United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Research and Development EPA/600/8-87/007 March 1987
c/EPA ORD
Information
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v> The Office of Research and Development (ORD) publishes a number
~^J of reports to document the results of our activities. You are
undoubtedly familiar with many of these products (e.g., project reports,
project summaries, journal articles, handbooks, design manuals, etc.).
This publication has been developed to notify Agency staff of a
particular class of information tools which are currently under
development or which have recently been completed.
We commonly refer to these materials as "How To" documents.
"How To" documents are just what the name implies, publications
which will assist a knowledgeable environmental pollution control
professional in completing a specific task. For example, they may
provide methods measuring environmental parameters, proven
design techniques for environmental pollution control facilities,
guidance on testing pollution control equipment, or evaluations of
different options for cleanup of specific types of pollutants.
Publications listed in this document will be available from our Center
for Environmental Research Information while the supply lasts. You
may either call FTS 684-7562 or write to the address below to obtain
copies.
ORD Publications
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
226 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
U.S. £r,v,;c~:>T,
Region 5, {jtr-v
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Supplement to EPA/600/4-84/041:
Compendium of Methods for the Determination
of Toxic Organic Compounds in Ambient Air
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides sampling and analysis procedures for a variety of toxic
organic compounds in a standardized format.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional, state and local environmental protection personnel who
are faced with the need to determine ambient air monitoring quality
for regulatory or information gathering purposes.
• When will the publication be available?
April 1987 (addition of 4 new methods: Phosgene;
N-Nitrosodimethylamines; Cresols/Phenols; Dioxins)
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: La r ry J. P u rd u e
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems:
Vol. II—Ambient Air Methods
(EPA/600/4-77/027a)
Vol. Ill—Stationary Source Methods
(EPA/600/4-77/027b)
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides detailed guidance on application and quality assurance
for EPA reference methods.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regulatory staff and companies involved with air monitoring
• When will the publication be available?
Volumes II—Section 2.10 (PMto by dichot sampler)
October 1987
Section 2.11 (PMio by high volume sampler)
October 1987
Vol. Ill—Section 3.0.7 (CEMS Audit Calculations)
May 1987
Section 3.0.9 (CEMS Good Operation Practices)
May 1987
Section 3.0.10 (CEMS OC Plan)
May 1987
Section 3.141 (EPA/ Method 7A Guidelines)
May 1987
Section 3.15 (EPA Method 7D Guidelines)
May 1987
Section 3.16 (EPA Method 18 Guidelines)
October 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Darryl J. von Lehmden
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Radon Reduction Methods—A Homeowner's
Guide (Second Edition)
• What need does this publication fill?
This is a follow-up to the first brochure. It will incorporate our
latest information on the effectiveness of radon mitigation
approaches.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Homeowners with a radon problem
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Booklet
Project Officer: Michael Osborne
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Radon Reduction Techniques for Detached
Houses—Technical Guidance (Second Edition)
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual will provide the latest detailed information on installing
radon reduction techniques.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Radon mitigation contractors and homeowners with do-it-yourself
skills.
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Bruce Henschel
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Interim Protocols for Selected Diagnostic
Measurements for Use in Residential Radon
Problem Assessments and the Selection of
Appropriate Mitigation
• What need does this publication fill?
It will define those house evaluation measurements which are
useful diagnostics for problem assessment and selection of
mitigation. Standardization of measurement procedures is
provided.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Radon diagnosticians, federal, state and local government
regulators.
• When will the publication be available?
October 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: David C. Sanchez
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering Research
Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Prevention Reference Manual: User's Guide
Overview of Controlling Accidental Releases of
Air Toxics
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual is intended to provide an overview of accidental
releases; to indicate what might be done to identify, prevent or
mitigate against accidental release.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional Offices, States and local regulatory authorities, and
industry.
