Sediment Management Unit (SMU) Documents

Background	STATUS	DATE
Interim Performance Standards for Puget Sound Reference Areas	Final	Ecology - 6/89
Data Quality Evaluation for Proposed Dredged Material Disposal Projects (QA-1)	Final	Ecology - 6/89
Data Validation Guidance Manual for Selected Sediment Variables (QA-2)	Edited Draft	Ecology - 6/89
Sediment Ranking System	Final	Ecology - 1/90
1990 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Sediment Management Standards	Final	Ecology - 12/90
Final Economic Impact Statement for the SMS	Final	Ecology - 12/90
Responsiveness Summary for Adoption of Chapter 173-204 WAC Sediment Management Standards	Final	Ecology - 12/90
SEDRANK Guidance Document	Final	Ecology - 6/91
Washington Ranking Method (WARM) Appendix - Sediment Scoring Route	Updated	Ecology - 6/91
Reference Area Performance Standards for Puget Sound	Final	PSEP - 9/91
Organic Carbon Normalization of Sediment Data - Technical Information Memorandum	Final	Ecology - 12/92
Sediment Management Standards Rule Chapter 173-204 WAC	Final	Ecology - 12/95
Responsiveness Summary Appendices - Sediment Management Standards 1993 Annual Review, 1995 Triennial Review, 1996 Annual Review	Draft Final	Ecology - 4/97
Benthos/Bioassay	STATUS	DATE
Protocol for Juvenile Neanthes Sediment Bioassay	Final	Ecology - 6/90
Recommendations for Assessing Adverse Benthic Effects in Puget Sound	Final	Ecology - 5/93
Review of Sediment Management Standards Bioassay Protocols	Final	Ecology - 4/95
Evaluation and Recommendation of Revised SMS Benthic Infaunal Sediment Standards	Final	Ecology - 12/95
Sediment Management Standards Marine Bioassays - Task II:  Recommended Quality Assurance and Quality Control Deliverables	Final	Ecology - 1996
Development of Reference Value Ranges for Benthic Infauna Assessment Endpoints in Puget Sound	Final	Ecology - 1/96
Puget Sound Reference Value Project, Task 3 Development of Benthic Effects Sediment Quality Standards	Final	Ecology - 4/99
Sedqual Analytical Tool Development Support for the Analysis and Interpretation of Benthic Community Data	Final	Ecology - 9/03
Determining Toxicity of “Naturally” Occurring Contaminants Under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Sediment Management Standards	Final	Ecology
Marine Finfish Rearing Facilities (Net Pens)	STATUS	DATE
Evaluation of Benthic Data from the Paradise Bay (Port Townsend) and Stolt Sea Farm (Port Angeles) Net Pens	Final	Ecology - 1995
Development of a Marine Finfish Sediment Quality Standard	Final	Ecology - 1995
Modeling	STATUS	DATE
Puget Sound Contaminated Sediment Impact and Recovery Zone Workshop Summary	Final	Ecology - 10/89
Recommended Sediment Impact and Recovery Zone Models and Case Study Analysis	Final	Ecology - 2/91
Sediment Modeling Variables in Puget Sound Workshop Summary	Final	Ecology - 6/91
Sediment Transport in Elliott Bay and the Duwamish River, Seattle: Implications to Estuarine Management	Final	Ecology - 5/94
WASP Sensitivity Analysis	Final	Ecology - 11/92
WASP Implementation and Model Modifications Manual	Final	Ecology - 6/93
WASP Application Guidance Manual	Final	Ecology - 12/93
Sediment Source Control	STATUS	DATE
Sediment Source Control Standards Users Manual (SCUM 1)	Final	Ecology - 6/93
Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan Appendix (SAPA)	Final	Ecology - 2/08
Sediment Cleanup	STATUS	DATE
Sediment Cleanup Standards Users Manual (SCUM 2)	Final	Ecology - 12/91
SMS Contaminated Sediment Site List	Final	Ecology - 5/96
Sediment Cleanup Status Report - January 2000	Final	Ecology - 1/00
2001 Sediment Cleanup Status Report	Final	Ecology - 4/01
2003 Sediment Cleanup Status Report	Final	Ecology - 9/03
2005 Sediment Cleanup Status Report	Final	Ecology - 7/05
Apparent Effects Threshold (AET)	STATUS	DATE
1988 Update and Evaluation of Puget Sound AET -- Sediment Quality Values Refinement: Vol. 1	Final	PSEP - 9/88
1988 Update and Evaluation of Puget Sound AET -- Sediment Quality Values Refinement: Vol. 1 Data Appendices	Final	PSEP - 9/88
The Apparent Effects Threshold Approach: Briefing Report to the EPA Science Advisory Board	Final	PSEP - 9/88
