The Commonwealth of Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health Bureau of Environmental Health 250 Washington Street, , MA 02108-4619 Phone: 617-624-5757 Fax: 617-624-5777 CHARLES 0. BAKER MARYLOU $UDDERS Governor TTY: 617-624-5286 Secretary KARYN E. POLITO MONICA BHAREL, MD, MPH Lieutenant Governor Commissioner Tel: 617-624-6000 www.mass.gov/dph August 3, 2017

Ms. Gina Armstrong Director Pittsfield Health Department 70 Allen Street Pittsfield, MA 01201

Dear Ms. Armstrong:

The purpose of this letter is to inform the Pittsfield Health Department of a fish consumption advisory for Silver in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The Environmental Toxicology Program (ETP) within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health ·(MDPH/BEH), routinely works with municipal health officials to understand the presence and nature of health hazards in the community. Enclosed, please find a list of all the public health fish consumption advisories that have been issued at freshwater locations in Massachusetts.

In response to a request from the Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), MDPH reviewed available fish sampling data for Silver Lake (EPA 2014a). Contaminant levels in fish were compared to MDPH guidelines for fish consumption to address possible health risks from exposure to PCBs through consumption offish from Silver Lake. The health effects that are associated with exposure to PCBs include impairments in the liver, thyroid, skin, eye, and immune system. Health effects such as neurodevelopmental changes, reduced birth weight, reproductive toxicity, and cancer have also been described (ATSDR, 2000). Pregnant women and nursing infants are particularly sensitive to PCB exposure.

Silver Lake (Figure 1) is adjacent to the General Electric (GE) facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It covers approximately 26 acres and has a maximum depth of approximately 30 feet (EPA 2014b). Full-scale remediation of Silver Lake began in the summer of 2012 and continued through the end of 2013. Our understanding from US EPA is that Silver Lake is currently posted with signs warning visitors of PCB contamination in fish and recommending catch and release fishing only (EPA, 2014c).

Based on MDPH's evaluation of PCBs in fish tissue, a consumption advisory for fish that are caught in Silver Lake is warranted. This advisory is consistent with the existing signage at the lake. This letter supports the current advisory signage in place and serves to reiterate that the general public, including sensitive populations (children younger than 12 years of age, pregnant

This work was supported in part by funds from a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services. This document bas not been reviewed and cleared by A TSDR women, nursing mothers, and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant), should not eat any fish from Silver Lake. The fish data evaluated were collected prior to significant remedial activities and changes in land use at Silver Lake. As additional fish sampling data become available, MDPH is available to assist with evaluating new data.

MDPH recommends that the City of Pittsfield continue to work with US EPA to monitor existing advisory signs and ensure the signs are maintained and posted in all accessible locations at Silver Lake. We are happy to provide you with any assistance you may need in conducting outreach, including translation of the MDPH advisory into the languages most appropriate for the community members who utilize this resource.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this letter, please feel free to contact me or Michael Celona, Chief of Water Toxics, in the Environmental Toxicology Program at (617) 624-5757.

SinM2i A1tf Ma:.c/~- Nasci~ Director, Environmental Toxicology Program Bureau of Environmental Health cc: Jan Sullivan, Acting Director, MDPH/BEH David J. Dickerson, Remedial Project Manager, USEPA - Region 1

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This work was supported in part by funds from a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This document has not been reviewed and cleared by ATSDR REFERENCES

ATSDR (2000). Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated Biphenyls, U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2000.

EPA (2014a). Office ofSite Remediation and Restoration. Personal Communications re: Fish Tissue Results from Silver Lake in Pittsfield reported by Geochemical & Environmental Research Group at Texas A&M University, 5/24/2005 (Dave Dickerson, Remedial Project manager for Silver Lake in Pittsfield, Massachusetts). 5 Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts. May 15, 2014.