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: T. Kelly Janes
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Prevention Reference Manual: Control
Technology
Volume 1: Prevention & Protection Measures for
Controlling Accidental Releases of Air Toxics
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual will provide information on accidental release control
technologies that are available; how they can effect the releases;
and relative costs of their application.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional Offices, States and local regulatory authorities, and
industry.
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: T. Kelly Janes
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Prevention Reference Manual:Chemical Specific
Volume a: Control of Accidental Releases of
Hydrogen Fluoride
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual will include the known chemical and physical
characteristics of the chemical, facility description, process
hazards, and hazard prevention, control, and mitigation.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional Offices, States and local regulatory authorities, and
industry.
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: T. Kelly Janes
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Prevention Reference Manual: Chemical Specific
Volume b: Control of Accidental Releases of
Chlorine
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual will include the known chemical and physical
characteristics of the chemical, facility description, process
hazards, and hazard prevention, control, and mitigation.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional Offices, States and local regulatory authorities, and
industry.
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: T.Kelly Janes
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Prevention Reference Manual: Chemical Specific
Volume d: Control of Accidental Releases of
Ammonia
• What need does this publication fill?
This manual will include the known chemical and physical
characteristics of the chemical, facility description, process
hazards, and hazard prevention, control, and mitigation.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional Offices, States and local regulatory authorities, and
industry.
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: T. Kelly Janes
Laboratory: Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AIR
Publication Title: Criteria and Health Assessment Documents
• What need does this publication fill?
Criteria documents are the primary source of information used
by EPA decision makers in setting or revising the National Ambient
Air Quality Criteria Standards. These documents are evaluations
of the available scientific literature on the health and welfare effects
of criteria pollutants. Criteria documents are mandated by the Clean
Air Act and are revised at 5-year intervals, as directed by the Act.
Health assessment documents are comprehensive evaluations of
health data, including carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and other
effects due to exposure to particular chemicals or compounds.
These documents serve as the scientific data base for establishing
relationships between ambient air concentrations and potential
health risks and are used to determine the possible listing of
hazardous air pollutants under Sections 111 and 112 of the Clean
Air Act.
• Who wiH find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators; the regulated communities; federal,
state, and local governments; environmental health agencies; the
scientific community; and, environmental groups
• When will the publication be available?
—Addendum to the Air Quality Criteria Document for Particulate
Matter and Sulfur Oxide—April 1987
—Health Assessment Document for Dibenzofurans—Mid-1987
—Health Assessment Document for Acetaldehyde, public comment
draft—April 1987
—Summary Review of the Health Effects Associated with Exposure
to Propylene Oxide: Health Issue Assessment—Summer 1987
Publication Type: Assessment Reports
Project Officer: Lester D. Grant
Laboratory: Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Soil Gas Sensing for Detection and Mapping of
Volatile Organics (Formerly titled: Available
Methods for Detecting Underground Storage Tank
Leaks)
• What need does this publication fill?
Describes the transport and fate of organics in the soil and ground
water and the factors that affect the mapping of the contamination
with soil-gas techniques in the subsurface. Various mapping
methods are described and two case histories are included to
illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the increasingly popular
methodology.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Anyone responsible for detection of leaks and cleanup of
underground storage tanks
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: J. Van Ee
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV89114
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: Remedia-
tion with Emphasis on In-Situ Biorestoration
• What need does this publication fill?
In-situ biorestoration is potentially a very cost-effective remediation
technology for leaking underground storage tanks, but it is a
relatively new science; current information is scattered throughout
numerous technical journals, and much of this information is not
in a format conducive to management decisions.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Officials in EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks.
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Project Report
Project Officer: Marion R. Sea If
Laboratory: Robert S. Kerr Environmental
Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Response to Releases from Underground
Storage Tanks at Gasoline Stations
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides guidance on initial response and clean-up of underground
storage tank leaks.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Fire Marshalls/ Civil Defense Coordinators; Owner/Operators of
privately-owned treatment works
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Capsule Report
Project Officer: Robert Hilger
Laboratory: Hazardous Waste Engineering
Research Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Technical Manual: Geotechnical Analysis for
Review of Dike Safety (GARDS)
• What need does this publication fill?
