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                                 EPA EMPLOYEES
Vice President Gore Is Surprise Guest

Adrninistrator Browner

Meets With EPA Employees

a      April 13, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., joined Administrator
      Zarol Browner for an all-hands meeting at EPA Headquarters
      n Waterside Mall. On behalf of President Clinton, the Vice
President expressed thanks to EPA employees for their public service
and dedication. He cited three factors which have contributed to the
"destructive relationship between human civilization and the
ecological systems of the  earth": population growth, new technologies,
and [an attitude] that "we do not have to take responsibility for what
we do." The Vice President added that he has been talking with
Administrator Browner about coming back to EPA to get ideas from
employees about "how we can reinvent government across the board."
Before introducing the EPA Administrator, Vice President Gore
concluded his remarks by saying to employees, "You have worked
through thick and thin...through good times and bad...(and) you have
done an outstanding job."
  Administrator Browner talked about her four priorities for the Agency:
• Pollution prevention;
• Ecosystem protection; and
• Partnerships with State/Local
  Governments, non-profit
  organizations, and business; and
• Environmental equity.
  For almost two hours,  the
Administrator answered questions
from employees. She held a similar
meeting with employees  later that
day in Crystal City, Virginia.
                                                  Vice President Gore is welcomed by
                                               Administrator Browner to EPA Headquarters at
                                                   an April 13 all-hands meeting.
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  HEADS UP	2
  HR UPDATE	3
  ON THE HILL	4
  IN THE NEWS	5
  IN BRIEF	5
  PEOPLE & PROGRESS ....7
                          EPA Responds To Local Emergency
                          WWI Munitions Found
                          In D.C. Neighborhood
                          by Kim Fletcher and Kim Stephens, OSWER
                          o
     kn January 5, in the Spring Valley
      area near American University,
      history unfolded in the form of
canisters and shells, the waste of a war waged 75     CEPPO Director
years ago.                                 Jim Makris
  Spring Valley is an affluent neighborhood with
mature trees and a pricey mix of old and new homes. Few suspected its
strong ties to "academia" until a backhoe operator unearthed the first
canister. The operator was attempting to break ground for a new sewer
trench. Before the day was over, the Army Corps of Engineers began a
round-the-clock effort to recover and identify the old ordnance. On
January 6, the Army instructed local residents to evacuate their homes
each day while the removal operations were underway.
  EPA Region 3, which has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia,
                                     Continued on page 6
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                     A QUICK LOOK AT EPA NEWS AROUND THE NATION
EPA REGIONS
•  Region 4 0 In honor of Vivian Malone Jones, Region 4's
EEO Officer, the Black Faculty and Staff Association of the
University of Alabama  recently
launched a new scholarship. In 1965,
Vivian became  the  first  African
American to graduate from  the
university. Federal intervention had
been necessary to allow Vivian to
attend the school. Vivian told EPA
InSight: "There should no longer be
certain spots for certain people at a
time when this Nation's talent must
be fully used so America can compete
globally." (Norm Black, 404-347-
3004.) '
Vivian Malone Jones
• Region 5 0 On March 9, EPA and the Department of Justice
announced the signing of a multi-million dollar, precedent-
setting consent decree with Inland Steel Corp. The decree
settled a 1990 lawsuit, which alleged violations of federal air,
water, and hazardous waste laws at the  company's East
Chicago, IN, steel mill, inland Steel must pay a S3.5 million
cash fine and $26 million on projects  to improve the
environment around its 2,400-acre facility. The  company
must also begin a comprehensive cleanup program, costing
about 525 million. (Richard Nagle, 312-353-8222.)

