2006 Description 3.
2007 Planned Action
In 2006, NYCDEP continued cooperating with the NYSDEC Contaminant Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP), a $30 million effort to quantify the sources and ambient levels of toxic contaminants in New York Harbor’s water, sediments, and biota. The goal of the project is to develop a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for these contaminants. The NYSDEC CARP website is: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/23839.html.
Continue cooperation with CARP.
T-5. RESEARCH TO INVESTIGATE TOXIC CONTAMINATION (CCMP TABLE 25, P. 73) KEY ELEMENTS: TOXIC CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED IN LONG ISLAND SOUND ARE NUMEROUS; THEIR PATHWAYS TO THE SOUND ARE VARIED, AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, MARINE LIFE, AND HUMAN HEALTH ARE NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD. THESE FACTORS MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE CCMP IDENTIFIED THESE NEEDS AS RECOMMENDATIONS, THOUGH CONTINUATION OF WORK BEGUN BY LISS THROUGH THE LISS RESEARCH PROGRAM AND OTHER PARTIES RECOGNIZES THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRIORITY LISS RESEARCH TOPICS. 2006 Description 1.
2007 Planned Action
The following 2004 LISS-funded research project was completed in 2006: •
Temporal and Spatial Changes in Copper Speciation and Toxic Metal Concentrations in Long Island Sound: Effect of Changes in Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Levels. (Dr. Sergio Sañudo-Wilhelmy, PI, Stony Brook University, EPA Grant No. LI-97296600, $101,136]
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The final project report was submitted to EPA in March 2007.