nd
40
nd
21
138
71
nd
411
373
753
756
365
544
444
207
222
227
126
34
137
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
4.0 H

Sta. 2
nd
nd
4
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
26
nd
9
80
32
nd
265
110
488
545
212
293
347
223
151
195
142
nd
161
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
5.0 Q

Sta, 3
Rep. 1
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
42
nd
14
173
41
nd
418
213
854
970
420
99
625
801
432
338
446
138
446
nd
0.4 d
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
18.8 5
U
Sta. 3
Rep. 2
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
40
nd
14
145
61
nd
445
213
830
976
369
122
576
288
329
325
219
77
242
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
17.8
g/kg dry wt
Sta. 3
Rep. 3
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
53
nd
11
140
87
nd
586
256
1266
1475
577
123
723
415
406
551
317
90
343
nd
0.7 Q.
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
R 40.2 Q

Sta. 4
nd
6
47
18
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
251
nd
99
1550
955
nd
4389
2216
5518
6698
5270
93
3709
51D4
850
3629
2198
703
2253
nd
0.7 5
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
18.5 5

Sta. 5
nd
nd
B
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
57
nd
18
199
79
nd
487
281
1107
1293
467
202
710
449
276
418
254
nd
297
nd
1.3 q
1.5 5
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
97.3 5

Sta. 6
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
22
nd
9
59
20
nd
151
69
360
408
153
96
249
142
128
149
IDS
nd
121
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
6.0 Q
nd =  Not detected at the  detection  Unit (Appendix  B, Table 6).  Detection  limits for base/neutrals were usually
     in the range of 41 to  83 £ig/kg.  For pesticides  and PCBs the detection  limits were 0,5 and  8, respectively.

Q  =  Qualified as unreliable because of low surrogate recoveries.

                                                     C.4

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                                         TABLE 2.    CONTINUED
                                             PORT ANGELES  HARBOR
^jg/kg dry wt

Phenol
2-i«thy 1 phenol
4-»ethy I phenol
2,4-diaethylphenol
pentaehlorophenol
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1 , 4-d i eh 1 orobenzene
1 , 2-d i ch 1 orobenzene
1, 2, 4-t rich I orobenzene
Naphthalene
Hexaeh i orobutad i ene
2-methylnaphalene
Acenaphthylene
Fluorene
Hexachlorobenzent
Phenanthrene
Anthracene
f luoranthene
Pyrene
Benzo [a] anthracene
b i s [2-ethy 1 hexy i J phtha late
Chrysene
Benzo[b]f luoranthene
Benzo[k]f looranthene
Benzo[a]pyrene
!ndeno[l,2,3-ed]pyrene
Dibenz [a, h] anthracene
Benzo[g,h, IJpery lene
p.p'-DOT
p.p'-DDE
p,p'-DDD
Aldrin
Dieidrin
Chlordane
Heptaehlor
Lindane
Total PCB
Sta. 1
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
75
nd
35
12
14
nd
61
13
37
40
14
22
27
IS
8
10
3
nd
7
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
n«J
nc
nd
nd
Sta, 2
nd
nd
19
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
360
nd
51
71
34
nd
186
62
267
237
66
50
106
43
39
29
15
3
25
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
rid
i.o q
Rep. 3
nd
nd
8
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
407
nd
62
125
103
nd
453
242
710
S70
224
99
380
228
115
141
77
34
100
nd
nd
4,9 q
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
5,4 q
Sta. 4
Rep. 1
nd
nd
16
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
441
nd
75
168
148
nd
527
267
709
B09
301
96
529
461
522
226
115
S2
114
nd
nd
0.9 q
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
7.1 5
Sta. 4
Rep. 2
nd
nd
131
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
940
nd
100
267
134
nd
506
264
778
662
236
135
448
350
403
144
85
28
1D3
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
3.6 q
Sta. 4
Rep. 3
nd
nd
52
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
680
nd
100
181
119
nd
429
237
586
599
208
133
381
326
nd
148
76
nd
78
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
9.2 Q
Sta. S
nd
nd
146
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
314
nd
87
477
94
nd
298
193
545
721
175
155
389
201
61
109
57
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
8.4 [}
Sta. 8
nd
nd
240
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
518
nd
160
112
120
nd
381
202
798
7S8
287
234
648
296
16S
1S7
79
nd
119
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd = Not detected at the detection  limit (Appendix  B, Table 6).  Detection  I Suits fop base/neutrals  were usually
     in the range of 41 to 83 ^g/kg.  For pesticides and PCBs the detection  limits were 0.5 and 8,  respectively.

5  = Qualified as unreliable because of to* surrogate recoveries.

