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Chapter: APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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Appendix B

Contaminant Issues of Concern on National Wildlife Refuges

CATEGORY A: EVIDENCE INDICATES THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION

STATE

REFUGES

CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN

AL

Wheeler NWR

Industrial wastes (DDT)

AK

Kenai NWR

Industrial wastes (PCBs)

CA

Kesterson NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium and other trace elements)

CA

Seal Beach NWR

Military activities

HI

Johnston Island NWR

Military activities (nerve and mustard gas, dioxin, and plutonium)

IL

Crab Orchard NWR

Area 9 industrial wastes (PCBs)

NJ

Great Swamp NWR

Asbestos dump

VA

Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR

Asbestos insulation in refuge buildings

VA

Fisherman Island NWR

Military activities (DDT)

CATEGORY B: ON-SITE DIRECT EVIDENCE INDICATES THE NEED FOR IN-DEPTH MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS

STATE

REFUGES

CONTAMINANT ISSUES OF CONCERN

AK

Alaska Maritime NWR

Military/industrial wastes and discharges

AK

Alaska Maritime NWR

Military activities on Amchitka and Atka Islands

AZ

Cibola, Havasu, and Imperial NWRs

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals, selenium, and other trace elements)

CA

Grasslands WMA

Agricultural drainwater (selenium and other trace elements)

CA

Salton Sea NWR

Agricultural drainwater and municipal/industrial discharges

CA

San Luis NWR

Agricultural drainwater (trace elements and agricultural chemicals)

CA

Tijuana Slough NWR

Municipal/industrial discharges

FL

Loxahatchee NWR

Agricultural/municipal drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

GA

Savannah and Tybee NWRs

Municipal/industrial discharges

HI

Baker Island and Howland Island NWRs

Drums of petroleum

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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LA

Tensas River NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

MA

Great Meadows NWR

Hazardous-waste dumps (heavy metals)

MS

Yazoo NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

MT

Benton Lake NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium)

MT

Bowdoin NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium)

NV

Stillwater WMA

Agricultural drainwater (selenium, arsenic, and mercury)

NJ

Great Swamp NWR

Rolling Knolls landfill effluents

NC

Alligator River NWR

Landfill effluent (mercury and nutrients)

OK

Sequoyah NWR

Agricultural drainwater and industrial/municipal discharges

OK

Wichita Mountains NWR

Mining activities (mercury, arsenic, and other trace elements)

OR

Malheur NWR

Agricultural drainwater (mercury, arsenic, and boron)

PA

Tinicum National Environmental Center

Folcroft landfill (heavy metals, pesticides, and cyanide)

TX

Aransas NWR

Oil and grease (polyaromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals)

TX

Buffalo Lake NWR

Cattle feedlots (nutrients)

TX

Laguna Atascosa NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals and trace elements)

WA

San Juan Islands NWR

Municipal/industrial discharge (PCBs, trace elements, and metals)

AL

Wheeler NWR

Industrial wastes (DDT)

AK

Kenai NWR

Industrial wastes (PCBs)

CA

Kesterson NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium and other trace elements)

CA

Seal Beach NWR

Military activities

HI

Johnston Island NWR

Military activities (nerve and mustard gas, dioxin, and plutonium)

IL

Crab Orchard NWR

Area 9 industrial wastes (PCBs)

NJ

Great Swamp NWR

Asbestos dump

VA

Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR

Asbestos insulation in refuge buildings

VA

Fisherman Island NWR

Military activities (DDT)

CATEGORY C: ON-SITE OR OFF-SITE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE INDICATES A PRIORITY NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RECONNAISSANCE MONITORING

STATE

REFUGES

CONTAMINANT ISSUES OF CONCERN

AK

Alaska Maritime NWR

Industrial air pollution

AK

Alaska Maritime, Arctic, Togiak, and Yukon Delta NWRs

Military activities (PCBs and fuel drums)

AK

Innoko, Kanuti, Koyukuk, Nowitna, Selawik, Yukon Delta, and Yukon Flats NWRs

Placer mining

AK

Kenai NWR

Oil and gas activities

AR

Tetlin NWR

Industrial dump (petroleum byproducts)

AR

Big Lake NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

AR

Overflow NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

AR

White River NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

AZ

Kofa NWR

Mining activities (cyanide)

AZ

San Bernardino NWR

Industrial discharges (copper smelter/acid rain)

CA

Butte Sink, Colusa, Delevan, Sacramento, and Sutter NWRs

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals and trace elements)

CA

Humboldt Bay NWR

Inactive landfill dump

CA

Lower Klamath and Tule Lake NWRs

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

CA

Salinas River WMA

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

CA

San Pablo Bay NWR

Municipal/industrial discharges (trace elements)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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CO

Browns Park NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium)

FL

National Key Deer Refuge

Mosquito-control spraying (chemicals)

ID

Bear Lake NWR

Agricultural/municipal drainwater

IL

Crab Orchard NWR

Other industrial wastes (on refuge)

IL

Crab Orchard NWR

Municipal wastes (off refuge)

LA

Lacassine NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

LA

Sabine NWR

Industrial discharges (mercury)

MI

Shiawassee NWR

Agricultural drainwater and municipal/industrial discharges

NJ

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR

Buried drums (unknown contents)

NJ

Great Swamp NWR

Harding landfill effluents

NM

Bitter Lake NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals and trace elements)

NM

Bosque del Apache NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals and trace elements)

NY

Iroquois NWR

Buried drums (agricultural chemicals)

NY

Montezuma NWR

Buried drums (agricultural chemicals)

OK

Salt Plains NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals and trace elements)

OK

Tishomingo NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

PA

Tinicum National Environmental Center

Clearview landfill (polychlorinated compounds)

RI

Ninigret NWR

Military dumps

RI

Sachuest Point NWR

Municipal landfill

TX

Anahuac NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

TX

Aransas NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

TX

Santa Ana and Lower Rio Grande Valley NWRs

Agricultural drainwater and municipal/industrial discharges (nutrients, toxic chemicals, and metals)

TX

Santa Ana and Lower Rio Grande Valley NWRs

Agricultural activities (pesticides)

UT

Ouray NWR

Agricultural drainwater (selenium)

VA

Great Dismal Swamp NWR

Suffolk landfill

WA

Nisqually NWR

Municipal/industrial discharges (heavy metals and chemicals)

WI

Horicon NWR

Agricultural drainwater (agricultural chemicals)

Source: FWS, 1986.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B: CONTAINMENT ISSUES OF CONCERN ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES." National Research Council. 1995. A Review of the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9158.
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