Topic: Persistent, bioaccummulative, and toxic substances

This list updated October 10, 2008

Title (link to summary) Number      Date (released or updated)
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Loading of Contaminants to the Lower Duwamish Waterway from Suspended Sediments in the Green River08-03-114September 2008
Addendum #1 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores.06-03-113ADD1May 2008
Addendum #1 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: A Trend Monitoring Component for Organic PBTs in the Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program07-03-104ADD1May 2008
Quality Assurance Project Plan: West Medical Lake Total PCBs and Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) Total Maximum Daily Load08-03-104February 2008
Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Contaminants in Fish Tissue from Freshwater Environments in 200608-03-002February 2008
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Potholes Reservoir Assessment of Dieldrin and Other Chlorinated Contaminants08-03-101February 2008
Quality Assurance Project Plan: PCB and Dioxin Levels in Resident Fish from Washington Background Lakes and Rivers08-03-102January 2008
Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State: 2006 Sampling Results07-03-043September 2007
A Comparison of Two Analytical Methods for Measuring Mercury in Fish Tissue07-03-041September 2007
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Dieldrin and PCB Monitoring of Wastewater Treatment Plants in the Palouse River Watershed07-03-111August 2007
Mission Creek Watershed DDT Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Improvement Report07-10-046July 2007
Quality Assurance Project Plan: A Trend Monitoring Component for Organic PBTs in the Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program07-03-104June 2007
Pullman Stormwater Pilot Study for Pesticides, PCBs, and Fecal Coliform Bacteria, 2005-200606-03-034October 2006
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Depositional History of Mercury in Selected Washington Lakes Determined from Sediment Cores.06-03-113October 2006
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs, and Dioxins in Yakima River Fish - 2006: Assessing Progress Toward TMDL Targets and Updating the Fish Consumption Advisory06-03-111September 2006
Results from Monitoring Endosulfan and Dieldrin in Wide Hollow Creek, Yakima River Drainage, 2005-0606-03-038September 2006
South Puget Sound Verification of 303(d) Listings for Chemical Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish06-03-026July 2006
Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Toxic Contaminants in Fish Tissue and Surface Water in Freshwater Environments, 200306-03-019May 2006
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State06-03-103April 2006
Reducing Toxic Threats and Cleaning Up Puget Sound06-01-001March 2006
Quality Assurance Project Plan: PCBs and Other Contaminants in Spokane River Fish, 200505-03-120December 2005
Lake Chelan DDT and PCBs in Fish Total Maximum Daily Load Study05-03-014June 2005
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Assessing Current Levels of 303(d) Listed Pesticides and PCBs in Palouse River Fish05-03-106May 2005
Spatial Extent of Dioxin/Furan Contaminated Sediments in Dillenbaugh Creek05-03-008April 2005
Concentrations of 303(d) Listed Pesticides, PCBs, and PAHs Measured with Passive Samplers Deployed in the Lower Columbia River05-03-006March 2005
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Verification of 303(d) Listings for Fish Tissue in the Skagit and Pend Oreille Rivers04-03-115November 2004
A Total Maximum Daily Load Evaluation for Chlorinated Pesticides and PCBs in the Walla Walla River04-03-032October 2004
Stillaguamish River Watershed Fecal Coliform, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Mercury, and Arsenic Total Maximum Daily Load Study04-03-017July 2004
Mercury in Lake Whatcom Sediments: Spatial Distribution, Depositional History, and Tributary Inputs04-03-019June 2004
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Spatial Extent of Dioxin/Furan Contaminated Sediments in Dillenbaugh Creek04-03-101January 2004
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Verification of 303(d) Listed Sites in Northwest, Central, and Eastern Regions of Washington State03-03-112December 2003
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Total Maximum Daily Load Study for PCBs in the Spokane River03-03-107October 2003
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Monitoring 303(d) Listed Pesticides, PCBs, and PAHs in the Lower Columbia River Drainage Using a Semipermeable Membrane Device03-03-108October 2003
TMDL Technical Assessment of DDT and PCBs in the Lower Okanogan River Basin03-03-013July 2003
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Total Maximum Daily Load Study for DDT and PCBs in Lake Chelan03-03-105July 2003
Mercury in Edible Fish Tissue and Sediments from Selected Lakes and Rivers of Washington State03-03-026June 2003
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Total Maximum Daily Load Study for DDT Contamination and Transport in the Lower Mission Creek Basin, Chelan County, Washington03-03-103April 2003
Washington State Toxics Monitoring Program: Toxic Contaminants in Fish Tissue and Surface Water in Freshwater Environments, 200103-03-012March 2003