Assists RCRA permit reviewers and permit applicants with
evaluation of dikes at hazardous waste facilities.
• Who will find this publication useful?
RCRA permit writers
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: User's Guide
Project Officer: Douglas Ammon
Laboratory: Hazardous Waste Engineering
Research Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: A Handbook on Leachate Treatment
• What need does this publication fill?
Consolidates the technology on leachate treatment into a single
reference report.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Design Engineers
• When will the publication be available?
April 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Edward J. Opatken
Laboratory: Hazardous Waste Engineering
Research Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: TRD—Hazardous Waste Solvents
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides hard data on treatment options for one of the largest
hazardous waste streams. Support for pending landfill publications.
Support for landfill prohibition regulations. This report is one of
a series of 5 such reports. Each of the reports will be entitled
Technical Resource Document (TRD) for a different waste stream.
This report and the TRD for solvents are available now. Two more,
corrosives and halogenated organics, will be available by February.
The fifth, metals, will be available in September 1987.
• Who will find this publication useful?
State and Federal Hazardous Wastes RCRA Agencies and
industries with dioxin wastes
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Technical Resource Document
Project Officer: Harry Freeman
Laboratory: Hazardous Waste Engineering
Research Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: TRD—DIOXINS
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides hard data on all known treatment and disposal options
for dioxin wastes. Support for landfill prohibition regulations. This
report is one of a series of 5 such reports. Each of the reports
will be entitled Technical Resource Document (TRD) for a different
waste stream. This report and the TRD for solvents are available
now. Two more, corrosives and halogenated organics, will be
available by February. The fifth, metals, will be available in
September 1987.
• Who will find this publication useful?
State and Federal Regulatory Agencies and industries with dioxin
wastes
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Technical Resource Document
Project Officer: Harry Freeman
Laboratory: Hazardous Waste Engineering
Research Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Revised Protocol for Bioassessment of Hazardous
Waste
• What need does this publication fill?
The protocol is a step-by-step methodology for the use of specific
aquatic and terrestrial test organisms to define hazard potential
at chemical waste sites and to advise potential users how the
bioassay information might be used to assist with clean-up/
remedial action decisions.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regulatory personnel
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Journal Article
Project Officer: William Miller
Laboratory: Environmental Research
Laboratory
200 S.W. 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97333
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAZ WASTE
Publication Title: Risk Assessments
• What need does this publication fill?
These documents are evaluations of information relevant to
adverse health effects associated with a given chemical or class
of chemicals. They support listings of hazardous constituents of
waste streams under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA), and provide health-related limits for
emergency actions under Section 101 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA). Quantitative estimates are presented provided sufficient
data are available. For systemic toxicants, these include Reference
Doses (RfDs) for chronic exposures (the amount of a chemical to
which humans can be exposed on a daily basis over an extended
period of time without suffering adverse health effects). For
suspected carcinogens, a carcinogenic potency factor or q1* is
provided. These potency estimates are derived for both oral and
inhalation exposures where possible. In addition, unit risk
estimates for air and drinking water are presented based on
inhalation and oral data, respectively. Reportable Quantities (RQs)
based on both chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity are derived. The
RQ is used to determine the quantity of a hazardous substance
for which notification is required in the event of a release as
specified under CERCLA.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators; the regulated communities; federal,
state, and local governments; environmental health agencies; the
scientific community; and, environmental groups
• When will the publication be available?
Various times throughout the year.
These documents become part of the RCRA and CERCLA docket
files; are in the Hazardous Substance Collection in the EPA Library;
and, after the EPA regulatory decision has been made, are available
from the National Technical Information Service.
