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Limited sampling for PCBs in fish and sediments was done in 1980 in the Massena area. This sampling is an extension of the routine water quality-monitoring for tcxic substances. A summary of the sample locations and results are shown below. The sample locations are shown on the attached map of the Massena area. ' -

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Sediment Samples " *E/& (pP2) Aroclor

Sample Site 1221 1016/1242 1254 1260 Mirex

Grasse River^TJpstrean .004 <.002 .007 <.002 <.002 Site 9

Alcoa Launch Site ^.0 49.0 8.7 <2.0 <2.0 ' Site 5

Robinson Creek Bay <.002 .003 .004 <.002 < .002 Site 8

St. Lawrence <.002 .01 .002 < .002 < .002 Site 4

Power Canal Discharge < .002 .04 .04 <.002 <4.002 Site 6 -

Grasse River Mouth <.002 1.6 0.43 <.002 < .002 Site 3

PCB Pish Analysis - July 21-25, 1980 Pish Flesh Samples

Location Species No. Fish Avg, Total PCB Kin. PCB Max. PCB

Grasse R. abv. ' Sta. Mouth 2 1.25 1.19 1.30 Massena Station 1 Bass

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Vhite Sucker 1 0.12 0.12 0.12 9 Pumpkinseed 6 .09 * .05 .14

St. Law. River Rock Bass 4 .18 .10 .24 above Massena Fall Fish 4 - .25 .08 .52 Station 2

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Grasse River 4 Br. Bullhead 1 1.48 1.4B 1.48 below Massena . Sn. Mouth Bass 2 1.54 1.00 2.03 STP/Staticn 5 Fall Fish 2 3.45 3.52 3.3S

Rock Bass 3 . 1.08 .26 2.44

St. Law. R. Fall Fish 1 2.53 2.53 2.53 Reynolds Alumi- 11. Pike 1 » 7.10 7.10 7.10 num outfall/St.6 Rock Bass 6 • 2.45 .1.60 3.82

Mouth Grasse Rock Bass 4 .65 .48 .99 River/Station 7 br. Bullhead 4 1.22 0.26 2.74

The fish samples were either filleted or analyzed whole minus head and v i s c e r a d e p e n d i n g u p c n s i z e .

There is no one standard which may "be used to evaluate the significance o t h e P C E l e v e l s m e a s u r e d . T h e U . S . F o o d a n d D r u g A d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s s e t a ma in'w,in level of 5 PP3 PC3 for sale of commercial fish. There has been no mamum allowable level for PC3 in sediments established but 50 ppm has been used as a guideline in the upper Hudson River to determine if sediment removal is warranted.

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The Massena area has three major industrial plants: ALCOA, Reynolds and General Motors Central Foundry. The ALCOA discharge is to the Grasse River approximately 10,000 meters upstream from its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. The Reynolds and General Motors Central Foundry drs c h a r g e s d i r e c t l y i n t o t h e S t . L a w r e n c e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 , 5 0 0 a n d 3 * 0 0 0 m e t e respectively downstream of the Grasse River confluence.

Each plant has recognized their possible PCS problems and is implementing programs to eliminate any potential for further significant PC3 discharge to the environment. A brief description of the plants and their steps to minimize PCB discharges from their treatment systems follow:

ALUMINUM COMPANY OF -AMERICA

The Massena ALCOA facility is an integrated aluminum plant including reduction, casting and manufacture of ingot, wire rod and bar products.

The mill site has been in use since about 1903 and is one of th£ oldest reduction plants in the country. It has been modified and expanded many times since its initial construction and is currently a modem facility.

Until the early 1960's the wastewater treatment system was the typical direct discharge. The company started upgrading their wastewater treat­ment system in the early 19o0's and is a continuing project./ Th.e system currently consists of a series of lagoons for waste stabilization includi a sanitary waste lagoon, a primary lagoon for water from the carbon bake f u r n a c e a i r s c r u b b e r s a n d a 6 ^ - a . z r e q a n i t t t r y l a g o o n f o r t r e a t i n g t h e t c t a p l a n t w a s t e w a t e r s . i - - . . - • >

All "major non sanitary waste flows have now been directed to the secondary lagoon and receive treatment prior to discharging to the Grasse River. A total of 18 mgd average is treated in the secondary lagoon.

• The company also has a holding lagoon for spent caustic solutions and • soluable oil which is not connected to the treatnent ryot en. Until recently it also had a used lube oil lagoon. The lube oil lagoon has now been emptied and filled.

