Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program - (BPTCP)

BPTCP Confirmation - Regions 1, 3, 4, 8 & 9

  • Legs
    • 24 through 30, 32 & 33

  • Sampling Dates and Regions - Fieldata.dbf
    • Leg 24- 1/18/94 through 1/20/94 - Region 9
    • Leg 25- 1/31/94 through 2/2/94 - Regions 4 & 8
    • Leg 26- 2/15/94 through 2/16/94 - Regions 4 & 8
    • Leg 27- 3/1/94 through 3/2/94 - Region 9
    • Leg 28- 3/15/94 through 3/16/94 - Region 9
    • Leg 29- 3/29/94 through 3/31/94 - Regions 9 & 8
    • Leg 30- 4/12/94 through 4/14/94 - Regions 4 & 8
    • Leg 32- 5/18/94 through 5/20/94 - Regions 1, 3, 4, 8 & 9
    • Leg 33- 6/13/94 through 6/16/94 - Regions 1 & 3

  • Number
    • 266 total stations
    • 234 stations were BPTCP confirmation (78 sites with 3 reps »20m apart)
    • 32 stations were reference site screening

  • Chemical Analysis - Chem2433.dbf
    • Organic analysis completed on 162 stations (Groups 7 & 8)
    • Metal analysis completed on 162 stations (Groups 7 & 8)
    • TOC & grain size analysis completed on all 266 stations
    • No chemical analysis authorized for legs 30, 32 or 33 (n=90)

  • Toxicity Testing - Tox2433.dbf
    • Amphipod survival in solid phase data completed on all stations authorized
    • Urchin fertilization in pore water data completed on all stations authorized
    • Urchin larvae development in pore water data completed on all stations authorized
    • Neanthes weight change and survival in solid phase data completed on all stations
      authorized

  • Benthic Community - Ben1-56.dbf
    • No analysis authorized

  • Products
    • Data report for Legs 24-33 submitted to SWRCB 3/22/95; includes all analytical data, cruise reports; QA/QC reports for chemistry, toxicity, TOC, and grain size data