Kanawha River Site

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Current Site Information

Fact Sheets

• October 2004

EPA's National Contiminated Sediment Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG) Review

• Kanawha River Site EE/CA Study Contaminated Sediment Management Principles Memo (30 pp, 303 KB)
• Figure 1- Kanawha River EE/CA Study Area (PDF) (1 p,1.7MB)
• Figure 2- Kanawha Valley (PDF) (1 p, 453K)
• Attachment 1- Lower Kanawha River Watershed Water Uses (PDF) (2 pp, 30K)
• Attachment 2- Data from June 2000 Surface Water Sampling Trip Report (PDF) (1 p, 37K)
• Attachment 3- Validated Analytical Results for Sediment Samples May 2000 (PDF) (5 pp, 1.4MB)
• Attachment 4- Region 3 GPRA Baseline RCRA Corrective Action Facility Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 1.2 MB)
• Attachment 5- Validated Analytical Results for Site Inspection Samples collected September 2001 (PDF) (3 pp, 1.5 MB)
• CSTAG Recommendations on the Kanawha River, WV Contaminated Sediment Site - May 14, 2004 (PDF) (6 pp, 141K)
• Regional Response to CSTAG's Recommendations - October 8, 2004 (PDF) (9 pp, 394 K)

Photo Gallery

• October 2004 Sampling Event

Important Documents

• Administrative Order on Consent between EPA and Monsanto and Pharmacia (March 18, 2004) (PDF)(2.37MB)
• Documents Related to October 2004 fish, sediment and surface water sampling
• Monsanto Proposed Fall 2004 Sampling Activities (PDF) (635K)
• EPA Approval of 2004 Sampling Activities with comments (PDF) (140K)
• Monsanto Response to EPA Approval and Sampling Schedule (PDF) (999K)

Maps

Other Links

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Dioxin Fact Sheet
• West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Fish Consumption Advisories
• Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Total 2,3,7,8-TCDD for the Kanawha River, Pocatalico River and Armour Creek (641K)
• EPA Region 3 RCRA Program Fact Sheet for the Flexsys/Solutia site [About PDF]