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A list of documents (in PDF format), created by the Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) of OR&R. We recommend that you download large files to your hard drive and execute Acrobat Reader from there.

Applied Environmental Services (Shore Realty) Superfund Site RPEA
(Document format: PDF , size: 5.8M)
This Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment (Final RP/EA) has been jointly prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

Addressing Elevation and Inundation Issues in Habitat Restoration Planning and Implementation
(Document format: PDF , size: 6.5M)
DRAFT guidance document from a NOS Partnership Project. September 2004

Appendices to Baseline Clam Monitoring Study Cannelton Industries Site
(Document format: PDF , size: 13.6M)
The purpose of this document is to present the results of the baseline clam monitoring study conducted for the Cannelton Industries, Inc. site, situated adjacent to the St. Mary?s River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. This baseline is being conducted as an initial phase of long-term monitoring to verify the effectiveness of the selected remedy for this site.

Appendix G Land Crab Exoskeleton and Tissue-only Sample Analyses
(Document format: PDF , size: 100.5K)
This appendix contains the results of chemical characterization of exoskeleton and soft tissue fractions of land crab samples.

Baseline Clam Monitoring Study Cannelton Industries Site Sault Ste. Marie
(Document format: PDF , size: 16.4M)
The purpose of this document is to present the results of the baseline clam monitoring study conducted for the Cannelton Industries, Inc. site, situated adjacent to the St. Mary?s River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. This baseline is being conducted as an initial phase of long-term monitoring to verify the effectiveness of the selected remedy for this site.

Baseline Clam Monitoring Study Cannelton Industries Site Sault Ste. Marie (report only)
(Document format: PDF , size: 3.1M)
The purpose of this document is to present the results of the baseline clam monitoring study conducted for the Cannelton Industries, Inc. site, situated adjacent to the St. Mary?s River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. This baseline is being conducted as an initial phase of long-term monitoring to verify the effectiveness of the selected remedy for this site.

Data Report For The Collection Of Eggs From Spotted Sandpipers, American Woodcock, Belted Kingfisher, American Robin, Red-Winged Blackbird, And Eastern Phoebe Associated With The Hudson River From Hudson Falls To Schodack Island, New York
(Document format: PDF , size: 2.1M)
Natural resources of the Hudson River have been contaminated through past and ongoing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). As a means of evaluating regional avian contamination, a screening level survey of avian eggs was conducted from April - June 2002.

Ecological Risk Assessment for Atlantic Wood Industries, April 1992
(Document format: PDF , size: 5.2M)
Ecological Risk Assessment for Atlantic Wood Industries, April 1992

Final Data Report for the Vieques Island Biota Sampling Project
(Document format: PDF , size: 1.3M)
This report contains the results from NOAA's crab sampling effort on Vieques Island.

LCP Chemical Site Monitoring Study
(Document format: PDF , size: 1.9M)
A monitoring study was conducted at the LCP Chemical site in Brunswick, Georgia to examine the bioavailability of mercury, methylmercury, lead, and PCBs in transplanted oysters, provide a characterization in order to assess the success of the upcoming removal action, and determine the extent and magnitude of contamination remaining in the marsh after completion of removal actions in the upland portions of the site. Contamination gradients from the area previously identified as a major source of contamination will be examined.

SETAC 2007 Poster - Fish PCBs after Remediation
(Document format: PDF , size: 2.4M)
PCB Concentrations in Fish Following Partial Remediation of a Small Hazardous Waste Site (This file has been re-formatted to print on plain paper.)

Sheboygan River and Harbor Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment (Vol 1 of 3)
(Document format: PDF , size: 713.3K)
This document presents the aquatic ecological risk assessment (ERA) for the Sheboygan River and Harbor site in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region V.

Sheboygan River and Harbor Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment Appendices (Vol 3 of 3)
(Document format: PDF , size: 13.7M)
Sheboygan River and Harbor Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment Appendices (Vol 3 of 3)

Sheboygan River and Harbor Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment Figures and Tables (Vol 2 of 3)
(Document format: PDF , size: 1.6M)
Sheboygan River and Harbor Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment Figures and Tables

Tables for the Data Report for the Vieques Biota Sampling Project
(Document format: PDF , size: 814.2K)
This files contains all the tables for the Draft Data Report for the Vieques Island Biota Sampling Project

The Coastal Resource Coordinator's Bioassessment Manual
(Document format: PDF , size: 3.4M)
A manual (revised in 2003) designed for the use of NOAA's Coastal Resource Coordinators (CRCs) as an introduction to and a general guide for using bioassessment techniques for evaluating conditions at hazardous waste sites.

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