Publication Type: Assessment Reports:
Project Officer: Jerry F. Stara
Laboratory: Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERDISP
Publication Title: Integrated Risk Information System
• What need does this publication fill?
IRIS is a computer housed, electronically communicated (i.e., E-
Mail) catalog of Agency risk assessment and risk management
information for chemical substances. This system is designed
especially for federal, state, and local environmental health
agencies as a source of USEPA information. The development of
IRIS, in part, is a response to repeated requests for Agency risk
assessment information to deal with various environmental issues
such as Superfund site evaluations or emergency spills. IRIS
ensures the consistency and quality of the Agency's response.
In addition, the presentation of information contained in IRIS is
instructive to the risk assessment and management process.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Federal, state, and local environmental health agencies, regulators
and regulated communities, scientific community
• When will the publication be available?
April 1987
Publication Type: User's Manual
Project Officer: Peter W. Preuss
Laboratory: Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERDISP
Publication Title: Risk Assessment Guidelines
• What need does this publication fill?
Guidelines study the range of assumptions, models and data to
provide the scientific basis for evaluating risk and assuring
scientific credibility, consistency, and uniformity in assessments
used to support regulatory decisions.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators, scientific community, federal
agencies, state and local government, regulated communities,
environmental groups
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Assessment Report
Project Officer: Peter Preuss
Laboratory: Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERDISP
Publication Title: Proliferative Hepatocellular Lesions of the Rat:
Review and Future Use in Risk Assessment (short
title: Neoplastic Nodules)
• What need does this publication fill?
Forum documents provide an EPA consensus on the resolution
of significant risk assessment issues. The documents are used
in developing Agency risk assessments and help ensure the quality
and consistency of these assessments.
The neoplastic nodules report will have application to all EPA cancer
risk assessments involving bioassays where these lesions appear.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators, regulated communities, scientific
community, federal agencies, state and local government
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Research Report
Project Officer: Dorothy Patton
Laboratory: Risk Assessment Forum
Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERDISP
Publication Title: Interim Procedures for Estimating Risks Asso-
ciated with Exposures to Mixtures of Chlorinated
Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (CDDs and
CDFs)
• What need does this publication fill?
Recognizing the public and toxicological concern generated by
CDDs and CDFs and the significant gaps in our ability to evluate
the human health potential of these compounds by existing
procedures, the Risk Assessment Forum is recommending an
interim method to aid in the assessment of the human health
risks posed by mixtures of CDDs and CDFs until the data gaps
are filled. This document describes the recommended interim
procedures for generating the toxicity equivalency factors (TEF)
of complex mixtures of CDDs and CDFs.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators, regulated communities, scientific
community, federal agencies, state and local government
• When will the publication be available?
April 1987
Publication Type: Assessment Report
Project Officer: Dorothy Patton
Laboratory: Risk Assessment Forum
Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERDISP
Publication Title: Special Report on Arsenic and Certain Human
Health Effects
• What need does this publication fill?
Forum documents provide an EPA consensus on the resolution
of significant risk assessment issues. The documents are used
in developing Agency risk assessments and help ensure the quality
and consistency of these assessments.
The Forum report on certain human health effects of ingested
arsenic provides the scientific bases for an Agency-wide position
on issues relating to the assessment of potential risk resulting
from oral exposure to arsenic.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators, regulated communities, scientific
community, federal agencies, state and local government
• When will the publication be available?
Mid-1987
Publication Type: Assessment Report
Project Officer: Dorothy Patton
Laboratory: Risk Assessment Forum
Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Manual for the Certification of Laboratories
Analyzing Drinking Water—Criteria and
Procedures/Quality Assurance
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides laboratory certification criteria for laboratories required
to monitor drinking waters under the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulation.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Laboratory staff responsible for testing drinking water
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officers: T. Clark, J. Lichtenberg, and P. Berger
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Methods for the Determination of Organic
Compounds in Finished Drinking Water and Raw
Source Water
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides analytical methods to meet the requirements of measuring
organic chemical maximum contaminant levels and chemicals
required for monitoring.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regulatory and commercial laboratory staff responsible for carrying
out the analytical monitoring requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Regulations
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Jaffies E. Longbottom
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Bacteriological Characteristics of Point-of-Use
Water Treatment
• What need does this publication fill?
