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^4w Interview With Carol Browner
Working Together: A Key To EPA Success
      Daes this face look familiar? You
      may have seenher buying soup
      at the Jamaican bakery or
walking  through Waterside Mall
meeting EPA employees. Or on C-Span
last month when she appeared before
the Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works for her confirmation
hearing. She is Carol Martha Browner,
EPA's new Administrator.
   "I don't want to meet just division
directors and office directors. I want to
meet everyone."  This was the
Administrator's response when asked
about her get-acquainted "tours" of the Headquarters
facilities. She said she considered doing what Secretary of
the Interior Bruce Babbitt was doing to meet employees:
greet them at the entrance of the agency's building. "But
we have  17 entrances here," said Ms. Browner, "so  I
decided to do a little management-by-walking-around."
  Employee reaction to the Administrator's visits has
been very positive. Some expressed surprise with her
friendliness and down-to-earth personality. Why the
surprise?  Many employees said they had never met an
EPA administrator before and so did not expect to meet
Ms. Browner. Others contrasted their experience with a
recent quote in The Washington Post from a  Florida
businessman about Ms. Browner's style: "She kicks the
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               door open, throws in a hand grenade,
               and then walks in to shoot who's left."
               When asked for her reaction to this
               comment, the Administrator responded:
               "I've been waiting for someone to ask
               me about that quote! Would youbelieve
               I've never been in a meeting with that
               man?" She added that she had no idea
               why the individual made this remark,
               but believes that anyone who has worked
               with her would not agree with him.
                 When asked about her priorities for
               the Agency, Ms. Browner mentioned
               two: integrity and pollution prevention.
  She wants EPA to be respected for the integrity of its
  regulatory decision-making process. "Consistency and
  timeliness can only be achieved when we work together
  and with integrity," she said. The Administrator also said
  EPA needs to perform its functions "within the framework
  of  pollution prevention." By  her definition, such a
  framework includes two important components:
  • Short- and long-term cost assessments of the impact of
    Agency regulations on the regulated community, and
  • Cooperative working relationships within and outside
    the Agency.
    Ms. Browner said she doesn't feel she has been a victim
  of a "glass ceiling" during her career. "But," she added
  quickly, "I strongly believe that one exists—for women as
  well as for minorities." She said she has seen the effects of
  a "glass ceiling" in other organizations, so she plans to give
  this matter "serious attention" as EPA Administrator, Ms.
  Browner noted that she had several mentors during her
  career who were genuinely interested in helping her
  advance: Vice President Al Gore; Florida Governor
  Lawton Chiles; and former Florida Governor LeRoy
  Collins, whom she described as "courageous" for having
  integrated the state's public school system in the early
  1960s.
    Administrator Browner usually begins her day with an
  early-morning jog. "If I waited until after work to do my
  exercise, I'd never get it done," she said. She also keeps fit
  by riding her bike and caring for her family of two: a five-
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 Heade   Up
A QUICK LOOK AT EPA NEWS AROUND THE NATION
EPA LABORATORIES
•  Atmospheric Research  and Exposure Assessment
Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 0 Region 2 and the
Office of Research and Development recently asked AREAL
to conduct an acid aerosol exposure study in Catano, Puerto
Rico. Residents of Catano have complained of serious
respiratory problems, including pediatric asthma. As a first
step, AREAL will investigate sulfuric acid exposures from a
local power plant. (Contact: Bob Burton, 919-541-3077.)
•  Environmental Research  Laboratory,  Corvallis,
OR 0 EPA's Wetlands Research Program and Portland State
University recently formed a science/education partnership.
This summer, field teams of ERL-C scientists and local
teachers will gather data from 150 wetlands in the Portland
area to compare restored and natural wetlands in similar
settings. Through this effort, teachers can learn valuable
research skills that they can share with their students. The
resultsof the research areexpected to help resource managers
to better restore damaged sites and to create new wetlands
similar to natural wetlands. (Contact: Nancy Terhaar, 503-
754-4601.)
•  Environmental  Monitoring  Systems Laboratory,
Cincinnati, OH 0 UnderSafeDrinkingWater Actregulations,
states were to begin monitoring last month for asbestos and
TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin) in drinking water.
Because of the specialized nature of this work and the cost of
the required equipment,  EMSL-Cinci estimates that fewer
than 200 laboratories nationwide presently conduct these
analyses. In fact, many states have no laboratories with this
capability. EMSL-Cinci conducts training for regional and
state personnel who certify laboratories  for this purpose.
(Contact: Jack Pfaff, 513-569-7397.)
• Environmental Research Laboratory, Ada, OK 0 ERL-
Ada is working with the  University of Miami to develop a
risk-management strategy for wellhead protection. Once
contaminan t concentrations in pu mped water are es ti mated,
ERL-Ada  scientists can define  maximum allowable
contaminant levels at the wellhead. The risk of exceeding
these levels for land use controls can  then be calculated.
(Contact: Dr. Dave Burden, 405-436-8606.)

