United States EPA Science Advisory EPA-SAB-04-006
Environmental Board (1400F) April 2004
Protection Agency Washington DC www.epa.qov/sab
v>EPA RECOMMENDATIONS ON
THE FY2003 SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
(STAA) NOMINATIONS
A REPORT BY
THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PANEL OF THE
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
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April 7, 2004
EPA-SAB-04-006
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Recommendations for the FY2003 Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards (STAA): A Report by the Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards Panel of the EPA Science Advisory
Board
Dear Administrator Leavitt:
The EPA Science Advisory Board's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards
Panel has completed its review of the nominations submitted by the Agency for the FY2003
awards program. The Panel conducted its review in closed session on August 5-7, 2003 in
Washington, DC. The results of the Panel's efforts were administratively reviewed and
approved by the Board.
The Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards program is a long-standing
partnership between the Agency and the Board. The program was established to encourage
Agency scientists and engineers to publish their research in the peer-reviewed literature.
Because sound science provides a basis for sound decisions, peer reviewed publication of
Agency science has always been important. However, it is even more critical now that the
Office of Management and Budget has issued government-wide guidelines for ensuring and
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by Federal
agencies.
Since 1980, Agency scientists and engineers have submitted nominated scientific and
technological papers through an internal review process managed by the Office of Research and
Development. The SAB convenes a panel of scientists and engineers to review and evaluate the
nominations producing a set of award recommendations which ORD uses in preparing the actual
awards. The Panel's recommendations for awards and further improvements in the STAA
program are summarized briefly here and discussed in the enclosed report.
The Agency solicited nominations in eleven categories this year: Control Systems &
Technology, Ecological Research, Health Effects & Human Health Risk Assessment, Monitoring
& Measurement Methods, Transport & Fate, Review Articles, Risk Management and Ecosystem
Restoration, Integrated Risk Management, Social Sciences, Integrated Risk Assessment and
Environmental Futures. Of the 136 papers forwarded for review, the Panel recommends 54
papers for a cash award and identifies an additional 33 deserving Honorable Mention.
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The recommended awards fall in nine of the eleven categories for which nominations
were submitted. The authors of papers recommended for awards this year represent the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Region 6, and 15 research facilities and centers
within the Office of Research and Development.
Returning to the purpose of the program, the Panel is pleased that ORD has a vigorous
tradition of publication of research results in peer reviewed journals. The Panel would like to
see this practice adopted more broadly at EPA. EPA regional and program offices are
forwarding relatively few published papers for consideration for STAA awards. Publication in
peer-reviewed journals provides readers with confidence in the rigor of the science and enhances
the reputation of the Agency and its programs. Therefore, EPA should encourage regional and
program office scientists and engineers to publish relevant data and technical analysis in the peer
reviewed literature. The Panel strongly recommends that ORD continue to reach out to Agency
scientists and engineers across the Agency and encourage their participation in the STAA
program.
Recognition of the authors of the award-winning papers is important to encourage others
to emulate that behavior. Therefore, the Panel was pleased to see authors of award-winning
papers honored at last year's Science Forum. The Panel encourages some form of recognition
for the non-EPA co-authors of papers receiving awards.
As it approaches the 25 year mark, the STAA program remains an important mechanism
for recognizing and promoting high quality, peer-reviewed work published in top scientific and
technological journals. In 2004, the Panel would like to work with the Agency to gather
information about the history of the program, reflect upon its strengths and weaknesses, and
consider whether some celebration of its achievements might be warranted at the quarter-century
mark in 2005.
We are pleased to have participated in this process once again and believe it is
appropriate for the Board to continue this annual review function. We look forward to serving
the Agency again in this important activity.
Sincerely,
/Signed/ /Signed/
Dr. William Glaze, Chair Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards Panel (FY2003-2005)
EPA Science Advisory Board
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NOTICE
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a public advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to the
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Reports of the SAB are posted on the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
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ABSTRACT
This report represents the conclusions and recommendations of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board regarding the FY2003 EPA Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program. The STAA Program is an Agency-wide
competition to promote and recognize scientific and technological achievements by EPA
employees, fostering a greater exposure of EPA research to the public. The Program was
initiated in 1980 and is managed by the Office of Research and Development (ORD).
The Agency submitted for review 136 nominations in eleven categories this year. The
categories are: Control Systems & Technology (CS), Ecological Research (ER), Health Effects
& Human Health Risk Assessment (HE), Monitoring & Measurement Methods (MM), Transport
& Fate (TF), Review Articles (RA), Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration (RM),
Integrated Risk Management (IR), Social Sciences (SS), Integrated Risk Assessment (IR) and
Environmental Futures (EF). Of these, the Panel recommended 54 nominations (40 percent of
the nominations) for awards, and also identified an additional 33 nominations worthy of
Honorable Mention. The authors of papers recommended for awards this year represent the
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Region 6, and 15 research facilities and
centers within the Office of Research and Development.
The Panel encouraged the Agency to continue support for the STAA program as a
mechanism for recognizing and promoting high quality research in support of the Agency's
mission. The Panel also strongly encouraged that EPA broadly acknowledge and disseminate
the results of the award competition.
KEY WORDS: Awards, Technology, Scientific Achievements, Peer-Review
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
Executive Committee
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Review Panel
FY2003-2005*
CHAIR
Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute,
Piscataway, NJ
Also Member: SAB Environmental Health Committee
MEMBERS
Dr. Timothy Buckley, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Member: SAB Integrated Human Exposure Committee
Dr. Calvin Chien, E. I. DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Dr. Richard O. Gilbert, Battelle Memorial Institute, Rockville, MD
Dr. Guy Lanza, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Dr. Joseph Landolph, University of Southern California, Los Angeles , CA
Member: SAB Drinking Water Committee
Dr. John P. Maney, Environmental Measurements Assessment, Gloucester, MA
Dr. Michael C. Newman, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA
Member: SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
Dr. Frederick G. Pohland, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (deceased)
Dr. Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Member: SAB Drinking Water Committee**
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Ms. Kathleen White, Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20460
* Members of this SAB Panel consist of:
a. SAB Members: Experts appointed by the Administrator to serve on one of the SAB Standing Committees.
b. SAB Consultants: Experts appointed by the SAB Staff Director to serve on ad hoc Panels formed to address a
particular issue.
* * Unable to attend meeting.
*** Dr. Pohland passed away in early 2004. He was a long-serving member of the Science Advisory Board who contributed to many reviews and
will be greatly missed.
Ill
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
2. INTRODUCTION 2
2.1 Request for EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Review 2
2.2 Panel Review Procedures 3
2.2.1 Request for Review and Acceptance 3
2.2.2 Panel Formation 3
2.2.3 Panel Process and Review Documents 3
2.3 Review and Transmittal 4
3. EVALUATION OF THE FY2003 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS NOMINATIONS 6
3.1 General Findings of the Panel 6
3.2 STAA Program Administrative Recommendations 6
3.3 Award Recommendations 7
3.3.1 Level I Awards 8
3.3.2 Level II Awards 8
3.3.3 Level III Awards 8
3.3.4 Honorable Mention 8
Appendix A - Nominations Recommended for Awards
Appendix B - Biosketches
TABLES
Table I - Example of how Initial Individual Reviewer Rankings are Compiled 4
Table II - Comparison of Level I & II Awards over Time 6
Table III - Summary of 2003 Award Recommendations 9
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel of the EPA
Science Advisory Board (SAB) reviewed and evaluated the 136 nominations for the FY2003
program that were submitted by EPA research laboratory directors and program office directors.
The Panel met in Washington, DC, on August 5-7, 2003, to determine award recommendations.
