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DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (NYSDEC) WILL PROCESS AND PERFORM CONTAMINANT ANALYSIS ON FISH SAMPLES COLLECTED BY THE SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE (SRMT) AT 13 LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER AREA OF CONCERN (AOC) AT MASSENA/AKWESASNE.ACTIVITIES:AFTER RECEIVING FISH FILLETS FROM SRMT, NYSDEC WILL PREPARE FISH TISSUES FOR ANALYSIS, ARRANGE CONTAMINANT ANALYSIS OF TISSUES, AND COMPLETE DATA VALIDATION FOR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS), ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCPS) INCLUDING MIREX, MERCURY (HG), AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS (PCDD/FS) AT EITHER INTERNAL OR CONTRACT LABORATORIES.SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:PROJECT DELIVERABLES INCLUDE: (1) THE CURRENT STATUS OF CONTAMINANTS IN A VARIETY OF FISH SPECIES RELEVANT TO THE AOC AND PEOPLE WHO CONSUME THESE FISH, AND (2) A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER PREVIOUSLY SAMPLED CONTAMINANTS ARE CHANGING IN CONCENTRATION. PROJECT OUTCOMES WILL ALLOW PROJECT PARTNERS TO RE-EVALUATE AND POSSIBLE UPDATE FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES AND EVALUATED THE STATUS OF ASSOCIATED BUIS IN THE AOC. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE ANGLERS AND CONSUMERS OF FISH IN NEW YORK STATE AND AKWESASNE IN AND AROUND THE AOC.

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