EPA REGIONS
• Region 5 0 For its work on a cooperative demonstration
project to clean up leaking underground storage tanks, BP
Oil Co. Cleveland recently received an award from Region
5. The project resulted in a new technology called airsparging,
which can reduce cleanup time of storage tanks from two
years to eight months. Gerald Phillips, who heads up the
Underground Storage Tanks  Office, says that in Region 5
alone  storage tanks release almost 280,000 gallons of
petroleum into the environment every day. (Contact: John
Rapsys, 312-886-6693.)
•  Region 6 0 The U.S. District Court for the Northern
 District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, ordered Roger L.
 Tannery to pay EPA over $13 million, the largest penalty
 ever awarded for non-compliance under CERCLA (the
 Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation
 and Liability Act,  or  Superfund). The suit was filed to
 recover EPA's cleanup costs for a removal  action at the
 American Thio-Chem site in Fort Worth and the civil penalty
 for Tannery's failure to respond to a Request for Information
 issued under section 104(e) of CERCLA. The civil penalty
 represents the maximum  penalty of $25,000 per day for the
 499 days of Tannery's non-compliance. (Contact Roger
 Meacham, 214-655-2200.)
 • Region 8 0 Top official? of EPA Region 8 and the U.S. Fish
 and Wildlife Service Region 6 recently signed a first-of-its-
 kind Memorandum of Understanding. The MOU calls for
 improved coordination between the two agencies on natural
 resource protection and restoration issues, such as threatened
 and endangered species protection andpesticidecompliance
 with federal requirements. EPA and FWS will meet at least
 annually todevelop and review workplans. The two agencies
 have also agreed to provide technical assistance in emergency
 responses and  field  sampling activities. (Contact: Bill
 Wuerthele, 303-293-1586.)


 EPA HEADQUARTERS
 • Office of the Genera) Counsel 0 OGC is conducting a
 free, two-hour workshop on CBI  (Confidential Business
 Information) policies and procedures. Please mark your
 calendar for  Tuesday, February 16, Muir  Room (EPA
 Ed uca tion Cen ter), 1:30PM to 3:30 PM. Instructors are Rafael
 DeLeon, Hale Hawbecker, and Dan Sadowsky. (Contact.
 Rosezella Canty-Letsome, 202-260-4550.)
 •  Office of Information Resources  Management,
 OARM 0 O1RM is sponsoring specialized security training
 on February 17 and 18 in the EPA Auditorium from 2 PM to
 3 PM for SIRMOs  and System Managers responsible for
 computer systems desigrated as "sensitive." The Computer
 Security Act of 1987 requires this  training....OIRM is also
 sponsoring computer security awareness and training
 sessions in 1993. The  next  one will be held on Tuesday,
 February 23, in the EPA  Auditorium. Here's the schedule:
 System Managers are invited to come either from 9 AM to 10
 AM or 1 PM to 2 PM; System Users, from 10:30 AM to 11:30
 AM or 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM. (Contact: Don  McGinnis, 202-
 260-8671.)
  EARTH DAY '93
  IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
  Volunteers are needed for Earth Day events! If you
  would like to lend a helping hand, please contact your
  local Earth Day Coordinator. At EPA Headquarters,
  employees are encouraged to jot down their specific area
  of interest and send it to  Earth Day Coordinator Beth
  Taylor, OAR, Mail Code 6602J.
                                                                             EPA InSight • FEBRUARY 1993

