United States
             Environmental Protection
             Agency
             Research and Development  EPA/600/8-87/007  March 1987
c/EPA     ORD
             Information
             Tools

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
                 Cincinnati, OH 45268
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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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