Inter-Areas Investigation to Support the River Corridor Baseline Risk Assessment. River Corridor Closure Contractor River Corridor Inter-Areas Investigation Prepared by Neptune & Company DQO Workshop, June 1st & 2nd 2006. Inter-Areas Investigation Workshop Topics. Introduction and schedule
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Inter-Areas Investigation to Support the River Corridor Baseline Risk Assessment
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Purpose Statement Inter-Areas Investigation Evaluate risks from chemicals and radionuclides between source or operational areas (reactor and industrial) in the 100 Area and 300 Area riparian and near-shore aquatic environs.
Purpose • Extension of 100/300 Area RCBRA • Fill contaminant data gaps for non-operational areas • Supplemental environmental data collection for 100/300 Area RCBRA • Benefit from stakeholder input, assessment approaches, and data • 100-B/C Pilot • 100-NR-2 • 100/300 RCBRA
Scope Additional considerations for Inter-Areas: • Consider all salmon spawning areas • Consider cumulative exposures to wide-ranging species • Consider multi-media exposures • Current concentrations from 200 Area groundwater plumes
Scope • Develop 100/300 Area Sampling and Analysis Plan Addendum for Inter-Areas data collection
Inter-Areas Approach • Follow DQOs developed for 100/300 Area riparian and near-shore aquatic regions • Measure contaminants in riparian soil, sediment, water, and biota • Characterize contaminant risks in riparian and near-shore aquatic areas
Inter-Areas Approach • Apply DQOs consistent with 100/300 Area assessment • Contaminant suites • Endpoints and measures for riparian and near-shore aquatic areas • Sampling approaches • MIS riparian soil • Grab sediment • Horizontal aquifer tubes • Biota samples (invert baskets, clam tubes, sculpin, etc.)
Inter-Areas Approach Spatial Areas Considered • Unique habitats • Backwaters • Sloughs • Wetlands • Habitats for species of interest • Salmon spawning habitat • Eagle roost areas • Heron rookeries • Game fish • Mollusks
Inter-Areas Approach Spatial Areas Considered • Emergent 200 Area groundwater plumes in near-shore aquatic areas • Tritium • Nitrate • Areas in context of wide-ranging ecological receptors
Inter-Areas Approach • Selecting Assessment Endpoints • Extensive list near shore aquatic COPECs • Plants/invertebrates most directly linked to contaminants • Relative to plants, most COPECs have greater uptake potential in invertebrates • Screening level exposure analysis suggests that invertebrate-eating organisms at greatest risk
Inter-Areas Approach Riparian and Near-shore Aquatic Measures Include • Exposure • Water, sediment, or soil concentrations • Tissue concentrations • Effect • Adverse effect (no effect and lowest effect) levels in water or sediment and food • Tissue concentration-based effect levels • Field surveys • Ecosystem/Receptor characteristics • Habitat types • Physical characteristics (grain size, pH, OM)
Measures Collected in Near-shore Aquatic Areas Substrate Class 1 (fines) Pore water COPECs Sediment COPECs Substrate Class 2 (gravel/cobble) Pore water COPECs Clam tube Rock basket Fish tissue
Data Assessment: Multiple Lines of Evidence • Weight or strength of evidence approach • Information from multiple measures, including: • Exposure • Effects • Ecosystem/receptor characteristics • Lines of evidence for each assessment endpoint evaluated for internal consistency
Evaluation of Existing Data Example sources of existing data for Inter-Areas: • Environmental surveillance reports (compiled in PNNL-SA-41467) • 100-B/C Pilot data • 2003/2004 data collected between the 100-B/C and 100-K Areas • Columbia River Component database
Evaluation of Existing Data Example sources of existing information for Inter-Areas (continued): • Historical radiological surveys • EPA fish contaminant study • Dept. of Health studies • Biological Resource Management Plan (BRMaP)
Evaluation of Existing Data Initial Evaluation of Existing Data: • Chemical and radiological data from PNNL-SA-41467 evaluated • Compared relative concentrations between areas • Compared relative concentrations between tissue types • Summary focused on known shoreline contaminants (e.g., Cr, nitrate, Sr-90, tritium, uranium)
Evaluation of Data Sources Synopsis of PNNL-SA-41467 data: • Focus on key shoreline contaminants in sediment, surface water, and biota • Chromium • Nitrate • Strontium-90 • Tritium • Uranium • Discuss dates and media sampled • What trends do these data show?
Chromium in sediment and water (Source PNNL-SA-41467) Water (ug/L) Sediment (ug/kg) • Small sample numbers at some areas • Water trends consistent with plumes
Strontium-90 in sediment and water (Source PNNL-SA-41467) Sediment (pCi/g) Water (pCi/L) • Consistently sampled at all areas • No trend in sediment levels • Water trends consistent with plumes
Strontium-90 in vegetation (Source PNNL-SA-41467) Aquatic vegetation (pCi/g) Riparian vegetation (pCi/g) • Consistently sampled at most areas • Three higher values in riparian vegetation
Uranium-238 in sediment and water (Source PNNL-SA-41467) Water (pCi/L) Sediment (pCi/g) • Consistently sampled at all areas • Generally higher in sediment and water at 300 Area
Uranium-238 in vegetation (Source PNNL-SA-41467) Aquatic vegetation (pCi/g) Riparian vegetation (pCi/g) • Not consistently sampled at most areas • Generally higher in 300 Area aquatic vegetation
Evaluation of Data Sources Synopsis of Columbia River Component (CRC) data evaluation for Inter-Areas: • Focus on key shoreline contaminants in sediment (core and grab samples) and surface water (composite and discrete samples) • Chromium • Strontium-90 • Uranium • Data spanning from 1984 to 2005
Chromium in sediment and water (Source CRC Data Compilation) Water (ug/L) Sediment (mg/kg) • Hanford reach concentrations are greater than upstream and downstream
Strontium-90 in sediment and water (Source CRC Data Compilation) Sediment (pCi/g) Water (pCi/L) • No trend in sediment levels • Water concentrations are greater at the Hanford Site
Total Uranium in sediment and water (Source CRC Data Compilation) Water (pCi/L) Sediment (mg/kg) • Hanford reach concentrations are greater than upstream and downstream
Evaluation of Data Sources Initial conclusions of data evaluation: • Contaminant associations follow expected trends with source areas • Radionuclides generally more commonly sampled than non-radionuclides • Provide some information on expected levels in inter-areas
Data Quality Objectives for Inter-Areas Ecological Data Quality Objectives: • Risk questions • Assessment endpoints • Measures for assessment endpoints • Ecological study design
Data Quality Objectives for Inter-Areas Ecological Risk Questions • Do COPECs in sediment/water affect survival/growth/reproduction of plants or benthic macro invertebrates? • Do COPECs in soil, water, or food affect survival, growth, reproduction, or abundance of amphibians, aerial insectivores, or carnivorous receptors?