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                                      History  Month  At EPA
EPA Signs Agreements With Two Black Universities
  Or Jenifer
      01 December 15, EPA signed
      a Memorandum of
      Understanding (MOU) with
Dr. Franklyn G. Jenifer, President
of Howard University in
            Washington, DC.
            The MOU is
            intended to spur
            improvements in
            the following areas:
            • The quality of
            science and techni-
            cal education at
            Howard
            • The relevance of
  Howard's research projects to
  EPA's environmental mission
• The problem of under-equipped
  university research facilities
• The number of African-American
  and other minority students
  electing graduate study arid
  research careers in science, engi-
  neering, finance, and mathemat-
  ics. The MOU will be managed by
  "Campus Executive" Doug
  Campt, Office of Pesticide Pro-
  grams, OPPTS.
  On December 17, EPA signed an
MOU with Chancellor Edward B.
Fort of another well-known HBCU
(Historically Black College or Uni-
versity), North Carolina Agricul-
tural and Technical (A&T) State
                University in
                Greensboro,
                NC. As with
                the MOU with
                Howard, this
                event was
                sponsored by
                EPA's Aca-
    Dr Fort      demic Rela-
tions Program, which is designed to:
• Formalize and strengthen rela-
  tionships with colleges and uni-
  versities
                               • Enhance the education and train-
                                ing of students
                               • Attract the "best and brightest"
                                faculty and graduates who repre-
                                sent the cultural diversity of our
                                nation.
                                Bruce Jordan, Office of Air Qual-
                               ity Planning and Standards, OAR
                               (Research Triangle Park, NC), is the
                              "Campus Executive." Sheila
                              Milliken, also with OAQPS, is the
                              Program Director and an alumna of
                              North Carolina A&T State Univer-
                              sity.
                                For more information, please
                              contact Dinah Griggsby, OHRM,
                              202-260-3305.
The History Of Block History Month

   In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D. and historian,
   started "Negro History Week" in Washington, DC. Often
   called the "Father of Black History" in America, Dr. Woodson
was very aware of the power of symbolism in the American
psyche. So he chose to celebrate this event during the week in
February when the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and
Frederick Douglass occurred (February 12 and 20, respectively).
Douglass was a well-known black leader, journalist, and
statesman, as well as Lincoln's contemporary. This local event
caught on over the years until it became a nationwide observation.
In 1976, as part of the American Bicentennial celebration, "Negro
History Week" was expanded and renamed "Black History
Month."
  EPA is celebrating Black History Month throughout the Agency
with a series of programs and activities. For more information
about these events, please contact your local Black Employment
Program Manager.
                                  Environmental Quote Of The Month
                                        The environmental movement has passed from the
                                        Messianic phase to a more mature phase. It's harder
                                        to tell the good guys from the bad guys. When
                                   Martin Luther King, Jr., sat down at that diner in
                                   Tuscaloosa, the issue was  as clear as the sky over Arizona.
                                   Now civil rights issues include affirmative action, quotas,
                                   and so on.  They're much more complicated.  The same is
                                   true of environmental  questions."
                                                              —David Sive, quoted in
                                                     Peter Borelli, ed., Crossroads, 1988
EPA biSight • FEBRUARY 1993

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 That  Wae  The   Week...
   In the final days of the Bush Administration, EPA  made over 30 announcements on controversial
   issues,  including the proposed phaseout of methyl  bromide and the  proposed  use of reformulated
   fuel. As EPA InSight went to press, all of the issues mentioned in this feature are proceeding as planned.

