Sediment Quality Verification (SQV) Study Progress and Status Page
Page last updated December 9, 2019
Introduction
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS&IMF) and Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton (NBK-Bremerton, herein after referred to as Shipyard) located in Bremerton, WA are committed to a culture of continuous process improvement for all aspects of Shipyard operations, including reducing the releases of hazardous materials and waste in discharges from the Shipyard. The Shipyard is located within the Sinclair and Dyes Inlet watershed of Puget Sound, near Bremerton, WA. Operable Units (OUs) within the Shipyard were defined to focus Installation Restoration (IR) activities on achieving remediation goals. For Operable Unit B Marine (OUBM), which encompassed the contaminated sediments within the Shipyard and surrounding Sinclair Inlet, a remedial investigation and feasibility study was completed (URS 2002a), the Record of Decision (ROD) to remediate contaminated sediments was signed in 2000 (U.S. Navy 2000), and a long term monitoring program to track the attainment of clean up goals for OUBM was developed implemented in 2003 (URS 2000b).
Historically, Sinclair Inlet received pollution from industrial activities. Pollution from past practices is being addressed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) program. Historical practices have changed significantly and led to an overall decrease in contaminants entering Sinclair Inlet from Shipyard activities. However, sediment quality may still be impacted by pollution from a variety of active sources including current shipyard operations, marina and vessel traffic, storm event runoff, discharges from waste water treatment plants, industrial outfalls, and surface streams and legacy sources, such as historically contaminated sediments. Sediment quality verification studies are needed to establish the baseline of current sediment quality conditions in selected areas, assess the effectiveness of cleanup and pollution control measures, identify areas of potential re-contamination, provide data to assess sediment impact zones from industrial outfalls and stormwater drains, and determine if discharges from all sources are protective of beneficial uses including aquatic life. The industrial discharges from the Shipyard are regulated by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program as authorized by the Clean Water Act.
The improvement and recovery of sediment quality in Sinclair Inlet is actively being addressed by the Navy under the CERCLA and NPDES programs, Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) under the Urban Waters Initiative (Dutch et al. 2009), and the Shipyard the ENVvironmental reinENVment (ENVVEST) Project. Under the ENVVEST, a cooperative agreement among PSNS&IMF, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ecology, and local stakeholders (US Navy, EPA and Ecology 2000) has been helping to improve the environmental quality of the Sinclair and Dyes Inlet Watershed (ENVVEST 2006) and develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for priority pollutants (Johnston et al. 2009, Lawrence et al. 2011).
The objective of this sediment sampling and analysis plan (SAP) is to leverage the cooperation between the various programs addressing sediment and water quality in Sinclair Inlet to characterize the current sediment quality at priority areas within the Shipyard for a suite of heavy metals, PCBs, and PAHs both at the sediment surface and at depths representative of sediment that could be redistributed to the surface. The study is designed to identify data gaps (Ecology 2010a, 2010b), characterize surface (0-10 cm depth) and deep (0-20 cm) sediments, evaluate bioavailability, assess enhanced natural recovery rates, and support research and development (R&D) studies of treatability (SSC-Pacific 2010) and bioavailability (ERDC-ERL 2010) of sediments from selected sites within the Shipyard. Specific objectives of this study are to:
• Establish baseline for continuous process improvement
• Characterize silt and sediment in the vicinity of outfalls and dry docks (eg operational areas not included in OUBM sediment monitoring)
• Provide data to assess sediment impact zones for NPDES discharges
• Provide data to assess anti-degradation requirements for water quality certifications needed for pier and dry dock infrastructure improvements
• Support R&D studies of sediment treatability and bioavailability
Results and Deliverables
Technical Report
Johnston RK, Brandenberger JM, Gill GA, Kohn, N., Guerrero J, Leather, J., Rosen G, Colvin M, Strivens JE. 2019. Sediment Quality Verification Study and Baseline for Process Improvement for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Bremerton, WA Draft Final Report. Richland, Wa: Prepared by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Project ENVVEST Report No.: PNNL-29156, December, 2019. 2019_SQV_Report_BB08c.pdf
Appendices (on distribution CD)
Appendix A Data Reports
Appendix A.1 SQV Analytical Chemistry Data Report
ApdxA-1_SQV_Analytical_Chemistry_Data_Report_2012_05_28.pdf
Appendix A.2 Rapid Sediment Characterization Data Report
ApdxA-2_RSC_2010_FPXRF_Metals_Results_OUBMv2.xls
ApdxA-2_RSC_2010_PAH_Data_Report.xls
ApdxA-2_RSC_2010_PCB_Pier7_DataReport.xls
Appendix A.3 Grain Size Analysis Data Report
ApdxA-3_GrainSizeAnalysisReport.pdf
Appendix A.4 Sediment Toxicity Data Report
ApdxA-4_SedimentToxReport_BB05.pdf
Appendix A.5 Dry Dock Silt Data Report
ApdxA-5_DDASilt_2014_DataReport.pdf
ApdxA-5_DDASilt_2014_FinalDataTable3462_silt.xls
Appendix A.6 Hg Distribution in Puget Sound Surface Sediments
ApdxA-6_Hg_in_the_Puget_Sound.pdf
Appendix B Raw Data Files
Study
Location Data\EIM_Location_PSNS_SQV2011.xlsx
Results Data\EIM_Result_PSNS_SQV2011_09_BB06.xlsx
Appendix C Pre- and Post-Construction Comparison
ApdxC-Pre-Post-Construction.pdf
Work Plans
Brandenberger, J.M., G. Gill, R.K. Johnston, J. Guerrero, J. Leather, G. Rosen, B. Beckwith, and J. Young, 2011. Sampling and Analysis Plan for Sediment Quality Verification (SQV) Study and Baseline for Process Improvement, Sinclair and Dyes Inlets, Puget Sound, Washington. Prepared for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Immediate Maintenance Facility Project ENVVEST, Bremerton, WA. April 2011.