The STAA review program is a long-standing partnership between the Agency and the
EPA Science Advisory Board. Each year since 1980, Agency scientists and engineers have
submitted nominated scientific and technological papers through an internal Agency review
process managed by the Office of Research and Development (ORD). (Note: The Agency did
not conduct the STAA Program during 1995 when there was a government-wide shutdown.)
This review process ensures that the best scientific papers are submitted to the SAB for
evaluation in the awards process. The SAB convenes an experienced interdisciplinary group of
scientists and engineers who meet in a closed meeting to review and evaluate the nominations.
The SAB review panel produces a set of award recommendations which ORD uses in preparing
the actual awards.
This year, the Panel recommended 54 nominations for awards and identified 33
additional nominations worthy of Honorable Mention. The Panel applied the evaluation criteria
evenly across all nomination categories, without attempting to ensure equal numbers or
percentages of awards in each category. The authors of papers recommended for awards this
year represent the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Region 6, and 15
research facilities and centers within the Office of Research and Development.
The Panel strongly believes that recognition of the authors of the award-winning papers
is important to encourage others to emulate that behavior and to establish this as normative.
Similarly, publicity about the STAA program encourages people to participate and makes the
general public more aware of the quality and depth of EPA science. The Panel was pleased to
see authors of award-winning papers honored at last year's Science Forum and encourages
further activities of this type. While recognizing that there are limitations on what the Agency
can do for those scientists and engineers who are not employees, the Panel would also like to see
some form of recognition for the non-EPA co-authors of papers receiving awards.
The Panel recommends that continued attention be paid to providing opportunities for
EPA's scientists, engineers, and other technical personnel to conduct challenging, soundly based
research and publish the results in peer-reviewed journals. This practice improves the credibility
of the science underpinning Agency decisions on important scientific issues of specific
importance to EPA.
The STAA program began in 1980 and is approaching its silver anniversary. The need to
recognize, promote, and reward the publication of science in peer-reviewed journals is even
more acute. In 2004, the Panel would like to work with the Agency to gather information about
the history of the program, reflect upon its strengths and weaknesses, and consider whether some
celebration of its achievements might be warranted at the quarter-century mark in 2005.
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2. INTRODUCTION
2.1 Request for EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Review
At the request of the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), the EPA Science
Advisory Board convened a Panel to review and evaluate scientific and technological papers
published in peer-reviewed journals by EPA authors and nominated for the FY2003 EPA
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) program. The STAA Panel was
asked to evaluate nominated papers for awards based on the rules developed by ORD. The
Office of Research and Development (ORD) provided the SAB with copies of 136 nominations.
The Panel used the 2002 STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines, which describes the
award levels, eligibility criteria (including the minimum EPA contribution and employer status
of the principal author), and the criteria the SAB should use to evaluate the nominations. ORD
grouped the papers into eleven categories of science and technology1, and screened the papers
for conformance with the nomination guidelines.
As described in the 2002 STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines, the SAB was
asked to recommend papers for each of three Levels of Award.
a) Level I awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an exceptionally
high-quality research or technological effort. The nomination should recognize
the creation or general revision of scientific or technological principle or
procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the value of a device, activity,
program, or service to the public. It must be at least of national significance or
have high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The nomination must be
of far reaching consequences and recognizable as a major scientific/technological
achievement within its discipline or field of study.
b) Level II awards - are for nominees who have accomplished a notably excellent
research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a
lesser degree, than those described under Level I. It must have timely
consequences and contribute as an important scientific/technological achievement
within its discipline or field of study.
c) Level III awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an unusually notable
research or technological effort. The nomination can be for a substantial revision
or modification of a scientific/technological principle or procedure, or an
important improvement to the value of a device, activity, program, or service to
the public. It must relate to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or
significantly affect a relevant area of science/technology.
d) Honorable Mention - The Panel has also added a fourth non-cash level award for
nominations which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I, II or III
award. Honorable Mention applies to nominations that: (1) may not quite reach
The eleven categories are: Control Systems & Technology (CS), Ecological Research (ER), Health
Effects & Human Health Risk Assessment (HE), Monitoring & Measurement Methods (MM), Transport & Fate
(TF), Review Articles (RA), Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration (RM), Social Sciences (SS), Integrated
Risk Management (IR), Social Sciences (SS), and Environmental Futures (EF).
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the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research
that the Panel wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of research that the Panels
feels is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation at this time.
2.2 Panel Review Procedures
2.2.1 Request for Review and Acceptance
In June 2002, the Office of Research and Development requested that the Science
Advisory Board review nominations for the ORD Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards (STAA) in 2003. After considering all requests for 2003, the Executive Committee of
the Science Advisory Board determined that the review should be conducted by a specialized
panel. The Director of the Science Advisory Board Staff Office, in consultation with the
Chairman of the Science Advisory Board, selected Environmental Health Committee member
Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, then of the University of Rochester and currently Director of the
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Rutgers State
University, as chair.
2.2.2 Panel Formation
The panel was formed in accordance with the principles set out in the 2002 commentary
of the Science Advisory Board, Panel Formation Process: Immediate Steps to Improve Policies
and Procedures (EPA-SAB-EC-COM-02-003). A notice offering the public the opportunity to
nominate qualified individuals for service on the panel was published in the Federal Register on
December 27, 2002 (67 FR 79079-79081). Thirty-one individuals were considered for
membership on the panel. On the basis of candidates' qualifications, interest, and availability,
the SAB Staff Office made the decision to put 21 candidates on the "short list" for the panel. On
April 2, 2003, the SAB Staff Office posted a notice on the SAB Web site inviting public
comments on the prospective candidates for the panel.
The SAB Staff Office Director — in consultation with SAB Staff (including the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) and the Acting SAB Ethics Advisor) and the Chair of the
Executive Committee — selected the final panel. Selection criteria included: excellent
qualifications in terms of scientific and technical expertise; the need to maintain a balance with
respect to qualifying expertise, background and perspectives; willingness to serve and
availability to meet during the proposed time periods; and the candidates prior involvement with
the topic under consideration. The final panel includes members of the Drinking Water
Committee, Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, Environmental Health Committee,
Integrated Human Exposure Committee, and former members of the Environmental Engineering
Committee as well as experienced SAB consultants familiar with the Agency. For the sake of
continuity, the Panel includes returning STAA panelists. In addition, many panelists hold
editorial positions on highly regarded scientific journals. Appendix B contains biosketches for
the Panel.
2.2.3 Panel Process and Review Documents
Copies of all nominations/papers and the award program guidelines and nomination
evaluation criteria were provided to the Panel in advance of the review meeting. Each panelist
selected dozens to review based on their expertise, being sure to select appropriate papers from
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different categories. Before the meeting, each nomination was reviewed by at least two qualified
panelists.
The Panel met on August 5-7, 2003, in Washington, DC. This was a closed session
because issues concerning personal privacy and potential cash awards were discussed.
Consistent with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) 5
U.S.C. App.2, and sections 552(b)(2) and (b)(6) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(2) and 552(b)(6), this closed meeting was announced in a Federal Register2 notice signed
by the EPA Administrator. All but one panelist were present at the meeting. The Panel decided
not to include the initial input of the missing panelist as he was unable to participate in
subsequent discussions and deliberations; thus it would be difficult to know what weight to give
his initial reactions to the nominations.
Panelists provided their individual initial ratings of the papers and ranked their own
expertise in the field of science and technology addressed by each nomination they selected for
review. The DFO organized this material as indicated in Table I, which uses illustrative
examples and not actual nominations. The table helped the Panel focus its discussion on each
individual nomination. Initial individual rankings were subject to change based on discussions
at the review and evaluation meeting.