•  Region 10 0 Recently, Region 10 negotiated the first two
federal court settlements anywhere in the country under the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990. As a result, Texaco Refining and
Marketing, Inc., and U.S. Oil and Refining Company agreed
to pay penalties of nearly a half million dollars each; to install
new equipment to help prevent oil spills; and to pay for the
response costs incurred by the federal government. More
than two years ago, an underground pipeline burst at U.S.
Oil's facility in  Tacoma, resulting in  the largest  spill in
Washington's history: 600,000 gallons of Alaskan crude oil.
A  year  later, 210,000 gallons  of Alaskan crude escaped
containment at a Texaco refinery in Anacort.es, VVA. (Jean
Baker, 206-553-2587.)
EPA HEADQUARTERS
• Office of Regional Operations and State/Local Relations
0 OROS/LR is creating a databank  on small communities
and their governments. The 1992 Census of Government
data  is a major source of information  for this effort: for
example, the databank shows that, of the 33,000 small
communities nationwide (populations of less than 10,000),
17 percent provide landfill services,  while 37 percent own,
operate, or contract out for water systems. In the next  few
months, OROS/LR expects to have data on the population,
housing, and income characteristics of small communities. The
databank is on the Agency's mainframe and available to anyone
with a mainframe account. (Mel Kollander, 202-260-4719.)
•  Office of Enforcement 0 On February 10, Doug Cooper
died after a short illness. Before he became Director of the
Special Programs and Analysis Division in OF, Doug served
as Special Assistant to former EPA Administrator Bill Reilly.
More recently, Doug was on an I PA to the National Urban/
Rural Fellows Program, of which he was a graduate. Said
former co-worker Marguerite  Duffy, "We'd like Doug's
family to know how much he did for EPA, especially in
environmental education and  Indian affairs." Doug is
survived by his wife, Leslie, and three daughters. (Marguerite
Duffy, 260-8799.)

• Office of the Administrator 0 Ann Hardison was identified
as one of the new members of the AO staff in the February-
edition of EPA InSight. She is serving as Special Assistant to
the Administrator.' (Kym Burke, OCEPA, 202-260-0336.)
                     EPA LABORATORIES
                     •  National Air and Radiation  Environmental Lab,
                     Montgomery, AL 0 This laboratory recently supplied the
                     State of Alabama with over 200,000 Ibs. of soft steel plate.
                     The World War 11 battle ship steel that had once been used for
                     laboratory radiation shielding is now being used by the
                     State's bridge construct! on program. This successful recycling
                     effort not only saved money for the State, but also for N AREL
                     (at minimum scrap prices, the steel was worth thousands of
                     dollars). (Chuck Petko, 205-270-3411.)

                     • Risk Reduction Engineering Lab, Cincinnati, OH 0 A team
                     of engineers from RREL's Drinking Water Research Division
                     provided on-site assistance to Milwaukee, WI during its April
                     14-21 outbreak of the waterborne disease, cryptosporidiosis.
                     Researchers Kim Fox and Darren Lytle studied waterworks
                     records to help local officials establish how the animal parasite,
                     cryptosporidium, may have passed through  water-filtering
                     systems into the drinking water,  making  some 200,000
                     Mihvaukeeans ill. Most recovered in a week, but the disease
                     was a particular threat to people with weakened immune
                     systems. At least six people who died between March 15-20
                     tested positive for cryptosporidium, although city officials said
                     more  research is needed to determine whether it caused or
                     contributed to their deaths. (Bob Clark, 513-569-7201.)

                     • Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab,
                     Research Triangle Park, NC 0 As part of AREAL's Scientist-
                     Teacher Partnership Program, AREAL scientist  Mack
                     Wilkins is coordinating an educational project with students
                     from the York Elementary School Ecology Club in Raleigh,
                     NC. Each day, from a school computer, students access an
                     AREAL monitoring station for, among other things, local
                     ozone, humidity, and temperature conditions. At the end of
                     the current school year, the students will write a report of
                     their findings and present them at school. (Gloria Koch, 919-
                     541-4109.)
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                               Human  Resources  Update
ASCMS Really