EPA (2014b). Waste Site Cleanup and Reuse in New England: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic Site Silver Lake Overview. Web accessed on July 2014. Available at https://www.epa.gov/ge­ housatonic/ silver-lake-ue-pittsfieldhousatonic-river-site.

EPA (2014c). Office ofSite Remediation and Restoration. Personal Communications re: Silver Lake Signage (Dave Dickerson, Remedial Project manager for Silver Lake in Pittsfield, Massachusetts). 5 Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts. May 13, 2014.

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WATER BODY TOWN(s) FISH ADVISORY* HAZARD* Cohasset, Hingham, Scituate P1 (all species), P2 (CP, YP), P4 Alewife Brook Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, P1 (C), P3 (C) PCBs Somerville Ames Tewksbury P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercurv Ashland Reservoir Ashland P1 (all species), P5 Mercurv Ashfield Pond Ashfield P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Ashumet Pond Mashpee, Falmouth P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Attitash, Lake Amesbury, Merrimac P1 (all species), P2 (LMB). P4 Mercurv Baker Pond Brewster, Orleans P1 (YP), P3 (YP) Mercury Baldpate Pond Boxford P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Ballardvale lmpoundment of Andover P1 (LMB & BC), P3 (LMB & BC) Mercury Bare Hill Pond Harvard P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Bearse Pond Barnstable P1 (LMB, SMB), P3 (LMB, SMB) Mercury Beaver Pond Bellinoham, Milford P1 (CP, LMB), P3 (CP, LMB) Mercury Bio Pond Otis P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Boon ,Lake Hudson, Stow P1 (LMB & BC), P3 (LMB & BC) Mercury Box Pond Bellingham, Mendon P1 (WS), P2 (WS) DDT Bracket Reservoir (Framingham Reservoir #2) - See Oakham, Soencer P1 (LMB, YP), P3 (LMB, YP) Mercurv Buckley Dunton Lake Becket P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Buffomville Lake Charlton, Oxford P1 (all species), PS Mercury Burr's Pond Seekonk P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Cabot Pond - See Canton River (between the and Canton P1 (all species), P2 (AE, WS), P4 PCBs. DDT NeponsetStreetdam) Cedar Swamp Pond Milford P1 (all species), PS Mercury Chadwicks Pond Boxford, Haverhill P6 Mercury (between the South Natick Dam in Boston, Cambridge, Dedham, Dover, P1 (C, LMB), P2 (C), P3 (LMB) PCBs, Natick and the Museum of Science Dam in Boston/ Natick, Needham, Newton, Pesticides Cambridge) Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, Waltham Charles River (between the Medway Dam in Franklin Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, P1 (all species), P5 Mercury, and Medway and the South Natick Dam in Natick) Millis, Natick, Norfolk, Sherborn Chlordane, DDT Essex, Hamilton P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Belmont P6 Chlordane , Pond and Sylvan Lake Randolph, Holbrook, Braintree P1 (all species), P2 (BB & C& AE), Pesticides P4 Cochichewick, Lake North Andover P1 (LMB, SMB), P3 (LMB, SMB) Mercury Cochituate, Lake (inducting Middle, North, South, Framingham, Natick, Wayland P1 (all species), P2 (AE) PCBs and Carlino Basins) (from confluence with Sudbury and Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, Billerica P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Assabet to the Faulkner Dam in Billerica) River Entire length of Massachusetts, P1 (all species), PCBs including all towns from Northfield P2 (CC & WC & AE &YP) throuoh Lonomeadow

