Dredged Material Assessments
The dredging and disposal of sediments in U.S. waterways is essential to the maintenance of ongoing maritime operations. Based on the high quality of our project management, sampling and sample handling, and testing and reporting services, Pacific EcoRisk is regularly selected to provide dredge materials evaluations for a variety of major ports, large and small marinas, as well as being selected to provide evaluation services for U. S. ACOE dredging programs.
Pacific EcoRisk provides cradle-to-grave project management of dredged material evaluations, including but not limited to the following services:
Preparation of Sampling and Analysis Plans
Client representation
Field collection of sediment samples via push core, gravity core and vibracore methods
Chemical and biological evaluation of proposed dredge material
Testing for Inland, Ocean, and Upland Disposal
Preparation of concise and easily-understood data reports
Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, and Tier IV evaluations
Preparation of alternatives analysis
Dredge Permit Applications
Related Experience
Interlaboratory Variability Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing
NPDES Permit Renewal: Species Screening of Effluent Toxicity
Toxicity Monitoring of the Ambient Waters of San Francisco Bay
NPDES Toxicity testing and Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) of Municipal Effluent