Scientific Diving
Region 10 Diving Case Studies
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Marine Discharge Compliance Studies
- Compliance Inspections of Permitted Discharges at Seafood Processors and Log Transfer Sites (PDF) (12 pp, 830K)
- Salmon Net Pen Benthic Impact Study in Puget Sound, 1991 (PDF) (3 pp, 293K)
Sediment Management Studies
- McCormick and Baxter Superfund Site Transition Zone Water Sampling and Solid Phase Microextraction Device Placement (PDF) (5 pp, 359K) - April-October 2010
- Oregon Coast Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Survey Aboard OSV Bold (PDF) (3 pp, 191K) - August 2008
- ASARCO Cap Survey, Ruston, WA (PDF) (4 pp, 263K) - June 2007
- Occidental Survey, Hylebos Waterway, Tacoma, WA (PDF) (7 pp, 589K) - August 2004
- Rhone Poulenc Groundwater Investigation, Duwamish River, Seattle, WA (PDF) (25 pp, 540K) - August 2004
- Diver Core Sample Collection, Portland Harbor Superfund Site, Terminal 4 (PDF) (6 pp, 359K) - March 2004
- Coeur d’Alene Lake Benthic Flux Instrument Deployment (PDF) (3 pp, 147K) - August 1999
- Capping Contaminated Sediments (Denny Way Combined Sewer Overflow, Seattle, WA) (PDF) (1 pp, 33K) - March-May 1990
- Disposal of Dredged-material at Open-water Sites 1979-2013 (PDF) (8 pp, 547K) - 1979-2013
Investigations
- Investigation of Petroleum Spill, Duwamish East Waterway (PDF) (7 pp, 637K) - April, 2012
- Onondaga Vessel Survey (PDF) (9 pp, 576K) - April 2011
- Survey of Derelict Fishing Gear in Puget Sound (PDF) (6 pp, 468K) - updated March 2014
- McCormick and Baxter Cap Survey (PDF) (12 pp, 1.4MB) - October 2010
- Pacific Sound Resources Sediment Cap Survey (PDF) (6 pp, 453K) - September 2010
- Asarco Piling Removal Survey, Ruston, WA (PDF) (5 pp, 150K) - April 2010
- Lake Union Sunken Vessel Survey (PDF) (6 pp, 498K) - January 2010 and 2011
- Duwamish River Upland Source Control Criminal Investigation (PDF) (4 pp. 315K) - October 2009
- Pierre Lake, WA Hydrolab Search, September 2009 (PDF) (7 pp, 682K) - September 2009
- PISCO Support Work, August 2009 (PDF) (4 pp, 286K) - August 2009
- Quendall Terminals Superfund Site, Diver Groundwater Sampling, Renton, WA, 2009 (PDF) (5 pp, 433K) - May 2009
- East Water Way (EWW), U.S. Coast Guard Station – Derelict Pier and Bottom Debris Removal Pre-Survey for Puget Sound Initiative, March 2008 (PDF) (5 pp, 309K) - March 2008
- Sinclair Inlet Abandoned Vessel Diver Search in Support of the Puget Sound Initiative, February, 2009 (PDF) (5 pp, 720K) - February 2009
- Diver Assisted Site Assessment at the Columbia River Drum Site; Portland, OR, April 2007 (PDF) (276 pp, 16MB) - April 2007
- EPA Divers Support Brownfields Pasley Breakwater Survey; Newport, OR, November, 2006 (PDF) (3 pp, 202K) - November 2006
- Columbia Shuttle Recovery Dive Support; Winter-Spring 2003 (PDF) (9 pp, 852K) - Winter-Spring 2003
- Criminal Investigation of Illegal Harvesting of a Submerged Old Growth Forest in Lake Washington, November, 1994 (PDF) (1 pp, 36K) - November 1994
- EPA Dive Surveys to Support Superfund pre- and post-Dredging Data Needs, 2004-2011 (PDF) (4 pp, 154K) - 2004-2011
- McCormick and Baxter Superfund Site Transition Zone Water Diver Sampling Events 2001-2002 (PDF) (8 pp, 596K) - 2001-2002
- Divers Support Nutrient and Bacteria Loading Study for Oakland Bay/Hammersley Inlet, WA, 2005-2006 (PDF) (3 pp, 270K) - 2005-2006
- Yakima River Eutrophication Study, near Prosser, WA, August, 2005 (PDF) (4 pp, 409K) - 2005
- Criminal Investigation of Illegal Boat Dumping Site, “Crow’s Nest” Marina, Commencement Bay, 2004 (PDF) (5 pp, 187K) - 2004
- Wyckoff Eagle Harbor Superfund Site Scientific Diving Support 1980-2013 (PDF) (18 pp, 2.2MB) - 1980-2013
Biological & Oceanographic Studies
- Polyethylene device (PED) passive sampling, January, 2013, Lower Duwamish River, Seattle, WA (PDF) (14 pp, 1.3MB) - October 2014
- Survey of Moorage Buoys Systems for Potential Impacts to Aquatic Reserve Habitat, Maury Island, WA (PDF) (10 pp, 296K) - June 2012
- Elwha River Dam Removal Baseline Marine Benthic Surveys (PDF) (33 pp, 1.8MB) - 1994, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014
- Lower Duwamish Waterway Diver Assisted Bioavailability Study, 2008-2009 (PDF) (9 pp, 836K) - 2008-2009
- Jackson Park Superfund Site Diver Habitat Survey, Silverdale, WA, January 2008 (PDF) (8 pp, 791K) - January 2008
- ORD and Region 10 Eelgrass Research, Hood Canal, WA, 2007 (PDF) (4 pp, 199K) - 2007
- Coastal Estuary Instrument Maintenance and Recovery, Willapa Bay, WA (PDF) (9 pp, 485K) - 2007-2014
- Hood Canal Diver Sampling Event, Near Twanoh State Park, Belfair, WA, October 2006 (PDF) (3 pp, 278K) - October 2006
- Diver Based Georeferencing Shoreline Inventory/Assessment Technique 2006-2007 (PDF) (13 pp, 1MB) -2006-2007
- Lake Union and Duwamish River Diver Assisted Uptake Survey - ORD and Texas A&M, 2002-2007 (PDF) (5 pp, 400K) - 2002-2007
- Mussel Growth and Bioaccumulation Study, East and West Waterways of the Duwamish River, 1991-1992 (PDF) (4 pp, 272K) - 1991-1992
- Scuba-based Protocol for Community Assessments of Soft-bottom Sea Floors in Puget Sound, 1992-1993 (PDF) (3 pp, 93K) - 1992-1993
- Survey of Shellfish for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) and Domoic Acid in Puget Sound, 1994-1995 (PDF) (1 pp, 40K) - 1994-1995
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