                                                     C.5

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                                         TABLE  2.    CONTINUED
                                                 OAK HARBOR
Compound
Phenol
2-methy I phenol
4-nethyl phenol
2,4-dimethylphenol
pentachlorophenol
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1 , 4-d i ch 1 orobenzene
1,2-dichl orobenzene
1, 2 ,4-trichl orobenzene
Naphthalene
Hexach 1 orobutad tene
2-methy Inaphalene
Acenaphthylene
Fluorene
Hexaehlorobsnzene
Phenanthrene
Anthracene
F luoranthene
Pyrene
Benzo [a] anth racene
b is [2-ethy 1 hexy 1 ] phtha 1 ate
Chrysene
Benzo[b]f luoranthene
Benzo [k]f luoranthene
Benzo[a]pyrene
Indeno[l,2,3-cd]pyrene
Di benz [a , h] anthracene
Benzo[g,h, ijperylene
p,p'-DDT
P.p'-DDE
p.p'-DDD
A 1 d r i n
Dieldr'rn
Chlordane
Heptachlor
Lindane
Total PCB

Sta. 1
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
10
nd
5
2
nd
nd
16
nd
nd
27
13
61
17
11
8
6
5
nd
8
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
, nd
nd
nd

Sta. 2
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
17
nd
3
4
5
nd
18
8
36
31
13
49
22
15
11
10
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
w/kg
Sta. 3
nd
nd
12
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
11
nd
5
5
S
nd
20
13
62
54
22
71
37
26
16
15
10
nd
13
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
dry wt
Sta. 4
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
15
nd
4
4
7
nd
20
13
61
57
22
76
37
27
21
17
8
nd
9
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
8.8 Q

Sta. B
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
15
nd
nd
6
9
nd
32
21
93
81
31
67
43
55
nd
21
13
nd
17
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
6.1 H

Sta. 8
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
22
nd
4
nd
6
nd
21
ID
37
37
17
37
21
14
13
9
nd
nd
6
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd = Not  detected at the detection  limit (Appendix  B, Table 6),  Detection  limits for base/neutrals were usually
     in the range of 41 to  83 ^g/kg.  For pesticides and PCBs the detection  limits were 0.5 and  8, respectively.

5  = Qualified as unreliable because of low surrogate recoveries.
                                                     C.6

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TABLE 3.  CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS IN SEDIMENTS OF FOUR NON-URBAN BAYS
          AND OTHER AREAS OF PUGET SOUND THAT ARE USED FOR COMPARISON
Station I.D,
Dyes






Gig





Port





Oak







Elli












Inlet
Sta. 2
Sta, 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Harbor
Sta. 3 *
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Angeles
Sta. 3
Sta. 4 *
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
ott Bay
SS-01
SS-03
SS-04
SS-05 *
SS-06
SS-07
SS-08
SS-09
SS-10
SS-11
SS-12
MEAN
Ag

0.5
0.4
1.2
0.9
1.0
0.8

0.4
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.5

0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.1
2.7
3.0
5.9
4.7
5.9
2.0
2.0
2.2
4.3
5.0
3.4
As

8.9
9.9
17.7
18.8
19.3
14.9

9.1
12.1
15.4
6.9
10.9

11.2
8.9
14.8
12.2
11.8

8.6
9.0
11.1
10.5
10.4
7.5
9.5

3.9
584.0
28.5
23.8
35.2
37.9
23.4
81.0
27.7
34.4
15.9
81.4
Cd

1.1
0.7
1.0
1.4
1.1
1.0

0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
0.7
1.8
4.6
1.9

0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.6
0,5
0.6

0.2
7.2
2.8
3.0
3.7
2.2
2.0
17.2
1.9
2.6
2.3
4.1
Cu

51.0
43.5
89.6
72.4
81.2
67.5

49.0
68.9
61.9
37.1
54.2

42.2
36.5
47.8
54.6
45.3

34.2
39.9
43.3
47.3
48.1
32.1
40.8

46.5
1040.0
226.0
185.0
214.0
525.0
138.0
350.0
187.0
175.0
112.0
290.8
Hg

0.4
0.3
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.6

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3

0.3
0.2
0.5
1.3
0.6

0.3
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.9
1.9
1.7
1.9
2.1
1.7
3.9
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.6
Pb

