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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut
Fish Consumption Advisories & Signage
for Housatonic River PCBs
April 27, 2016 Susan Peterson & Michael Humphreys (CT DEEP) & Sharee Rusnak (CT DPH) U.S. EPA Housatonic River Citizens Coordinating Council - Connecticut Subcommittee Meeting Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village, CT
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisories
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Fish Consumption Advisories
Statewide Freshwater Advice
Housatonic River Area
Other CT Fresh Waterbodies
Long Island Sound
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Main Message: Eat Fish Safely Fish Important Protein Source
Important Source for Subsistence Fishing Groups
Some Locally Caught or Store-bought Fish Unsafe Especially for High Risk Groups
Focus on Safer Fish
People Can Eat Fish If They Follow Guidelines
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Fish Contaminants Are Public Health Risks
Key Contaminants: Mercury & PCBs
Present in Some Fish at Harmful Levels
Greatest Risk to Fetus, Newborns
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
DPH Risk Assessment
Human & Animal Studies Used
Converted to Advisory Levels in Fish Based Upon How Much Fish Eaten Per Meal
Consensus Among Health & Environmental Agencies Re: Health Call
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Understanding Health Risks
Guidance Is Meant to Be Health Protective
Previous Exposures Were Not Necessarily Harmful
One Fish Meal Will Not Make You Sick or Harm Fetus
Allow some fish to be eaten while clean-up activities happen
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Contaminant Health Effects
PCBs Toxic to Many Organs, Immune System
Causes Cancer in Lab Studies
Behavioral Effects If Fetus Exposed
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
High Risk Groups
Pregnant Women
Women Planning Pregnancy within 1 year
Children Under 6
Breastfeeding Mothers
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Housatonic River Above Derby Dam Trout, Catfish, Eels, Carp, Northern Pike
Do Not Eat (Everyone)
Bluegill, Bullheads, Fallfish Limit 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)
Bass, White Perch Do Not Eat (High Risk) Limit 1 Meal per 2 Months (Low Risk)
Panfish 1 Meal per Month (High Risk) 1 Meal per Week (Low Risk)
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Lakes Along the Housatonic River And Tributaries
Lakes Zoar, Housatonic, and Lillinonah -1 Meal per Month for Bass and White Perch (Everyone) -Other Species: See Advice for River
Furnace Brook (Cornwall) -Trout: 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)
Blackberry River (North Canaan - below Blast Furnace) -Smallmouth Bass: 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Fish Consumption Advisories
Methods of Communication: o CT DPH & CT DEEP websites o Brochures o CT DEEP Annual Anglers Guide o Signage o Other
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Lake Zoar
Lake Housatonic
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Annual Housatonic Trout Stocking in CT
Cornwall TMA 19,000 trout Bulls Bridge TMA 8,500 trout private stocking ~4,000 trout
Total 31,500 trout
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
19-inch holdover Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Wild Brown Trout
Smallmouth Bass
Largemouth bass
White Perch
White Catfish
Northern Pike
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Warning to People Who Fish .\lthoul,!h m,uw li:,h in Connecticut are safe and healthy to eat, some fish from C'onawdicut wi1tt>rs hove dangerous ch emicals in them.
Housatonic River Upstream of the Derby Dam
Includes: Lake Zoar Lake Lillinonah Lake Housatonic
Pregnant women, women who plan to become pregnant anrl children under six should not eat fish from the Housatonic River upstream of the Derby Dam. Others should not eat Catfish, Carp, Eels or Trout from the Housatonic River. People other than pregnant women and children under six should eat no more than one meal every two months of Bass, While Perch and Bullheads.
If you follow this advice, you and your family will be safe and healthy eating fish caught in Connecticut waters.
For more information, call the Connecticut Department of Publit: Heallh (860) 509-7742, or the Department of Environmental Protection (860) 424-3474.
Worn.mg to Fi.~hS!rmen nnd Their Families has been produced as o collaborative proJect of Connecticut's Department of Public Health and Environmental Protect.inn.
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisory Signage
Posted locations:
117 access points on upper 50 miles (English and Spanish)
25 boat launches and parks on lower 3 impoundments
(English, Spanish, and 4 Asian languages)
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisories
Feedback on effectiveness:
Environmental Conservation Officers
2008 Angler Survey
2013 Angler Survey
2012 Lake Lillinonah Angler Survey
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisory Signage
Future Sign Posting Considerations:
Need for updated signage (cost; funding availability) New design (message complicated; many languages) Use of universal symbols (feasibility)
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
CT Saltwater Fish Consumption Advisory
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Questions? CT DEEP Susan Peterson - Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse - Planning &
Standards Division; [email protected]; (860)424-3854 Michael Humphreys - Bureau of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries Division;
[email protected]; (860)567-8998 For info on 2016 Connecticut Anglers Guide on CT DEEP website:
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322688&deepNav_GID=16 30
CT DPH Sharee Rusnak Site Assessment & Chemical Risk Unit Environmental &
Occupational Health Assessment Program; [email protected]; (860)509-7583
For info on Connecticuts Fish Consumption Advisory and the Safe Eating of Fish Caught in Connecticut on CT DPH website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387460&dphNav_GID=182 8&dphPNavCtr=|#47464
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322688&deepNav_GID=1630http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387460&dphNav_GID=1828&dphPNavCtr=|#47464mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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