1. Workshop Annual Status Report Program to Develop Sediment Quality Objectives for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California July 7, 2004 Chris Beegan beegc@swrcb.ca.gov 916 341 5577

2. Schedule Scoping Document adopted by June 30 2003, completed (www.swrcb.ca.gov…..) Scoping Document adopted by June 30 2003, completed (www.swrcb.ca.gov…..) Draft Objectives and policy by August 5, 2005. Draft Objectives and policy by August 5, 2005. By February 28, 2007 submit SQO policy to Office of Administrative Law. By February 28, 2007 submit SQO policy to Office of Administrative Law. Hold Annual Workshops. Hold Annual Workshops.

3. Sediment Quality Challenges Bioavailability very complex, no simple “translator” available as used with some dissolved species in water. Bioavailability very complex, no simple “translator” available as used with some dissolved species in water. Sediment bound chemical dose response studies are not as reliable as water only exposures (used to develop WQOs). Sediment bound chemical dose response studies are not as reliable as water only exposures (used to develop WQOs). Sediment quality indicators limited in terms of discriminatory power, sensitivity, predictive ability. Sediment quality indicators limited in terms of discriminatory power, sensitivity, predictive ability. Indirect effects to human health from bioaccumulation are more difficult to understand. Indirect effects to human health from bioaccumulation are more difficult to understand.

4. Program Responsibilities SWRCB staff manage program. SWRCB staff manage program. Research and Development: SCCWRP Technical Leader, SFEI, Moss Landing Marine Labs and UC Davis-MPSL Granite Canyon and consultants. Research and Development: SCCWRP Technical Leader, SFEI, Moss Landing Marine Labs and UC Davis-MPSL Granite Canyon and consultants. Independent Technical Review: SSC to provide advice on technically complex issues. Independent Technical Review: SSC to provide advice on technically complex issues. Policy Development: SWRCB staff with assistance from stakeholder and agency groups. Policy Development: SWRCB staff with assistance from stakeholder and agency groups. SWRCB Board Members ultimately decide what the policy or plan will contain. SWRCB Board Members ultimately decide what the policy or plan will contain.

5. Outreach/Participating Organizations Scientific Steering Committee: Scientist developers from USEPA, USACE, NOAA and USGS, State Agencies, Universities and Private Sector Scientific Steering Committee: Scientist developers from USEPA, USACE, NOAA and USGS, State Agencies, Universities and Private Sector Sediment Quality Advisory Committee Sediment Quality Advisory Committee –Regulated Community: Represented by Ports, POTWs, Municipal Stormwater, Industrial Stormwater, Industrial Direct, Federal Facilities, Legacy Pollutants. –Environmental/Conservation Organizations: SF BayKeeper, Heal the Bay, The Ocean Conservancy, Environmental Health Coalition, DeltaKeeper, Bay Foundation of Morro Bay, Sierra Club Agency Coordination Committee: RWQCB, DTSC, DFG, USEPA, NOAA, F&WS, SLC, BCDC, OEHHA. Agency Coordination Committee: RWQCB, DTSC, DFG, USEPA, NOAA, F&WS, SLC, BCDC, OEHHA.

6. Issues of Importance Issues of Importance Protection of beneficial uses. Protection of beneficial uses. Relationship to other WQ programs (TMDLs NPS, NPDES, Dredged Materials). Relationship to other WQ programs (TMDLs NPS, NPDES, Dredged Materials). Types of Objectives; numeric and/or narrative objectives. Types of Objectives; numeric and/or narrative objectives. Application of objectives and weight of evidence approach. Application of objectives and weight of evidence approach.

7. Technical Overview

8. Technical Tasks Develop sediment quality database Develop sediment quality database Benthic community assessment tool development Benthic community assessment tool development Toxicity method development Toxicity method development Contaminant effects analyses Contaminant effects analyses Integration of triad approach into objectives Integration of triad approach into objectives Evaluation of models for sediment-fish transfer Evaluation of models for sediment-fish transfer Case studies to link sediment contamination to human and wildlife risk Case studies to link sediment contamination to human and wildlife risk

9. Manuals Field sampling Field sampling Chemical contamination Chemical contamination Toxicity Toxicity Bioaccumulation potential Bioaccumulation potential Benthic community impact Benthic community impact Information management Information management

10. Policy Goals Develop scientifically defensible SQOs that are protective of specific beneficial uses. Develop scientifically defensible SQOs that are protective of specific beneficial uses. Develop policy that is fair and provides for consistent application throughout the state. Develop policy that is fair and provides for consistent application throughout the state. Describe methods and tools for assessing sediment quality Describe methods and tools for assessing sediment quality Provide numeric targets or thresholds to assess whether beneficial uses are being protected. Provide numeric targets or thresholds to assess whether beneficial uses are being protected.

11. Important Dates SSC Meeting at SCCWRP, Westminster August 3 and 4, 2004. SSC Meeting at SCCWRP, Westminster August 3 and 4, 2004. SQAC (Stakeholder) at SWRCB, August 12, 2004. SQAC (Stakeholder) at SWRCB, August 12, 2004. ACC; Southern California Meeting; SCCWRP on August 18, 2004. Northern California Meeting; R2 Office in Oakland on August 23, 2004. ACC; Southern California Meeting; SCCWRP on August 18, 2004. Northern California Meeting; R2 Office in Oakland on August 23, 2004.

12. More Information on SQOs Technical Information/Committee Meeting Summaries available at: www.swrcb.ca.gov/bptcp/sediment.html E-mail subscriptions available from SWRCB Main Page. In the right column; click subscribe, fill out name and email address, scroll down to Sediment Quality Objectives and check box. www.swrcb.ca.gov