United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA/600/9-85/026
October 1985
Research and Development
v>EPA
FY-1986
EPA Research
Program Guide
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Notice
The program descriptions and resource estimates included
in this document reflect the latest detailed information
available at time of publication. Time will change some of
this information. I n addition. the resource figures have been
rounded off and some smaller programs omitted. For the
latest information. you may want to contact the individual
listed.
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EPA/600/9-85/026
October 1985
FY-1986
EPA Research
Program Guide
October 1, 1985 - September 30, 1 986
u.s. EPA
MID-CONTINENT ECOLOGY DIVISION
LIBRARY
DULUTH. MN 55804
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3
How to Use the Program Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Air - Gases and Particles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Air - Oxidants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Air - Mobile Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Air - Hazardous Air Pollutants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Air - Stratospheric Modification. .. .. .. . . . . """'" .18
Drinking Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Groundwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Water Quality. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . ... . .. .... ......... .22
Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Municipal Wastewater. . .. . ... . . .. """""""'" .26
Industrial Wastewater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ .28
Energy. """"'" .............................. .30
Hazardous Waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Superfund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Toxic Substances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Pesticides. . . . . . .,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Radiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
I ntermedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
ORO Organization. . . . .. . .... . . .. . . ..,............ .51
ORO Organizational Descriptions. . .. . . . . . . . ......., .56
ORO Office/Laboratory Abbreviations.............. .61
ORO Key Contats ................................ .64
ORO Regional Contacts. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ..,...... .67
EPA Regional Offices. . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . ...,..... .68
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Introduction
The free and open exchange of knowledge both stimulates
and provides quality control for the progress of science.
This report provides information on the research which
EPA is planning for fiscal year 1986, on how much we
intend to spend on each program area, and on whom to
contact for further details. More than 70 percent of our
$320.5 million fiscal year 1986 research budget will be spent
through extramural contracts, grants and cooperative
agreements with organizations outside of EPA's
laboratories.
It is our intent to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of this research by placing great emphasis upon open
competition for extramural support. We hope that the
information in this report will stimulate qualified parties to
make their capabilities known to our research managers so
that we all might gain from a sharing of experience and
expertise. Please feel free to contact any of the parties listed
in this report.
FY-1986 EPA Research Program Guide
(EP A/600/9-85/0Z6)
This is a replacement for page 3 of the above cited
publication.
Pleae affix this page over the one contained in the
publication.
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How to Use the Program Guide
The following descriptions of ORO's research program are
organized first by media such as air, water. hazardous
wastes. etc. These categories are further broken down into
research foci such as scientific assessment, monitoring and
quality assurance. health effects, environmental processes.
and engineering technology. Each description is a very
broad summary of the research being done. where that
research is being done. who to contact for more
information about the program. and both the approximate
total funding for that area and the percentage of total
funding which is reserved by EPA for in-house research.
Funding which is not reserved for in-house research is spent
through extramural contracts, grants and cooperative
agreements.
For each program description, one or more contacts are
listed along with the major research areas to be pursued.
For further information. you may call the contacts. Their
commercial and Federal (FTS) telephone numbers are listed
in a separate section near the end of this report. 'Where two
or more research laboratories are listed. please turn to the
"EP A R&O Organization" section of this report for
descriptions of the major mission and functions of each.
Some of the research funded for fiscal year 1985 will be
done in-house by EP A 's laboratories. The rest will be
accomplished extramurally. Proposals for funds for
research in areas of interest to the agency are welcomed and
are considered on a competitive basis. To receive
information regarding application procedures for
extramural funds, please contact the person indicated in the
area of specific interest to you. In addition. approximately
fifteen percent of EP A 's research budget is used to support
long-term exploratory research. Information regarding
funds for exploratory research grants can be obtained from
the:
Research Grants Program
Office of Exploratory Research (RD-675)
U.S. EPA
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-5750
Finally. for further information regarding Office of
Research and Development research publications
(600/ series) or for additional copies of this report, please
contact:
Center for Environmental Research Information
U.S. EPA
26 W. St. Clair
Cincinnati, 0" 45268
CML (513) 569-7562
FTS 8-684-7562
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Air
Gases and Particles
The main objective of the scientific assessment program for
gases and particles is to develop criteria documents for
sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and lead. Criteria
documents are used in regulatory decision making related
to setting or revision of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards. Criteria documents summarize scientific data on
the health and welfare effects of a specific pollutant.
The program is presently focussed on revising the air
quality criteria document for lead (Pb). An external review
draft of the Pb document, prepared by agency scientists and
non-EP A expert consultants completed peer review by the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of
EPA's Science Advisory Board in 1984. The final document
will be available in FY86 after the final CASAC meeting. In
addition, technical evaluations will be provided to OAQPS
to support the development of the NAAQS for lead,
particulate matter, and sulfur oxides during 1986. The SOx
criteria document review is scheduled to begin after the
current rulemaking on the NAAQS's is complete.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
ECAO/RTP Dennis Kotchmar 634 58
OHEA/HQ Tom Miller 86 100
This research program has three major goals: to provide
data on health effects of exposure to sulfur oxides,
particles, and lead using both human and animal studies; to
provide better models to extrapolate animal data to
humans; and to develop improved test methods for research
into the physiological response of humans to gaseous air
pollutants and particles.
Much of the health effects research refines and improves the
toxicological data base relevant to a size-resolved particle
standard. Fine-mode particles, mostly in the 1-2 micron
range, will be studied in normal and susceptible human and
animal populations. Both human and animal dose-response
studies will devote special attention to determining the
deposition, clearance, and pulmonary function effects of
particles, alone and in combination with ozone, N02, and
S02. Most of the human work is done in-house, while many
of the animal studies are done extramurally.
The neurological consequences of lead, especially at levels
previously considered to be safe in children «60 J.lg/dl),
will be studied epidemiologically. Also, primate
neurotoxicology studies will be performed extramurally.
The significance of the effects noted will be evaluated for
use in assessing health risks.
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Air
Gases and Particles
In 1986, work will be done to provide faster, more
reliable, extrapolation te('hnique.~ using animal data to
predict human pulmonary and morphological responses to
gas and particle exposure. About half of this work will be
done by contract. Research will also provide data on
biochemical, pulmonary, and cardiovascular disease and
impairment in susceptible populations following S02
exposure.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Conract Funds (Sk) In-House
HERL/RTP Richard Dickerson 10.270.5 32
OHR/HQ Karen Morehouse
Existing technology to control gaseous and particulate
pollutants is expensive. For new utility sources,
approximately 30% of boiler costs are attributable to air
pollution control. Design and performance data for low
cost, high-reliability emission reduction technology are
needed to support the agency's regulatory functions.
Technical support to regulatory and regulated entities will
be provided by conducting assessments and fundamental
research on technologies for reduction of stack emissions of
SO. and particulate matter (PM) as well as PM fugitive
emISSions.
Sulfur oxides (SO. emissions reduction technology): In-
house pilot efforts will emphasize evaluation of lower cost,
more active sorbents and additives for spray drying and
other dry scrubbing systems. Regional workshops are
planned to present a recently developed inspection and
performance evaluation manual for wet scrubbing systems.
A symposium on SO. emission reduction via flue gas
cleanup will be conducted.
Particulate emissions reduction technology: In-house
laboratory and pilot efforts will emphasize investigation of
advanced concepts for lowering the costs of particulate
control baghouses and electrostatic precipitators (ESPs).
The range of work will include electrostatic augmentation
of fabric filters (baghouses), larger diameter electrodes for
ESPs, and simultaneous particulate/SO. removal in
existing ESPs. Extramural studies of controlling
condensation aerosols and fugitive emissions will also be
conducted. Symposia and workshops will be used to
transfer the technology.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
AEERL/ RTP Everett Plyler 3.567.0 60
OEET/HQ Paul Shapiro 179.0 60
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Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Air
Gases and Particles
Improved air pollution monitoring methods are being
developed to help determine air quality trends, support
compliance with standards, and meet enforcement needs.
The data from these methods are often used as the basis of
regulatory action. The areas investigated extramurally
include ambient and source methods development, quality
assurance guidelines and procedures developmeI1t, and
audit materials preparation.
Ambient and source monitoring methods for gases and
particulate matter pollutants will be developed and
evaluated. Ambient methods development will focus on
measuring particulate matter in support of anticipated
changes to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Source methods will be developed and evaluated under field
conditions. EP A researchers will continue to analyze the
mass and chemical composition of filters collected through
the Inhalable Particulate Network. Also, fiber filters from
national, state and local air monitoring stations will be
analyzed for mass and trace metals.
Quality Assurance (QA) support will be provided
through a standards laboratory and repository of quality
assurance materials. Routine and special audits will be
conducted on laboratories making ambient and source
measurements and on compressed gas vendors. Quality
assurance guidelines, handbooks, data handling systems,
and a precision and accuracy reporting system will be
maintained and updated. QA procedures, materials, and
audit techniques will be developed for compliance
monitoring.
The Atmospheric Processes and Effects objectives of this
program are to develop air qualhy models in support of the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and the
prevention of significant deterioration (PSD), and to
develop information on the effects of gases and particles on
materials.
Model development research will focus on improved
atmospheric dispersion parameters in air quality models,
S02 air quality dispersion models for use in complex terrain
and particulate dispersion models for use on urban, meso-,
and regional scales. Procedures for computing dispersion
from elevated sources and near-source dispersion models
for use in complex terrain will be improved. A full-scale
plume study of a three dimensional complex terrain area
will continue. Work will improve urban and regional scale
particulate models to support proposed revisions of State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) for particulate matter. A
regional scale particulate matter air quality model which
will accurately describe the long-range transport of particles
and alternative control strategies is being developed.
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Air
Gases and Particles
Second generation source apportionment methods (SAM)
will be developed. Research will be initiated with the
Peoples Republic of China to study the dispersion of
pollutants. Studies on materials damage will develop
estimates of the cost of air pollution in terms of damaged
materials or accelerated maintenance schedules. Studies will
also be conducted to determine the air pollution and
meteorological factors that contribute to visibility
reduction.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total Percent
Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSL/RTP John Puzak
EMSL/LV James McElroy
ADEMQA/ HQ J. M. Shackelford
ASRL/ RTP(APE) AI Ellison
ADEMQA/ HQ(APE) William Keith
4.725.6
607.8
153.1
6,865.7
378.1
56
39
80
25
44
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Air
Oxidants
Photochemical oxidants are secondary pollutants produced
by chemical reactions in the atmosphere between primary
pollutants, notably nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic
compounds (VOC). Ozone (03) is by far the most abundant
of the photochemical oxidants.
A criteria document evaluates the available scientific
information on the health and welfare effects of a criteria
pollutant and, as such, is the primary source of information
used by EPA regulatory decision makers in reviewing and
possibly revising the NAAQS. EPA scientists and expert
consultants are developing draft chapters for the
ozone/photochemical oxidants criteria document. This
document critically assesses data on health effects from
ozone and pollutant mixtures and environmental effects
related to crop loss. An external review draft was published
in August, 1984. CASAC review will be completed during
late 1985 or early 1986. The final criteria document will be
completed during 1986. In addition, the next review of the
nitrogen oxides criteria document will begin in 1986.
Office or
Laboratory
Percent
In-House
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
ECAO/RTP
OHEA/ HQ
Beverly Tilton
Tom Miller
760
87
43
100
This program has two major goals: to provide data from
human and animal studies on a full range of health effects
of 03 and N02 exposure, and to provide better models to
extrapolate animal data to humans.
The health effects data from this program are
incorporated into EPA criteria documents which are used
to set and revise standards for photochemical oxidants.
Research provides data on the degree to which oxidants
cause or exacerbate the development of non-carcinogenic
chronic disease. Animal, human clinical, and epidemiology
studies are performed. Biological endpoints to be examined
include development of cardiovascular or pulmonary
disease, aggravation of existing conditions, changes in
biochemistry and host defense mechanisms, and changes in
pulmonary structure or function. Emphasis is currently
placed on determining the acute and chronic effects of N02
inhalation.
Tests will be run to improve the models used to
extrapolate animal biochemical and metabolic responses to
human effects. Both human and animal experiments will
provide data on the functional, morphological, and
biochemical changes which occur following exposure to
ozone and N02. Animal dose-response studies, many
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Air
Oxidants
performed extramurally. will concentrate on the effects of
chronic exposure of rodents to oxidants.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
HERljRTP
OHR1HQ
Richard Dickerson
Karen Morehouse
4.400.4
30
Research in this program supports the development of New
Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and State
Implementation Plans by aiding in the development of
pollutant control technology which is cost-effective and
energy-efficient. The focus of the research is on the
reduction of both VOC and NO. emissions.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a major cause
of non-attainment of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards. Extramural research will evaluate VOC
abatement technology such as carbon adsorption, thermal
oxidation, and catalytic oxidation. Of particular interest
will be effective and affordable control methods for small
VOC-emitting industries. Field tests of process
modifications for VOC emission reduction from printing
and coating operations will be conducted jointly with
industry.
