This report contains the results and conclusions of a contamination assessment of sediments and biota conducted in the San Juan Bay Estuary (SJBE) under the Project entitled – Estuarine Environmental Indicators for the San Juan Bay Estuary: Assessment of Sediment and Fish Tissue
Contaminants (the “Assessment” or “Study”). The field components of the Assessment were completed in July 2011.

The Study was commissioned by the San Juan Bay Estuary Program (SJBEP) under funding from the National Estuary Program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The SJBEP selected the Project Consultants following a bid process. The Assessment was completed under contract with the SJBEP.

The Study was carried out per procedures described in the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), which was approved by the USEPA and SJBEP in March 2011. The QAPP describes the experimental design, sampling station and environmental indicator selection criteria, sampling and analytical methods, and quality assurance and quality control procedures, among others.