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Reduction of Toxics in State Waters Report - January 2001

On January 1 of each year, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality submits the "Reduction of Toxics in State Waters Report" to the House Committees on Conservation and Natural Resources and the Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, and to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The primary objectives of this report are to document the state's commitment to improving water quality. This commitment includes the prevention of contamination of the Commonwealth's waters by toxics, the continued monitoring of those waters for the presence of toxics, and the implementation of remedial measures to reduce and/or eliminate toxics found in the state's waters.

The annual report serves to keep the members of the General Assembly informed of the ongoing efforts to achieve these objectives and, as a public document, provides information not readily available in other forms. Although the reduction of toxics in the state's waters is primarily the responsibility of the Department of Environmental Quality, various agencies and organizations, including the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Virginia Department of Health and the Chesapeake Bay Program, participate in the process. It is not possible to unite all available data on the state of toxics in the Commonwealth's waters in this report. Rather, its intention is to summarize the current activities directed toward toxics reduction and provide guidance to additional information on specific subjects.

The first Toxics Reduction in State Waters Report was submitted in January 1998, in accordance with Section 62.1-44.17:3. It is the hope of DEQ that the continued evolution of the reporting format, and the expansion of the report's comprehensiveness, will increase its utility to the State's legislators and to the general population.

The Reduction of Toxics in State Waters Report - January 2001

Report files are in Excel or PDF format.

Cover Letter

Executive Summary

Complete Text: Toxics Reduction in State Waters Report

Tables

Table 1 Toxic Parameter Groups, DCLS Parameter Group Codes for Analysis, Service Times, Costs and Reportable Limits.

Table 2 Numbers of Samples and Costs for Analyses of Toxic Parameter Groups - MY2000

Table 3 (Series 3) Clean Dissolved and Clean Total Metals in the Water Column -MY2000

Table 4 (Series 4) Sediment Metals - MY2000

Table 5 (Series 5) Sediment Pesticides - MY2000

Table 6 Fish Tissue Sample Results (Office of Water Quality Standards) - MY2000

Table 7 Sediment Sample Results (Office of Water Quality Standards) - MY2000

  • Appendix A The Chesapeake Bay 1992 and 1996 (Revised) Toxics of Concern (TOC) and Chemicals of Potential Concern (COPC) Lists
  • Appendix B EPA Regulated Toxics List - December 1992
  • Appendix C Commonwealth of Virginia - Department of Environmental Quality - Water Quality Standards
  • Appendix D Summary of ER-L, ER-M and Overall Apparent Effects Thresholds of Selected Chemicals in Sediment
  • Appendix E PA-IRIS Risk Based Screening Values (SVs) For Fish Tissue Consumption
  • Appendix F Ambient Physical-Chemical Toxics Monitoring Stations
  • Appendix F1 Ambient Toxics Monitoring Stations
  • Appendix F2 Ambient Toxics Monitoring Stations - Historical Record
  • Appendix G Fish Tissue and Sediment Monitoring Stations: MY2000 - MY2001
  • Appendix G1 Ambient Fish Tissue and Sediment Stations - MY2000
  • Appendix G2 Coastal 2000 Program Fish Tissue and Sediment Stations MY2000 - MY2001
  • Appendix H Biological Monitoring Stations: MY2000 - MY2001
  • Appendix H1 Ambient Biological Monitoring Stations - MY2000
  • Appendix H2 Planned Ambient Biological Monitoring Stations - MY2000 - MY2001
  • Appendix I Department of Environmental Quality Special Studies and Reports related toToxics Monitoring - MY2000
  • Appendix J Facilities with New, Reissued or Modified Permits Containing Toxics Limits - MY2000
  • Appendix K Current Compliance Status of Facilities with Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Limits and Toxics Management Programs (TMPs) - 21 November 2000
  • Appendix K1 Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Limit Compliance - December 2000
  • Appendix K2 Outfall Level Compliance - December 2000
  • Appendix K3 Facility Level Compliance - December 2000
  • Appendix L Complete List of Permitted Facilities with Toxics Management Programs (TMP) - 21 November 2000
  • Appendix M List of Segments not Fully Supporting Designated Uses because of Toxics.
  • Appendix M1 List of Segments not Fully Supporting Designated Uses because of Toxics - August 2000
  • Appendix M2 List of Currently Scheduled TMDLs Related to Toxics - August 2000

The January 1999 report provides basic background information related to the report's objectives and a basic model for its continued evolution. The report consists of 30 Microsoft Excel and Word files compressed into a self-extracting zip file.

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