46.6
34.5
79.2
57.4
74.0
58.3

35.1
58.4
41.1
27.1
40.4

25.1
19.1
27.1
37.2
27.1

21.4
21.4
15.3
13.7
15.1
12.1
16.5

21.9
646.0
395.0
316.0
306.0
445.0
282.0
71100.0
293.0
299.0
194.0
6754.4
Zn

100.3
92.8
168.4
142,8
149.7
130.8

77.1
92.7
91.1
63.4
81.1

104.0
95.6
162.9
482.0
211.1

92.2
95.9
98.5
111.8
94.6
74.1
94.5

65.3
4830.0
371.0
321.0
422.0
344.0
244.0
6010.0
348.0
281.0
201.0
1221.6
                                        C.7

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                                   TABLE 3, CONTINUED
Station I.D.
Commencement Bay
CI-11
CI-12
CI-13
CI-14
CI-15
CI-16
CI-17
CI-18
CI-19
CI-20
CI-21
CI-22
MEAN
Ag

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
As

21.0
25.0
30.0
33,0
33,0
20.0
28.0
30.0
28.0
29.0
11.0
8.0
24.7
Cd

4.7
6.2
6.7
6.5
6.9
5.7
5.8
6.5
5.0
5.1
2.7
1.5
5.3
Cu

155.0
203.0
185.0
176,0
188.0
158.0
168.0
166.0
156.0
158.0
71.0
40.0
152.0
Hg

0.5
0.5
1.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.4
Pb

725.0
595.0
450.0
388.0
453.0
240.0
300.0
291.0
204.0
211.0
88.0
49.0
332.8
Zn

325.0
282.0
247.0
234.0
270.0
254.0
227.0
236.0
164,0
165.0
72.0
44.0
210.0
Everett Harbor
     MEAN

Sinclair Inlet
     B-6 S-6
     B-6 S-7
     B-6 S-8
     B-6 S-14
     B-6 S-17
     B-6 S-18
     B-6 S-19
     B-6 S-20
     MEAN
0.24(a)   7.9
  2.9
  2.0
  1.8
  0.1
  1.5
  1.5
  1.0
  2,5
  1.7
Puget Sound Main Basin
     MEAN             0.6
 9.0
67.0
14.0
14.0
39.0
15.0
25.0
14.0
24.6
         10.3
          1.5
3.6
1.1
0.9
1.2
1.8
1.2
2.3
2.0
1.8
          0.4
         97.0
205.0
807.0
231.0
299.0
240.0
170.0
293.0
198.0
305.4
         39.0
          0.3
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.6
0.7
0.7
2.1
1.6
1.3
          0.2
         57.0
132.0
233.0
151.0
175.0
194.0
131.0
360.0
163.0
192.4
         40.0
 *   Mean of three field replicates.

(a)  Mean of six stations:  E-l-T, E-2-T, E-6-T, E-ll-T*, E-16-T*,  E-19-T.

                                         C.8
           245.0
330.0
873.0
311.0
272.0
328.0
227.0
343.0
235.0
364.9
           105.0
Pre-1900
MEAN
Sequin Bay
B-3 S-14
B-3 S-17
B-3 S-18
B-3 S-20
MEAN

0.04

0.2
0.1
o.r
0.1
0.1

6.0

5.6
7.3
6.9
6.9
6.7

0.4

0.9
0.9
1.1
0.9
1.0

23.0

43.0
48.0
48.0
44.0
45.8

0.04

0.04
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.06

5.6

6.8
9.0
8.5
9.0
8.3

80.0

76.0
88.0
85.0
83.0
83.0

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                              TABLE 4.  ORGANIC CHEMICALS
Station I.D.
                         Total PAH
Total PCB
Total DDT
Tri Butyl Tin
Dyes Inlet
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Gig Harbor
Sta. 3 *
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Port Angeles
Sta. 3
Sta. 4 *
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Oak Harbor
Sta. 1
Sta. 2
Sta. 3
Sta. 4
Sta. 5
Sta. 6
MEAN
Elliott Bay
SS-01
SS-03
SS-04
SS-05 *
SS-06
SS-07
SS-08
SS-09

1358
943
2748
1399
1443
1578

6272
45392
6392
2148
15051

4071
4886
3721
4798
4369

128
193
314
322
437
217
269

2258
21690
46800
36690
98700
53970
3773300
115810

6.0
4.0
7.9
4.5
9.0
6.3

25.6
18.5
97.3
6.0
36.8

5.4
6.6
8.4
0.0
5.1

0.0
0.0
0.0
8.8
6.1
0.0
2.5

380
570
1600
590
570
460
2400
3300

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.2

0.4
0.6
3.1
0.0
1.0

4.8
0.7
0.0
0.0
1.4

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

16
58
270
31
48
33
137
200

60.0
57.0
60.0
50.0
57.0
56.8

53.0
50.0
45.0
40.0
47.0

76.0
72.0
79.0
100.0
81.8

100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
70.0
100.0
45.0

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
                                           C.9

