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As we go to press...
This is the third annual publication of Environment
Midwest's "together", a guide to Region V of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. This issue is a little
different from its predecessors in that we've tried to
include some information on what went on in Region V
during 1974.
As we go to press, some more changes have taken place.
First, we have a new water supply act to administer. The
program will be based in Cincinnati. Second, action by
President Ford and the Supreme Court has resulted in
release of $9 billion in impounded sewage treatment funds
which EPA and the State agencies are attempting to get
into the economy as quickly in the form of local construc-
tion projects.
We hope you will find this publication educational.
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OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL ylD/MINSTMTOR
Regional Administrator Francis T. Mayo (standing) and Deputy Regional
Administrator Valdas V. Adamkus.
The Regional Administrator
and Deputy Regional Adminis-
trator are the representatives of
the EPA administrator in Wash-
ington and are the official spokes-
men for the agency in the Upper
Midwest states of Ohio, Mich-
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, In-
diana and Illinois.
The regional administrator in-
terprets all program goals outlin-
ed by the EPA administrator and
sees to it that the programs are
carried out.
Like his counterparts in EPA's
other nine regions, the Region V
administrator is solely responsi-
ble for EPA actions in his region,
and has the authority and man-
date to carry out the national
program by applying it to the
unique characteristics in the
Midwest.
He allocates the region's fiscal,
personnel and physical resour-
ces towards this goal. He super-
vises the activities of five major
divisions and seven office direc-
tors whose staffs compose the
region's manpower in EPA.
As the representative of the
EPA administrator, the regional
administrator represents the
agency on the Federal Executive
Board and Federal Regional
Council. He's also the agency-
appointed representative on the
Great Lakes Basin Commission,
the Ohio River Basin Commis-
sion, the Upper Mississippi River
Basin Commission and the Ohio
River Valley Water Sanitation
Commission. He also serves as
the chairman of the United States
section of the Great Lakes Water
Quality Board of the Inter-
national Joint Commission.
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Office of
Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations
The Assistant for Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Re-
lations represents the Regional
Administrator in dealing with
key officials of governor's staffs,
legislators, Congressional repre-
sentatives, municipalities,
private industry, other federal
agencies and educational in-
stitutions. In addition to these
responsibilities, the Assistant for
Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations was recently
assigned to the Federal Regional
Council as EPA's alternate
member. In this capacity, he
serves as the agency's spokesman
on the Council in the absence of
the Regional Administrator.
The function of the office is to
carry a broad overall view of the
agency and its programs to other
organizations and units of gov-
ernment and to serve as the con-
tact point within EPA for these
organizations to assure that
cooperation goes smoothly in
both directions.
Activities during the past year
were directed toward strengthen-
ing the relationship of the
Regional Office with the 106 Con-
gressional Offices that serve the
Midwest. Several hundred re-
quests from members for assis-
tance, on behalf of constituents,
were referred to the appropriate
program office and progress was
closely coordinated to insure
prompt response. A special effort
was made to inform Con-
gressional representatives of
regional problems and progress
toward resolving them at a brief-
ing in Washington. Background
information related to Agency
programs was prepared and the
Regional Administrator and
Deputy Regional Administrator
conducted the briefings. This
provided an opportunity to be-
come personally acquainted with
members from the Region and to
thoroughly acquaint them with
agency activities.
In cooperation with the Office
of Legislation and the Council of
State Governments, a major con-
ference was held with State and
local officials to review progress
being made toward attainment of
environmental goals and to focus
attention on those areas needing
further effort. Topics discussed
included energy problems, pest-
icides, and maintenance of air
quality. The Regional Admin-
istrator and all Division and Of-
fice Directors participated in the
conference in an effort to provide
state and local officials with a
better understanding of EPA
programs.
Transportation Control Plans
were promulgated in several
large metropolitan areas of the
region as part of the overall
strategy to attain air quality
standards related to. automobile
emissions. Because of the potent
impact of these plans on local
communities, a special effort was
made to work closely with local
elected officials to assist with the
necessary ordinance revisions
and to provide for smooth im-
plementation of the program.
While much still remains to be
done, these efforts have devel-
oped a better understanding on
the part of both federal and local
officials of the job that needs to be
done to solve automobile related
pollution problems.
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Regional Counsel
As principal attorney for the
Region V office, the Regional
Counsel and his assistants pro-
vide legal advice and assistance
to all operating divisions in the
region, represented the EPA and
its personnel before state and
local regulatory boards and com-
missions and served as lawyers
for the EPA in connection with
litigation involving the Midwest
region.
Two hundred forty-five formal
requests for legal work and
opinions were received in fiscal
year 1974, in addition to an es-
timated 400 informal substantive
requests. Of this number ap-
proximately one half of the re-
quests were fully answered by
the Office of Regional Counsel.
Substantial amounts of time were
devoted to twenty-two litigation
matters, and additional lawsuits
were also processed by the
Regional Counsel and staff.
Principal program matters in-
cluded legal work in the follow-
ing areas: 1) transferring the
NPDES water permit program to
the states of Michigan, Ohio,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, and
preparations for transfer to Il-
linois and Indiana; 2) review of
program grant applications for
states and municipalities in air
and water programs; 3) develop-
ing transportation control plans
for Chicago, Indianapolis,
Dayton and Cincinnati; 4] work
with the Energy Task Force to
maximize fuel savings consistent
with environmental needs and
laws; 5) review of state water
quality standards; 6) develop-
ment of inspection procedures
under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act;
7) work on procedures for
processing construction grant
applications for municipal
sewage treatment works and
handling protests thereunder; 8)
service as Judicial Officer in
pesticides enforcement cases,
and 9) review of state implemen-
tation plans and revisions.
The litigation included suc-
cessful argument against an at-
tack by U.S. Steel on an EPA
enforcement order issued under
the Clean Air Act and requiring a
program to control pollution at
the Gary Works of U.S. Steel, a
significant victory for the Ad-
ministrator in a challenge to EPA
procedures in the development of
indirect source regulations.
Other litigation included a case
upholding regional adoption of
Illinois Water Quality Standards
and representation of the EPA in
four suits under the National En-
vironmental Policy Act. In addi-
tion this office was involved in
reviews of Agency approval of
state implementation plans, an
employment discrimination suit,
the case of the United States v.
Reserve Mining Co., and other
suits.
The Regional Counsel also
assisted state law enforcement
officials in the prosecution of
pollution cases. This assistance
included arrangements for expert
testimony and the application of
airplane and satellite sur-
veillance techniques in a major
water pollution case.
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Assistant for
Congressional and
Intergovernmental
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
• Regional Counsel
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Program Development
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General Support
Services Branch
_ Personnel
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_ Grants Administration
AIR AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS DIVISION
Pesticides
Branch
Solid Wastes
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Surveillance
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Technical Support
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_ Federal Activities
Branch
_ Great Lakes
Surveillance Branch
- District Offices.
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Indiana
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Office of the Regional Administrator:
Regional Adminstrator, F. T. Mayo 312-353-5250
Deputy Administrator, V. V. Adamkus 312-353-5250
Assistant for Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations 312-353-5250
Great Lakes Coordinator 312-353-5098
Ohio River Basin Coordinator 513-684-2751
Regional Counsel 312-353-1450
Audit and Inspections 312-353-7910
Office of Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 312-353-5698
Research and Monitoring 312-353-5756
Public Affairs 312-353-5800
Management Division:
Director 312-353-1666
Security-Safety 312-353-4407
Librarian 312-353-3393
Program Planning and Development 312-353-8875
General Support Services Branch 312-353-1461
Personnel Branch 312-353-8877
Grants Administration 312-353-5981
Graphic Arts 312-353-7787
Data Processing Center 312-353-1479
Manpower Development Branch 312-353-1056
Air and Hazardous Materials Control:
Director 312-353-5248
Pesticides Branch 312-353-6219
Solid Wastes Branch 312-353-6560
Radiation Branch 312-353-5264
Program Support Branch 312-353-6942
Air Planning Section 312-353-6942
Water Division:
Director 312-353-1050
Construction Grants Branch 312-353-1051
State Assistance Section 312-353-6942
Water Supply Branch 312-353-7736
Planning Branch 312-353-4594
Enforcement Division:
Director 312-353-1865
Enforcement Branch 312-353-1818
Permits Branch 312-353-1901
Surveillance and Analysis Division:
Director 312-353-6738
Surveillance Branch 312-353-1447
Technical Support Branch 312-353-1458
Federal Activities Branch 312-353-5756
Great Lakes Surveillance Branch 312-353-5826
Field Offices:
Illinois District Office 312-353-5638
Indiana District Office 812-423-6264
Minnesota-Wisconsin District Office 612-725-4242
Michigan-Ohio District Office 216-522-4876
Central Regional Laboratory 312-353-8370
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PROGRAMS
Planning Branch
Implementation of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (P.L.