• See page 6 for codes. WATERBODY TOWN{sl FISH ADVISORY* HAZARD* Copicut Reservoir Dartmouth, Fall River P6 Mercurv Dartmouth, Fall River P1 (all species), P2 (AE), P3 (LMB) PCBs, Mercurv Cornell Pond Dartmouth P1 (all species), P2 (AE), P3 (LMB) PCBs, Mercury Crystal Lake Haverhill P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Dennison, Lake Winchendon P1 (LMB). P3 (LMB) Mercury Dodaeville Pond - See Mechanics Pond Drinkwater River/ /North River Hanson, Hanover, Norwell, Pembroke P6 Mercury (Betweeen the Forge Pond Dam in Hanover and Route 3 in Norwell/ Pembroke) and Factorv Pond Duck Pond Wellfleet P6 Mercurv Over Pond Wellfleet P6 Mercury East Brimfield Reservoir Brimfield, Sturbridoe P1 (all species), P5 Mercury East Monoonsett Pond Halifax P1 (LMB), P3 lLMBl Mercury Echo Lake Hookinton, Milford P1 (all soecies), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercurv Factorv Pond - See Drinkwater River Farrar Pond Lincoln P1 (BC, CP, LMB), P3 (BC, CP, Mercury LMBl Flax Pond Lynn P1 (AE, WP), P2 (AE) DDT, Chlordane Flint Pond Tvnosborouoh P1 (all soecies), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Forest Lake Methuen P1 (LMB), P3 (LMBl Mercury Faroe Pond Littleton, Westford P1 lLMBl, P3 (LMB) Mercurv Hudson, Martborouoh P1 (WS), P3 (WS) Chlordane Foster Pond Swampscott P1 (AEl, P2 /AE) DDT Fosters Pond Andover, Wilmington P1 /all species), P5 Mercury Freeman Lake- See Newfield Pond French River (Between the Hodges Village Dam in Oxford, Webster P1 {all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Oxford and the North Webster Village Pond Dam in Webster) Fulton Pond - See Rumford River Gales Pond Warwick P1

2 WATER BODY TOWN{sl FISH ADVISORY* HAZARD* Hovev's Pond Boxford P1 (all species), PS Mercurv {See footnote 1) All towns from Dalton through P6 (also includes frogs and turtles) PCBs Sheffield Ice Pond - See Cochato River Indian Head River - See Drinkwater River {between the Bostik Findley Dam in Boxford, Danvers, Hamilton, Ipswich, P1 {all species), PS Mercury Middleton and the Sylvania Dam in Ipswich) Middleton, Peabody, Topsfield, Wenham Johns Pond Mashpee P1 {all soecies), P2 (SMB), P4 Mercury Johnsons Pond Groveland, Boxford P1 (LMB), P3 /LMB) Mercury Kenoza Lake Haverhill P6 Mercurv Kinaman Pond - See Rumford River Knoos Pond Groton P1 { LMB), P3 /LMB) Mercury {From the Dam in New Sheffield, New Marlborough P1 {all species), PS Mercury Marlborough to its confluence with the Housatonic River) l akes whose names begin with "Lake"are listed under the second word in their name (so that Lake Pentucket is listed under "Pentucket," etc.l Lashawav, Lake North Brookfield, East Brookfield P1 /LMB, SMB), P3 (LMB, SMB) Mercury Lawrence Pond Sandwich P1 /LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Leverett Pond Boston, Brookline P1 (Cl, P2 (Cl DDT Lewin Brook Pond Swansea P1 (BC, LMB), P3 /BC, LMB) Mercury Locust Pond Tvnasborouah P1 {all species), PS Mercurv Lona Pond Brimfield, SturbridQe P1 {all species), PS Mercury Lona Pond Dracut, Tvnasboro P1 (all species), PS Mercury Lona Pond Wellfleet P6 Mercury Lona Pond (Rochester) - See Snipituit Pond Groton P1 ( LMB), P3 {LMB) Mercurv Lowe Pond Boxford P1 {all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercurv Lowell {see footnote 2) Lowell P1 {all species), P2 {AE), P4 Mercury, Lead, PCBs, DDT Lower Mvstic Lake Arlinaton, Medford P1 /WS), P2 (WS) PCBs, DDT Everett, Malden, Medford P6 PCBs, Chlordane, DDT Manchaua Pond Doualas, Sutton P1 {LMBl, P3 (LMB) Mercury Martins Pond North Reading P1 (LMB & BC & YP), Mercury P3 (LMB & BC& YP) Mashoee Pond Mashpee, Sandwich P1 (SMB), P3 (SMB) Mercury Massaooaa Lake Sharon P1 {LMBl, P3 (LMBl Mercury Massapoaa Pond Dunstable, Groton, TvnQsboro P1 /all SDecies), PS Mercury Mechanics Pond, Dodgeville Pond, and the section Attleboro P1 (WP), P3 (WP) Chlordane of the Ten Mile River that connects them (from the MNNH state line to All towns from Tyngsborough through P1 (WS & LMB), P3 {WS & LMB) Mercury Broadway Dam in Lawrence) Lawrence Miacomet Pond P1 /all s=ies), P2 (WP), P4 Mercury Mill Pond Burlinaton P1 (LMBl, P3 (LMB) Mercurv Mill Pond {SuAsCo Reservoir) above GH Nichols Westborough P1 (all species), P2 (LMB) Mercury Dam Mill River Hooedale P1 (all species), PS PCBs