A 1980, 72-hour sampling of the ALCOA secondary lagoon outfall showed low concentrations of PCB's present measuring between 2.7 -and 4.3 ??'-• A 24-hour sampling in, February 1931 shoved a reduction to 1.2 ppb.• The company has undertaken an intensive PCS trackdown program and has tenta­tively identified a srall number of continuing sources of PCB's to the waste stream. The company is pursuing more positive identification of the contaminated sources and their elimination is expected soon. A PC3 limit of 1 ppb average and 2 ppb mavr rv;n is proposed for the ALCOA wastewater discharge pemr.it for the main outfall to the Grasse River.

REYNOLDS METALS CCMFAITY

Reynolds Metals operates an aluminum reduction plant utilizing the soda-burg process. The plant water intake is from the St. Lawrence River, downstream- of the confluence with the Grasse River. The company has a-wastewater discharge permit (fnTY 0000540) to discharge 4 liSD process f water; 2 mgd non contact water; and 0.575 ^Ed sanitary sewage to the St. Lawrence River through three separate outfalls. ^

Jl Sampling for PCB's done by the company using a sensitivity of 0.01 ppb has not detected PCB's ir. either the intake or discharge water. Sampling of the process water discharge done by Hew York State DEC in September 1980, likewise, identified no detectable levels of FC3*s using a sensiti­v i t y o f 0 . 0 5 p p b w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f o n e s u s p e c t r e s u l t o f 0 . 5 p p b f o r Aroclor 1016/1254- The current wastewater discharge permit has a maximum allowable level of total FCP discharge of 1 ppb daily average and 2 ppb daily maximum. The permit also requires that the company run a short time high intensity PC3 monitoring study for the old process water outfall by July 15, 1981.

GENERAL HOTOP-S/CErTRAL on-rmm/

The General Motors/Central Foundry Division is primarily a cast shop moving cast aluminum automotive products. Until the early 1970's some die casting machines used a hydraulic oil with a PCB base. Although purchase of PC3 oils ws.3 <iisc.cntirau ed in 1973 and the hydraulic sysuens flushed, the current hydraulic systems may still have a low residual 713 contamination level. The inxake water for the riant is taken from the Q St. Lawrence River and has been analyzed to contain detectable but lev: g PCB levels averaging . 34-p?b for samples tad:en between January 1973 and March 1979- The water intaire is located downstream of the confluence cf g the Grasse River ar.d the analyses are possibly more representative of the M

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The process and cooling water from General Motors is a closed loop syricr with an intermittent discharge. The measured levels in the discharge water average 4.5 ppb for tests taken between January 1575 and March 1579.

The water discharge permit, 0000540, issued to the company required' that they do additional sampling of their waste treatment lagoon us-: .1 until 1930. Samples of this lagoon taken in the spring of 1930 for 101-analysis indicated some residual PCB contamination at the lagoon. The company has discontinued the use of the old waste treatment plant and has constructed a new treatment system which is designed to meet all current wastewater discharge permit levels including PCB's-. This perm m allows no more than l.ppb daily average PCB's or 2 ppb maximum con­centration at anytime.

General Motors has also instituted an extensive grour.dvater monitoring program in tfte vicinity of their landfill and PCB contaminated sludge-pits and has found a detectable PCB level in the groundwater. The company is in the process of controlling the suspected sources of

#PCB's to prevent further groundwater contamination. The effect of this groundwater contamination on surface waters is urkmo'.'n but is believed to be insignificant.

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July 11, 1980

On June 5, 1980 as part of the sinject project, we gathered sables from the Grasse Rivex, Power Canal, and St. Lawrence River in nine (9) locations as follows:

Sarnie #1 - Dredge sample from the ALCOA, weir. The sediment was and consisted of coarse to fine sand and silt with a T°^>r tor.. The sample was taken free a back eddy created by the ALCOA discharge and approximately in the same area as sampled in 1979.

Sannle #2 - Dredge sample fron the ALCOA boat launch site, do«stream fro® ALCOA discharge. Pine sand to silt type deposit in 13 of prater. Sediment was over 2 * deep and located in an area with a slight back current.

Samnle #3 - Core from the «*rth of the Grasse River in about 5' of water along the north shore. Deep sandy to silt and clay sediment was encount­ered. A 14" core was extracted.

Sarnie 14 - Dredge sarnie from Polly's Gut In the St. Lawrence Riser. Silty toclay sedinent was found in 8' of water. tach recto inverte-

brate life was observed in sarple. Sample was collected from an eddy along the west shore.

