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Article: New Bedford Harbor Data Interpretation

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January 1, 2004
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Electric capacitor plants released PCBs into New Bedford Harbor from the 1940s to the 1970s. Sediment PCB characterization data was collected and analyzed by geostatistically modeling portions of the harbor to define the horizontal extent and removal depths required to achieve compliance with the mandated cleanup goals. The results of this data interpretation are currently being used to specify the dredging or excavation design for the removal of over 500,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments.

Each sediment sampling location was classified on the basis of the pattern of PCB concentrations measured throughout the sediment column with depth. Systematic rules for assigning a projected ...

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