92-500) has emphasized the need
for adequate planning of water
pollution control facilities. Al-
though the U.S. EPA has
recognized the need of planning
for pollution clean-up and en-
vironmental preservation, this
has often been voluntary. The
present federal laws now require
a solid base from which plans can
be implemented.
The Planning Branch in Region
V is primarily focused on water
aspects, with other elements
promoting planning in other
aspects.of environmental control,
but a broad environmental per-
spective is maintained in the dai-
ly activity.
Water Quality Standards
Under the law, the water quali-
ty standards program is now cast
as a planning tool, rather than an
enforcement vehicle. This con-
sists of determining the desig-
nated uses of the waters and then
establishing the instream concen-
tration of parameters to support
those uses.
Since October, 1972, five states
have completed the required
review and the sixth is nearing
completion. The designated stan-
dards will be reviewed at least
every three years to assume
responsiveness to changing re-
quirements.
Water Quality Management
Planning
The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act requires a threefold
thrust of water quality manage-
ment planning. The coordination
of these activities is the respon-
sibility of the Water Quality
Management Planning Section. A
state's continuing planning pro-
cess must provide a strategy for a
state's water clean-up program,
specific implementation
programs and schedules for dis-
charges, and priorities for im-
plementation and the institutions
required.
Included in this is the develop-
ment of river models and alloca-
tion of allowable loads in stream
segments where treatment better
than best practicable treatment is
required. This has been ac-
complished on a first round basis
for most segments in the region.
The second area is the metro-
politan or areawide planning.
Most of the urbanized areas have
some form of regional com-
prehensive planning and by
working with the responsible
agencies EPA promotes the
development of the appropriate
population, economic and land
use base on which regional water
quality management plans can be
based.
The third area is the develop-
ment of facility plans for con-
struction projects so that the re-
quirements of the law are ad-
dressed. Elements emphasized
are cost effectiveness of projects
and environmental evaluation of
the proposals. When needed, en-
vironmental impact statements
are prepared by the U.S. EPA.
The planners meet frequently
with state and local agencies to
review the ongoing work and to
assist in preparation of plans
meeting the regulations.
Planning Grants
P.L. 92-500 added a grant
program to assist in preparation
of areawide wastewater plans.
These programs include inten-
sive analysis of the urban-
industrial areas and require the
development of point and non-
point source control. Four grants
were made in FY '74 and ad-
ditional prospects are being pur-
sued. Planning grants staff also
provides coordination with other
federal grants through the
Regional Council.
Interagency Planning
The Interagency Planning Sec-
tion participates in federal and
state water resources planning
activities to insure that water
quality, water supply and en-
vironmental programs are incor-
porated into planning documents
and project reports. The staff
represents EPA on Basin Com-
mission committees, on Regional
Council Task Forces and at other
special meetings which prepare
and review interagency plans.
Economics
There is a continuing need to
plan for population growth and
industrial development so waste
treatment facilities once built re-
main adequate. To assist in this
the Economics Section provides
information on growth trends
and reviews the planning reports.
In addition, the reports on
economic dislocation caused by
facility closings are monitored
and evaluated.
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Construction Grants Branch
Fiscal Year 1974 in terms of
Construction Grants Branch ac-
tivities can best be described as
the year of transition, i.e., the
basic transition between the
Federal Water Pollution Control
Act Section 8 treatment works
grant program (P.L. 84-660) to
treatment works grant awards
pursuant to Title II of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-
500).
On February 11, 1974, the final
Title II water pollution control
construction grants for waste-
water treatment works reg-
ulations, fully implementing the
statutory requirements of P.L. 92-
500, were promulgated. Signi-
ficant statutory requirements im-
pacting the program operation
included infiltration/inflow ex-
cess flow determination,
facilities planning criteria and
user charge and industrial cost
recovery systems.
To accommodate phasing out
the old and phasing in the new,
CGB participated in over 360
preapplication and predesign
conferences with appli-
cants/grantees, an average of two
one-day seminars/training ses-
sions in each state with con-
sultants and municipal officials
and numerous meetings with
state agency staff. Very little of
this effort resulted in quan-
tifiable results during the fiscal
year but it was prerequisite to
laying a solid foundation for
future years, as well as over-
coming the inertia that the pro-
gram found itself in.
From a quantified standpoint,
110 grant awards were made
totaling in excess of $150 mil-
lion. In the process, all Fiscal
Year 1973 funds allocated to
the states, which would have
reverted to reallocation June 30,
1974, were obligated. In addition,
the Branch continued administra-
tion of the 900 previous grant
award projects, which encom-
passed 265 plan and specification
reviews, 244 endorsements of
grantees' construction contract
awards, review and approval of
over 130 municipal revenue
systems (equitable industrial
cost recovery systems), 300 final
on-site inspections of completed
treatment works and over 900
grant payments.
The branch also processed in
excess of 800 reimbursement
type grant awards out of the
1,400 such potential awards in
the Region—part of the "old"
funding, inasmuch as the basic
governing criteria for such
awards was that project con-
struction had to have been in-
itiated prior to July 1, 1972. In
addition, CGB undertook the
1974 Survey of Needs for con-
struction of municipal waste-
water treatment facilities in
accordance with P.L. 93-243. In
this effort, over 4,000 survey
forms were reviewed sustaining
needs in the Region of over$25,-
000,000,000.
Ongoing efforts of a continuing
nature included participation in
various agency task forces and
working groups to develop
guidelines and operating policies
for implementing the require-
ments of P.L. 92-500 and related
regulations, and an all-time high
in the number of Congressional
inquiries.
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Manpower Development Branch
Accomplishing environmental
objectives at the state and local
level requires people—the right
numbers of the right kind at the
right place at the right time.
That's why EPA has a Man-
power Development Branch—to
assist states and local govern-
ments to build up a manpower
development and training capa-
bility to meet mutual legislative
mandates.
The branch helps boost the en-
vironmental labor force in three
ways: manpower planning, direct
training and facilities operator
training. These activities are con-
ducted in wastewater treatment,
water quality control, air pollu-
tion control, solid waste control
and pesticides. Because training
resources available from en-
vironmental legislation are not
adequate, assistance from other
federal and state programs and
laws are routinely explored for
cooperative training ventures.
FY '74 Accomplishments
Manpower Planning: Confer-
ences at each state were held
during spring, 1974 among
regional and state environmental
interests to discuss available
resources and how to impact ex-
istent delivery systems or
develop new mechanisms for
meeting mutual training
priorities.
Direct Training: Some 1,333
state and local government
employees attended 18 events
supported by Region V activities:
280 in environmental education;
536 in water quality; and 517 in
air programs. An additional 503
Region V state and rocal govern-
ment employees attended courses
conducted at the Air Research
Training Center, North Carolina,
with an estimated 600 attending
wastewater courses at the Na-
tional Training Center at Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
Facilities Operator Training:
870 state and local government
employees were trained in ac-
tivated sludge (100); laboratory
analysis techniques (267); waste
treatment plant operation up-
grading (73); water supply
operators (13); middle manage-
ment (17]; and in safety (400)
under grants ($103,000) available
under Section 104(g)(l), P.L. 92-
500.
Five hundred and twenty-six
were trained under subcontracts
made available under an EPA-
Department of Labor National
Contract; 250 municipal waste
treatment plant operators; 55 air
pollution control technicians; and
221 solid waste disposal plant
operators.