C_.1A fc . Core at the ALOQA launch site about 75' upstream from the launch S"C'ple SS tat dLiiS«». from the ALCOA, discharge weir. Water depth was

4-5* and a sandy silty deposit was collected. A IT core was col­lected.

Sarole #6 - Dredge sample from the discharge end of the ton Can^*.. Ar^cky type sediment was collected in deep water of unknown depth (20-30').

Sample 17 - Dredge sanple from the dowistrean end of the Power structure. Water depth estimated at 35*. A black, ncky sediment was collected.

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Sarnie f? - Robinson Crech Fay in 1* of water on the west side of Route 131 and along the north shore. A shallo* sandy silty sediment was collected.

Sarnie #9 - Dredge sample fron Grasse River in back of the Massena fire hall. This area is upstream fror. all industrial or nnicipal discharges into the Grasse River in the Massena area. The sanple was collected from-the north shore in about 2* of water in an eddy current. The sediment was a sandy silty deposit.

Samples 3, 5, 6. 8, and 9 were submitted for PCE analysis. A 6" middle sec­tion fror core 3 was submitted and the entire core 5 siinitted.

An oil sheen was noted when core 5 was brought to the surface. I also detected an oil odor from, core 5.

Darrell Sweredoskf Sanitary Engineer Region 6

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517 Washington Street Vat art own, Saw York 15601 515-782-0100, Ext. 251

October 9» 1980

Mr. Phil Woodward ALCOA . s Box 150 Kassena, New York 15662

Dear Mr. Woodward:

Enclosed are copies of oar teot results for sediment samples take.: fro:.: thz Grasse Elver during the summer of this year.

If f can be of further assistance, pleas? do not hesitate to call ae.

Sincerely,.

Darrell Sweredoaki Sanitary Engineer Region 6

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REPORTING L A f l i 17 EMC A L b A f g y PROGRAMI 65U SOLID WAST.ES STATION (50URCE) NOL DRAINAGE BASIN: OR NY GAZETTEER NO: ««02 COUNTY: COORDINATES! DEG ' "N, DEG • "W COMMON NAME INCL SUBH'SHED: GRASSE RIVER M A S s t N A

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PARAMETER UNIT RESULT NOTATION

036003 P ,C ,B, , AROCLOR 1019 /1242 MCG/G 99 ,

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER

RESULTS OF EXAMJNATJUN (PAGE I OF 1 )

AB ACCESSION NO I 8 0 8 7 1 Y R /MO'DAY/H R SAMPLE R E C 'D l 8 0 / 0 6 /19 /16

REPORTING LABI 17 EHC ALBANY PROGRAM 1 650 SOL 10 WASTES--5TATION (SOURCE) NO! DRAINAGE BASINI OR NY GAZETTEER NO: 4402 C O U N T Y : ST, LAWRENCE COORDINATES I DEG ' "N, DEG • "* COMMON NAME INCL SUBW'SHED: GRASSE RIVER TRIP TO ST LAWRENCE RIVER

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LAB ACCESSION NO! 60672 YR/MO'DAY/HR SAMPLE REC'DI 60 /06 /19 /16 I REPORTING LAB: 17 EHC ALBANY PROGRAM! TSO SOLID WASTES STATION (SOURCE) NO! DRAINAGE BASIN! 09 NY GAZETTEER NO! 0469 COUNTY: ST , LAWRENCE COORDINATES! DEG ' " N, DGG » "* C O M M O N N A M E ' I N C L S U B W 'SH FD l G R A S S E R I V E R T R I P T O S T L A U R E N C E R l V E R

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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER PCB SAMPLING SURVEY

near Massena, New York

Massena (T), St. Lawrence County

September 21, 1982

PARTICIPATING PERSONNEL: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Region 6, Watertown

Joseph E. Kuta, Division of Water Willian. J. Moore, Division of Water

Central Office, Division of Water. Albany

Frank Estabrook, Toxics Assessment Section Ray Gabriel, Toxics Assessment Section

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CONTENTS V

Obiectivc 1

background — - 1

Discussion - - ""1

Findings 5 Results — - 4

Appendix

1 - Justification for Survey II - Location Map

III - Sa.*npling Results IV - Photographs

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VTL.."b OBJECTIVE

This field investigation was conducted to perform a water and sediment qu:«! i ty «tuJv for a select ed port i n of the- St. Law-rcnm River near Mas set: : . \ev. Ye:" . i ius study was initially ic- cover a number of toxic materials, however, due to a shortage of laboratory time and manpower, it was scaled-down to only a PCB-trackdown study.

