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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan: Assessing Current Levels of 303(d) Listed Pesticides and PCBs in Palouse River Fish | |||
| Month-Year Published | May 2005 | |||
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| Short Description |
This is the quality assurance project plan for assessing current levels of 303(d) listed pesticides and PCBs in Palouse River Fish. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 05-03-106 | |||
| Author(s) | Johnson, A., B. Era-Miller, and K. Kinney | |||
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| Number of pages | 31 pp. | |||
| Keywords | Environmental Protection Agency, fish, focus, PCBs, pesticide, quality assurance project plan, results, river, Total Maximum Daily Load, water | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Palouse River Chlorinated Pesticide and PCB Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Improvement Report and Implementation Plan | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
The Palouse River has been listed by the state of Washington under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act for non-attainment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) human health criteria for 4,4′-DDE, dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide, alpha-BHC, and PCB-1260 in edible fish tissue. The listing is based on sampling done by the Washington State Department of Ecology in 1984 and 1994. EPA requires the states to set priorities for cleaning up 303(d) listed waters and to establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each. A TMDL entails an analysis of how much of a pollutant load a waterbody can assimilate without violating water quality standards. Because the Palouse listing are based on older data and because very few samples were analyzed, an intensive study is proposed to more accurately determine current levels of these contaminants in Palouse River fish. Results will be used to determine the appropriate level of effort and focus for the TMDL. |
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