Table 1. Top 10 U.S. Oil Ports - Average Annual Gallons Transported
(Source: New Jersey Petroleum Council)
 
Rank 
 Port Gallons
 
1 
 New York Harbor, NY/NJ 28,253,000,000
2 
 Houston, TX 8,584,800,000
3 
 New Orleans, LA 6,409,200,000
4 
 Corpus Christi, TX 5,762,400,000
5 
 Port Arthur, TX 5,145,000,000
6 
 San Francisco, CA 4,674,600,000
7 
 Boston, MA 4,498,200,000
8 
 Delaware Bay/River 4,116,000,000
9 
 Port Everglades, FL 3,175,200,000
10 
 Tampa, FL 2,557,800,000

 
 
 
 
 
  Table 2. Volume of Petroleum Products and Hazardous Chemicals Released into Newark Bay and Its Major Tributaries from October 1986 to August 1991a (From D. W. Crawford, N.L. Bonnevie, and R. J. Wenning. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 30, 85-100 (1995.)
Total volume released (gallons) 
Material  1986-1991 1991
Petroleum products
     No. 1 Fuel oil 3,125 NRb
     No. 2 Fuel oil 4,636,512 597
     No. 4 Fuel oil 201 NQc
     No. 6 fuel oil 12,600,683 266
     Creosote 75 75
     Crude oil 1 NQ
     Diesel fuel 50,278 6,380
     Gasoline 42,659 7,672
     Hydraulic oil 70 NQ
     Kerosene 306 NQ
     Liquid asphalt 53,000 NR
     Motor oil 931 NR
     Transmission fluid 30 NR
     Waste oil 80,374 NR
     Other oil productsd 257,461 1,760
     Total 17,725,706 16,750
 
Hazardous chemicals
     Alcohol 150 50
     Aldehyde 4,000 4,000
     Ammonia 100 NR
     Antifreeze 5.5 5.5
     Benzene 3,000 3,000
     Chlorine 1,500 NQ
     HCL 1,080 NR
     Hexane 150 150
     Hydrocarbons 10 NR
     Isobropenyl 50 50
     D-Liminone 10 10
     Milk 75 75
     Naptha 210 210
     PCBs 130 30
     Pesticides NQ NQ
     Phenol NQ NQ
     Solvents 1,261 NQ
     Unidentified chemicalse 69,615 2,790
     
     Total 81,346.5 10,307.5
 
Other materials
     Ink NQ NR
     Paint 513.5 24
     Waste water 16,075 16,075
     Unidentified materialsf 494,562 685
Total 511,150.5 16,784

aData were compiled from computer database maintained by the NJDEPE Bureau of Communication and Support.
bAn accidental spill incident involving this material was not recorded (NR) on the database.
cOne or more spill incidents were reported to NJDEPE but the volume of the spill was not quantified in the database.
dOil products in this category included infrequently released or unidentified petroleum products.
eHazardous chemicals in this category included chemical compounds not specifically identified.
fOther material in this category included materials which were reported as unknown in the database.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Table 3. Summary of Production and Discharges of Industrial Chemicalsa
(From D. W. Crawford, N. L. Bonnevie, and R. J. Wenning. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 30, 85-100 (1995.)
 
 
Group number and name 
____________________________ 
Total amount 
produced, annuallyb 
(lbs)
______________ 
Total discharged, 
POTWS 
(lbs)
______________ 
Total discharged, 
surface water 
(lbs)
______________ 
 
 
    
Halogenated alkanes and alkenes
20-102 M
973,910
31,930
Phenols
600 T-2 M
1,070,500
16,710
Halogenated aromatics
1-5 M
242,200
26,300
Phthalates
155-610 M
20,770
5,230
Ethers, epoxides, aldehydes, and anhydrides
110-550 M
1,070,500
50,200
Imines, nitriles, and hydrazines
100
350,050
10
Nitroso compounds
50-100 T
0
300
Amides and amino compounds
3-15 M
7,210
1,000
Pesticides
5-10 M
13
0
Aromatic hydrocarbons
10 M-2 B
906,901
18,650
Inorganics
2-7 M
2,216,770
109,410
Nitro compounds
60-160 M
30
36,410
Dyes
631 T-1 M
1,971
10
Miscellaneous
10-50 M
400
600
 
