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Dredging, Wetlands Dredging, Wetlands Creation, & Creation, & Ecosystem Ecosystem
Protection: Finding Protection: Finding the Right Balance the Right Balance
for SF Bayfor SF Bay
LTMS Methylmercury and LTMS Methylmercury and Dredging Symposium Dredging Symposium
January 28, 2010January 28, 2010Dyan Whyte, Assistant Executive Dyan Whyte, Assistant Executive
OfficerOfficer
Framework for addressing
Mercury in SF Bay is the
TMDL
Established Water Quality Established Water Quality Objectives for SF BayObjectives for SF Bay
0.2 ppm mercury in large predator fish
0.03 ppm mercuryin prey fish
California least tern
TMDL Implementation TMDL Implementation Dredging and In-Bay Dredging and In-Bay
DisposalDisposal Load Allocation = Zero Load Allocation = Zero
Implement LTMSImplement LTMS Restrictions on In-Bay DisposalRestrictions on In-Bay Disposal
Sed. Hg conc. < ambient (0.53 ppm)Sed. Hg conc. < ambient (0.53 ppm) Operations shall not cause an increase in Hg Operations shall not cause an increase in Hg
bioavailabilitybioavailability
TMDL TMDL ImplementationImplementationWetlands Creation & Wetlands Creation &
RestorationRestoration
No net increase in Hg or MeHg loads No net increase in Hg or MeHg loads Requirements in WDRs/401 WQ Certs to Requirements in WDRs/401 WQ Certs to
manage existing wetlands and ensure newly manage existing wetlands and ensure newly constructed wetlands are designed to minimize constructed wetlands are designed to minimize MeHg production and biological uptakeMeHg production and biological uptake
Pre- and post-restoration monitoringPre- and post-restoration monitoring Adaptive ImplementationAdaptive Implementation
Dredging + Desire for More Wetlands = Beneficial Reuse
Cover and Non-cover reuse requirements
Non-cover subject to strict controls Min 3 feet below surface at anaerobic
depths below tide line Min 200 feet from future higher order
channels
Current Approach to Adaptive Management
BiosentinelsBaselineTriggersEvaluate management actions
Learning project by project
Discussion Discussion TopicsTopics
RMP Hg strategy asks the right questions, is enough being done to answer them?
Identifying the right biosentinels & triggers is critical
How reversible do actions need to be?
Regional Monitoring Approach – Is there a need to formalize?