Technical resources for sediment cleanups

• 2013 Sediment Management Standards Rule Chapter 173-204 WAC (February 2013)
• 2013 SMS Rule Adoption Documents (February 2013)

• Sediment Cleanup User’s Manual II (SCUM II) (Dec. 2017)
• Sediment Cleanup User's Manual Appendix K spreadsheet (download link)
• Wood Waste Guidance (Sept. 2013)

• Port Gardner Bay Data Report (2009)
• Oakland Bay Data Report (2012)
• Budd Inlet Data Report (2011)
• North Olympic Peninsula Data Report (2011)
• Fidalgo Bay Data Report (2008)

Freshwater sediment: Floating Percentile Model (FPM)

• Development of Benthic SQVs for Freshwater Sediments in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (Nov. 2011)
• Criteria calculation spreadsheets (1.8 mb zipped) (7 MS Excel files = calculation spreadsheets with embedded macros.) (Nov. 2011)

Freshwater sediment: bioassays/Apparent Effects Threshold (AET)

• Development of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values for Use in Washington State: Phase I Task 6 Appendices (Sept. 2002)
• Development of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values for Use in Washington State: Phase II Report (Sept. 2003)
• Creation and Analysis of Freshwater Sediment Quality Values in Washington State, Pub. No. 97-323a (July 1997)
• Summary of Guidelines for Contaminated Freshwater Sediments (FSEDCRIT) (March 1995)
• Review and Evaluation of Microtox Test for Freshwater Sediments (Nov. 1992)
• Evaluation of Bioassay Organisms for Freshwater Sediment Toxicity Testing (Feb. 1992)
• A Review of Interpretation Methods for Freshwater Benthic Invertebrate Survey Data Used by Selected State and Federal Agencies (Oct.1991)

Marine sediment: Apparent Effects Threshold (AET)

• Progress Re-evaluating Puget Sound Apparent Effects Thresholds (AETs), Vol. 1: 1994 
• Amphipod and Echinoderm Larval AETs Section 1, Section 2, Section 3 (PSDDA, Draft, April 1996)
• Evaluation of the AET Approach for Assessing Sediment Quality (EPA Science Advisory Board, Sediment Criteria Subcommittee) (EPA, July 1989)
• Application of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Quality Criteria to Puget Sound (June 1989)
• Contaminated Sediments Criteria Report (April 1989)
• 1988 Update and Evaluation of Puget Sound AET: Sediment Quality Values Refinement: Vol. 1 (PSEP, Sept. 1988)
• 1988 Update and Evaluation of Puget Sound AET: Sediment Quality Values Refinement: Vol. 1 Data Appendices (PSEP, Sept. 1988)
• The Apparent Effects Threshold Approach: Briefing Report to the EPA Science Advisory Board, (PSEP, Sept. 1988)

Marine sediment: bioassays and analytical tool development

• Sedqual Analytical Tool Development Support for the Analysis and Interpretation of Benthic Community Data (Sept. 2003)
• Puget Sound Reference Value Project, Task 3 Development of Benthic Effects Sediment Quality Standards (April 1999)
• Development of Reference Value Ranges for Benthic Infauna Assessment Endpoints in Puget Sound (Jan. 1996)
• Sediment Management Standards Marine Bioassays - Task II: Recommended Quality Assurance and Quality Control Deliverables (1996)
• Evaluation and Recommendation of Revised SMS Benthic Infaunal Sediment Standards (Dec. 1995)
• Review of Sediment Management Standards Bioassay Protocols (April 1995)
• Recommendations for Assessing Adverse Benthic Effects in Puget Sound (May 1993)
• Protocol for Juvenile Neanthes Sediment Bioassay (June 1990)

• The Effects-Based Design Process (June 1990)
• Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments: Development Documentation (Jan. 1990)
• Standards for Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments (Jan. 1990)
• Confined Disposal of Contaminated Sediments: Documentation of Standards Development/Appendices (Nov. 1989)
• Dredged Material Management Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis Baseline Survey of Phase II Disposal Sites (89-09-004) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F (1989)
• Data Quality Evaluation for Proposed Dredged Material Disposal Projects (QA-1) (June 1989)

• Fish Consumption Rates Technical Reports (2012)
• Tier II Report: Development of Sediment Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (DOH, May 1996)
• Technical Review of Distributional Analysis Approaches for Cancer Potency Factors (May 1996)
• Analysis of BSAF Values for Nonpolar Organic Compounds in Finfish and Shellfish  (Nov. 1995)
• Bioaccumulation Factor Approach Analysis for Metals and Polar Organic Compounds (Oct. 1995)
• Displays of Chemicals of Concern for Human Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria (Oct. 1995)
• Tier 1 Report: Development of Sediment Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (DOH, June 1995)
• Regulatory Options: Use of Fish Tissue Criteria (Sept. 1994)
• Development of Human Health Sediment Criteria Using a Distributional Analysis (Jan. 1994)
• Concept Paper: Regulatory Policy and Structure For Development of Human Health Sediment Criteria (June 1992)

• Evaluation of Benthic Data from the Paradise Bay (Port Townsend) and Stolt Sea Farm (Port Angeles) Net Pens (1995)
• Development of a Marine Finfish Sediment Quality Standard (1995)

• Organic Carbon Normalization of Sediment Data: Technical Information Memorandum (Dec. 1992)
• Reference Area Performance Standards for Puget Sound (PSEP, Sept. 1991)
• Interim Performance Standards for Puget Sound Reference Areas (June 1989)
• SEDRANK Guidance Document Obsolete—see SCUM II(June 1991)
• Washington Ranking Method (WARM) Appendix: Sediment Scoring Route (Updated June 1991)
• Sediment Ranking System Obsolete—see SCUM II(Jan. 1990)
• Data Validation Guidance Manual for Selected Sediment Variables (QA-2) (Edited Draft June 1989)

• Sediment Transport in Elliott Bay and the Duwamish River, Seattle: Implications to Estuarine Management (May 1994)
• WASP Application Guidance Manual (Dec. 1993)
• WASP Implementation and Model Modifications Manual(June 1993)
• WASP Sensitivity Analysis (Nov. 1992)
• Sediment Modeling Variables in Puget Sound Workshop Summary (June 1991)
• Recommended Sediment Impact and Recovery Zone Models and Case Study Analysis (Feb. 1991)
• Puget Sound Contaminated Sediment Impact and Recovery Zone Workshop Summary (Oct. 1989)

• 1990 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Sediment Management Standards (Dec. 1990)
• Final Economic Impact Statement for the SMS (Dec. 1990)
• Responsiveness Summary for Adoption of Chapter 173-204 WAC Sediment Management Standards (Dec. 1990)
• Sediment Management Standards Rule Chapter 173-204 WAC (Dec. 1995)
• Responsiveness Summary Appendices - Sediment Management Standards 1993 Annual Review, 1995 Triennial Review, 1996 Annual Review (Draft final, April 1997)

• Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Sediments from Lake Washington on Freshwater Bioassay Organisms and Benthic Macroinvertebrates (June 1992)
• Copper in Sediments from Steilacoom Lake, Pierce County, Washington (April 1992)

• Lake Washington Data Report (Feb. 2017)
• Port Gardner Sampling and Analysis Plan and Data Report (Dec. 2014)
• Bellingham Bay Sampling and Analysis Plan and Data Report(Jan. 2015)
• North Olympic Peninsula Sampling and Analysis Plan and Data Report (Sept. 2016)

• Sediment Cleanup User’s Manual II (SCUM II) Appendix A (March 2015)