Through discussion, the Panel developed preliminary consensus ratings for the
nominations, then reviewed those thought to be award-worthy a second time with additional
readers and, in most cases, a third time, to ensure that a complete evaluation had been made and
that the appropriate award level was recommended. All papers considered for a Level I award
were read by the nine panelists present. These papers were discussed repeatedly. Nominations
that were initially not recommended for an award were also re-considered to determine if the
nomination might merit either an Honorable Mention or numerical award. The Panel also
revisited the recommendations category by category to resolve any final issues and ensure
consistency in applying the award criteria across categories.
The final ranking agreed to at that meeting is a consensus ranking. All nominations
receiving a recommendation for a Level I, II or III award or an Honorable Mention are listed in
Appendix A.
2.3 Review and Transmittal
The Board approved the Panel's report April 20, 2004 and transmitted the report to the
Agency. For that review, the Panel report, less the actual award recommendations (Appendix A),
was made available to the EC and the interested public.
2 68 Federal Register 40932, July 9, 2003.
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Table I - Example of how Initial Individual Reviewer Rankings are Compiled
(Data for illustration purposes only)
Nomination
Number
HE0019
ER0122
RA0098
Title of
Nomination
Health Assessment:
Trinitrochicken
wire
Ecological Impacts
of Trinitrochicken
wire
Trinitrochicken
wire - A Review
Reviewer
Name
Dr. Smith
Dr. Jones
Dr. Adams
Dr. Smith
Dr. Jones
Dr. Adams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Black
Dr. Green
Dr. Jackson
Dr. White
Expertise *
2
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
2
1
Initial
Individual
Ranking
NR
III
NR
HM
III
NR
III
I
I
II
III
Final Panel
Ranking (at
meeting)
NR
III
I
* Expertise levels are rated as follows: 1 = not related to major discipline of reviewer; 2 = general
knowledge of research area; 3 = general knowledge of active research; and 4 = specific area of active
research. NR = Not Recommended for an award; HM = Honorable Mention; I, II, III = Award Levels
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3. EVALUATION OF THE FY2003 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS NOMINATIONS
3.1 General Findings of the Panel
The Panel is happy to report an increase from four to seven awards in Level I and an
increase in Level II awards from 7 to 18. Table II summarizes the Level I and Level II awards by
year since 1996.
Table II - Comparison of Level I & II Awards over Time
Award Level
Level I
Level II
Total Level I & II
FY1996
4
16
20
FY1997
3
11
14
FY1998
1
7
8
FY1999
0
5
5
FY2000
2
11
13
FY2001
4
7
11
FY2003*
7
18
25
*The apparent lack of FY2002 reflects a change in naming conventions, not a skipped year. Starting in FY2003 the review was identified by the
year of the review.
3.2 STAA Program Administrative Recommendations
The Panel commends the staff of ORD for administering the STAA program. The staff
has made significant improvements in the program and the nomination packages that have
facilitated the Panel's review procedures. To provide information to assist the Panel in its
review, the Panel recommends that the following phrase be added to the evaluation criteria and
section 3A on the form, "compliance with the Agency's Quality System for QA/QC and rigor of
experimental design".
The Panel recommends that ORD management continue to solicit participation of
scientists and engineers from across the Agency. ORD should continue to request the
submission of nominations early and advertise the program aggressively so that Regional and
Program offices have adequate time to prepare their nominations. The limited number of
nominations from outside of ORD is disappointing. While most of the in-house research is
conducted by ORD scientists in ORD laboratories, important work is also performed in the
program and regional offices so the submission process needs to encourage submissions from
outside of ORD as well.
The Panel again strongly urges the Agency to publicize the names of the award winning
scientists and engineers and their papers both within the Agency and outside the Agency in a
variety of ways. For example, the Agency should announce these winners by placing the title
and abstract of their papers, along with the source of the paper, on the Agency's Website. The
Agency should also develop press releases or letters from the Administrator that are targeted
toward the journal that published the articles, professional society newsletters, and local
newspapers in the vicinity of the scientist/engineer's research facility.
The need for Agency scientists and engineers to publish in the peer reviewed literature
may be more important now than ever before. The SAB has always encouraged Agency
scientists and engineers to publish their studies in the peer reviewed journals because it is
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accepted professional practice. It is a practice that enhances respect for Agency science in the
wider community thereby increasing the confidence of the scientific and regulated communities
in Agency decisions which rely on scientific findings. All that remains true. An additional factor
makes the publication of Agency science in peer-reviewed journals even more important. The
Office of Management and Budget has issued government-wide guidelines for ensuring and
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by Federal
agencies. These guidelines contain a presumption favoring peer-reviewed information and
explicitly identify the review process used by scientific journals as an example of acceptable
formal, independent, external peer review.
The STAA program began in 1980 and is approaching its 25th year of operation. The
Panel believes that the STAA program remains an important mechanism for recognizing and
promoting high quality, peer-reviewed work published in top scientific and technological
journals. Therefore, in 2004, the Panel would like to work with the Agency to gather
information about the history of the program, reflect upon its strengths and weaknesses, and
consider whether some celebration of its achievements might be warranted at the quarter-century
mark in 2005.
3.3 Award Recommendations
The authors of papers recommended for awards this year represent the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Region 6, and 15 research facilities and centers
within the Office of Research and Development. See the detailed breakout of authors in
Appendix A for further clarification.
Awards were recommended in nine of the eleven categories for which nominations were
submitted. A total of 54 nominations were recommended for awards. A summary of the
distribution of award recommendations among categories is presented in Table III. There were
136. Of those submitted, 87 were recommended for an award (54) or honorable mention (33).
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TABLE III - Summary of FY2003 Award Recommendations
Nomination Categories
Control Systems & Technology (CS)
Ecology, Ecosystem Risk Assessment
& Protection (ER)
Health Effects, Health Risk
Assessment (HE)
Monitoring & Measurement Methods
(MM)
Transport and Fate (TF)
Review Articles (RA)
Risk Management & Policy
Formulation (RM)
Social Sciences (SS)
Integrated Risk Assessment (IR)
Environmental Futures (EF)
TOTALS:
Total
Nom.
8
23
11
23
21
31
3
1
12
3
136
Award Levels
I
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
7
II
2
3
0
4
1
6
0
0
2
0
18
III
1
7
2
5
7
5
1
0
1
0
29
Tot
3
11
3
9
10
14
1
0
3
0
54
Award
%
38
48
27
39
48
45
33
0
25
0
40
Hon.
Men.
4
4
4
4
6
4
0
0
5
2
33
There were no re-categorized or combined nominations identified this year. The full list
of award recommendations is contained in Appendix A. Eligible authors are noted in boldface in
Appendix A.
3.3.1 Level I Awards
Seven Level I awards were recommended this year. Please see Appendix A for details.
3.3.2 Level II Awards
Eighteen Level II awards were recommended. Please see Appendix A for details.
3.3.3 Level III Awards
Twenty-nine Level III awards were recommended. Please see Appendix A for details.
3.3.4 Honorable Mention
Thirty-three nominations were judged as being worthy of an Honorable Mention. Please
see Appendix A for details.
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Appendix A - Nominations Recommended for Awards
This Appendix identifies the 54 nominations recommended for Level I, II, and III awards
and the 33 nominations recommended for an Honorable Mention. This Appendix is divided into
four parts. The first part provides information on the Level I award recommendations, the
second on the Level II award recommendations, the third part on the Level III award
recommendations, and the fourth part on the Honorable Mention recommendations.
The first column (Nom. #) gives the nomination number as provided by EPA in the
original submission. The second column (Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers) provides
the full title and citation of all papers submitted as part of a given nomination. The third column
(Authors and Nominating Organization) provides the name(s) of the EPA eligible authors
along with their level of effort (percentage) on the nomination. The primary nominating
organization is also listed. The fourth column (Recommended Award Level) indicates which
award is recommended (Level I, II, or III or Honorable Mention). The last column (Suggested
Citation from Nominating Organization) reflects the language of the citation that was
provided to the Panel by the Agency. These are not Panel citations.