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Water Supply
The goal of the Water Supply
Branch is to provide an adequate
supply of safe drinking water for
all people in the Midwest region.
Technical and consultative
support is provided to state and
local water supply agencies on a
wide variety of problems ranging
from sample water analysis to
total program evaluations. The
section works closely with the
Water Supply Research Labor-
atory in Cincinnati to quantify
contaminants in drinking water,
determine their health effects and
develop treatment methods.
Considerable effort was spent
concerning the problem of as-
bestos fibers in drinking water.
The Region V office has deter-
mined that water in the wes-
tern end of Lake Superior con-
tains an abnormally high a-
mount of amphibole asbestos
fibers which may present an
unacceptably high health risk.
The section monitored a pilot
filtration study in Duluth, Minn.,
which demonstrated econom-
ically feasible treatment which is
capable of removing the abnor-
mally high levels of asbestos
fibers from Lake Superior drink-
ing water.
The section has recently been
advised that certain organics
found in drinking water from the
Ohio River may be carcinogenic.
Work is proceeding to determine
the extent of the problem and
whether the contaminant can be
removed by treatment.
The Water Supply Section has
kept close track of the chlorine
shortage in Region V and is lend-
ing support to finding needed
supplies where shortages occur.
The section assisted in about 300
separate requests for technical
assistance this past year.
The section works with the
region's Manpower and Develop-
ment and Training Branch to
assist state and local agencies in
developing water supply training
programs and courses. The
Region V Water Supply Section
participated directly by way of
presentations and courses in the
training of about 400 water supp-
ly operators in this fiscal year.
The Water Supply Section also
maintains and updates an inven-
tory of public water supply
facilities which provides a record
of the number and complexity of
all water supply systems in the
region serving populations of 40
or more. The last such inventory
was published in 1963 by the U.S.
Public Health Service. During
1974, the Water Supply Section
gathered and compiled data on
7,000 facilities in Region V for
updating the inventory. An initial
printout has been obtained and
sent to the states for review prior
to publishing the 1974 inventory
into regional summaries.
In Region V there are presently
about 83 water supply systems
serving interstate carriers as well
as a resident population of about
18 million people.
During 1974, the section has
classified 76 interstate carrier
water supply systems "ap-
proved," six "provisionally ap-
proved" and one "prohibited."
Fifteen on-site sanitary surveys
of water supply systems were
conducted by water supply per-
sonnel during the year.
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SURVEILLANCE AMD /1NAYSIS DIVISION
A restructuring of priorities to
emphasize the importance of the
Great Lakes resulted in the crea-
tion of the Great Lakes Sur-
veillance Branch.
In the district offices, there
were several organizational and
personnel changes which directly
impacted our field operations.
The Michigan District Office
(MIDO) was combined with the
Ohio District Office [OHDO]
with jurisdiction over both
states. While MODO is head-
quartered in Cleveland, a field
station is maintained at Grosse
He, Mich. Rich Winklehofer was
selected to direct the new MODO,
while Bob Buckly acts as im-
mediate supervisor at the Grosse
He field station.
There were many calls upon the
District Offices to provide
technical assistance to the
Federal Disaster Assistance Ad-
ministration (FDAA) in assess-
ing and estimating damage due to
the high waters on the Great
Lakes, floods in the Mississippi
River Basin and tornados in Ohio
and Indiana.
A major joint effort of the
Regional Office Air Surveillance
Branch, ILDO, MODO and the
CRL involved the special as-
sistance given to the Lake Super-
ior-Reserve Mining asbestos in-
vestigation. This work involved a
total commitment of resources on
a massive scale to meet the needs
of the emergency situation
created by the discovery of
asbestos-like fibers in Duluth
drinking water. It is estimated a
total of 7,700 hours were expend-
ed in this effort.
Another joint effort involved
the support given to winter
sampling cruises on Lakes
Superior and Huron. These two
cruises, made on board Coast
Guard vessels were supported by
samplers, chemists and engineers
from CRS, INDO and MODO. The
Coast Guard vessels had to be
temporarily outfitted with labs,
sampling equipment and staffed
for the extremely severe weather
existing in the Upper Lakes dur-
ing February.
Illinois District Office
Surveys were conducted and
reports of findings written on the
U.S. Steel Plant in Waukegan in
support of federal litigation
against U.S. Steel. Special in-
vestigations were conducted on
citizen complaints, at the request
of the Justice Department, and
from the Enforcement Division.
Work associated with Lake
Michigan included the bottom
sediment sampling of harbors,
special sampling in the Calumet
and Indiana Harbor areas, main-
taining watch on the vessel
"Roger P. Simon" while in
Chicago for refitting, and collec-
tion of special samples from lake
and water intakes.
Indiana District Office
Conducted thermal studies at
13 power plants located on the
Ohio, White and Wabash Rivers,
and also conducted two stream
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surveys on the Wabash River in
the Terre Haute and Lafayette,
Indiana areas for stream
classification verification pur-
poses. Continued monthly sampl-
ing and analysis of 13 established
monitoring stations on the Ken-
tucky, Green, Wabash, Ohio and
White Rivers during FY1974.
Participated in the negotiations
with Peabody Coal Company in-
volving acid runoff from refuse
piles of an abandoned mine near
Terre Haute, Indiana. After con-
siderable negotiation, Peabody
Coal Company signed a consent
decree in which they agree to
grade, cover, and seed the aban-
doned refuse piles.
Assisted the State in collecting
samples and had samples analyz-
ed at the CRL regarding a grease
dump by the FMC Corporation.
Michigan/Ohio District Office
Technical assistance was
provided to the Enforcement
Division and- the Department of
Justice with pending Refuse Act
civil actions involving Republic
Steel Corp., Cleveland; Harshaw
Chemical Co., Elyria; and U.S.
Steel Corp., Cleveland and
Lorain. All but the case against
U.S. Steel, Lorain, have been
successfully concluded with con-
sent decrees.
Technical assistance was also
provided in drafting and review-
ing Ohio's water quality stan-
dards for the Mahoning River,
Lake Erie, lower Cuyahoga River,
and Ohio general water quality
standards. It was also provided
to the effluent guidelines devel-
opment committees for the in-
organic chemicals and iron and
steel industries.
Long term ambient water quali-
ty monitoring activities included
surveys on the connecting
channels (St. Marys and St. Clair
Rivers, Lake St. Clair and
Western Lake Erie) in support of
IJC activities; and monitoring
selected Lake Erie southshore
water intakes and nine Ohio
River stations, all of which have
been relegated to the OEPA and
ORSANCO, respectively, in the
coming year.
Minnesota/Wisconsin
District Office
A special 10 day 24-hour sur-
vey was undertaken on the Mis-
sissippi River in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul metro-
politan area to verify the Upper
Mississippi River Water Quality
Mathematical Model, which was
developed by a consultant, and to
obtain additional water quality
information as related to low
flow conditions on this river.
Technical assistance was given
in the St. Louis River Waste Dis-
charge Analysis of the Cloquet,
Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota-
Superior, Wisconsin area, to the
Western Lake Superior Sanitary
District, and in the development
of the St. Louis River Water
Quality Mathematical Model
Studies done by a consultant.
Central Regional Laboratory
Analytical capability in-
creased significantly with the ac-
quisition and utilization of ad-
ditional instrumentation. The
major instruments include a gas
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chromatograph mass spectro-
meter for organic analyses, two
atomic absorption spectrophoto-
meter for metal analyses, several
new generation Technicon Auto-
Analyzers for oxygen demand
and other inorganic analyses and
a high resolution microscope for
biological studies. The CRL now
routinely performs upwards of
250 different chemical and
biological analyses on air, water
and solid environmental samples.
Approximately 60,000 analytical
results were completed and
reported. In addition, an active
quality assurance program has
been implemented to assure valid
data.
