Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network assessment of contaminant threats: Fire Island National Seashore
Cooper KR and Borjan M. 2010. Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network assessment of contaminant threats: Fire Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NCBN/NRTR—2010/332. Natural Resource Program Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report deals with the chemicals of concern (COCs) for Fire Island National Seashore and itssurrounding waters. It makes specific recommendations for monitoring plans based on theecosystems within the park and the specific baseline inventory. Contaminant data has beenreviewed from State, County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), National ParkService (NPS), and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) toprepare the data synthesis for this park. Within the Appendix are the NOAA raw data tables that have been formatted to simplify examining the chemicals analyzed and their correspondingconcentrations. Telephone and survey interviews, along with site visits, were conducted withNPS staff and where appropriate with county and regional USGS officials. Based on therecommended monitoring plans, the NPS staff will be able to assess threats to natural resources and whether the “vital signs” are improving or declining within the park boundaries over time as it relates to COCs.Detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the methods of collection for differentmatrices, specific analytical methods for different analytes, holding times and decontaminationapproaches are described in a separate portion of this document (Appendix 1). A detaileddescription of how to use a simple Hazard Quotient (HQ) approach and a more sophisticatedfood web model for ecological based risk assessment is also presented (Sample 1996).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cooper, Keith; Borjan, Marija
- Date of Issue
- 2010-05
- Publisher
- Natural Resource Program Center
- Units
- FIIS , NRSS
- Keywords
- Chemicals, Contaminants, Fire Island National Seashore, NCBN, Pollutants