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TABLE 4, CONTINUED
Station 1.0.
SS-10
SS-11
SS-12
MEAN
Commencement Bay
CI-01
CI-02
CI-03
CI-11
CI-12
CI-13
CI-14
CI-15
CI-16, ,
CI-17(a)
CI-18
CI-19
CI-20
CI-21
CI-22
HEAN
Everett Harbor
MEAN
Sinclair Inlet
B-6 S-5
B-6 S-7
B-6 S-8
B-6 S-14
B-6 S-l?
B-6 S-18
B-6 S-19
• B-6 S-20
MEAN
Puget Sound Main Basin
MEAN
Pre 1900
MEAN
Total PAH
lig/kg
52690
33560
22910
387125

22080
24210
12460
13480
20080
8970
6249
17061
6990
10963
7380
5770
6397
22730
13110
13195

54000

2450
11580
3130
4530
4420
3937
1060
31220
7791

4000

300
Total PCS
^g/kg
790
260
220
1013

232
208
94
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
178

400,0

1253
588
646
1672
830
480
700
740
864

100

0.1
Total DDT
/*g/kg
45
35
32
82

40
< 10
< 10
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
20

20.0

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.

2

< .1
Tri Butyl Tin
^g/kg
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A,
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.

N.A.

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.

N.A.

N.A.
     C.10

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                                      TABLE 4, CONTINUED
                         Total PAH        Total PCB        Total  DDT       Tri  Butyl  Tin
Station I.D.               ^g/kg            ^9/kg            M9/k9             M9/k9
Sequim Bay
B-3 S-14
B-3 S-17
B-3 S-18
B-3 S-20
MEAN

< 100
< 100
< 100
< 100
< 100

< 40
< 40
< 40
< 40
< 40

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.

N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
 *   Mean of three field replicates,
(a)  Mean of two field replicates.
NA = Not Analyzed.
                                            C.ll

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                             TABLE 4.  CONTINUED
Sources of Data Used for Comparison of Contaminants in Four
Non-urban Bays with Other Areas of Puget Sound

Pre-1900
Puget Sound Main Basin

     Reconnaissance Survey of Eight Bays in Puget^Jiound VpJ. J:
          Metals p_ |89(                                     -
     AnalysisofSediments_andSoilsfor_Chemica1 Contamination for the
     Design of US Navy_Hojmg.pp_rt_Facility at East Waterway of Everett Harbor,
     WA, March 1985:
          PCB, DDT, PAH, p. 28,

Everett Harbor

     Anajjsis of Sedigents_and Soilsfor Chemical Contamination for the
     Design of US Navy Homeport Facj1 ftyat East Waterway of Everett Harbor,
     WA, March 1985.
          Ag  Table A4, p. A8-9.
          Other Metals from Table 8, p. 29.
          PCB, DDT, PAH, p. 28.

Commencement Bay

     Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tjdeflats Remedial Investigation Vol. Ill;
          Metflls p> jV_5 throughiv-n, Appendix I-VA.
          PCB p. V-19.
          DDT p. V-17.
          PAH p. V-45-48, V-51 for stations CI-11 through CI-22.
          PAH p. V-5-? for stations CI-1, 2, 3.

Sinclair Inlet

     Reconnaissance Survey of Eight Bays in Puget Sound Vol. II:
          PCB Table B 26.
          PAH Table B 23-24.
          Metals p. B-13.

Elliott Bay

     ElliottBayActionProgram:   Analysis, of Toxic Problem Areas, April
     1988:
          Hetals p. A-4, -8,  -12.
          PCB p. A-61, -62.
          DDT p. A-58, -59.
          PAH p. A-28, -29, -31,  -32, -34,  -35.
                                       C.12

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      TABLE 5.  PUGET SOUND RECONNAISSANCE (MAY/JUNE 1988)
                TOXICITY TEST INFORMATION
                           ANCILLARY AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT
Sample Number
 Sediment Weight (g)
of 2-cm Layer Tested(a)
Interstitial Water
Salinity (o/oo) 0>)
DI-5
DI-6
6H-1
GH-2
6H-5
6H-6
DI-3
01-4
OH-3
OH-4
PAH -3
PAH-4, Rep. 1
GH-3, Rep. 2
GH-3, Rep. 3
OH-5
OH-6
OH-1
OH-2
PAH -5
PAH -6
GH-3, Rep, 1
GH-4
PAH-1
PAH-2
DI-1
DI-2
West Beach (Control)
Povery Bay (Control)
117
209
263
269
211
254
208
189
230
243
230
239
238
226
234
232
238
236
231
230
239
224
285
286
270
216
326
201
27
28
28
29
28
28
28
27
26
25
31
31
28
28
25
22
28
26
31
31
29
28
31
31
28
27
28
30
(a)   The weight  of  sediment  needed  to form a sediment layer approximately
     2 cm deep was  determined  in the first of the five treatment replicates.
     This sediment  weight was  then  added  to each  of the four remaining replicates,

