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Normal SEDIMENT SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN NPDES Permit WA0000124 Prepared for Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. 3401 Industrial Way Longview, WA 98632 Prepared by 719 2nd Avenue Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98104 October 27, 2017 Normal Nippon Dynawave Packaging Property Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan October 27, 2017 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................... vi ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................. vii 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 HISTORICAL AND CURRENT LAND USE ................................................................... 1-1 1.2 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................ 1-2 1.3 PERMIT DISCHARGES ...................................................................................................... 1-3 1.4 PREVIOUS SEDIMENT INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................... 1-4 1.4.1 NPDES Sediment Monitoring ............................................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 Dredged Material Characterizations, Mount Coffin Entrance Channel ......... 1-4 1.5 POTENTIAL CHEMICAL SOURCES .............................................................................. 1-6 2 OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN OF THE SEDIMENT INVESTIGATION .............................. 2-1 2.1 SEDIMENT INVESTIGATION OBJECTIVES ................................................................. 2-1 2.2 OUTFALL 001/002 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................................... 2-1 2.3 SAMPLING DESIGN .......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.4 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION .............................................. 2-2 2.5 BIOLOGICAL TESTING..................................................................................................... 2-2 3 FIELD METHODS ........................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 SAMPLING VESSEL ........................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING .............................................................................. 3-1 3.3 SAMPLE COLLECTION TECHNIQUES ......................................................................... 3-1 3.4 DECONTAMINATION ...................................................................................................... 3-3 3.5 INVESTIGATION-DERIVED WASTE ............................................................................. 3-4 3.6 FIELD DOCUMENTATION .............................................................................................. 3-4 4 SAMPLE HANDLING PROCEDURES ...................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 SAMPLE LABELS AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS................................................. 4-1 4.2 SAMPLE TRANSPORT AND CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY PROCEDURES ...................... 4-1 5 LABORATORY ANALYTICAL METHODS ............................................................................. 5-1 5.1 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSES .................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Analytical Methods ................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1.2 Chemical Limits of Detection ............................................................................... 5-3 Integral Consulting Inc. iii Nippon Dynawave Packaging Property Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan October 27, 2017 5.2 BIOLOGICAL ANALYSES AND TESTING .................................................................... 5-3 5.2.1 Bioassay Reference Sediments .............................................................................. 5-4 5.2.2 Bioassay Laboratory Protocols ............................................................................. 5-4 5.2.3 General Biological Testing Procedures ................................................................ 5-5 5.2.4 Bioassay-specific Procedures ................................................................................ 5-5 5.2.5 Bioassay Retest ........................................................................................................ 5-6 6 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS ......................... 6-1 6.1 QA/QC FOR CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSES ............................................ 6-1 6.1.1 Field QA/QC ........................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1.2 Laboratory QA/QC ................................................................................................. 6-1 6.2 QA/QC FOR BIOLOGICAL TESTING ............................................................................. 6-2 6.3 TIMELINE FOR DATA REPORTING .............................................................................. 6-2 6.4 CHEMISTRY LABORATORY FINAL REPORT ............................................................. 6-2 6.5 BIOASSAY LABORATORY FINAL REPORT ................................................................. 6-3 6.6 DATA REVIEW, VERIFICATION, AND VALIDATION .............................................. 6-4 6.6.1 Physical and Chemical Data ................................................................................. 6-4 6.6.2 Biological Testing Results ...................................................................................... 6-5 7 DATA ANALYSIS, RECORD KEEPING, AND REPORTING .............................................. 7-1 7.1 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ................................................................ 7-1 7.1.1 Sediment Chemistry and Physical Data .............................................................. 7-1 7.1.2 Biological Testing Data .......................................................................................... 7-1 7.2 RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES ............................................. 7-1 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY ................................................................................................................ 8-1 9 SCHEDULE ....................................................................................................................................... 9-1 9.1 FIELD SAMPLING .............................................................................................................. 9-1 9.2 ANALYTICAL AND QA RESULTS ................................................................................. 9-1 9.3 DATA REPORT ................................................................................................................... 9-1 10 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 10-1 Appendix A. Standard Operating Procedures Appendix B. Field Sampling Form Appendix C. Health and Safety Plan Integral Consulting Inc. iv Nippon Dynawave Packaging Property Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan October 27, 2017 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1. Vicinity Site Map Figure 1-2. Permit WA0000124 Outfall Locations Figure 1-3. April 1990 NPDES Sampling Locations Figure 1-4. Ogden Beeman (1996) Sampling Locations Figure 1-5. NRC (2002) Sampling Locations Figure 1-6. Integral (2008) Sampling Locations, Mount Coffin Entrance Channel Figure 1-7. Integral (2015) Sampling Locations, Mount Coffin Entrance Channel and Salt Dock Figure 2-1. Proposed NPDES Sediment Monitoring Sampling Locations Integral Consulting Inc. v Nippon Dynawave Packaging Property Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan October 27, 2017 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1a. April 1990 NPDES Permit Monitoring Sediment Chemistry Analytical Results Compared to DMMP Freshwater Guidelines Table 1-1b. April 1990 NPDES Permit Monitoring Sediment Bioassay Results: Hyalella azteca 10-day Mortality Table 1-1c. April 1990 NPDES Permit Monitoring Bioassay Results Evaluated Against Freshwater Biological Criteria Standards: Hyalella azteca 10-Day Mortality Table 1-2. 1996 Dredged Material Sediment Characterization Analytical Results—Mount Coffin Channel Table 1-3. 2002 Dredged Material Sediment Characterization Analytical Results—Mount Coffin Channel Table 1-4. 2008 Dredged Material Sediment Characterization Analytical Results—Mount Coffin Channel Table 1-5. 2015 Dredged Material Sediment Characterization Analytical Results—Mount Coffin Channel and Salt Dock Table 1-6. 2016–2017 Summary of Relevant Incident Information for the Columbia River at Longview from Ecology Table 1-7 1999–2017 Spills to the Columbia River in the Vicinity of the NDP Property from National Response Center Database Table 2-1. Proposed Sampling Locations Table 4-1. Sample Storage Requirements Table 5-1. Chemical Parameters, Analytical Methods, and SMS Criteria Table 5-2. Performance Standards and Interpretive Criteria for Freshwater Bioassays Table 6-1. Laboratory QA/QC Requirements Table 6-2. Project Data Quality Objectives Integral Consulting Inc. vi Nippon Dynawave Packaging Property Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan October 27,