Combustion modification methods of controlling NO.
and other emissions will be evaluated to determine
combustion modification (CM) methods for reducing NO.
emissions and improving the performance of utility and
industrial boilers. These sources account for about 67% of
the nation's stationary source NO. emissions. Prior work
has proven the CM methods can be effective for control of
NO. as well as other emissions, if each method is tailored to
the characteristics of the specific combustion equipment
(e.g., stoker or package boilers, coal or oil burners, and I.C.
engines or gas turbines). This program, to support OAQPS
standards setting activities in FY87, 88 and 89, will assess
low NO. heavy oil burner (precombustor) technology for
industrial boilers and for the combustion of highly nitrated
waste fuels. Work on a coal-fired precombustor burner for
high NO./SO. control will be continued. The program will
evaluate in-furnace NO. reduction (reburning by secondary
fuel injection) technology on small scale gas-, oil-, and coal-
fired combustors. It will complete in-house tests of selective
catalytic reduction (SCR) systems for internal combustion
engines. Basic NO. control techniques, selected from those
available and those under development, can soon be
integrated into combination systems to achieve the greatest
possible NO. reduction for these sources.
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Air
Oxidants
Fundamental research on combustion processes will also
be conducted to improve the technical basis for estimating
achievable emissions, to help develop NO..SO. emissions
reduction technologies and to support development of an
industrial boiler NSPS.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
AEERL/RTP W. Gene Tucker 2,842.3 34
Robert E. Hall
OEET/HQ Kurt Jakobson 144.3 60
Research will continue to determine ozone impacts on crop
yield due to crop genotype (cultivar) and climatic influence
and dymanics (such as moisture) of varying ozone exposure
patterns. Crop average, and soil moisture interactions with
exposure dynamics will be emphasized. Process directed
studies will develop conceptual or predictive models to
define multiple interactions between levels of various stress
factors. Field validated models will be used to predict yield
effects of single or multiple experimental variables.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
ERL/COR Dave Tingey 2.125 30
OEPER/ HQ Kenneth Hood
Research activities in this area emphasize the development
of monitoring methods and the provision of quality
assurance samples and support. E P A's monitoring
methodology for oxidant precursors will include the
evaluation of volatile organic compound monitoring
methodology and the preparation of an operations manual
and performance guidelines for commercial monitoring
instruments. Laser technology to measure aerosol mass
associated with oxidant transport will be provided as
technical support to the regions. The National Bureau of
Standards will assist with the development of standard
reference material.
Quality Assurance for the oxidants research program is
essential to ensuring that the data used for regulatory and
enforcement decisions is accurate. Reference samples, gas
samples, permeation devices and flow rates standards
traceable to NBS will be supplied to the user community.
Short-term monitoring support will be provided to the
OQAPS and the EP A regional offices for use in review of
State Implementation Plans for air transport model
development.
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Air
Oxidants
The A tlllospheri(' Pro('e.ue.l' and E.1.l'ec'/s portion of this
program is to develop and validate air quality models that
predict the formation of photochemical oxidants (primarily
ozone) in the atmosphere. and to determine the economic
impacts of ozone on agriculture.
Air quality lIIodels predicting the air quality impacts
associated with air pollutant abatement strategies are used
in the evaluation and development of State Implementation
Plans for the control of photochemical oxidants. Two
major types of ozone air quality models are under
investigation: urban scale which focuses on local air quality
impacts and regional scale which addresses the long range
transport phenomena of ozone and its precursors (volatile
organic compounds and nitrogen oxides). Over the next few
years. emphasis will be placed on developing better
chemical mechanism within the models for describing ozone
formation in the atmosphere. Also. a second generation
regional scale model for ozone will be tested and evaluated
using the Northeast Regional Oxidant Study (NEROS) air
quality data base.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total Percent
Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSLjRTP John Puzak
EMSLjLV James L. McElroy
ADEMQAj HQ J. M. Shackelford
ASRLjRTP(APE) Basil Dimitriades
ADEMQAj HQ(APE) Deran Pashayan
657.1
219.0
o
2.326.4
127.4
53
79
o
33
80
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Air
Mobile Sources
The Clean Air Act requires the agency to prescribe emission
standards for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and oxides
of nitrogen for heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles. To do
this, the agency requires information on the chemical
composition of fuels, fuel additives, and diesel and gasoline
exhausts, as well as information on actual human exposure
to motor vehicle pollutants.
The scientific assessment program will continue to
support the development of the carbon monoxide NAAQS
during FY 86 by providing technical evaluations for
OAQPS. In addition, the next review of the carbon
monoxide Air Quality Criteria document will begin in FY86.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
294
32
Percent
In-House
Contact
ECAO/RTP
OHEA/HQ
James Raub
Tom Miller
38
100
The health effects program funded by the Health Effects
Research Laboratory in mobile sources develops and
validates techniques to produce dose-response data on the
toxic effects of carbon monoxide, and then uses those
techniques to produce dose-response information.
Clinical studies will be used to produce dose-response
data on the toxic effects of low-level exposure to CO. The
cardiac and respiratory effects of CO will be evaluated in
human studies, as will a method to relate ambient CO levels
to blood levels. Non-invasive techniques will be used to
measure the cardiac effects of CO exposure. This
information will be used in performing health risk
assessments by the scientific assessment program.
Extramural funding will also be provided to the Health
Effects Institute, sponsored jointly by EPA and the
automobile industry to perform research on the health
effects of pollutants related to mobile sources.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
3,685.3
Contact
Percent
In-House
HERL/RTP
OHR/ HQ
Richard Dickerson
Donna Kuroda
13
Research in this area will focus on development of
methodology for determining population exposures to
carbon monoxide (CO) and other vehicular air pollutants.
Field studies conducted in Washington, DC, and Denver,
Colorado, have provided extensive human CO exposure
data bases. Data from previous microenvironmental and
population exposure field studies for CO will be reviewed,
and data from these studies that can be utilized in other
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Air
Mobile Sources
topic areas, such as human activity patterns. will be
evaluated in detail. Models relating commuter exposures to
roadway types. traffic volume. model year. vehicle age, and
average speed will be tested and evaluated. The human
exposure methodology developed for CO will be adapted.
where possible. to other vehicular air pollutants. The
general exposure-human activity pattern models (SHAPE
and NEM) will be evaluated with data from past ORD
exposure field studies. An improved exposure-activity
pattern model will be constructed from data from previous
field studies. including the Denver-Washington. DC. CO
exposure field studies. and previous activity pattern-time
budget studies.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total Percent
Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSLI RTP G. Akland
ADEMQA/HQ Wayne Ou
ASRL/RTP(APE) Frank Black
ADEMQAI HQ(APE) William Keith
626.2
47.4
1,279.2
6.9
52
90
41
o
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Air
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Scientific assessments of hazardous air pollutants (HAP)
encompass all known research findings concerning the
health and environmental effects of particular substances
and/ or their transformation products, as well as
background information on physical and chemical
properties, sources, emissions, transport and
transformation, and ambient concentrations.
The current agency strategy for evaluating hazardous air
pollutants calls for assessing the toxicity of various
chemical substances. The assessment approach involves
preparation of Tier I Health Effects Summaries and
Comprehensive Health Assessment Documents on
Chemicals nominated by OAQPS. In addition, during
FY86. the Scientific Assessment program will provide direct
assessment support to Regions and States for the new
Agency Air Toxics Strategy.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ECAO/CIN Jerry Stara 89 47
ECAO/RTP Michael Berry 1.243 39
OHEA/HQ Tom Miller 2.255 60
The health research program in hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) has three goals: to develop and validate methods to
produce dose-response data on the toxic effects of HAPs, to
produce the dose-response data on the toxic effects of
HAPs, and to develop models which improve our ability to
use dose-response data in risk assessments. Extramural
research will support efforts in all three areas.
EPA researchers will develop methods to provide data on
the genetic, developmental, and neurotoxic effects of HAPs.
Emphasis of this research will be on the toxic components
of gaseous-aerosol complex mixtures.
In dose-response toxicological research, data on the
mutagenic and carcinogenic activity of potential HAPs will
be determined. These HAPs will be selected based upon
assessments prepared by the Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment (OHEA). The effects of selected
chemicals suspected of being hazardous to the nervous
system will be studied.
Animal models of respiratory physiology and function
will be developed to provide more reliable methods for
estimating specific doses to critical lung tissues. Models of
neurologic toxicity will be developed involving physical,
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Air
Hazardous Air Pollutants
chemical. and behavioral tests to predict human responses
to insult from potential HAPs.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Ik) In-House
HERLj RTP Richard Dickerson 3.004.5 59
OHRjHQ Donna Kuroda
The engineering program for hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) is comprised of three parts: (I) to assess various
industrial and combustion sources of HAPs to determine
the magnitude of emissions and to assess the capability of
technologies to reduce or eliminate HAP emissions. (2) to
conduct source-related measurements and participate in the
management of the Agency's Integrated Air Cancer Project,
and (3) to assess the emissions from and controllability of
sources of indoor air pollutants.
Conventional devices for controlling particulate and
VOC emissions will be evaluated for their effectiveness in
controlling specific HAPs from industrial and combustion
sources. Research will be initiated on cleaner-burning wood
stoves, with inherently low emissions of HAPs, for practical
and energy-efficient residential use.
Field and laboratory measurements of hazardous
substances, especially mutagenic substances from residential
wood stoves will be made as part of the field studies of the
Integrated Air Cancer Project. Various designs of catalyst-
equipped and conventional stoves will be tested.
Laboratory measurements of organic pollutant emissions
from unvented space heaters, building materials, and
consumer products will be continued from indoor air
quality projects initiated earlier. A field study to
demonstrate the effectiveness of low-cost methods to reduce
radon concentrations in homes will also be continued.
Further work to develop indoor air quality models is also
planned.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Ik) In-House
AEERL/RTP W. Gene Tucker 1,020.8 35
OEET/ HQ Paul Shapiro 80.8 70
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Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Air
Hazardous Air Pollutants
At present, there is a particular need for technology to
monitor non-criteria contaminants at the regional, state,
and local level. EPA maintains a monitoring station for
non-criteria pollutants in Philadelphia. This station will
function as a focal point for development and evaluation of
methods for the characterization of monitoring methods.
Stationary source methods will be evaluated and validated.
This will involve measurement of instrument drift,
establishing control limits, defining out-of-controllimits,
and specifying corrective action and alternate methods.
Focus will be on developing and assessing advanced
methods for concentrating and analyzing samples. The
advanced methods to be evaluated are: cryogenic
preconceqtration, tuneable atomic line molecular
spectrometry, and gas chromatography / fourier transfer
infrared spectrometry. The methods that will be evaluated
at the center were developed from our extramural program.
To support quality assurance needs within the program,
reference samples will be developed and maintained,
guidelines for procedures will be developed, and laboratory
audits will be performed.
Methods development for monitoring indoor air quality
will continue. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating devices
to measure particulates, N02, and formaldehyde. A
multipollutant field survey will be designed and
implemented.
The goal of the Atmospheric Processes and Effects
research is to provide information on the atmospheric
transport, transformation, and fate of hazardous air
pollutants. The information is used in preparing hea"1th
assessment documents to determine if the chemicals present
a hazard. Laboratory and field studies will be conducted to
determine the atmospheric lifetimes and transformation
products of hazardous air pollutants to determine
deposition and removal rates of hazardous chemicals; and
identify the factors responsible for concentration levels and
spatial and temporal (i.e., seasonal) variability of selected
volatile organic compounds. Also research studies will
examine the atmospheric chemical and physical processes
that are important in producing mutagenic compounds in
the atmosphere.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSL/ RTP John Clements 7,049.8 24
Steve Bromberg
ASRL/ R TP(APE) Larry Cupitt 940.9 31
ADEMQA/ HQ(APE) Deran Pashayan 25.4 0
ADEMQA/ HQ Wayne Bloch 218.8 56
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Stratospheric
Modification
Air
Stratospheric Modification
The stratospheric modification research program will
investigate the effects of pollutants on stratospheric ozone,
the resulting ultraviolet-B radiation characteristics and of
enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on important crops and
aquatic food-chain organisms. The program will continue
coordination of federal research activities in this area, will
update the comprehensive assessment of the state of science,
will deliver the required biennial report to Congress, and
will provide up-to-date information so that the most current
data will be available for policy and regulatory decisions.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
ADEMQAI HQ William Keith
900
o
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Drinking Water
Revision of national drinking water regulations and health
advisory guidance given to the states requires an assessment
of the potential hazard to human health from exposure to
chemicals in drinking water. Health assessment
documentation will be prepared for various chemicals and
responses to public comments made on 1985 health
assessment documents will be performed during 1986.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ECAOjCIN Michael Dourson 313 76
OHEAj HQ Thomas Gleason 160 100
This research program provides dose-response data on
organic, inorganic, and microbiological contaminants. It
provides information on the best methods to obtain that
data, and information on the best methods to perform risk
assessments.