Total
1-3.5 B
6,861,225
296,760
(kg/d)c
(kg/d)c
Totals in kg/d
8,525
368
Amount directly discharged to Newark Bay
512
121
Amount indirectly discharged to Newark Bayd
4,689
---
aData from NJDEPE (1986b; New Jersey Industrial Survey for selected substances).
bT, thousand pounds; M, million pounds; B, billion pounds.
ckg/d, kilograms/days.
dIndirect discharges include the PVSC and MCSA discharges.
 
 
 

 
 

Table 4. Percentage Contributions of Pollutant Mass Loadings to the Newark Bay Estuary by Sources
(From D. W. Crawford, N. L. Bonnevie, and R. J. Wenning. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 30, 85-100 (1995.)
 
 
Municipal 
treatment 
systems 
Industry 
direct 
discharge 
Combined 
sewer 
overflows 
Storm- 
water 
runoff 
Tributary 
flow 
Total 
direct 
discharges 
Total 
indirect 
discharges 
Percentage 
contribution 
Direct 
Indirect 
 
Flow (MGD)
284
45.7
54.6
299
910
1,594
343
82
18
     Percentage
17.8
2.9
3.4
18.8
57.1
100
Total conventional (mt/d)
116
9.4
93.9
47.8
129
396
146
73
17
     Percentage
29
2.0
24
12
33
100
Total metals (kg/d)
637
36.8
365
336
398
1,773
1,549
53
47
     Percentage
36
2.0
20.5
19.0
22.5
100
Accidental spillsa
     Petroleum products (kg/d)
33,880
     Hazardous chemical (kg/d)
168
     Other materials (kg/d)
1,059
aTotal volume for the period 1986-1991 averaged on a daily basis, Table 2.
 
 
 
 
Table 5. Summary of Results
 
 
 
BioGenesis Institute of Gas Technology Westinghouse
Contaminant
As-dredged 
Treated 
Percent 
Reduction 
As-dredged 
Treated 
Percent 
Reduction 
As-dredged 
Treated 
Percent 
Reduction 
2,3,7,8 TCDD (ppt)
66
ND1,2
>98.9
23
0.35
98.47
19.0
---
100
O CDD (ppt)
5560
412
99.3
11879
3.7
99.97
9655
8.0
100
TCDD/TCDF TEQ (ppt)
7442
127.12
98.1
513.2
1.406
99.72
335
0.07
100
Total PCBs (ppm)3
0.415
0.0195
95.3
8.6
0.31
96.39
0.900
0
100
Anthracene (ppb)
771
177
77.0
18735
0
100
7.72
0
100
Benzo(a)anthracene (ppb)
1793
234
86.9
17155
0
100
7.19
0
100
Chrysene (ppb)
1994
286
85.7
16878
0
100
8.76
0
100
Total PAHs (ppb)3
19,502
3207
83.6
293,854
0.16
100
109
0
100
Arsenic (ppm)
22.2
12.8
42.3
39
1.52
96.10
15.8
4.94
68.7
Cadmium (ppm)
18.2
1.4
92.3
27
0.66
97.55
33.3
0.948
97.1
Chromium (ppm)
226
63
72.1
298
632.5
212
344
1001
---
Copper (ppm)
676
404
40.2
1012
306
69.76
1145
1077
5.9
Lead (ppm)
454
60
86.8
542
29.4
94.57
594
105
82.3
Mercury (ppm) total
2.11
1.09
48.3
2.8
0.092
96.71
2.08
0.087
95.8
Zinc (ppm)
1100
479
56.4
1535
280
81.76
1695
1240
26.8

1Not detected.
2For grain size not passing through a 400-mesh screen.
3NOAA, "Contaminant Levels in Muscle and Hepatic Tissue of Lobster from the New York Bight Apex," in Report to the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, James J. Howard Marine Science Laboratory, Highland, New Jersey (May 1996).
 
 
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