Contact Superfund, Pacific Southwest
Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Palos Verdes Shelf
Related Links
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- Consent Decree (PDF) (54 pp, 202K)
- Action Memorandum for Institutional Controls (PDF) (33 pp, 80K)
EPA's official decision document describing the selected public outreach, monitoring and enforcement actions- Figure 2 Peak Total DDT (PDF) (1 page, 246K)
- Figure 3 Fish Sampling Locations (PDF) (1 page, 93K)
- Figure 4 Boundaries of the White Croaker Commercial Fishery Closure Area (PDF) (1 page, 106 K PDF)
- Figure 5 Area of Focused Enforcement for Sportfishing Restrictions on White Croaker (PDF) (1 page, 67K)
- Response Summary (PDF) (37 pp, 100K)
- Response Summary (PDF) (37 pp, 100K)
EPA's responses to public comments on the March 2000 Proposed Plan and EE/CA Report - Palos Verdes Shelf Site Overview and Information
- Montrose Superfund Site Overview and Information
- Montrose Settlements Restoration Program Web site
from the Natural Resources Trustees
- Fish Consumption Advisories
from the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Including research on the impacts of DDT and other contaminants on the marine environment. - USGS Study: Distribution and Fate of Contaminated Sea-floor Sediment on the Shelf Offshore Los Angeles (PDF) (20 pp, 600K)
View of the Palos Verdes Shelf ocean floor, with a starfish and burrow openings for organisms, such as worms, that live in the sediment.
Links Related to the Palos Verdes Shelf Pilot Project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Study: Options for In-Situ Capping of Palos Verdes Shelf Contaminated Sediments (PDF) (17 pp, 5.4M)
Study Contractor: Waterways Experiment Station (WES)
Note: This file may load very slowly.EPA initiates marketplace fish monitoring program to assess whether contaminated white croakers are reaching consumers. Fact Sheet: Survey of Contaminants in Fish in Southern California (PDF) (5 pp, 166K)
News Releases Related to the Settlement
Department of Justice (December 19, 2000)
News Release on September Action (October 2, 2001)