Selected contaminants will be evaluated (chlorinated
ethanes, xylene, dichloropropane, trichloroethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, haloacetylnitriles, trichloropropane,
chlorobenzene, and barium) for possibly setting maximum
contaminant levels or developing health advisories.
Increasing emphasis will be on determining the health
effects of exposure to disinfectants and their by-products.
Work will be done to improve methods for extrapolating
health effects research data in order to assess the risks
associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple
chel11icals in complex mixtures. Focus will also be on
concentrating, isolating, and identifying infectious disease
agents in drinking water. In addition, epidemiology studies
on drinking water disinfectants and radon are being
conducted.
Finally, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease
Control, research will design methods to identify and
evaluate outbreaks of waterborne infectious diseases in
order to aid the states in alleviating any emergency affecting
public water systems.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
9,762.2
o
Percent
In-House
HERLjCIN
OHRj HQ
Elmer Akin
David Kleffman
33.6
o
To support revision of the national drinking water.
standards, this program provides data on the technologIes
available, what they can attain in terms of drinking water
quality, and what they cost. Focus is on removal of volatile
organic c~mpounds, organics formed during treatment,
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Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Drinking Water
naturally occurring organics responsible for formation of
trihalomethanes. inorganic and microbiological
contaminants and on problems related to maintaining water
quality in distribution systems. Emphasis will be on
developing cost information for treatment processes and for
entire water systems. Evaluation will also be made of the
tradeoffs in planning for rehabilitation of older water
systems. In addition. efforts will be made to address the
problems of small utilities and to assist the states and
municipalities in complying with maximum contaminant
levels.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
WERL/CIN
DEET / HQ
Robert Clark
Bala Krishnan
4.900
171
40
100
This program will provide the overview for the Agencywide
mandatory quality assurance program. The ten regional
laboratories will be evaluated annually in support of the
National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations
monitoring certification program. This program will also
provide methods development and analytical procedures to
produce precise and accurate total measurement systems for
chemical. radiochemical and microbiological analysis. It
will provide technically and economically feasible analytical
procedures to monitor contaminants for use by the Agency.
States. municipalities and operators of public drinking
water systems. I n addition. the following groundwater
program will be provided; development of a method to
locate abandoned wells; development of geophysical
methods to detect and evaluate underground movement of
fluids from injection wells; evaluation and development of
fiber optics techniques for monitoring groundwater;
development of accurate and reliable total measurement
systems through the development of standardized methods,
laboratory evaluation. performance evaluation and quality
control sample development, sample testing and
verification; and provide quality control procedures and
guidelines.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSL/CIN Robert Booth 2.303.2 45
EMSL/LV Erich Bretthauer 1,208.9 32
ADEMQA/HQ Vernon Laurie 77.9 78
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Environmental
Processes
and Effeds
Groundwater
Ground water is a major source of drinking water for the
nation. This research program seeks to improve methods
for determining the transport and transformation of
contaminants in the subsurface, methods for predicting the
behavior of pollutants in aquifers based on site-specific
subsurface characteristics and on characteristics of the
pollutants. In addition, research will evaluate in-situ aquifer
reclamation methods.
Extramural efforts will be directed toward several areas.
Methods will be developed for determining not only the
quantity and type of subsurface microorganisms, but also
their activity in terms of potential for biotransformation of
pollutants. Methods will also be developed for in-situ
detection of other subsurface parameters important to
predicting pollutant behavior. Biological,
physical/ chemical, and hydrologic processes and their
interrelations in the subsurface will be studied to develop
mathematical representations that can be included in
models. Subsurface (site-specific) characteristics that
influence such processes will be determined. Finally,
promising reclamation methods (e.g., biotransformation)
will be studied at laboratory scale and evaluated at one field
site.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
RSKERL/ ADA George Keeler
OEPER/ HQ Steve Cordle
23
35
4,960
404
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Water Quality
EPA's overall research program with regard to water
quality emphasizes development of the scientific and
technical base to help states develop site-specific standards
and to conduct use-attainability analyses. The scientific
assessment program will provide guidance for assessing the
risk of human exposure to mixtures of toxic chemicals,
evaluate site-specifiC' health hazards as required by the
states and EPA, and prepare evaluations for Section 301(g)
permit modification requests.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (St)
Percent
In-House
Contact
ECAO/CIN
OHEA/HQ
Michael Dourson
Thomas Gleason
219
67
59
100
Investigators will use existing short-term tests for
carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reproductive effects to
determine whether or not a site receiving a large number of
chemical contaminants into ambient waters is a public
health risk. Health effect indicators for shellfish growing
waters, are being developed.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (St)
Percent
In-House
Contact
HERL/CIN
OHR/HQ
Lyman Condie
David Kleffman
888.1
41
This program develops data correlating sludge treatment
processes with environmental impacts for use in
determining appropriate treatment levels for sludge prior to
ocean dumping as well as treatment levels for wastewater
discharged through ocean outfalls.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (St) In-Hollie
WERL/Cin Fred Bishop 370 100
OEET/HQ Bala Krishnan 65 100
This program has two objectives: support for a water
quality-based regulatory approach, and support for
environmentally sound ocean disposal of wastes.
A water quality-based approach to pollution control
provides for correction of ambient water quality problems
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Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Water Quality
that remain after mandated minimum pollution control
technology (e.g., secondary treatment, effluent guidelines) is
in place. This requires the ability to translate water quality
standards into specific effluent condition and discharge
limitations for municipalities and industry. Research will be
undertaken to provide the necessary information base and
scientific tools, including: site-specific criteria modification
protocols, contaminated sediment assessment techniques,
wasteload allocation techniques, complex effluent
bioassays, biomonitoring methods, and use attainability
analyses.
If ocean disposal is to become an acceptable waste
management option, there is a need to provide decision-
makers with rationale and procedures which are both
expeditious and scientifically sound. These should provide
guidance for the acquisitien of information, and the
interpretation of this information in order to support ocean
disposal permit decisions. The research program in ocean
disposal will develop techniques and data for evaluating the
impacts of alternative disposal strategies to identify the
optimal approach for both ocean dumping and discharge
from ocean outfalls. Emphasis will be given to:
development of a hazard assessment procedure to define the
probability of harm to the marine environment resulting
from the ocean disposal of wastes; development of
procedures for predicting bioaccumulation of contaminants
from sediments and sewage sludge and determination of the
linkage between tissue residues and biological effects; and
development of procedures to satisfy monitoring needs for
permit, surveillance, and hazard assessment application for
coastal and deep water sites.
Office or
Laboratory
ERL/ATH
ERL/COR
ERL/ DUL
ERL/NARR
ERL/GB
OEPER/ HQ
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
1.347
608
2,917
5,166
266
859
Percent
In-House
64
77
82
72
62
76
The monitoring research program develops chemical,
physical, and biological methods for measuring site-specific
and ambient water pollution concentrations. Most of this
research is conducted in-house at EMSLjCincinnati with a
small portion being conducted at EMSL-LV.
Research on chemical measurement methods emphasizes
standardization of measurement and quality assurance
methods for priority toxic pollutants, as well as increasing
the sensitivity of methods for measuring toxic metals in
Robert Swank
Spencer Peterson
Nelson Thomas
William Brungs
Thomas Duke
Sam Williams
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Water Quality
water. Research on biological monitoring methods
emphasizes methods for screening toxic concentrations of
pollutants in ambient waters, characterizing the biological
condition of ambient waters, provision of quality assurance
procedures to analyze chronic and acute toxicological
effects. and standardization of microbial and viral sampling
and analysis methods. Research on physical measurement
methods concentrates on documenting the validity and
accuracy of sampling regimes and flow-sensing equipment.
The quality assurance program provides quality control
calibration materials and procedures for standardization of
chemical and biological analysis. Virus sample preservation
and assay protocols will be standardized.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Cornelius Weber
James Lichtenberg
John Winter
EMSL/LV Wesley Kinney
ADEMQA/ HQ Charles Plost
EMSL/CIN
824.2
S6
186.7
8S.4
74
92
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Great Lakes
This program will develop and test methods to measure,
describe, and predict the sources, distribution, movement,
dynamics, and effects of toxic substances on nearshore
areas and harbors for "areas of concern" identified by the
US/Canada Water Quality Agreement. Emphasis will be
given to problems involving in-place pollutants. This
program will also provide the International Joint
Commission (IJC), the Great Lakes National Program
Office (GLNPO), EPA Regions and Great Lakes states with
technical support and research data synthesis related to
activities under the US/Canada Water Quality Agreement.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ERLj DUL Norbert Jaworski 1,097 56
OEPERj HQ Sam Williams 20 II
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Municipal Wastewater
The scientific assessment program provides health
assessment profiles to support regulatory decisionmaking
on the effective treatment. conversion. use and disposal of
municipal sludge. Preliminary data profiles and hazard
indices are being prepared for a number of contaminants of
municipal sludge.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ECAO/CIN Steven Lutkenhoff 611 100
OHEA/HQ Thomas Gleason 21 100
Health effects research focuses on human health aspects of
municipal sludge disposal. The information from these
areas are used by the Agency for formulation of
regulations. permits. and guidelines under the Clean Water
Act. One emphasis. at present. is on land use and disposal
of municipal sludges which requires careful assessment of
the effects on human health of exposure to pollutants
contained in the sludges. Research will focus on the fate of
pathogenic organisms. particularly parasites and viruses.
and on toxic risks of heavy metals and organic chemicals. A
critical aspect of human exposure to municipal sludges is
the potential close human contact from sludge distribution
and marketing systems. Studies of the occurrence of
pathogens and chemicals in these systems are underway.
Information from these studies will be part of a
determination of the feasibility of epidemiological
evaluation of risks to the human population from sludge
distribution and marketing.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/CIN
OHR/HQ
Percent
In-House
Total
Funds (Sk)
1.970.8
Contact
Elmer Akin
W. Wade Talbot
52.5
Revisions to the Clean Water Act provide incentives for the
use of innovative wastewater treatment technology. This
research program will provide engineering support to the
innovative technologies and sludge management programs,
and on techniques to improve the reliability of wastewater
treatment plants.
In the area of innovative/alternative (If A) technologies,
assistance will be provided to the construction grant
program in reviewing project plans, recommending
innovative technologies. and in making available detailed
planning. engineering and analytical assistance for
innovative technology. Technical evaluations of full-scale
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Municipal Wastewater
operational projects will produce feedback information of
designing, energy, capital, and operation and maintenance
costs. Also, a new effort will evaluate reasons for failure of
1/ A projects for the 100% modification/ replacement
program.
Engineering support of municipal sludge management is
provided in two areas-treatment and disposal. In the
treatment area, emphasis will be on innovative stabilization,
digestion and thermal conversion processes that are more
efficient in reducing the volume of sludge. Research in the
disposal area will focus on characterizing the mechanisms
controlling the uptake and the transformation of toxic
organics and pathogenic organisms in sludge-amended soils.
Overall emphasis is to provide the engineering information
on sludge management options to support implementation
of the Agency's new sludge disposal regulations.
In the compliance achievement support program,
emphasis will be on providing design and cost information
on two low cost upgrading methods through the integration
of high biomass reactors and improved air aeration
technology.
Evaluations of the taxies treatability of various municipal
processes will be carried out. Toxicity reduction evaluation
procedures will be developed to support the Agency's
"Policy for Development of Water Quality-Based Permit
Limitations. "
In the area of water quality planning and regulation
support, the engineering data base necessary for states to
assess various control options and water quality impacts to
achieve national water quality goals at optimum cost
savings will be provided.
WERL/CIN
Total Percent
Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
James Kreissl (1/ A) 5,970.9 25
Joseph Farrell (sludge)
Carl Brunner (upgrading)
Fred Bishop (toxics)
Lew Rossman (WQ)
Tom Pheiffer (HQ) 352.7 100
Office or
Laboratory
OEET/HQ
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Industrial Wastewater
This program supports Agency regulatory activities relating
to control of specific pollutants or toxicity in industrial
wastewater discharges. Efforts will supply data to enable
permitting authorities to issue BPJ discharge permits for
industry to meet water quality based standards in the most
cost-effective manner possible. During 1985 this will be
accomplished by means of laboratory and pilot plant scale
evaluations of biological (particularly anaerobic) and
physical/chemical wastewater treatment methods. This
work will focus on complex, highly toxic wastewaters such
as dye and pigment manufacturing, aluminum smelters, and
organic chemicals production.