BACKGROUND -

A number of previous PCB-trackdown studies were done near this location, however, no data was ever obtained for this specific area concerning the water and sediments of the St. Lawrence River. The following is a brief list of recent known studies i n t h e a r e a : N

- A water quality survey was conducted by Environment Canada in the Summer of 1977 for the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Cornwall, Ontario.

- International Joint Commission released a report in .the Summer of 1979 indicating detectable amounts of PCB's were found in the water column at the mouth of the Grasse River.

- A brief water and sediment quality study for PCB's was done on the Grasse River near the Alcoa plant outfall in August § September 1979 by NTS DEC Central Office Staff.

- MQE (Kater Resource Branch) undertook an extensive sediment/water fish survey on the- Grasse/St. Lawrence River in the Fall of 1979.

- In the Sumner of 1980 a PCB track-down sampling program was conducted on the Grasse River and St. Lawrence River in the Massena area by NYS DBC Region 6 staff.

- Grasse River fish survey/PCB analvsis performed bv NTS DEC in the summer of • 1980.

The above list is not an all inclusive list of PCB-trackdown studies done in the area since 1977, but is only a review of available information in the NYS DEC o regional file. ~

Refer to Appendix 1 fox the justification on this proposed lvater/Sediment Quality Survey for the St. Lawrence River.

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The regional office proposed a sampling program for the St. Lawrence River ^ which included eight sediments and four water samples near the two main Industrie dischargers (Reynolds Metals 8 General - Motors/Central Foundry) in the area. The-sanpling results along with the department's routine toxic surveillance network survey information and a previous Grasse River/Alcoa discharge survey would become a data base. After discussions were held with the Central Office staff additional sampling points were proposed until a total of 11 sediment and 7 water sampling , locations were developed (See Appendix II for a Location Map and Sample Type). The two sampling sites of the department's routine toxic surveillance network survey near the sampling locations are also noted on the location map in Appendix II.

^"2-. Equipment used in the survey included the following:

- 16' Boat with outboard motor.

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hip boots, ram jackets, etc.

- Coolers with ice for storage and shipping purposes.

- Eleven one liter glass bottles, with teflon lined caps for sediment samples.

- Seven two liter glass bottles, with teflon lined caps for water samples.

- Miscellaneous sampling equipment:

(1) Stanless steel pail with rope. (2) D-handle square end shovel. (3j Long handled, home-made sampler scoop.

All sampling bottles were prelabeled and prepared as necessary before the actual sampling was performed. The sampling locations were divided up as listed below:

Sampling Points 6090101, 6090102 § 6090312

- Frank Estabrook sampled from the landside of the water. Samples were obtained by wading into the water.

Sampling Points 6090103 thru 6090110

- Ray Gabriel, Joe Kuta and Bill Moore sampled from the boat. Samples were either taken by wading into the water or directly from the side of the boat The boat was launched at the Robert Moses State Park Launch Ramp and access to the sampled sites was obtained via Polly's Gut.

The following is a brief description of Mr. Estabrook's sites:

Sampling Point - Site was near shore in about 2h to 3 feet of water at a No. 6090101S Q ; location upstream of Snell Lock and downstream: of Eisen-6090101V." hower Lock. (Sediment 5 Water)

.Sampling Point - Sample was taken along the shore line at Massena Point No.-6090102S § iust upstream of Pollv's Gut. 6090102W (Sediment 5 Water)

Sampling Point - Sample was taken in the Raquette Riven at a bridge crc>?i No. 6090312S 5 - near Rooseveltown. The water depth was about 2 to fee: 6090312K deep at the sampling point. !

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The following; sampling methodolog)' was used at the above sites:

Kjter Sample

Collected one - 2 liter glass bottle, with teflon liner, of surface area W3tei . This sample was collected with minimal turbulence, sealed without air space and chilled immediately with ice to 4° c. The surface was sampled because most PLB contaminated oils would concentrate in thi> area.

Sediment Sample

. Collected in a one-liter glass bottle, with teflon liner. Sought a composite of hichly organic sediment by skimming the surface of several deposites m the vicinity of the^sampling station. The bottle was sealed without air space, then iced.

