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Biological Analysis of Impairment Of FINAL Watershed Report for Biological Impairment of the Lower Wicomico River Watershed in Wicomico and Somerset Counties, Maryland Biological Stressor Identification Analysis Results and Interpretation FINAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1718 Submitted to: Water Protection Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 March 2014 BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 FINAL Table of Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................. i List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. i List of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... ii Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... iii 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 2.0 Lower Wicomico River Watershed Characterization .................................... 2 2.1 Location ...............................................................................................................2 2.2 Land Use ..............................................................................................................4 2.3 Soils/hydrology ....................................................................................................6 3.0 Lower Wicomico River Watershed Water Quality Characterization .......... 6 3.1 Integrated Report Impairment Listings ...........................................................6 3.2 Impacts to Biological Communities ...................................................................8 4.0 Stressor Identification Results ........................................................................ 10 4.1 Sources Identified by BSID Analysis...............................................................14 4.2 Stressors Identified by BSID Analysis ............................................................15 4.3 Discussion...........................................................................................................22 4.4 Final Causal Model for the Patuxent River Middle Watershed ...................24 5.0 Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 25 References .................................................................................................................................... 26 BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 FINAL List of Figures Figure 1. Location Map of the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .................................. 3 Figure 2. Eco-Region Location Map of the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .............. 4 Figure 3. Land Use Map of the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ................................. 5 Figure 4. Proportions of Land Use in the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .................. 6 Figure 5. Principal Dataset Sites for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ................... 9 Figure 6. Final Causal Model for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ...................... 24 List of Tables Table E1. 2012 Integrated Report Listings for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .. iv Table 1. 2012 Integrated Report Listings for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ...... 7 Table 2. Stressor Source Identification Analysis Results for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ................................................................................................................. 12 Table 3. Summary of Combined Attributable Risk Values of the Source Group in the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .......................................................................... 13 Table 4. Sediment Biological Stressor Identification Analysis Results for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ...................................................................................... 15 Table 5. Habitat Biological Stressor Identification Analysis Results for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed ...................................................................................... 16 Table 6. Water Chemistry Biological Stressor Identification Analysis Results for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .......................................................................... 17 Table 7. Summary of Combined Attributable Risk Values of the Stressor Group in the Lower Wicomico River Watershed .......................................................................... 18 BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 i FINAL List of Abbreviations AR Attributable Risk BIBI Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity BMPs Best Management Practices BOD Biological Oxygen Demand BSID Biological Stressor Identification COMAR Code of Maryland Regulations CWA Clean Water Act DO Dissolved Oxygen FIBI Fish Index of Biologic Integrity IBI Index of Biotic Integrity IR Integrated Report MBSS Maryland Biological Stream Survey MDDNR Maryland Department of Natural Resources MDE Maryland Department of the Environment MH Mantel-Haenzel mg/L Milligrams per liter µS/cm Micro Siemens per centimeter PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls P/G/E Pool/Glide/Eddy SSA Science Services Administration TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load TN Total Nitrogen TP Total Phosphorus USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency WQA Water Quality Analysis WQLS Water Quality Limited Segment BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 ii FINAL Executive Summary Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality standards. A water quality standard is the combination of a designated use for a particular body of water and the water quality criteria designed to protect that use. For each WQLS listed on the Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality in Maryland (Integrated Report), the State is to either establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of the specified substance that the waterbody can receive without violating water quality standards, or demonstrate via a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) that water quality standards are being met. The Lower Wicomico River watershed (basin code 02130301), located in Wicomico and Somerset Counties, is associated with three assessment units in the Maryland Integrated Report (IR): non-tidal (8-digit basin) and two estuary portions, the Lower Wicomico River, and Lower Wicomico River Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay segment (MDE 2012). Below is a table identifying the listings associated with this watershed. BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 iii FINAL Table E1. 2012 Integrated Report Listings for the Lower Wicomico River Watershed Watershed Basin Non- Designated Year listed Identified Listing Code tidal/Tidal Use Pollutant Category Impacts to Aquatic Life Non-tidal 2002 Biological 5 and Wildlife Communities Impoundment Lower Aquatic Life TP 4a Tony Tank 1998 Wicomico 02130301 and Wildlife Lake TSS 4a River Water Contact Impoundment - Enterococcus 3 Sport Schumaker Mercury in Pond Beach Fishing - 2 Fish Tissue Seasonal 2012 TN 4a Migratory fish spawning and nursery 2012 TP 4a Subcategory Impacts to Aquatic Life Estuarine - 2 Lower and Wildlife Biological Wicomico Communities WICMH Tidal River Open Water 1996 TN 4a Mesohaline Fish and Shellfish 1996 TP 4a Seasonal Shallow Water - TSS 2 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Lower Fecal WICMH Tidal Shellfishing 1996 4a Wicomico Coliform River Fecal WICMH-2 Tidal Shellfishing 2012 5 Mesohaline Coliform Mercury in - 2 Lower Fish Tissue Wicomico WICMH Tidal Fishing PCBs in Fish River 2008 5 Tissue BSID Analysis Results Lower Wicomico River Watershed Document version: March 2014 iv FINAL In 2002, the State began listing biological impairments on the Integrated Report. The current Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) biological assessment methodology assesses and lists only at the Maryland 8-digit watershed scale, which maintains consistency with how other listings on the Integrated Report are made, TMDLs are developed, and implementation is targeted. The listing methodology assesses the condition of Maryland 8-digit watersheds by measuring the percentage of stream miles that have poor to very poor biological conditions, and calculating whether this is significantly different from a reference condition watershed (i.e., healthy stream, <10% stream miles with poor to very poor biological condition). The Maryland Surface Water Use Designation in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) for Lower Wicomico River and all tributaries is Use I designation - water contact recreation, and protection of nontidal warmwater aquatic life. In addition, most of the mainstem of the Lower Wicomico River and some tributaries are Use II designation - support of estuarine and marine aquatic life and shellfish harvesting (COMAR 2013 a, b, c). The Lower Wicomico River watershed is not attaining its nontidal warmwater aquatic life use designations
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