1Fish taken from feeder streams to the Housatonic River should be trimmed of fatty tissue prior to cooking. 2 For Lowell Canals, the public is advised to consume only the fillet of those species not specifically listed in the advisory.

3 WATER BODY TOWN(s) FISH ADVISORY* HAZARD* ! and its tributaries (between the Athol, Erving, Montague, Orange, P1 (all species), P2 (AE, BT), P4 PCBs confluence with the Otter River in Winchendon and Phillipston, Royalston, Wendell, the in Ervinq/Montaque) Winchendon Millvale Reservoir Haverhill P1 (all soecies), P2 (LMB) Mercury Mirror Lake Ft. Devens, Harvard P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercurv Monomonac, Lake and the North branch of Millers Winchendon P1 (all species), P5 Mercury River (Between the outlet of and the inlet of Whitney Pond) Moores Pond Warwick P1 (AE, CP), P3 (AE, CP) Mercurv Morewood Lake Pittsfield P6 PCBs (between Charles River and Knight Dedham, Boston P1 (C, LMB, WS), P3 (C, LMB, WS) Mercury, Street Dam) DDT Mother Brook (between the Knight Street Dam and Boston P1 (all species), P2 (AE, WS), P4 PCBs, DDT the Neoonset River) Muddy River Boston, Brookline P1 (all species), P2 (BB & C & AE), PCBs P4 (between outlet of Lower Mystic Lake Arlington, Everett, Medford, P6 PCBs, and Amelia Earhart Dam) Somerville Chlordane, DDT Nabnasset Pond Westford P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Neponset River (between the Hollingsworth &Vose Boston, Canton, Dedham, Milton, P1 (all species), P2 (AE, WS), P4 PCBs, DDT Dam in Walpole and the Walter Baker Dam in Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, Westwood Boston) New Bedford Reservoir Acushnet P1 (AE, LMB), P3 (AE. LMB) Mercury, DDT Newfield Pond (=Freeman Lake) Chelmsford P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Niooenicket, Lake Bridqewater, Raynham P1 (all species). P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Noquochoke Lake Dartmouth P1 (all species), P2 (LMB &AE), P4 Mercury, PCBs North River - see Drinkwater River - See Rumford River Nuttinq Lake Billerica P1 (all species), P5 Mercurv Otis, Tolland P1 (all species), P5 Mercury Otter River (between the Seaman Paper Dam in Templeton, Winchendon P1 (all species), P2 (BB &WS), P4 PCBs Templeton and the confluence with the Millers River in Winchendon) Pelham Lake Rowe P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Pentucket Pond Georgetown P1 (all species), P2 (LMB &BC), Mercury P4 Pentucket, Lake Haverhill P6 Mercury Pepperell Pond Pepperell, Groton P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Peters Pond Sandwich P1 (all species), P5 Mercury Pettee Pond Waloole, Westwood P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Plainfield Pond Plainfield P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Pleasant Pond Hamilton, Wenham P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercurv Plowshop Pond Ft. Devens, Ayer P6 Mercury Pomps Pond Andover P1 (all soecies), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Ponkapoaa Pond Canton P1 (CP, LMB), P3 (CP, LMB) Mercury Pontoosuc Lake Pittsfield, Lanesborouqh P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercurv Populatic Pond Franklin, Medway, Norfolk P1 (all species), P5 Mercury, Chlordane, DDT Barre P1 (all soecies), P5 Mercurv Puffer Pond Ft. Devens Sudbury Training Annex, P6 Mercury Maynard ,I