SQV Sampling and Analysis Plan w/Appendices (Apr 2011) (5.6 mb)
Appendices
A. Screening Results for OUBM Sediment Monitoring Samples
A1. XRF Screening Results for OUBM Sediment Monitoring Samples
A2. PAH Screening Results for OUBM Sediment Monitoring Sample
B. Stormwater Basin Description Table
C. The number of samples and analyses to be conducted.
D. Screening Results for Pier 7 samples
D1. Pier 7 Immunoassay Results for PCBs
D2. Pier 7 XRF Results for Metals4
E. Preliminary Evaluation of Tools Towards Improved Assessment of Copper and Zinc Bioavailability and Toxicity at Contaminated Navy Sediment Sites, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific
Maps
Summary of ENVVEST SQV Sediment Sampling Stations
SQV_SedimentSamplingLocationsFinal.pdf
Google Earth KML for SQV sediment sampling stations
2011 Sediment Sampling Locations Final.kml
High Resolution Bathymetric Survey 2007
Data Reports
Browse Data Files Data
Presentations
Pier Pre- and Post-Construction Comparison, presentation by Dr. R.K. Johnston at BNC Tech Team Meeting Dec. 20, 2011 Docs\PierPrePostComparisonHANDOUT.pdf
Sediment Quality Verification (SQV) Study update, presentation by Dr. R.K. Johnston at BNC Tech Team Meeting June 14, 2011. Docs\SQV_Status_Update_2011_06_14.pdf
2010-11 ENVVEST Sediment Monitoring Studies, presentation by Dr. R.K. Johnston at BNC Tech Team Meeting April 11, 2011. Docs\SQVBriefing2011_04_11.pdf
Source Control at PSNS, presentation by Donna Podger (ECY) at BNC Technical Team Meeting, Nov. 29, 2010. Docs\Ecy_2010_11_29SourceControlatPSNS2.pdf
Letter from D. Podger (ECY) to J. Tran (ECY) Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (NPDES Permit WA-000206-2) NPDES Permit Review and Mixing Zone Request, June 2010 Docs\Ecy_2010_08_24_Podger_NPDES_PSNS_MemoFinal.pdf
References
Link to Zotero Group with all references cited in Final Report: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2418972/sqv_2019_references
References on this page
Dutch, M. et al. 2009. 2009 Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP) and Urban Waters Initiative (UWI) Sampling and Analysis Plan. State of Washington, Department of Ecology. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/0903121.html
Ecology (Washington State Department of Ecology). 2010a. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (NPDES Permit WA-000206-2) NPDES Permit Review and Mixing Zone Request, June 2010. Letter to EPA dated August 24, 2010. Docs\Ecy_2010_08_24_Podger_NPDES_PSNS_MemoFinal.pdf
Ecology 2010b. Source Control at PSNS, presentation by Donna Podger at BNC Technical Team Meeting, Nov. 29, 2010. Docs\Ecy_2010_11_29SourceControlatPSNS2.pdf
ENVVEST 2006a. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Project ENVVEST Community Update CD: Study Plans, Reports, Data and Supporting Information. Washington State Department of Ecology Publication Number 06-10-054. Prepared by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego , Marine Environmental Support Office - NW, Bremerton, WA. August 2006. http://www.mesodat.org/Public/ENVVEST2006/
ERDC-ERL (Engineering Research and Development Center-Environmental Research Laboratory) 2010. Assessing the bioavailability of contaminated sediments, proposal for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS. http://www.serdp.org/
Johnston, R.K., Wang, P.F., Loy, E.C., Blake, A.C., Richter, K.E., Brand, M.C, Kyburg, C.E., Skahill, B.E., May, C.W., Cullinan, V., Choi, W., Whitney, V.S., Leisle, D.E., and Beckwith, B. 2009. "An Integrated Watershed and Receiving Water Model for Fecal Coliform Fate and Transport in Sinclair and Dyes Inlets, Puget Sound, WA." Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Technical Report 1977, San Diego, CA. Dec. 2, 2009, 182pp. http://www.mesodat.org/Public/TR1977/
Lawerence, S., M. Roberts, K. Erickson, and R.K. Johnston 2012. Sinclair and Dyes Inlets Fecal Coliform Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load: TMDL and Water Quality Implementation Plan. Washington State Department of Ecology, Publication number 11-10-051, Date Published April 2012, Date Revised June 2012 https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/summarypages/1110051.html
SSC-Pacific (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific) 2010. Laboratory Reactive Amendment Treatability Studies. Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Proposal. SSC-Pacific, San Diego, CA.
URS Group, Inc. 2002a. Final Remedial Investigation Report, Operable Unit B Marine, Bremerton Naval Complex, Washington. Prepared by URS Greiner, Inc. for U.S. Navy, Engineering Field Activity, Northwest, Pouslbo, Washington.
URS Group, Inc. 2002b. Draft Long Term Monitoring Plan, Operable Unit B Marine, Bremerton Naval Complex, Washington. Appendix B, 12/06/02. Prepared by URS Greiner, Inc. for U.S. Navy, Engineering Field Activity, Northwest, Pouslbo, Washington.
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