Effectiveness Monitoring for Dioxin Total Maximum Daily Loads in Western Washington03-03-002January 2003
Analysis of Fish Tissue from Long Lake (Spokane River) for PCBs and Selected Metals02-03-049November 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Verification of 1998 303(d) Listing for PCBs in Budd Inlet (Inner)02-03-085October 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Screening Survey of Mercury Levels in Edible Fish Tissue from Selected Lakes and Rivers of Washington State02-03-080October 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Mercury in Sediments from Lake Whatcom and Surrounding Lakes: Determination of Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Characterization of Tributary Inputs02-03-079September 2002
Reconnaissance Survey of Dioxins and Furans in Dillenbaugh Creek and the Chehalis River near the American Crossarm Site02-03-043September 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: TMDL Technical Assessment of DDT and PCBs in the Okanogan River02-03-070August 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: TMDL Technical Study: Chlorinated Pesticides and PCBs in the Walla Walla River02-03-068July 2002
Upper Yakima River Basin Suspended Sediment and Organochlorine Pesticide Total Maximum Daily Load Evaluation02-03-012April 2002
Washington Quicksilver Review, Volume 1, Issue 102-03-008March 2002
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Analysis of Fish from Long Lake, Washington, for PCBs and Selected Metals02-03-088February 2002
Sampling and Analysis of Washington State Composts: Measurement of Dioxins, Furans, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides02-07-001December 2001
Quality Assurance Project Plan: PCBs in Sediments from Selected Sites in Puget Sound01-03-072May 2001
An Ecological Hazard Assessment for PCBs in the Spokane River01-03-015April 2001
Mercury Concentrations in Edible Muscle of Lake Whatcom Fish01-03-012April 2001
The Use of Sediment Cores to Track Persistent Pollutants in Washington State: A Review01-03-001January 2001
Proposed Strategy to Continually Reduce Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs) in Washington State00-03-054December 2000
Results from Analyzing PCBs in 1999 Spokane River Fish and Crayfish Samples00-03-040September 2000
Draft Strategy to Continually Reduce Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals (PBTs) in Washington State00-03-002August 2000
Washington State Dioxin Source Assessment (symposium article)00-03-044August 2000
Dioxins in Washington State Soils (symposium article)00-03-045August 2000
Reconnaissance Survey on Metals, Semivolatiles, and PCBs in Sediment Deposits Behind Upriver Dam, Spokane River00-03-021June 2000
Data Appendix: Reconnaissance Survey on Metals, Semivolatiles, and PCBs in Sediment Deposits Behind Upriver Dam, Spokane River00-03-026June 2000
Addendum to Final Report: Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State. Dioxins in Washington State Agricultural Soils99-333November 1999
Lake Whatcom Watershed Cooperative Drinking Water Protection Project: Results of 1998 Water, Sediment and Fish Tissue Sampling99-337September 1999
Final Report: Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State99-309April 1999
Supplemental Appendices: Final Report, Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State99-310April 1999
American Crossarm and Conduit January 6-7, September 9-10, and December 9-10, 199799-321April 1999
Metals Concentrations in Commencement Bay Waterways During 1997 - 199899-308February 1999
1998 Sediment Trap Monitoring of Suspended Particulates in Stormwater Discharges (Thea Foss)98-336December 1998
DDT in Osoyoos Lake Fish98-337December 1998
Marine Sediment Monitoring Program I - Chemistry and Toxicity Testing. 1989-199598-323August 1998
Washington State Dioxin Source Assessment98-320July 1998
Data Appendix (Appendix D): Washington State Dioxin Source Assessment98-321July 1998
Assessment of Metals Contamination in Sediments of Gibbons Creek Remnant Channel98-315May 1998
Chemical Evaluation of Intertidal Sediments at Boulevard Park, Bellingham, WA98-308xApril 1998
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1996 Surface Water Sampling Report98-305March 1998
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1995 Surface Water Sampling Report98-3001998
Survey of Metals Concentrations in the Similkameen River. Memo to Jim Milton, Central Regional Office, December 31, 1997.97-e10December 1997
DDT Sources to the Okanogan River and Lake Osoyoos. Memo to Jim Milton, Central Regional Office.97-e09December 1997
Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Upper Columbia River Suspended Particulate Matter97-342December 1997
Survey for Petroleum and Other Chemical Contaminants in the Sediments of Fidalgo Bay97-338November 1997
Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Snake River Suspended Particulate Matter97-328August 1997
A Suspended Sediment and DDT Total Maximum Daily Load Evaluation Report for the Yakima River97-321July 1997
Creation and Analysis of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values in Washington State97-323aJuly 1997
Assessment of Cranberry Bog Drainage Pesticide Contamination97-329July 1997
Stillaguamish River Fecal Coliform, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Mercury, and Temperature Total Maximum Daily Load: Water Quality Implimentation Plan07-10-033June 1997