4 I WATER BODY TOWN(s) FISH ADVISORY.- HAZARD* Quabbin & Wachusett Reservoirs (See footnote 3) New Salem, Shutesbury, Petersham, See footnote 3 Mercury Hardwick, Ware, Pelham, Belchertown, Boylston, West Boylston, Ster1ino, Clinton Quaboao Pond E. Brookfield, Brookfield P1 (all soecies), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Quannapowitt, Lake Wakefield P1 (C) , P3 (C) DDT (from dam at Hamilton Reservoir Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge P1 (all species), PS Mercury through East Brimfield Reservoir/Long Pond, including Holland Pond) Red Bridge Pond Wilbraham P1 (BC, LMB), P3 (BC, LMB) Mercury Reservoir Pond Canton P1 (LMB, WP), P3 (LMB, WP) Mercury Rice City Pond Northbridqe, Uxbridae P1 (all species), P2 (C, WS), P4 PCBs, DDT Riverdale Pond Northbridge P1 (all species), PS PCBs Rock Pond Georqetown P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Rohunta, Lake (Middle, North, and South Basins) Oranae, Athol, New Salem P1 (all species), PS Mercury Rolling Damlmpoundment Blackstone P1 (all species), P2 (C, WS), P4 PCBs, DDT Round Pond East Truro P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Round Pond West Truro P1 (YP), P3 (YP) Mercury Rumford River (from Glue Factory Pond Dam; Foxborough, Mansfield, Norton P6 Dioxin, Fulton, Kinqman, & Cabot ; Norton reservoir) Pesticides Ryder Pond Truro P6 Mercury Saltonstall, Lake Haverhill P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Sampsons Pond Carver P1 (BB, WP), P3 (BB, WP) Mercury, DDT Sargent Pond Leicester P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Sawdy Pond Fall River, Westoort P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Shawsheen River - See Ballardvale lmpoundment Sheep Pond Brewster P1 (all soecies), PS Mercury Sherman Reservoir Rowe, Monroe P1 (all species), P2 (YP), P4 Mercury Shirley Lake Lunenburq P1 (all soecies), PS Mercury Silver Lake Pittsfield P6 PCBs Silver Lake Wilmington P1 (LMB, YB), P3 (LMB, YB) Mercury, DDT Slough Pond Truro P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Snake Pond Sandwich P1 (all species), P2 (SMB), P4 Mercury Snipituit Pond and Lono Pond Rochester P1 (BC & LMB), P3 (BC & LMB) Mercury Snow Pond Truro P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury South Pond ( =Quacumouasit Pond) Sturbridoe, Brookfield, E. Brookfield P1 (all species), PS Mercury Spectacle Pond Sandwich P1 (all species), PS Mercury Spectacle Pond Wellfleet P1 (YP), P3 (YP) Mercury - See Stevens Pond & Spicket River Arlington P1 (C), P2 (C) DDT, Chlordane Stem Reservoir (Framingham Reservoir #1)- See Sudbury River Stevens Pond & Spicket River (from Stevens Pond to Lawrence, Methuen P1 (C, LMB, WS), P3 (C, LMB, WS) Mercury, Music Hall Dam in Methuen) DDT Stevens Pond North Andover P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Stockbridqe P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Mar1borouoh, Southborouqh P1 (all species), P2 (Bass) Mercury

3 Children younger than 12 years, pregnant women, and nursing women should not consume fish except for lake trout less than 24 inches long and salmon. All other people should not eat smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, or lake trout greater than 24 inches long; may eat unlimited amounts of salmon and lake trout less than 24 inches long; and should limit consumption of all other Quabbin and fish species to one five-ounce meal per week.

