Open AccessEvaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean Disposal from Shoal Harbor/Compton Creek Project Area
Author(s) -
W.W. Gardiner,
Amy B. Borde,
Sharon L. Nieukirk,
E.S. Barrows,
B.D. Gruendell,
J.Q. Word
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/428742
Subject(s) - dredging , shoal , environmental science , benthic zone , oceanography , geology
The objective of the Shoal Harbor/Compton Creek Project was to evaluate proposed dredged material from the Shoal harbor/Compton Creek Project Area in Belford and Monmouth, New Jersey to determine its suitability for unconfined ocean disposal at the Mud Dump Site. This was one of five waterways that the US Army Corps of Engineers- New York District requested the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) to sample and evaluate for dredging and disposal in May 1995. The evaluation of proposed dredged material from the Shoal Harbor/Compton Creek Project area consisted of bulk chemical analyses, chemical analyses of dredging site water and elutriate, benthic and water-column acute toxicity tests and bioaccumulation studies. Eleven core samples were analyzed or grain size, moisture content, and total organic carbon. Other sediments were evaluated for bulk density, specific gravity, metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congers, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and 1,4- dichlorobenzene. Dredging site water and elutriate water were analyzed for metals, pesticides, and PCBs