Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210
Performing Department
Chemistry
Non Technical Summary
Both the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF are in agreement with the scope of work as outlined below andagree that each party's responsibilities are:NYSDEC will be responsible for:• Providing overall Harmful Algal Bloom Surveillance Project (HABS) project oversight andcoordination with all HABS partners (SUNY ESF, NYS Federation of Lake Associations(NYSFOLA), Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI) and sampling volunteers for the CitizensStatewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP))• Preparing the NYSDEC/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PerformancePartnership Grant (PPG) documents associated the NYSDEC/EPA HABS project. Thisincludes the PPG work plan component for HABS and modification to the CSLAP QualityAssurance Management Plan and Standard Operating Procedures.• Ensuring PPG deliverables and timelines are met, including preparing its required quarterlyand annual reports.• Reviewing, maintaining, and archiving all field sheets, field data, and laboratory datagenerated from the HABS project• Coordinating with NYSFOLA and UFI with Quality Assurance/Quality Control review,final data validation, and in compiling the data into a central database.• Providing the CSLAP sample collection volunteers with training, materials, field samplingrecords, laboratory chain of custody forms, and sampling instructions needed to participatein the HABS project.• Ensuring that CSLAP sample collection volunteers collect shoreline raw water samples andfilter a 200ml aliquot from a CSLAP open water sampling collection through filter mediaagreed upon by the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF and transport that raw water and filter infiltration vials supplied by the SUNY ESF and the NYSDEC.• Ensuring that samples most likely to be associated with HAB conditions, based onlaboratory fluorometer phycocyanin and chlorophyll screening, in vivo chlorophyll readings,and/or field notes from CSLAP volunteers, will be flagged by UFI and identified ascandidates for rapid screening.SUNY ESF will be responsible for:• Analyzing bloom samples and filters collected by CSLAP sample collection volunteers andtransported by the sampling volunteers, according to established procedures under a separateagreement and with assistance from Uf'.I, until the funding allocation maximum of the MOUis reached.• Archiving for later analysis those samples not identified for rapid screening• Reporting rapid screening results to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee,including the analytical results, sampling date, and location of each rapid screening sample.• Providing periodic reports to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, upon requestregarding status updates, identifying the number of samples submitted and analyzed forrapid screening and non-screening HAB studies, and updates on any difficulties or problemsneeding attention or adjustment.• Notifying the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, as quickly as is practical ifchanges need to be made regarding sample collection, processing, transport, analytical, orreporting protocols.• Providing the NYSDEC project manager with a spreadsheet and report summarizing HABanalytical results at the earlier of the end of the completion of all analyses or by the end ofthe project period.Awarded Start Date: 4/1/2014Award End Date: 3/31/16 (as of 6/10/16)Sponsor: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
75%
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
25%
Goals / Objectives
Both the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF are in agreement with the scope of work as outlined below andagree that each party's responsibilities are:NYSDEC will be responsible for:• Providing overall Harmful Algal Bloom Surveillance Project (HABS) project oversight andcoordination with all HABS partners (SUNY ESF, NYS Federation of Lake Associations(NYSFOLA), Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI) and sampling volunteers for the CitizensStatewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP))• Preparing the NYSDEC/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PerformancePartnership Grant (PPG) documents associated the NYSDEC/EPA HABS project. Thisincludes the PPG work plan component for HABS and modification to the CSLAP QualityAssurance Management Plan and Standard Operating Procedures.• Ensuring PPG deliverables and timelines are met, including preparing its required quarterlyand annual reports.• Reviewing, maintaining, and archiving all field sheets, field data, and laboratory datagenerated from the HABS project• Coordinating with NYSFOLA and UFI with Quality Assurance/Quality Control review,final data validation, and in compiling the data into a central database.• Providing the CSLAP sample collection volunteers with training, materials, field samplingrecords, laboratory chain of custody forms, and sampling instructions needed to participatein the HABS project.