Also, efforts will provide manuals and methods for
conducting site specific toxicity reduction evaluations
(TRE's) to be used by permitting authorities to issue
discharge permits to industry, based on a toxicity as a
major parameter, particularly in the case of multiple
industrial contributions. The TRE method will be
developed by identifying the inplant sources of aquatic
toxicity, measuring stream toxicity, identifying industrial
contributors and recommending control alternatives. The
complete method will be verified at specific sites in
conjunction with OMSQA and is applicable to complex
effluents not easily controlled by the WQA chemical-by-
chemical approach. Initial efforts will include toxicity
reduction for pesticide manufacture, inorganic chemicals,
and petrochemicals.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
WERL/CIN Alden Christianson 762.7 20
OEET/HQ Don Tang 80.6 100
This research will maintain and update the existing GC/ MS
tape library and permit the development of new analytical
databases of toxic pollutants found in wastewaters. An
advanced database management system (DBMS) for the
identification of toxic pollutants not currently in reference
collections will also be developed.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
ERL/ A TH
OEPERj HQ
Wayne Anderson
Chieh Wu
311
100
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Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Industrial Wastewater
Research will support the Agency in the implementation of
technology-based effluent limitation regulations and the
modification of enforcement activities as required by water
quality-based permit adjustments. Methods standardization
research will be directed to the improvement in precision,
accuracy, and method detection limit of existing regulated
organic contaminants. Research will also validate and
correct analytical methods for high priority industrial
wastewater components and evaluate alternative analytical
methods to support the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program.
Quality Assurance activities include the Discharge
Monitoring Report Quality Assurance (DMRQA) study;
preparation and distribution of repository, quality control,
and performance evaluation samples; and performance
evaluation studies. The research program will support
NPDES quality assurance by providing quality control
samples and protocols and by maintaining the standards
repository, including auditing monitoring systems data
reliability, DMRQA and documentation of its precision
and accuracy.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSLfCIN James J. Lichtenberg 1,249.8 66
John A. Winter
ADEMQAf HQ Charles Plost 128.6 87
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Acid Rain
Energy
The acid rain program supports research in seven areas:
estimating emissions. understanding atmospheric processes.
monitoring. analyzing aquatic effects. analyzing terrestrial
effects. quantifying effects on materials. evaluating control
techniques. and producing integrated assessments.
A. Estimating Emissionsfrom Man-Made Sources:
Primary emphasis is being given to the development of a
high quality emissions data base for calendar year 1985.
S02. NO. and VOCs are the emission species of principal
interest. Models to forecast emission trends and costs of
various control programs are being developed. These
economic sectoral models and the emissions inventories will
be used to support regional and national policy analysis and
assessment.
B. Understanding Atmospheric' Processes: This research
is designed to improve our capability to examine and
predict the movement and atmospheric chemistry of air
masses. Field studies, using chemical tracers of emissions,
recently developed gas measuring instruments. and
extensive monitoring may be undertaken to study the
movement and transformation of acids and precursors from
sources to receptors. Modules will be developed for the acid
deposition regional model.
C. Developing a Deposition Monitoring Data Base:
Efforts will involve development of real-time precipitation
measurement methods, quality assurance and data system
support, and analysis of the spatial and temporal variation
of data.
D. Quantifying Aquatic Effects: Research will survey lake
chemistries in the western U.S. and stream chemistry in the
Northeast and Southeast as part ofthe National Surface
Water Survey (NSWS). The Direct/ Delayed Response
Program will survey soils in watersheds in the Northeast
and Southeast to predict rates of surface water acidification
on the basis of cation supply and sulfate absorption.
E. Quantifying Terrestrial Effects: Several integrated,
multidisciplinary intensitve research sites will be established
in spruce/ fir. southern commercial. eastern hardwood and
western coniferous forest types. The effects of acidic
deposition. heavy metals and oxidants will be considered.
Methodologies for a broad scale vegetation survey will be
further developed.
F. Quantifying the Effects on Materials and Cultural
Resources: The statistical models for calculating materials-
at-risk will be evaluated and refined. a general model for
physical damage function will be produced. The
experimental program for concrete studies will be designed.
and chamber studies of paint deterioration produced.
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Energy
G. Assessment Control Technologies: This program
assesses the engineering and economic potential of emerging
technologies for removing acid deposition precursors from
combustion sources. The work considers non-hardware
approaches such as fuel switching as well as retrofit
technologies such as the limestone injection multi-stage
burner.
H. Integration and Research Assessments: This program
responds to questions that cut across several research
objectives by supporting integrated assessment functions,
evaluation of regional effects, characterization of mass
flows, assessment of control strategies, assessment of
potentially sensitive areas, and economic analysis of
damage or benefits versus costs of controlling emissions.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
EMSL/LV Gene Meier (D) 6,040. 10
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser (B) 5,723.7 17
AEERL/RTP David Mobley (C) 2,989. 10
ASRL/RTP Jack Durham (A) 7,854.8 II
ERL/COR Ray Wilhour (E) 21.900.4 10
ERL/DUL John Eaton (F) 390. 15
ADEMQA/ HQ Gary Foley (G,H) 11,899. 14
This area is supporting two types of research: the
development for commercialization of an integrated
NOx/SOx control technology-Limestone Injection through
a Multistage Burner (LIMB), and evaluation of pollutants
from proposed synfuel facilities and alternate energy
sources.
The LIMB control technology can substantially reduce
both NOx and SOx emissions while at the same time
reducing the costs for control. A systematic development is
underway to bring the LIMB technology to the point where
industry would be willing to commercialize it. The 1985
program will include: research on sorbent reaction
mechanisms, research at the small bench and pilot scale for
a wide range of fuel types, prototype scale testing of the
tangentially-fired experimental systems for extrapolating
the performance to commercial scale, detailed analysis to
identify potential operability and reliability problems,
planning and site preparation for the industry / EP A
cofunded full scale demonstrations on wall-fired utility
boilers.
To control synfuel pollutants ORO provides special
support to the regional and state permitting process and
review of EISs and environmental monitoring plans of SFC
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Energy
sponsored projects through special studies and technical
assistance. Direct consultation will be provided to SFC's
process developers as required by the Energy Security Act.
Section 131(e) which identifies EPA as one of the
consulting agencies to SFC. Limited evaluation will be
made of discharge characterization and controls on key
problem areas at SFC sponsored plants or other operating
plants. Efforts will be initiated on a data management and
interpretation system for monitoring data from SFC plants.
Research will provide for the evaluation of reduced sulfur
species control for oil shale and coal based technologies and
codisposal of oil shale solid wastes with process waters.
The laboratory at RTP is responsible for the evaluation
of synfuel processes and characterization of the emissions.
waste streams. and control technologies. This includes coal
based synthetic fuels. oil shale. tar sands. geothermal and
other energy-related technologies.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contad Funds (Sk) In-House
AEERLjRTP Robert Hangebrauck 5.078.8 10
Jim Abbott
OEETjHQ Kurt Jakobson 475.9 70
Gregory Ondich
The Agency's Cold Climate Research Program defines
the impacts of oil and gas development. mining activities.
and atmospheric pollution on arctic and sub-arctic
environments and proposes mitigative measures. Projects in
the FY86 program include: (I) assessing the impact of oil
development on coastal tundra wetlands of the Alaska
North Slope; (2) determining the impacts of placer mining
on surface waters; (3) improving air models for application
to North Slope problems; and (4) evaluating the urban
woodsmoke problems.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contad Funds (Sk) In-House
ERLjCOR James McCarty 400 0
OEPERj HQ Patricia Neuschatz
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Hazardous Wastes
This program provides assessments of the health effects and
risks arising from hazardous wastes; improved methods for
performing such assessments; and, chemical-specific health
summaries. These are supplied to the EPA's Office of Solid
Waste (OSW) to support a variety of regulatory activities and
to OSW, EPA regional offices and the states for use in
evaluating permit and enforcement actions.
One type of assessment, the health and environmental
effects profile, characterizes a waste and assesses the hazards
posed to humans or the environment by exposure to it. The
profiles support decisions on listing or delisting a chemical as
a hazardous waste. Most of this work is done by extramural
contract.
In addition, an in-house team develops methods to assess
the extent of human health effects and human exposure to
complex hazardous wastes. These methods support efforts to
assess and refine proposed RCRA permits and to prepare
supporting documentation for enforcement decisions. Finally,
to support the prevention and containment of hazardous
spills, extramural contractors develop chemical-specific health
summaries for use in evaluating alternatives for dealing with
hazardous spill contaminants.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ECAOfClN Christopher DeRosa 1,664 24
OHEAfHQ Tom Miller 2,000 36
Listing of substances under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) requires the ability to characterize
the potential health hazards of wastes. This research
program focuses on developing a three-level biological
testing battery of short-term tests to make determinations
of the potential health hazard of manufacturing process
residues. Emphasis will be on recognizing complex mixtures
as hazardous wastes for disposal purposes. This current
research is to develop a screen for Level I of a three-level
testing battery. This prescreen protocol, will be an
abbreviated and inexpensive screen for large numbers of
RCRA samples. The screen will provide a rapid and
sensitive prioritizing assessment of the potential toxicity of
RCRA samples. Levels 2 and 3 of the testing battery will
not be the subject of research in this current plan.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
HERLfRTP
OHRf HQ
Richard Phillips
W. Wade Talbot
1,748.4
46.7
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Hazardous Wastes
Cost-effective decisions on regulation of hazardous wastes
require methods for determining which waste constituents
are hazardous, the potential impacts on human health and
the environment of various disposal and regulatory options.
and the suitability of sites proposed for disposal facilities.
In addition, field-validated methods for quickly assessing
the potential impacts of hazardous material releases (spills)
on the environment are needed for decisions on
counter-measures.
For determining whether wastes are hazardous,
ERLI Duluth is adapting quantitative structure-activity
relationship methods. developed for predicting the toxicity
of single chemicals for use on multi-chemical wastes.
RSKERLI Ada is developing microcosm (e.g.. soil column)
technology which will provide a relatively fast and
inexpensive determination of the potential for wastes to
move in the subsurface environment and thus to
contaminate an aquifer.
Models are being developed to determine the exposure of
humans and the environment to hazardous wastes.
RSKERLI Ada is developing, improving, and field-
evaluating ground-water models, while ERLI Athens is
coordinating ground water and other routes of exposure
(surface water, air) into multimedia methods which can
predict exposure on a consistent basis through multiple
routes.
Criteria developed by RSKERLI Ada for site selection
and evaluation based on hydrogeological factors will be
evaluated in several hydrogeological settings in cooperation
with the U.S. Geological Survey in FY86. RSKERLI Ada is
also developing a comprehensive technical data base on new
and existing technologies for land treatment of hazardous
wastes for which incineration or conventional land disposal
are inappropriate. infeasible. or ineffective.
For assessment of the potential hazard of materials
released into the terrestrial or aquatic environment.
ERL/Corvallis is developing and evaluating a multitrophic-
level bioassay protocol. In FY86 the protocol will be
evaluated at additional field sites, and the protocol will be
augmented with selected alternative testing techniques.
Three studies will be continued to assist the Agency in
defining the threat from dioxin contamination: its
bioavailability in fish. its potential for human exposure
through the food chain, and its mobility and persistence in
soils and ground water.
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Engineering
and
Technology
Hazardous Wastes
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds ($k)
Percent
In-House
Contact
ERL/ATH Rosemarie C. Russo
RSKERL/ ADA George Keeler
ERL/COR Spencer A. Peterson
ERL/DUL Philip M. Cook
OEPER/ HQ Will C. La Veille
2,729
3,719
588
1,585
396
21
32
63
42
54
This program develops information on control
technologies, how they function, and whether they will, in
fact, allow hazardous waste disposal facilities to meet
performance standards.
In order to develop performance standards for the
treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes it is
necessary to understand the operational characteristics of
the different kinds of treatment and disposal available.
Methods for use in measurement protocols will be
developed to determine incinerator destruction efficiency
and to continuously monitor control technology. With
regard to land disposal, synthetic and clay liners will be
studied and the effectiveness of alternative closure, and
monitoring procedures for surface impoundments will be
investigated. Technical Resource Documents will be
developed for use by regional and state agencies for
permitting hazardous waste disposal facilities and for
enforcing applicable regulations. This program will update
documents for disposal facility design, operation,
maintenance, and closure.
Incineration Research focuses on four areas:
characterizing performance of existing thermal destruction
technologies; developing methods of rapid cost-effective
compliance monitoring of these facilities; characterizing the
products of incomplete combustion and their formation
conditions; and developing methods to predict performance
to avoid process failure and control process reliability. The
research is conducted at laboratory and pilot scale facilities
in Cincinnati, Research Triangle Park, and Jefferson,
Arkansas. The hypotheses from these programs are verified
in full-scale field tests. The program examines conventional
incineration as well as high temperature industrial processes.
The treatment program examines both existing and
emerging alternative techniques for treating or detoxifying
hazardous materials. Emphasis is being placed on those
waste streams which will be banned from land disposal
facilities.
Research is being conducted to evaluate in-situ methods
for the destruction/ detoxification/ containment of dioxins
and pollutants related to the production of dioxins and
similar toxicants. One major investigation will involve the
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Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Hazardous Wastes
accelerated evaluation of the mobile incinerator at the
Denney Farm site near Verona. Missouri. The purpose of
this research is to determine the economic viability of the
technique and to establish: (a) test burn protocols. (b)
health and safety protocol. (c) site specific. risk assessment
protocol. (d) an economic model for estimating the cost of
treatment per unit of material processed. and (e) national
and state permit protocol.