Does Work

by Bette Hahn, Region 8


       What does ASCMS stand for?
        The Administrative Support
        Career Management
System, which was implemented over
a year ago and developed jointly by
the National Human Resources
Council, the National Secretarial
Advisory Council, and many EPA
Human Resources Offices. In addition
to being a formal Agency policy, the
ASCMS provides a comprehensive
plan and a step-by-step guide for
support staff and their supervisors to:
•  Identify and assess the current
  needs of  the organization;
•  Restructure support staff jobs into
  meaningful career paths; and
•  Assess current support staff
  competencies and current and
  future training needs.
  Region 8 has enthusiastically
implemented the ASCMS. In fact, so
far, we have reclassified 18 positions
using the ASCMS guide.  In some
instances, the duty changes have
resulted in higher grades and in title
changes. The real value, though, has
been in the greater utilization of the
skills of the  individuals involved.
  The Region has learned a lot from
using this guide. To really make
ASCMS work where you work, here's
what we've  learned is essential:
• Both support staff and their
  supervisors need to read the
  ASCMS materials thoroughly and
  become familiar with all of its
  components;
• The supervisor must be truly
  committed to implementing the
  ASCMS;
• The organization's entire staff
  needs to be involved in the
  implementation process (some
  organizations in Region 8 have
  developed task forces to study
  issues and concerns related to its
  implementation); and
• The local Human Resources Office
  must be involved from the
  beginning.
  For more information about the
ASCMS, please contact your local
Human Resources Officer.
    Bette Hahn, left, and Co-Chairs of Region 8's Secretarial Advisory Board,
                  Shirley Kelley and Pricilla Casias
 Mark Your Calendar For....
 Workshop  2000:
 Quality For Equality
        Administrator Carol Browner recently asked Dan
         Rondeau, Director, Office of Civil Rights, to organize
         a national workshop on:
 • building a diversified workforce;
 • providing access  for persons with disabilities;
 • ensuring EPA's mission and programs are sensitive to the
   needs of all American citizens.
   This workshop will be held June 21-24 at the Sheraton Inn and Conference
 Center in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Headquarters, Regional, and Labora-
 tory executives, senior and mid-level managers, EEO and Human
 Resources Officers, and Special Emphasis Program Managers will
 work together to craft  an Agency operating plan for implementing
 these and other important goals.
   For more information, please contact Dan Rondeau, 202-
 260-4575.
EPA Forms American Indian Council
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       nder the auspices of the Office of Civil Rights, Ameri-
       can Indian employees of EPA have organized a coun-
       cil to address their interests and concerns as they
relate to EPA's mission. The council held its first meeting on
April 28 to elect officers and approve by-laws.
  Employees interested in helping the new council should
contact Mercedes Olivieri, EPA's National Hispanic and
American Indian Employment Program Manager, OCR, 202-
260-4569.
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 On   The   Hill
by /Cafe Perry, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs
      Last March, EPA InSight
      reported on
      Administrator Carol
Browner's testimony before the
U.S. Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, chaired
by Senator John Glenn (D-OH).
Here's an update on what has
happened since that time to
EPA Cabinet legislation:
• Following four days of
  debate, on May 4 the U.S.
  Senate voted 79 to 15 in favor
  of S.171 to elevate EPA to
  Cabinet level. Sponsored by
  Senator Glenn, S.171 also
                                  contains several amendments
                                  adopted on the Senate floor.
                                  These amendments address a
                                  range of issues, including
                                  comparative risk analysis,
                                  environmental justice, Tribal
                                  affairs, regulatory cost/
                                  benefit analysis, and
                                  assistance for small business
                                  and small governmental
                                  jurisdictions.
                                • On May 6, Administrator
                                  Browner testified before  the
                                  U.S. House Government
                                  Operations Committee.  Rep-
                                  resentative John Conyers (ID-
  MI), who chairs the commit-
  tee, is expected to introduce
  his own version of EPA Cabi-
  net legislation.
Administrator Browner is ex-
pecting to testify at another
House  hearing in the near fu-
ture on the proposed assump-
tion by the new Department of
responsibilities currently held
by the  Council on Environmen-
tal Quality.
  Following passage of a House
bill, the Senate and House
negotiate final language in
conference.
Info Center Opened in April

EPA To Help Wider Caribbean

In Pollution Prevention

a        April 15-16, the Caribbean Environmental
       Information Center (CEIC) opened in San
       uan, Puerto Rico. This center is a joint project
between EPA and the Metropolitan University in Puerto
Rico. It is designed to provide environmental informa-
tion to public, private, academic, and governmental
partners in the Wider Caribbean Region. Resources in
CEIC include hard-copy and on-line documents, data-
bases, and bulletin boards. The center is open to the
general public for use on-site and is connected through
an international communications package, so that coun-
tries throughout the region will have access.
  As part of the opening event for the CEIC, EPA and
the Metropolitan University sponsored an international
forum on environmental education and awareness
activities already underway in the Wider Caribbean
Region. Panelists came from Nicaragua, the Eastern
Caribbean, Jamaica, and the Virgin Islands; other
participants came from Mexico, Central America, the
northern coastal countries of South America, the
Caribbean Islands, and the United States.
  For more information, please contact Martha
Shimkin, OIA, 202-260-8502, or Andy Battin, OARM,
202-260-5109.
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                                                Update On...

                                                Family and Medical

                                                Leave Act Of 1993

                                                       Human Resources Officers throughout
                                                        EPA have heard from a number of
                                                        employees about the new Family and
                                                Medical Leave Act (Public Law 103-3), which
                                                President Clinton recently signed into law.
                                                This new law provides employees in private
                                                industry and in government—including EPA—
                                                with an entitlement to twelve weeks of unpaid
                                                leave (Leave Without Pay, or LWOP) for family-
                                                related reasons, such as childbirth, adoption, or
                                                caring for a family member with a serious
                                                health condition. However, the law does not go
                                                into effect until August 1993.
                                                  In the meantime, the Office of Personnel Man-
                                                agement is writing implementing regulations
                                                for federal employees; the Labor Department,
                                                for private sector employees.
                                                  Please note that the new program will not
                                                supersede or abolish EPA's Leave Bank Pro-
                                                gram.
                                                  If you have any questions, please contact your
                                                local Human Resources  Officer  or Joe Sullivan,
                                                Office of Human Resources Management,
                                                OARM, 202-260-3341.
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                                                       In   The  News
Nominees For 3 Top Posts Announced
EPA Administrator  Swears  In
Deputy Administrator
a        May 10, Administrator Carol Browner swore
       n Robert Sussman as EPA's new Deputy
       \dministrator. An expert in environmental
law, Mr. Sussman was a partner in two law firms. He
received his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale
University, where he was Editor of the Law Journal.
  The Administrator earlier announced President
Clinton's nominations for three other top positions in
the Agency: Bailus Walker, Jr., for Assistant
Administrator (AA) for the Office of Research and
Development; Steven Herman for AA for Enforcement;
and David Gardiner, for AA for the Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation.
  In addition to Dean of the University of Oklahoma's
College of Public Health, Bailus Walker, Jr., has held
many senior public health positions in both state- and
federal-level departments.  He has a Bachelor's Degree
from Kentucky University, a Master's in Public Health
from Michigan University, and a Ph.D from Minnesota
University.
  Steven Herman recently served as Assistant Section
Chief of the Environment and Natural Resources
Division of the Justice Department. A VISTA volunteer
in the early 1970s, he received his B.A. and J.D. degrees
                     Bob Sussman, EPA Deputy
                         Administrator
from Rutgers
University.
  Since 1983, David
Gardiner has been
Legislative Director of
the Sierra Club. He has
worked for this
organization, both in
California and in
Washington, since 1978
and is a 1977 graduate of Harvard University.
  EPA currently has 13 "PAS" positions, i.e.,
Presidentially Appointed—Senate Confirmed. In
addition to the four named above, the other "PAS"
positions in EPA are: Administrator, Inspector General,
General Counsel, and the AAs for (in alphabetical order)
Administration and Resources Management; Air and
Radiation; International Activities; Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances; Solid Waste and
Emergency Response; and Water.

Editor's Note: On May 28, Steven Herman and David
Gardiner were confirmed by the U.S. Senate and are expected
to be sworn in shortly.
                                                                     In  Brief
                                                                             with Chris Herman, 0/A
      Te Clinton Administration recently took a
      najor step towards strengthening
      environmental assessment in Antarctica.
  On March 15, the U.S. decided not to seek
further review of a federal appeals court decision
that the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) applied to certain action in Antarctica
that had been challenged by environmentalists.
  The D.C. Court  of Appeals' ruling  in E.D.F. v.
Massey held that the National Science Founda-
tion must assess, under NEPA, the potential
environmental impacts of incinerating waste at
the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
  The issue of NEPA's applicability to U.S.


EPA InSigbt • JUNE 1993
actions beyond U.S. territory has been unsettled
for years. The Massey decision, along with the
decision not to appeal, means that NEPA can
apply to U.S. decisionmaking within the U.S.
even though the impacts of the decision might
take place in Antarctica—which is considered to
be a part of the "global commons" and lacks a
territorial sovereign. NEPA's applicability to
U.S. actions with impacts in areas governed by
another sovereign was not addressed in the
decision. Currently, as a matter of executive
branch policy, Executive Order 12114 provides
for limited environmental review of U.S. actions
abroad.
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Earth Day At EPA HQ
EPA Administrator And
Employees Bike To Work
by Patrick McCabe, OPPE
a             her eighteen-speed road bike, Administrator Carol Browner
             ed over 100 EPA Headquarters' employees in biking to work
             m Earth Day, April 22.  The Administrator told bikers and
     reporters at a city-wide rally in downtown Washington, D.C.: "The
     world can be changed...by the things you and I—all citizens—do every
     day in our private lives. Riding a bike to work is not only healthy for
                       the rider, it is an excellent example of...pollution
                       prevention."
                         By biking rather than driving, EPA employees
                       prevented approximately 1,500 pounds of carbon
                       dioxide, 74 pounds of carbon monoxide, 11 pounds
                       of hydrocarbons, and 6 pounds of nitrogen oxide
                       from being emitted into the environment.
                         For the second consecutive year, the Office of
                       Policy, Planning and Evaluation won the Gold
                       Bike Wheel Award for the highest participation rate
                       in biking to work on Earth Day. The Office of the
                       General Counsel edged out the Office of Air and
                       Radiation for second place.
                                                      Administrator Browner (whose tee-shirt reads,
                                                      "One Less Car") and EPA employees celebrate
                                                      their biking to work together on Earth Day.
 WWI Munitions Found In D.C.
 from cover page
 was notified early on. At EPA
 Headquarters, the Emergency
 Response Division and the
 Chemical Emergency
 Preparedness and Prevention
 Office (CEPPO), both of OSWER,
 were also notifed of the response.
 Region 3 dispatched Waste
 Management Division Director
 Tom Voltaggio and the Agency's
 On Scene Coordinator,  Kevin
 Koob, to provide critical assistance
 in air, soil, and water monitoring.
   On January 30, the first phase of
 the federal response effort ended,
 with a total  recovery of 141
 munitions. The Army reported,
 through daily community
 meetings and press conferences,
 the results of its analysis: the
 underground debris was, in fact,
 World War  I chemical munitions.
 The Army added that other similar
 sites might exist, given the history
 surrounding the munitions.
   .. .In 1917, as World War I raged
on, the United States
commissioned the creation of two
experimentation sites to research
and develop a chemical warfare
capability. Ninety-two acres of
American University's campus
formed the first site, dubbed
"Camp AU." The second site,
"Camp Leach," was established a
few miles northeast of the
university. Thousands of troops
were trained in these "camps"
until 1918, when research efforts
were discontinued. The D.C. Fire
Department is reported to have
burned down those buildings that
were considered chemically
contaminated from the
experiments....
  As the federal government's
remedial project manager, the
Army is scheduled to investigate
more than 500 acres and 1,200
home sites in the Spring Valley
area. Region 3 continues to be
actively involved in this effort,
with Steve Hirsh as EPA's
Remedial Program Manager. At
the same time, CEPPO is ensuring
that EPA concerns are represented.
   CEPPO Director Jim Makris
recently acknowledged the
cooperative efforts of everyone
involved: "The Department of
Defense and the Army Corps of
Engineers provided strong
leadership. EPA, the Department
of Health and Human Services,
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and other
federal agencies lent valuable
support and good science.  The
D.C. Government—fire, police,
and emergency managers—took
all the right actions. This
cooperation will serve as a model
for other similar sites throughout
the country."
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                                  People &  Progress
An  Inside  Story On The
World Trade  Center Bombing
by Paul Medley, Region 2

    February 26, 1993 is a day
     Rich Chakot and Bob
     Fitzpatrick will never
forget.  These two long-time
Region 2 employees were in the
lobby of the World Trade Cen-
ter when a powerful bomb
exploded in the parking garage.
At least five people were killed
and a thousand injured.
  As the two were preparing to
leave the Trade Center, they
heard a deafening blast. They
said it "sounded as if all the
elevators in  the tower had
fallen at the same time." Rich
and Bob felt the floor vibrate
under their feet, saw people
swaying and screaming, while
shattered glass sprayed all
around them.  Then, for a split
second, there was a strange
silence. No  one was sure what
had happened. When a mainte-
nance worker yelled that a
bomb had gone off, people
panicked and started to jam the
revolving doors leading to the
street.
  Rich and Bob reacted quickly
by helping the crowds evacuate
the center. They also met with
police and fire officials at the
scene to advise them about
potential dangers from asbestos
insulation present in the center,
as well as the
release of pos-
sible PCBs,
since first
reports sug-
gested that a
transformer
had exploded
in the garage.
  Then, after
obtaining per-
sonal protective
equipment,
Rich and Bob
were joined by
Dan Manasia,
another Air
Compliance
          Branch employee, to survey the
          bomb crater in the garage.
            Were Rich and Bob in the
          wrong place at the wrong time?
          Both said "no" and added,
          "While we wouldn't like to do
          it over again, we were glad to
          be of help!"
Dan, Rich, and Bob in front of the World Trade Center
 TQM And Enforcement:
 A Good Team In Region 10
 by Matt Coco, Region 10

     EPA's emphasis on multi-
      media enforcement has
      made screening for such
 cases a high priority.  Here in
 Region 10, howrever, the
 screening process was
 ineffective. It required the
 direct involvement of branch
 chiefs, division directors, and
 the Deputy Regional
 Administrator. While this
 high-level of decisionmaking
 may have underscored the
EPA hiSight • JUNE 1993
importance of multi-media
enforcement, it failed to
involve the right people at the
right time. The senior
managers lacked familiarity
with the details of the cases and
their presence was believed to
inhibit first-line supervisors
from frank discussion of cases.
  In late 1991, the Region
formed a Quality Action Team
to look at the screening process.
The team chose  to focus its
          energies on brainstorming
          instead of a lot of data-
          gathering. As a result, the
          members developed the
          following process:
          • The initial phase involves
            compliance section chiefs and
            branch chiefs from the Office
            of Regional Counsel, who
            determine whether cases
            have enforcement merit and
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    Electronic Communications At EPA
    What You Can Do
    To Conserve Energy
    by Brian Johnson, OAR
                                                           EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER
      Shut Off Your COMPUTER and PRINTER At The End Of The Day And Weekends
           — ELECTRICITY SAVINGS: 9 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS
           — EQUIVALENT TO PLANTING 320,000 TREES TO ABSORB CARBON
           — SAVINGS OF $i 13 PER WORKSTATION PER YEAR OR $692,000 PER YEAR
      Shut Off Your MONITOR When Not Using Your Computer During The Day (the monitor
      accounts for 50 percent of the PC/monitor energy usage)
           — ELECTRICITY SAVINGS: 2.4 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS
           — EQUIVALENT TO PLANTING 85,000 TREES TO ABSORB CARBON
           — SAVINGS OF $8.50 PER COMPUTER MONITOR PER YEAR OR $190,000 PER YEAR
      TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS TO EPA BY SHUTTING OFF COMPUTERS AND SHUTTING
      OFF MONITORS WHEN NOT USING COMPUTERS DURING THE DAY ARE:
           -$882,000
           — 40O,OOO TREES
           — II.5 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS
TQM In Region  10
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   then separate single-media from potential
   multi-media cases;
 •  The second phase adds program branch chiefs
   and experts from the Office of Enforcement
   and in criminal investigation into the process.
   They assess cases in light of major policy
   initiatives and look for overlap among the
   single-media cases;
 •  Finally, in the third phase, the Region's senior
   staff decides whether to  proceed with the
   multi-media cases.
      The recommended process is now in place
and is producing results—specifically, multi-
media referrals,  i.e., cases  forwarded to the
Justice Department for possible prosecution.
   The team was successful because the members
crafted a manageable problem statement and
were clear about the outcome they wanted. The
team also included a good  mix of interested and
involved individuals.
   In this case, TQM was  not a force for drastic
change, but rather  a refinement of the
decisionmaking climate already present in the
Region.
I
 EPA InSight

 Carol Browner
 Administrator
 Bob Sussman
 Deputy Administrator
 Loretta Ucelli
 AA, Communications, Education,
 and Public Affairs
 Miles Allen
 Acting Director, Editorial Services
 Division
 Kym Burke
 Editor
 Sandy Bowman
 Field Editor (June), Cinci/OARM
 Shelley Levitt
 Assistant Editor (June),
 OSWER/CEPPO

 EDITORIAL BOARD
 Labs/Field Offices
 Rhoda Ritzenberg, RTP/OSORD
 Randy Brady, RTP/OARM
 Barbara Robinson, RTP/HERL
 Gloria Koch, RTP/AREAL
 Pat Sharpe, RTP/AEERL
 Bob Ryans, Athens
 Carroll Wills, NEIC
 Nancy Terhaar, Corvallis
 Mike Gruenfeld, Edison
 Tom Osberg, Env. Photo
 Terry Grady, LV/EMSL
 Pati Cookc, Cind/OSORD
 Sandy Bowman, Cinci/OARM
 Charlotte Cottrili, Cinci/ECAO
Linda Ransick, Cinci/EMSL
Debbie Ober, Cinci/RREL
Trudy Oliver, Stennis
Joan Elliott, Ada
Bob Drummond, Duluth
Jan Prager, Narragansett
Betty Jackson, Gulf Breeze
William Whitson, Gulf of Mex.
Charles Petko, Montgomery
Regions
Frank Mclntyre, Region 1
Paul Hedley, Region 2
Bill Toffel, Region 3
Norman Black, Region 4
John Rapsys, Region 5
Linda Thompson, Region 6
Rowena Michaels, Region 7
Linda Adams, Region 8
John Duff, Region 9
Bob Jacobson, Region 10
Headquarters
Betty Wonkovich, AO
Karen Smith, OAR
Craig Hooks, OARM
Anne Metcalf, OCLA
Sandie Friedland, OCR
BUI Frank, OE
Wartda Ford, OEX
Craign Annear, OGC
Dale Medearis, OIA
Tom Maloney, OIG
Pam Herman, OPPE
Tom Kean, OPPTS
Fred Blosser, ORD
Brenda Greene, OROS/LR
Scott McMurray, OSWER
Sandy Germann, OW

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Steve Delaney, OCEPA
                        EPA InSight • JUNE 1993

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