EPA Says Secondhand Smoke Is Class A Carcinogen
       On January 7, former EPA
        Administrator Bill
        Reilly announced the
final conclusions of EPA's
study of the respiratory health
effects of passive smoking. The
study concluded that Environ-
mental Tobacco Smoke (ETS),
also known as secondhand
smoke, is a human lung car-
cinogen responsible for about
3,000 lung cancer deaths annu-
ally among U.S. non-smokers.
The study also concluded that
passive smoking results in
serious respiratory problems
for infants and young children.
  Tobacco smoke has long been
recognized as a major cause of death
and disease, especially lung cancer
and chronic respiratory disease in
smokers. In recent years, there has
been concern that non-smokers may
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also be at increased risk as a result of
their exposure to the smoke exhaled
by smokers and given off by the
burning end of cigarettes, pipes, and
cigars. This smoke contains more
than 4,000 substances,at least 43 of
which cause cancer in humans or
animals.
  Following a second review of the
study last year, EPA's Science
Advisory Board fully endorsed the
risk assessment, including the con-
clusion that ETS should be classified
as a known human carcinogen—
officially called an EPA Class A
carcinogen, the Agency's category of
greatest scientific certainty for
known or suspected carcinogens.
  EPA has no authority to regulate
smoking (the authority rests with
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of
Labor) and its report is not binding
on any government agency or pri-
vate organization. In cooperation
with OSHA and other agencies,
however, EPA plans to carry out an
education and outreach program
over the next two years to inform the
public about the health risks of ETS
and other indoor air pollutants.
  EPA's Office of Health and Envi-
ronmental Assessment, ORD, pre-
pared the 530-page report, with
major support from the Indoor Air
Division, OAR. The report was
prepared under authority of Title IV
of Superfund (the Radon Gas and
Indoor Air Quality Research Act of
1986), which directs EPA to conduct
a research and information dissemi-
nation program on all aspects of
indoor air quality.
  Copies of the final report, "Respi-
ratory Health Effects of Passive
Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other
Disorders" (EPA/600/6-90/006F)
are available by calling EPA's Center
for Environmental Research Infor-
mation, 513-569-7562, or EPA's
Indoor Air Quality Information
Clearinghouse, 1 -800-438-4318.
HolonsAnd Methyl Bromide Affected
EPA Speeds Up Phaseout Of Ozone Depleters
     EPA announced on January 19 a
     proposal to fully phase out
     the domestic production and
imports of the following by January
1,1996: CFCs, carbon tetrachloride,
methyl chloroform, and HBFCs
(hydrobromofluorocarbons).
Halons, the most severe ozone
depleters (used mainly as a fire
extinguisher), would be phased out
two years earlier.
  Along with HBFCs, the proposal
adds a new substance to the phase-
out list, methyl bromide (January 1,
2000). Methyl bromide is a widely
used soil fumigant and agricultural
chemical. EPA and the Department
of Agriculture, along with users of
the pesticide, are working together
to develop environmentally sound
and economically feasible alterna-
tives.
  The Clean Air Act Amendments
of 1990 required these phaseouts,
but originally set more lenient
phaseout deadlines. Because of the
unanticipated increases in the rate of
stratospheric ozone depletion, EPA
is taking advantage of the CAA
provision to accelerate the deadlines.
The phaseouts under the EPA pro-
posal would also meet the United
States' obligations under the
Montreal Protocol, an international
agreement limiting ozone-depleting
substances. To date, 93 countries
have agreed to the protocol.
  For technical information on the
phaseout proposal, please contact
Peter Voigt, OAR, 202-233-9185.
                                                                     EPA InSight • FEBRUARY 1993

