Table I. PAH concentrations from the Providence River (PR) and Harbor (November, 1992). 



Analyte 



Upper PR 1 State P 



ier 



Sassafras Point! 



Cone 



DQ 1 Cone 



DQ 



Cone 



DQ 



Napthalene 



0.88 





0.38 



J 



1.1 





2-Methyl napthalene 



0.44 



J 



0.24 



J 



0.71 





Acenaphthylene 



0.22 



J 



0.17 



J 



0.4 



J 



Acenaphthene 



0.48 



J 



0.15 



J 



0.33 



J 



Fiuorene 



0.77 





0.38 



J 



0.62 



J 



Phenanthrene 



4.3 



B 



1.3 



B 



2.4 





Anthracene 



0.96 





0.43 



J 



0.77 





Fluoranthene 



7.0 





2.3 





3.1 





Pyrene 



13.0 





5.8 





8.9 





Benzo(a)anthracene 



3.1 





1.3 





1.9 





Chrysene 



3.8 





1.6 





2.4 





Benzo(a)fluoranthene 



3.4 





1.4 





1.7 





Benzo(k)fluoranthene 



3.6 





1.5 





1.7 





Benzo(a)pyrene 



2.7 





1.1 





1.7 





Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene 



0.29 



J 



0.03 



U 



0.06 



U 



Benzo(g,h,l)perylene 



3.1 





1.7 





2.1 





lndeno(1 ,2,3-cd)pyrene 



2.2 





0.03 



U 



0.06 



U 



Total PAHs* 



50.2 





19.7 







30.0 



1 



units: ppm 



* sum of detected values and detection limits 



Data Qualifier (DQ): 



U = undetected 



B = analyte also detected in method blank 



J = estimate value; less than Practical Quantitation Limit 



