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Table B3. Members of each batch for cleanup and
analysis of Arthur Kill sediments.
Batch 1 contained a total of 19 samples:
4 surface scoop sediments from Old Place Marsh collected
May 1997,
4 surface scoop sediments from Con Edison Tower Marsh
collected May 1997,
1 Sandy Hook Bay sediment,
7 Sandy Hook Bay sediments used for determination
of method detection limit
spiked with
20 µg of each hydrocarbon,
1 SRM - ERA SRM 765 - Diesel Oil in Soil,
1 matrix spike - Sandy Hook
Bay sediment spiked with 100 µg of each
hydrocarbon,
and,
1 method blank sample.
Batch 2 contained a total of 32 samples:
20 core sections from Old Place Marsh collected September
1996,
9 core sections from Con Edison Tower Marsh collected
September 1996,
1 SRM - ERA SRM 765 - Diesel Oil in Soil,
1 matrix spike - Sandy Hook
Bay sediment spiked with 100 µg of each
hydrocarbon,
and,
1 method blank sample.
Batch 3 contained a total of 24 samples:
1 core section from Con Edison Tower Marsh collected
September 1996,
20 core sections from Mill Creek Marsh collected September
1996,
1 SRM - ERA SRM 765 - Diesel Oil in Soil,
1 matrix spike - Sandy Hook
Bay sediment spiked with 100 µg of each
hydrocarbon,
and,
1 method blank sample.
Batch 4 contained a total of 15 samples:
10 core sections from Con Edison Tower Marsh collected
September 1996,
3 replicate SRM samples - ERA SRM 765 - Diesel Oil
in Soil,
1 matrix spike - Sandy Hook Bay sediment spiked with 50 µg of each
hydrocarbon, and,
1 method
blank sample.
Table B4. Members of each batch for cleanup and
analysis of Arthur Kill mussels.
Batch 1 contained a total of 32 samples:
5 samples from Old Place Marsh collected September
1996,
5 samples from Con Edison Tower Marsh collected September
1996,
5 samples from Saw Mill North Marsh collected
September 1996,
1 sample from Saw Mill South Marsh collected September
1996,
5 samples from Tufts Point Marsh collected September
1996,
5 samples from Mill Creek Marsh collected September
1996,
3 replicate samples - homogenized Mill Creek mussel
#54814 [1],
1 method blank sample,
1 matrix spike - SRM 1974a spiked with 25 mg
of each hydrocarbon, and,
1 SRM - NIST SRM 1974a - Organics in Mussel
Tissue.
Batch 2 contained a total of 24 samples:
4 samples from Saw Mill South Marsh collected September
1996,
1 repeat sample from Con Edison Tower [2],
1
repeat sample from Saw Mill North Tower [3],
7 non-depurated mussels from the Sandy Hook Bay [4],
1 method blank sample,
1 SRM - NIST SRM 1974a - Organics in Mussel
Tissue
1 background check sample for method detection limit
study samples 5, and
7
method detection limit samples spiked with 40 mg of each hydrocarbon 5.
1
matrix spike - mussel homogenate spiked with 1000 mg No 2 diesel
fuel oil 6.
Batch 3 contained a total of 32 samples:
30 Arthur Kill mussels
collected May 1997,
1 method blank,
1 matrix spike - Sandy Hook Bay mussel composite
homogenate spiked with 25 µg of each hydrocarbon.
[1] This mussel was the longest (100.5
mm) and the heaviest (35.2 g) of all mussels collected.
Table B5. Aliphatic hydrocarbons analyzed.
Chemical Name |
Abbreviation |
Normal Aliphatic Hydrocarbons |
n-Octane1 |
n-C8 |
n-Nonane |
n-C9 |
n-Decane |
n-C10 |
n-Undecane |
n-C11 |
n-Dodecane |
n-C12 |
n-Tridecane |
n-C13 |
n-Tetradecane |
n-C14 |
n-Pentadecane |
n-C15 |
n-Hexadecane |
n-C16 |
n-Heptadecane |
n-C17 |
n-Octadecane |
n-C18 |
n-Nonadecane |
n-C19 |
n-Eicosane |
n-C20 |
n-Heneicosane |
n-C21 |
n-Docosane |
n-C22 |
n-Tricosane |
n-C23 |
n-Tetracosane |
n-C24 |
n-Pentacosane |
n-C25 |
n-Hexacosane |
n-C26 |
n-Heptacosane |
n-C27 |
n-Octacosane |
n-C28 |
n-Nonacosane |
n-C29 |
n-Triacontane |
n-C30 |
n-Hentriacontane |
n-C31 |
n-Dotriacontane |
n-C32 |
n-Tritriacontane |
n-C33 |
n-Tetratriacontane |
n-C34 |
n-Pentatriacontane |
n-C35 |
n-Hexatriacontane |
n-C36 |
n-Heptatriacontane |
n-C37 |
n-Octatriacontane |
n-C38 |
n-Nonatriacontane |
n-C39 |
n-Tetracontane |
n-C40 |
Branched Aliphatic Hydrocarbons |
2,6,10,14-Tetramethylhexadecane |
Pristane |
2,6,10,14-Tetramethylpentadecane |
Phytane |
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1 The concentrations for n-C8 will be not reported, since it
was difficult to identify this peak in samples and to determine MDL for n-C8. |