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Appendix A-
FY2003 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)
Nominations Recommended for Awards
FY2003 Scientific
and Technological
Achievement Awards
(STAA)
Nominations
Nom.#
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Eligible Authors* and
Nominating Organization
Recommend
ed
Award Level
Suggested Citation from
Nominating Organization
Nominations Recommended
for a Level 1 Award ($5000)-
S3EROO
16
S3HEOO
34
S3RAOO
83
A Methodology for Inferring the
Causes of Observed Impairments in
Aquatic Ecosystems. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry,
21(6):1101-1111 (2002)
DNA Damage Induced by Methylated
Trivalent Arsenicals is Mediated by
Reactive Oxygen Species.
15(1 2): 1627-1 634 (2002)
Hepatic and Renal Toxicities
Associated with Perchloroethylene.
Pharmacological Reviews,
53(2): 177-208 (2001)
Dr. Glenn W. Suterll (34%)
Dr. Susan Braen Norton (33%)
Dr. Susan Cormier (33%)
NCEA, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Stephen Nesnow (32%)
Dr. Barbara Roop (32%)
Dr. Guy Lambert (32%)
Dr. Marc J. Mass (0%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Dr. Jean C. Parker (50%)
NCEA, Washington, DC
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1
Developing a Novel, Useful, and
Defensible Method for Determining
the Causes of Impairments in
Ecosystems
Outstanding Contributions to the
Further Understanding of the Mode
of Carcinogenic Action of Arsenic as
a Water Contaminant
Evaluation of Metabolism and
Organ Toxicity Data to Inform
Characterization of Risk from
Exposure to Perchloroethylene
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Water Additives. Chemical Reviews,
102(8):2837-2854 (2002)
b) The Fate of the Haloacetates in
Drinking Water: Chemical Kinetics in
Aqueous Solution. Chemical
Reviews, 101(11)-.3233-3243 (2001)
c) Perchlorate as an Environmental
Contaminant. Environmental Science
and Pollution Research, 9(3):187-192
(2002)
Dr. Edward Todd Urbansky
(100%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL I
Insightful Reviews that
Authoritatively Summarize the State
of Knowledge of Drinking Water
Contaminants
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Analytical Mass Spectrometry:
Strategies for Environmental and
Related Applications. Book and Book
Chapter, (vii-xi and 1-38): (2001)
Dr. William L Budde (100%)
NERL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL I
A Book that Critically Reviews
Every Aspect of the Application of
Mass Spectrometry to
Environmental Analysis
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a) Mixing Models in Analyses of Diet
Using Multiple Stable Isotopes: A
Critique. Oecologia, 127:166-170
(2001)
Dr. Donald L. Phillips (80%)
Dr. Jillian W. Gregg (10%)
LEVEL I
Developing Modeling Methods to
Improve the Usefulness of Stable
Isotopes as Environmental Tracers
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR
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Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound
Emissions from a Lowland Tropical
Wet Forest in Costa Rica.
Atmospheric Environment,
36(23):3793-3802 (2002)
Dr. Christopher D. Geron (70%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
LEVEL I
Discovery of the Effects of Volatile
Organic Compounds from Central
American Rain Forests on
Atmospheric Composition and
Chemistry
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Nominations Recommended
for a Level II Award ($2500) -
Total of Eighteen
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a) Attenuation of Methyl Tert-Butyl
Ether in Water Using Sunlight and a
Photocatalyst. Enviromental
Research, 74(2): 122-1 30 (2002)
Engineering and Economic
Evaluation of Gas Recovery and
Utilization Technologies at Selected
U.S. Mines. Environmental Science
and Policy, 5(5):397-409 (2002)
Resource-Based Niches Provide a
Basis for Plant Species Diversity and
Dominance in Arctic Tundra. Nature,
415(3):68-71 (2002)
Metal-Colloid Partitioning in Artificial
Interstitial Waters of Marine
Sediments: Influences of Salinity, pH,
and Colloidal Organic Carbon
Concentration. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry,
20(1 1):2420-2427 (2001)
Testing the Floristic Quality
Assessment Index as an Indicator of
Wetland Condition. Ecological
Applications, 12(2):487-497 (2002)
Use of Mechanism-Based
Structure-Activity Relationships
Analysis in Carcinogenic Potential
Ranking of Drinking Water
Disinfection Byproducts.
Environmental Health Perspectives,
11 0(1) :75-87 (2002)
Dr. E. Sahle-Demessie (50%)
Dr. Teh Richardson (10%)
Dr. Julius Enriquez (20%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. David A. Kirchgessner
(70%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Dr. Robert B. McKane (70%)
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR
Dr. Mark Cantwell (60%)
Dr. Robert M. Burgess (40%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, OR
Dr. Ricardo D. Lopez (75%)
NERL, Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Yin-tak Woo (20%)
Dr. David Y. Lai (20%)
Dr. Jennifer McLain (20%)
Dr. Mary Manibusan (20%)
Dr. Vicki Dellarco (20%)
OPPT, Washington, DC
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
Successful Development of
Advanced Oxidation and Stripping
Technologies for the Treatment of
MTBE-Contaminated Waters that
are Effective and Economical
Quantifying the Engineering and
Economic Factors Involved in
Mitigating Methane Emissions from
Coal Mines
Research on Resource Partitioning
in Plant Communities
Determining the Metal-Colloid
Partitioning Coefficients of Five
Heavy Metals in the Interstitial
Waters of Marine Sediments
Testing and Developing a Floristic
Index for Use as a
Landscape-Scale Indicator of
Wetland Integrity
Delineating the Scientific Basis for
Ranking the Carcinogenic Potential
of Drinking Water Disinfection
Byproducts
A-4
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a) Evaluation of the Efficacy of
Extrapolation Population Modeling to
Predict the Dynamics of
'Americamysis bahia' Populations in
the Laboratory. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry,
20(1): 213-221 (2000)
Dr. Anne Kuhn (35%)
Dr. Wayne R. Munns, Jr. (25%)
Dr. Denise M. Champlin (10%)
Dr. Richard A. McKinney (5%)
Dr. Mark D. Tagliabue (5%)
Dr. Jonathan R. Serbst (5%)
Dr. Timothy R. Gleason (5%)
Dr. Suzanne M. Lussier (5%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
LEVEL II
Contributing to EPA's Goal of
Reducing Uncertainty in Risk
Assessment Through Research on
Evaluating Population Models for
Extrapolating Ecological Response
from Laboratory Bioassays
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a) Passive Ozone Network of Dallas:
A Modeling Opportunity with
Community Involvement. 1.
Environmental Science and
Technology, 35(5):845-855 (2001)
Dr. Mark E. Sather (35%)
Dr. Jerry L. Varns (35%)
Dr. James D. Mulik (25%)
Dallas, TX
LEVEL II
Using Community Involvement to
Conduct a High Quality Passive
Ozone Monitoring Program
S3MMOO
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Speciation of Gas-Phase and Fine
Particle Emissions from Burning of
Foliar Fuels. Journal of
Environmental Science &
Technology, 36(11):2281-2295
(2002)
Dr. Michael D. Hays (50%)
Dr. Christopher D. Geron (20%)
Dr. Kara J. Linna (7%)
Dr. N. Dean Smith (20%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
LEVEL II
Providing Exceptional Chemical
Definition of Emissions from a Major
Area Source of Fine Particulate
Matter in the Atmosphere
S3MMOO
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Development and Characterization of
an Annular Denuder Methodology for
the Measurement of Divalent
Inorganic Reactive Gaseous Mercury
in Ambient Air. Environmental
Science & Technology,
36(13):3000-3009 (2002)
Dr. Matthew S. Landis (80%)
NERL, Research Triangle Park,
NC
LEVEL II
Contributions to the State of
Science in Atmospheric Mercury
Speciation Measurement and
Characterization
A-5
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a) Provenance of Geogenic Arsenic
in the Goose River Basin, Maine,
USA. Environmental Geology,
41:62-73 (2001)
Dr. William C. Sidle (85%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL II
New Methods to Identify High Risk
Areas for Arsenic in Groundwater:
Application of Naturally-Occuring
Oxygen and Sulfur Isotopes
S3RAOO
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Issues and Practices in the Derivation
and Use of Species Sensitivity
Distributions. Species Sensitivity
Distributions in Ecotoxicology,
NA(21):437-474 (2002)
Dr. Glenn W. Suterll (70%)
NCEA, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL II
A Critical Review of Species
Sensitivity Distributions that
Provides a Basis for Their Use in
Environmental Assessment and
Regulation
S3RAOO
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a) Evaluation of Child/Adult
Pharmacokinetic Differences from a
Database Derived from the
Therapeutic Drug Literature.
Toxicological Sciences, 66:185-200
(2002)
Dr. Babasaheb Sonawane
(50%)
LEVEL II
Analysis and Critical Review of
Literature on Pharmacokinetic
Differences in Children/Adults and
Their Implications for Risk
Assessment of Environmental
Agents
NCEA, Washington, DC
S3RAOO
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Non-Carcinogenic Effects of TCDD in
Animals. Food Additives and
Contaminants, 17(4):275-288 (2000)
Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum (90%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
LEVEL II
Research on the Health Effects of
Dioxins
S3RAOO
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Microbial Source Tracking: State of
the Science. Environmental Science
& Technology, 36(24):5279-5288
(2002)
Dr. Joyce M. Simpson (40%)
Dr. Jorge W. Santo Domingo
(40%)
Dr. Donald J. Reasoner (20%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL II
Technical Information Impacting
Attainment of Clean Water Act
Microbial Water Quality Goals
(TMDLs)
S3RAOO
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Clay and Clay-Supported Reagents
in Organic Synthesis. Tetrahedron,
58(7): 1235-1255 (2002)
Dr. Rajender S. Varma (100%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL II
Exceptional Technical Achievement
in Highlighting the Use of Benign
Mineral-Based Reagents in
Chemical Syntheses
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02
S3TF007
2
Monitoring of Particulate Matter
Outdoors. Chemosphere,
49(9): 1009-1 043 (2002)
a) Sediment-Associated Reactions of
Aromatic Amines. 1. Elucidation of
Sorption Mechanisms. Environmental
Science & Technology,
35(12):2470-2475 (2001)
Dr. William E. Wilson (70%)
NCEA, Research Triangle Park,
NC
Dr. Eric J. Weber (45%)
Dr. Dalizza Colon (45%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL II
LEVEL II
A Review Paper that will Assist in
Moving from TSP Measurements to
Fine and Coarse PM Measurements
Identifying, and Developing
Predictive Tools to Describe,
Reaction Pathways of Aromatic
Amines in Sediments
A-7
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Nominations Recommended
for a Level III Award ($1000) -
Total of Twenty-Nine
S3CSOO
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California's First Aeration Plants for
Corrosion Control. Journal of the
American Water Works Association,
94(3):88-100 (2002)
Dr. Michael R. Schock (80%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
Simultaneous Corrosion Control
and Radon Removal Optimization
from Drinking Water by an
Innovative Application of Aeration
Treatment
S3EROO
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a) A Field Validation of Two
Sediment-Amphipod Toxicity Tests.
Environmental Toxicity and
Chemistry, 21 (7):1423-1437 (2002)
Dr. Steven P. Ferraro (25%)
Dr. Robert J. Ozretich (20%)
Dr. Bruce L. Boese (15%)
Dr. Faith A. Cole (15%)
Dr. Janet O. Lamberson (15%)
LEVEL III
Outstanding Research on the
Ecotoxicology of Sediments
Contaminated with Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR
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Assessment of the Risk of Solar
Ultraviolet Radiation to Amphibians.
III. Prediction of Impacts in Selected
Northern Midwestern Wetlands.
Environmental Science and
Technology, 36(13)-.2866-2874
(2002)
Dr. Stephen A. Diamond (35%)
Dr. Gregory S. Peterson (15%)
Dr. Joseph E. Tietge (25%)
Dr. Gerald T. Ankley (25%)
NHEERL, Duluth, MN
LEVEL III
Research Contributing Significantly
to the Assessment of the Risk to
Amphibians from Solar Ultraviolet
Radiation
S3EROO
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Determination of Apparent Quantum
Yield Spectra for the Formation of
Biologically Labile Photoproducts.
Limnology & Oceanography,
47(2):343-352 (2002)
Dr. Richard G. Zepp (50%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
Techniques to Assess the
UV-lnfluenced Microbial Cycling of
Organic Matter in Coastal and
Estuarine Environments
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a) Determining Probable Causes of
Ecological Impairment in the Little
Scioto River, OH, USA: Part 1.
Listing Candidate Causes and
Analyzing Evidence. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry,
21 (6):1 11 2-1 124 (2002)
Effect of Water Residence Time on
Annual Export and Denitrification of
Nitrogen in Estuaries: A Model
Analysis. Estuaries, 24(4):481-490
(2001)
a) Land Cover as a Framework for
Assessing Risk of Water Pollution.
Journal of the American Water
Resources Association,
36(6):1 417-1 421 (2000)
Effects of Elevated CO2
N-Fertilization and Season on
Survival ofPonderosa Pine Fine
Roots. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research, 30(2):220-228 (2000)
Household Stove Improvement and
Risk of Lung Cancer In Xuanwei,
China. Journal of the National Cancer
Institute, 94(11):826-835 (2002)
Dr. Susan Cormier (30%)
Dr. Susan Braen Norton (30%)
Dr. Glenn W. Suterll (29%)
Dr. Bhagya Subramanian (7%)
Dr. Edith Luan Ho Lin (2%)
NERL, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Edward H. Dettman (100%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
Dr. James D. Wickham (45%)
Dr. Timothy G. Wade (15%)
Dr. K. Bruce Jones (10%)
Dr. Anne C. Neale (5%)
Dr. Jonathan H. Smith (5%)
Dr. Elizabeth R. Smith (5%)
NERL, Research Triangle Park,
NC
Dr. Mark G. Johnson (35%)
Dr. Donald L. Phillips (30%)
Dr. David T. Tingey (30%)
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR
Dr. Robert S. Chapman (45%)
Dr. Dina M. Schreinemachers
(15%)
NCEA, Research Triangle Park,
NC
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
Demonstrating that the Probable
Causes of Biological Impairments in
Rivers Can be Identified
Important Contributions to the
Analysis of the Sensitivity of
Estuaries to Nitrogen Loading
An Outstanding Research Effort in
Developing the Ecological
Relationships Between Land Cover
and Nutrient Runoff
Applying Minirhizotrons to Assess
the Potential for Fine Root Systems
of Forest Trees to Sequester
Carbon Dioxide
The First Published Article to
Demonstrate the Health Benefits of
Using Vented Stoves in the
Developing World
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a) Xenoendocrine Disrupters-Tiered
Screening and Testing: Filling Key
Data Gaps. Toxicology,
181-1:371-382 (2002)
Dr. Kathy L. Bobseine (10%)
Dr. Phillip C. Hartig (10%)
Dr. Mary C. Cardon (10%)
Dr. L. Earl Gray, Jr. (25%)
Dr. Vickie S. Wilson (10%)
Dr. Christy R. Lambright (10%)
Dr. Gerald T. Ankley (25%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
LEVEL III
Novel In Vitro and In Vivo Research
and a Research Strategy to Improve
Science and Reduce Animal Use in
EPA's Endocrine Disrupters
Screening Program
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Strategies for Protecting and
Restoring Rhode Island's Watersheds
on Multiple Scales. Human and
Ecological Risk Assessment,
7(5): 1483-1491 (2001)
Dr. Suzanne M. Lussier (45%)
Dr. Henry A. Walker (20%)
Dr. Gerald G. Pesch (10%)
Dr. Walters. Galloway(5%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
LEVEL III
Illustrating Methods of Displaying
and Mapping Environmental
Variables at Multiple Scales for
Managing Natural Resources
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Indicators of UV Exposure in Corals
and Their Relevance to Global
Climate Change and Coral Bleaching.
Human and Ecological Risk
Assessment, 7(5):1271-1282 (2001)
Dr. Richard G. Zepp (35%)
Dr. Debbie Santavy (10%)
Dr. Lara Hansen (10%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
Developing Indicators of Coral
Damage and Linking
Climate-Related Changes in UV
Transparency to Coral Bleaching
S3MMOO
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Development of a Molecular Method
to Identify Hepatitis E Virus in Water.
Journal of Virological Methods,
101(1-2):175-188 (2002)
Dr. Ann C. Grimm (90%)
Dr. Shay G. Fout (10%)
NERL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
Solving the Issues of Testing
Source and Finished Waters for the
Presence of the Hepatitis E Virus
S3MMOO
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Hydrogen Abstraction and
Decomposition of Bromopicrin and
Other Trihalogenated Disinfection
Byproducts by GC/MS.
Environmental Science &
Technology, 36(15):3362-3371
(2002)
Dr. Susan D. Richardson (45%)
Dr. Paul H. Chen (45%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
Advancing the Understanding of
Radical Chemistry and Improving
the GC/MS Measurement of
Bromopicrin and Other Drinking
Water DBFs
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A Spatial Approach for Integrating
and Analyzing Indicators of
Ecological and Human Condition.
Ecological Indicators, 2(1-2):211-220
(2002)
Dr. Michael E. Troyer (100%)
NCEA, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
Research Assisting EPA's
Interdisciplinary Mission to Protect
the Nation's Ecosystems and the
Welfare of Its People
S3MMOO
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Characterization and Fate of
PAH-Contaminated Sediments at the
Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund
Site. Engineering Science &
Technology, 36(12):2605-2613
(2002)
Dr. Richard C. Brenner (50%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
A New and Improved Method for
Characterizing PAH Contaminant
Sources and Creosote Weathering
in Sediment
S3RAOO
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Predicting Chemical Reactivity of
Humic Substances for Minerals and
Xenobiotics: Use of Computational
Chemistry, Scanning Probe
Microscopy, and Virtual Reality.
Humic Substances and Chemical
Contaminants, :41-72.(and (2001)
Dr. George W. Bailey (80%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
An Interpretive Review of an
Integrated Approach to Predict
Reactivity of Environmental
Surfaces in Risk Assessments
S3RA01
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Environmental Mass Spectrometry:
Emerging Contaminants and Current
Issues. Analytical Chemistry,
74(12):2719-2742 (2002)
Dr. Susan D. Richardson
(100%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
A State-of-the-Science Critical
Review of Emerging Contaminants
and New Issues in Environmental
Mass Spectrometry
S3RA01
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Critical Periods of Vulnerability for the
Developing Nervous System:
Evidence from Humans and Animal
Models. Environmental Health
Perspectives, 108(3):511-533 (2000)
Dr. Deborah C. Rice (50%)
Dr. Stan Barone (50%)
NCEA, Washington, DC
LEVEL III
An Important Review of the
Ontogeny of Developmental
Processes and the Functional
Consequences of Developmental
Neurotoxic Exposure
S3RA01
08
Phytpextraction of Toxic Metals: A
Review of Biological Mechanisms.
Journal of Environmental Quality,
31(1):109-120 (2002)
Dr. Mitch M. Lasat (100%)
NCER, Washington, DC
LEVEL III
Advancing the State of Knowledge
in the Area of Toxic Metals
Phytoremediation
S3RA01
11
Flue Gas Desulfurization: The State
of the Art. Journal of the Air & Waste
Management Association,
51:1676-1688 (2001)
Dr. Ravi K. Srivastava (80%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
LEVEL III
A Comprehensive Review and
Analysis of Flue Gas Desulfurization
Technologies for Electric Utility
Boilers
S3RM01
15
Bioremediation and Biorestoration of
a Crude-Oil Contaminated
Freshwater Wetland on the St.
Lawrence River. Bioremediation
Journal, 6(3):261-281 (2002)
Dr. Albert D. Venosa (60%)
Dr. John R. Haines (5%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
The First Definitive Field Study of
Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in a
Freshwater Wetland Where
Significant Oil Penetration Into the
Sediment Had Taken Place
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Hydrogen Concentrations in
Sulfate-Reducing Estuarine
Sediments During PCE
Dehalogenation. Environmental
Science and Technology,
35(24):4783-4788 (2001)
Dr. Christopher S. Mazur (50%)
Dr. William J. Jones (50%)
NERL, Athens, GA
LEVEL III
Applying Hydrogen Measurements
for Evaluating Attenuation of
Pollutants in Sediments for
Ecological Risk Assessment
S3TF006
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Terminal Electron Acceptor Mass
Balance: NAPLs and Natural
Attenuation. Journal of Environmental
Engineering, 128(3):246-252 (2002)
Dr. Scott G. Huling (80%)
NRMRL, Ada, OK
LEVEL III
Critical Analysis of Assumptions
Used in Selecting the Monitored
Natural Attenuation Remedy
S3TF006
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Evaluation of the AgDISP Aerial
Spray Algorithms in the AgDRIFT
Model. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, 21(3):672-681 (2002)
Dr. Sandra L. Bird (60%)
NERL, Research Triangle Park,
NC
LEVEL III
Comprehensive Evaluation of
AgDISP Aerial Spray Algorithms for
Regulatory Use in Estimating
Off-Site Pesticide Drift
S3TF006
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2, 3, 7, 8-Dibenzo-p-Dioxins in Mined
Clay Products from the United States:
Evidence for Possible Natural Origin.
Environmental Science and
Technology, 34(21)-.4524-4532
(2000)
Dr. Joseph B. Ferrario (50%)
Dr. Christian J. Byrne (25%)
Dr. David H. Cleverly (25%)
Stennis Space Center, MS
LEVEL III
Extraordinary Achievements in
Discovering a Possible Significant
Natural Source of Dioxins in the
Environment
S3TF007
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Rates of Hydrous Ferric Oxide
Crystallization and the Influence on
Coprecipitated Arsenate.
Environmental Science and
Technology, 36(11):2459-2463
Dr. Robert G. Ford (100%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
Deriving Fundamental Chemical
Data Critical to Evaluating the
Potential for Arsenic Attenuation in
Soils and Sediments
S3TF007
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Exploratory Analysis of the Effects of
Particulate Characteristics on the
Variation in Partitioning ofNonpolar
Organic Contaminants to Marine
Sediments. Water Research,
35(18):4390-4404 (2001)
Dr. Robert M. Burgess (50%)
Dr. Stephan A. Ryba (30%)
Dr. Mark G. Cantwell (10%)
Dr. Jennifer L. Gundersen
(10%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
LEVEL III
Particulate Characteristics and
Their Significance to Partitioning
and Bioavailability of Organic
Sediment Contaminants
S3TF007
8
Estimates of the Atmospheric
Deposition of Sulfur and Nitrogen
Species: Clean Air Status and Trends
Network, 1990-2000. Environmental
Science and Technology,
36(12):2614-2629 (2002)
Dr. Ralph E. Baumgardner, Jr.
(55%)
NERL, Research Triangle Park,
NC
LEVEL III
Work Confirming Reduction of
Airborne Sulfur as Mandated by the
1990 Amendments to the Clean Air
Act
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Nominations Recommended
for Honorable Mention (No
Cash Award) - Total of
Thirty-Three
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Evaluation of Nanofiltration
Pretreatments for Flux Loss Control.
Desalination, 1]30(2000):31-44 (2000)
Dr. Thomas F. Speth (80%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Evaluating Nanofiltration
Pretreatment Processes to Control
Flux Loss
S3CSOO
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A/Ox Adsorber Desulfation
Techniques for Heavy-Duty
On-Highway Diesel Engines. Society
of Automotive Engineers Technical
Paper Series, (01-2871):1-14 (2002)
Dr. Christopher A. Laroo (30%)
Dr. Charles R. Schenk (20%)
Dr. Brian A. Olson (20%)
Dr. Paul A. Way (20%)
Dr. Joseph F. McDonald (10%)
OTAQ, Ann Arbor, Ml
Honorable
Mention
Exceptional Technological
Achievement in Advancing
Technologies for Cleaner
Heavy-Duty Diesel Applications
S3CSOO
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Pilot-Scale Studies on the Effect of
Bromine Addition on the Emissions of
Chlorinated Organic Combustion
By-Products. Waste Management,
22(4):381-389 (2002)
Dr. Paul M. Lemieux (50%)
Dr. Eric S. Stewart (30%)
Dr. Jeffrey V. Ryan (20%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Examining Interactions Between
Bromine and Chlorine in
Combustion Systems
S3CSOO
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a) High Efficiency A/Ox and PM
Exhaust Emission Control for
Heavy-Duty On-Highway Diesel
Engines. Society of Automotive
Engineers Technical Paper Series,
(01-1351):1-13 (2001)
Dr. Charles R. Schenk (42.5%)
Dr. Joseph F. McDonald (30%)
Dr. Christopher A. Laroo
(23.5%)
Dr. Brian A. Olson (5%)
OTAQ, Ann Arbor, Ml
Honorable
Mention
Exceptional Technological
Achievement in Demonstrating the
Emission Reduction Potential of
Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines
S3EF013
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Forest Ecosystem Recovery in the
Southeast U.S.: Soil Ecology as an
Essential Component of Ecosystem
Management. Forest Ecology and
Management, 155:187-203 (2002)
Dr. John M. Johnston (80%)
NERL, Athens, GA
Honorable
Mention
Application of Soil Ecology and
Forestry to Holistic Ecosystem
Protection and Proactive
Management of Soil Health
S3EF013
1
Selected Oxidation of Alcohols in Gas
Phase Using Light-Activated Titanium
Dioxide. Journal of Catalysis,
211:434-444(2002)
Dr. E. Sahle-Demessie (65%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Research on the Selective
Oxidation of Various Alcohols as a
Potential Technology for Reducing
Pollutants
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Assessing the Ecological Importance
of Coastal Wetlands in a Large Lake
Context. Verh. Internal Verein.
Limnol., 27:1950-1961 (2000)
Dr. John C. Brazner (60%)
Dr. Michael Sierszen (15%)
Dr. Danny Tanner (15%)
NHEERL, Duluth, MN
Honorable
Mention
Quantifying Ecological Linkages
Between Coastal Wetlands and
Large Lakes
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Considerations for the Development
of a Terrestrial Index of Ecological
Integrity. Ecological Indicators,
1(2001):21-35 (2001)
Dr. James K. Andreasen (70%)
NCEA, Washington, DC
Honorable
Mention
Advancing the Concept of Utilizing
Ecological Indicators for Validating
Environmental Policies
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Developing and Applying a Benthic
Index ofEstuarine Condition for the
Virginian Biogeographic Province.
Ecological Indicators, 1(2):83-99
(2001)
Dr. John F. Paul (40%)
Dr. Daniel E. Campbell (10%)
Dr. Charles S. Strobel (10%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Developing and Applying an Index
ofEstuarine Benthic Community
Condition for Habitats Across a
Large Geographic Region
S3EROO
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Relationships Among Total Lipid,
Lipid Classes, and Polychlorinated
Biphenyl Concentrations in Two
Indigenous Populations of Ribbed
Mussels ('Geukensia demissa') Over
an Annual Cycle. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry,
20(3):575-581 (2001)
Dr. Barbara J. Bergen (40%)
Dr. William G. Nelson (30%)
Dr. Saroja Jayaraman (10%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
Honorable
Mention
Improving the Ability of the Agency
to Make Accurate PCB
Bioaccumulation Measurements
and Predictions
S3HEOO
35
Secondary Aerosolization of Viable
'Bacillus anthracis' Spores in a
Contaminated US Senate Office.
Journal of the American Medical
Association, 288(22):2853-2858
(2002)
Dr. Christopher P. Weis (30%)
Dr. Aubrey K. Miller (15%)
Dr. Mark Durno (10%)
NEIC, Denver, CO
Honorable
Mention
Assessing Human Exposure for
Viable Anthrax Spores in the U.S.
Senate
S3HEOO
38
Why Does 5-Methylchrysene Interact
with DNA as Both a Planar and
Nonplanar Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon? Quantum Mechanical
Studies. International Journal of
Quantum Chemistry, 88(1):99-106
Dr. James Rabinowitz (40%)
Dr. Stephen Little (40%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Use of Computational Molecular
Modeling to Understand the
Relationship Between Chemical
Structure and Toxicity for PAHs
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S3HE01
33
Altered Gene Expression Profiles of
Rat Lung in Response to an Emission
Particulate and its Metal
Constituents. Journal of Toxicology
and Environmental Health Part A,
65(18): 1333-1350 (2002)
Dr. Srikanth S. Nadadur (60%)
Dr. Urmila P. Kodavanti (40%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Integrating Genomic Technologies
to Understand Molecular
Mechanisms of Action for
Particulate Matter
S3HE01
35
DNA Arrays to Monitor Gene
Expression in Rat Blood and Uterus
Following 17- B-Estradiol Exposure:
Biomonitoring Environmental Effects
Using Surrogate Tissues.
Toxicological Sciences, 69(1):49-59
(2002)
Dr. John C. Rockett (25%)
Dr. David J. Dix (20%)
Dr. Robert J. Kavlock (5%)
Dr. Christy R. Lambright (10%)
Dr. Judith E. Schmid (10%)
Dr. Vickie S. Wilson (10%)
Dr. Carmen R. Wood (10%)
NHEERL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Developing a New Genomic
Approach for Monitoring Effects of
Toxicant Exposures
S3IR011
6
Effects of Chronic Stress on Wildlife
Populations: A Population Modeling
Approach and Case Study. Coastal
and Estuarine Risk Assessment: Risk
on the Edge, :247-272 (2002)
Dr. Diane E. Nacci (20%)
Dr. Timothy R. Gleason (20%)
Dr. Ruth Gutjahr-Gobell (20%)
Dr. Marina Huber (20%)
Dr. Wayne R. Munns, Jr. (20%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
Honorable
Mention
Evolutionary and Other
Compensatory Mechanisms in
Wildlife Population Risk
Assessment
S3IR012
1
Development of a Ct Equation for the
Inactivation of Cryptosporidium
Oocysts with Ozone. Water
Research, 36(12):3141-3149 (2002)
Dr. Robert M. Clark (30%)
Dr. Mano Sivaganesan (30%)
Dr. Eugene W. Rice (20%)
Dr. Jimmy Chen (20%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Outstanding Research Intended to
Protect the Health of American
Consumers of Drinking Water
S3IR012
2
Cost Models for Water Supply
Distribution Systems. Water
Resources Planning and
Management, 128(5) :312-321 (2002)
Dr. Robert M. Clark (40%)
Dr. Mano Sivaganesan (40%)
Dr. Ari Selvakumar (5%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Significant Contributions to the Field
of Cost Estimating for
Environmental Infrastructure
S3IR012
4
Proposal for Including What is
Valuable to Ecosystems in
Environmental Assessments.
Environmental Science &
Technology, 35:2867-2873 (2001)
Dr. Daniel E. Campbell (100%)
NHEERL, Narragansett, Rl
Honorable
Mention
Developing a New Vision of
Environmental Assessment Where
"What is Valuable to Ecosystems" is
Used to Define Risk Assessment
Endpoints
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7
A New Approach to Environmental
Decision Analysis: Multi-Criteria
Integrated Resource Assessment
(MIRA). Bulletin of Science,
Technology and Society,
22(6):443-459 (2002)
Dr. Cynthia H. Stahl (33.3%)
Dr. Alan J. Cimorelli (33.3%)
Dr. Alice H. Chow (33.3%)
Philadelphia, PA
Honorable
Mention
Developing the Multi-Criteria
Integrated Resource Assessment
(MIRA) Analytical Framework, a
Novel and Innovative Approach to
Environmental Decision Analysis
S3MMOO
42
Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of
Fertilizers and Plant Tissue for
Perchlorate. Applied Spectroscopy,
55(8):967-988 (2001)
Dr. Timothy W. Collette (55%)
NERL, Athens, GA
Honorable
Mention
Innovative Research Definitively
Determining the Extent of
Perchlorate Occurrence in
Fertilizers
S3MMOO
43
Utility of Splenic Macrophage
Aggregates as an Indicator of Fish
Exposure to Degraded Environments.
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health,
13:105-116(2001)
Dr. John W. Fournie (60%)
Dr. Kevin J. Summers (15%)
Dr. Virginia D. Engle (10%)
Dr. Lee A. Courtney (10%)
NHEERL, Gulf Breeze, FL
Honorable
Mention
Validating the Use of Splenic
Macrophage Aggregates as
Reliable Indicators of Exposure of
Fish to Degraded Environments
S3MMOO
44
The Ecological Condition of South
Florida Estuaries. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment,
75:253-269 (2002)
Dr. John M. Macauley (50%)
Dr. Kevin J. Summers (10%)
Dr. Virginia D. Engle (20%)
Dr. Linda C. Harwell (20%)
NHEERL, Gulf Breeze, FL
Honorable
Mention
Performing the First Comprehensive
Assessment of South Florida
Estuaries, Using a
Probability-Based Design
S3MMOO
48
Negative Ion Electrospray of Bromo-
and Chloroacetic Acids and an
Evaluation of Exact Mass
Measurements with a Bench-Top
Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer.
Journal of the American Society for
Mass Spectrometry, 11(9):809-821
(2000)
Dr. William L Budde (60%)
NERL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Research Demonstrating the
Feasibility of Real-Time Monitoring
of Disinfection Byproducts in
Drinking Water
S3RAOO
86
On-Road Emissions ofPCDDs and
PCDFs from Heavy Duty Diesel
Vehicles. Environmental Science &
Technology, 36(13):3036-3040
(2002)
Dr. Brian K. Gullett (50%)
Dr. Jeffrey V. Ryan (50%)
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Honorable
Mention
Characterization ofPCDD/F
Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel
Vehicles
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S3RA01
04
Home Treatment Devices:
Microbiology of Point of Use and
Point of Entry Devices. The
Encyclopedia of Environmental
Microbiology, G. Gitton (Ed)., John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., :1563-1575
(2002)
Dr. Donald J. Reasoner (100%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Contributing to State-of-the-Science
Information on the Microbiology of
Home Water Treatment Devices
S3RA01
05
Advancing Fine Root Research with
Minirhizotrons. Environmental and
Experimental Botany, 45:263-289
(2001)
Dr. Mark G. Johnson (35%)
Dr. David T. Tingey (30%)
Dr. Donald L. Phillips (30%)
NHEERL, Corvallis, OR
Honorable
Mention
Advancement of Root Research
Methods to Provide a Means to
Assess the Effects of Environmental
Stressors on Root Systems
S3RA01
12
Analyzing Drinking Water for
Disinfection Byproducts. Analytical
Chemistry, 74(9):260A-267A (2002)
Dr. Edward Todd Urbansky
(50%)
Dr. Matthew L. Magnuson (50%)
NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
A Retrospective Examination of
EPA's Role in Guiding and
Stimulating Research on the
Analytical Chemistry of Disinfection
Byproducts
S3TF006
4
a) Monitored Natural Attenuation of
Contaminants in the Subsurface:
Processes. Ground Water Monitoring
and Remediation (GWMR),
22(2):97-107 (2001)
Dr. Ann Azadpour-Keeley (85%)
Honorable
Mention
The Innovative Presentation of
Information for Evaluating the
Efficacy of Using Monitored Natural
Attenuation for the Remediation of
Soil and Ground Water at
Hazardous Waste Sites
NRMRL, Ada, OK
S3TF006
6
Evaluating Degradation Rates of
Chlorinated Organics in Groundwater
Using Analytical Models.
Environmental Toxicology &
Chemistry, 20(9): 1909-1915 (2001)
Dr. John W. Washington (95%)
NERL, Athens, GA
Honorable
Mention
Developing an Improved Model for
Contaminant Fate and
Demonstrating Utility of Laboratory
Data to Environmental Fate
S3TF006
8
Trace Metal Leaching Behavior
Studied Through the Use of
Parametric Modeling of Water Borne
Soil Particles Fractionated with a
Split-Flow Thin Cell. Environmental
Science & Technology, 36:4288-4294
Dr. Matthew L. Magnuson (34%)
Dr. Keith Kelty (33%)
Dr. Catherine A. Kelty (33%)
NRMRL, Cincinnnati, OH
Honorable
Mention
Advancement in Parametric
Modeling Tools for Risk
Management Decisions on
Leaching of Pollutants from
Environmentally Significant
Particles
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5
a) Selected Air Quality Trends and
Recent Air Pollution Investigations in
the US-Mexico Border Region. The
Science of the Total Environment,
276(1-3):1-18 (2001)
Dr. Shaibal Mukerjee (70%)
NERL, Research Triangle Park,
NC
Honorable
Mention
Assessment of Air Quality Indicators
and Transboundary Air Pollution in
the US -
Mexico Border Region
S3TF007
9
a) An Analytical Method for the
Measurement ofNonviable
Bioaerosols. Journal of Air & Waste
Management Associates,
51(1047-3289):1436-1442 (2001)
Dr. Marc Y. Menetrez (60%)
Dr. Victor R. DeJesus (2%)
Honorable
Mention
The Highly Original and Innovative
Evaluation of New Boundaries of
Environmental Science and
Biological Contaminants
NRMRL, Research Triangle
Park, NC
S3TF013
7
Atmospheric Concentrations and
Fluxes of Organic Compounds in the
Northern San Francisco Estuary.
Environmental Science &
Technology, 36(22)-.4741-4747
(2002)
Dr. Pam Tsai (90%)
San Francisco, CA
Honorable
Mention
Contributing to the Science and
Knowledge of the Air Quality and
Atmospheric Deposition of
Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San
Francisco Bay Area
NCEA
NCER
NERL
National Center for Environmental
Assessment
National Center for Environmental
Research
National Exposure Research
Laboratory
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NEIC
NHEERL
NRMRL
OPPT
OTAQ
National Enforcement Investigations
Center
National Health and Environmental
Effects Laboratory
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics
Office of Transportation and Air
Quality
*Note: The percentages given after
name represent the current percent of
the total level of effort as documented
in the EPA nomination.
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