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                                                        ...That  Was
Agency Makes Interim Decision
EPA Returns To 1987 Wetlands Manual
     Exactly one week before the
     Bush Administration ended,
     EPA announced it would
temporarily begin using the 1987
"Corps of Engineers Wetlands
Delineation Manual" (Waterways
Experiment Station Technical Report
Y-87-1, January, 1987) to make wet-
lands determinations under the
Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404
regulatory program. Meanwhile, the
Agency is contracting with the
National Academy of Sciences to
prepare a scientific analysis of wet-
lands delineation. The analysis will
also include an evaluation of the
existing wetlands delineation
manuals.
   Under section 404, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers delineates
wetlands as part of the evaluation
process for permit applications to fill
wetlands. EPA has general authority
under the CWA for establishing the
scope of geographic jurisdiction for
all CWA programs, including sec-
tion 404, and conducts wetlands
delineations in conjunction with
EPA wetlands enforcement actions.
The Department of Agriculture's
Soil Conservation Service and the
Department of Interior's Fish and
Wildlife Service are also responsible
for identifying wetlands.
   Before 1989, EPA and the Corps
had separate procedures for identi-
fying and delineating wetlands. In
January 1989, the four agencies
adopted a single shared manual, the
"1989 Federal Manual for Identify-
ing and Delineating Jurisdictional
Wetlands." Nationwide mandatory
use of this manual led to an increase
in the amount of area classified as
wetlands. In August 1991, the Corps
resumed using the 1987 manual in
response to the Energy
and Water Develop-
ment Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year
1992, which prohib-
ited the Corps from
using the 1989
manual. Until the
January 13,1993 an-
nouncement, EPA
continued to use the
1989 manual in mak-
ing its Jurisdictional
determinations, prima-
rily for enforcing
section 404 against
unauthorized discharges into wet-
lands.
  Each of the four agencies has a
definition of wetlands for its
wetlands program. Although the
methods used for wetlands
delineation have varied, EPA's
definition of wetlands is identical to
the Corps' definition. Both are
similar to the wetlands definitions
of the SCS and the FWS. All of the
definitions include three basic
elements: hydrology (water
characteristics); vegetation types;
and soil characteristics.
    EPA Proposes Reformulated Fuel Rule

          On January 19, EPA issued a supplemental notice to a
           previous proposed rulemaking to require  the use of
           reformulated gasoline in nine areas of the country with
    the worst ozone pollution. The program, required under
    the 1990 Clean Air Act, is scheduled to begin January 1,
    1995, in Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Hartford, CT;
    Houston, TX;  Los Angeles,  CA; Milwaukee,  WI; New
    York City,  NY; Philadelphia, PA;  and  San Diego, CA.
    When fully implemented, the rule is expected to reduce
    volatile organic chemical (VOC) emissions up to 37 percent;
    nitrogen oxide emissions up to 15 percent;  and toxic
    emissions up to 25 percent. The rule also proposes to
    enhance the use of ethanol in reformulated gasoline.
      For more information, please contact  Rick Rykowski,
    Regulation Development and Support Division (Ann Arbor,
    MI), Office of Mobile Sources, OAR, 313-668-4339.
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Carol  Browner
Continued from page i
year old son, Zachary, now in kindergarten, and husband
Michael Podhozer.
  The Senate unanimously confirmed Ms. Browner's
appointment on January 21, and she was sworn into office
by President Bill Clinton the next day. A week later, EPA
InSight interviewed the new Administrator. "Whenlheard
EPA had an employee newsletter, I was delighted," she
said. "We didn't have one when I first became Secretary of
Environmental Regulation in Florida. But we did by the
time  I  left." She  emphasized  that employee
communications has always been important to her and
does not plan to delegate it to her deputy. Ms. Browner
added that she is eager to meet regional and laboratory
employees "in the very near future" and to discuss their
interests and concerns.
  "In the meantime, I hope EPA employees will introduce
themselves to me," said the new Administrator. "I don't
care if I'm in the elevator or buying lunch, I want to meet
them!"
Excerpts from Conference Hearing
I     am  deeply  honored to be  here today  to be
    considered for the position of Administrator of
    the Environmental Protection  Agency.-..
  I am proud to have my family here with me today...I grew
up in South Florida, in a house from which I could bicycle into
the wilderness of the Everglades, and I want my son Zachary
to be able to., .enjoy the natural wonders of the United States the
same way I have....
  I welcome this opportunity to begin  a dialogue that I hope
will set a new standard of cooperation and communication
between Congress and the EPA...I also hope my tenure will
mark a new  era in communication between the EPA and
 Editor's Note: EPA Administrator Carol Browner
 recently issued two memoranda to all EPA employees:
 •  Excerpt from memo dated January 25: "Now that I've
    been sworn in, I look forward to meeting you in the
    coming weeks and months and benefitting  from
    your counsel. The environmental expertise, profes-
    sionalism and dedication of the staff here are well
    known to  me personally and  well respected
    nationally."
 •  Excerpt from memo dated Januan/ 27: "As part of my
    confirmation process,  I agreed to recuse myself
    from...any EPA matter which involves the State of
    Florida asaspecificpartyrtnrfinwhichlwas personally
    and  substantially  involved...For  one  year
    from...January 21, 1993, any EPA  matter which
    specifically involves the State of Florida or any of its
    political subdivisions.. .So long as my spouse, Michael
    A. Podhozer, is an employee of Citizen Action, any
    particular matter involving a specific party or parties
    with respect to  which Citizen Action makes a
    communication or appearance before EPA."
          EPA Administrator-Designate Carol Browner testifies
          at her Senate confirmation hearing on January 11
America's business community, between environmentalists
and business people....
  EPA must deliver quick, consistent decisions. We must
recognize the special problems of small businesses...the
particularconcernsof businesses and communities affected by
environmental problems (and) the value of state regulators.
EPA should promote, encourage and develop rewards for
businesses that develop pollution prevention and recycling
strategies....
  As head  of the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation, 1 had the opportunity to put many of these strategies
into effect at the state level....
  We must restore voluntary compliance with the nation's
environmental laws by making them fair and efficient, by
forcefully executing them, and by increasing public disclosure
of environmental practices....
  1 believe we can best join the need for balancing growth and
the  environment by unleashing American ingenuity and
creativity to revive our economy and create a new generation
of environmental technology—which...will make us more
competitive in a fast-growing international marketplace....
  The EPA is staffed by thousands of dedicated, professional
employees, with whom I am looking forward to working. I
hope to support their efforts, and make a talented group of
men and women even more effective, by expanding the pool
of people working to protect the environment....
                                                                             EPA InSigbt • FEBRUARY 1993