Finally. to provide technical support in preventing and
containing hazardous spills. reports will be issued
summarizing research on the evaluation of specialized
equipment and techniques for prevention. control. removal.
and disposal of hazardous releases.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
18.696
24
Percent
In-House
E. Oppelt
N. Schomaker
A. Klee
I. Wilder
M. Dick
P. E. des Rosiers
D. Berg
To improve procedures to characterize wastes for listing
under RCRA. research will develop methods for
characterizing and detecting particular wastes and
providing criteria for determining if those wastes constitute
a potential hazard. Methods will be tested for application to
highly toxic wastes in soil and sediments. for detection of
organics in the ambient air of waste disposal facilities. and
for determining the reactions of wastes in all media.
Techniques for field monitoring of hazardous waste sites
will be improved. including statistics for sampling design
and evaluated standard methods for media sampling. Of
particular importance is subsurface monitoring of sites and
investigation of new techniques for monitoring soils. and
biota. ambient air. and waste incinerator emissions.
To support RCRA permitting and enforcement activities.
research is developing screening methods. biological
monitoring methods, and developing remote monitoring
techniques. A substantial extramural effort will be directed
toward validating waste incinerator test methods for
volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and monitors
for carbon monoxide and total hydrocarbons on waste
incinerator stacks.
To support prevention and containment of hazardous
releases, work will be done to develop techniques and
methods to gather and analyze data through such means as
aerial photos. and thermal and multispectral imagery
HWERL/CIN
OEET/HQ
849
39
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Hazardous Wastes
techniques for site characterization. Tasks will identify
spills, spill movement, and to assist in cleanup operations.
Finally, to ensure that the data on which regulation and
enforcement are based is accurate, quality assurance efforts
will include distribution of analytical and standards
reference materials, on-site field audits of sampling efforts,
laboratory performance evaluations and support in
methods used.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
EMSL/CIN Robert Booth
EMSL/LV Erich Bretthauer
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser
ADEMQA/HQ John Koutsandreas
2,397.2
8,392.0
1.152.8
1,575.7
25
27
21
18
37
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Scientific
Assessment
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Superfund
This program provides technical support to the Office of
Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR) for use in
establishing and implementing regulations mandated by the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA) as well as technical support
and assessment methods development for the Office of
Waste Programs Enforcement (OWPE) for use in
enforcement decisions. This program produces rapid
response health summaries, for use by on-scene
coordinators after hazardous materials spills or other
emergency response situations. Evaluation of these
chemical-specific summaries should permit a determination
of potential hazards. The literature search is done by
extramural contract. In addition, health effects data are
being gathered from the scientific literature and used to
rank health risks posed by individual chemicals. The final
ratings are one factor among several used in determining a
"reportable quantity" for each chemical. The majority of
this work is done by extramural contract.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ECAO/CIN Christopher DeRosa 530
OHEA/HQ Thomas Gleason 585
24
37
Clean-up of uncontrolled hazardous waste sites requires
technologies for response and remedial action, for
protecting the personnel involved and for supporting
enforcement actions.
The R&D support program develops and evaluates clean-
up technology, demonstrating proto-type equipment such as
mobile incineration systems and mobile soil washing
systems. Remedial technology will be assessed and
handbooks provided which will include design data, and
cost information. Engineering expertise will be applied to
the assessment of uncontrolled hazardous waste site
situations to assist the Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response, Regions and others in the development of
corrective measure options. Manuals will be developed
establishing personnel safety protocols and evaluating
equipment and techniques, especially for decontamination
of equipment and personnel. In addition, short-term, quick
turn-around technical advice and consultation will be
provided to the regional programs and the Office of Waste
Programs Enforcement for enforcement support.
Office or Total
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk)
HWERLjCIN Ronald Hill 6,351
I. Wilder
Ray Thacker
38
Percent
In-House
30
OEET/HQ
145
100
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Superfund
This activity provides technical expertise and services to
EPA Regional Offices, state governments, and the
Environmental Response Team. Ground water related
assistance includes training or advice on use of assessment
models, soil and ground water sampling and analytical
techniques, and application of hydrogeological principles to
contaminant transport and fate. Bioassessment related
assistance focuses on evaluation and application of the
protocol to leachate and contaminated soil samples to assist
in site surveys and completeness of clean up/remedial
actions.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds ($k)
Percent
In-House
Contact
RSKERLj ADA George Keeler
ERLjCOR Spencer A. Peterson
OEPERjHQ Will C. LaVeille
358
303
22
48
This program supports the National Contracts Laboratory
Program and three major activities: situation assessments,
quality assurance and enforcement and technical assistance.
Between 50 and 60 laboratories are involved in the
National Contracts Laboratory Program which will
perform the analytical tests for site and situation
assessment. The ORO program will ensure the quality of
the data from these laboratories through on-site laboratory
evaluations, blind samples analyses, quarterly reviews and a
10 percent data audit. Remote sensing provides detailed
data on sites to help the Superfund Office to prioritize sites
and determine methods of clean-up. Air monitoring
assessment and sampling methods will be evaluated for use
in field assessment of hazardous waste sites.
The Quality Assurance program will provide the basis to
estimate the scientific accuracy of the data acquired by
Superfund.
Enforcement cases will be provided with increased
monitoring expertise to ensure that clean-up by industry is
consistent with proved scientific protocols. Also,
geophysical monitoring and a referee laboratory to provide
quick turnaround will be available to the regions and the
program office.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds ($k)
Percent
In-House
Contact
EMSL/ LV Erich Bretthauer
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser
EMSL/CIN Robert Booth
ADEMQA/HQ Robert Holmes
3,560.8
475.0
615.0
100.0
24
18
29
72
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Toxic Substances
The scientific assessment research program relating to toxic
substances provides overview of scientific documents, and
develops uniform methodologies for performing risk
assessments. To provide an O\'en'it'II' of scientific
documents. carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, adverse
reproductive effects and exposure assessments are reviewed
upon request from the Office of Toxic Substances. Newly
developed data are being gathered to improve ri.\'k
assessment methodologies and to ensure continuity
throughout the Agency in the use of risk assessment
methods. Mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and exposure
methods are being revised and reproductive effects methods
are being developed.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contad
OHEA/HQ
Tom Miller
730
29
This research program identifies and quantifies risks to
human health from toxic substances through test method
development for provision of dose response data to be used
in risk assessment methods development and structure-
activity model development.
Testing methodology research has three purposes: to
determine which laboratory tests best predict the human
response, to determine the chemical reactivity of metabolic
intermediate compounds, and to improve biological
mathematical extrapolation models.
Risk Assessment activities are directed primarily toward
improving methods to predict toxicity based upon
similarities in chemical structure, improving extrapolations
from high-dose to low-dose, and improving extrapolations
from animal species to humans. This includes the
development of biological markers which are measurable
indicators of exposure, susceptibility, and effect of the
molecular level. By combining epidemiologic studies with
exposure markers. it may be possible to predict the human
health risks from exposures to toxic material more
precisely.
Research into .Hructure-activity relationships will be used
to develop methods which can use data on molecular
structure descriptors or combinations to predict genetic and
carcinogenic activities using pattern recognition and
statistical techniques. Also. we will construct a chemical
data base in several areas of toxicological responses and
relate each to effects upon individual organ systems.
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Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Toxic Substances
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds ($k)
Percent
In-House
Contact
HERL/ RTP
OHR/HQ
William F. Durham
Charles Mitchell
14,510.2
25
The areas of focus in this research program are: the
identificatiqn and evaluation of alternatives to mitigate
release and exposure of chemicals which will be used by the
Agency in regulating the manufacture and use of existing
chemicals; the development of predictive capabilities to be
used in assessing release and exposure in the review of
Premanufacturing Notices (PMN's) for new chemicals as
required by TSCA; and the assessment of physical,
chemical and biological techniques and devices to contain
and destroy genetically engineered organisms under TSCA.
Alternatives to mitigate release and exposure of specific
existing chemicals will be defined in cooperation with
industry, through the evaluation and adaptation of control
measures related to the release in the workplace and into
the environment of the chemicals during their life cycles.
Technologies, management practices, and personal
protective equipment to limit the release and exposure of
chemicals will be evaluated.
Models to predict the release and exposure of different
classes of new chemicals will be developed in cooperation
with industry. The models will address different chemical
unit operations, unit processes and physical/ chemical
properties of chemicals and predict potential exposure and
release levels as well as best control measures to mitigate
release and exposure of new chemicals. Pilot scale testing
for the treatability of classes of potentially toxic chemicals
will be conducted to validate these predictive models for
waste streams.
A program to support PMN review related to genetically
engineered organisms will be conducted through technology
and engineering assessments of the potential for
environmental contamination, and physical, chemical and
biological techniques and devices to contain and destroy
these organisms. Engineering safety and quality control
programs will be emphasized.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
WERL/CIN Clyde Dempsey 3,374.5 40
OEET/HQ Don Tang 219.8 100
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Toxic Substances
Determination of the movement. transformation. and
ultimate disposition of toxic substances and genetically
engineered organisms in all environmental media. and how
plant and animal organisms and larger ecosystems in these
media are affected by toxic substances. are the subjects of
this research effort. This involves specific activities for
developing and validating tests and methodologies for
assessing environmental hazards and exposure. integrating
these into risk assessments. developing structure-activity
relationships (SAR) for rapid estimation of the fate and
effects of new chemicals and providing technical assistance
on specific existing chemical evaluations and rule makings.
Environmental hazard assessment research focuses on the
development, improvement, and validation of single and
multi-species toxicity tests (including acute and chronic
toxicity), bioconcentration assays. comparative
toxicological relationships using fish. indirect human
exposure methods, and system-level process organisms. The
developed methods are validated in both laboratory
(microcosm) and field ecosystem environments in order to
define their applicability to real-world situations.
Studies- on environmental exposure assessment will
develop tests and mathematical models of chemical
transport, transformation and fate in order to determine the
concentrations of toxic substances in various environmental
media and to relate these to actual terrestrial environments,
modeling accumulation of toxic chemicals in food chains.
and developing soil core microcosms for determining
chemical fate and biodegradation processes. Laboratory
and field studies are conducted as a final
improvement I verification step.
Environmental risk assessment studies on the linkage of
environmental exposure and hazard assessment techniques,
and development of methods to evaluate risks associated
with genetically engineered organisms have been initiated.
Structure-activity relationship research develops
methodologies based upon molecular structure
characteristics to rapidly assess the environmental fate and
toxicity of new chemicals. Structure-activity correlations
include those for bioaccumulation, toxicity, and fate.
Activities also include development of data bases on plant
uptake, fate of organic chemicals. toxicity to fish. and
reactivity of chemicals in air.
Technical assistance is provided to the Office of Toxic
Substances on complex problems relating to environmental
fate. exposure, effects. hazards. and the environmental risk
of toxic chemicals as necessary for risk assessment.
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Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Toxic Substances
Activities in this program are carried out at six field
laboratories. Their locations as well as the kinds of research
they conduct are as follows:
. ERL/ Athens - transport and transformation of organic
and inorganic substances in freshwater and multi-media
environments, and development of SAR regarding fate
of chemicals;
. ERL/ Duluth - effects of toxic substances in freshwater
environments, and development of SAR regarding
effects of new chemicals;
. ERL/Narragansett - chemical fate and effects in marine
environm~nts;
. ERL/ Corvallis - fate and effects of toxic substances and
genetically engineered organisms in terrestrial
environments;
. RSKERL/ Ada - terrestrial subsurface fate of chemicals;
. ERL/Gulf Breeze - fate and effects of chemicals and
genetically engineered organisms in estuarine/ marine
environments.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
ERL/ATH Rosemarie C. Russo 1,983.5 82
ERL/COR Thomas A. Murphy 2,672.0 36
ERL/DUL Norbert A. Jaworski 1,092.3 60
ERL/NARR William A. Brungs 308.5 61
ERL/GB Henry F. Enos 2,916.5 44
OEPER/ HQ Fredrick W. Kutz 3,277.4 12
Efforts to protect human health from the adverse impacts
of environmental exposure to toxic substances are
supported by EPA research to improve monitoring
capabilities, to more accurately determine exposure to
chemicals, and to provide quality assurance. This research
includes the development of new statistical techniques and
sampling design methods and development of total
exposure methods to improve exposure and risk
assessments required by the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Research related to monitoring human and
environmental exposure to chemicals involves analytical
methods development for biological tissues and
identification of the multi-medial multi-pathway transport
and transformation processes. These processes are identified
through monitoring data, and through monitoring systems
capable of linking environmental concentrations and
personal exposures to chemicals present in the environment.
This exposure program requires the development of
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Toxic Substances
chemical methods to determine the extent of total exposure
and field testing of sampling and monitoring techniljues for
chemicals of interest.