There is a general lack of information available concerning the
bacteriological problems and characteristics of these devices. This
publication would not address chemical removals, etc., of such
devices.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Drinking water suppliers
• When will the publication be available?
October 1987
Publication Type: Project Report
Project Officer: Donald J. Reasoner
Laboratory: Water Engineering Research
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Lead Solder Aging Study
• What need does this publication fill?
New Safe Drinking Water Act prohibits lead solder. This publication
will provide information on lead and alternate solders.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Drinking water suppliers
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Research Report
Project Officer: Marvin Gardels
Laboratory: Water Engineering Research
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Methods for Removal of Radium from Drinking
Water
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides a summary of technology that is available for removing
radium from drinking water. This will enable communities to comply
with the Drinking Water Maximum Contaminants Level.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Drinking water suppliers
• When will the publication be available?
May 1987
Publication Type: Journal Article
Project Officer: Richard Lauch
Laboratory: Water Engineering Research
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Retrofitting POTW's for Phosphorus Removal in
the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area
• What need does this publication fill?
Utilizes extensive experience gained in phosphorus removal in
other parts of the country to address the specific process selection,
design, and O&M needs of the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area
(MD, PA & VA) in implementing a comprehensive program of
phosphorus control. Utility of this report will not be limited to these
three states, however.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Design engineers
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Technology Transfer Handbook
Project Officer: Richard Brenner
Laboratory: Water Engineering Research
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Phosphorus Control in Wastewater
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides information necessary to meet phosphorus limits on
municipal wastewater discharges.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Federal/State/Local government engineers
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Design Manual
Project Officer: Denis Lussier
Laboratory: Center for Environmental
Research Information
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Nitrogen Control in Wastewater Treatment Plants
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides information necessary to meet nitrogen limits in municipal
wastewater discharges.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Federal/State/Local government engineers
• When will the publication be available?
July 1987
Publication Type: Design Manual
Project Officer: Denis Lussier
Laboratory: Center for Environmental
Research Information
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Technology Transfer Process Design Manual—
Dewatering Municipal Wastewater Sludges
• What need does this publication fill?
Increasing costs of sludge treatment, increased quantities of
difficult-to-handle biological sludges, and new sludge-disposal
regulations, all point to the need for morecost-effectivedewatering
processes and ones that can produce a drier product.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Federal, state and local government managers, engineers and
scientists interested in sludge management
• When will the publication be available?
September 1987
Publication Type: Design Manual
Project Officer: Jim Smith
Laboratory: Center for Environmental
Research Information
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Field Manual for Sampling Water and Wastewater
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides sample collection practices for field operations and
personnel responsible for sample collection.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Anyone monitoring pollutants in water or wastewater
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Joe Roesler
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: The Use of Models in Ground Water Protection
Programs
• What need does this publication fill?
Ground-water models are used in issuing and evaluating permits
for waste disposal activities, licensing of pesticides and other
environmental chemicals, and evaluating remediation alternatives
at Superfund and other contaminated sites. There are very few
professionals trained in the use of ground-water models but there
are many environmental managers that must make decisions
concerning and/or based on ground-water models. This publication
outlines the basic aspects of ground-water models so that
management can communicate with modelers concerning the
underlying assumptions, appropriateness, and limitations of
specific models.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Environmental managers at the Federal and State level who are
not professional ground-water modelers but must make manage-
ment decisions based on model predictions
• When will the publication be available?