The following is a brief description of each location for the second set JSampling_ Points 6090105 thru 6090110) of sampling sites, along with some \isua 1 observation made during the sampling: (All samples were placed in the proper g.ass bogles with the teflon lined cap and immediately put in coolers, on ice, as the) completed):

Sampling Point No. 6090105S f, 6090103W (Sediment 5 Water)

Sampling Point No. 6090104S (Sediment Only)

Sampling Point No. 6090105S 6 b090105h' (Sediment 6 Water)

Sampling Point No. 6090106S . (Sediment Only)

- Samples were taken at a small bay downstream from the Grass River confluence with the St. Lawrence River, across the main channel from Polly's Gut and upstream from the.Reynold outfall. Sampling Methodology was similar to sampling pom 6090107.

- Sample was taken near shore at the southwest end of Corn­wall Island. It was difficult to obtain a good sediment sample due to the river bottom conposition (very rock)', gravellv and sandy). The sample was taken approximately 50' • offshore and was obtained by dragging the stainless steeT pail along the bottom a number of times until enough sediment was obtained to fill the sampling bottle.

- Samples were taken just downstream of the Reynolds Metals Co. treated process wastewater discharge (outfall 0-u.). A very slight, almost non-detectable rainbow sheen couiu be seen on the water surface. Both samples were taken b> a method similar to sampling point 609010 .

- Sample was taken slightly upstream of the Cornwall Interna tional Bridge on the .American side. A sampling pro clam arose concerning the hard bottom (rocks 5 vi,,* e fairlv swift current, and the fairly steep dropoff . ^ Similar sampling procedures as described in other seaim-n. sampling locations were used.

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seen on the surface of the St. Lawrence River in this area. Also when the bottom sediments were stirred up, an oily film was observed. An extra added precautions of wearing pro­t e c t i v e g l o v e s , d u r i n g t h e s a m p l i n g p r o c e s s , w a s t a l o n a t t h i s l o c a t i o n . T h e * s e d i m e n t s a m p l e w a s t a k e n b y ^ w a d i n g i n t :

. the water and skimming the bottom sediment and then placing it into the sample bottle. The water sample was obtained b y d i p p i n g t h e s a m p l e b o t t l e d i r e c t l y i n t o t h e w a t e r .

The planned location was to be as near to Navigational Light *11 as possible, however, the river bottom was very rocky and gravelly and dropped off quickly. .Also the svjtt currc:.* near Light *11 caused sampling problems. The actual sampi w a s t a k e n d o w n s t r e a m o f L i g h t * 1 1 n e a r s h o r e w n c - r e t n o b c t t ( s i l t y - s a n d ) a n d r i v e r c u r r e n t w a s m o r e c o n d u c i v e - t o s e d i ­ment sampling. The sample was obtained by wading into the ^ water with sampling equipment and skimming the bottom sediment, then transferring the sample into the appropriate sample bottle

Sample was taken at approximately mid-channel opposite Light *11 by dipping the stainless steel pail into the water-and pouring it into the sample bottle. Again the current in the a r e a w a s f a i r l y s w i f t .

S i t e w a s d o w n s t r e a m o f S a m p l i n g P o i n t 6 0 9 0 1 0 S S n e a r s n o r e , and the bottom sediment was silty-clav. Sample was obtained similar to sampling point 6090108S.

Sample was taken near (50^) the South shore of Cornwall Island between Directional Light *10 and Light *4. Again try: bottom was rocky, gravelly, and sandy and the sample was obtained similar to the other sediment samples.

An additional sediment sample was proposed at a location near the mam chanr:p -between Raquette Point and Cornwall Island. However, a preliminary stuGy oi tr g location indicated that a sediment sample at this site could not be obtaine.. wni s the sampling equipment provided . o

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All samoles were transported on ice in coolers and analyzed at the Ne»\ Vu ^ State Department of Health Laboratory in .Albany, New York. Refer to Appendix J . f o r - t h e r e s u l t s o f t h i s a n a l y s i s . ;

The findings indicated no trace of PCB's above detectable limits (0-01 jxgh for water samples and 0.001 mzg'g for sediment samples) were found at the re;lo»-.mu sampling points.:,,, 6090101K, 6090101S, 6090102W, 6090103W, 6090108W, and 6090312k.