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                               Happy  Birthday,
                                                             EPA  InSight
How To Get Into EPAs All-Employee Newsletter
EPA InSight has been around
now for a year. During that time,
many employees have asked how
they could get something published
in it. That's very gratifying and we
hope the interest continues. Here's
what works best:
• Keep the article short (about 300
  words) and informative.
• Assume that employees don't
  know what you do about the
  subject of your article—and avoid
  technical jargon.
• Put your information in context.
  A good  way to do this is to
  explain how the subject came to
  be, e.g.,  from authorizing
  legislation to its current status.
  Then, describe what lies ahead,
  such as important deadlines or
  anticipated reactions from
  constituency groups. Also helpful
  is trend  information or statistical
  comparisons.
• Write only when you have
  something significant to write
  about. For example, before
  writing about a group initiative,
  wait until the group has
  accomplished something! Two
  exceptions to this "rule" are:
  when a group's membership is
  open to all EPA employees, or
  when a group wants to hear from
  employees on a specific issue.
• Include an interesting picture,
  chart, graph, logo, etc., with your
  article. We also welcome calendar
  items, quotes, cartoons, and
  environmental "tips."
• Please don't use paper. Send
  your material by Email, diskette,
  or Voice Mail.
 -By when?: Generally, the first
 week of the month before InSigJit
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 February 5, for the March
 edition).
 -To whom?: Either your Editorial
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 Kym Burke, Editor/Email:
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 Voice Mail: 202-260-0336/U.S.
 EPA, 401 M St.,SW, Rm.3623M,
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 How To Get Into Email
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When the Email menu is on
your screen:
•  Type VTX (press Enter)
•  Type 2 (press Enter)
•  Type a number from 1
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              EPA EMPLOYEE COMMENT FORM
Dear EPA Employee'
Your suggestions for improving EPA InSight are important to us Would you please
take a moment to fill out this form so that we may serve you better in the future9 Please
send your completed form - or call or send an Email - to either your Editorial Board
Member (see last page) or Kym Burke, Editor (see this page for address, etc.).

What would you like EPA InSight to start covering?
What would you like EPA InS/ghtto stop covering'?
As an effort to help the Agency move towards paperless communications, EPA InSight
is available  each month on Email. In terms of source reduction, what can your
organization do to reduce the number of copies of EPA lnSight\l receives and yet still
give employees equal access to the information?
Other comment/suggestions1
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                                                     THANK YOU
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Calendar
Black History Month 1993


Jan 31 - Thrift
Savs.Plan
"Open Season"
ends
7
2nd Anniversary
of 33/50
Program

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session, 1790
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Govtwide Ethics
Rules In Effect
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Deputies Leadership Team Mtg
Acid Ram Conference
(703-339-2464)
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Valentine's Day

21

Washington

15 Federal
Holiday:
Presidents'
Day

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Lincoln born,
1809
6

EPA Leave
Bank "Open
Season" ends
a&-
- Scouting Anniversary Week IlllSK^W

17
(see page 2)

18
(see page 2)

19
Edison patented
phonograph,
1878

20
Frederick
Douglass born,
1817
- National Engineers' Week (see PaQe 3)
24




25

Fedl. income tax
began, 1913

26




27









March 1 - Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to receive
medical degree, 1864
March 3 - Dept.of Interior created, 1849
- Civ.Serv Comm (now OPM) created, 1871
March 4 - Govt Printing Office opened, 1861
March 5 - Copy deadline for April EPA InSight
March 6 - 1st auto appeared on U.S. streets, 1896









On The Horizon...



• On The Move
— Who's Coming, Who's Going
• WTI v
. East Liverpool, OH

—A Hot Issue for'EPA



• Update on Contracts Management
—What's An "IGCE"?
• March Is: Women's History Month
• EPA Grants For "Colonias"
— Wastewater Treatment Imperative



• Safer Pesticides Policy


















EPA InSight
Carol Browner Bob Drummond, Duluth
Administrator Jan Prager, Narragansett
Dick Morgenstern BettY Jackson, Gulf Breeze
Acting Deputy Administrate! William Witson, Gulf of Mex.
. .'".,. ,,. Charles Petko, Montgomery
Loretta Ucelli ° J
AA, Communications, Education, and Regions
Public Affairs Frank Mclntyre, Region 1
Charlie Osolin Paul Hedley- Rt'8lon 2
Dnecto,, Editorial Seivices Dw,s,on Carol>'n Szumal< Reglon 3
Norman Black, Region 4
Kym Burke John RapsyS; Reglon 5
El Linda Thompson, Region 6
Gloria Koch Rowena Michaels, Region 7
Field Editoi (Feb-Maich), RTP/AREAL Linda Adams, Region 8
Shelley Levitt John Duff, Region 9
Assistant Editor (Feb-March), Cindy Colgate, Region 10
OSWER/CEPPO Headquarters
Betty Wonkovich, AO
EDITORIAL BOARD Karen Smith, OAR
Labs/Field Offices Cral8 Hooks' OARM
Rhoda Ritzenberg, RTP/OSORD Robm Grove' OCLA
Randy Brady, RTP/OARM Sandie Friedland, OCR
Barbara Robinson, RTP/HERL Bl11 Frank' OE
Gloria Koch, RTP/AREAL Wanda Ford' OEX
Pat Sharpe, RTP/AEERL Cra'8n Annear, OGC
Bob Ryans, Athens Dale Medeans, OIA
Carroll Wills, NEIC Tom Maloney, DIG
Nancy Terhaar, Corvalhs Pam Herman' OPPE
Mike Gruenteld, Edison Tom Kean' OPPTS
Tom Osberg, Env Photo Fred Blosser' ORD
Terry Grady, LV/EMSL Lou Kerestesy, OROS/LR
Pati Cooke,'Cmci/OSORD Scott McMurray, OSWER
Sandy Bowman, Cinci/OARM Vlcky Green' OW
Linda0RansiCckrcinci/EMSL DESIGN SERVICES
Debbie Obei, Cmci/RREL Steve Delanev, OCEPA
Trudy Oliver, Stenms EmSma Concepts Inc
Joan Elliott, Ada
                          EPA InSight • FEBRUARY 1993

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