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Title: Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Hudson River, New York

Abstract

The Hudson River (Federal Project No. 41) was one of seven waterways that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New York District (USACE-NYD) requested the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) to sample and evaluate for dredging and disposal in March 1994. Sediment samples were collected from the Hudson River. Tests and analyses were conducted on Hudson River sediment core samples. The evaluation of proposed dredged material from the Hudson River included bulk sediment chemical analyses, chemical analyses of site water and elutriate, water-column and benthic acute toxicity tests, and bioaccumulation studies. Individual sediment core samples collected from Hudson River were analyzed for grain size, moisture content, and total organic carbon (TOC). A composite sediment sample, representing the entire area proposed for dredging, was analyzed for bulk density, specific gravity, metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and 1,4-dichlorobenzene. Site water and elutriate water, prepared from the suspended-particulate phase (SPP) of Hudson River sediment, were analyzed for metals, pesticides, and PCBS. Water-column or SPP toxicity tests were performed with three species. Benthic acute toxicity tests were performed. Bioaccumulation tests were also conducted.

Authors:
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  1. Battelle/Marine Sciences Lab., Sequim, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
408098
Report Number(s):
PNNL-11342
ON: DE97050267
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; SEDIMENTS; DREDGING; MARINE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METALS; DENSITY; SUSPENSIONS; SURFACE WATERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PESTICIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HUDSON RIVER; TOXICITY; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION

Citation Formats

Gardiner, W W, Barrows, E S, Antrim, L D, Gruendell, B D, Word, J Q, and Tokos, J J.S. Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Hudson River, New York. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/408098.
Gardiner, W W, Barrows, E S, Antrim, L D, Gruendell, B D, Word, J Q, & Tokos, J J.S. Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Hudson River, New York. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/408098
Gardiner, W W, Barrows, E S, Antrim, L D, Gruendell, B D, Word, J Q, and Tokos, J J.S. 1996. "Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Hudson River, New York". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/408098. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/408098.
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title = {Evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean disposal from Hudson River, New York},
author = {Gardiner, W W and Barrows, E S and Antrim, L D and Gruendell, B D and Word, J Q and Tokos, J J.S.},
abstractNote = {The Hudson River (Federal Project No. 41) was one of seven waterways that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New York District (USACE-NYD) requested the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) to sample and evaluate for dredging and disposal in March 1994. Sediment samples were collected from the Hudson River. Tests and analyses were conducted on Hudson River sediment core samples. The evaluation of proposed dredged material from the Hudson River included bulk sediment chemical analyses, chemical analyses of site water and elutriate, water-column and benthic acute toxicity tests, and bioaccumulation studies. Individual sediment core samples collected from Hudson River were analyzed for grain size, moisture content, and total organic carbon (TOC). A composite sediment sample, representing the entire area proposed for dredging, was analyzed for bulk density, specific gravity, metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and 1,4-dichlorobenzene. Site water and elutriate water, prepared from the suspended-particulate phase (SPP) of Hudson River sediment, were analyzed for metals, pesticides, and PCBS. Water-column or SPP toxicity tests were performed with three species. Benthic acute toxicity tests were performed. Bioaccumulation tests were also conducted.},
doi = {10.2172/408098},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/408098}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}