Currently available
Publication Type: Technology Transfer Report
Project Officer: Marion R. Scalf
Laboratory: Robert S. Kerr Environmental
Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Ground Water Handbook
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides basic to intermediate technical information on
groundwater, subsurface contaminant behavior, modeling, and
other topics related to groundwater pollution control.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Federal, State, and Local government regulators
• When will the publication be available?
April 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Carol Grove
Laboratory: Center for Environmental
Research Information
26 West St. Clair
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Watershed Analysis Simulation Program
(WASP4)
• What need does this publication fill?
Waste allocation model for chemical pollutants.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Office of Water; state and local water pollution regulatory officials
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: User's Manual
Project Officer: Bob Ambrose
Laboratory: Environmental Research
Laboratory
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Biomonitoring to Achieve Control of Toxic
Effluents
• What need does this publication fill?
This publication provides National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) program managers, NPDES permit writers, and
water quality specialists with an example of the use of toxicity
testing to address identified toxic water quality problems. It
describes the water quality-based toxicity control procedures that
researchers used to address a serious water quality problem on
the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Regional and State water quality regulatory personnel
• When will the publication be available?
August 1987
Publication Type: Handbook
Project Officer: Orville Macomber
Laboratory: Center for Environmental
Research Information
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Methods Manual Containing Short-Term Chronic
Toxicity Tests for Effluents and Surface Water for
Use with Organisms
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides effluent and surface water toxicity tests for the Water
Quality Based Approach to Discharge Permit Limits.
• Who will find this publication useful?
NPDES Discharge Permit Holders, wastewater regulatory
community, and consultants
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Handbooks
Project Officer: William B. Horning
Laboratory: Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Final Report on Hazardous Assessment Method-
ologies for the 106-Mile Site
• What need does this publication fill?
Provides a risk assessment-based approach for ocean waste
disposal off the Continental Shelf.
• Who will find this publication useful?
Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection
• When will the publication be available?
December 1987
Publication Type: Project Report
Project Officer: John F. Paul
Laboratory: Environmental Research
Laboratory
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, Rl 02882
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Methodology Documents
• What need does this publication fill?
The methodology for pathogens in sludge provides a scientific basis
for assessing human health risk from microorganisms to humans
via ingestion and inhalation. Fate and transport models are utilized
for bacteria, viruses, protozoa, helminths, and fungi.
The other methodology documents provide a novel approach to
be used in assessments of chemical hazards in the utilization or
disposal of wastes.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators; the regulated communities; federal,
state, and local governments; environmental health agencies; the
scientific community; and, environmental groups
• When will the publication be available?
September 1987
Publication Type: Methods Documents:
Project Officer:
Laboratory:
—Multimedia Risk Assessment Methodologies for
Pathogens in Sludge
—Four Risk Assessment Methodologies for
Landfilling, Incineration, Land Application, and
Ocean Disposal of Municipal Wastewater
Sludge
Jerry F. Stara
Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WATER
Publication Title: Criteria Documents and Health Advisories
• What need does this publication fill?
These documents are assessments of the health effects of exposure
to contaminants in drinking water. They specifically evaluate the
relevant scientific data describing the physical and chemical
properties, the pharmacokinetics, the health effects in animals and
humans, and the mechanisms of toxicity. These assessments
enable the program office to establish a Recommended Maximum
Contaminant Level (RMCL) or health goal, representing a level
designated to preclude the risk of an adverse effect on human
health.
• Who will find this publication useful?
EPA scientists and regulators; the regulated communities; federal,
state, and local governments; environmental health agencies; the
scientific community; and, environmental groups
• When will the publication be available?
Documents are completed at various times throughout the year.
These documents become part of the Drinking Water docket file
and are submitted to the National Technical Information Service
for availability to the public when the regulatory decision is
proposed.
Publication Type: Criteria Documents and Assessment Reports
Project Officer: Jerry F. Stara
Laboratory: Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Criteria and
Assessment Office
26 West St. Clair
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1987/748-121/40697
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