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- description: Metal, hydrocarbon, or nutrient data have not been recorded for the Arctic coastal plain 1002 area of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) in areas of prospective oil and corridor development. Pre-development baseline data
for contaminants are necessary to enable general characterization of water quality and contaminant residues, as well as to
provide site-specific pre-development information in the event of a Congressional decision to open the Arctic coastal plain
to oil and gas exploration and development. This study examines 1988-1989 samples of sediments, water, sedge, birds, invertebrates,
and fishes from the 1002 area. Volume 1 of the three volumes in this report describes the study area, study sites, methods,
and objectives, and provides summary statistics (geometric mean, arithmetic mean, arithmetic standard deviation, maximum,
minimum, and median) for those analytes with more than 2/3 of the concentrations greater than the limit of detection. Volume
2contains the raw metal and hydrocarbon contaminant data, and the raw water quality data. Volume 3summarizes quality assurance/quality
control (QA/QC) results which include mean relative percent differences (RPD's) from duplicate analyses, mean percent
recoveries from spiked analyses, mean recoveries and Z scores from standard reference material analyses, and maximum concentrations
from blank analyses. For a comprehensive description of all quality assurance/quality control methods, also see Volume 1.
These reports provide a database on a sufficient number of aquatic, terrestrial, and lagoon samples to enable general characterization
of water quality and contaminant residues, as well as to provide site specific pre-development information. The reader is
strongly encouraged to use the QA/QC data in Volume 3 to assess data quality on an analyte-by-analyte basis for each sample
matrix. This information will be used by Refuge management and State and Federal regulators to assess any post development
changes that result from any oil and gas exploratory or production activities. The data will also be useful in evaluating
special use permits, Clean Water Act Sections 402 and 404 permits, and State wastewater permits, and in recommending appropriate
mitigation measures if development occurs on the 1002 area.; abstract: Metal, hydrocarbon, or nutrient data have not been
recorded for the Arctic coastal plain 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) in areas of prospective
oil and corridor development. Pre-development baseline data for contaminants are necessary to enable general characterization
of water quality and contaminant residues, as well as to provide site-specific pre-development information in the event of
a Congressional decision to open the Arctic coastal plain to oil and gas exploration and development. This study examines
1988-1989 samples of sediments, water, sedge, birds, invertebrates, and fishes from the 1002 area. Volume 1 of the three volumes
in this report describes the study area, study sites, methods, and objectives, and provides summary statistics (geometric
mean, arithmetic mean, arithmetic standard deviation, maximum, minimum, and median) for those analytes with more than 2/3
of the concentrations greater than the limit of detection. Volume 2contains the raw metal and hydrocarbon contaminant data,
and the raw water quality data. Volume 3summarizes quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) results which include mean relative
percent differences (RPD's) from duplicate analyses, mean percent recoveries from spiked analyses, mean recoveries and
Z scores from standard reference material analyses, and maximum concentrations from blank analyses. For a comprehensive description
of all quality assurance/quality control methods, also see Volume 1. These reports provide a database on a sufficient number
of aquatic, terrestrial, and lagoon samples to enable general characterization of water quality and contaminant residues,
as well as to provide site specific pre-development information. The reader is strongly encouraged to use the QA/QC data in
Volume 3 to assess data quality on an analyte-by-analyte basis for each sample matrix. This information will be used by Refuge
management and State and Federal regulators to assess any post development changes that result from any oil and gas exploratory
or production activities. The data will also be useful in evaluating special use permits, Clean Water Act Sections 402 and
404 permits, and State wastewater permits, and in recommending appropriate mitigation measures if development occurs on the
1002 area.
Citation
- Title Contaminant and Water Quality Baseline Data for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1988 - 1989. Volume 3, Quality
Assurance/Quality Control Statistics.
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