Puyallup Basin Treatment Plant Metals Survey97-303April 1997
Pesticides Detected in the Walla Walla Drainage, April and June 1996. Memo to C. Nuechterlein, D. Knight, and J. Jacobson, Eastern Regional Office.97-e03February 1997
Boise Cascade Pulp and Paper Mill Wallula Washington Class II Inspection97-3021997
Results from Additional Pesticide Sampling in the Walla Walla Drainage, April and May 1997. Memo to C. Nuechterlein, D. Knight, and J. Jacobsen, August 5, 1997.97-e061997
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1994 Fish Tissue and Sediment Sampling Report96-352December 1996
Chemical Contaminants in Salmon Bay Sediments-Results of Phase II Sampling96-343November 1996
Watershed Briefing Paper for the Upper and Lower Yakima Watersheds96-336September 1996
Results of Monitoring Metals in Chambers/Clover Creek Drainage. Memo to Bob Duffy, SWRO.96-e08July 1996
Spokane River PCB Source Monitoring Follow-up Study November and December 199596-331July 1996
Results of Pesticide/PCB Monitoring in Chambers/Clover Creek Drainage. Memorandum to Bob Duffy, SWRO, March 15, 1996.96-e07March 1996
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: Pesticides and PCBs in Marine Mussels, 199596-301March 1996
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1994 Surface Water Sampling Report96-305February 1996
Particulate Matter and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Spokane River, Washington. Article in Microscope, Vol 44:1 1-6, 1996.96-e051996
City of Chewelah Wastewater Treatment Plant Class II Inspection - October 3-6, 199495-354October 1995
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1993 Fish Tissue Sampling Report95-356October 1995
City of Colville Sewage Treatment Plant Class II Inspection95-357October 1995
Drainage Basin Tracing Study: Phase II Chemicals Found in Storm Drains & Outfalls to Sinclair & Dyes Inlet95-342August 1995
Sound Refining Company Class II Inspection, July 8, 199495-337July 1995
Shell Oil Company (Anacortes) Class II Inspection95-323May 1995
Texaco USA (Anacortes) Class II Inspection95-314March 1995
Department of Ecology 1993-94 Investigation of PCBs in the Spokane River95-310February 1995
Priority Pollutants in Nearshore Sediments in Port Gardner, Mukilteo and Everett, WA95-3011995
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: Reconnaissance Sampling of Fish Tissue and Sediments (1992)94-194December 1994
Contaminant Trends in Lake Roosevelt94-185November 1994
Pendleton Woolen Mills Class II Inspection, April 199394-162October 1994
Results of 1993 Screening Survey on PCBs and Metals in the Spokane River94-e24July 1994
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program, Marine Sediment Monitoring Task Annual Report 199194-93June 1994
Planar PCBs in Spokane River Fish. Memo to Carl Nuechterlein, ERO.94-e23May 1994
Drainage Basin Tracing Study: Phase II, Chemicals Found in Storm Drains, Whatcom Creek and Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham, Washington94-90May 1994
Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Bellingham), April 1993 Class II Inspection94-54April 1994
Boise Cascade Corporation (Vancouver), Class II Inspection February 22-24, 199394-22February 1994
Cadmium, Copper, Mercury, Lead, and Zinc in the Spokane River: Comparisons with Water Quality Standards and Recommendations for Total Maximum Daily Loads94-991994
Longview Fibre Company Class II Inspection November 2-3, 199394-160November 1993
Freshwater Ambient Monitoring Report for Wateryear 199193-75September 1993
Longview Drainage System: Part 1 Water Quality Assessment, and Part 2 Chemical Screening of Sediment Samples93-e03May 1993
Results of Sediment Sampling in the J.H. Baxter Cove, Lake Washington - June 1991.92-e50May 1992
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program, Marine Sediment Monitoring Program: Annual Report 199092-47May 1992
Spatial and Temporal Trends in Contaminant Levels Associated with Settling Particulate Matter in Sitcum Waterway (Commencement Bay) July 1990 to June 199192-e51May 1992
Assessment of Ground Water and Surface Water Contamination at the Washington State University Chemical Dump Site-Pullman, Washington, March 13-15, 199091-e38November 1991
Spatial Trends in TCDD/TCDF Concentrations in Sediment and Bottom Fish Collected in Lake Roosevelt (Columbia River)91-29June 1991
Polychlorinated Dioxins and -Furans in Lake Roosevelt (Columbia River) Sportfish, 199091-4March 1991
Lake Union Fish Histopathology Study91-e33March 1991
Chemical Contaminants in Surface Runoff from the Abandoned Cascade Pole (Olympia) Wood Treating Facility90-e58November 1990
Use of Sediment Traps to Monitor Contaminant Flux to City Waterway Sediments: Interim Report90-e59March 1990
Washington State Pesticide Monitoring Program: 1995 Fish Tissue Sampling Report98-312May 1988
Occurrence and Significance of DDT Compounds and Other Contaminants in Fish, Water, and Sediment from the Yakima River Basin86-5July 1986
Basic Water Monitoring Program: Fish Tissue and Sediment Sampling for 1984.85-7November 1985
1996 Results on PCBs in Upper Spokane River Fish. Memo to C. Nuechterlein and D. Knight, Eastern Regional Office.97-e04July 1977
Wapato Lake - Pesticide Levels, Sediment Bioassays, and Abundance of Benthic Invertebrates. Memo to M. Linden and B. Barwin, Central Regional Office.97-e05July 1977

Last updated October 10, 2008