609010 The following^ sampling results indicated low detectable amounts of PCB's: 02S, 6090103S^ 6Q.9010is, 6090106S, 6090108S, 6090109S, 6090110S and

Two sites (a total of four sauries, 2 water and 2 sediments) indicated higher amounts of PCB's. Both locations were just downstream of the two major industrial dischargers (Reynolds Metals Co. and General Motors/Central Foundry) in the area. The General ors/Central Foi ' i lrv site in-.1:cm-. 1 the largest of PC?'? r both the water (greater than 4o pph) and sediment (greater than ppm) samples. The Reynolds site sampling results indicated a much lower amount, but still showed comparably high amounts of PCB's in both the water (greater than 1.3 ppb) and sediment (greater than 18 ppm) samples.

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JUSTIFICATION FOR SURVEY

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Torn Quinn, Manitoring I Surveillance Bert Mead, Region 6 Justification for Intensive Rater Quality Monitoring Grasse/St. Lawmvce River System Juie 8, 1982

Re feel that local conditions and the possibility of future problems justify an intensive mter quality survey for the Grasse/St. Lawrence River system in the Massena area. The fbllcwing facts were considered in this decision.

1. We have done a very minimal study on the PCB levels sediment in the Grasse River. However, there are other potential PCB sources in the fessena area which discharge to the St. Lawrence River including Jfcynolds Metals, General Motors-Central Fowdry, St. Lawrence Sea­way Envelopment Corporation and the New York State Fewer Authority. It is believed that both General Motors and Reynolds have used PCB materials in the past and in all probability discharges containing PCB's have occurred. New York State has done mo work to identify or quantify the PCB's in the ecviroraeat from these sources. The work that has been done was primarily directed toward ALOQA.

2. The Grasse River discharges as well as the General Motors and Reynolds discharges are upstream of the Akwe&asne Indian Riservatian. The Indi­ans are very concerned about the effects of PCB's they feel are in the river and have raised the question with the LJC. There is also an ongoing international discussion regarding fluoride contamination of the Akwesasne reservation on Cornwall Island. The potential PS contamination of the St. Lawrence River will probably be brought into future discussions.

S. There has reportedly been a medical study to determine the body bur­den of PCB's by reservation residents. Significant levels of PCB's were reportedly fouxd in the resident's fatty tissues. The source of the PCB's is inkrxwn.

4. The reported PCB level in fish from the Massena area exceed the IJC advisory level adopted to protect fish eating birds even though they are generally below FEA levels for huaan consumption.

o _ ^ 5. It appears to me that one significant source of PCB's to the St. 3

~ Lawrence River may be sediment pick up from the Grasse River which is then distributed along the St. Lawrence River/Uhitmd States ' o shoreline. He know there are PCB contaminated sediments in the M

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(. General Motors/Central Foxtdry pic}-* ix quite high crjicer.tratior.5 of PCB's in their intake water frac the St. Lawrence River at the edge of the shipping channel periodically. It is unknown whether the source of this concentration is frcr the river itself or if it is caused by resus-perision of sediments discharged by General Vfriors in previous years.

7. We knrv that General Motors used PCS hydraulic oils and that sludges removed free their historical waste treatment plant have quite high levels of PCB's ir. ther. While it is expected that sone PCE1 s histori­cally have escaped fror the treatment plant, we have no quantitative knowledge t>f this. We feel that sediment sarpling in the cicinity of the General Motors discharge, as well as other known discharges is de­sirable.

8. We know that General Motors has two sludge pits that haw been con­taminating the iEreditatfcly adjacent groundwater. Information on the effects fror the runoff froc these sludge pits or on grouachvatrr seep­age to the St. Lawrence River is desriable but not available.

Very little information on PCB's in the St. Lawrence River system is available. I feel that a detailed water quality stud)' is justified including sediment charac teristics for selected portions of the St. Lawrence. Analysis of the Grasse River sediments at the same sites as last sanpled are also desirable to deter­mine the changes ir. sediment contamination levels since tie previous sampled.

Considerable planning will be necessary to obtain an effective study at a reasonable cost. The currents in the St. Lawrence River stretch proposed for study are extremely amp lex. I have attached a photocopy of one current chart of the ares and an expecting an additional current chart fror the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Authority* (SLSDh) via the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSEC). Other information would be quite scarce, but relative flews from the Grasse River and Polly' s Gut and the mixing currents might be available from either the SLSIft or the SLSDC.

Your support of this stub' is requested. I would welcome the opportunity* to dis­cuss the study goals and resources available at your earliest opportunety. If you can't si^jport the study for this year, a decision thst it should not be pur­sued further would be appreciated as quickly as possible.

If you desire further justification or clarification, please- contact nr.

BertOTi r . Mrad ; P . I . Regional &igineer Region 7

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