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Phase II Summary & Testing Results

Date Location Indication of Oil (yes/no)Visual Indication of Dispersed Oil Product (yes/no)Report LinkMethodNotesAdditional Analysis
11/4/11Dune Allen Beach, Public Access AreaYesNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272sand - crab hole
11/4/11Dune Allen Beach, Public Access AreaNoNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls
11/4/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tarballs - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/4/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tarballs - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/4/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Plunge Step - tar balls- fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/4/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tarballs - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/4/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleNoNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls - fluoresce black - more rust colored than brown tar balls; more brittle than brown tar balls; definite lack of gooey-ness
11/3/11Navarre Beach Public Access AreaNoNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272sand
11/3/11Pensacola Beach- West EndNoNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272sand
11/3/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/3/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color
11/3/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272black jelly bean; hard and brittle, inside surface is tacky, outside surface is weathered and worn smooth; outside surface fluoresces slight, inside no
11/3/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls - fluorsce orange - typeical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color with embedded shell debris
11/3/11Perdido Key - GINS, east of road end circleNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls - fluoresce orange - typical pliable tar ball, dark brown in color with embedded shell debris
10/15/11Ft. Pickens- East End Public Access AreaNoNoLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar balls
9/23/11Pensacola Beach, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar ball @ Casino Beach due south of water towerLink
9/11/11Gulf Shores, ALYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar ballLink
9/11/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272tar ball @ outfallLink
9/1/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Shell with tar balls at plunge stepLink
8/30/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Shell with tar balls at plunge stepLink
8/30/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Shell with tar balls at plunge stepLink
8/30/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Shell with tar balls at plunge stepLink
8/30/11Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Shell with tar balls at plunge stepLink
7/12/2011Navarre Beach, FlNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 60 feet offshoreLink
7/12/2011Navarre Beach, FlYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 60 feet offshore
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs		Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs		Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLYesyesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs		Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshoreLink
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs		Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.Link
7/12/2011Stallworth Lake, FLYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
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7/12/2011Penascola Beach - 14th StreetYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs
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7/12/2011Penascola Beach - 14th StreetYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.
The analyte concentration reported by GCAL is below both NIOSH RELs
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7/12/2011Penascola Beach - 14th StreetNoYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore.Link
7/12/2011Okaloosa Island, FlNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Bottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore at western end by EAFB BoundaryLink
7/12/2011Okaloosa Island, FlYesYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore at western end by EAFB BoundaryLink
7/12/2011Okaloosa Island, FlNoYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore at western end by EAFB BoundaryLink
7/12/2011Okaloosa Island, FlNoYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore at western end by EAFB BoundaryLink
7/12/2011Okaloosa Island, FlNoYesLinkOROBottom Sediment Collected at depth of 30 feet offshore at western end by EAFB BoundaryLink
7/1/2011Casino Beach, FL YesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tar balls (east of Pensacola Beach pier south of water tower)Link
6/30/2011Stallworth Lake, Fl YesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tar balls - swash zone -east of access in front of vacant lot. High fluorescence.Link
6/30/2011Stallworth Lake, FlNoYesLinkOROTar balls - swash zone -east of access in front of vacant lot. High fluorescence.Link
6/29/2011Stallworth Lake, FlNoYesLinkOROHeavily oil coated SandLink
6/29/2011Stallworth Lake, FlNoYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tar ball jellybean-like. Low fluorescence. Coast Guard thinks its Fuel #6Link
6/22/2011Stallworth Lake, FlYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tar balls - swash zone -east of access in front of vacant lot. High fluorescence.Link
6/22/2011Stallworth Lake, FlYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tar ball dry. Low fluorescenceLink
6/14/2011Dune Allen Beach, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Buried Tar BallLink
6/08/201112 Miles Nearshore from DH SiteYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Surface Slick approx 12 miles NE of DH spill siteLink
5/22/2011Navarre Beach, FLNoYesLinkOROThis was from the trench wall we dug on Navarre Beach. It was a non-detect.Link
5/22/2011Henderson Beach State Park, FLYesYesLinkOROHenderson Beach State Park -- this was a sample similar to the Stallworth Lake outfall tar mat discovered last March.Link
5/22/2011Navarre Beach, FLYesYesLinkORO486,000ug/kg = 486mg/kg and the allowable limit is 50mg/kg for residential concentration levels. This is another sample from the marina in FWB. These blobs are showing up all over in Choctaw Bay and the ICW.Link
5/22/2011Navarre Beach, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272
5/22/2011Navarre Beach, FlYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tarballs on the back beach surface of the eastern beach of Navarre
5/12/2011The Boat Marina, Fort Walton Beach, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272This is a tar ball from the dune scarp in Navarre Beach.Link
5/12/2011The Boat Marina, Fort Walton Beach, FLYesYesLinkOROGoo like oily substance reported all over the marina area and adjacent ICW. Concentration was 43mg/kg.Link
5/01/2011St. George Island State Beach Park, FLYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tarballs from first pullover on gulfside of beach
4/20/2011Henderson State Beach Park, FLNoYesLinkOROTarballs and buried tarballs along most of beach
4/11/2011Dune Allen Beach, FLYesNoLinkORONon-flourescing tarballs
4/11/2011Dune Allen BeachYesYesLinkOROtarballs
4/11/2011Dune Allen BeachYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tarballs
4/10/11East Fort PickensYesYesLinkOROHomogenized sand
4/10/2011East Fort PickensYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272homogenized sand
4/10/2011East Fort PickensYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272All had concentrations greater than 0.1 mg/kg with the lowest one (C1-Fluorenes ) only being 9 times that limit and the most concentrated one (C2-Phenanthrenes/anthracenes ) being 237 times that limit.
3/16/2011WavelandYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tarballs
3/15/2011Stallworth BeachYesYesLinkOROTarmat
3/15/2011Stallworth BeachYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Tarmats
8/5/2010SandestinYesYesLinkPAHs-Modified 8272Western boundary of Sandestin property with big pine trees Swash zone foam, sand, and tar ballsLink
8/5/2010SandestinYesYesLinkOROWestern boundary of Sandestin property with big pine trees Swash zone foam, sand, and tar ballsLink

Key:
Indication of Oil (Yes) – hydrocarbons are present
Visual Indication of Dispersed Oil Product means the color of the Fluorescent Signature was the proper color (wavelength), based on the empirical evidence, the presence of dispersant mixed with oil is presumed to be confirmed.

Supporting Literature/Links

Shoreline Clean-up Completion Plan

EPA Table 4 on Recommended Ecological Screening Values (mg/kg) for Soil

PAH Discussion

Cleanup Levels for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)

Guidelines for Assessing PAHs

C4 phenanthrenes

PAH’s

EPA defines phenanthrene toxicity

EPA- PAH in sediments

C-1 phenanthrenes anthracenes toxicity

TPH- data: Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

PAH profile- detailed

Toxicity Facts- PAH’s

What is EPA 8272?

GCAL- testing runs on Hydrocarbons

 

 

 

 

PAH testing from EPA   

 

 

 

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