Ecological Evaluation Technical Guidance - State of New Jersey

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overall conceptual site model (CSM) for the site or AOC, as described in theNJDEP CSM Guidance.Table 6-1: Examples of Assessment and Measurement EndpointsEcological Evaluation Technical Guidance Document 35Version 1.2 8/29/12
Figure 6-2: Ecological Conceptual Site Model (USEPA, 2008)Sample Ecological Conceptual Site Model (CSM)Ecological ReceptorsContaminantSourceRelease / TransportMechanismSurface Erosionand RunoffPotentially ImpactedMediaDrainageFeaturesSurfaceWaterSedimentTerrestrial PlantsAquatic PlantsTerrestrial InvertebratesBenthic InvertebratesReptiles and AmphibiansHerbivorous MammalsHerbivorous BirdsOmnivorous MammalsOmnivorous BirdsInvertivorous MammalsInvertivorous BirdsPiscivorous MammalsPiscivorous BirdsCarnivorous MammalsCarnivorous BirdsContaminationfrom Site XLeaching andPercolationGroundWaterSeeps andWetlandsErosion andDispersionAirDirect ContactSoilKey:Potentially complete pathwayPotentially complete pathway but insignificantIncomplete pathwayFigure 6-3: Example of an Ecological Conceptual Site Model as a ChartEcological Evaluation Technical Guidance Document 36Version 1.2 8/29/12
Page 1 and 2: Ecological EvaluationTechnical Guid
Page 3 and 4: 6.2.1.3 Biological Sampling of Fish
Page 5 and 6: Acronyms and AbbreviationsADDAETAFA
Page 7 and 8: Executive SummaryThis document prov
Page 9 and 10: environmentally sensitive areas pur
Page 11 and 12: Figure 3-1: Flow diagram to describ
Page 13 and 14: assessment may also include evaluat
Page 15 and 16: “Hazard quotient” or “HQ” m
Page 17 and 18: “Site investigation” means the
Page 19 and 20: parameters as specified in ERAGS (i
Page 21 and 22: document otherwise). The investigat
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Page 27 and 28: 5.3.4 Background ConsiderationsIt i
Page 29 and 30: III. GroundwaterAnalytical data fro
Page 31 and 32: 5.5 Ecological Evaluation ReportThe
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Page 35: specific measurements of receptor h
Page 39 and 40: ingested, air inhaled, or material
Page 41 and 42: Fugacity, which is described as the
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Page 45 and 46: Sample SelectionAfter completing th
Page 47 and 48: While there are many laboratories t
Page 49 and 50: ioavailability, and by doing so, of
Page 51 and 52: For the purposes of surface water,
Page 53 and 54: higher trophic level receptors. Lip
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Page 57 and 58: e present at intervals greater than
Page 59 and 60: elatively sedentary organisms that
Page 61 and 62: COPECs. The following references ar
Page 63 and 64: tests (USEPA, 2002e). After collect
Page 65 and 66: multiple reference area soils repre
Page 67 and 68: In ERAs, tissue residue analyses ar
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Page 77 and 78: Twelve dioxin-like PCB congeners ha
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Page 81 and 82: of evidence for evaluating risk unt
Page 83 and 84: 7.2.1 Apparent Effects Threshold Ap
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destroying 10 acres of the mature f
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ASTM (American Society for Testing
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Establishing Sediment Quality Crite
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N.J.A.C. (New Jersey Administrative
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USEPA. 1989c. Risk Assessment Guida
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http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regu
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USEPA 2006a. Data Quality Assessmen
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Appendix A - Habitat Survey FormsEc
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Ecological Evaluation Technical Gui
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Appendix B - Sampling Procedures fo
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Appendix C - Surface Water Toxicity
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Short-term chronic studies, endpoin
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Appendix D - Sediment Toxicity Test
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Toxicity Test DesignSediment toxici
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Appendix E - Sediment Pore Water an
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The seven-day daphnid survival and
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esults are then evaluated using USE
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Surber or Square-foot BottomThis sa
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Appendix H - Soil Toxicity TestingS
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another sample may still have a sub
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conservative approach from an ecolo
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Data PresentationTabular presentati
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