Quality Assurance efforts are dedicated to assuring the
quality of measurement methods. field monitoring systems.
and associated protocols. Under this program, methods will
be evaluated for assuring the quality sampling of analYling
volatile organic compounds which are currently difficult to
isolate. Biological quality assurance will be emphasiled and
deliverables will include production of biological reference
materials for use in Office of Toxic Substances natiorlal
biological monitoring network.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
EMSL/CIN Robert Booth
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser
EMSL/LV Erich Bretthauer
ADEMQA/HQ Michael Dellarco
171.6
1.885.4
3.650.6
312.3
o
13
26
54
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Scientific
Assessment
Health Effects
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology
Pesticides
In support of EPA's role in regulating pesticides, EPA's
researchers prepare and review risk assessment documents for
carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, adverse reproductive effects and
exposure for pesticide compounds as requested by OPP Risk
assessment methods for mutagenicity, carcinogenicity,
reproductive effects and exposure (dermal and inhalation) are
being updated. Environmental risk assessment protocols are
also being developed.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
OHEA/ HQ
Tom Miller
781
52
This program develops methods to determine health endpoint
and health effects, methods to determine risk, and ways to
provide quality assurance.
To define the health endpoints of pesticides which are of
concern, data will be provided on the immunological effects of
biological pesticides on mammalian cells. In addition, research
will investigate how pesticides affect children differently from
adults.
In order to identify the health effects of pesticides, EP A
requires industry to supply specific pesticide data. EPA's
research in this area develops test protocols and health assay
methods for industry to use to produce that data. During
FY86, additional test methods will be developed in the areas
of reproduction/ teratology, mutagenesis / carcinogenicity
(genotoxic effects), neurotoxicology and immunotoxicology.
Research also develops methods to improve risk assessment
to determine whether a pesticide poses unreasonable adverse
risk to the public health and the environment.
A computerized data management and analysis system for
mutagenic/ carcinogenic testing of pesticides will continue to
be developed and applied to assist in finding solutions to
specific toxicological problems.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
HERL/RTP William F. Durham 4.000.8 44
OHR/HQ Charles T. Mitchell
This research program supports the Office of Pesticides
Regulatory Program in making determinations as to whether
or not certain types of protective clothing reduce exposure to
pesticides during application. Laboratory studies will be
initiated on the permeability and penetrability by highly toxic
pesticide compounds for various fabric and rubber
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Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Pesticides
compounds used for protective clothing. This work will
establish effects of wearing apparel degradation and
decontamination (e.g., laundering) on pesticide retention and
on continued protective capability of the fabrics.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
WERLjCIN Alden Christianson 1174.3 5
OEETj HQ Don Tang 35.1 100
This research program is designed to determine the
environmental transport, degradation, fate and effects of
certain pesticides; to assess the environmental exposures; and
to assess hazard and associated risks. Em'ironmental e.lfect.f
research develops methods and field-evaluates predictive
techniques to estimate the effects of biological control agents
and chemical pesticides on non-target biota in aquatic
and( or terrestrial environments. Extramural research will
be sponsored through EPA laboratories in Gulf Breeze, FL.
Corvallis, OR, and Duluth, M N on field evaluation of
pesticide hazard assessment techniques.
To help to assess environmental exposure to pesticides,
additional techniques will be developed to estimate adverse
pesticide exposure in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
Such determinations will include pesticide distribution and
exposure levels in ecosystems in various physical habitats,
such as in soil, and includes studies on sediment chemical
measurements and sorption kinetics. Extramural research
through EPA laboratories in Athens and Gulf Breeze will
focus on evaluation of predictive (modelling) techniques for
environmental exposure in the field.
In support of Agency development of environmental risk
assessment capabilities, this research program will examine
environmental risk assessment methods for selected
populations or their surrogates. Methods will be developed to
perform assessments by integrating new or existing exposure
and effects data into models. These methods are used by EP A
in analyzing the data submitted by industry to determine the
risks and benefits from pesticide use. In addition, technical
assistance is provided to the Office of Pesticides Programs on
complex problems relating to environmental fate, exposure,
effects, and hazards as necessary for risk assessment. Several
field laboratories conduct pesticide research. These are:
. ERL( Athens - transport and transformation of pesticides
in freshwater and multi-media environments;
. ERL( Corvallis - exposure and effects of pesticides in
terrestrial environments;
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Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Pesticides
. ERL/ Duluth - effects of pesticides in freshwater
environments;
. ERL/Gulf Breeze - pesticide fate and effects in
marine / estuarine environments.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds ($k) In-House
ERL/ A TH Rosemarie C. Russo 414.9 64
ERL/COR Thomas A. Murphy 773.6 45
ERL/DUL Norbert A. Jaworski 619.9 50
ERL/GB Henry Enos 1.5 23. 0 83
OEPER/ HQ Fredrick W. Kutz 1,363.3 30
The pesticides quality assurance program ensures the accuracy
of the data which is attained through testing and analysis. This
program maintains a pesticide repository of high purity
chemicals which are used by more than 1,400 laboratories in
the United States and in foreign countries. These samples are
used as standard reference samples for internal quality control.
In addition, interlaboratory comparison samples are prepared.
Also, the program will provide samples of pesticide chemicals
no longer produced, but still regulated, in the United States.
Such reference samples are necessary to perform analyses in
soil, plant, or animal tissues at the required degree of
accuracy .
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds ($k)
Percent
In-House
Contact
EMSL/LV R. K. Mitchum
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser
ADEMQA/ HQ Jim Shackelford
1,178.5
392.4
17.3
31
o
o
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Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Radiation
The overall goal of the research program in radiation is to
provide the scientifically credible data necessary to assess
public exposure to nonioni7ing radiation and to man-made
radioactive materials and to allow decisions to be made
regarding control of that exposure.
I n addition, this program provides quality assurance for
the Agency's programs for monitoring radiation in the
environment. These are supported by providing a common
source of radionuclides standards and reference materials
and through the conduct of laboratory intercomparison
studies to assure data of known quality from analyses of
environmental samples such as milk. water, air and food.
Office or Total Percent
Laboratory Contact Funds (Sk) In-House
EMSL/LV Charles Costa 199.5 91
ADEMQA/ HQ Jim Shackelford 13 0
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Scientific
Assessment
Exploratory
Research
Core Program
Intermedia
The scientific assessment program provides uniform
Agency-wide guidance on, and assures the consistency of,
exposure and risk assessments that support regulatory
decisionmaking by EPA. The Agency is developing
guidelines for the assessment of exposure and risk from
chemical compounds during 1986.
Office or
Laboratory
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
Contact
ECAOjCIN
OHEAj HQ
Jerry Stara
Alan Ehrlich
218
946
54
69
There are three major components to the exploratory
research program: a research grants program, a centers
program, and a visiting scientists program. The research
grants program suppo~ts research initiated by individual
investigators in areas of priority interest to the Agency
which are published annually in a "Solicitation for
Research Grant Proposals." For FY86, proposals are
solicited in the areas of (l) environmental ecology, biology,
and microbiology, (2) environmental health, (3)
environmental engineering, and (4) environmental
chemistry, physics and measurements. The research centers
program supports multidisciplinary research which is
conducted in a university setting and focuses in areas of
priority interest to EPA. For FY86, the following eight
university research centers are sponsored:
Waste Elimination Research Center (Illinois Institute of
Technology): study innovative technology and process
modification to reduce industrial pollutants.
lntermedia Transport Research Center (University of
California): define chemical/ physical processes governing
pollutant exchange at air-land and air-water boundaries.
Ecosystems Research Center (Cornell University):
identify and apply ecosystem principles to environmental
management problems.
Marine Sciences Research Center (University of Rhode
Island): assess marine ecosystems health, emphasizing
exposure of marine organisms to toxics.
Advanced Control Technology Research Center
(University of Illinois): study separation technology,
thermal destruction, biological separation, and chemical
detoxification.
Ground Water Research Center (University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and Rice
University): study subsurface characterization, transport
and fate, and ground-water horizon modeling.
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Intermedia
Epidemiulugr Re.~ea,.ch Center (U niversity of
Pittsburgh): study basic epidemiology methods and
airborne particulate health effects.
Ha:arduus Wa.~'e Re.\'earch Center (Louisiana State
University): study the design, construction. maintenance,
operation, and closure of hazardous waste landfilIs.
The visiting scientists program has two components: a
summer felIows program and a distinguished visiting
scientists program. The summer felIows program is carried
out in conjunction with the American Association for the
Advancement of Sciences and sponsors environmental
science and engineering felIows for the summer months. In
FY85, 24 highly qualified fellows were sponsored to
conduct research at EPA. The distinguished visiting
scientists program attracts distinguished senior scientists
into the Agency for I to 3 years to assist in strengthening
the Agency's science policy and research program. In FY85,
nine new visiting scientists were sponsored to conduct
research in ORD laboratories.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds (Sk)
Percent
In-House
OER! HQ
Roger Cortesi
15,813.9
4
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ORD Organization
The Office of Research and Development is responsible for
research, development, and demonstration programs in
pollution sources, fate, and health and welfare effects; waste
management and utilization technology; environmental
sciences; and monitoring systems. Please note, the list below
includes both commercial (CML) and Federal (FTS)
telephone numbers. Where only one number is listed, it
serves both purposes.
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
Acting, Donald J. Ehreth
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-672)
Deputy Assistant Administrator
(202) 382-7676
Donald J. Ehreth
(202) 382-7676
Senior ORD Official, Cincinnati
David G. Stephan
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513) 569-7418
FTS 8-684-7418
Support Services Office
Director, Robert N. Carr
(513) 569-7966
FTS 8-684-7966
Senior ORD Official, Research Triangle Park
Thomas R. Hauser
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Support Services Office
-Director, Paul Kenline (MD-51)
CML (919) 541-2106
FTS 8-629-2106
CML (919) 541-2613
FTS 8-629-2613
Office of Research Program Management
Director, Samuel Rondberg
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-674)
(202) 382-7500
Operations Office
Director, Alan Neuschatz
Administrative Management Staff
Chief, Bernard E. McMahon
(202) 382-7500
(202) 382-7462
Planning Staff
Chief, Kay Pettitt
Program Coordination Staff
Acting Chief, Alfred A. Galli
(202) 382-2597
(202) 382-7468
Regional Services Staff
Chief, Michael Mastracci
Information Systems Staff
Acting Director, Clifford Moore
(202) 382-7667
(202) 382-7466
Center for Environmental Research Information
Director, Calvin O. Lawrence
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513) 569-7394
FTS 8-684-7394
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Office of Exploratory Research
Director. Roger Cortesi
Headquarters. Washington, DC (RD-675)
Research Grants Staff
Director. Clarice Gaylord
Research Centers Program
Director. Robert A. Papetti
Visiting Scientists Program
Coordinator. Robert A. Papetti
Office of Health Research
Director. Robert L. Dixon
Deputy Director. (Vacant)
Headquarters. Washington. DC (RD-683)
Program Operations Staff
Director, Tom Veirs
Water and Toxics Division
Acting Director. John Fowle
Air, Noise and Radiation Division
Acting Director, Hugh McKinnon
(202) 3112-5750
(202) 3112-7473
(202) 3112-7473
(202) 382-7473
(202)382-5900
(202) 382-5891
(202) 382-5895
(202) 382-5893
Health Effects Research Laboratory
Director, F. Gordon Hueter (MD-51) CML (919) 541-2281
Acting Deputy Director, Judith A. Graham FTS 8-629-2281
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring, and
Quality Assurance
Director, Courtney Riordan
Deputy Director, Matthew Bills
Headquarters, Washington. DC (RD-680)
Program Operations Staff
Director, Paul Palm
Quality Assurance Management Staff
Director, Stanley Blacker
Environmental Monitoring Systems Division
Director. Charles Brunot
(202) 382-5767
(202) 382-5761
(202) 382-5763
(202) 382-5776
Acid Deposition and Atmospheric Research Division
Acting Director, Gary J. Foley (202) 475-8930
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Director, Thomas Hauser (MD-75) CML (919) 541-2106
Deputy Director, Jack C. Puzak FTS 8-629-2106
Research Triangle Park. NC 27711
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Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Director, Robert L. Booth (513) 569-7301
Deputy Director, Thomas A.Clark FTS 8-684-7301
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Director, Erich W. Bretthauer CML (702) 798-2525
Deputy Director, (Vacant) FTS 8-545-2525
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
Vint Hill Station
Director, Vernon Webb
P.O. Box 1587, Building 166
W arrenton, VA 22186
CML (703) 347-6224
FTS 8-557-3110
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
Director, A. H. Ellison CML (919) 541-2191
Deputy Director, Jack H. Shreffler FTS 8-629-2191
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
Director, Elizabeth L. Anderson
Acting Deputy Director, Peter Voytek
Associate Director for Management
and Quality Control, Paul A. Martin
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-689)
Program Operations Staff
Director, Mary Holland
Cancer Assessment Group
Acting Director, Robert McGaughy
Exposure Assessment Group
Director, James Falco
Reproductive Effects Assessment Group
Director, Peter Voytek
(202) 382-7317
(202) 382-7315
(202) 382-7315
(202) 382-7311
(202) 382-5952
(202) 475-8909
(202) 382-7303
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Director, Lester Grant (MD-52) CM L (919) 541-4173
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 FTS 8-629-4173
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Director, Jerry F. Stara
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Director John H. Skinner
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-681)
Program Operations Staff
Director, Charles B. Oakley
Technical Programs Division
Director, Darwin R. Wright
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(513) 569-7531
FTS 8-684-7531
(202) 382-2600
(202) 382-2580
(202) 382-5747
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Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
Director. Frank Princiolla (MD-60) CML (919) 541-21121
Deputy Director. Chick Craig FTS 8-629-21121
Research Triangle Park. NC 27711
Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory
Director. David G. Stephan (513) 569-74111
Deputy Director. William Cawley FTS 8-684-7418
Cincinnati. OH 45268
Release Control Branch
Director. Ira Wilder
Edison. NJ 08817
Water Engineering Research Laboratory
Director. Francis Mayo
Deputy Director. Lou Lefke
Cincinnati. OH 452611
CM L (201) 321-6600
FTS 11-34(}'6600
(513) 569-7951
FTS 8-684- 7951
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research
Acting Director. James W. Falco
Deputy Director. (Vacant)
Headquarters. Washington. DC (RD-682)
Special Assistant
David J. Graham
Program Operations Staff
Director. Patricia M. Neuschatz
Water and Land Division
Director. Herbert B. Quinn
Toxics and Pesticides Division
Acting Director. Fredrick W Kutz
Field Laboratories
(202) 382-5950
(202) 382-5960
(202) 382-5962
(202) 382-5940
(202) 382-5967
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
Director. Clinton W. Hall CML (405) 332-8800
Deputy Director. Marvin L. Wood FTS 8-743-2224
P.O. Box 1198
Ada. OK 74820
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director. Rosemarie C. Russo
College Station Road
Athens. GA 30613
Office of Research Operations
Acting Director, George Baughman
Office of Program Operations
Director. (Vacant)
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Thomas A. Murphy
Deputy Director. James C. McCarty
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis OR 97333
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CML (404) 546-3134
FTS 8-25(}'3134
CML (404) 546-3145
FTS 8-25(}'3145
CML (404) 546-3127
FTS 8-25(}'3127
CML (503) 757-4601
FTS 8-42(}'460l
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Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Norbert A. Jaworski
Associate Director for Research,
Gilman D. Veith
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
Monticello Field Station
Box 500
Monticello, MN 55362
Large Lakes Research Station
9311 Groh Road
Grosse lie, MI48138
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, William A. Brungs
Deputy Director, Richard L. Garnas
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Newport, OR 97365
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Henry F. Enos
Deputy Director, Andrew J. McErlean
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
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CML (218) 727-6692
FTS 8-783-9549
CML only
(612) 295-5145
CML (313) 675-5000
FTS 8-226-7811
CML (401) 789-1071
FTS 8-838-5087
CML only
(503) 867-4041
CML (904) 932-5333
FTS 8-686-90 II
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Office of
Exploratory
Research
Office of
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
ORD Organizational Descriptions
The Office of Exploratory Research is responsible for
planning, administering and managing research in response
to EPA priorities as articulated by agency planning
mechanisms and ORO's research committees. Its
responsibilities include: analyzing and assessing long-range
environmental research trends and problems; planning.
administering. managing and evaluating EPA's anticipatory
and extramural research through competitive grants and
centers of excellence programs; supervising and supporting
visiting scientists and summer fellows programs; managing
small business innovative research activities; identifying
federal workforce training programs to be used by state and
local governments; and assuring the participation of
minority institutions in environmental research and
development activities.
The Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
is responsible for the assessment and the development of
methods for control of the environmental and socio-
economic impacts of municipal and industrial operations
and of energy and mineral resource extraction, processing,
conversion. and utilization systems.
The Hazardous Wasle Engineering Research Laboralory
in Cincinnati, Ohio, investigates ways to prevent, control,
and treat hazardous wastes and Superfund related activities.
This includes defining and characterizing sources of
pollution, catalyzing advances in the state-of-the-art of
pollution control, providing enginee~ing concepts for cost-
effective engineering solutions to difficult pollution
problems and early-warning of emerging sources of
pellution.
The WaIn Engineering Research Laboralory in
Cincinnati, Ohio, investigates, develops and demonstrates
cost-effective methods for the treatment and management
of municipal wastewater and sludges and urban runoff; and
of industrial processing and manufacturing and toxic
discharges; and the development of technology and
management systems for the treatment, distribution and
presentation of public drinking water supplies.
The Air and Energy Engineering Research LaboralOry in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, catalyzes the
development of control technologies and process
modifications needed to establish and meet standards for
air emissions in a timely and cost-effective manner, and
supports EPA's regulatory and enforcement programs. The
Laboratory also environmentally assesses the manufacture
of synthetic fuels and other current and emerging energy
sources.
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Office of
Health
Research
Office of
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Research
The Office of Health Research is responsible for developing
and evaluating toxicity test methods and for providing
toxicity data to enable the agency to accurately identify
hazards and determine human risk from environmental
exposure. To fulfill this mission, research is conducted in
four major areas:
- Toxicity test method development
- Generation of dose-response data
- Development of methods to use data from toxicity
testing and dose-response studies to estimate human
morbidity and mortality
- Extrapolation from animal data to human effects, from
high to low doses, and from acute toxicity to long-term
effects
The Health Effects Research Laboratory (HERL) with
divisions in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and
Cincinnati, Ohio, conducts the research, both intramurally
and extramurally, which is responsive to these goals.
Physical, biological and chemical agents are studied; and
research is conducted in the scientific disciplines of
inhalation toxicology, genetic toxicology, neurotoxicology,
developmental and reproductive toxicology, microbiology,
epidemiology, and biometry.
The Office of Environmental Processes and Effects
Research develops the scientific and technological methods
and data necessary to understand, predict, and manage the
entry, movement, and fate of pollutants in the environment
and the food chain, and to determine the effects of
pollutants upon nonhuman organisms and ecosystems.
The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
in Ada, Oklahoma, conducts research on the chemical,
physical, and biological processes that affect contaminant
transport and transformation in subsurface environments.
The focus of the Laboratory's research is on both ground-
water quality protection and utilization of the natural
assimilative capacity of the subsurface as a waste disposal
medium.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Athens,
Georgia, conducts fundamental and applied research
required to predict and assess the human and
environmental exposures and risks associated with
conventional and toxic pollutants in water and soil
ecosystems. This research is focused on the identification
and characterization of the natural processes and
environmental or chemical properties that affect the fate
and effects of specific toxic substances, such as pesticides or
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metals. and on the development of state-of-the-art
mathematical models for assessing and managing
environmental pollution problems. The Laboratory's Center
for Water Quality Modeling distributes computer programs
for eight models and provides training and assistance for
users in government. industry. and academia.
The Em'ironmental Research Lahoratory in Corvallis.
Oregon. determines the effects of pollution on terrestrial
and freshwater ecosystems-linking air. land. and water.
Studies include air pollutant and acid rain effects on
terrestrial and aq uatic ecosystems. toxic effects of chemicals
and products of biotechnology on plants and animals in
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. restorative efforts for
dying lakes. the effects of pollution on wetlands. the
ecological effects of runoff. and impacts of energy / natural
resources development in cold climates.
The Environmental Research Lahoratory in Duluth.
Minnesota. is responsible for developing national water
quality criteria for the freshwater environment and has the
primary research responsibility for describing the fate and
effects of pollutants in the Great Lakes. Located on Lake
Superior. the laboratory specializes in the toxicology of
pesticides. industrial chemicals. and other pollutants in
freshwater ecosystems. The Laboratory is involved in four
major research areas. These are: (I) the water quality
criteria program which develops the methodology for
deriving numerical limits for industrial chemicals for the
protection of aquatic life; (2) the complex effluent program
which seeks to develop cost-effective methods for managing
the toxicity of wastewaters; (3) the structure-activity
program which seeks to develop predictive technologies for
estimating toxicity and fate of new chemicals; and (4) the
surrogate species program which is the EPA bridge between
ecotoxicology and mammalian toxicology studies.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in
Narragansett. Rhode Island. studies the impacts of point
and indirect pollution on marine and estuarine ecosystems.
Emphasis is on determining physical. chemical. and
biological processes as they influence the fate. distribution.
and effects of complex effluents and contaminated
sediments or sludge. This research provides the scientific
support for Agency decisions on regulating ocean outfalls
and other point sources. nutrient management and near
coastal and offshore disposal of wastes by dumping or
incineration.
The Environmental Research Laboratorv in Gulf Breeze,
Florida, conducts research on toxicologica"l test guidelines
and systems and the exposure-effects relationships of
pesticides. toxic substances. and products of biotechnology
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Office of Acid
Deposition
Environmental
Monitoring and
Quality
Assurance
in marine, coastal, and estuarine ecosystems. Emphasis is
on the development, evaluation, and application of
techniques and test systems for measuring and predicting
the transport, fate, and biological and ecosystem effects of
pesticides and toxic substances, including products of
biotechnology.
This Office is responsible for: (a) monitoring the cause and
effects of acid deposition; (b) research and development on
the causes, effects and corrective steps for the acid
deposition phenomenon; (c) research with respect to the
transport and fate of pollutants which are released into the
atmosphere; (d) devel9pment and demonstration of
techniques and methods to measure exposure and to relate
ambient concentrations to exposure by critical receptors; (e)
research, development and demonstration of new
monitoring methods, systems, techniques and equipment
for detection, identification and characterization of
pollutants at the source and in the ambient environment
and for use as reference or standard monitoring methods;
(1) establishment, direction and coordination of agency-
wide Quality Assurance Program; and (g) development and
provision of quality assurance methods, techniques and
material including validation and standardization of
analytical methods, sampling techniques, quality control
methods, standard reference materials, and techniques for
data collection, evaluation and interpretation.
The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, develops methods
to measure and monitor pollutants in ambient air and
emissions sources; operates the quality assurance program
for measurement of air pollutants, develops techniques to
assess population exposure to air pollutants; and,
characterizes non-criteria pollutants in air.
The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in
Las Vegas, Nevada, conducts research and development
programs related to monitoring of pollutants in the
environment, develops sampling strategies and techniques
for monitoring hazardous waste leachates in soil and
groundwater, develops remote sensing techniques, evaluates
analytical methods for the characterization and
quantification of hazardous wastes, and provides quality
assurance in support of the EP A's hazardous waste,
"Superfund," pesticides and ionizing radiation programs.
The Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
in Cincinnati, Ohio, standardizes analytical test procedures
to identify and measure major pollutants and
microorganisms of health significance in drinking water,
ambient receiving waters, and municipal and industrial
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Office of
Health and
Environmental
Assessment
effluents; operates the quality assurance program for the
monitoring data on water pollutants; develops screening
methods for use at hazardous waste sites; and provides
technical support to water and waste monitoring programs.
The Atmospheric Sciences Re.vearch Lahoratory in
Research Triangle Park. North Carolina. determines the
effects of air pollution on the atmosphere. and subsequent
effects on air and water quality and land use. It also
assesses the effects of pollution on weather and climate. and
develops mathematical models for relating pollution
emissions to air quality and for forecasting potential air
pollution crises.
The Office of Health and Environmental Assessment is
responsible for an agency-wide program to provide a
scientific foundation for evaluating the effects of
environmental pollutants in varying exposure situations on
human health and ecological systems and determining the
degree of risks from these exposures.
The Environmental Criteria and Assessment OfJke in
Research Triangle Park. North Carolina. is responsible for
preparing air quality criteria documents and air pollutant
health assessment documents for use in agency regulatory
activities. as well as legislatively required health-related
reports.
The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office in
Cincinnati. Ohio. prepares health and hazard assessment
documents on water pollution and solid and hazardous
wastes and hazardous air pollutants. Additionally,
comprehensive methodologies are prepared for health
assessments of both single chemicals and complex mixtures.
Technical assistance to various agency programs and
Regional Offices concerning acceptable pollutant levels and
dose-response relations are also provided.