Analytical efficiency has been
a high priority program at the
CRL. A computer-automatedgas-
chromatograph automatic samp-
ler system was made operational
and has increased the productivi-
ty per man-hour by approximate-
ly three hundred percent. A new
procedure has been developed for
determining the chemical oxygen
demand of a sample which re-
quires one twentieth the amount
of sample and reagents, and much
less time to complete. A simple
but efficient and highly effective
procedure has been developed to
collect pollutants in air samples
for gas-chromatograph-mass
spectrometer analysis. Programs
have been initiated for running
static and continuous flow
bioassays. Construction of a
walk-in environmental chamber
for conducting tests, and a fish
culturing unit for rearing bio-
assay test fish have been com-
pleted.
In November, 1973, CRL as-
sumed the analytical respon-
sibility for 52 air sampling
stations as part of the National
Air Surveillance Network.
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The CRL is also serving as a
pilot laboratory for a com-
puterized automatic data assem-
bly and reduction project. Com-
puter and accessories will be in-
stalled to operate many of the
analytical instruments, acquire
data directly from the in-
struments and reduce it to a
useful form.
Federal Activities Branch
The Federal Activities Branch
provides an environmental check
on what other federal agencies
are doing. Its thrust is two-
pronged: it is charged with
guiding the clean-up of pollution
from federal facilities and it coor-
dinates the Environmental Im-
pact Statement Program. While
there are in excess of 2500 federal
installations in Region V, about
200 are considered to be major.
Federal Activities concentrates
its efforts in both air and water
areas on the major facilities by
providing technical advice, re-
viewing fiscal plans for funding
of abatement equipment and
making on-site inspections. Ef-
forts are directed toward in-
suring that installations are in
compliance with federal and state
pollution control laws. Region V
receives about 300 draft and final
environmental impact state-
ments from other federal agencies
for review each year.
Technical Service Branch
The Technical Services Branch
provides expertise in response to
environmental emergency ep-
isodes and support to data
management systems and a wide
spectrum of environmental pollu-
tion control and prevention
programs. It is composed of three
sections: the Environmental
Emergency Section (EES), the
Data Management Section
(DMS), and the Technical Ser-
vices Section (TSS). As ad-
ditional environmental problems
evolve which require EPA,
Region V, to respond in "non-
programmed" areas, the TSB is
generally assigned these respon-
sibilities.
The DMS administers the
Water Quality Information Sys-
tem and provides data manage-
ment support to the Water Quali-
ty Monitoring and Water Pollu-
tion Source Surveillance Pro-
grams.
During FY74, the DMS's
highest priority work involved
support to and implementation of
the data requirement programs
called for in the 1972 amend-
ments to the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act. The Amend-
ments call for tremendous
amounts of data to be produced
and handled. This involves two
key data files; the General Point
Source File (GPSF) and STORET.
GPSF handles the data generated
by the Permit Program and
STORET handles the data gener-
ated from the monitoring and sur-
veillance programs and field
studies.
The TSS implements regional
office EPA activities work plann-
ed under the general heading of
Technical Support & Assis-
tance/Water. Included are tech-
nical services available for re-
view of grants, permit and li-
cense applications; evaluation of
maintenance and development
dredging proposal; development
of agricultural and related land
management pollution control
programs; and support to ground
water and vessel programs.
During FY1974, the TSS was
heavily involved in the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Navigation Season Extension
Demonstration Program and sup-
port to the Great Lakes Water
Quality Agreement. The Demon-
stration Study is a three year
program to study the feasibility
of, various projects and methods
for extending the navigation
season of the Great Lakes system.
EPA serves on the working
committee and as chairman of the
Environmental Evaluation Work
Group for this study. Support to
the Water Quality Agreement in-
volves active participation in the:
1) Upper Lakes Reference Group;
and 2) Land Use Activities
Reference Group. The Upper
Lakes work involves a study of
the water quality of Lakes
Superior and Huron. The Land
Use Study involves determining
the pollution of the Great Lakes,
caused by land use activities.
Air Surveillance Branch
The Air Surveillance Branch
provides ambient air quality and
source emission monitoring, am-
bient air quality and source emis-
sion data analysis, source com-
pliance inspection, expertise in
response to air spill and air
stagnation advisories (ASA) ac-
tivities, state/local agencies
evaluation and other activities. It
is composed of two sections; the
Field Support Section (FSS) and
the Air Data Analysis Section
(ADAS).
The ADAS is involved in
several special studies on various
aspects of air pollution. The In-
dianapolis Ozone Study current-
ly underway will be the basis for
the Indianapolis Transportation
Plan. The Wabash Aluminum
Smelter Study, the Duluth
Asbestos Study, the Brush
Wellman Plant Beryllium Study
and the Polyvinyl Chloride Pro-
ject are attempts to determine the
effects of source emission on am-
bient air quality so that proper
enforcement actions can be taken.
The ADAS reviews local/state
agencies grant application and
their air surveillance capability
to ensure a optimum resource
allocation among competing ob-
jectives.
The Field Support Section
(FSS) is involved in Case Support
Development and Case Follow-
Up in support of Region V En-
forcement activities. During
FY'74, the steel industry concen-
trated in the Region V area was
under intensive visible emissions
evaluations.
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ENFOPCEMENr DIVISION
The Enforcement Division is
charged with the responsibility
for assuring the compliance of
industries and municipalities
with the provisions of federal
environmental legislation and
regulations. The three major en-
vironmental laws are the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 (FWPCAA
of 1972), the Clean Air Act of
1970, and the Federal En-
vironmental Pesticides Control
Act of 1972 (FEPCA). Additional-
ly, the 1899 Refuse Act remains
an enforcement tool to deal with
accidental spills of oil and hazar-
dous materials into navigable
waterways.
The division is composed of
two branches: the Enforcement
Branch and the Permit Branch.
Permits Branch
The Permits Branch has the
primary responsibility for the ad-
ministration and operation of
regional National Pollutant Dis-
charge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit program, a
system of permits for dischargers
into the nation's waters, which
was established by the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act of
1972 (FWPCA of 1972).
Under the NPDES program, a
permit must be obtained by all
types of point source dischargers,
including industrial, municipal,
commercial and agricultural dis-
chargers. The FWPCA further re-
quires the achievement of best
practicable control technology
currently available by July 1,
1977 and the achievement of best
available control technology by
Julyl, 1983.InRegionV,inexcess
of 10,000 permits must be issued.
This national program may be
operated by the states if they
meet the requirements set forth in
the Act, including compatible
legislation, additional full-time
staff and the intent and will to
prepare NPDES permits which
comply with all the requirements.
Thus far, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Ohio, Minnesota and Indiana
have been granted authority to
issue NPDES permits. It is an-
ticipated that Illinois will re-
quest authority to operate the
NPDES permit program during
FY 1975.
To date, approximately 3000
permits have been issued in
Region V. A total of 934 major
industrial, municipal and agri-
cultural permits must be issued
by December 31, 1974, in accor-
dance with national goals and
priorities. It is anticipated that all
of these major permits will be
issued by that date. The states of
Michigan and Wisconsin issued
NPDES permits to all affective
dischargers in their states by
December 31, 1974. Permits for
all minor dischargers are ex-
pected to be issued by June 30,
1975.
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Enforcement Branch
The Enforcement Branch is
composed of four sections: the
Technical Coordination Section,
the Legal Support Section, the
Compliance Section and the Air
Section. These four sections are
responsible for surfacing, devel-
oping, initiating and following up
all violations of federal en-
vironmental legislation and reg-
ulations.
Approximately 1800 100-ton
sources have been identified by
the states and EPA in Region V. It
has been determined that 667
sources are in final compliance.
EPA and the states are moving
forward to assure that all the 100-
ton sources are either in final
compliance or on a schedule and
meeting their increments by May,
1975.
Region V has sent out 497 re-
quests to date to obtain emission
data from sources. 86 30-day
notices of violation have been
issued to such sources as
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Com-
pany (East Chicago, Ind.), U.S.
Steel Corporation (Gary, Ind.)
and Republic Steel (Chicago).
These notices of violation have
resulted in either Administrative
Orders issued by EPA or by the
states which contain schedules to
bring sources into compliance.