(b)   Salinity  recorded  to the  nearest part per thousand (o/oo)  using an American
     Optical  refractometer having 2 o/oo  scale divisions.
                                          C.13

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               TABLE 6.  RESPONSES OF THE MARINE AMPHIPQD, RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS. TO SEDIMENTS
                          COLLECTED IN CONJUNCTION HITH THE PUGET SOUND RECONNAISSANCE AND TEST
                          4/28 - 5/8/88.
o
Amphipod Responses
Sampling
Station


West Beach
Control



DI-5




DI-6




GH-1




GH-Z


Replicate
Number
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
7/10-Day*
Amphipod
Emergence
16
1
8 x = 9.4
3 Sx « 5.1
13
3
0
0 x = 4.2
13 Sx = 5.4
5
4
0
1 x = 1.6
3 Sx = 1.8
0
6
5
11 x = 8.0
11 Sx = 2.8
7
1
4
8 x = 4.4
1 Sx = 3.5
8
10-Day Amphipod Survival
No. of Survivors
16
18
18 x = 17.0
16 Sx - 1.0
17
16
16
19 x = 16.6
15 Sx - 1.5
17
12
14
15 x = 14.2
12 Sx =2.5
18
19
19
14 x = 16.8
14 Sx = 2.6
18
19
17
16 x = 16.8
13 Sx = 2.5
19
Survivors Not
Mean % Reburying
0
0
85.0 0
0
0
0
0
83.0 0
0
0
0
0
71.0 0
0
0
0
1
84.0 0
0
0
0
1
84.0 0
0
0

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                                            TABLE 6.   (Continued)
o
Sampling
Station


GH-5




GH-6




DI-3




DI-4




GH-3, Rep. 2


Replicate
Number
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
I
2
3
4
5

7/10-Day*
Amph i pod Responses
10-Day Amphipod Survival
Amph i pod
Emergence No. of Survivors Mean %
4
0
5 x - 3,0
2 Sx = 2.0
4
1
2
2 x = 3,4
5 Sx = 2.5
7
1
6
3 x = 4.6
4 Sx = 3.0
9
1
1
1 x = 1.0
2 Sx = 0.7
0
7
9
4 x = 4.4
1 Sx - 3.6
1
18
19
16
17
18
18
16
20
16
19
17
18
12
16
15
14
18
18
9
12
17
12
17
14
19


x = 17,6 88.0
Sx = 1.1



x = 17.8 89.0
Sx = 1.8



x = 15.6 78.0
Sx = 2.3



x = 14.2 71.0
Sx = 3.9



x = 15.8 79.0
Sx = 2.8

Survivors Not
Reburying
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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                                               TABLE  6.   (Continued)
Amphipod Responses
7/ 10-Day* 10-Day Amphipod Survival
Sampling
Station
Replicate
Number
Amphipod
Emergence No. of Survivors
Survivors Not
Mean % Reburying
    GH-3,  Rep.  3
o
    GH-3,  Rep.  1
    GH-4
    DI-1
    DI-2
1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4
5
13
 2 _
 8 x = 7.8
14 Sx = 5.8
 2

10
 8 _
 3 x = 6.4
 4 Sx = 2.9
 7
 6 x = 6.0
15 Sx = 5.4
 3

 1
 5 _
 2 x = 3.8
 2 Sx = 3.3
 9

 1
 8 _
 1 x * 3.0
 1 Sx = 3.1
 4
16
17 _
18 x = 16.4
16 Sx = 1.1
15
17
19
19
14
14
                         x = 16.6
                         Sx = 2.5
                      14
                      20 _
                      20 x = 17.4
                      15 Sx = 2.8
                      18

                      14
                      19 _
                      15 x = 16.4
                      18 Sx = 2.1
                      16

                      19
                      18 _
                      17 x = 18.0
                      17 Sx = 1.0
                      19
                                           82.0
83.0
                     87.0
                     82.0
                     90.0
0
0
0
0
0

0
1
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

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                                               TABLE 6.  (Continued)
Amphipod Responses

Sampling
Station

Poverty Bay
Control



Replicate
Number
1
2
3
4
5
7/10-Day*
Amphipod
Emergence
7
8
0 x = 4.2
0 Sx = 3.9
6
10-Day Atnphipod Survival

No. of Survivors
15
17
18 x = 16.0
17 Sx = 2.0
13
Survivors Not
Mean % Reburying
0
0
80.0 0
0
0
       Seven observations made over the 10-day period,
o

