NORTHEAST COASTAL AND BARRIER NETWORK ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINANT THREATS--
FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE
Natural Resource Technical Report
NPS/NCBN/NRTR—2010/332

Keith R. Cooper
Rutgers University
Cook - Biochemistry & Microbiology
76 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Marija Borjan
Rutgers University
Cook - Entomology
93 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

May 2010

U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Natural Resource Program Center
Fort Collins, Colorado
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This report deals with the chemicals of concern (COCs) for Fire Island National Seashore and its surrounding waters. It makes specific recommendations for monitoring plans based on the ecosystems within the park and the specific baseline inventory. Contaminant data has been reviewed from State, County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Park Service, and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prepare the data synthesis for this park. Within the Appendix are the NOAA raw data tables that have been formatted to simplify examining the chemicals analyzed and their corresponding concentrations. Telephone and survey interviews, along with site visits, were conducted with NPS staff and where appropriate with county and regional USGS officials. Based on the recommended monitoring plans, the NPS staff will be able to assess threats to natural resources and whether the “vital signs” are improving or declining within the park boundaries over time as it relates to COCs.

Detailed Standard Operating Procedures for the methods of collection for different matrices, specific analytical methods for different analytes, holding times, and decontamination approaches are described in a separate portion of this document (Appendix 1). A detailed description of how to use a simple Hazard Quotient approach and a more sophisticated
food web model for ecological based risk assessment is also presented (Sample 1996).

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