EPA has issued 23 Administra-
tive Orders to date. If a source
does not comply with an order,
civil or criminal court action may
be initiated. Civil action has been
initiated against the U.S. Steel
Corporation for failure to comply
with an order.
EPA has also focused attention
on those metropolitan areas
where clean air standards cannot
be met by stationary source com-
pliance alone.
Transportation Control Plans
have been promulgated in four
states in the region to curb air
pollution resulting from mobile
sources. The TCP's for Chicago
and Cook County, Cincinnati and
Hamilton County and Indian-
apolis have been designed by
Region V air quality personnel
after the appropriate states failed
to submit any plans. The TCP for
Minneapolis was promulgated by
the state of Minnesota.
Transportation Control Plans
intend to reduce those pollutants
emitted by trucks and cars
(hydrocarbons and carbon mo-
noxide). Among the strategies to
be implemented are inspec-
tion/maintenance programs, a
traffic management system, a
gasoline vapor control plans and
restriction of on-street parking.
All the TCP's require compliance
by May 31, 1975.
Another area of activity is the
enforcement of federal pesticides
legislation. During the last year,
Region V issued 101 admin-
istrative complaints. Sixty-one of
these cases "have been resolved
and a total of $65,000 has been
collected in penalties.
An additional 65 cases have
been referred to the U.S. At-
torney's office for prosecution.
All but a few of these have been
resolved at this time. Fines rang-
ing from $100 to $30,000 have
been collected depending on the
number of violations per referral.
With the passage of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 (FWPCAA)
stringent enforcement machinery
with heavy penalties is now
available to speed compliance
with the law. As a result of the
self-monitoring and reporting re-
quirements of the NPDES per-
mits program dischargers can be
closely monitored to assure com-
pliance. When violations are sur-
faced, permit conditions may be
enforced by issuing Adminis-
trative Orders or through civil and
criminal proceedings in court.
During FY 1974 approximately
2200 NPDES permits were issued
in Region V. Each permit has
approximately six monitoring
and progress reports due per
year. It has been Region V's ex-
perience thus far that the non-
compliance rate with issued per-
mits is approximately 75 per cent.
This high rate results in large
part (nearly 40 per cent) from the
failure of permittees to submit
the monitoring and progress
reports required by the permits.
Thus far, approximately 1,798
apparent permit defaults have
been surfaced through com-
pliance tracking procedures. Ap-
proximately 1,076 of these have
been referred to states with
NPDES authority; approximately
335 permit defaults have been
surfaced for federal facilities; ap-
proximately 387 permit defaults
were considered not enforceable
by U.S. EPA.
To date, EPA has issued 110
Administrative Orders to bring
dischargers back into compliance
with their permits; 56 warning
letters have been sent for minor
violations such as failure to
collect the sample type required
by a permit; and approximately
157 defaults were deemed not
enforceable as the permittee had
already taken corrective
measures.
Under the Clean Air Act of 1970
the states have the primary role
and corresponding responsibil-
ities for the achievement of am-
bient air quality standards. Once
state plans for achieving and
maintaining federal ambient air
quality standards are approved
by the Administrator of EPA,
implementation of those plans
become enforceable by the
federal government. Major en-
forcement efforts to date have
focused on identifying those
sources which emit 100-tons or
more per year of criteria pollutant
(particulate, matter hydrocar-
bons, carbon monoxide, sulfur
and nitrogen oxides) and deter-
mining their status of compliance
with applicable regulations.
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MANAGEMENF DIVISION
The Management Division is
what keeps the EPA offices run-
ning.
The division provides planning
and management advice and ser-
vices to the regional ad-
ministrator and his program
staffs.
The duties of the division are
broken up into the following
categories: regional program
planning and development;
general support services and
financial management; per-
sonnel; grants administration;
data processing systems; graphic
arts; library; and facilities
management, safety and security.
The program planning and
development branch is the focal
point in developing the region's
program year to year. The branch
aids the agency program sections,
such as the air and water pollu-
tion divisions, in formulating
budgets and compiling expected
achievements yearly. The branch
also coordinates reports from
river basins within the region to
determine the progress towards
cleaning up polluted waters.
The general support services
branch handles the day-to-day
administrative operations of the
EPA Region V activities. It's
responsible for seeing that
Federal administrative regula-
tions are adhered to; that finan-
cial matters, from payroll to pay-
ing bills, are attended to; that
supplies and equipment are
properly procured; that EPA's
property is kept track of; and that
printing, mail routing, and in-
teroffice communications go
smoothly.
The personnel branch handles
the everyday job of working with
the 600 employes in the main
office, district offices and central
regional laboratory. This in-
cludes recruitment hiring; work-
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ing with the Civil Service Com-
mission; and assuring employes
are kept advised of their rights
and responsibilities. The branch
also conducts employe training
programs (to help EPA staffers
advance) and sponsors an annual
merit awards program.
The Grants Administration
Branch is concerned with the ad-
ministrative and fiscal details of
State and Local Assistance
Grants awarded by EPA, Region
V. These functions include main-
taining a data processing system
known as the Grants Information
and Control System (GIGS). Six
categories of grants are process-
ed: Program, Planning, Demon-
stration, Training, Research and
Construction.
Management's data processing
branch is the one that deciphers
all the elements that go with
working with computers. They
coordinate computer programs
and operations for air and water
quality data, accounting systems,
analysis of data, storage and
retrieval systems, wastewater in-
ventories, point pollution
sources, personnel records and
address labels.
EPA employes in the graphic
arts provide most of the visual
aid material for the region. In-
cluded in the services they offer
are photography, drafting, il-
lustration, printing, layout and
design work, and production of
exhibits, slides, and posters.
The Region V library provides
a vast reservoir of technical
publications and abstracts re-
lating to environment. It also has
on file books and subscriptions to
various environmental maga-
zines and journals. The library is
open for reference only, to any
interested user, and loans
materials to other libraries on
request.
Keeping the EPA offices and
employes safe is the job of the
facilities management, safety,
and security branch. The branch
develops safety programs to
identify and reduce loss to the
EPA and employes from ac-
cidents and theft. It is responsible
for administering the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act, and
for planning for emergencies such
as fire.
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PUBLIC ^FMIRS OFFICE
The American public added
energy and economic problems to
environmental concerns during
the last year.
The Region V Public Affairs
office responded to the Fall, 1974
energy crisis with a program
emphasizing the interrelatedness
of energy and the environmental
issues, especially with regard to
clean air.
As part of the program, the
Public Affairs Office ran a
special information and educa-
tion support program to assist the
Cleveland Dept. of Air Pollution
Control through citizen monitor-
ing of air compliance schedules.
To help small and medium in-
dustries get going on cleanup,
PAO produced a movie titled
"The Men in Charge," which took
a look at the economics and
motivation behind pollution
cleanup. Well over 100 industrial
organizations borrowed the free
film during the first few months
of its release.
To support the new water
cleanup law, Region V produced a
home training cassette course to
help citizens understand how
they can participate in the in-
dustrial and municipal permit
program. Over 1400 of these
courses were distributed by
Region V, many of them to
citizens outside the region.
In addition, a "Weekly News
Summary" was published for a
good part of the year. The sum-
mary highlighted Federal Reg-
ister notices pertaining to the
Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and listed permits up for com-
ment.
The Region V Public Affairs
Office, working through its state
counterparts, established the
"Environmental Quality
Awards" program to honor en-
vironmentally concerned citizens
in each of the six Region V states
who made significant con-
tributions for environmental im-
provement in business, citizen
action, education journalism and
elected and non-elected govern-
ment. The program will become
an annual event.
A major press support opera-
tion conducted during the year
involved establishing and main-
taining a news media center in
Duluth, Minn., during the Re-
serve Mining trial.
Also, the Public Affairs Office
established an intern program
recently for graduate journalism
students.
Finally the office continued its
traditional mission of serving as
the major point in the region for
citizens to come with questions,
requests or complaints.
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OFFICE OF
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
The Office of Research and
Development provides the Re-
gional Administrator with tech-
nical staff support in exploring,
defining, evaluating and solving
special multidisciplinary and ad-
vanced technology problems for
improvement of environmental
quality and associated long-
range environmental manage-
ment planning where specific ex-
isting program resources are non-
existent or insufficient.