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               TABLE 7.   SELECTED HATER  QUALITY  CHARACTERISTICS  MEASURED AT THE BEGINNING (DAY 0)
                          AND END (DAY 10)  OF  THE AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT TESTS CONDUCTED 4/28 - 5/8/88.
00
Sampling
Station
West Beach
Control
DI-5
DI-6
GH-1
GH-2
GH-5
GH-6
DI-3
DI-4
GH-3, Rep. 2
GH-3, Rep. 3
GH-3, Rep. 1
GH-4
DI-1
DI-2
Poverty Bay
Control

pH
8.02
7.97
7.95
7.95
8.00
7.93
8.06
8.00
7.92
8.01
8.04
8.01
7.98
7.98
7.93
7.98

DO
(mg/L)
6.9
6.8
6,9
7.1
6.7
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.7
6.5
7.0
6.7
6.8
6.8
6.7
6.8
Day 0
Temperature
14.7
14.9
14.8
14.9
15.2
14.9
14.7
14.6
15.2
14.7
14.6
14.9
14.9
14.8
15.2
14.8

Salinity
(V00)
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28

pH
7.85
7.75
7.84
7.86
7.92
7.84
7.87
7.95
7.87
7.95
7.88
7.98
8.01
7.92
7.96
7.99

DO
(mg/L)
7.4
7.6
7.4
7.6
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.8
7.8
7.8
7.7
7.8
7.8
Day 10
Temperature
15.0
15.2
15.0
15.1
15.1
15.1
15.1
15.0
15.2
15.1
15.2
15.2
15.1
15.1
15.1
15.2

Salinity
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28

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       TABLE 8.  OBSERVATIONS OF AMPHIPQD EHERSENCE DURING AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT TESTS 4/28 -  5/8/88
o





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                                                 TABLE 8.  (Continued)
r-o
o
No. of
(Floating^
Treatment


GH-5




GH-6




DI-3




DI-4




GH-3, Rep. 2


Replicate
No. I
. 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Amphipods
Swimming,
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Out of Sediment
or On Sediment Surface)
Days
56789
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
1
1
0
1 ...
0
1
o
0
o
0
J, *™ "™ """
o
1
0
2
2
1 ...
o
o
0
o ...
3
1
0
o
0
10
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
Total
Emergence
4
0
5
2
4
1
2
2
5
7
1
6
3
4
9
1
1
1
2
0
?
9
4
1
1
7/10-Day*
Treatment
Summary


X
Sx



_
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



= .5 * U
= 2.0



= 3.4
= 2.5



= 4.6
= 3.0



« 1.0
= 0.7



= 4.4
=3.6


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TABLE 8.  (Continued)
No. of
(Floating,
Treatment


GH-3, Rep. 3




GH-3, Rep. 1




GH-4




DI-1




DI-2


Replicate
No. 1
- 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
3
2
0
2
3
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
Amphipods
Swimming,
4
3
0
1
3
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Out of Sediment
or On Sediment Surface)
Days
56789
3
1
1
4
0
2
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
5
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
1
3 ...
0
1
3
o
1
2
o
1
2
o
0 - - -
o
2
0
o
1 - - -
1
o
1
1
1
0
o
1
10
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
Total
Emergence
13
2
8
14
2
10
8
3
4
1
5
I
5
15
3
1
5
2
2
9
I
&
1
1
4
7/10-Day*
Treatment
Summary


X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



= 7.8
= 5.8



= 6.4
= 2.9



= 6.0
- 5.4



= 3.8
= 3.3



= 3.0
= 3.1


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                                              TABLE 8.   (Continued)
No. of
(Floatingj
Replicate
Treatment

Poverty Bay
Control


No.
- 1
2
3
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0

2
1
0
0
0
0
Amphipods
Swimming,
Out of Sediment
or On Sediment Surface)
Days
3
I
3
0
0
2
4
2
2
0
0
0
5
1
2
0
0
2
6789
1 ...
I
o ...
0
2 - - -

10
1
0
0
0
0
7/10-Day*
Total Treatment
Emergence Summary
7
8
0 x = 4.2
0 Sx = 3.9
§
o
    *   Seven observations made over the ten day exposure period.

