United States EPA-600/9-83-011
Environmental Protection September 1983
Agency
Research and Development
EPA Research
Program Guide
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Notice
The program descriptions and resource estimates in-
cluded in this document reflect the latest detailed in-
formation available at time of publication. Time will
change some of this information. In addition, the re-
source figures have been rounded off and some small-
er programs omitted. For the latest information, you
may want to contact the individual listed.
This report was prepared by the Technical Informa-
tion Office within EPA's Office of Research and De-
velopment. For further information, call either Cynth-
ya Holley, Linda Jackson or Katherine Weldon at 202-
382-7458.
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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
Drinking Water 18
Water Quality 21
Municipal Wastewater 24
Industrial Wastewater 26
Energy , 27
Hazardous Waste 30
Superfund 36
Toxic Substances and Pesticides 38
Radiation 46
Intermedia 47
ORD Organizations 49
ORD Organizational Descriptions 55
ORD Organizational Abbreviations 59
ORD Key Contacts 61
ORD Regional Contacts 63
EPA Regional Offices 65
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Introduction
The free and open exchange of knowledge both
stimulates and provides quality control for the prog-
ress of science. This report provides information on
the research which EPA is planning for fiscal year
1984, on how much we intend to spend on each pro-
gram area, and on whom to contact for further de-
tails. More than 58 percent of our $244.5 million
fiscal year 1984 research budget will be spent
through extramural contracts, grants and cooperative
agreements with organizations outside of EPA's labor-
atories.
It is our intent to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of this research by placing great empha-
sis upon open competition for extramural support.
We hope that the information in this report will
stimulate qualified parties and to make their capabili-
ties known to our research managers so that we all
might gain from a sharing of experience and ex-
pertise. Please feel free to contact any of the parties
listed in this report.
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How to Use the Program Guide
The following descriptions of ORD's research pro-
gram 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 sum-
mary 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 re-
search. 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 commerical and Federal (FTS) tele-
phone 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 "EPA R&D
Organization" section of this report for descriptions
of the major mission and functions of each.
Some of the research funded for fiscal year 1984
will be done in-house by EPA'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
EPA's research budget is used to support long-term
exploratory research. Information regarding funds for
exploratory research grants can be obtained from the:
Office of Research Grants and Centers (RD-675)
U.S. EPA
Washington DC 20460
(202) 382-5737
Finally, for further information regarding EPA research publica-
tions, or for additional copies of this report, please contact:
Center for Environmental Research Information
U.S. EPA
26 W. St. Clair
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
(513) 684-7562
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Air Gases and Particles
Scientific
Assessment
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
The main objective of the scientific assessment pro-
gram for gases and particles is to develop criteria
documents for sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and
lead. Criteria documents are used in regulatory deci-
sion 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 ex-
ternal review draft of the Pb document, prepared by
agency scientists and non-EPA expert consultants,
will undergo external peer review by the Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of EPA's Sci-
ence Advisory Board. The final document will be
available in late 1984.
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO /RTF
OHEA/HQ
Contact
Dennis Kotchmar
Donna Kuroda
Total
Funds ($k)
935
101
Percent
In-House
47
100
Improved air pollution monitoring methods are being
developed to help determine air quality trends, sup-
port compliance with standards, and meet enforce-
ment needs. The data from these methods are often
used as the basis of regulatory action. The areas we
intend to investigate extramurally are: methodology
development for ambient and source methods, de-
velopment of quality assurance quidelines and pro-
cedures, and audit materials.
Ambient and source monitoring methods for gases
and particulate matter pollutants will be developed
and evaluated. Ambient methodology development
will focus on methods for 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. In addition, EPA researchers will contin-
ue to analyze the mass and chemical composition
from the 7,000 filters collected annually 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 qual-
ity assurance materials. Routine and special audits
will be conducted on laboratories making ambient and
source measurements and on compressed gas ven-
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dors. 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.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
EMSL/RTP John Puzak 5,162 55
EMSL/LV Robert Snelling 422 69
OMSQA/HQ J. M. Shackelford 147 100
Health Effects This research program has three major goals: to pro-
vide data on health effects of exposure to gases, SO2,
particles, and lead using both human and animal stu-
dies; to provide better models to extrapolate animal
data to humans, and to develop improved test
methods for research into the physicological response
of humans to gaseous air pollutants and particles.
Much of the health effects research refines and im-
proves the toxicological data base relevant to a size re-
solved particle standard. Fine-mode particles, mostly
in the 1-2 micron range, will be studied in normal
and susceptible human and animal populations. Both
human and animal dose-response studies will devote
special attention to determining the deposition, clear-
ance, and pulmonary function effects of particles,
alone and in combination with ozone, NO3, and SO2.
Most of the human work is done in-house, while
many of the animal studies are done extramurally.
The neurological consequences of lead, especially
at levels previously considered to be safe in children,
will be studied. The significance of the effects noted
will be evaluated for use in assessing health risks.
In 1984, work will be done to provide faster, more
reliable, extrapolation techniques using animal data to
predict human pulmonary and morphological re-
sponses to gas and particle exposure. About half of
this work will be done by contract. Research will also
provide data on biochemical, pulmonary, and car-
diovascular disease and impairment in susceptible
populations following SO2 exposure.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
HERL/RTP Dick Dickerson 8,705 42
OHR/HQ Karen Morehouse 221 55
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Air Gases and Particles
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
Existing technology to control gaseous and particulate
pollutants is expensive. For new utility sources, apro-
ximately 30% of boiler cost are attributable to air
pollution control. Design and performance data for
low cost, high-reliability emission reduction tech-
nology are needed to support the agency's regulatory
functions. Research will focus on evaluating the fun-
damentals of combined SOX and fine particle emis-
sions capture for conventional and advanced devices.
Sulfur oxides work will emphasize evaluation of low-
er cost, more active sorbents and additives for dry
scrubbing systems. Other studies will explore pro-
mising low-cost retrofit technologies with potential
for controlling acid rain precursors. In addition,
several advanced concepts for lowering the cost of
particulate control baghouses and electrostatic pre-
cipitators (ESP) will be investigated. The range of
work will include analyses of wide-plate spacing and
large diameter electrodes for ESP's and electrostatic
enhancement for baghouses. Assessment will be
made of combinations of air pollution reduction tech-
nologies and of the impacts of varying coal composi-
tion on plant operation. Symposia and workshops
will be used to transfer the technology.
Office or
Laboratory
IERL/RTP
OEET/HQ
Contact
Everett Plyler
George Rey
Total
Funds ($k)
3,792
198
Percent
In-House
59
100
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
The objectives of this program are to develop air
quality models in support of the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and to develop in-
formation on the effects of gases and particles on
crops and materials.
Model development research will focus on im-
proved atmospheric dispersion parameters in air
quality models, SO2 air quality dispersion models for
use in complex terrains, and particulate dispersion
models for use on urban, meso-, and regional scales.
Procedures for computing dispersion from elevated
sources and near-source dispersion models for use in
complex terrain will be improved. A full-scale plume
study will take place in less idealized terrain than
that used in previous studies. Work will improve
urban and regional scale particulate models to sup-
port anticipated revisions of State Implementaion
Plans (SIPs) for particulate matter. Full-scale efforts
will begin in 1984 to develop a regional scale particu-
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late matter air quality model which will accurately
describe the long-range transport of particles and
alternative control strategies. First generation source
apportionment methods (SAM) will be developed.
Within the effects research area, the occurrence of
ground-level concentrations of pollutant mixtures
(SO2, O3, and HO2] will be evaluated to determine
the distribution of potentially adverse air quality con-
ditions involving pollutant mixtures and to guide the
development of exposure regimes for dose/ response
experiments. Studies on materials damage will devel-
op estimates of the cost of air pollution in terms of
damaged materials or accelerated maintenance sched-
ules. Studies will also be conducted to determine the
air pollution and meteorological factors that contrib-
ute to visibility reduction.
Office or Contact Total _ Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ESRL/RTP Al Ellison 8,501 25
ERL/Cor Eric Preston 190 42
OEPER/HQ William Keith 589 56
David Weber
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Air Oxidants
Scientific Photochemical oxidants are secondary pollutants pro-
Assessment duced by chemical reactions in the atmosphere be-
tween primary pollutants, notably nitrogen oxides,
and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Ozone (O3) is
by far the most abundant of the photochemical ox-
idants.
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 mak-
ers in reviewing and possibly revising 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 mix-
tures, and environmental effects related to crop loss.
An external review draft will be available for review
during 1984.
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO/RTP
OHEA/HQ
Contact
Beverly Tilton
Donna Kuroda
Total
Funds ($k)
1,015
53
Percent
In-House
41
100
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Research activities in this area emphasize the de-
velopment of monitoring methods and the provision
of quality assurance samples and support. EPA's re-
search with regards to monitoring methodology for ox-
idant precursors will include an evaluation of volatile
organic compound monitoring methodology and pro-
duction of both an operations manual and perform-
ance guidelines for commercial monitoring in-
struments. The National Atmospheric Pollution Back-
ground (NAPB) network, and ozone monitoring net-
work for determining background ozone con-
centrations in remote areas (national forests), will be
completed in 1984. In addition, laser technology to
measure aerosol mass associated with oxidant trans-
port will be provided as technical support to the re-
gions. Extramural resources will be focused primarily
on the operation of the NAPB network and on the de-
velopment of standard reference materials by the
National Bureau of Standards (NBS).
Quality Assurance for the oxidants research pro-
gram is essential to ensuring that the data used for
regulatory and enforcement decisions is accurate.
Reference samples, gas samples, permeation devices
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Air Oxidants
and flow rates standards traceable to NBS will be
supplied to the user community. Short-term
monitoring support will be provided to the OAQPS
and the EPA regional offices for use in review of
State Implementation Plans for air transport model
development.
Health Effects
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/RTP
EMSL/LV
OMSQA/HQ
Contact
John Puzak
Robert Snelling
J. M, Shackelford
Total
Funds ($k)
682
240
77
Percent
In-House
70
83
100
This program has two major goals: to provide data
from human and animal studies on a full range of
health effects of O3 and NO exposure, and to provide
better models to extrapolate animal data to humans.
The health effects data from this program is in-
corporated into EPA criteria documents. Research
provides data on the degree to which oxidants cause
or exacerbate the development of non-carcinogenic
chronic disease. 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 functions. Animal
test data is relied on to set and revise standards.
Tests will be run to improve the models used to ex-
trapolate animal biochemical and metabolic responses
to human effects. Both human and animal ex-
periments will provide data on the functional,
morphological, and biochemical changes which occur
following exposure to ozone and NO2. Animal dose-
response studies, many performed extramurally, will
concentrate on the effects of chronic exposure of ro-
dents to oxidants.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
Dick Dickerson
Karen Morehouse
Total
Funds ($k)
3,698
190
Percent
In-House
38
47
Environmental Research in this program supports the development
Engineering and of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and of
Technology State Implementation Plans by aiding in the de-
velopment of pollutant control technology which is
cost-effective and energy-efficient. The focus of the
research is on the reduction of both VOC and NOX
emissions.
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Air Oxidants
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a major
cause of non-attainment of National Ambient Air
Quality Standards. Extramural research will evaluate
VOC abatement technology such as carbon adsorption,
thermal oxidation, and catalytic oxidation. Of partic-
ular interest will be effective and affordable control
methods for small VOC-emitting industries. ,
Combustion modification methods of controlling NOX
and other emissions will be evaluated to determine
whether cost and efficiency can be improved. Under
extramural programs, EPA researchers will assess in-
furnace (post-flame) reburning for NOX control on
gas, oil and coal-fired bench-scale combustors; coal
pellet stoker technology for field use with heavy-oil
fuels; combustion modification methods applicable to
industrial glass furnaces; and heavy oil, low-NOx bur-
ners.
Fundamental research on combustion processes will
also be conducted to improve the technical basis for
estimating achievable emissions, to help develop
NOX-SOX emissions reduction technologies and to
support development of an industrial boiler NSPS.
Office or
Laboratory
lERL/Cin
IERL/RTP
OEET/HQ
Contact
Alden Christenson
Eugene Tucker
Joshua Bowen
Kurt Jakobson
Total
Funds ($k)
1,005
2,188
89
Percent
In-House
54
41
100
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
The major objectives of this program are to develop
and validate air quality models that predict the
formation of photochemical oxidants (primarily
ozone) in the atmosphere, and to determine the eco-
nomic impacts of ozone on agriculture.
Air quality models predicting the air quality im-
pacts associated with air pollutant abatement strat-
egies 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 trans-
port phenomena of ozone and its precursors (volatile
organic compounds and nitrogen oxides). Over the
next few years, emphasis will be placed on de-
veloping a better chemical mechanism within the
models for describing ozone formation in the atmos-
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phere. Also, a second generation regional scale model
for ozone will be developed. The accuracy of the re-
gional ozone model developed from the Northeast Re-
gional Oxidant Study (NEROS), will be tested.
A preliminary national assessment on the economic
impacts of ozone on agriculture will be provided for
incorporation into the EPA criteria document used to
update the NAAQS for ozone. Research will also be
conducted to improve the accuracy of crop loss
assessments. This will include: the evaluation of the
effects of ozone on the yield of representives of the
hay crop group, the examination of ozone response
differences among crop varieties, and the determina-
tion of the influence of soil/water relations on ozone
responses.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ESRL/RTP Basil Dimitriades 2,754 31
ERL/Cor Eric Preston 1,053 80
OEPER/HQ Deran Pashayan 135 38
David Weber
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Air Mobile Sources
Scientific The Clean Air Act TV quires the agency to prescribe
Assessment emission standards i\. r carbon monoxide, hydrocar-
bons, and oxides of nitrogen for heavy-duty and light-
duty vehicles. To do this, the agency requires in-
formation on the chemical composition of fuels, fuel
additives, and diesel and gasoline exhausts, as well
as information on actual human exposure to motor
vehicle pollutants.
The scientific assessment program will revise the
carbon monoxide criteria document between 1984 and
1986. In addition, work will be done on a carcinogen
risk assessment on diesel emissions and on an assess-
ment for unleaded gasoline.
Percent
In-House
9
100
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO/RTP
OHEA/HQ
Contact
James Raub
Herman Gibb
Total
Funds ($k)
467
10
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Health Effects
Research in this area will focus on measurement of
population exposures to carbon monoxide. The ex-
tramural funds will be primarily used to analyze data
from current CO studies. Field studies done in Wash-
ington, B.C., and Denver, Colorado, have provided
human exposure data bases. The existing National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) is designed
to assure that 99% of the population has blood levels
below 2.5% carboxyhemoglobin. Data from the field
studies will be used to assess the proportion of the
population below this level and to test the validity of
existing human exposure models. The field studies
will be evaluated for their applicability to other
criteria air pollutants and to unregulated mobile
source air pollutants, including organics and respir-
able particulates.
The registration of fuels and fuel additives, as man-
dated by Congress, will be maintained. Also, the
quality assurance program will distribute samples
and otherwise assist state and local agencies in
generating precise and accurate air monitoring data
for use in judging compliance with NAAQS.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
EMSL/RTP G. Akland 835 59
OMSQA/HQ Wayne Ott 49 100
The health effects program in mobile sources de-
velops and validates techniques to produce dose-
response data on the toxic effects of carbon monox-
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ide, and then uses those techniques to produce dose-
response information. This is largely an in-house pro-
gram with a small amount of extramural support.
Clinical studies will be used to produce dose-
response data on the toxic effects of low-level expo-
sure to CO. The cardiac and respiratory effects of CO
will be evaluated in human studies, as will a method
to relate ambient CO levels to blood levels. Non-
invasive techniques will be used to measure the car-
diac effects of CO exposure. This information will be
used in performing health risk assessments by the
scientific assessment program.
Funding will also be provided to the Health Effects
Institute, sponsored jointly by EPA and the automo-
bile industry to perform research on the health effects
of pollutants related to mobile sources.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
Richard Dickerson
Hugh McKinnon
Total
Funds ($k)
822
3,000
Percent
In-House
69
0
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
The focus of this program is to provide information
necessary to evaluate the impacts of regulated and
unregulated mobile source emissions on ambient air
quality. Research is conducted to characterize
gaseous and particulate emissions, including volatile
organic components from in-use light and heavy duty
diesel and gasoline powered vehicles. Emissions data
is obtained through tests conducted under simulated
conditions using dynamometers.
Research in FY-1984 will focus on characterizing
emissions from late model light-duty diesel vehicles;
refining and/or developing measurement procedures
to permit accurate analysis of methanol and formal-
dehyde emissions from vehicles fueled by pure
methanol and methanol/gasoline blends;
characterizing emissions from future model year die-
sel vehicles with and without particle control de-
vices; determining impact of methanol fuel emissions
on ozone air quality, and assessing the effect of low
ambient temperature on emissions from late model
vehicles. Information obtained will be used to update
emissions factor data bases used in air quality models
to assess the impacts of mobile source emissions on
ambient air quality.
Office or
Laboratory
ESRL/RTP
Contact
Ron Bradow
Frank Black
14
Total
Funds($k)
900
Percent
In-House
55
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Air Hazardous Air Pollutants
Scientific Scientific assessments of hazardous air pollutants
Assessment (HAP) encompass all known research findings con-
cerning the health and environmental effects of par-
ticular substances and/or their transformation prod-
ucts, as well as background information on physical
and chemical properties, sources, emissions, trans-
port and transformation, and ambient concentrations.
The current agency strategy for evaluating
hazardous air pollutants calls for assessing the toxic-
ity of 37 chemical substances, and for reviewing the
health basis for existing HAP regulations for several
other substances. Drafts of 15 documents initiated
during or before FY 1983 (i.e., on trichloroethylene,
perchloroethylene, methylene chloride, nickel, man-
ganese, chromium, arsenic, chlorobenzenes, dioxin,
hexachlorocyclopentadiene, vinylidene chloride,
epichlorohydrin, chloroform, ethylene oxide, and
ethylene dichloride) are expected to undergo external'
peer review by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB)
during FY 1984. Completion of SAB review for all 37
chemicals is planned by the end of FY 1987. In addi-
tion, documents evaluating updated health data bases
underlying existing HAP regulations for mercury, be-
ryllium, asbestos, and vinyl chloride were initiated in
FY 1983 and are to be completed in FY 1984, as are
other assessments re-evaluating the health effects of
cadmium and polycyclic organic matter (POM) in
light of new scientific information.
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO /Gin
ECAO/RTP
OHEA/HQ
Contact
William Pepelko
Frances Bradow
Donna Kuroda
Total
Funds ($k)
300
2,023
932
Percent
In-House
43
25
90
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
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 de-
velopment 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, es-
tablishing control limits, defining out-of-control
limits, 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:
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cryogenic preconcentration, 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 pro-
gram, reference samples will be developed and main-
tained, guidelines for procedures will be developed,
and laboratory audits will be performed.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
EMSL/LV John Clements 4,523 39
OMSQA/HQ Lance Wallace 517 23
Health Effects The health research program in hazardous air pollu-
tants (HAP's) has three goals: to develop and validate
methods to produce dose-response data on the toxic
effects of HAPS, to produce the dose-response data
on the toxic effects of HAPs, and to develop models
which improve our ability to use dose-response data
in risk assessments. Extramural research will support
efforts in all three areas.
EPA researchers will develop methods to provide data
on the genetic, developmental, and neurotoxic effects
of HAP's. Emphasis of this research will be on the
toxic components of gaseous-aerosol complex mix-
tures.
In dose-response toxicological research, data on the
mutagenic and carcinogenic activity of potential
HAP's will be determined. These HAP's will be
selected based upon assessments prepared by the
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
(OHEA). The effects of selected chemicals suspected
of being hazardous to the nervous system will be stu-
died.
Animal models of respiratory physiology and func-
tion will be developed to provide more reliable
methods for estimating specific doses to critical lung
tissues. Models of neurologic toxicity will be de-
veloped involving physical, chemical, and behavioral
tests to predict human responses to insult from
potential HAPS.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
HERL /RTF Richard Dickerson 2,587 71
OHR/HQ Hugh McKinnon 120 100
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Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
The engineering program for hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) is comprised of two distinct parts: (1) to assess
various industrial and combustion sources of HAPs to
determine the magnitude of emissions and to assess
the capability and performance of technologies to re-
duce or eliminate HAP emissions, and (2) to
characterize the dependence of indoor air pollution
levels on source strength and other parameters.
Current EPA regulatory strategy calls for the de-
velopment of additional HAP emission factors and
control technology performance data. The existing
HAP data base for source emissions and emission
reduction technologies will be expanded to provide
this information in engineering research programs.
Research will assess the emission rates and character-
istics of a variety of industrial and combustion
sources of HAP; other projects will determine cost-
effective emission reduction techniques and strategies
supportive of the development of NESHAPs.
Indoor air quality research will characterize impor-
tant sources, and evaluate and compare the tradeoffs
among in situ capture of emissions, inhibition of emis-
sions, and process modifications as a function of cost,
comfort, and indoor air quality. This research will de-
velop emission rate data characterizing important
sources of indoor air pollution and develop an under-
standing of fundamental principles affecting emis-
sions from indoor sources.
Office or
Laboratory
IERL /RTF
OEET/HQ
Contact
Eugene Tucker
David Berg
Total
Funds ($k)
818
Percent
In-House
21
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
The goal of this research is to provide information on
the atmospheric transport, transformation, and fate of
hazardous air pollutants. The information is used in
preparing health assessment documents to determine
if the chemicals present a hazard. Studies will: iden-
tify, through application of structure activity rela-
tionships, innocuous chemicals which, after being
emitted, may be transformed into more hazardous air
pollutants; determine deposition and reaction rates of
hazardous chemicals; and identify the factors respon-
sible for concentration levels and spatial and tempor-
al (i.e., seasonal) variability of 45 selected volatile
compounds.
Office or
Laboratory
ESRL/RTP
Contact
Larry Cupitt
17
Total
Funds ($k)
863
Percent
In-House
37
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Drinking Water
Scientific Revision of national drinking water regulations and
Assessment 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 finalized
for three chemicals (lindane, toxaphene, endrinj and
initiated for six more in FY 1984.
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO /Gin
OHEA/HQ
Contact
Steven Lutkenhoff
Mary Holland
Total
Funds ($k)
152
72
Percent
In-House
80
100
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
This program will provide the overview for the Agen-
cywide mandatory quality assurance program. The
ten regional laboratories will be evaluated annually
in support of the National Interim Primary Drinking
Water Regulations monitoring certification program.
This program will also provide methods development
and analytical procedures to produce precise and
accurate total measurement systems for chemical,
radiochemical and microbiological analysis. It will
provide technically and economically feasible an-
alytical procedures to monitor contaminates for use
by the Agency, States, municipalities and operators of
public drinking water systems. In addition, the
following groundwater program will be provided; de-
velopment of a method to locate abandoned wells;
development of geophysical methods to detect and
evaluate underground movement of fluids from injec-
tion wells; evaluation and development of fiber op-
tics techniques for monitoring groundwater; de-
velopment of accurate and reliables total measure-
ment systems through the development of standard-
ized methods, laboratory evaluation, performance
evaluation and quality control sample development,
sample testing and verification; and provide quality
control procedures and guidelines.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL /Gin
EMSL/LV
Contact
Robert Booth
Glenn Schweitzer
Total
Funds ($k)
1,074
1,340
Percent
In-House
85
38
Health Effects
This research program provides dose-response data
on organic, inorganic, and microbiological con-
taminants. It provides information on the best
methods to obtain that data, and information on the
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best methods to perform risk assessments.
Selected contaminants will be evaluated (chlorin-
ated ethanes, vinyl chlorine, chlorobenzene, asbestos,
barium and fluoride), 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 expo-
sure to multiple chemicals in complex mixtures.
Focus will also be on concentrating, isolating, and
identifying infectious disease agents in drinking
water. Finally, in conjunction with the Centers for
Disease Control, research will design methods to
identify and evaluate outbreaks of waterborne in-
fectious diseases in order to aid the states in
alleviating any emergency affecting public water sys-
tems.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
Richard J Bull
Frode Ulvedal
Total
Funds ($k)
9,022
327
Percent
In-House
39
34
Environmental To support revision of the national drinking water
Engineering and standards, this program provides data on the tech-
Technology nologies available, what they can attain in terms of
drinking water quality, and what they cost. Focus is
on removal of volatile organic compounds, organics
formed during treatment, naturally occurring organics
responsible for formation of trihalomethanes and in-
organic contaminants. Emphasis will be on de-
veloping cost information for treatment processes and
for entire water systems. Evaluation will also be
made of the tradeoffs in planning for rehabilitation of
older water systems. In addition, efforts will be made
to address the problems of small utilities and to assist
the states and municipalities in complying with max-
imum contaminant levels.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
MERL/Cin Gordon Robeck 5,920 39
ERL/Athens William Donaldson 317 60
EMSL/Cin Bob Booth 230 61
OEET/HQ Curtis Harlin 148 100
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Ground Water
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
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 characteris-
tics and on characteristics of the pollutants. In addi-
ton, 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 micro-
organisms, 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 be-
havior. Biological, physical/chemical, and hydrologic
processes and their interrelations in the subsurface
will be studied to develop mathematical representa-
tions that can be included in models. Subsurface
(site-specific) characteristics that influence such proc-
esses will be determined. Finally, promising reclama-
tion methods (e.g., biotransformation) will be studied
at laboratory scale to evaluate their feasibility.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
RSKERL/Ada Jack W. Keeley 4,045 25
OEPER/HQ Steve Cordle 189 51
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Scientific EPA's overall research program with regard to water
Assessment quality emphasizes development of the scientific and
technical base to help states develop site-specific
standards and to conduct use-attainability analyses.
The scientific assessment program will develop
guidelines for assessing the risk of human exposure
to mixtures of toxic chemicals and will evaluate site-
specific health hazards as required by the states and
EPA.
Office or
Laboratory
ECAO/Cin
OHEA/HQ
Contact
Steven Lutkenhoff
Robert McGaughy
Total
Funds ($k)
245
52
Percent
In-House
59
100
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
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 EMSL/
Cincinnati.
Research on chemical measurement methods
emphasizes standardization of measurement and
quality assurance methods for priority toxic pollu-
tants, as well as increasing the sensitivity of methods
for measuring toxic metals in water. Research
on biological monitoring methods emphasizes methods
for screening toxic concentrations of pollutants in
ambient waters, characterizing the biological condi-
tion 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 and flow-
sensing equipment. The quality assurance program
provides quality control calibration materials and
procedures for standardization of virus sample pres-
ervation and assay.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/Cin
EMSL/LV
OMSQA/HQ
Contact
Cornelius Weber
James Lichtenberg
John Winter
Roy Evans
Charles Plost
Total
Funds ($k)
1,892
380
226
Percent
In-House
67
100
100
Health Effects
Related health effects research produces data for
criteria documents. Investigators will use existing
short-term tests for carcinogenic, mutagenic, and re-
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productive effects to determine whether or not a site
receiving a large number of chemical contaminants is
a public health risk.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
Richard I. Bull
Frode Ulvedal
Total
Funds ($k)
550
70
Percent
In-House
64
100
Environmental This program develops data correlating sludge treat-
Engineering and ment processes with environmental impacts for use
Technology m determining appropriate treatment levels for
sludge prior to ocean dumping as well as treatment
levels for wastewater discharged through ocean out-
falls.
Office or
Laboratory
MERL/Cin
OEET/HQ
Contact
Fred Bishop
Bala Krishnan
Total
Funds ($k)
202
22
Percent
In-House
100
100
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
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 con-
trol provides for correction of ambient water quality
problems that remain after mandated minimum
pollution control technology (e.g., secondary treat-
ment, 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, wasteload allocation tech-
niques, bioassays and biomonitoring methods, and
use attainability analyses.
The research program in ocean disposal will devel-
op techniques and data for evaluating the impacts of
alternative disposal strategies for identifying the op-
timal approach for both ocean dumping and dis-
charge from ocean outfalls. Ocean dumping research
will provide criteria for determining unreasonable de-
gradation to potential dumping sites and protocols for
characterizing wastes proposed for dumping. In addi-
tion, hazard assessment protocols will be developed
based on estimates of the severity of ecological
changes and on the transport and fate predictions of
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ocean-dumped wastes. Biological procedures for
monitoring dumpsites for long-term effects will be
developed.
Ocean outfall research supports the water program
office by assisting in 301(h) application review and
by assisting with monitoring program reviews. Specif-
ic efforts include developing techniques for
characterizing sediment conditions, assessing ecologi-
cal impacts near outfalls for setting permit con-
ditions, and developing protocols for characterizing
the movement and persistence of pollutants common
to ocean outfalls.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ERL/Athens Walt Sanders 770 78
ERL/Cor Tom Murphy 2,897 59
ERL/Dul Nelson Thomas 2,088 80
ERL/Narr Bill Bmngs 1,802 73
ERL/GB Tom Duke 785 97
OEPER/HQ Sam Williams 747 68
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Health Effects
Health effects research focuses on two areas: inno-
vative technologies and 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. For innovative
and alternative technologies, research seeks to assess
the effects on human health resulting from exposure
to pathogens, including parasites, viruses, and bacter-
ia and to chemical toxicants contained in wastewater.
Land disposal of municipal sludge requires careful
assessment of the effects on human health of expo-
sure to pollutants contained in the sludges. An
appraisal will be prepared on the potential effects of
land application of municipal sludge. Research will
focus on pathogenic organisms, particularly parasites
and viruses, heavy metals, and organic chemicals.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
Richard J. Bull
Frode Ulvedal
Total
Funds ($k)
1,947
122
Percent
In-House
45
100
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
Revisions to the Clean Water Act provide incentives
for the use of innovative wastewater treatment tech-
nology. This research program will provide
engineering support to the innovative technologies
and sludge management programs, and on techniques
to improve the reliability of wastewater treatment
plants.
In the area of innovative/alternative (I/A) tech-
nologies, assistance will be provided to the construc-
tion grant program in reviewing project plans,
recommending innovative technologies, and in mak-
ing available detailed planning, engineering and an-
alytical assistance for innovative technology. Post-
construction evaluations of full-scale operational
projects will produce feedback information of design,
energy, capital, and operation and maintenance costs.
Engineering support of municipal sludge man-
agement is provided in two areas treatment and
disposal. In the treatment area, emphasis will be on
innovative stabilization digestion and thermal conver-
sion processes that are more efficient in reducing the
volume of sludge. Research in the disposal area will
focus on characterizing the mechanisms controlling
the uptake and the transformation of toxic organics
and pathogenic organisms in sludge-amended soils.
In the compliance achievement support program,
emphasis will be on providing design and cost in-
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formation on two low cost upgrading methods
through the integration of high biomass reactors and
improved air aeration technology.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
MERL/Cin James Kreissl (I/A) 5,397 25
Joseph Farrell (sludge)
Ed Earth (upgrading)
RSKERL/Ada George Keeler 95 100
OEET/HQ James Basilico 51 100
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Industrial Wastewater
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Research will support the agency in the implementa-
tion of technology-based effluent limitation regula-
tions and the modification of enforcement activities
as required by water quality-based permit adjust-
ments. Methods standardization research will be di-
rected 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 an-
alytical 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 documention of its precision and accuracy.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/Cin
OMSQA/HQ
Contact
James J. Lichtenberg
Jdhn A. Winter
Robert Medz
Total
Funds ($k)
1,322
146
Percent
In-House
70
92
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
This program will provide information on the com-
position of complex industrial effluents. The informa-
tion will be gathered from a review of the data which
were generated by gas chromatographic/mass
spectrometric analyses of industrial effluents.
Office or
Laboratory
Contact
Total
Funds ($k)
ERL/Athens Charles Anderson 311
Percent
In-House
100
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Acid Rain The acid rain program supports research in seven
areas: estimating emissions, understanding atmo-
spheric processes, monitoring, analyzing aquatic
effects, analyzing terrestrial effects, quantifying
effects on materials, and evaluating control tech-
niques, and produces integrated assessments.
Estimating emissions from man-made sources:
Emissions inventories will be developed focusing
principally on SOxand NOX and'expanding into volatile
organic compounds and carbon monoxide. Models to fore-
cast emission trends and costs of various control programs
are being developed. These sectoral models and the emis-
sions inventories will be used to support regional and
national policy analysis and assessment.
Understanding atmospheric processes: This research is
designed to improve our capability to examine and predict
the movement of air masses. A comprehensive field study
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.
Developing a deposition monitoring data base: Efforts
will be increased to develop real-time precipitation
measurement methods, evaluate procedures for precision
and accuracy of precipitation data, standardization of pH
measurements, quality assurance and data system support,
and analysis of the spatial and temporal variation of data.
Understanding and quantifying aquatic effects: Research
will develop methods to determine trends in acidity and
sensitivity of water bodies, estimate acid precipitation
effects on the interactions between runoff and soil water,
evaluate mitigation procedures such as liming, and de-
termine the effects of acid precipitation on fish populations
and other biota.
Quantifying terrestrial effects: A variety of field and lab-
oratory studies will attempt to estimate and predict the
effects of acid precipitation on forests, rangelands, wet-
lands, wildlife and crops. The effects of soil infiltration,
soil chemistry, weathering, metal transport, exchange and
depletion of nutrients and soil sensitivity will be ad-
dressed.
Quantifying the effects on materials and cultural re-
sources: By developing an assay of materials at risk, we
seek to estimate the extent of acid deposition effects.
Integration of research assessments: This program re-
sponds to questions that cut across several research objec-
tives by supporting integrated assessment functions,
characterization of mass flows, assessment of control strat-
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egies, assessment of potentially sensitive areas, and eco-
nomic analysis of controlling damage versus controlling
emissions.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/Cin
EMSL/RTP
IERL/RTP
ESRL/RTP
MERL/Cin
ERL/Cor
ERL/Dul
OER/HQ
Contact
Jack Pfaff
Thomas Hauser
David Mobley
Jack Durham
Gary Logsdon
Ray Wilnour
John Eaton
Gary Foley
Total
Funds ($k)
150
418
990
6,713
100
3,147
450
2,168
Percent
In-House
0
7
0
1
0
5
4
16
Health Effects
During 1984 the research in this area will focus on
upgrading and evaluating the documentation of the
health and environmental effects of synfuel pollu-
tants. Specific areas: the methodologies for exposure
assessment and health and environmental effects
assessment will be upgraded for priority synfuel in-
dustries; the application of models for evaluating ex-
posure pathways in atmospheric, terrestrial and aqua-
tic media will be refined; synfuel pollutant uptake by
key organisms in the human foodchain will be evalu-
ated; and human exposure and effects data on synfuel
pollutants to develop dose-response functions for
cancer and reproductive risk analyses will be as-
sessed.
Office or
Laboratory
ESRL/RTP
ERL/Dul
OEPER/HQ
Contact
Jack Durham
Kenneth Biesinger
Alan Moghissi
Total
Funds ($k)
216
50
1,854
Percent
In-House
100
0
11
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
This area is supporting two types of research: the de-
velopment 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 re-
duce both NOX and SOX emissions while at the same
time reducing the costs for control. A systematic de-
velopment is underway to bring the LIMB technology
to the point where industry would be willing to com-
mercialize it. The 1984 program will include: re-
search on sorbent reaction mechanisms, research at
the small bench and pilot scale for a wide range of
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fuel types, pilot scale testing of the wall-fired design
to extrapolate the performance to commercial scale,
detailed analysis to identify potential operability and
reliability problems, planning and site preparation for
an industry EPA cofunded full scale demonstration
at a utility.
To help to control synfuel pollutants, EPA provides
engineering support and technical assistance to the
regional and state authorities, process developers and
other interested parties. Applicants to the Synthetic
Fuels Corporation (SFC) consult with the agency for
preparation of their SFC required environmental
monitoring plans. Operational testing of pollution
controls and waste streams from pilot and com-
mercial scale United States coal conversion plants
currently under construction will be conducted in
this research program. Also, procedures will be re-
fined for comparative combustion/ sampling testing of
liquid synthetic and petroleum-based fuels.
The laboratory at RTF is responsible for the evalua-
tion of coal-based synfuel processes and charactera-
tion of the emissions and waste streams. The Cincin-
nati laboratory is responsible for characterizing and
evaluating the emissions from oil shale, tar sands,
geothermal and other energy-related technologies.
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Office or
Laboratory
lERL/Cin
IERL/RTP
OEET/HQ
Contact
Wally Liberick
R. P. Hangebrauck
Jim Abbott
Kurt Jakobson
Bill McCarthy
Total
Funds ($k)
595
11,731
104
Percent
In-House
50
17
100
The Agency's Cold Climate Research Program is de-
signed to define the impacts of oil and gas de-
velopment, mining activities, and atmospheric pollu-
tion on arctic and sub-arctic environments and pur-
pose mitigative measures. In FY-84, the program is
completing a major evaluation of air quality in An-
chorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, where the EPA carbon
monoxide standard is chronically exceeded. Research
will be initiated in FY-84 to address the impacts of
oil and gas development on wetlands, the environ-
mental impacts of placer mining, and the evaluation
of asbestos contamination of rural-Alaskan drinking
waters.
Office or
Laboratory
ERL /Cor
Contact
Norman Glass
29
Total
Funds ($k)
225
Percent
In-House
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Hazardous Wastes
Scientific This program provides assessments of the health
Assessment effects and risks arising from hazardous wastes; im-
proved 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 environ-
mental effects profile, 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 ex-
tramural 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 documenta-
tion 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
Laboratories
ECAO/Cin
OHEA/HQ
Contact
Michael Dourson
Gregory Kew
Total
Funds ($k)
953
558
Percent
In-House
53
82
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
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 volatility and reactivity of wastes in all media.
Techniques for field monitoring of hazardous waste
dumpsites will be improved, including statistics for
sampling design and evaluated standard methods for
media sampling. Of particular importance is post-
closure 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 ac-
tivities, research is developing screening methods,
biological monitoring methods including single
and multi-lab evaluations and guidelines for stan-
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dardized evaluations of biological methods and is
developing remote monitoring techniques. A sub-
stantial extramural effort will be directed toward val-
idating waste incinerator test methods for toxic
organic compounds and monitors for carbon monox-
ide 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 techniques. 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 assur-
ance efforts will include distribution of analytical
and standards reference materials, on-site field audits
of sampling efforts, laboratory performance evalua-
tions and support in methods used.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
EMSL/Cin James Lichtenberg 1,282 35
John Winter
EMSL/LV Glenn Schweitzer 4,799 45
EMSL/RTP Thomas Hauser 1,203 12
OMSQA/HQ John Koutsandreas 242 36
Health Effects Listing of substances under 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 purpose. This current research is to de-
velop two screens for Level 1 of the battery. The first,
a prescreen protocol, will be an abbreviated and in-
expensive screen for large numbers of Resource Con-
servation and Recovery Act (RCRA) samples. The
other screen will be a Level 1 confirmation screening
protocol to provide a more sensitive and more accu-
rate 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 Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
HERL /RTF Joellen Lewtas 903 35
OHR/HQ Frode Ulvedal 65 100
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Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
This program develops data on control technologies,
how they work, and whether they will, in fact, allow
hazardous waste disposal facilities to meet perform-
ance standards.
In order to develop performance standards for the
treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes
it is necessary to understand the operational charac-
teristics of the different kinds of treatment and dis-
posal available. Methods for use in measurement pro-
tocols will be developed to determine incinerator de-
struction efficiency and to continuously monitor con-
trol technology. With regard to landfilling, synthetic
and natural liners will be studied and the effective-
ness of alternative closure, and monitoring pro-
cedures for surface impoundments will be in-
vestigated. Technical Resource Documents will be de-
veloped for use by regional and state agencies for per-
mitting hazardous waste disposal facilities and for
enforcing applicable regulations. This program will
update documents for disposal facility design, opera-
tion, maintenance, and closure. The land treatment
program will develop a better understanding of the
assimilative capacity of the land for hazardous
wastes.
Incineration research is being carried out on four
areas: laboratory scale, pilot scale, high temperature
industrial incineration, and field performance assess-
ment of full scale incinerators. Laboratory scale data
will focus on data for destruction efficiency and by-
products formation. Pilot scale research will focus on
the destruction efficiencies of two types of in-
cinerators for listed hazardous wastes and for wastes
of specific interest to regions and states. The destruc-
tion of hazardous wastes by their combustion as a
fuel in high temperature industrial processes will be
investigated. Assessment of full-scale facilities will be
done with emphasis on dioxins, polychlorinated
biphenyls, and furans.
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.
The implementation of this program is divided
among four laboratories. The Municipal Environmen-
tal Research Laboratory is responsible for land dis-
posal and control of hazardous skills, the Robert S.
Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory is respon-
sible for land treatment, the Industrial Environmental
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Research Laboratory in Cincinnati is responsible for
incineration research as well as for advanced tech-
nologies such as chemical, biological and physical
treatment alternatives, and the Industrial Environ-
mental Research Laboratory in RTF is responsible for
the development of sampling and analysis protocols.
Office or
Laboratory
lERL/Cin
MERL/Cin
IERL/RTP
RSKERL/Ada
OEET/HQ
Contact
E. Oppelt
N. Schomaker
]. Dorsey M. Wood
L. Myers
Glenn Shira
Marshall Dick
Total
Funds ($k)
6,262
6,300
1,300
1,926
478
Percent
In-House
21
21
11
31
100
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
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 dis-
posal 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,
ERL/Duluth is adapting quantitative structure-activity
relationship methods, developed for predicting the
toxicity of single chemicals for use on multi-chemical
wastes. RSKERL/Ada is developing microcosm (e.g.,
soil column) technology which will provide a rela-
tively fast and inexpensive determination of the
potential for wastes to move in the subsurface en-
vironment and thus to contaminate an aquifer.
Models are being developed to determine the expo-
sure of humans and the environment to hazardous
wastes. RSKERL/Ada is developing, improving, and
field -evaluating ground-water models, while ERL/
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 in FY 1983 by RSKERL/Ada for
site selection and evaluation based on hydrogeologi-
cal factors will be evaluated in several hydrogeologi-
cal settings in cooperation with the U.S. Geological
Survey in FY 1984.
For assessment of the potential hazard of materials
released into the terrestrial or aquatic environment,
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ERL/Corvallis is developing and evaluating a multi-
trophic level bioassay protocol. In FY 1984 the pro-
tocol will be evaluated at a second field site, and the
protocol will be augmented with selected alternative
testing techniques.
Three studies will be conducted to assist the Agen-
cy in defining the threat from dioxin contamination:
its bioavailability in fish, its potential for human ex-
posure through the food chain, and its mobility and
persistence in soils and ground water.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ERL/Athens George W. Bailey 808 55
RSKERL/Ada Jack W. Keeley 1,480 39
ERL/Cor Spencer A. Peterson 800 44
ERL/Dul Philip M. Cook 1,127 64
ERL/Narr Bill Brungs 180 100
OEPER/HQ Stephen R. Cordle 245 66
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Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Hazardous Substances,
Non Energy
This program supports the National Contracts Labora-
tory Program. There are three major activities: situa-
tion assessments, reportable quantities and enforce-
ment and technical assistance.
Between 15 and 20 laboratories are involved in the
National Contracts Laboratory Program which will
perform the analytical tests for site and situation
assessment. The ORE) program will ensure the quality
of the data from these laboratories through on-site
laboratory evaluations, blind samples analyses, quar-
terly reviews and a 20 per cent data audit. Remote
sensing provides detailed data on sites to help the
Superfund Office to prioritize sites and determine
methods of clean-up.
Reportable quantities regulations will be updated
and strengthened by adding monitoring methods for
new chemicals.
Enforcement cases will be provided with increased
monitoring expertise to ensure that clean-up by in-
dustry is consistent with proved scientific protocols.
Also, geophysical monitoring and a referee laboratory
to provide quick turnaround will be available to the
regions and the program office.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/LV
EMSL/RTP
EMSL/Cin
OMSQA/HQ
Contact
Glenn Schweitzer
Thomas Mauser
Robert Booth
Robert Holmes
Total
Funds ($k)
2,569
348
654
78
Percent
In-House
37
37
25
95
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Scientific This program provides technical support to the Office
Assessment of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR) for use
in establishing and implementing regulations man-
dated by Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as well as
technical support and assessment methods de-
velopment for the Office of Waste Programs Enforce-
ment (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 situa-
tions. Evaluation of these chemical-specific summar-
ies should permit a determination of potential
hazards. The literature search is done by extramural
contract.
Following emergency or remedial response at a
hazardous waste site, residual levels of hazardous
substances may remain in the environment. Protocols
are being developed for estimating aggregate
acceptability indices for exposure to residual levels of
complex chemical mixtures. This is mainly an in-
house project. 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 "reportabJe quantity" for each chem-
ical. The majority of this work is done by extramural
contract.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ECAO/Cin Richard Hertzberg 476 0
OHEA/HQ Gregory Kew 317 0
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Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Clean-up of uncontrolled hazardous waste sites re-
quires technologies for response and remedial action,
for protecting the personnel involved and for
supporting enforcement actions.
The R&D support program evaluates response tech-
nology, demonstrating prototypical equipment such
as mobile incineration systems and mobile soil wash-
ing systems. Direction will be provided for handling
damaged and leaking drums, and for use of dis-
persants and/or coagulants. Remedial technology
will be assessed and a handbook provided which will
include design data, and cost and effectiveness in-
formation. Manuals will be developed establishing
personnel safety protocols and evaluating equipment
and techniques, especially for decontamination of
equipment and personnel. In addition, short-term,
quick turn-around technical advice and consultation
will be provided to the regional programs and the
Office of Waste Programs for enforcement support.
Office or
Laboratory
MERL/Cin
OEET/HQ
Contact
Ronald Hill
Ray Thacker
Total
Funds ($k)
3,634
81
Percent
In-House
21
0
To support on-scene coordinators of emergency and
remedial response activities, a manual will be pre-
pared which provides technical guidance on the
mechanisms and applications of biological field
sampling at hazardous waste sites. A comprehensive
ground and surface water modeling applications
guide will be produced for use in predicting the ex-
tent of contamination from hazardous waste sites.
Technical assistance will be provided to Regions on
ground water investigation methods, hydrology, and
geology.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
OEPER/HQ Steve Cordle 459 30
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Toxic Substances
Scientific The scientific assessment research program relating to
Assessment toxic substances provides overview of scientific docu-
ments, and develops uniform methodologies and
guidelines for performing risk assessments. To pro-
vide an overview of scientific documents,
carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, adverse reproductive
effects and exposure assessments are reviewed upon
request from the Office of Toxic Substances. Newly
developed data are being gathered to improve risk
assessment methodologies and to ensure continuity
throughout the agency in the use of risk assessment
methods. Mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and exposure
guidelines are being revised and reproductive effects
guidelines are being developed.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
OHEA/HQ K. S. Lavappa 245 69
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Efforts to protect human health from the adverse im-
pacts 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 for use in
conducting the risk assessments required by the Tox-
ic Substances Control Act.
Research related to monitoring human and environ-
mental exposure to chemicals involves identification
of the major transport and transformation processes.
These processes are identified through monitoring
data, and through monitoring systems capable of
linking environmental concentrations of chemicals to
human exposure. This exposure program requires the
development of monitoring methodology to de-
termine the extent of exposure and field testing of
monitoring techniques and methods for a chemical of
interest.
Quality Assurance efforts improve measurement
methods, field monitoring systems, and associated
protocols. Under this program, methods will be de-
veloped and evaluated for sampling and analyzing
volatile organic compounds which are currently dif-
ficult to isolate. Biological measurements will be
emphasized and deliverables will include guidelines
for conducting collaborative tests of biological test
methods as well as selected biological reference mate-
rials for use in various analytical procedures.
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Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/Cin
EMSL/RTP
EMSL /LV
OMSQA/HQ
Contact
William Budde
John Clements
Paul Richitt
Phyllis Daly
Total
Funds ($k)
266
1,361
2,694
200
Percent
In-House
0
27
42
100
Health Effects
This research program identifies and quantifies risks
to human health from toxic substances through
testing methodology development, risk assessment
methods development and structure-activity model
development.
Testing methodology research has three purposes:
to determine which laboratory tests best predicts the
human response, to determine the chemical reactivity
of metabolic intermediate compounds, and to im-
prove biological mathematical extrapolation models.
Risk Assessment activities are directed primarily
toward improving methods to predict toxicity based
upon similarities in chemical structure, improving
extrapolations from high-dose to low-dose, and im-
proving extrapolations from animal species to hu-
mans.
Research into structure-activity relationships will
be used to develop a method which can use data on
molecular structure descriptors or combinations to
predict genetic and carcinogenic activities using pat-
tern recognition and statistical techniques. Also, we
will construct a chemical data base in several areas of
toxicological responses and relate each to effects up-
on individual organ systems.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
Contact
Bill Durham
Erode Ulvedal
Total
Funds ($k)
9,993
555
Percent
In-House
36
46
The focus of research in this program are: the
identification and evaluation of alternatives to miti-
gate release and exposure of chemicals which will be
used by the agency in regulating the manufacture and
use of existing chemicals; the need for development
of predictive capabilities to be used in assessing re-
lease and exposure in the review of Premanufacturing
and New Use (PMN's) for new chemicals as required
by TSCA; and the need for the assessment of physi-
cal, chemical and biological techniques and devices
to contain and destroy genetically engineered organ-
isms under TSCA.
The alternatives to mitigate release and exposure of
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specific existing chemicals will be defined in
cooperation with industry, through the evaluation
and adaptation of control measures related to the re-
lease in the workplace and into the environment of
the chemicals during their life cycles. Technologies,
management practices, and personal protective equip-
ment to limit the release and exposure of chemicals
will be evaluated. Predictive models on treatability of
chemicals will be assessed.
The models to predict the release and exposure of
different classes of new chemicals will be developed
in cooperation with industry. The models will ad-
dress different chemical unit operations, unit proc-
esses 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.
Program to support PMN review of genetically en-
gineered organisms will be conducted through tech-
nology 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 program will be empha-
sized.
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
Office or
Laboratory
lERL/Cin
Contact
Alden Christiansen
Ken Dostal
Total
Funds ($k)
267
Percent
In-House
100
Determination of the movement, transformation, and
ultimate disposition of toxic substances in all en-
vironmental media, and how plant and animal organ-
isms 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 es-
timation of chemical fate and effects, and providing
technical assistance on specific chemical evaluations
and rule making.
Environmental hazard assessment research focuses
on the development, improvement, and validation of
single and multi-species toxicity tests (including
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acute and chronic toxicity), bioconcentration assays,
comparative toxicological relationships using fish, in-
direct human exposure methods, and system-level
process tests. These studies involve freshwater,
estuarine/marine, and terrestrial organisms. The de-
veloped methods are validated in both laboratory
(microcosm) and field environments in order to de-
fine their applicability to real-world situations.
Studies on environmental exposure assessment de-
velop tests and mathematical models of chemical
transport and fate in order to determine the con-
centrations of toxic substances in various environ-
mental media and to relate these to actual organism
exposure. Work includes modeling pollutants in sur-
face and subsurface terrestrial environments, mod-
eling accumulation of toxic chemicals in food chains,
and developing soil core microcosms for determining
chemical fate and biodegradation processes. Labora-
tory and field studies are conducted as a final
improvement/ verification step.
Environmental risk assessment studies, involving
the linkage of environmental exposure and hazard
assessment techniques, will be initiated.
Structure-activity relationship research develops
methodologies based upon molecular structure char-
acteristics to rapidly assess the environmental fate
and toxicity of new chemicals. Structure-activity cor-
relations 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 the Office of Tox-
ic Substances on complex problems relating to en-
vironmental fate, exposure, effects, hazards, and the
environmental risk of toxic chemicals as necessary
for risk assessment.
Activities in this program are carried out at several
laboratories. The focus for extramural studies at each
is 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 chemicals;
ERL/Narragansett & ERL/Gulf Breeze chemical fate
and effects in marine/estuarine environments;
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ERL/Corvallis - fate and effects of toxic substances
in terrestrial environments;
RSKERL/Ada - terrestrial subsurface fate of chemic-
als.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ESRL/RTP Alfred H. Ellison 327 45
ERL /Athens Walter M. Sanders 2,130 84
RSKERL/Ada Clinton W. Hall 70 0
ERL/Cor Thomas A. Murphy 1,317 72
ERL/Dul Norbert A. Jaworski 1,235 68
ERL/Narr William A. Brungs 1,397 94
ERL/GB Henry F. Enos 1,076 67
OEPER/HQ Charles W. Hendricks 472 69
Stratospheric The stratospheric modification research program will
Modification investigate the effects of pollutants on stratospheric
ozone, the resulting ultraviolet-B radiation character-
istics and of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on im-
portant crops and aquatic food-chain organisms. The
program will continue coordination of federal re-
search activities in this area, will update the com-
prehensive assessment of the state of science, will de-
liver 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 regula-
tory decisions.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
OPSA/HQ Herbert Wiser 875 15
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Pesticides
Scientific
Assessment
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
In support of EPA's role in regulating pesticides,
EPA's researchers prepare health-related risk assess-
ments. The following risk assessments will be pre-
pared in 1984: carcinogenicity and mutagenicity,
adverse reproductive effects, and exposure. Prepara-
tion and review of risk assessment documents for
carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, adverse reproductive
effects and exposure are conducted for pesticide com-
pounds as requested by OPP. Risk assessment guide-
lines for mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and exposure
(dermal and inhalation) are being updated. De-
velopment of reproductive effects guidelines are in
the initial stages of development.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
OHEA/HQ K. S. Lavappa 440 93
The pesticides quality assurance program ensures the
accuracy of the data which is attained through testing
and analysis. This program maintains a pesticide re-
pository 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 stan-
dard reference samples for internal quality control. In
addition, interlaboratory comparison samples are pre-
pared. Also, the program will provide samples of pes-
ticide chemicals no longer produced, but still reg-
ulated, 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
EMSL/LV
Contact
Ross Robeson
Total
Funds ($k)
879
Percent
In-House
54
Health Effects
This program develops methods to determine health
endpoint and health effects, methods to determine
risk, and ways to provide quality assurance.
To define the health endpoints of pesticides which
are of concern, data will be provided on the im-
munological effects of biological pesticides on
mammalian cells. In addition, research will in-
vestigate how pesticides affect children differently
from adults.
In order to identify the health effects of pesticides
EPA requires industry to supply specific pesticide
data. EPA's research in this area develops test pro-
tocols and health assay methods for industry to use
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to produce that data. During FY 1984, seven addition-
al test methods will be developed in the areas of
reproduction/teratology, mutagenesis/carcinogenicity
(genotoxic effects) and neurotoxicology.
Research also develops methods to improve risk
assessment to determine whether a pesticide poses
unreasonable adverse risk to the public health and
the environment. In 1984, this program will improve
methods to assess the hazards of pesticides to chil-
dren working in treated fields.
A computerized data management and analysis sys-
tem for mutagenic/carcinogenic testing of pesticides
will be developed and applied to assist in finding
solutions to specific toxicological problems.
Office or
Laboratory
HERL/RTP
OHR/HQ
Contact
William F. Durham
Frode Ulvedal
Total
Funds ($k)
2,572
165
Percent
In-House
63
39
Environmental
Processes and
Effects
This research works to determine the environmental
transport, fate and effects of certain pesticides, to
assess the environmental exposures and to assess
hazard and associated risks. Environmental effects re-
search will develop and field evaluate predictive
techniques to estimate the effects of biological control
agents and chemical pesticides on biota in aquatic
and or terrestrial environments. Extramural research
will be sponaored through EPA laboratories in Gulf
Breeze, Corvallis, and Duluth on field evaluation of
pesticide hazard assessment techniques.
To help to assess environmental exposure to pesti-
cides, additional techniques will be developed to es-
timate adverse pesticide exposure in aquatic and
terrestrial environments. Such determinations will in-
clude pesticide distribution and exposure levels in
ecosystems and in physical habitats such as soil,
sediment chemical measurements, and sorption kine-
tics. 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 environmen-
tal risk assessment capabilities, this research program
will select environmental risk assessment methods
for selected populations or their surrogates. Methods
will be developed to perform assessments by in-
tegrating new or existing exposure and effects data on
models. These methods are used by EPA in analyzing
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the data submitted by industry to determine the risks
and benefits from pesticide use. In addition, techni-
cal assistance is provided to the Office of Pesticides
Programs on complex problems relating to environ-
mental fate, exposure, effects, and hazards as neces-
sary for risk assessment. The extramural portion of
this program is carried out at several laboratories:
ERL/Athens - transport and transformation of pesti-
cides in freshwater and multi-media environments;
ERL/Corvallis - exposure and effects of pesticides
in terrestrial environments;
ERL/Duluth effects of pesticides in freshwater en-
vironments;
ERL/Gulf Breeze pesticide fate and effects in
marine/estmarine environments.
Office of Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
ERL/ Athens George Bailey 253 73
ERL/Cor Thomas A. Murphy 241 79
ERL/Dul Norbert A. Jaworski 337 85
ERL/GB Henry Enos 1,176 98
OEPER/HQ Charles W. Hendricks 262 100
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Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
Radiation
The overall goal of the research program in radiation
is to provide the scientifically credible data necessary
to assess public exposure to nonionizing radiation
and to man-made radioactive materials and to allow
decisions to be made regarding control of that expo-
sure.
In addition, this program provides quality assur-
ance for the Agency's programs for monitoring radia-
tion in the environment. These are supported by pro-
viding a common source of radionuclides standards
and reference materials and through the conduct of
laboratory intercomparison studies to assure data of
known quality from analyses of environmental sam-
ples such as milk, water, air and food.
Office or
Laboratory
EMSL/LV
Contact
Charles Costa
Total
Funds ($k)
233
Percent
In-House
93
Health Effects
The goal of the radiation health research program is
to provide data and methodologies to assess the
health effects of exposure to non-ionizing radiation.
The program currently focuses primarily on neurolog-
ic effects; long-term, low-level exposures; dose-
extrapolation modeling (improving extrapolations
from high to low dose and from animals to man); and
studies on extremely low frequencies (ELF) (60 Hz).
Office or Contact
Laboratory
HERL/RTP Joe Elder
Total
Funds ($k)
1,562
Percent
In-House
35
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Intermedia
Exploratory
Research Core
Program
There are three major parts of the exploratory re-
search program: the grants program, the research cen-
ters, and the scientific forecasting and planning pro-
gram. The grants program supports research to
advance the state-of-the-art in key areas of interest to
the agency, which is announced annually in the
Solicitation for Exploratory Research Grants Pro-
posals. The research center program was evaluated in
1983 and management changes were implemented to
improve EPA laboratory and program office interac-
tion. A major effort was also instituted to compile
and disseminate center research results initiated in
1981-1983. The research centers are:
Waste Elimination: (Illinois Institute of Technology
and the University of Notre Dame] Innovative tech-
nology and process modification to reduce industrial
pollutants.
Intermedia Transport: (University of California at
Los Angeles) Definition of chemical/physical proc-
esses governing pollutant exchange at air-land and
air-water boundaries.
Ecosystem Management: (Cornell University) Iden-
tify and apply ecosystem principles to environmental
management problems.
Marine: (University of Rhode Island) Assess marine
ecosystem health, emphasizing exposure of marine
organisms to toxics.
Advanced Control Technology: (University of Illi-
nois, Urbana) Separation technology, thermal destruc-
tion, biological separation, and chemical detoxifica-
tion.
Ground Water: (University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
State University, and Rice University) Subsurface
characterization, transport and fate, and groundwater
horizon'modelling.
Epidemiology: (University of Pittsburgh) Basic
epidemiology methods and airborne particulate
health effects.
Hazardous Waste: (Louisiana State University) De-
sign, construction, maintenance, operation, and clo-
sure of hazardous waste landfills.
The scientific forecasting and planning program
designed to identify leading indicators of environ-
mental change and to assess the significance of
emerging trends, problems, and opportunities. In
addition, the program provides seed money to test
high-risk and innovative concepts of potential future
interest to the Agency in such areas as biological
monitoring and biotechnologies. Finally, the explora-
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tory research core program manages the agency's
quality assurance program and the acid rain program,
which are discussed elsewhere in this guide.
Office or Contact Total Percent
Laboratory Funds ($k) In-House
OER/HQ Carl Gerber 15,266 2
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Office of Research and
Development Organization
The Office of Research and Development is respon-
sible for a research, development, and demonstration
program 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) phone numbers.
Where only one number is listed, it serves both pur-
poses.
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
Courtney Riordan (Acting) (202)382-7676
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-672)
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Herbert L. Wiser (Acting) (202)382-7676
Senior ORD Official, Cincinnati
David G. Stephan (513)684-4402
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Support Services Office
Director, Robert N. Carr (513)684-7966
Senior ORD Official, Research Triangle Park
Thomas R. Hauser CML(919)541-2106
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 FTS 8-629-2106
Support Services Office CML(919)541-2613
Director, Paul Kenline (MD-51) FTS 8-629-2613
Office of Research Program Management
Director, Samuel Rondberg (202)382-7500
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-674)
Operations Office
Director, Alan Neuschatz (202)382-7500
Administrative Management Staff
Chief, Bernard E. McMahon (202)382-7462
Planning Staff
Chief, Kay Pettitt (202)382-7473
Program Coordination Staff
Chief, Mitch Luxenberg (202)382-7468
Regional Services Staff
Chief, Michael Mastracci (202)382-7667
ORD Information Systems
Director, Tom DeMoss (202)382-7466
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Center for Environmental Research Info.
Director, Calvin O. Lawrence (513)684-7394
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Technical Information Office
Director, Richard Laska (202)382-7458
Office of Exploratory Research
Director, Carl Gerber (202)382-7449
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-675)
Quality Assurance Management Staff
Director, Darwin Wright (202)382-5763
Strategic Scientific Assessment Staff
Director, John Reuss (202)382-5750
Research Grants and Centers Staff
Director, Harold Wolf (Acting) (202)382-5737
Acid Deposition Research Staff
Director, Gary Foley (RD-676) (202)382-7445
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
Director
Elizabeth L. Anderson (202)382-7317
Deputy Director, Paul A. Martin (202)382-7311
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-689)
Cancer Assessment Group
Director, Robert McGaughy (Acting) (202)382-7315
Exposure Assessment Group
Director, James Falco (202)382-7327
Reproductive Effects Assessment Group
Director, Peter Voytek (202)382-7303
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Director, Lester Grant (MD-52) CML(919)541-4173
Res. Triangle Park, NC 27711 FTS 8-629-4173
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Director, Jerry F. Stara (513)684-7531
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Director
Donald J. Ehreth (Acting) (202)382-2600
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-681)
Special Assistant
David J. Graham (202)382-2602
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Program Operations Staff
Director, Rick Curtin (202)382-2580
Energy Processes Division
Director, (Vacant) (202)382-2570
Industrial/Extractive Processes Division
Director, Glenn L. Shira (Acting) (202)382-2570
Waste Management Division
Director, William A. Rosenkranz (202)382-2583
Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Frank Princiotta (MD-60) CML(919)541-2821
Deputy Director (Vacant) FTS 8-629-2821
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, David G. Stephan (513)684-7418
Deputy Director, William Cawley
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Ira Wilder, Director
Oil/Haz. Materials Spills Branch CML(201)321-6600
Edison, NJ 08817 FTS 8-340-6600
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Francis T. Mayo (513)684-7951
Deputy Director, Louis W. Lefke
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research
Director
Erich Bretthauer
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-682) (202)382-5950
Special Assistant
William Sayers (202)382-5952
Program Operations Staff
Chief, Patricia M. Neuschatz (202)382-5962
Water and Land Division
Director, Herbert Quinn (202)382-5954
Energy and Air Division
Director, Alfred Galli (Acting) (202)382-5945
Toxics and Pesticides Division
Director, Charles Hendricks (Acting) (202)382-5960
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Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory
Director, A. H. Ellison CML(919)549-8411
Deputy Director (Vacant) FTS 8-629-8411
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
R. S. Kerr Environ. Research Laboratory
Director, Clinton W. