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EPA REGION IV
OFFICE OF PUBUC AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & PUBUC OUTREACH
1992 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION REPORT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 1
Background 1
Ongoing Activities 1
Office of Public Affairs Organization Chart 2
1992 Environmental Education Giants Site Locations Map 2
EPA Region IV Program Offices
Environmental Education & Public Outreach Staff 3
Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division 6
Environmental Services Division 8
Waste Management Division '. :'....., 8
Water Management Division 10
Office of Policy and Management 13
Office of Regional Counsel : 14
EPA Region IV Office of Research & Development Laboratories
Athens, Georgia •. 15
Gulf Breeze. Florida 16
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 16
EPA Region IV States
Alabama Department of Environmental Management 18
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation 21
Georgia Department of Natural Resources 23
Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet 25
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality 27
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources 29
Soutb. Carolina Department of Health afl Environmental Control 31
Tennessee Department of Education 34
Acknowledgements Inside back cover
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EPA REGION IV 1992 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION REPORT
INTRODUCTION
The Environmental Education and
Public Outreach Staff was
established in June 1991 in the
Office of Public Affairs, EPA,
Region IV. The main objectives of
this staff are to:
• increase public understanding of
EPA's mission and activities;
• promote public awareness of
environmental issues;
• advance and develop
environmental education and
trainm&i and
• solicit personal and corporate
commitment to
protection through education and
outreach.
BACKGROUND
On November 16, 1990, President
Bush signed into law the National
Environmental Education Act
(Public Law 101-619). This law
builds upon environmental
education efforts previously
undertaken by EPA and establishes
formal communication and advisory
links with educational institutions
and other federal agencies.
Specific provisions of the law
implemented by EPA Region IV
include:
• awarding environmental
education grants to support
projects that design, demonstrate,
and diiiaemiiMffit environmental
education activities;
awarding internships for college
students and fellowships for in-
service teachers to work with the
professional staff of the federal
agencies involved in environ-
mental activities; and
* providing for national and
regional awards that recognize
outstanding contributions to
environmental education.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
To implement and administer a
comprehensive environmental
education arjd outreach program in
EPA Region IV. the following
activities have been
• Contact and cultivate working
relationships with major
educational, business and civic
organizations, as well as print and
broadcast rnf^'a to
information about EPA's operations
and activities.
• Coordinate outreach activities to
distribute environmental education
information to the public at
exhibits, expos and conventions at
the local, state, regional and
national levels.
• Coordinate a Region IV Speakers
Bureau to meet public requests for
; on environmental issues.
• Coordinate the Learning
Environmental Awareness Program
(LEAP) to target a program of
education on the environment for
teachers and students in grades K-
12, and in non-formal settings such
as museums, nature centers, 4-H
clubs and other youth organizations.
• Coordinate the President's
Environmental Youth Awards
(FEYA) Program for Region IV to
recognize youth projects that
promote local environmental
awareness and channel that
awareness tn^i posiove community
involvement.
* Staff a toll-free hot-line to
respond to public requests for
environmental information.
The following report is published
by the EPA Region IV
Environmental Education and
Public Outreach Staff, Office of
Public Affairs, based upon
information provided by the EPA
Region IV program offices, states
and labs. The main purpose is to
report on the state of environmental
education in Region IV during 1992
and to share ideas and activities in
education and outreach that others
may use to build effective
partnerships and further the goals of
environmental education.
This report is not intended to
capture "H of the many adnrafinnai
efforts currently underway, but
should provide a summary of some
of the most significant outreach
activities taking place in
environmental education in Region
IV. It should provide a good
"snapshot" of Region IV's
environmental education picture.
By sharing these environmental
education activities and successes,
we hope to generate ideas, facilitate
communication among environ-
mental education professionals,
provide networks for information
and resource sharing, facilitate the
identification of gaps in
environmental education resources
and encourage strategies to
eliminate thftnt and avoid the
unnecessary duplication of similar
worthwhile efforts. We hope to
increase the success of
CTivM^nmfiri^'™ education m tvfi
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1992 Environmental Education Grants
Site Locations
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EPA REGION IV PROGRAM OFFICES
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION & PUBLIC
OUTREACH STAFF,
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Environmental Education Grants
Contact: Noraon BUckfliai Doyle, (404)
347-3004
In 1992, $168,000 in giants were
awarded to 27 eligible organizations
for environmental education
projects. Twenty-four of these
awards were for $5,000 or less and
were made to K-12 schools, non-
profit environmental and
educational organizations and local
youth organizations. Projects
included a wide range of
environmental education activities,
which focused on all media (land,
air, water and their
interrelationship). Additionally, an
$87400 grant was awarded to the
Elachee Nature Science Center in
Gainesville, Georgia to develop a
mobile, interactive learning center
for 6th-12ih graders, which focuses
on personal habits and choices,
environmental costs and pollution
solutions.
President's Environmental Youth
Awards (PEYA) Program
Cwttwt Alice Crosby. (404) 347-3004
The PEYA Program recognizes
youth projects that promote local
environmental awareness and
channel tf«it awareness into positive
community involvement. Winning
projects receive an award from the
President The Region IV PEYA
Program had 106 entries for 1992.
Sixty-eight were eligible to be
A teacher at dk* Frank Porter Graham School in Chapel HOI North Carolina, opiate to
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cttrriadnt. Itutekaol wo* a t24,9SO Eminnmatal SdmcaOa* Gnmt in 1992 in order to
a moM environmental education center firm* in fa
' Joduta JotaaoH (right) it presented a il.OOO taring* oond certificate far Hit fanth trade
elan try BtU Scott, prtadau of ABB Environmental SytUmt, as faOuyn Fax May, hit teacher
and Dan Gtinjant, Region Ws Assistant Regiaul Aamintxrator. (left) took an. Johuon
represent* kit dan at the Blue Ridge Elementary Scltoot at Evan*. Georgia, which was the
top winner in toe 1991 Prttident'i Environmental Youth Awards, Mm. May ipontored her
clau't entry in the competition.
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judged on die national levd.
Approximately 11,000 PEYA
applications are mailed out annually
within die Region IV states. Hie
1992 PEYA award winner from
Region IV was Kathryn Fox May
and the 4th grade class of die Blue
Ridge Elementary School, Evans,
Georgia, with their project
"Conservation Through Education -
The 3 R's (Recycling, Restoring die
Environment and Regenerating a
Love and Appreciation of our
Earth)". A regional award luncheon
was also held on December 4,1992
in conjunction with ABB
Environmental Systems, Inc. to
honor the winner and alternates.
Speakers Bureau
Contact: Alice Crafty. (404) 347-3004
The Region IV Speakers Bureau
coordinates die services of more
than 150 fulltime employees. Radi
media and prugram is represented.
Created in 1990, this program sends
EPA speakers on environmental
topics to industry, community and
civic groups, as well as to
universities and public and private
schools, K-12. In 1992, 34
were
volunteer speakers, and 24 locations
were visited.
Environmental Education Mailing
List Database
ConUcfcIimDoyk/AlkeCio*y.(404)347-
3004
The office
updates,
as needed, a computerized mailing
list database of approximately
11,000 schools and environmental
organizations in die region, which
can be sorted by state and type of
school for targeted mailings. It is
in tkt "EPA Journal'at the EPA'* too* or the exHbtOon held on November 16-18,1992. M
Raleigh. N.C. Fnm left to right are: U*da W. UtOe, PKD. Director, North Carotota Office
ofEminmrnmial Et1ue,tltm (PEE): Richard D.Nawjn. Chief. Education and Outreach. Office
of Public Affain, EPA Region IV; Front it. Redmond, Jr, Director. Office of Public Affair*
EPA Region IV; aid Harriet Stubta. P)Ut, Research AaodaU frofeaor. College of
Education and ftydWogy. North CaroUna State Univeaity and Sd-lMc Master Teacher*.
Th* exhibit war kdd to connection with Ike conference entitled "BvUding a Shored Vitton for
Emiivnmeiuul Education in North Carolina", which a reported in more detail to the North
Carolina section of this publication.
developing a database of
foundations and other iundtog
sources to assist unsuccessful EPA
environmental education grant
applicants in locating alternate
sources of funding for their
projects.
Earth Grams
Contact: Jim Doyle, (404) 347-3004
Earth Grams is a computer game
based upon the popular Wheel of
Fortune game show. It was
developed as an Mw^»tio"a1 tool for
grades 4-12 at exhibits or for school
presentations. Earth Grams are
environmental messages, which
provide the solution to the puzzle.
Another computer game called
Earth Clews, in the Whodunit
format, is being developed for the
7-12 grade levels.
Exhibits and Shows
Contact: Waley Lwnbert. (404) 347-3004
As pan of our ongoing outreach
efforts, EPA Region IV takes part
in exhibits, shows, fairs, festivals,
expos and conventions whenever
participation contributes to
environmental education.
Participation in 1992 included:
* Arbor Day Activities, Crabapple
School, Atlanta, GA, Feb; 21
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• Georgia Conservancy Youth
Conference, Callaway
Gardens, Feb. 28
* National Minority Env Career
Conference, Atlanta, GA,
March 21-24
• Env Waste Management
Conference, Atlanta, GA, April
6-8
• Atlanta Braves Env Awareness
Day, Braves Stadium, April 12
• Earth Day Awareness Expo,
Underground Atlanta, April 23
• Earth Day/Month Celebration,
StiTrek Museum, April 25-26
• Covington Clean & Beautiful
Covington, GA, April 26
• Env Day, Darlington Elementary
School, Rome, GA, May 8
* Georgia PTA Conference,
Columbus, GA, May 15-17
• EnviroMeet Conference,
Tuscatoosa, AL, July 27-31
* Sunbelt Agricultural Expo,
Moultric, GA, Oct. 13-15
* N.C.Enyiromnental Education
Conference, Raleigh, NC, Nov.
16-18
• Gun* of Mexico Symposium,
Tarpon Springs, FL, Dec. 10-12
cnvuom&c&t&l cducfltioti
literature and posters are distributed
during these events.
Public Notices, Meetings,
Hearings
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Contact: Alice Craby/LawScM, (404) 347-
3004
One hundred fifty-one public
notices were issued, two public
meetings and two public bearings
were coordinated by this office
during 1992. This included making
all arrangements for the meeting
facility, room arrangements, audio-
visual equipment, handicap needs,
court reporters, security, when
needed, and provisions for follow-
up documentation. Also, a current
computerized list of permit
programs is maintained.
Volunteer Outreach Program
Contact Wedey Uobot. (404) 347-3004
EPA employees are currently
volunteering for a wide variety of
programs in their local
such as tutoring, science fair
judging hi the Atlanta Public
Schools and Apple Corps and a
mcotocuis prostfloi with dflnc*
Atlanta University. Brian
Holtzclaw, an employee in the
Waste Management Division, was
honored as a winner in the Take
Pride in America program,
sponsored by the U.S. Department
of ulterior, for his volunteer efforts
in 1992. We are also developing a
volunteer bank, which ia a list of
organizations available where EPA
employees can volunteer men-
services.
International Piugiaais
Comics: Nonmut Blade. (404) 347-3004
The office has acted as host for
numerous groups of international
visitors. The agendas for these
visits generally include technical
presentations from EPA Region IV
staff; as well as an opportunity to
receive and exchange information to
strcQKtuGQ iTTtenvitto^Vm networks
for environmental education.
Visitors from countries hosted in
1992 included representatives from:
- Brazil (2)
. Bahrain (1)
- Chile (1)
- Czechoslovakia (6)
-India (5)
- Japan (1)
-Nepal (2)
- Russia (2)
- Sri Lanka (1)
Regional/State/Local Networks
The office established working
relationships and partnerships with
a number of federal, state, local and
private sector organizations during
1992 to expand its environmental
and outreach efforts.
These include:
• Geosphere Environmental
Youth Camp was developed for
25-30 underprivileged middle
school youth in the metro Atlanta
area in partnership with the
National Park Service, Georgia
PTA Council's Environmental
Education Committee and
Geosphere Center. Curriculum
included water quality, air quality,
wildlife habitats and resource
stewardship. The instructional
activities met the Georgia Quality
Basic Education Act core
curriculum guidelines. The «™p
was a 3-day weekend activity
beginning on a Friday, which
counted as a regular school day for
the participating pupils. Region IV
plans to continue this partnership by
adding coastal waters to the
Curriculum. Cottttct: Alice Crosby, (404)
347-3004
• Atlanta Braves Environmental
Awareness Day was coordinated in
partnership with the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service. Georgia
Conservancy, Georgia Department
of Natural Resources, Georgia
Wildlife Federation, National Park
Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S.
Geological Survey, Nature
.Conservancy, Corps of Engineers,
Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Save the
Manatee Club, Zoo Atlanta, Turner
Broadcasting System "^ National
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Foundation ID Protect America's
Eagles. This event was held at the
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
daring the opening week of the
Atlanta Staves 1992 baseball
season, with an estimated 50,000 in
attendance, COM** Wedey Lunbext
(404) 347-3004
* Shenandoah Environment &
Education Center is a
business/education partnership
established by Georgia Power
Company in 1991. The National
Environmental Education Act was
featured in their Shenandoah Earth
Minute segment, which is broadcast
on more than 150 radio stations
throughout Georgia.
Contact: Alice Grotty. (404) 347-3004
Other Education & Outreach
Activities
• Earth Day Awareness Expo at
Underground Atlanta was staffed
by approximately 20 employees at
10 exhibit booths in partnership
with the Georgia Nature
Conservancy, MARTA, Georgia
Lung Association and Campaign for
a Prosperous Georgia, The office
arranged for radio station V-103, in
Atlanta, to broadcast live during the
expp. Contact: Alice Craby, (404) 347-
3004
• Earth Day/Month 1992 - in
addition to displays at Underground
Atlanta and SciTrek Museum
during April, speakers gave
presentations throughout the month
during lunch and learn sessions on
a variety of environmental topics.
The office sponsored an Earth Day
T-shirt contest, with an all-
employee T-shirt day on Earth Day,
and distributed about 800 dogwood
trees, 500 packages of wildflower
seeds donated by the Pennington
Seed Company of Madison,
Georgia, as well as posters and
environmental literature during
presentations at local schools and
other local Earth Day events.
Com** Alice Craby. (404) 347-3034
* Sunbelt Agricultural
Exposition, Moultrie, GA - this
agribusiness expo hosted
approximately 203,000 persons and
featured 817 exhibitors in 1992 mat
displayed all types of information
from the latest techniques in
fawning to modern equipment. Our
office coordinated six exhibits and
18 exhibitors from various maHfat,
including representatives from Ah*,
Waste and Water Divisions and the
Environmental Services Division in
Athens, Georgia. This is probably
the most intensive) education omt
outreach effort to the agricultural
community during the year.
Contact: Wetley Umbext. (404) 347-3004
• Environmental education
packages to
teacbers/stndents/public - our
office receives approximately 20-30
requests per week for environmental
education mafrpaig Approximately
300 packages were assembled and
sent out in 1992 upon either phone
or written request to be used as
teaching aids, for reports, etc.
Contact: Alice Ciwby/Kae HaDiiey. (404)
347-3004
• Briefings & Presentations - the
staff responded to various
invitations for speaking
engagements about EPA's
environmental education and
outreach program to a wide variety
of audiences in 1992.
Organizations included: Atlanta
Adult Learning Center, Atlanta,
Georgia; State Public Information
Officers Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia;
Edison Electric Institute Educational
Services Committee, Tampa,
Florida; University of Central
Florida, Orlando, Florida; SAMAB
Environmental Education
Conference, Gadinburg, Te
and North Carolina Environmental
pflffctitmi Conference, Raleigh,
North Carolina. We also delivered
presentations at various staff and
committee meetings throughout the
year.
Cmucc Alice Craby, (404) 347-3004
• Minority outreach programs -
the staff awarded a $20,000
environmental education grant to
Park Pride Atlanta, identified by
former President Jimmy Carter's
Atlanta Project as one in need of
assistance and also served on the
regional environmental equity
committee. Contact Weafey Umbext,
(404) 347-3004
AIR, PESTICIDES AND
TOXICS MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
Clean Air Act Outreach
Contact: Dong Nedey, (404) 347-2864
A variety of outreach activities
were conducted to inform the
public, interest groups, industry and
professional associations about new
and emerging provisions of the
1990 Clean Air Act These included
provisions on transportation related
air pollution and mobile source
control requirements. A number of
were told about the
opportunities to control mobile
source emissions that exceed the
mandates of the Act and provide
allowances for future growth in
urban nonattainment areas. Specific
exhibits on mobile sources were set
up during the year at several
locations.
Examples of major presentations
and exhibits include: '
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* Triad Planners - February 1992
• Cogeneration Society - March
1992
• Atlanta Gas Light Seminar for
Industrial and Commercial
Customers - April 1992
• Georgia Society of Professional
Engineers - April 1992
* Geophysical Colloquium, Clark
University - November 1992
* Exhibits at Underground
Atlanta & Scitrek - May 1992
Air Toxics Early Redactions
""^1 will
Conuet Stnm Pwiy, (404) 347-2*64
Presentations were rnai\f. about the
program to reduce air toxics
emissions early. This program
targets sources subject to
technology standards, which will be
•promulgated pursuant to the Clean
Air Act Title m provisions, and
allows a six-year compliance
extension if enforceable
commitments are obtained to secure
air toxics emission reductions prior
to the establishment of emission
standards. Major presentations in
1992 included AT&T, Southern
Bell, Georgia Power, RJ. Reynolds,
Duke Power^nd Polyken.
Lead Orientation Training
CoaUctTlxalie Cox. (404) 347-2864
Several classroom presentations
were made in October and
November on requirements for the
national ambient air quality
standard for lead, including
techniques for detecting and abating
problems with lead-based paint
The audiences included
representatives from the Department
of Housing and Urban
Development, the American Lung
Association, State/Local programs
and various contracting firms.
These classes were hosted by the
Georgia Institute of Technology
Continuing Education Department.
Pesticides Outreach
Coottet Fmfcnck Kapd. (404) 347-5201
Region IV continued to conduct
various outreach activities to target
groups to assure that information
about pesticides programs reaches
the widest possible audience. The
presentations and outreach included
activities at large public gatherings,
meetings of professional
organizations, and information
meetings with state agencies. The
displays wd the materials hiv
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Pickens County Technical Institute.
Region IV also responded to 2,650
telephone inquiries concerning Title
VI and the regulations to be
implemented thereunder. Tide VI
regulations woe mailed upon
request Region IV responded to
inquiries from a number of
reporters and personnel appeared on
two newscasts.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
DIVISION
Contact: Cindy Kester, (706) 546-3133
1992 Sunbelt Agricultural Expo
The Ecological Support Branch's
staff presented an exhibit at the
1992 Sunbelt Agricultural Expo, in
Moulbie, Georgia. The exhibit
presented information on activities
with non-point source pollution, the
use of macromvertebrates as
indicators of pollution
contamination and other general
Ecological Support Branch
activities.
High School Student Mentor
The Ecological Support Branch's
staff served as mentor to a local
high school student, who worked
during the summer in its toxicity
testing program.
Tours and Lectures
The Environmental Services
Division's Support Branch's staff
conducted tours and lectures for
college students and classes about
laboratory activities. These dealt
with the division's laboratory
activities.
Environmental Youth Camp
Presentations
Ron Barrow and John Williams,
Environmental Compliance
Unit/Water Compliance Unit and
Don Schultz and Phyllis Meyers,
Ecological Support Branch made
presentations at the first
Environmental Youth Camp, which
was co-sponsored by the EPA and
the U.S. Forest Service. In
addition, Jerry Burger and Richard
Guillot, Environmental Compliance
Unit/Air Compliance, made a
presentation about criteria-pollutant
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presentations and hands-on
activities were enthusiastically
received by about 25 bright, Atlanta
area middle school students.
Hazardous Waste Site Field
Investigation Seminar
Rod Davis, Environmental
Compliance Branch/Hazardous
Waste Section, conducted a seminar
entitled "Hazardous Waste Site
Held Investigations" for die
University of Georgia
Environmental Health Science
Department (EHSD).
Seminars about Hazardous Wast*
Regulations and Management
Bill Cosgrove, Environmental
Compliance Branch/Hazardous
Waste Section, conducted two
seminars for the EHSD. One was
entitled "EPA's Organization and
Hazardous Waste Regulations" and
the other "An Introduction to
RCRA: Hazardous Waste
Management Program."
Instructors for University of
Georgia Session
Bill Cosgrove also served as an
instructor for a two-week-long
EHSD session entitled "Water and
Waste-water Engineering." Mike
Bowden, Environmental
Compliance Branch/Air and Water
Compliance Section, taught the
session's water treatment part.
John Williams, Louis Salguero and
Antonio Quinones, also of die Air
and Water Compliance Section,
conducted, the course's laboratory
portion.
Presentations at Elementary
School
Bill Cosgrove presented a lecture
and discussion entitled "EPA and
Pollution Control" to students at
Oglethorpe County Elementary
School.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
Office of Solid Waste
Contact Roto Mitchell, (404) 347-2091
"Gone with the Waste" Video
This video, developed jointly with
Turner Broadcasting Systems, is
intended to educate, citizens in the
Southeast about the solid waste
management problems we face. It
focuses on what we can do to help
solve the problem by reducing die
amount of waste generated,
recycling as much as possible and
making environmentally-sound
consumer decisions. More than 200
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copies of foe video were distributed
throughout the Southeast
Southeast Recycled Products
Procurement Conference
The staff have prepared for die
second Southeast Recycled Products
Procurement Conference, which
was sponsored by EPA Region IV
and the National Association of
State Purchasing Officials on
February 15-16, 1993, in Orlando,
Florida. The conference provided
purchasing officials from all levels.
of government and the private
sector information on the
availability, quality, and cost of
recycled content products. Sessions
dealt with products such as paper,
plastics, glass, metals, spent fuels
building and construction
The "Ask the
Procurement Official* session gave
vendors an opportunity to ask
government purchasing officials
how their purchasing system works
and what recycled products they
want to procure.
Atlanta FEE Workshop on
Recycled Product Procurement
EPA Region IV conducted this half-
day workshop hi cooperation with
General Services Administration
Region IV (GSA). The workshop
was intended specifically for
purchasing personnel in the Federal
agencies belonging to the Federal
Executive Board (FEB). It
provided information on the
requirements of the Federal'
Procurement Guidelines and
recycled content products available
on GSA Schedule.
Recycling Conferences
The Office of Solid Waste (OSW)
representatives attended recycling
conferences at Cherokee, NC,
Chattanooga, IN, Nashville, TN,
Waycross, GA, Moultrie, GA, and
Columbia, SC It displayed the
OSW exhibit at each and made
available to all attendees
publications concerning recycling
an^ land-filling.
Solid Waste Management
Assistance Grants
Several of the grants awarded by
the OSW have educational
components, including the
following:
• Alabama Department of
Environmental Management
developed a comprehensive public
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source reduction, recycling, and
• Georgia Department of
Community Affairs conducted a
series of inyrne ctimpos^^p traminB
workshops and established
composting demonstration sites
throughout the state. .
• Kentucky Department for
Environmental Protection is
developing curriculum for
secondary science and social studies
teachers.
Superfond
Conttcc Betty Winter. (404) 347-2643
Coloring Book for 3rd-5th Grades
about Landfill Hazards
Supernmd Branch creafeda32-page
coloring book entitled "The
Superrund Team and Mother
Mouse", which is aimed at the 3-5
grades. The coloring book has
been a great success, and is
featured at the new EPA
Information Center m Washington,
D.C.
Initially 100,000 copies were
printed and 97,300 were distributed
in 1992. A letter that told about the
book's availability and a copy of it
was sent in June to every
elementary school hi Georgia.
Teachers welcomed the book as an
environmental segment tool in their
Science curriculum, and requests
for it poured in. One feature
teachers like is the page directed to
"Mom and Dad." Supexiund feels it
educates the adults as well as the
A bonus from die book has been
the requests for EPA scientists to
visit the schools. Some Regional
Program Managers have already
fulfilled those requests. Many more
requests have been passed on to
other Region IV outreach programs.
Region DTs Nevada office has
requested permission to reprint the
coloring book, and Fort McPherson,
in Atlanta, Georgia, requested
copies for their library.
Site-Specific Videos and 1993
Puinnlnj
In an effort to help the public
particularly children, understand the
need to save the environment by
recycling and the grave hazards
posed by landfills, the South
The South Superfimd Branch has
also produced two site-specific
"Success Story" videos for use at
public meetings. The South
Superfimd Branch has completed
plans to f«'«ii*'n^ its educational
outreach program to schools for
1993, and has begun to build a
library of videotapes and materials
for that purpose.
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WATER MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
Coastal Programs
Contact: Constance Akzaader. (404) 347-
1740
Indian River Lagoon
* Funded Indian River Lagoon
Regional Environmental Educators
Conference for environmental
educators for five counties and
coordinated participation by
Environmental Learning Centers in
five counties. As a follow-up, the
program published a catalog about
the conference to further an
informational exchange. It also
organized informational distribution
and prepared a brochure ID promote
the centers with the general public
and schools.
• Developed Tram the Trainer
Workshops designed to train the
Citizen Action Committee's
members about the problems
associated with the estuary. This
will enable the committee to inform
the community about the National
Estuary Program's purpose and
goals.
• Watershed Action Committee
Projects are small scale
demonstration projects, which are
followed up with technical reports.
Their purpose is to bring local
governmental agencies together to
resolve environmental problems.
Tampa Bay
• Funded field trips for 700 pupils
and parents to sites related to
Tampa Bay's environment
* Funded seven teacher workshops,
which reached approximately 3000
children and several hundred
teachers in the Tampa Bay area.
SarasotaBay
• Florida Yard has worked to
educate Florida residents about the
benefits to surface water quality,
groundwater resources and native
wildlife habitat that result from yard
vegetation that is native to each
climatic area.
• Provided public education about
storm water pollution and
finphflsCT*^ water conservation and
reduced <*hf*n'fnl use.
* Developed strong community
and county involvement in
measures to conserve the bay's
ecology.
Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary
• Six Water Quality Protection
Workshops were sponsored with
NOAA
• In cooperation with NOAA, EPA
DTQVluCS OD20ID2 lUDutOK tO
develop videos about water quality
for use by local television stations
in the keys,
Near Coastal Waters Program
• The Volunteer Monitoring
Program has successfully built
consensus between EPA. Florida
and Brevard and Volusia counties,
in Florida.
• The Region's program
participates in a network of
outreach programs that focus on
enhancing multi-media coordination.
OSV Anderson
The Region has sponsored tours of
the Ocean Sailing Vessel (OSV)
Anderson.
Coastal Program Section
• A brochure and display are being
prepared to support these programs
and allow EPA to disseminate
information about them to the
appropriate governmental
interest
citizens.
• The section is spearheading the
production of a video entitled
"From the Mountains to the Coast",
which will deal with issues that
occur in me watersheds. A
teacher's padn** and an educational
poster ate also being prepared. The
video, teacher's packet and poster
will be designed for inclusion hi the
Water Sourcebook being developed
by the Region's Water Division.
Enviit
atal Equity
• The Coastal Program focuses on
the National Estuary Program
Offices, the Florida Keys National
Estuary Program and the Near
Coastal Waters Program to ensure
the mclwsKF1 of environmental
• The program participated in the
Region's Environmental Equity
Conference in Atlanta, in
September. •
Drinldng Water
Contact: Krifti WttkJas, (404) 347-2913
Mobilization Program
The Mobilization Program's
purpose is to communicate the
importance of «>fe drinking water
to public water consumers of all
ages. To do this it carried out the
following:
• Developed a comprehensive
environmental education project
entitled "LEGACY - Partners in
Environmental Education" in
conjunction with the State of
This educational
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program involves State and Federal
agencies, business, corporations,
private organizations, universities,
and public groups. Coca Cola,
Georgia Pacific, the Cherokee
Indian Tribe, Martin Marietta, and
the International Life Sciences
Institute nave been approached to
encourage broader participation.
• Developing a K-12 Water
Sourcebook curriculum. The Water
Sourcebook will lay out
environmental factors pertaining to
all water resources and will be
compiled very similarly to a
textbook with activities and labs,
reference materials, and a. glossary.
The grade 3-5 draft edition of the
Water Sourcebook was developed
during FT* 92. Sourcebook is
currently being reviewed for
technical accuracy and field tested
simultaneously in schools across the
nation. Arrangements for field
testing are being made.
* Sponsored a Poster Contest for
Tribal Students tO
Safe Drinking Water Week (May 3-
9, 1992). This contest made tribal
children more aware of the need for
a clean environment in order to
keep our drinking water sources
clean.
• Sponsored exhibits at the Atlanta
Summit Building to celebrate
Drinking Water Week; at
Underground Atlanta during Earth
Week; at the International Life
Sciences Institute's Safety of Water
Disinfection Conference; at die
Cherokee Indian First National
Tribal Environmental Management
Conference; and at the Southeast"
Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition.
Municipal Facilities
Contact: Krwti Watkut, (404) 347-2913
Legacy/Water Sourcebook
LEGACY, Inc. is a coalition of
state and federal agencies,
environmental associations,
educators, interested individuals antl
industries whose objective is to
promote statewide environmental
education in Alabama for grades K-
12. EPA has been active mainly in
the development of a
comprehensive Water Sourcebook.
A summer workshop was held with
teachers from across the nation to
help prepare a draft for use in
grades 3-5, which is now being
field tested in schools across
America and will be reviewed by
the EPA for tarfmtr«i accuracy.
North Carolina Self-Help Project
The EPA has awarded a grant to
the Rensselaerville Institute to assist
two small communities in North
Carolina, which have water and
waste water system problems to
restructure by sharing facilities
and/or services with nqarby water
systems. The cnmimmitiBt were
chosen because they have the
greatest number of separate systems
in Region IV.
Alabama Training Coalition
This consists of organizations and
agencies in Alabama, which provide
training and assistance to water
system operators. The coalition
will assess training needs, develop
a strategy to fulfill those needs and
help implement training that
improves systems' operations and is
related to operator certification
requirements. The Alabama
Department of Environmental
Management will be the coalition's
focal point
Pollution Prevention
Florida has been awarded $100,000
to develop workshops and a video
that address the health effects of
lead, federal and state regulatory
perspectives, the fundamentals of
corrosion control treatment and
water quality impacts. The video
will help small and medium
systems implement the Lead and •
Copper Rule. A software package
will also be developed to help water
systems optimize corrosion control,
distribution system configurations
and related subjects, and a 20-
mimite-krag video will be made for
use by small systems with no
computers*
Technology Reference Book and
Workshops
Region IV compiles a book listing
every expert in the Region in Public
Water Supply and Public Water
Supply Supervision. The book may
be used as a ready reference by the
states. The Region will also host
technology workshops for one-on-
one 'fchnical guidance.
Technology Transfer Conference
Region IV hosted a semi-annual
conference to allow Indian public
water system (PWS) operators to
share ideas about managing a qnaii
Indian PWS and get information
from EPA they need to remain in
compliance with federal drinking
water regulations.
Electronic Bulletin Board
The Region has established
electronic mail (E-mail) numbers
for each of its eight states, and the
states have successfully gotten
information from E-mail. The
Drinking Water Act (DWA) has
also made the Certified Lab
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Database available on
Water Bulletin Board. Ibis data
base is now available to the state
and Indian tribes in the Region.
A number of environmental
education projects were submitted
to headquarters for extra-mural
funding. Those submitted include:
• The development and creation, in
coordination with the Worldsong
Children's Theater, of a 45-minute-
long theater production to be
featured during drinking water
week. It would help young
audiences understand the
importance of water quality and
drinking water.
* Coordinate with Atlanta *"** the
Sci-Trek Museum to create a
permanent interactive water exhibit
for children. A scale model water
treatment system to demonstrate the
transition of "dirty" water to safe
drinking water would be designed
and built
• Educate state legislatures and
officials about the importance of
implementing drinking water
standards and encourage more focus
on the state's capacity to effectively
implement die Safe Drinking Water
Act The Region will hold a state-
wide conference for legislators and
officials to help accomplish this.
• Initiate a state-wide Adopt-A-
Stream program in Georgia to be
managed by the Georgia Rural
Water Association (GRWA). The
program would focus on
educational information, training
sessions and make on-site, hands-on
available to
small and very small rural water
systems by "Compliance Group
Managers". These individuals
would be volunteer students from
higher education schools, who
would get araA»mif credit for
taking part The managers would
be framed by GRWA with help
from EPA Region IV and Georgia.
Watersheds
Contact Nancy Buran. (404) 347-2126
A Common Sens* Guide to Rural
Environmental Protection
The publication "A Common Sense
Guide to Rural Environmental
Protection" has been specially
developed to provide farmers and
rural homeowners with practical
assistance in dealing with rural
environmental problems.
The guide deals with common,
concerns, such as: safe drinking
water from wells; the protection of
underground drinking water
sources; the proper disposal of
wastes from septic tanks; excessive
nutrients and toxins in rivers and
lakes as a result of runoff with
fertilizer and pesticides from
agricultural oops, gardens and
lawns; the management of wastes
from concentrated animal
operations; and wetlands.
Exhibits
The Watershed Unit exhibited at the
following events:
• Sunbelt Agricultural Expo,
Moultrie, Georgia
• Southeastern Resource
Conservation and Development
Association meeting, in Florida
• Co-sponsored exhibit at Land
and Water 201 Agricultural
Water Quality Conference, in
Exhibition, in Atlanta, Georgia
Wetlands
Contact Jenntfw Detby,(404) 347-2126
The Wetlands Planning Unit (WPU)
outreach and education efforts have
targeted specific groups within
Region IV, including school age
children, and the <^wcfllional.
landowners and developers,
fanning/forestry, and sand/rock
Educational Wetlands Exhibit
WPU displayed an 8 ft x 10 ft
wetlands exhibit
at various events. Regulatory and
planning imit p»r»n
events to answer questions and
distribute educational
Some of
include:
the events attended
• Co-sponsored exhibit at
Poultry fllMl Egg
• Palmetto Sponmea's Classic,
Columbia, SC. March, 1992
• Sunbelt Agricultural Expo,
Moultrie, GA, October, 1992
• Wetlands Advanced
Identification Program public
meeting, Albany, GA,
November, 1992
• National Boy Scouts of America
Jamboree, Atlanta, GA, Nov.
1992
Wetlands are Wonderlands
Posters and Activity Page
The WPU completed the mailing of
4400 "Wetlands are Wonderlands"
posters and activity page for pupils
to elementary schools in counties
targeted in the Region's High Risk
Geographic Wetlands Areas. An
additional 10,000 of these posters
were received through an $8,500
cooperative agreement with TVA.
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Wetlands Coloring Book
Hie WPU issued a grant to the
Georgia Conservancy to assist in
toe production of a wetlands
coloring book, with a story-line,
and description of the values and
functions of wetlands.
Landowner's Guide to Forested
Wetlands
Toe WPU is currently working with
the US Forest Service and the
Wetlands Regulatory Unit to
publish a "Landowners Guide to
Forested Wetlands". Ibis guide
will provide information on the
404(f) exemptions. Best
Management Practices, and lists of
federal and state agency contacts.
Two Interpretive Sign Series for
Wetlands Trails
Two interpretative sign series for
wetlands trails have been developed
in cooperation with the TVA. They
are entitled the bottomland
hardwood series and the constructed
wetland series, and will be available
for distribution throughout the
nation.
Wetlands Awareness Day
*
In connection with the yearly
celebration of American Wetlands
Month, in May, the WPU and
Georgia Conservancy sponsored a
wetlands awareness day at the
Chattahoochee Nature Center in
Roswell, GA. For the 1993-
American Wetlands Month, WPU
plans to develop a nation-wide
wetlands travel guide series to
increase the public's understanding
of the wetlands.
Publicity
Working closely with the Office of
Public Affairs, WPU developed
press releases for all awarded FY
92 State Wetlands Protection
Development Grants. In addition,
WPU and the Soil Conservation
Service produced a journal article
featuring wetlands.
Informational booklet
An informational booklet for the
private landowner will be developed
to dcscnoc Tn^i^iyi^T^n^s to pfotoct
wetlands, including acquisition,
incentives and disincentives and
change
OFFICE OF POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT
Ciffilene Allen. (404) 347-7109
Pollution Prevention (Global
Climate Change)
Region IV is actively implementing
its pollution prevention piogiaui
and global climate change (GCQ
activities through both inreacb and
outreach projects. Specific
activities include the following:
Save Energy & Save the Earth
"Save Energy & Save the Earth"
brochures, which describe how
pollution sources in the home can
, have been distributed
at home shows, exhibits, seminars
tiny through the "Earthwalk"
program. More man 13,000
brochures have been distributed,
often in person (by volunteers) to
homes in Georgia. Garden clubs
and churches have also recently
been included hi the campaign.
Green Lights
This voluntary, non-regulatory
program encourages American
corporations to upgrade their
lighting systems with energy-
efficient technologies, but only
where profitable. Region IV
actively implements this program
through seminars, press
conferences, workshops, phone
contacts, mailings, and scheduled
corporate meetings. Dr. Cory
Berish, Region IV's Green lights
Liaison, has presented information
on the Green Lights program to
such prospective members as
Georgia Power, Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Games and
universities.
Other Region IV staff members
have also presented material on
energy efficiency to more than
3,000 individuals.
Planet Protection Center Progr
As a result of our efforts, Home
Depot has developed advertisements
that educate the consumer about
pollution prevention and monetary
savings. Currently, Home Depot
distributes this material in 188
stores across the country.
Environmental Equity
Region IV currently works with the
seven most active low-cost housing
developers to link environmental
equity with energy efficiency by
including energy-efficiency in their
designs. Southface, a nonprofit
environmental organization which
often assists EPA and which is
noted for its affordable housing
projects, is working with the Carter
(Atlanta) Project on plans for the
construction of more than 200 new
homes within the next few years.
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These housing plans woe presented
at die Environmental Equity
conference held in Atlanta on
September 14-15, 1992.
Reducing the Risk of Sea Level
Rise in Region IV Coastal
Counties
Various GCC studies indicate
the rate of sea level rise is expected
to increase over die next 100 years.
Many low-lying coastal areas and
associated natural resources are at
risk from sea level rise. An
educational packet being prepared
by Region IV will be distributed to
those counties at risk from sea level
rise across the Southeast. In the
past year, Region IV staff members
have also presented material on
GCC and energy efficiency to more
than 3,000 individuals.
OFFICE OF REGIONAL
COUNSEL
EarthBond
Cootie* Melioa Heath, (404) 347-2641, ext
226?
Region IV has negotiated a
cooperative project called
EarthBond with CTSI, Inc., a
California firm, to promote energy
awareness and savings among
homeowners. EarthBond will
involve the distribution of energy-
and water-saving information and
products, as did the Eatthwaflc
project, which was successfully
undertaken in 1992 by the Region
and Sierra Club. Hie project's
costs will be underwritten by
private sponsors. CTSI, which
acted as project manager for a
successful water-saving project,
named "WaterWise", for a water
management district in southern
California, will organize, promote
and manage the project The EPA
will contribute educational and
technical information and materials.
Environmental Equity
Contact C»rttoa Wtfertaue, (404) 347-
2641, ext 2276
The Office of Regional Counsel
(ORQ supplied two speakers for a
summer institute for African
American junior and senior high
school students. The institute, held
in Waycross, Georgia, is an annual
event, which is sponsored by
Waycross College and Waycross
area churches. The ORC speakers
addressed environmental laws and
regulations and environmental
equity issues.
Red Clay Conference
Contact*: Victoria George; Carltoi
Waiohoue. (404) 347-3777
Spoke about solid waste landfill
regulations and community and
citizen right to know suits at a two-
day-long conference in April, in
Athens, Georgia, which was
sponsored by the Environmental
Law Association and University of
Georgia School of Law.
Speakers
Made the following presentations
about ecological, conservation and
career subjects:
• Warren Jackson Elementary
School, Fulton County, Georgia,
to 50 second grade pupils
• Camp Creek Elementary School,
Gwinnett County, Georgia, to 30
second grade pupils
• Tilson Elementary School,
DeKalb County, Georgia, to 120
second grade pupils
• Kemp Elementary School,
Clayton County, to 150 fifth
grade pupils
Contact Wflda Cotfc, (404) 347-2641,
ext 2236
• Lawrenceville Elementary
School, Lawrenceville, Georgia,
to 25 fourth grade pupils
Coutact Matt Moral. (404) 347-3777
• Henderson Mill Elementary
School, DeKalb County,
Georgia, ID 25 first grade pupils
• Camp Alterman, Dunwoody,
Georgia, a summer youth camp,
to staff
Contact Mindy WutRnu, (404) 347-
3777
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EPA REGION IV RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
LABORATORIES
EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH LABORATORY,
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Canoe* Viktt Ktte McDuid. (706) 546-
3524
Partners in Education
Since die Fourth Street Elementary
School opened two years ago, die
Environmental Research Laboratory
(ERL), in Athens, has entered a
joint agreement with die school to
sponsor math and environmental-
ecology, educational activities, The
following activities were done in
FY1992:
• Environmental and Ecology
Science Camp: Fundraisers to send
six children to the Rock Eagle
Summer Science Camp at Rock
Eagle, Ga. This is a two-week-long
science and ecology experience for
5th graders.
• Nature Trail: Fourth Street
School pupils, faculty and EPA
employees have completed a two-
mile-jong nature trail on the
school's 20-acre campus. The
pupils learn to make markers to
identify various plants and trees in
the natural habitat. During the
summer, die trail was cleared and
small side rails, bud nouses, wane-
overs, park benches and swings
were built These group activities
exposed the pupils to die ecology of
a habitat; importance of wetlands;
beauty, balance and enjoyment of
nature; lamlscuping aiu^ building
identification; forestry habitat;
cooperative social skills; and hard
work.
• Faculty Tours: The school's
teachers and administrative staff
have attended a four-hour tour of
the EPA laboratory facilities.
• Essay Contest: The EPA
sponsored the Young Inventors
Contest with awards and
recognition for me winners. All
grades were encouraged to enter by
describing their new ideas in essay
and poster format.
• Science Club: EPA staff have
demonstrated environmental science
during the After School Program (in
which working modier's children
stay until 6 pm).
• Nature Trail Teaching Manual: A
pupil manual describing die nature
trail and showing detailed
dOOClt plsUtSt ttCCS*
birds, etc, is being completed.
Fifth graders will use it when tiiey
serve on die trail as guides for
lower grade pupils.
Environmental
Workshops
Science
skills; bird migration and
To meet die significant need for
teacher drills training in the
environmental science area from
grades K-12, three workshops were
planned, developed and held in
July, August and September. They
were:
• Environmental Science
Workshop for High School
Teachers (grades 9-12) of biology,
chemistry, earth sciences and
physics: Twenty teachers from 18
county school systems completed
this 7-day-long workshop at the
AdiensERL. It was a cooperative
presentation widi the American
Chemical Society. The teachers*
positive evaluations
that all high school science teachers
should take such a course. During
die workshop die teachers got
hands-on experience in innovative
science-leaching metttods that use
ChemCom (Chemistry in die
Community, written by die
Education Division of the American
Chemical Society). It is expected
diese teachers will be skilled
enough to conduct a similar
workshop to teach die metiiod and
content to odier high school science
teachers in their school systems or
in neighboring counties.
• Environmental Science
Workshop for Middle School
Teachers (grades 6-8): This two-
day-long workshop for 12 teachers
was given in conjunction with die
Oconee County School System and
a science education project at die
Middle School to bring awareness
to 950 pupils. Six experts in
Environmental Science presented
about nine environmental issues.
The teachers were then given
curriculum materials from, and
curriculum writing guidance by, the
University of Georgia's Education
Science Department's staff to
enable mem to create six lesson
plans about each of die nine issues.
They will use hands-on, cooperative
learning in4 field trips as methods
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to teach how classroom experience
connects with the environment
Their pupils will be video taped
doing a "Kids Environmental Talk
Show" about each topic, and the
shows will be broadcast hi 1993 on
Public Broadcasting.
• Environmental Science
Workshop for Elementary School
Teachers (grades 1-5). Science kits
about environmental science have
been prepared as teacher resource
material for these grades. The EPA
staff conducted several 1-day
workshops during the summer for
interested teachers.
Environmental Science Center for
K-12 Curriculum Material*
ERL created, in FY 1992, a library
of materials about environmental
issues, which it makes available to
the general public, as well as
primary and secondary school
teachers. Both free literature and
borrowing privileges are offered.
University of Georgia in Athens
students make frequent use of die
library, and graduate students at the
University's College of Science
Education make especially frequent
use of it for thesis research.
WET WAY
ERL observed WET WAY (or
"Reflections on Water") hi
November and December. This
involved the visit of about 300 K-
12 pupils and students to whom
eight ERL scientists presented about
various aspects of water as it affects
human health and the environment.
EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH LABORATORY,
GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA
Contact: AJ. McEitean. (904) 934-9231
Environmental Education
Support
During FY1992, the Environmental
Research Laboratory (ERL), at Gulf
Breeze, provided direct
environmental education support to
the FidHcafif"1"! Research and
Development Center at the
University of West Florida, the
Pensacola Junior College, the
University of South Alabama and
the Gulf Coast Research Center (for
the National Science Foundation's
Global Wanning Conference).
Support included specialized
presentations, agency liaison and
grant assistance. The -ERL also
hosted a trdmtcal program for 7th-
9th grade minority pupils and
students under a U.S. Department
of Energy grant to me University of
West Honda.
EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH LABORATORY,
RTP, NORTH CAROLINA
ORD Graduate Fellows Program
(MOU with Clark Atlanta
University)
Contact: lewd Mora, (919) 541-4309
The ORD graduate fellows program
provides up to $22,000 yearly for
students who plan to go into an
environmental research or waste
management related discipline at
colleges and universities that are
members of die HBCU/MI
Environmental Technology and
Waste Management Consortium.
Participating in the ORD-RTP
program are Clark Atlanta
University, Florida A&M
University, Florida International
University, Norm Carotina A&T
State University. Savannah State
College, Shaw University and
Winston-Salon State University.
The training includes work in the
ORD laboratories. The term for the
graduate scholarslups is one year
and renewable for up to 36 months.
ORD Undergraduate Fellows
Program (MOU with Clark
Atlanta University)
Contact Jewel Mora, (919) 541-4303
The undergraduate program
provides students with up to $9,000
a year for study in an
environmental research and waste
management related discipline.
During die summer, support is
provided for participation in 10
weeks of research at the ORD-RTP
laboratories. The term of the
scholarships is one year, renewable
for up to 24 months.
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ORD Research Apprenticeship
Program (Co-op Agreement with
Shaw University)
Contact OSORD. (919) 541-2613
Hie ORD-R1P laboratories, with
Shaw University (a HBCU) in
Raleigh, N.C, provides (raining in
science and mathematics to rising
8th-12tb grade minority students.
The program provides basic skills
and experiences to students to
encourage them to undertake
careers in science or engineering.
During die summers, students
attend classes in science, ™>th ami
safety training at Shaw. As seniors,
students will have internships to
work in the ORD labs. Students
are selected for this program from
the Gifted and Talented Science and
Mathematics Program of the Wake
County School System.
Research Triangle
Teacher Partnership
Scientist
Contact: Rfaoda Ritzotbcrg. (919) 541-2615
This model regional partnership
witfi the North Carolina Science
and Mathematics Alliance is
designed to stimulate elementary
school pupils in science and maul.
ORD staff scientists visit
classrooms and conduct hands-on
activities in areas of conservation,
earth, life, space and physical
science".
Roane State Community College
Project RESTORE (Co-op
Agreement)
Contact: Mac Wflkuf, (919) 541-3651
The ORD-RTP, ORD-Atbens
laboratories sponsor, with Roane
State Community College, "Project
RESTORE: An Environmental
Restoration and Waste Management
Academic Partnership Program" for
the southeastern UJS. The program
is for training environmental
restoration and waste management
tfflmiriaf" to implement procedures
to control, track, reduce, store, or
dispose of hazardous waste.
Science Fan* Project Mentors
(Pilot Program)
Contact Lny Foliaibee, (919) 541-6216
ORD scientists work directly with
minority pupils from Guy B.
Phillips Middle School in Chapel
Hill, N.C., to encourage interest in
the science fields. ORD-RTP
volunteers meet with children after
school to help them develop
projects suitable for science fairs.
The Phillips Parent-Teachers
Association provides funds for
materials.
Summer Science Camps (Pilot
with Granvflk County School
System)
Coolies: Or. John O'Nefl, (919) 541-2613
The Summer Science Camp Project
was developed to design and
practice a multi-year educational
"science camp" model that brings
hands-on science experiences to
approximately 70 pupils in grades
2-5 for a one-week period. In
addition, approximately 25
elementary school teachers attended
a one-week Summer Science Camp
in June 1992. During the summer
of 1993, Summer Science Camps
are planned for 28 sites in four
regional areas of North Carolina.
Over a three-year period, the
program is expected to reach 84
sites, impact more than 600
elementary teachers and reach more
than 5,000 pupils.
SnperQuest: The North Carolina
Connection (N.C Supercomputer
Center)
Contact Dr. Guy Foley, (919) 541-2106
The SuperQuest program provides a
focus for North Carolina high
school students and teachers for
education hi computational science
and Mgh-perfonnance computing.
Five teams of four students and two
teachers propose a science problem
that can be solved using
supercomputer technology.
Students with the best research
paper are eligible for scholarship
monies.
HERL Training Agreement
Contact: Katfay Driver. (919) 541-7932
The Health Effects Research
Laboratory (HERL) has a three-year
training agreement with North
Carolina Central University to
identify promising graduate and
undergraduate students in the
science curriculum whose areas of
interest coincide with areas of
research ongoing in HERL. The
program includes earning credit
hours by working in the EPA
laboratory. Four to six students are
expected to participate each year in
the program.
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EPA REGION IV STATES
ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
ri Public Affiin
Office, (205) 271-7709
Pmi Hurley. LEGACY, (205) 271-7938
LEGACY: A new name and logo -
"Legacy - Partners In
Environmental Education" - was
adopted in July for this program
which represents a coalition of state
and federal agencies, environmental
associations, educators, interested
individuals and industries whose
objective is to promote a statewide
ntal education program in
Alabama for grades K-12. The
name symbolizes the program's
overall mission to provide future
generations with a clean, healthful
environment through environmental
education.
Environmental Education Tag:
The Alabama Legislature, in 1992
session,. authorized a new,
environmental license plate, which
will cost $50. The proceeds will
support Legacy and its
environmental education initiatives.
Model Recycling Program: The
recycling program established by
ADEM in June 1990 has become a
model for other state agencies,
public schools and colleges and
universities. In connection with it,
ADEM's State Recycling
Coordinator tT>a^>* approximately 40
presentations to state departments,
schools and colleges, civic clubs,
professional organizations, local
governments, etc.. to give
information and help to establish
A chemia(W)cftlM Alabama DepctnmeMefE
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awareness of significant
environmental issues, is distributed
to a wide variety of publics,
including industries, public schools,
colleges and universities, special
interest organizations and
legislators.
"Think Earth": The
award-winning "Think Earth"
program, a multidisciplinary
environmental education package
including animated video and
educational units for students in
grades K-3, was purchased by
ADEM during the year and
received widespread distribution
based on requests from schools
throughout Alabama and several
surrounding states. Ciba-Geigy and
Olin Corp., two Alabama chemical
companies, purchased copies of the
program and distributed it to
schools in Mobile and Washington
counties. Ciba-Geigy personnel
meet with teachers and students to
familiarize them with the program,
to answer questions and to award
certificates of completion.
National Environmental
Education Act Grants (NEEA):
Five Alabama schools and
organizations were awarded federal
funds totaling $21,171 in the first
NEEA grants award program.
Projects funded ranged from
establishing an outdoor learning
center at an elementary school to a
program that uses a puppet show
and other theatrical enactments to
enhance elementary students'
conservation.
Asian Visitors: Eight senior-level
environmental scientists from India,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and
Bangladesh spent four days in
Alabama interacting with state
environmental management officials
and touring a variety of industries
as part of a three-week
environmental study in the U.S.
The program was sponsored by the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs of the U.S. Information
Agency under auspices of the
Fulbright-Hays program. Alabama
was selected as a major focus for
the study tour based on several
factors, including its mixture of
industries, climatic conditions
comparable to those in South Asia
and the state's legislative and
executive envuomtental initiatives.
In conjunction with mis exchange
program, Charles Horn, Chief of the
ADEM Water Division, was
selected as one of several
environmental specialists from the
U.S. to participate in a two-week
trip to India nnf) Nepal.
Adopt-A-Stream: This program, a
cooperative venture of ADEM,
People Against a Uttered State and
the Alabama Forestry Commission,
enlists sponsors (schools, civic
clubs, businesses, etc.) to clean an
adopted stream crossing. The
activity also involves reporting on
the number of workers involved in
each cleanup and the number of
bags and types of trash collected.
Signs identifying the sponsors are
posted at each adopted stream
segment
Tide m Workshops: Seven
workshops were held throughout the
state to famil"ffjy^ industries and
businesses with the reporting
requirements of SARA Title m.
The initiative was sponsored by the
Alabama Emergency Response
Commission, co-chaired by the
directors of the departments of
Environmental Management and
Emergency Management
Citizen Monitoring Programs:
Citizens in the vicinity of Mobile
Bay, Bayview Lake, Little River
and the Coosa, Cafaaba and
TaUapoosa rivers are actively
participating in programs to monitor
water quality parameters. The
projects have been supported by
state and federal funds, as well as
through contributions from private
industries *tcfl businesses. • The
program has proved to have a
significant benefit in educating
volunteers on water quality issues,
in addition to providing ADEM
with specific data on water quality
indicators.
Pnblk Information: As a regular
service, ADEM provides brochures,
pamphlets, fact sheets, videos and
other informational
materials to government agencies
and officials, environmental and
special interest groups, civic
organizations, church groups,
teachers *»yt students ""t interested
individuals. During the 1992 fiscal
year, approximately 1,400 requests
were processed and more than
3,000 pieces of material distributed.
Additionally, almost 900 requests
the news media were managed with
20 percent of these being from
out-of-state. Speakers are also
provided to a wide variety of
audiences ranging from elementary
schools to technical seminars.
Year of tiw Gulf: Alabama's
celebration of the "Year of the
Gulf" was launched with a meeting
hi Mobile in June attended by more
than 130 individuals. Speakers
included Governor Guy Hunt, U.S.
Rep. Sonny f-gita^luM, Dr. Douglas
Lipka, Acting Director of EPA's
Gulf of Mexico Program and
Patrick Tobin, Deputy Regional
Administrator of EPA Region IV.
A steering onrnminrie has promoted
and coordinated activities during the
year in order to promote public
awareness of the need to protect
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and preserve this significant
ecological and economic resource.
Teacher Workshops: Three teacher
workshops were held during die
year that presented information on
the problems of non-point source
pollution and its prevention, as well
as about the basics of water
monitoring. They were attended by
more than 100 elementary and high
school teachers who will use the
workshop informaiioii m the
classroom.
Source Book: EPA Region IV. the
Tennessee Valley Authority and
ADEM have begun a five-year
program to create a comprehensive
water source book for grades K-12.
Portions of the book, written for
grades 3-5, are currently under
review by a trrJmical review
Partners In
Environmental
Education
Tttt logo fjtoim above) for the Legacy program wot rnntOed in 1991. It exemplifies tin
program'* mission, wHeh if to provide flam generation* a dean, AeofifyU environment
throngk environmental education.
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FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION
Contact: Jwioe R. Hogon. (904) 489-9334
Speakers Bnrera
The Department's Speakers Bureau
provides speakers to schools
statewide on topics that relate to
protecting Florida's natural
resources: the air, land and water.
Specific topics have included: the
water cycle, environmental law,
global wanning, air pollution,
recycling, wetlands, used oil, the
reuse of reclaimed water, waste
reduction and pollution prevention,
household hazardous waste and the
geology of national parks.
Partners for Excelki
A ckemto (left) cfFlorida't Department
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sends them a booklet entitled
"Classroom and Held Experiments
for Florida's Environmental
Resources", which was produced to
help educators develop "hands-on"
environmental projects for the
pupils.
Laboratory Facilities
Tours of the Department's
laboratory complex are provided for
school groups and other
provides a speaker before the tour
to explain what an environmental
lab is and what is done there.
Used Ofl Recycling Education
Project
The Department developed a Used
Oil Recycling Education Project,
which is designed for grades K-12.
It includes a complete curriculum
that explains how oil is formed,
produced and processed; what oil
does inside an engine; the types of
impurities that are added through
routine motor wear, and why oil
should be properly managed and
recycled.
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GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Contact: Ttemu D. Smth. (404) 656-4713
Publk Infomuitioo
Throogb nearly 300 publications,
five films (VHS, Beta and 16 mm)
and various slide presentations,
Environmental Protection Division
(EPD) staff provided written and
recorded environmental information
to thousands of Georgia citizens.
The publications include pamphlets,
manuals, reports, fact sheets and
bookmarks. The video films
include: Air The Vital Resource;
The Disposal Dilemma; Clean
Water, Georgia's Treasure; Safe
Drinking Water: Wellhead
Protection in Georgia; and the
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources (DNR). Slide
presentations cover die DNR, EPD,
recycling, Project PETRO (waste
oil recycling) and household
hazardous waste.
During 1992, EPD's staff spoke to
approximately 50-60 visitors to the
office and, through telephone and
in-person requests, distributed
4,000-5,000 pieces of environmental
literature to Georgia's citizens.
In-House Library
EPD also maintain^ a&
library of its pu
h>hOUSe
and
slides. These are available for use
by citizens, groups and
organizations. EPD's Information
Officer operates the library during
normal business hours, five days a
week. Citizens, and others, who
visit the office may view materials,
make copies and speak with staff
members about any environmental
subject.
A j*Kf mother ofO* Emtnmmtmt Protection DM*to*
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EPA to aMtHOtraUft
EPD ko* btt* deOgMUd by 0* US.
rogram*, exctpt wtAmdtproUctiat.
enviromncntal programs. The staff
tafcg the units to events in Georgia
throughout tbe year. Some events
in 1992 included:
• Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition,
Moultrie, October 13-15
Environmental Education Days,
Macoo Mall, Macon, August 8-9
Environmental Awareness Day,
Spellman College, Atlanta,
October 23
* AT&T Environmental & Safety
Fair, AT&T Communications,
Atlanta, May 12
• Weekend for Wildlife, Sea
Island, February 7-9
* Southeastern Safe Dams
Conference, Atlanta, April 5-8
• Atlanta Braves Environmental
Awareness Day, Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium, April 12
• Spring Fling, The Lovett School,
Atlanta, May 1
* Black History Month, Spraybeny
High School, Marietta. February
18&25
EFD also participated in the third,
metro-wide Recycling Day in
November. This consists of
periodic collections in which
citizens drop off recyclables
(plastics, aluminum, glass, paint,
products) at
locations in metropolitan Atlanta.
EPD, the Georgia Department of
Community Affairs, local Clean and
Beautiful units and WXIA-TV
(ChrnnrJ 11) again sponsored the
event
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KENTUCKY
NATURAL RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION CABINET
"From Rio to the Capitob - State
Strategies for Sustainable
Development": A national follow-
up conference to die UNCED Earth
Summit will be held May 25-28,
1993, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Governors, legislators, state officials
and others will meet to discuss how
states can implement Agenda 21
and other agreements readied at die
UNCED meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
Contact Ana June*. (502) 564-2611
STATE GOVERNMENT
SEEK
Contact: Julie Smi&er. (502) 564-5525
SEEK, or Students Exploring the
Environment in Kentucky, is a joint
effort of me Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet
and the Department of Fish and
Wildlife Resources, which sponsors
environmental clubs in Kentucky's
elementary and secondary schools.
Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet
Coottcc Julie Smiths. (502) 564-5525
Water. Water
educational
related issues.
Watca Program;
on water
Air Quality: Clean Air for
Kentucky education
Young ***** a JGntadtjr Forestry Camp team At idattfitng daraaeritOa efa dead
ntdtnake they hartjemd.
Division of Environmental
Services: River Assessment
Monitoring Project (RAMP), a
water quality monitoring project for
high school students.
Forestry: Project Learning Tree;
claasmnm materials; film library; Jr.
Forest Ranger Program.
Energy: Grade school calendar
poster contest; educational
Waste Management: Speakers;
educational materials and
curriculum guides.
Conservation: Statewide poster and
essay contest; film lending library
and newsletter.
Water Patrol: Boating safety
programs; CPR classes.
Nature Preserves Commission
Fifth-grade science curriculum on
Kentucky's endangered species.
Environmental Quality
Commission: "State of the
Environment Report".
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources
ContKt: Lyna Gmuoa. (502) 564-4762
"Kentucky Afield" "ntHf magarin«
•Kentucky Afield" weekly
television show. Education officers
serve most school districts to
provide schools with nature
programs. Coordinating agency for
Project Wild.
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A yo**g participant look* owr afar atria *i Out JEmtodty DMtlat ef Energy'* potttr
Department of Parks
CoBttct Cwey Tidxsner. (302) 564-5410,
exL246
woricshops.
training
UNIVERSITIES
Murray State University Center
for Environmental Education
Com** Rnth Iicqnot. (502) 762-2534
Provides programs in local school
districts. Provides environmental
education training to pie-service
educators. Conducts research and
develops programs in environmental
Western Kentucky University
Center for Math, Science and
Environmental Education
CootKt: Tory WOfo*. (502) 745-3442
Provides programs in local school-
districts. Provides environmental
training to pic-service
educators. Conducts research
develops programs in environmental
education.
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MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Contact Ele»na Turner. (601) 961-5015
Non-Point Pollution Lesson Plans
The Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) participated in a
non-point pollution writing
workshop for lower elementary
teachers sponsored by the
Mississippi Soil and Water
Conservation Commission and the
USDA Soil Conservation Service.
Lesson plans have been developed
and will be made available to
teachers.
Back Bay of BQozf Poster
The water quality management
section has produced a four-color
poster of the Back Bay of Biloxi, in
Lotto Belter, of Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Water Quality
Management Branch, demonstrates at aquifer model at a gnmndwater ediication meeting for
farmer*. During the count of 1992, Ms. Better aid oOter DEQ employees made similar
presentation* to farmer* aid rural home tomtit in 11 Mississippi counties at well ai at
schools. youA camp* and otter educational event**
an effort to educate the public about
ways individuals can hehi improve
me water quality.
Photography Contest
A statewide photography contest
was held to increase awareness of
the importance of clean water.
The winnmg photographs will be
displayed during October 1993, the
Month of Clean Water.
Speakers
The DEQ continues to provide
speakers for schools, civic clubs,
professional organizations, fire
Tameka Norrts (left) of BOaad, MisHuippi talla wiA staff member* of Miuutippi's
Department cf Emirormterual Quality at Ou Year aftfu Ou# celebration in Pan Christian.
Mistiaippi. The staffer's are (left to right) Staccy McDwain and Becky Comyns of
Mississippi's Office of Potation Control, Son* Regional Office.
sponsored by law firms, church
groups and other state and federal
agency-sponsored events. The DEQ
provided speakers and
demonstrations for the Warren
County Recycling Conference for
students and for conservation
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carnivals throughout die Stan.
Educational Materials
v
Requests for information are
bandied daily. In addition to
mailing materials (0 numCTOUS
students of all ages, the DEQ
Library provides aggfotancn to
researchers. TTiree brochures that
are widely distributed by the DEQ
were up-dated during the year.
Exhibits
Mississippi Water Resources
Meeting, Biloxi. Aug. 15-16
Mississippi State Fair, Jackson, Oct
2-13
Jackson Metro Area Amnesty Day,
Jackson, Oct. 19
Mississippi Water and Wastewater
Operators Annual Meeting, Jackson,
April 6-8
River Jamboree. Moss Point, May 2
Gulf Coast Fair, Biloxi, May 16-17
Jackson Zoological Park Earth
Awareness Days, Jackson, June 6-7
Mississippi Municipal Association,
June 10-12
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NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH
AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Coatwt iiafe W. LtUfc, PWD. <9W) 733-
0711
The Office of Environmental
Education (OEE) in the Department
of Environment, Health, and
Natural Resources (DEHNR) was
established in 1990. The Office
serves as a cleaiinghhouse for
environmental information,
especially mat produced by the
Department, for communities and
school systems across the state, and
it plans for future needs for
environmental education materials
and programs.
The Office works with the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (DPI) to integrate
environmental education into course
curricula. It administers the Project
Tomorrow Awards Program
"Healthy Kids in a Healthy
Environment" to encourage school
children to discover and implement
The second place winner* of the 1991-92 school year f reject Tomorrow Award* Program
(shown above the second, Mrd and fourth from to tefll proudly moid Ouir awards. The
prog mm it aimed at encouraging school* to develop educational project* on school gromb.
i* Hot Spi1wN<^ Carolina. The program
it administered by North Carolina's Office of Environmental Education.
ways to protect their health and
environment During 1992-1993,
the Office, in conjunction with DPI,
is offering an electronic
conferencing system with an
"environmental education
conference" accessible by an 800
Environmental musician Rich Welsh entertains participants in Nook Corolina't conference
"Building a Shared Vision for Environmental Education in North Carolina: Thii 1992
conference was the flat state conference after AeEPA's 1991 conference an the tame subject.
number to teachers in the state.
The Office maintains a
compumritcd database of existing
environmental education programs
within DEHNR and has an
yfliQnriflttflfl siv? rcfeff?M spccmli st Go
respond ID requests. The Office
also tnamtaimi a speaker's bureau.