• Ensuring that CSLAP sample collection volunteers collect shoreline raw water samples andfilter a 200ml aliquot from a CSLAP open water sampling collection through filter mediaagreed upon by the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF and transport that raw water and filter infiltration vials supplied by the SUNY ESF and the NYSDEC.• Ensuring that samples most likely to be associated with HAB conditions, based onlaboratory fluorometer phycocyanin and chlorophyll screening, in vivo chlorophyll readings,and/or field notes from CSLAP volunteers, will be flagged by UFI and identified ascandidates for rapid screening.SUNY ESF will be responsible for:• Analyzing bloom samples and filters collected by CSLAP sample collection volunteers andtransported by the sampling volunteers, according to established procedures under a separateagreement and with assistance from Uf'.I, until the funding allocation maximum of the MOUis reached.• Archiving for later analysis those samples not identified for rapid screening• Reporting rapid screening results to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee,including the analytical results, sampling date, and location of each rapid screening sample.• Providing periodic reports to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, upon requestregarding status updates, identifying the number of samples submitted and analyzed forrapid screening and non-screening HAB studies, and updates on any difficulties or problemsneeding attention or adjustment.• Notifying the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, as quickly as is practical ifchanges need to be made regarding sample collection, processing, transport, analytical, orreporting protocols.• Providing the NYSDEC project manager with a spreadsheet and report summarizing HABanalytical results at the earlier of the end of the completion of all analyses or by the end ofthe project period.
Project Methods
Both the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF are in agreement with the scope of work as outlined below andagree that each party's responsibilities are:NYSDEC will be responsible for:• Providing overall Harmful Algal Bloom Surveillance Project (HABS) project oversight andcoordination with all HABS partners (SUNY ESF, NYS Federation of Lake Associations(NYSFOLA), Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI) and sampling volunteers for the CitizensStatewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP))• Preparing the NYSDEC/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PerformancePartnership Grant (PPG) documents associated the NYSDEC/EPA HABS project. Thisincludes the PPG work plan component for HABS and modification to the CSLAP QualityAssurance Management Plan and Standard Operating Procedures.• Ensuring PPG deliverables and timelines are met, including preparing its required quarterlyand annual reports.• Reviewing, maintaining, and archiving all field sheets, field data, and laboratory datagenerated from the HABS project• Coordinating with NYSFOLA and UFI with Quality Assurance/Quality Control review,final data validation, and in compiling the data into a central database.• Providing the CSLAP sample collection volunteers with training, materials, field samplingrecords, laboratory chain of custody forms, and sampling instructions needed to participatein the HABS project.• Ensuring that CSLAP sample collection volunteers collect shoreline raw water samples andfilter a 200ml aliquot from a CSLAP open water sampling collection through filter mediaagreed upon by the NYSDEC and SUNY ESF and transport that raw water and filter infiltration vials supplied by the SUNY ESF and the NYSDEC.• Ensuring that samples most likely to be associated with HAB conditions, based onlaboratory fluorometer phycocyanin and chlorophyll screening, in vivo chlorophyll readings,and/or field notes from CSLAP volunteers, will be flagged by UFI and identified ascandidates for rapid screening.SUNY ESF will be responsible for:• Analyzing bloom samples and filters collected by CSLAP sample collection volunteers andtransported by the sampling volunteers, according to established procedures under a separateagreement and with assistance from Uf'.I, until the funding allocation maximum of the MOUis reached.• Archiving for later analysis those samples not identified for rapid screening• Reporting rapid screening results to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee,including the analytical results, sampling date, and location of each rapid screening sample.• Providing periodic reports to the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, upon requestregarding status updates, identifying the number of samples submitted and analyzed forrapid screening and non-screening HAB studies, and updates on any difficulties or problemsneeding attention or adjustment.• Notifying the NYSDEC project manager, or his designee, as quickly as is practical ifchanges need to be made regarding sample collection, processing, transport, analytical, orreporting protocols.• Providing the NYSDEC project manager with a spreadsheet and report summarizing HABanalytical results at the earlier of the end of the completion of all analyses or by the end ofthe project period.