TABLE 2. COMPARATIVE PCB BUDGETS - MASSACHUSETTS BAY VS. NEW YORK 
BIGHT APEX. 
ng/g 
dry weight 
ng/cm3 ng/cm 23 
g/km 2 
Areas 
(km 2 ) 
kg PCB 
New York Bight Apex* 3 
Dredged Material Dumpsite 
200 
400 
800 
8000 
6 
48 
Sewage Sludge Dumpsite 
200 
400 
800 
8000 
16 
128 
Christianensen Basin 
200 
400 
800 
8000 
130 
1040 
Outer Bight Apex 
1.0 
2.0 
4.0 
40 
830 
34 
Total PCB (kg) = 
1250 
Massachusetts Bay c 
kgPCB/km 2 = 
1.24 
Region 2 
31 
62 
124 
1240 
2310 
2864 
Region 3 
10 
20 
40 
400 
1810 
724 
Total PCB (kg) = 
3588 
kgPCB/km 2 = 
.87 
a - 2 cm thick 
b - Data Sources = Boehm, 1982; Boehm et al., 1984; MacLeod et al., 1981; O'Connor et 
al., 1982; Part 2 of this study 
c - Define Source 
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