Contaminated Sediments Criteria Report	Final	Ecology - 4/89
Application of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Quality Criteria to Puget Sound	Final	Ecology - 6/89
Evaluation of the AET Approach for Assessing Sediment Quality (EPA Science Advisory Board, Sediment Criteria Subcommittee)	Final	EPA - 7/89
Progress Re-evaluating Puget Sound Apparent Effects Thresholds (AETs), Vol. 1: 1994 Amphipod and Echinoderm Larval AETs Section 1 Section 2 Section 3	Draft	PSDDA - 4/96
Freshwater Sediment Criteria	STATUS	DATE
Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Sediments from Lake Washington on Freshwater Bioassay Organisms and Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Final	Ecology - 6/92
A Review of Interpretation Methods for Freshwater Benthic Invertebrate Survey Data Used by Selected State and Federal Agencies	Final	Ecology - 10/91
Evaluation of Bioassay Organisms for Freshwater Sediment Toxicity Testing	Final	Ecology - 2/92
Copper in Sediments from Steilacoom Lake, Pierce County, Washington	Final	Ecology - 4/92
Review and Evaluation of Microtox Test for Freshwater Sediments	Final	Ecology -11/92
Summary of Guidelines for Contaminated Freshwater Sediments (FSEDCRIT)	Final	Ecology - 3/95
Creation and Analysis of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values in Washington State - Pub No. 97-323a	Final	Ecology - 7/97
Development of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values for Use in Washington State:  Phase I Task 6      Appendices	Final	Ecology - 9/02
Development of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values for Use in Washington State: Phase II Report  Criteria calculation spreadsheets (1.8 mb zipped)  Note: this zipped file contains 7 MS Excel files which consist of  the original calculation spreadsheets with embedded marcros.	Final	Ecology - 9/03
Human Health Sediment Criteria	STATUS	DATE
Concept Paper: Regulatory Policy and Structure For Development of Human Health Sediment Criteria	Final	Ecology - 6/92
Development of Human Health Sediment Criteria Using A Distributional Analysis	Final	Ecology - 1/94
Regulatory Options: Use of Fish Tissue Criteria	Final	Ecology - 9/94
Tier 1 Report: Development of Sediment Quality Criteria For The Protection of Human Health	Final	DOH - 6/95
Bioaccumulation Factor Approach Analysis for Metals and Polar Organic Compounds	Final	Ecology - 10/95
Displays of Chemicals of Concern for Human Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria	Final	Ecology - 10/95
Analysis of BSAF Values for Nonpolar Organic Compounds in Finfish and Shellfish	Final	Ecology - 11/95
Tier II Report: Development of Sediment Quality Criteria For The Protection of Human Health	Final	DOH - 5/96
Technical Review of Distributional Analysis Approaches for Cancer Potency Factors	Final	Ecology - 5/96
Developing Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria for Cleanup Sites: A Case Study Report	Final	Ecology - 12/97
Review of Bioaccumulation Methods for Fish and Shellfish	Final	Ecology - 12/98
Dredged Material Management	STATUS	DATE
Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments: Documentation of Standards Development -- Appendices	Final	Ecology - 11/89
Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments: Development Documentation	Final	Ecology - 1/90
Standards for Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments	Final	Ecology - 1/90
The Effects-Based Design Process	Final	Ecology - 6/90
Dredged Material Management Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis Baseline Survey of Phase II Disposal Sites (89-09-004)      Appendix A      Appendix B      Appendix C      Appendix D      Appendix E      Appendix F	Final	Ecology - 89
Multi-User Disposal Sites (MUDS)	STATUS	DATE
Multiuser Confined Disposal Sites Program Study	Final	Ecology - 12/90
Multiuser Sites for the Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments from Puget Sound	Final	Ecology - 10/91
Multi-User Confined Disposal Site Program - Recommended Siting Process	Final	Ecology - 12/96
Puget Sound Confined Disposal Site Study - Final Environmental Impact Statement	Final	Ecology/DNR/Corps 10/99