Environmental Effects of Dredging Programs. Regulatory Identification of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Dredged Material. Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Vicksburg, Mississippi on 13-15 May 1986

A 3-day workshop on the regulatory evaluation of petroleum hydrocarbons in dredged material was conducted 13-15 May 1986 at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, Miss. The discussions culminated in the recommendation of specific hydrocarbon compounds and the development...

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Main Authors: Clarke,Joan U, Gibson,Alfreda B
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ANTHRACENES
ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Aromatic amines
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DREDGED MATERIALS
DREDGING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
Nitro aromatics
Organic Chemistry
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHENANTHRENES
PHENOLS
POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
SEDIMENTS
THIOPHENES
Water Pollution and Control
WORKSHOPS
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Summary:A 3-day workshop on the regulatory evaluation of petroleum hydrocarbons in dredged material was conducted 13-15 May 1986 at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, Miss. The discussions culminated in the recommendation of specific hydrocarbon compounds and the development of a suggested tiered testing approach for regulatory evaluation of hydrocarbon-contaminated dredged material. The compounds selected were 15 priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, anthracene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, benzo(a)pyrene, chrysene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, fluoranthene, fluorene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, phenanthrene, and pyrene. The tiered testing approach consisted of first-tier acute toxicity tests and sediment analysis for the key hydrocarbons, followed by second-tier 10-day bioaccumulation tests. Other classes of hydrocarbons and biological tests were recommended for further research, with possible future inclusion in the evaluation scheme.