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Courcil M~etIng: t 12, 1985
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To:
Mayor ar.d CIty Council
From:
CIty Staff
SubJect:
SaF>ta MOF>ICa Bay Water QualIty
Introductlon
DurIng the weeks begIr.r.Ir.g Februa~y 18th ard 25th, the r.ews medIa
pUblIcIzed excerpts from research or Southern Callforr.la coastal
wate~ qualIty dare dur~r.g 1978 to 1980 apd commerts f~om D~. H.
W. Puffer, a pathologIst at the use School of t-1edlclr.e Staff.
ThIS InformatIon was reported to Courcll Feb~uary 26, 1985
(Informatlor: Item attached).
ThIS report cor:talns addltloflal
irformatlon WhICh has subsequertly become avaIlable.
The staff belIeves the currert SItuatIon reflectlF>g practices for
the dIsposal of tOXIC mate~lals should he evaluated utlllZIflg the
same extensIve research methods as performed In 1978-80. A newly
formed task force chaIred by Tom Hayden, D-Sarta MerIca, Mallbu,
IS apparently Investigatlrg changes to prever:t recurrer:ces, ar:d
has already met WIth State Health offICIals.
Ir. that meet 1 Pg,
the agency agreed to perform a study evaluating ar.y poter.tial
publIC health hazards to consumers of fISh from the bay.
Ir.cluded In the several groups studylrg the S1. tuatlor: lr. Santa
Mor:lca Bay IS the Santa Morica Bay AdvIsory CommIttee.
AB 2642
(Hayder), created th is 12-member committee ar,d prov Ided $ 60,000
fUflding to study the SItUation untll Jarual"Y 1, 1986.
Local
members are:
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Sar:ta
.ea,
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12, 1985
Stan Robbir:s
Frank Dor:ahue
DaVId Epstein
Dan Frumkes
ChrIS HardIng
Ge"'ald Deluca
WIlma Harley
Dr. Rimmon Fay
Dear:e Dar::a
thke WallIng
Robert SullIvan
Hartin GottlIeb
F If: ar:c I a1 Impact
No Impact IS ar.ticlpated at thIS tIme.
The outcome of the
varIOUS current studies WIll be evaluated and some local
fInanCIal Ipvolvemer.t may be IndIcated.
RecommendatIons
Staff plar:s to cartlnue to maritol" and evaluate developments and
report slgr.ifIcar.t Information.
Prepared by: Stan SchollJ Director of Ger:eral SerVIces
Ed Lash, UtIlItIes Mar-ager
Jack Hoagland, AdminIstratIve Water Er.gIreer
Attachmer;t: Informatlor:: Item - Santa MonIca Bay Water QualIty
dated February 26J 1985
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Fe'bruary 26,
198.
Sa r t a '.\ 0 r. Call f 0'" r 1 a
Trfo"matlor Item
To: Mayor ard Clty Courcll
From: CIty Staff
Subject: Sar.ta Morlca Bay wate'" Quallty
Recent medIa presertatIors have focused atter-tlon or. wate'"
qualIty ard cortamlratlor. of mar1re lIfe ir the Santa Morlca Bay.
Several agencIes are irvolved lr; the regulatlor of the bay:
The State Departmert of FISh and Game regulates ard mar ages
the natural resources of the bay;
The Regloral Wate'" QualIty Cortrel Loa"d regulates the
dIscharge of materIals WhICh have the bay as theIr ultImate
dest1ratIor., ard;
The Courty Health Departmert regulates beach access for
"ec"'eat10r. uses of the bay water.
Mcrltcrlrg of the Los ~rgeles Courty Coastal Waters IS ccrduc:ed
prImarIly by t~ree g!"cups, the Los :\.rgeles Cour.ty Sarltatlcr
Dlstl'"lct, the Los Argeles City Bureau of Sarltatlor (Hyperlcr
Waste DIscharge ~.1orltGrIrg) ard the Southerr Cal1for(la Coast.al
Water Researe~ prOject (SCC~RP).