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TABLE 9.   RESPONSES OF THE MARINE  AMPHIPOD, RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS.  TO  SEDIMENTS  COLLECTED
           IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  PUGET  SOUND  RECONNAISSANCE AND TESTED  5/6-16/88
Sampling Replicate
Station Number
1
2
West Beach 3
Control 4
5
1
o 2
*rx» OH-3 3
w 4
5
1
2
OH-4 3
4
5
1
2
PAH-3 3
4
5
1
2
PAH-4, Rep. 1 3
4
5

10 -Day
Amphipod
Emergence
0
0
0 x = O.Q
Q Sx = 0.0
0
0
1
0 x = 0.2
0 Sx = 0.4
0
0
0
0 x = 0.0
0 Sx = 0.0
0
1
0
C x = 0.4
1 Sx = 0.5
0
0
0
0 x = 0,0
0 Sx = 0.0
0
Amphipod Responses
10-Day Amphipod Survival
No. of Survivors Mean %
20
20
20 x = 20.0 100.0
20 Sx = 0.0
20
18
18
15 x * 17.6 88.0
18 Sx = 1.5
19
19
15
18 x = 17.4 87.0
19 Sx = 1.8
15
18
17
17 x = 17.8 89.0
17 Sx = 1.3
20
20
17
19 x = 19.2 96.0
20 Sx = 1.3
20

Survivors Not
Reburying
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

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TABLE 9.  (Continued)
Sampling Replicate
Station Number
. 1
2
OH-5 3
4
5
1
2
p QH-6 3
1^5 4
5
1
2
OH-1 3
4
5
1
2
OH-2 3
4
5
1
2
PAH-5 3
4
5

10-Day
Amphipod
Emergence
2
0
0 x = 0.4
0 Sx * 0.9
0
1
3
4 x = 1.6
0 Sx = 1.8
0
0
3
1 x « 1.2
0 Sx = 1.3
2
0
0
0 x * 0.4
2 Sx =0.9
0
3
0
1 x = 1.2
2 Sx = 1.3
0
Amphipod Responses
10-Day Amphipod Survival
No. of Survivors Mean %
19
19
14 x = 17,2 86.0
16 Sx = 2.2
18
19
19
19 x = 19.2 96.0
19 Sx = 0.45
20
18
17
14 x = 16.6 83.0
18 Sx = 1.7
16
19
14
18 x = 17.4 87.0
16 Sx = 2.4
20
19
20
19 x = 19.0 95.0
17 Sx =1.2
20

Survivors Not
Reburying
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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                                                    TABLE 9.  (Continued)
o
ro
in
Sampling
Station


PAH-6




PAH-1




PAH- 2


Replicate
Number
. 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5

10-Day
Amp hi pod
Emergence
16
1
4 x = 5.4
4 Sx = 6.1
2
0
1
1 x = 1.0
3 Sx - 1.2
0
6
0
0 x = 2,0
3 Sx = 2.5
1
Amphipod Responses
10-Day Amphipod Survival
No. of Survivors Mean %
19
20
19 x = 19.4 97.0
19 Sx = 0.6
20
20
19
20 x = 19.8 99.0
20 Sx = 0.5
20
20
20
20 x = 19.8 99.0
20 Sx = 0.5
19

Survivors Not
Reburying
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

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TABLE 10.  SELECTED WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS MEASURED AT THE BEGINNING (DAY 0)
           AND END (DAY 10) OF THE AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT TESTS CONDUCTED 5/6-16/88
Sampling
Station
West Beach
Control
OH-3
OH-4
PAH-3
PAH-4
OH-5
OH-6
OH-1
OH-2
PAH -5
PAH-6
PAH-1
PAH -2

pH
7.87
7.97
7.96
7.89
7.94
7.86
7.87
7.94
7-89
7.91
7.94
7.93
7.98

DO
(mg/L)
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.5
8.4
8.4
8.5
8.5
8.4
8.5
8.4
8.5
8.4
Day 0
Temperature
14.4
14.6
14.7
14.8
14.5
14.7
14.5
14.6
14.8
14.8
14.5
14.6
14.6

Salinity
27
28
27
28
28
27
27
28
27
28
28
28
2?

pH
7.90
8.18
8.16
7.95
8.26
8.14
8.17
8.24
7.96
8.34
8.34
7.96
8.27

DO
(mg/L)
7.7
8.0
8.1
8.2
7.9
8.0
8.2
8.2
7.9
8.1
7.8
8.1
8.3
Day 10
Temperature
15.1
15.5
15.4
15.3
15.2
15.4
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.5
15.5
15.4
15.3

Salinity
28
28
28
28
28
28
26
28
28
28
28
28
28

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         TABLE 11.  OBSERVATIONS OF AMPHIPOD EMERGENCE DURING AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT TESTS 5/6-16/88
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ro
•"•4
No. of
(Floating,
Treatment


West Beach
Control



OH-3




OH-4




PAH-3




PAH-4


Replicate
No. 1
. 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amphipods
Swimming,
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Out
or On
Days
B 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
of Sediment
Sediment Surface)
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Emergence
0
0
0
0
0
0
I
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
10-Day
Treatment
2 Sumtary