5 WATER BODY TOWN(s) FISH ADVISORY* HAZARD* j Sudbury River (from Ashland to its confluence with All towns from Ashland through P6 Mercury the Assabet and Concord Rivers), Stem Reservoir, Concord and Bracket Reservoir Sylvan Lake - See Cochato River Ten Mile River - see Mechanics Pond Texas Pond ( = Thayer Pond) Oxford P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Thayer Pond - see Texas Pond Tom Nevers Pond Nantucket P1 (all soecies), P5 Mercury Turner Pond Dartmouth, New Bedford P1 (all species), PS Mercury Uppe r Naukeag Lake Ashburnham P1 (all species). P2 (LMB, SMB), P4 Mercury Uooer Reservoir Westminster P1 (all species), P2 (LMB), P4 Mercury Wachusett Reservoir - See Waite Pond Leicester P1 (all species), P2 (CP), P4 Mercury Wakeby Pond Mashoee, Sandwich P1 (SMB), P3 (SMB) Mercury Pond Concord P1 (LMB & SMB), P3 (LMB & SMB) Mercury Wamoanoao, Lake Ashbumam, Gardner P1( all soecies), PS Mercury Warner's Pond Concord P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Beverly, Wenham P1 (all species), P2 (AE, LMB), P4 Mercury, DDT Weouaouet Lake Barnstable P1 (LMB, SMB), P3 (LMB, SMB) Mercury West Monoonsett Pond Halifax, Hanson P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Whitehall Reservoir Hopkinton P1 (all species), P2 CYB), P4 Mercury Whitings Pond North Attleborough, Plainville P1 (B, LMB), P3 (B, LMB) Mercury Whitmans Pond Weymouth P1 (AE), P2 (AE) DDT Whitney Pond Winchendon P1 (all species), P2 (CP), P4 Mercury Windsor Lake Windsor P1 (LMB), P2 (LMB) Mercury Willet Pond Walpole, Norwood, Westwood P1 (LMB), P3 (LMB) Mercury Winthrop , Lake Holliston P6 Dioxin

Advice Codes P1 (all species) Children younger than 12 years or age, pregnant women, women of childbearing age who may become pregnant, and nursing mothers should not eat any fish from this water body. P1 ( species) Children younger than 12 years or age, pregnant women, women of childbearing age who may become pregnant, and nursing mothers should not eat any of the affected fish species (in parenthesis) from this water body. P2 (species) The general public should not consume any of the affected fish species (in parenthesis) from this water body. P3 (species) The general public should limit consumption of affected fish species (in parenthesis) to two meals per month. P4 The general public should limit consumption of non-affected fish from this water body to two meals per month. P5 The general public should limit consumption of all fish from this water body to two meals per month. P6 No one should consume any fish from this water body.

Fish Codes AE American Eel ccs Creek C hubsucker SMB Smanmouth Bass 8 CP Chain Pickerel we White Catfish BB Brown Bullhead FF Fallfish WP White Perch BC Black Crappie GRS Green Sunfish ws White Sucker BT Brown Trout LMB Largemouth Bass YB Yellow Bullhead C Carp LNS Longnose Sucker yp Yellow Perch CB Calico Bass p Pumpkinseed CC Channel Catfish RT Rainbow Trout

Hazard Codes PCB=polychlorinated biphenyls PAHs=polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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