US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Dynamic PCB Partitioning in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio...
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Dynamic PCB Partitioning in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio Sediments
Andrew Lenox
Environmental Engineer
US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
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Introduction Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio
►Federally (USACE) maintained deep-draft harbor
►USEPA Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC)• Restriction on dredging beneficial use impairment
(BUI)• Contaminants of Concern (COC) listed as mercury,
chromium, lead, zinc, chlorinated organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and low level radionuclides
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Buffalo
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Lake Erie
Erie
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Lake Erie
Ashtabula Harbor
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Background PCBs are main COC with respect to
dredged material management►Evaluation based on tiered assessment of
bioaccumulation in benthic organisms (Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation Manual )• Use sediment chemistry data to model
bioaccumulation• Measure uptake into tissue in lab
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Theoretical Bioaccumulation Potential (TBP) Model
►Equilibrium partitioning theory-based algorithm for bioaccumulation of sediment associated non-polar organic contaminants in benthic organisms
►BSAF – Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor, a measure of bioavailability that relates TOC normalized contaminant concentration in sediment to lipid-normalized contaminant concentration in organisms
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Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor
TOCCs
LipidCtBSAF
Site-specific BSAF values encompass unique bioavailability influencing parameters including contaminant and sediment sorption properties, resulting in variability
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BSAF Variability Within Ashtabula Harbor
Bioaccumulation testing show BSAFs within the harbor differ significantly - ranging from 0.25 to 2.43
Lower BSAFs►Outer Harbor and Lower River Channel
Higher BSAFs►Upper limits of Federal Channel
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Outer HarborBSAFs range from 0.25 to 0.51
Lower RiverBSAFs range from 0.54 to 0.91
Upper RiverBSAFs range from 1.20 to 2.43
Lake Erie
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Factors Affecting Bioavailability
Physical►Contaminant resuspension►Concentration gradient
Chemical►Contaminant sorption/desorption
Biological►Organism lipid content, size, growth rate,
gender, diet, metabolism
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Coal Dock and Stockpiles
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Black Carbon
Coal dock and stockpiles are located at the head of the Ashtabula River►Condensed, aromatic carbonaceous material
show strong and nonlinear sorption, leading to lower bioaccumulation than assumed for natural organic matter
►PCBs partition onto black carbon over time
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Strong BC Influence
Outer Harbor provides an accumulation area for black carbon affected sediments, leading to increased contact time between PCBs and sediment
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Moderate BC Influence
Lower River sediments reflect differing degrees of contact time between PCBs and sediment ►Riverine and lacustrine current-based coal
soot deposition►More stable sediments at depth show
bioavailability similar to the Outer Harbor
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Negligible BC Influence
Upper River sediments receive less lacustrine current-based coal soot deposition
BSAFs of 1.2 to 2.43 are more reflective of PCB bioavailability associated with a predominance of natural TOC in sediments
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BSAF Compared to BC Content
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90.00
0.50
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1.50
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0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
50.00%
BSAF Black Carbon (%TOC)
Moving Upstream from Outer Harbor
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Potential Factors Influencing BSAF Variability Throughout the Harbor
BSAF
Variability
Organic Matter
Characteristics
Equilibrium Time with Sediment
Sediment Resuspension/
Mixing
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PCB Sediment Quality Criterion (SQC) needed to model future dredging restrictions►Should emphasize a bioaccumulation
endpoint►Should be spatially variable (due to spatial
changes in PCB bioavailability)
Incorporating Variability into Dredged Material Management
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Incorporating Variability into Dredged Material Management
Develop SQG based on TBP model and site-specific BSAFs
Use Lake reference area tissue data SQG predicts bioaccumulation from harbor
sediment similar to that expected in the open-lake
BSAF
LipidCtTOCCs
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Ashtabula Harbor Total PCB Sediment Quality Guidelines (ug/kg)
Outer Harbor Lower River Upper River
300
200
70
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Dredged Material Management Considerations
PCB bioavailability is key driver in the characterization and management of Ashtabula Harbor dredged material ►Variability results in different conclusions
throughout the harbor►Bioavailability rather than bulk sediment
concentrations dictates suitability determinations
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Conclusions PCB contamination in harbors can be
assessed based on bioavailability Bioavailability can be variable; use of
default BSAFs may be overly conservative or inaccurate in estimating bioavailability
TBP model with site specific, empirical BSAFs can be utilized in dredged material testing and evaluation
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Questions?. . .