X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



= 0.0
= 0.0



= 0.2
= 0,4



* 0.0
= 0.0



= 0.4
= 0.5



= 0.0
= 0.0


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                                              TABLE  11,   (Continued)
o
as
No. of
(Floating,
Treatment


OH-5




OH-6




OH-1




OH-2




PAH-5


Replicate
No. 1
. 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
i
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amphipods
Swimming,
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Out
or On
Days
5 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
of Sediment
Sediment Surface)
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
10-Day
Total Treatment
Emergence Sunraary
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
2
0


X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



X
Sx



= 0.4
= 0.9



= 1.6
= 1.8



= 1.2
= 1.3



= 0.4
= 0.9



= 1.2
= 1.3


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TABLE 11.  (Continyed)
Replicate
Treatment No.
- 1
2
PAH-6 3
4
5
1
2
" PAH-1 3
rv> „
*~o 4
1
2
PAH-2 3
4
5
No. of
(Floating,
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
Amphipods Out
Swimming, or On
4
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Days
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
of Sediment
Sediment Surface)
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
8
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
4
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Emergence
16
1
4
4
2
0
1
1
3
6
0
0
3
1
10-Day
Treatment
Summary


x = 5.4
Sx = 6.1



x = 1.0
Sx = 1,2


x = 2.0
Sx = 2.5


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            TABLE 12.  RESPONSES OF THE MARINE AMPHIPQD,  RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS. TO SEDIMENTS COLLECTED
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o
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PU6ET SOUND RECONNAISSANCE AND RE-TESTED 5/12-22/88
Amphipod Responses

Sampling
Station


West Beach
Control


DI-6


DI-3


DI-4


GH-3, Rep. 2


DI-2


Poverty Bay
Control


Replicate
Number
- 1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
10-Day
Amphipod
Emergence
0
0
0 x = 0.0
0 Sx = 0.0
0
0
2 x = 0.7
0 Sx = 1.2
2
0 x = 0,7
0 Sx = 1.2
0
3 x = 1.0
0 Sx « 1.7
16
0 x = 5.3
0 Sx = 9.2
0
0 x = 0.0
0 Sx = 0.0
2
1 x » 1.3
1 Sx = 1.0
2
10-Day Amphipod Survival

No. of Survivors
20
20
20 x = 20.0
20 Sx = 0.0
20
17
17 x = 17.0
17 Sx - 0.0
20
20 x = 19.7
19 Sx = 0.6
15
14 x = 16.0
19 Sx = 2,7
17
20 x = 19.0
20 Sx = 1.7
17
17 x = 17.3
18 Sx = 0.6
19
20 x = 18.5
16 Sx = 1.7
19
Survivors Not
Mean % Reburying
0
0
100.0 0
0
0
0
85.0 0
0
0
98.5 0
0
0
80.0 0
0
0
95.0 0
0
0
86.5 0
0
0
92.5 0
0
0

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TABLE 13.  SELECTED WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS MEASURED AT THE BEGINNING (DAY 0)
           AND END (PAY 10) OF THE AMPHIPOD-SEDIMENT TESTS CONDUCTED 5/12-22/88
Sampling
Station
West Beach
Control
DI-6
DI-3
DI-4
o
£ GH-3, Rep. 2
DI-2
Poverty Bay
Control

pH
7.91
7.91
7.97
7.98
7.97
7.98
7.94

DO
(mg/L)
7.5
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.6
Day 0
Temperature
15.4
15.4
15.3
15.1
15.2
15.2
15.3

Salinity
(V00)
27
27
27
27
27
27
27

PH
7.85
7.84
7.86
7.84
7.84
7.86
7.87

DO
(mg/L)
7.3
7.3
7.4
7.6
7.5
7.5
7.6
Day 10
Temperature
15.1
15.1
15.1
15.0
15.0
15.1
15.0

Salinity
28
28
28
28
28
28
28

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                 TABLE 14.  Observations of Amphipod Emergence During Amphi pod-Sediment Tests 5/12-22/88
CO
Treatment


West Beach
Control



DI-6


DI-3


DI-4


GH-3, Rep. 2

01-2



Poverty Bay
Control
Replica
No.
1
. 2
3
4
5
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
_J
t.e
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
No. of
Floating,
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arophipods
Swimming,
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Out
or On
Days
5 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
of Sediment
Sediment Surface)
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Total
Emergence
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
10-Day
Treatment
Summary


X
Sx


X
Sx

_
Sx

X
Sx

_
Sx

X
Sx


X
Sx


« 0.0
= 0.0


= 0.7
= 1.2

= 0.7
= 1.2

= 1.0
= 1.7

= 5.3
= 9.2

* 0,0
= 0.0


= 1.3
» 1.0

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