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ORD Office/Laboratory
Abbreviations
CERI/CIN
ECAO/CIN
Center for Environmental Research Information
Cincinnati, OH 45268
CML (513) 569-7391
FTS 8-684-7391
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Cincinnati, OH 45268
CML (513) 569-7532
FTS 8-684-7532
ECAO/RTP Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML (919) 541-4173
FTS 8-629-4173
ESML/CIN
EMSL/L V
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268
CML (513) 569-7301
FTS 8-684-7301
Environmental Monitoring Systems Labora'tory
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
CML (702) 798-2100
FTS 8-545-2100
EMSL/RTP Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML (919) 541-2106
FTS 8-629-2106
ERL/ATH
ERL/COR
ERL/DUL
ERL/GB
Environmental Research Laboratory
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613
CML (404) 546-3154
FTS 8-250-3154
Environmental Research Laboratory
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97333
CML (503) 757-4601
FTS 8-420-4601
Environmental Research Laboratory
620 I Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
CML (218) 727-6692
FTS 8-783-9550
Environmental Research Laboratory
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
CML (904) 932-5311
FTS 8-686-9011
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ERL/NARR Environmental Research Laboratory
South Ferry Road
Narragansett. R I 0211112
CML (401) 7119-1071
FTS 8-838-50117
ASRL/RTP
HERL/RTP
HWERL/
CIN
AEERL/
RTP
WERL/
CIN
OEET /HQ
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park. NC 27711
CM L (919) 541-2191
FTS 8-629-2191
Health Effects Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park. NC 27711
CML (919) 541-2281
FTS 8-629-2281
Hazardous Waste Engineering
Cincinnati. OH 45268
(513) 569-7418
FTS 8-684-7418
Research Laboratory
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park. NC 27711
CML (919) 541-2821
FTS 8-629-2821
Water Engineering Research Laboratory
Cincinnati. OH 45268
CML (513) 569-7951
FTS 8-684-7951
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
(RD-681)
Washington. DC 20460
(202) 382-2600
OEPER/HQ Office of Environmental Processes and Effects
Research
(RD-682)
Washington. DC 20460
(202) 382-5950
OER/HQ
OHEA/HQ
Office of Exploratory Research
(RD-675)
Washington. DC 20460
(202) 382-5750
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
( R D-689)
Washington. DC 20460
(202) 382-7317
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OHR/HQ
ADEMQA/
HQ
RSKERL/
ADA
Office of Health Research
( R D-683)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-5900
Acid Deposition Environmental Monitoring and
Quality Assurance
(RD-680)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-5767
Robert S. Kerr Environmental
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
CML (405) 332-8800
FTS 8-743-2011
Research Laboratory
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ORD Key Contacts
Telephone Telephone
Abbott. Jim CML (919) 541-3443 Dempsey. Clyde CML (513) 569-7504
FTS 11-629-3443 FTS 8-684-7504
Akin. Elmer W. CML (513) 569-7401 DeRosa. Christopher CML (513) 569-7534
FTS 8-684- 740 I FTS 8-684-7534
Akland. G. CML (919) 541-2346 DeRosiers. Paul (202) 382-5747
FTS 8-629-2346 Dick. Marshall (202) 382-5747
Anderson. Wayne CM L (404) 546-3453 Dickerson. Richard CM!. (919) 541-2909
FTS 8-250-3453 FTS 11-629-2909
Berry. Michael CM L (919) 541-4172 Dimitriades. Basil CML (919) 541-2706
FTS 8-629-4172 FTS 11-629-2706
Bishop. Fred CML (513) 569-7629 Dourson. Michael CM!. (513) 569-7544
FTS 8-684-7629 FTS 11-6114-7544
Black. Frank CML (919) 541-3037 Duke. Tom C M L (904) 932-5311
FTS 8-629-3037 FTS 11-6116-9011
Bloch. Wayne (202) 382-5772 Durham. Jack CML (919) 541-2183
Booth. Robert CML (513) 569-7301 FTS 8-629-2183
FTS 8-684- 7 30 I Durham. William F. CML (919) 541-2909
Bretthauer. Erich CML (702) 798-2525 FTS 8-629-2909
FTS 8-545-2525 Eaton. John CML (218) 727-9557
Bromberg. Steve CML (919) 541-2919 FTS 8-783-9557
FTS 8-629-2919 Ellison. Alfred CML (919) 541-2191
Brungs. William A. CML (401) 789-1071 FTS 8-629-2191
FTS 8-838-5087 Enos. Henry F. CML (904) 932-5311
Brunner. Carl CM L (513) 569-7652 FTS 8-686-90 II
FTS 8-684-7652 Ehrlich. Alan (202) 382-5954
Christianson. Alden CML (513) 569-7406 Farrell. Joseph CML (513) 569-7652
FTS 8-684-7406 FTS 8-684-7652
Clark. Robert CML (513) 569-7201 Foley. Gary (202) 475-8930
FTS 8-684- 720 I
Clements. John CML (919) 541-2454 Gleason. Thomas (202) 382-5740
FTS 8-629-2454 Hall. Robert E. CML (919) 541-2477
Condie. Lyman CML (513) 569-7211 FTS 8-629-2477
FTS 8-684- 7211 Hangebrauck. R. P CML (919) 541-4134
Cook. Philip M. CML (218) 727-6692 FTS 8-62'1-41 34
FTS 8-783-9523 Hauser. Thomas CML (919) 541-2106
Cordle. Steven (202) 382-5940 FTS 8-629-2106
Cortesi. Roger (202) 382-5750 Hill. Ronald D. CML (513) 569-7861
FTS 8-684-7861
Costa. Charles CML (702) 798-2305 Holmes. Robert (202) 382-5772
FTS 8-545-2305
Cupitt. Larry CML (919) 541-2878 Hood. Ken (202) 382-5967
FTS 8-629-2878 Jakobson. Kurt (202) 382-2583
Dellarco. Micl1ael (202) 382-5772 Jaworski. Norbert A. CML (218) 727-6692
FTS 8-783-9550
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Telephone Telephone
Jungers, Joellen L. CMl (919) 541-3849 Ott, Wayne (202) 382-5772
FTS 8-629-3849 Pashayan, Deran (202) 475-8936
Keeler, George CMl (405) 332-8800 Peterson, Spencer CMl (503) 757-4605
FTS 8-743-2212 FTS 8-420-4605
Keith, William (202) 382-5716 Pheiffer, Tom (202) 382-2583
Kinney, Wesley CMl (702) 798-2358 Phillips, Richard CMl (919) 541-2771
FTS 8-545-2358 FTS 8-629-2771
Klee, AI CMl (513) 569-7493 Plost, Charles (202) 382-5772
FTS 8-684-7493
Kleffman, David (202) 382-5895 Plyler, Everett CMl (919) 541-2918
FTS 8-629-2918
Kotchmar, Dennis CMl (919) 541-4158 Puzak, John CMl (919) 541-2106
FTS 8-629-4158 FTS 8-629-2106
Koutsandreas, John (202) 382-5772 Raub, James CMl (919) 541-4157
Kreissl, James CMl (513) 569-7641 FTS 8-629-4157
FTS 8-684-7641 Rossman, Lewis CMl (513) 569-7603
Krishnan, Bala (202) 382-2683 FTS 8-684-7603
Kuroda, Donna (202) 382-5895 Russo, Rosemarie C. CMl (404) 546-3134
Kutz, Frederick W. (202) 382-5967 FTS 8-250-3134
Laurie, Vernon (202) 382-5772 Schomaker, Norbert CMl (513) 569-7871
FTS 8-684-7871
Laveille, Will C. (202) 382-5990 Shackelford, J. M.
Lichtenberg, James CMl (513) 569-7306 (202) 382-5772
FTS 8-684-7306 Shapiro, Paul (202) 382-2583
Lutkenhoff, Steven CMl (513) 569-7533 Stara, Jerry CMl (513) 569-7531
FTS 8-684-7533 FTS 8-684-7531
McElroy, James L. CMl (702) 798-2361 Swank, Robert CMl (404) 546-3476
FTS 8-545-2361 FTS 8-250-3476
Meier, Gene CMl (702) 798-2534 Talbot, W. Wade (202) 382-5895
FTS 8-545-2534 Tang, Don (202) 382-2583
Miller, Tom (202) 382-3139 Thacker, Ray (202) 382-5747
Mitchell, Charles (202) 382-5895 Thomas, Nelson CMl (218) 727-6692
Mitchum, R. K. CMl (702) 798-2103 FTS 8-783-9702
FTS 8-545-2103 Tilton, Beverly CMl (919) 541-4161
Mobley, David CMl (919) 541-2612 FTS 8-629-4161
FTS 8-629-2612 Tingery, Dave CMl (503) 757-4621
Morehouse, Karen (202) 382-5893 FTS 8-420-4621
Murphy, Thomas A. CMl (503) 757-4601 Tucker, W. Gene CMl (919) 541-2746
FTS 8-420-460 I FTS 8-629-2746
Neuschatz, Patricia M. (202) 382-5962 Weber, Cornelius CMl (513) 569-7337
FTS 8-684-7337
Ondich, Gregory (202) 382-2583 Wilhour, Ray CML (503) 757-4634
Oppelt, E. CMl (513) 569-7696 FTS 8-420-4634
FTS 8-684-7696
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Williams, Sam
Winter, John
Wu, Chieh
Telephone
(202) 382-5979
CML (513) 569-7325
FTS 8-684-7325
(202) 382-5940
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ORn Regional Contacts
The Office of Research and Development's Regional
Services Staff is responsible for planning, coordinating, and
reviewing a program to provide inter-communication and
assistance on all matters of mutual interest and/ or
responsibility of the Agency's Regional Offices and the
Office of Research and Development.
Finally, for further information regarding EPA technical
assistance, or for additional copies of this report, please
contact:
Director, Michael L. Mastracci
Regional Services Staff (RD-674)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-7667
Regional Liaison Officers
Gerald Rausa
Regional Services Staff
Washington, DC 20460
Telephone
(202) 382-7667
Morris Altschuler
Regional Services Staff
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-7667
Eugene Harris
Hazardous Waste Engineering Research
Laboratory
Environmental Protection Agency
Cincinnati, OH 45268
CML (513) 569-7862
FTS 8-684-7862
Gilbert D. Potter CML (702) 798-2321
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory FTS 8-545-2321
Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
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Region I
Region 2
Region 3
EP A Regional Offices
Environmental Protection Agency
Room 2203
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston. Massachusett~ 02203
Regional Administrator
Michael R. Deland
Deputy Regional Administrator
Paul G. Keough
Office of Public Affairs Director
Brooke C. Cook
Environmental Protection Agency
Room 900
26 Federal Pla7a
New York. New York 10~71!
Regional Administrator
Christopher Daggett
Deputy Regional Administrator
William J. Muszynski
Office of Public Affairs Director
James R. Marshall
Environmental Protection Agency
841 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania 19107
Regional Administrator
James M. Seif
Deputy Regional Administrator
Stanley L. Laskowski
Office of Public Affair~ Director
Janet Luffy
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Connecticut
Maine
M assach usetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
(617) 223-7210
(617) 223-5424
(617) 223-5752
New Jersey
New York
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
(212) 264-2525
(21 2) 264-0396
(212) 264-2515
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
(215) 597-9814
(215) 597-9812
(215) 597-9370
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Region 4 Environmental Protection Agency Alabama
345 Courtland Street, N.E. Florida
Atlanta, Georgia 30365 Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Regional Administrator CML (404) 881-4727
Jack E. Ravan FTS 8-257-4727
Deputy Regional Administrator CML (404) 881-4727
John A. Little FTS 8-257-4727
Office of Public Affairs Director CML (404) 881-2013
Frank Redmond FTS 8-257-2013
Region S Environmental Protection Agency Illinois
230 S. Dearborn Indiana
Chicago, Illinois 60604 Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Regional Administrator
Valdas V. Adamkus (312) 353-2000
Deputy Regional Administrator
Alan Levin (312) 353-2000
Office of Public Affairs Director
Jon Grand (312) 353-2072
Region 6 Environmental Protection Agency Arkansas
1201 Elm Street Louisiana
First International Building New Mexico
Dallas, Texas 75270 Oklahoma
Texas
Regional Administrator CML (214) 767-2600
Dick Whittington FTS 8-729-2600
Deputy Regional Administrator CML (214) 767-2600
Frances E. Phillips FTS 8-729-2600
Office of Public Affairs Director CML (214) 767-2630
Philip Charles FTS 8-729-2630
Region 7 Environmental Protection Agency Iowa
726 Minnesota Avenue Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas 66101 Missouri
Nebraska
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Regional Administrator
Morris Kay
Deputy Regional Administrator
William W. Rice
Office of Public Affairs Director
Rowena Michaels
CM 1. (913)236-2800
FTS X-757-2800
CML (913) 236-2800
FTS 8-757-2800
CMl. (913)236-2803
FTS 8-757-2803
RegionS Environmental Protection Agency
Suite 900
I860 Lincoln Street
Denver. Colorado 80295
Regional Administrator
John G. Welles
Deputy Regional Administrator
Alexandria Smith
Office of Public Affairs Director
Doris Sande
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
CML (303) 293-1603
FTS 8-564-1603
CML (303) 293-1603
FTS 8-5 64-1603
CML (303) 293-1692
FTS 8-564-1692
Region 9 Environmental Protection Agency
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Regional Administrator
Judith E. Ayres
Deputy Regional Administrator
John C. Wise
Office of Public Affairs Director
Dranna M. Wieman
Region 10 Environmental Protection Agency
12006th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
Regional Administrator
Ernesta B. Barnes
Deputy Regional Administrator
L. Edwin Coate
Regional Press Office
Robert Jacobson
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
(415)454-8153
(415)454-8153
(415)454-8083
Alaska
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
CML (206) 442-5810
FTS 8-399-5810
CML (206) 442-1220
FTS 8-399-1220
CML (206) 442-1465
FTS 8-399-1465
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