The office is the focal point for
ongoing and needed research,
development and demonstration
within the region. It provides the
Office of the Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Research and
Development in Washington with
a direct communication link
between headquarters and the
social and technical community
in the states.
Accomplishments
During the past year, 166 En-
vironmental Research Needs, the
starting point of EPA research
planning, were forwarded to
national headquarters from the
Region V Office of Research and
Development. Of these, 19 pin-
pointed new areas of environ-
mental concern. In these, some
additional information is cited as
being necessary to solve par-
ticular pollution problems.
Others call for new instruments
to determine the presence or
amount of pollutant being
emitted from a given source.
Certain program areas have
been chosen by EPA as mandated
areas of responsibility for devel-
opment of additional information
on health effects, new processes
for abatement, instruments or
methods for detection and
monitoring the release of
pollutants to our environment.
Fifty new research projects
have been awarded in Region V
during the past year and approx-
imately 40 grant continuations
were funded. Approximately the
same number of projects were
completed during the year.
During the past fiscal year 145
research proposals from the
Region V area have been review-
ed by EPA Program Element
Directors for availability of
funds, relevance to EPA Needs
and probability of technical
success.
Active Research Projects
Active research, development
and demonstration grants, con-
tracts and intramural projects in
Region V total 703 separate ef-
forts. The Region V ORD staff
provides EPA project officers for
40 of these. In addition, the ORD
staff provides liason, inspection
and negotiation assistance to
EPA project officers elsewhere in
the supervision of these projects,
when requested.
Among other projects for 1974
were:
The proposed NASA/EPA
Program Plan for the Develop-
ment of Environmental Monitor-
ing Systems for the Great Lakes.
ORD in both Region V and head-
quarters is developing the
program. The preliminary plan
has been endorsed in principle by
the Administrator. EPA and
NASA are preparing detailed
program plans.
The Dow Chemical Project,
Reconstruction and Reuse of
Organically Contaminated Waste
Sodium Chloride Brines. This
project carried out by the Dow
Chemical Co. at Midland, Mich.,
has effectively demonstrated the
utility of the principle of carbon
absorption for the removal of
phenols from waste brines in
chemical manufacturing pro-
cesses.
Muskegon Project. A Continua-
tion Grant has been offered to the
Muskegon County Wastewater
System. The objective of this
grant is to demonstrate the large-
scale use of land application for
treatment and reuse of a com-
bined municipal-industrial
wastewater.
Miami Conservancy District
Project. A project at the Miami
Conservancy District's new mu-
nicipal-industrial sewage treat-
ment at Franklin, Ohio is com-
puterizing the complete
biological treatment process for
automatic operation. Good pro-
gress has been made in develop-
ing the computer design and in
selecting proper sensing com-
ponents for inclusion in the total
system. The computer is expected
to be installed and operating
within the coming year.
Fitzsimmons Project. One re-
search project completed this
year by the Fitzsimmons Steel Co.
at Youngstown, Ohio, EPA Grant
12010 FNM, provided a valuable
process for the complete elimina-
tion of water pollution from steel
mill pickle liquor discharge.
Cleveland Project. An author-
itative baseline of the physical,
chemical and biological pollution
of the Lake Erie water off
Cleveland and its three rivers
watershed, has been established
by the City of Cleveland and a
consortium of three universities
under EPA Project G005107. This
geographic area is one of the high
priority areas of concern of
Region V. The plan provides a
baseline by which to plan and
measure the restorative value of
water pollution abatement
programs.
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OFFICE OF THE
GREAT LAKES
COORDINATOR
The Office of the Great Lakes
Coordinator has been con-
tinuously involved with a broad
spectrum of technical and ad-
ministrative functions through-
out the fiscal year. The prime
responsibility of providing
technical staff support to the
Regional Administrator, in his
capacity as U.S. Chairman of the
Great Lakes Water Quality
Board, has kept individual staff
members of the office busy
monitoring the activities of
numerous international and in-
terstate boards and committees
that concern themselves with the
Great Lakes.
Demonstration grants totalling
$2.7 million were obligated dur-
ing FY '74 under Section 108a of
the Water Pollution Control Act.
This program provides for
federal funding to states, political
subdivisions, interstate agencies
or other public agencies to carry
out projects that will demon-
strate new methods and develop
preliminary plans for the
elimination or control of pollu-
tion within the watershed of the
Great Lakes. Projects have been
and are being selected to support
activities under the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement. The
following projects were funded
during FY '74 under Section
108(a):
New Projects
1] Rochester Pure Waters Dis-
trict, $500,000, "Storm and
Combined Sewer Overflow
Program for Rochester, N.Y."
2) Wisconsin State Board of Soil
& Water Conservation Dis-
tricts, $898,000, "Develop-
ment and Implementation of a
Sediment Control Ordinance
for Water Quality Improve-
ment."
3) Douglas County Soil & Water
Conservation District, $483,-
000, "Western Lake Superior
Erosion-Sedimentation Con-
trol Program, Wisconsin-
Minnesota."
Project Increase
1) Allen County Soil and Water
Conservation District. $809,-
000, "Reduction of Sediment
and Related Pollutants in the
Maumee River and Lake Erie."
The Office of the Great Lake
Coordinator was also responsible
for the overall coordination of
awarding grants totalling over
$1.5 million from supplemental
funds released by OMB in April,
to finance four pilot watershed
studies being undertaken in the
Great Lakes Basin by the Land
Use Activities Reference Group
which also was established by
the Canada-U.S. Agreement. This
office was also instrumental in
the obligation of close to $1
million from supplemental funds
to help finance studies of the
Upper Lakes Reference Group.
An additional activity was the
participation in the development
of "A Strategy for Great Lakes
Shoreland Damage Reduction"
through a joint Federal Regional
Council and Great Lakes Basin
Commission task force.
The Coordinator represented
EPA on the Board for the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Navigation Season Extension
Demonstration Program. This in-
teragency program carries out
demonstration projects to es-
tablish the feasibility of winter
navigation on the Great Lakes.
OFFICE OF THE
OHIO RIVER BASIN
COORDINATOR
The Office of the Ohio River
Basin Coordinator is designed to
facilitate communication at all
levels of government in an effort
to combat pollution of the Ohio
River and its tributary streams.
The coordinator provides a
focal point for EPA coordination
with interstate agencies such as
the Ohio River Basin Commission
(ORBC) and the Ohio River
Valley Water Sanitation Com-
mission (ORSANCO) and coor-
dinates EPA inter-regional ac-
tivities on the Ohio River.
The coordinator primarily is
concerned with planning, and his
job incorporates such tasks as
coordination of studies leading to
correction of mine acid drainage
and studies dealing with the com-
bined effects from all sources of
water pollution.
He coordinates EPA's involve-
ment in those aspects of water
quality and water resources
management that ought to be con-
sidered on a drainage basin basis,
rather than on state or other
political boundary bases.
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OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND
URBAN AFFAIRS
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The Office of Civil Rights and
Urban Affairs is composed of two
sections: In-house Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity and Contract
Compliance.
The former is primarily con-
cerned with insuring that EEO is
practiced within the EPA through
activities such as the Federal
Women's Program, Title VI en-
forcement, the Federal Regional
College and the EEO Formal Com-
plaint System.
The Contract Compliance Sec-
tion is responsible for monitoring
Equal Employment Opportunity
in EPA involvement with funding
construction of sewage and water
treatment facilities. At present,
OCRUA is monitoring approx-
imately 300 contracts. During
fiscal 1975 it is hoped that each
site will be inspected at least
three times.
In 1974 EPA participated in
many cooperative programs with
other agencies; the OCRUA has
coordinated this involvement. In
May, 1973 EPA was represented
at a FRC Conference in which
several task forces were es-
tablished. EPA was appointed to
the committee responsible for
child care; 841 questionnaires on
the proposal of a Child Care
Facility were returned.
EPA also participated in an
inter-agency training session for
new Federal Women Program
Coordinators. The session was
sponsored by Federally Em-
ployed Women (FEW). In the
past, such training was con-
ducted by outside consulting
firms.
In March, a training course was
offered in which five EPA women
participated, called "Creative
Career Development." The train-
ing was given by Alex Methven, a
nationally recognized counselor
in the field of career guidance for
women and minorities. Another
class was held in September and
five more EPA employees attend-
ed. The classes are designed for
women seeking solutions to
special career problems.
Participants in these classes
and training sessions will
hopefully be able to recognize
their strengths and become
stronger in weak areas, and
therefore be able to plan realistic
career objectives.
In August a class titled, "Break-
ing Barriers Through Speech"
was held. It was jointly spon-
sored by HUD and FEW. Four
EPA women employees attended
the class. Participants were
pleased with the training and
expressed hope that similar
workshops will be supported by
EPA.
OCRUA is also responsible for
coordinating and publicizing the
EEO Complaint System, which is
available to all employees who
feel they have been discriminated
against on the basis of race, color,
national origin, religion or sex.
EPA participation in the
Federal Regional College has
been gaining strength, with 16
individuals enrolled for fall
classes. Since the fall of 1972,
Region V has been participating
in the Federal Regional College in
conjunction with Chicago Loop
College and Northeastern. Cours-
es can lead to an Associate of Arts
Degree within two years.
Besides the on-site inspection
made to insure contractors are
recruiting and hiring minority
craftsmen, OCRUA receives a
monthly report from each con-
tractor. These reports, which in-
clude information about the
number of minority hours work-
ed by tradesmen as well as the
total hours worked, are reviewed
by OCRUA staff.
If a report is less than satisfac-
tory, the contractor must make
more efforts to obtain minority
workers or face the loss of federal
funds and possible disbarment
from federal contracts for the
following three years.
In the past year OCRUA has
published two booklets to aid
contractors and grantees in im-
plementing their Affirmative Ac-
tion Plans. One is a compilation
of minority contractors in the
Region V area and the other is a
compilation of consulting engin-
eer firms.
Since January, 1974 38 minori-
ty tradesmen have been hired as a
direct result of the efforts of
OCRUA. Approximately $35 mil-
lion of EPA funded contracts has
been awarded to minority con-
tractors.
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OFFICE OF
STATE PROGRAMS
The real job of pollution
cleanup is at the local and state
agency levels. In recent years,
Congress has been very explicit
about this underlying concept
through legislative mandates,
provisions for delegating federal
authority and funding a mech-
anism for financial assistance to
the local, state and interstate
agencies.
The Office of State Programs
acts as a coordinating and
facilitating channel to bring the
water pollution control program
elements together in a balanced
fashion that ascribes to national,
state and local priorities in a
manageable program plan.
FY 1974 Programs
During the past year the Office:
(1) Implemented an improved
program development and eval-
uation system for the water
pollution control agencies. The
grants to the six state agencies
and ORSANCO increased some
25 per cent in support of new and
expanded areas pollution abate-
ment and control to a level of $7.9
million; the states' contributions
to these programs amount to
some $22.7 million.
(2) Assisted the Ohio EPA in
developing and tracking the
Region's first Consolidated En-
vironmental Program, which
packages the Air, Solid Waste
and Water Pollution programs
into one coordinated system of
program and fiscal management.
(3) Assisted the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
in developing a Consolidated En-
vironmental Program for Fiscal
Year 1975;
(4) Concluded a project which
had as its purpose the spon-
sorship and funding of a Manage-
ment Assistance Study to the
Michigan DNR;
(5) Initiated a contractual
study of interstate agency roles
on behalf of ORSANCO; a report
will be issued during FY 1975;
(6) Supported implementation
of the National Water Quality
Surveillance Systems (NWQSS)
in each of the states, and on the
Ohio River thru ORSANCO; the
channeling of operational pro-
gram funds thru the 106 program
coordination/grant mechanism
facilitated the process;
(7) Also facilitated the 1974
municipal wastewater treatment
facility needs study performed by
the six state WPC agencies in the
same manner as the NWQSS im-
plementation;
(8) Acceleration of the waste
load allocation activity in sup-
port of NPDES permit drafting
was aided thru supplemental 106
grants late in FY 1973; and again
in selected states where this need
was identified as critical to the
success of the program.
FY 1975 Tentative Programs
(1) Continued funding of the
water pollution control agency
programs at the FY 1974 level,
with an opportunity for ad-
ditional funding of specifically
identified program needs as well
as new approaches to effective
program implementation.
(2) Improved program devel-
opment procedures and program
structuring to expedite program
approvals and grant awards.
(3) Increased reliance on man-
agement by objective methods
anchored by meaningful partici-
pative performance analyses.
(4) Continued participation by
state agency officials in the
development of practical federal
regulations and guidelines to
assure effective achievement of
state and federal environmental
protection goals.
(5) Increased assistance on
position classification and com-
pensation program analyses,
public awareness and participa-
tion encouragement and tech-
nology transfer.
State program development
and implementation will empha-
size more meaningful and ap-
propriate methods for effective
participation of the public in
these processes to assure recogni-
tion and consideration of the en-
vironmental concerns of the
public.
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XIIR ^ND H/1Z4RDOUS /MATERIALS
Radiation Branch
The primary objective of the
Radiation Program of the Hazar-
dous Materials Control Division
is to assure that radiation ex-
posure and potential risks are
maintained at a minimum level
consistent with technology and
benefit-risk on the population
and the environment.
In 1973, the EPA was relieved
of its authority to set radiation
standards. This power has now
been transferred to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
According to the Office of
Management and Budget what
remains for the EPA is the
responsibility for setting stan-
dards for the total amount of
radiation in the general envir-
onment from all facilities com-
bined in the uranium fuel cycle;
i.e., an ambient standard which
would have to reflect the AEC's
findings as to the practicability
of emission controls."
Within this restriction, the
radiation branch has coordinated
its activities with the programs of
the regional office and other
federal and state agencies.
Emergency Control Planning
A computer code has been
developed and is presently being
used as a working tool to ana-
lyze atmospheric radionuclide
emissions from the nuclear fuel
cycle. The code is composed of
two basic parts: a diffusion cal-
culation and a dose calculation.
The (AIREM) program manual is
available on request.
Iodine Pathway Studies
Environmental pathway dose
model validation studies were
conducted in 1973 at the Dresden
and Monticello Nuclear Power
Stations in Illinois and Minne-
sota, respectively. It is intended
that the validation of this ex-
posure pathway model will per-
mit its use in estimating dose to
the population from other
boiling-water reactors with sim-
ilar site environs and physical
plant characteristics.
Contracts
A study was conducted by the
Illinois Department of Public
Health entitled "Comprehensive
Radiation Assessment Study."
The primary purpose of the study
was to design, test and implement
a model that could be used to
measure radiation exposure
received by the population from
all sources of ionizing radiation,
both naturally occurring and
man-made.
During FY 1975 the Illinois En-
vironmental Protection Agency
will conduct a study of potable
water supplies which have
natural radium levels greater
than five picocuries per liter and
which have a variety of water
treatment processes. Samples of
both raw and finished water will
be collected for radium to deter-
mine if conventional water treat-
ment processes, when operated in
a normal manner, will successful-
ly remove radium.
Disposal Service
In 1973 the agency instituted a
service for the disposal of radium
sources. Upon request, the
regional office will obtain proper
shipping containers and provide
instructions for packaging and
shipment of sources to the dis-
posal site. The service is provided
to state radiation control agen-
cies to assist in the disposal of
medical and industrial radium
sources.
Emergency Response Planning
Radiological emergency re-
sponse planning is the priority
program for FY 75. The rapid
expanse in the nuclear power
industry and in the use of
radioactive materials in medi-
cine, research and industry in-
dicates that adequate and
workable emergency response
plans must be developed. The
first-line responsibility for pro-
tecting the health and safety of
the public in the event of a radio-
logical incident rests with state
agencies. Therefore, the regional
office will encourage and assist in
the development and testing of
the radiological emergency
response plans. Interim guidance
on protective action guides and
protective measures have been
provided. In response to a request
for assistance during a radiation
incident the agency maintains
emergency response teams at the
Cincinnati, Ohio, Montgomery,
Ala., Las Vegas, Nev. and head-
quarters facilities. The labor-
atories at Cincinnati, Montgom-
ery and Las Vegas may also
provide laboratory assistance for
sample analyses.
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Pesticide Branch
The Hazardous Materials Con-
trol Division, Pesticides Branch
is primarily responsible for im-
plementation of specific sections
of the amended Federal Insec-
ticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). FIFRA regulates
pesticide use, supply and quality
and has provisions for monitor-
ing human and environmental
effects. It also requires that
pesticides be classified as general
use or restricted use pesticides.
Applicator applying restricted
use pesticides will have to
demonstrate competency by
passing a state certification test.
Congress has mandated that
FIFRA be fully implemented by
October 21, 1976. To achieve this,
the Branch interfaces with state
agencies in reviewing regulatory
and technical pesticide programs
and in recommending solutions to
implementation problems. The
Branch also assists in outlining
state legislation requiring appli-
cator certification of appli-
cators. Technical assistance is
also provided on matters relating
to: pesticide waste disposal; ex-
perimental permits; pesticide
registration for local needs;
pesticide statistics; and reporting
pesticide accidents.
Applicator certification will af-
fect farmers (private appli-
cators) and commercial appli-
cators applying pesticides that
are classified for restricted use.
The number of individuals to be
certified in the region has been
unofficially estimated to range
between 300,000 and 500,000.
Certification involves training
and testing to ensure proper job
performance and thus prevent
unnecessary exposure of
humans, animals and plants to
pesticides through improper use.
To facilitate implementation,
branch personnel prepared status
reports detailing the states'
capabilities, needs and potentials
for developing pesticide
programs. A comprehensive pes-
ticide profile for each state in the
Region has been prepared. It con-
tains in-depth information on
state pesticide use regulations,
agricultural statistics, staff and
responsibilities for ongoing
programs.
The Pesticide Branch has es-
tablished a pesticide accident
reporting program with each
state. All episodes reported to the
regional office are investigated
and the results of each investiga-
tion are entered into EPA's
pesticide accident reporting
system.
In their efforts to minimize
pesticide impact on human health
and the environment, a Pesticide
Branch Consumer Safety Officer
inspected half of the pesticide
producing establishments in the
Region last year. The purpose of
this program is to detect illegal or
violative products and to ac-
quaint industry with the re-
quirements of the FIFRA. Ineffec-
tive products, or products
representing a health or an en-
vironmental hazard are kept or
removed from consumer channels
by issuing Stop Sale, Use or
Removal Orders or through a
Product Recall procedure. In-
dustry compliance is also achiev-
ed through the use of civil com-
plaints or criminal referrals to the
U.S. Attorney under authority of
the penalty provisions of the
amended FIFRA. Corrective ac-
tion can be completed quickly
using the civil provisions and
consequently, the civil complaint
is the most frequently used en-
forcement tool.
In addition to producer inspec-
tion, consumer safety officers
visited all ports of entry in the
region. The intent of the import
program is to insure that un-
registered, misbranded or adul-
terated products do not enter the
country. This program is con-
ducted jointly with the Treasury
Department through the Bureau
of Customs. Other surveillance
and enforcement activities un-
dertaken include the monitoring
of experimental permit products
and products being utilized by
consumers.
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Program Support Branch
The Program Support Branch
directs regional activities in air
pollution control agency devel-
opment and air pollution control
planning.
National air pollution control
priorities in 1975 identified com-
pliance and/or revisions of state
implementation plans as two of
the three principal objectives of
the federal air program.
State implementation plans, re-
quired under the 1970 Clean Air
Act, define strategies the states
intend to use to assure federal air
quality standards are met by
1975.
The State Assistance Section of
the Program Support Branch
plays a key role in obtaining
compliance with state implemen-
tation plan regulations. The sec-
tion's primary objective is to
assist the development and
maintenance of state and local air
pollution control agencies cap-
able of enforcing the regulations.
During the last fiscal year the
State Assistance Section aided
six state and 35 local agencies in
developing compliance monitor-
ing through grant assistance.
EPA personnel evaluated 12
semi-annual reports on pollution
clean-up and processed and coor-
dinated grant applications and
awards for 41 air pollution con-
trol agencies.
State Assistance personnel ac-
tually went on the scene them-
selves via the assignee program
which placed 13 federal
employees in grantee agencies.
State implementation plans
must be continually reviewed,
changed or supplemented as con-
trol needs and national policy
change. The Air Planning Section
of the branch is responsible for
assisting states in developing
these changes or additions.
The APS was officially or-
ganized in June, 1974. The pur-
pose of the section is to separate
the basic activities of state im-
plementation plan technical de-
velopment and revision from the
functions of direct support to
state and local air pollution con-
trol agencies.
APS has attempted to pick up
on the ongoing activities related
to transportation control plans.
These TCP's were developed for
several cities in the region in late
1973 and early 1974 with many
associated compliance schedules
that must be met by state and
local agencies. The APS monitors
these activities while supplying
technical and administrative
assistance on an as-needed basis.
Another major activity this
year for APS involves the overall
coordination of the regional Air
Quality Maintenance Planning
process. APS assists and directs
the various states in developing,
analyzing, promulgating and im-
plementing AQMP's for some 25
areas identified in the six-state
region as having a problem with
either attainment or maintenance
of national air quality standards
through 1985. AQMP's are to be
submitted to the EPA in June,
1975.
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Solid Waste Branch
For the past several years the
federal effort in solid waste
management has been concerned
with the disposal of garbage.
Mission 5000 was a project to
close 5000 open dumps across the
country. In addition, grants were
given to state agencies so that
they could increase their staffs in
order to more adequately perform
planning, surveillance and en-
forcement of sanitary landfill
standards.
As a result of these seed
monies, Region V states have had
new legislation and/or regula-
tions passed so that they could
effectively control the disposal of
solid waste.
During fiscal year 1974, the
states began implementing their
new administrative policies and
were bringing conventional solid
waste disposal under control.
Each of the states now require all
land disposal sites to obtain a
permit or license in order to
operate that facility. The permit
application must contain detailed
site and operating data. Only
after a comprehensive review is a
new sanitary landfill allowed to
begin operations.
The federal effort shifted away
from the conventional refuse
area and into the fields of re-
source recovery and toxic and
hazardous materials manage-
ment. This shift in effort is de-
monstrated by requiring the
states to use fiscal year 1975
grant funds solely for planning a
toxic and hazardous materials
program. The Region also plans
on funding a demonstration type
project in resource recovery.
EPA Headquarters has award-
ed contracts for industry studies
to determine the amount and type
of hazardous waste materials
that are generated. The industries
chosen for this effort are those
that are suspected of producing
the most hazardous wastes in the
greatest quantities such as elec-
troplating, primary metals and
organic chemicals manufac-
turing.
The states are expected to do
some data gathering to verify and
expand the industrial studies.
Each state will probably concen-
trate on the industry which is
most significant in their area.
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As before, a project will be
funded by Headquarters to
demonstrate that chemical
wastes can be pretreated and
subsequently disposed of on land
with adequate safeguards to the
environment. While awaiting a
federal law concerning the dis-
posal of hazardous wastes, the
states will begin drafting reg-
ulations, policy and program con-
tent in this area. One state has
already passed a T & H materials
disposal law.
In the area of resource re-
covery, two states have passed
legislation in Fiscal Year 1974.
Several demonstration projects
have been funded by the EPA and
are now operating. Because of the
scarcity of land available for
future sanitary landfills, in-
creased activity by local govern-
ment is expected as well as state
activity in source reduction.
Minnesota has begun giving
grants to local agencies to plan
for resource recovery projects.
Wisconsin has established a
Recycling Authority to speci-
fically promote recycling efforts
in that state.
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Fish Kills Caused by Pollution in 1972
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Clean Water Report to Congress, 1973-1974
Let's Dump the Dump
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