Ir add~tlor, the Coast Gua~d ard LIfeguards respcrd to ary
lrClderts WhICh nay ~ccur lrvolvlrg pOlft pollutlor sources
( s P 111 5), a r d the C 1 t Y 's .4 ate r :h VIS lor rl 0 r 1 tor s t. h e P 1 C 0 - K e r t e r
Stor~ ~ralr outfall.
The food ard Drug AdMlr1strat1or regulates
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Feb~uary 26, 198
S;J r t. a \i 0 r. Call f 0'" ria
all cClTlmercial fISh moveo:Jer-t Hcludlrg that f~cm Sarta. 1'1oflca
Bay.
The major theme of the recer-t medla actlvlty or the Bay has beer
that cor t aml r at ior of f1 sh WI th DDT may pr eser.t a hazard to
people who consume large quar,tltles of flSI1 from the bay over
lo~g perIods of tIme.
Dr. H. W. Puffer, a pqtholog1st at the use
School of MedIcIne, ImplIed that so~e car.cer cases may eXlst from
thls problem although others lr. thlS research area (prImar1ly Dr.
SlUr.OZl of the Reglor.al Wate'" Quality Control Board) feel that
there IS rot any eVIdence of specIfIc hUMar health problems f"'om
DDT.
Furthe'" analysIs of Dr. Puffer's research reveals hIS "'efereree
to Santa Morlca Bay IS a gereral tero mear.lr.g esser.tlally all of
Southerr. Califorria's coastal waters.
The areas of high corcertratlor of DDT l~ fISh are the Southerr
portlOr. of Palos Ve"'des OJhIte POHt) ard the L.A. Harbor. The
levels of DDT lr. SOMe fish frc~ these a~e2S exceed the FDA aC~:Qr
level fJ~ comme~clal flSh (5.0 parts pe~ ffillllor). Levels I~ the
actual geog~aphlc Sar~a Morlca Bay are much lower WIth the f1Sh
t est e d f... enS art a ~1 0 r 1 c a a r d Hall b u P 1 e r S bel r g 1 O'Z 0 r 1 e s S 0 f
the FDA 3CtIOr. level (I.e'r 0.5 ppm D~T or less).
The levels If the ro...the~r. Sar:ta 'J[oflca Bay are relatIvely low
but they are stIll a se~lOUS erVlro~mertal cor:cerr, although rot
ar. appa"'ert acute threat to ror.-professloral ar.glers.
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F'eorud!'"Y 26, 198
Sarta "lC. CalIf.:)rrla
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Wlth thIS clarlflcatlor, staff artlclpates cortlrued cooperatlor
wIth the Courty Health Departmert u: regards to postll'jg SIE;r.S
regardIng hazardous shell fiSh. The current informatIon does rot
appear to warrar.t the postIng of slgns by the Clty or ary other
agercy regardIng the sUItabllity of fISh for corsumptlor however,
cor.tlrued cooperatlor ~lth all Sar.ta MO~lca Bay regulatory
ager.Cles wlll be the POlICY of the staff.
Prepared by: Star Scholl, DIrector of General ServIces
Ed Lash, UtIlltles Manager
Jack Hoagla~d, Adnlflstratlve Water Erglr.eer
Attachmert A - Persors lrtervlewed regardlr.g DOT Report
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ATTACH~tENT A
Persor.s ir.tervlewed regardIr.g the Sarta Morlca Bay DDT Report:
Mr. Fry
State FISh & Game
Dr. ShH:OZl
Reglor.al Water Quallty
COf'1trol Board
590-5132
744-3251
620-4460
Mr. Saito
L.A. Courty Health
Richard Gossett
Southern Callf. Coastal
435-7071
Dr. Dav Id Browr.
Water Research Project
Dr. Brlar Melvalr
Reglor. 9-EPA
415/974-8106
Note that Dr. Puffer was rot avallable for commert durIrg the
tIme thlS lteM was belrg prepared.
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