DEHNR's Stale Fair exhibit, which
is seen by thousands, is coordinated
through OEE. In 1992, it received
recognition as the best exhibit hi
the non-commercial category.
"Building a Shared Vision for
Environmental Education in North
Carolina", a statewide conference
based on the national conference
coordinated by EPA in 1991, was
the highlight of the year, with
approximately 150 participants.
The conference was sponsored by
the OEE and EPA Region IV in
conjunction with the Environmental
Resource Program at UNC-Chapel
Hill, the Sci-Link/Globe-Net
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Program at North Carolina State
University and the Environmental
Educators of North Carolina. A
feature of the conference was a
session on "Partnerships to Develop
and Deliver Environmental
Education: A Sampler of North
Carolina Projects", which was
designed to showcase successful
programs and inspire others.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL
Conticti: Thorn Beny, (803) 734-50O
JtnTutux (803) 734-5041
For Year Information (FYTs)
These one-page fact sheets are for
non-technical readers and present
information about a variety of
environmental subjects in
understandable langauge. A
telephone number is included on
each sheet for those who want more
information. Twenty-one FYIs have
been published since 1990.
Fact Sheets
These publications examine issue-
oriented environmental topics such
as waste minimization and the Stale
Superfund. They also address site-
specific environmental concerns in
lay language.
Glossary of Environmental Terms
This publication makes
environmental terms understandable
to die public. It is useful for ages
from middle school up.
Lead: An environmental hazard
to our children's health
This publication examines the laws
and state and federal regulatory
activities applicable to this major
environmental threat to children.
Nonpoint Sonrct Pollution
Management Program
Conuct Phil H»yes. (803) 734-5038
Environmental Awareness
NASCAR *>ri«i«
on Nonpoint Source pollution.
Conferences are also held with
students, teachers and others who
come into the office for
information.
In cooperation with Santee Cooper
(the state-owned electric utility) the
NFS pollution division answered
more than 400 requests for
environmental information by South
Carolina seventh graders who were
doing research for a Santee Cooper
sponsored essay contest
Plans for 1993 include expanding
the amount of educational literature,
speaking to more groups,
developing "infomercials" relating
to NFS pollution, evaluating the
existing environmental education
curriculum and doing the
development of a comprehensive
plan to include NFS pollution
curriculum in South Carolina's
schools.
Glossary of NPS Terms
This booklet makes NPS pollution
terms available to the public. It is
useful for schools, concerned
i .It 1/VatS, and emiiitMmBnmHyfp-
Fact Sheet
A &ct sheet has been developed
about NPS pollution.
Newsletter
A newsletter is published quarterly
about NPS pollution in the East
Cooper NPS Management Project
The newsletter spotlights volunteers
involved with the program and
gives an update of area activities
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that promote an awareness of NFS
pollution.
Clean Water Confi
The "Forging Clean Water
Partnership" conference, held in
connection with die Clean Water
Act's 20th anniversary, was
attended by nearly 70 people who
represented environmental, business,
state, properly and others interests
concerned with protecting and
enhancing water quality in South
Carolina. Program topics included
grassroots organizing, stewardship
and the role of the public sector in
protecting and enhancing the state's
waters.
Turning the Tide Promotion
The NFS pollution staff, in
cooperation with the Isle of Palms
Fall Festival and 15 state and
environmental agencies combined to
do a Turning the Tide on
Nonpoint Source Pollution exhibit
during Clean Water Month, m
addition to the environmental
exhibitors, Steven Jordan, a
nationally recognized watercolorist
from the area created a poster
relating to NFS pollution and die
vitatoess of the area's shellfish
resource. It was available to
participants free.
Exhibits and Shows
The NPS division has two displays
for continuous use. Approximately
15 exhibits have been scheduled
during the year and plans are being
made to exhibit at die Southeastern
Wildlife Exposition, in February.
1993, in Charleston, S.C.
Office of Solid Waste Reduction
and Recycling
Contact: Richiid Oualey, (803) 734-4957
An Overview of the South
Carolina Solid Waste Policy and
Management Act of 1991.
This publication is the non-
technical, short version of the
stale's first comprehensive law
dealing with solid waste. It includes
a list of aU the state's active
municipal solid waste landfills and
the department's solid waste
consultants throughout the state.
Glossary
This publication defines solid waste
and recycling terms in a simple,
non-technical manner and is
targeted at schools and die general
public.
InfoSheets
These are one-page fact sheets on
solid waste and recycling issues.
The information is presented in an
understandable, non-technical
manner. Topics include solid waste,
recycling, plastics, household
hazardous waste and used oil.
RECYCLE South Carolina
Newsletter
The RECYCLE South Carolina
Newsletter is published every other
mourn and addresses solid waste
and recycling issues in die state.
Each issue contains die latest solid
waste and recycling news, including
ntfafimtfioii on regulation updates,
operator training and certification
and recycling success stories. It is
distributed to schools, local
governments, recycling
coordinators, solid waste
ftdniiittstf&tQf$) opinion Ic&dcrs &DQ
others. Beginning in the fall 1993,
the newsletter will have an insert by
and for students writing about
recycling programs at their schools.
Toll-free telephone line
The Office of Solid Waste
Reduction and Recycling (OSWRR)
established a toll-free line, 1-800-
768-7348, to answer recycling
questions.
Curriculum
OSWRR, along with a statewide
teacher's *x
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The S.C. Used Oil Partnership was
formed to promote proper disposal
of used oil. It consists of OSWRR,
the S.C. Department of Highways
and Public Transportation, Santee
Cooper and me S.C. Petroleum
Council NASCAR driver Kyle
Petty appears statewide in public
service announcements for radio
and television, in brochures and on
posters and billboards aimed at do-
it-yourself oil changers.
OSWRR also formed an informal
partnership with Columbia radio
station WNOK-FM and its "Earth
Buddies" promotion nn<1 the NPS
Pollution Mana
held a Super Recycling Day in
September. The station also runs
30-second spots on recycling and
solid waste management.
OSWRR formed an informal
partnership with the local Pepsi-
Cola affiliate to help sponsor an
aluminum can recycling program at
the University of South .Carolina
and several area high schools.
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TENNESSEE
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
Contact Gndi Smith-Wtltm, PbJ)., (615)
741:5774
Project CENTS
Project CENTS (Conservation
Education Now for Tennessee
Students) is a partnership of die
state's Department of Education.
Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Resources Agency, and the
Tennessee Conservation League and
Tennessee Forestry Association.
CHNTS is an umbrella under which
the award winning, K-12,
interdisciplinary, environmental
education programs, Project WILD,
Aquatic WILD and Project
Learning Tree are offered to
teachers and youth leaders through
free workshops. Activity guides
and other aids, which focus on
wildlife and natural resources, are
furnished to supplement existing
curriculums. More than 20,000
educators have been (rained since
1984.
• CENTS programs and materials
are offered to pie-service teachers
in colleges and universities across
the state.
• CENTS NEWS, a four-times a
year, eight-page newsletter is sent
free-of-charge to past workshop
participants to update mem on
natural resource information,
activities, free materials and more.
* WILDLIFE WEEK materials are
distributed through the CENTS
network.
• TSAP (Tennessee Students
Against Pollution) CLUBs are
fostered by the CENTS program
Teaditn at ACCENTS 1991 Summer Teacher Woriuhep at TVA't Land Between AeLata
participate in a ttreom ttudy. Left to right are Teresa tfedun. Nancy SmiA. Mary Jane
Panto art Pat Mom.
CiatU Sntik-Wallen, Ph.D.t Project CENTS director, lead* OuaatU from the Charlotte
Elementary School Hi the PLT activity "Plant Person&catio*".
across the state. This network of
students and educators work
together to take action on
environmental issues.
• EARTH AWARDS are offered
through the Tennessee
Environmental Education
Association ""d judged with help
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from CENTS. These giants are for
environmental action projects and
training scholarships.
• TREE TRUNKS, developed by
the CENTS partners supplement
existing teaching materials. Trunks
contain a teacher guide, hand
magnifiers, tree ID keys, videos,
books, tree cross-sections and more,
and are available to teachers and
youth leaders on a free loan basis.
• SUMMER EDUCATOR
WORKSHOPS, which last for a
week or more, are held in two
locations in the state. In 1992, four
different residential camps were
held for college credit in biology or
education. Four workshops are
scheduled in 1993.
• SOLID WASTE EDUCATION
will begin, in 1993, state-wide
through the CENTS program. A
peer mentorship program will also
be implemented.
• RELEAF TENNESSEE began in
1990 and provides teaching packets
and tree seedlings to 4th grade
classes state-wide during Arbor
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Week. In 1993, more than 150,000
seedlings will be distributed and all
95 counties will participate. The
goal is to plant one million
seedlings by the year 2000.
• OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
WORKSHOPS will begin in 1993
with the introduction of the WILD
SCHOOL SITES booklet This
program will give classroom
teachers and community leaders
information and assistance to
develop habitat enrichment projects
and positive environmental action
in their own communities.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was compiled by:
EPA Region IV
Office of Public Attain
Environmental Education & Public Outreach Staff
Richard D. Nawyn, Chief
Additional copies of this report
may be obtained
Rae HaOisey, PubUc Affairs Assistant
US. EPA Region IV - OPA/EEPO
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
(404) 347-3004
Fax (404) 347-3721
Special thanks arc given to the* foOowing people
for the graphics layout for this report:
Carolyn White, Qullla Swint, Pat Boyle, Ann Cadger (CSC)
Information Resources Management Branch
Ruth Cains, South Superfund Branch
Mtya Smith, Human Resources Management Branch
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