Supplemental injury assessment report : Clark Fork River NPL sites NRDA, lethal injuries to snow geese Berkeley Pit, Butte, MT

234 Pages·1996·4.1 MB·English

by  Hagler Bailly Consulting, Inc

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Supplemental Injury Assessment Report:
Clark Fork River NPL Sites NRDA
Letra-l Injuries to Snow Geese
MT
Berkeley Ptt, Butte,
Prepared for:
Montana NaturalResoluceDa>uge.A^sess.mentLitigation Program
Prep.ajied BY:
BL^glerBailly Consulting, Lnc.
Testifying Experts:
Hector Galbraith, PhD
Joshua_Lipton, PhD

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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.0 Introduction 1-1
1.1 Summary ofconclusions 1-3
Chapter 2 Methods
Chapter 3 Injury Determination and Quantification
3.1 Injury Definition 3-1
3.2 Wildlife Kill Data 3-1
3.2. Necropsy Results 3-2
3.2.2 Fungal, Bacteriological, and Parasitological Results 3-5
3.2.3 Metals Residues 3-8
3.2.4 Conclusions 3-8
3.3 Berkeley Pit Water Quality Data 3-11
3.4 Causality Evaluation 3-12
3.4.1 Acute aspergillosis 3-13
3.4.2 Bacterial disease 3-13
3.4.3 Parasitism 3-14
3.4.4 Exhaustion or starvation 3-14
3.4.5 Evidence ofHazardous Substance Causality 3-14
3.4.6 Conclusions 3-19
3.5 Quantification Summary 3-20
3.6 Conclusions 3-21
Chapter 4 References Cited
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
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1-1 The Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana 1-2
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Tables
3-1 Necropsy Results 3-3
3-2 Gross and Microscopic Observations 3-4
3-3 Fungal, Bacteriological, and Parasitological Results 3-6
3-4 Concentrations ofMetals and Metalloids in Liver Tissues 3-9
3-5 Concentrations ofMetals and Metalloids in Kidney Tissues 3-10
3-6 Hazardous Substance Concentrations and pH Measured in Berkeley Pit Surface Water
Samples 3-12
3-7 Comparison ofConcentrations ofTrace Metals in Livers ofLesser Snow Geese from
Washington and California Subpopulations with Concentrations in Berkeley Pit
Geese Livers * 3-17
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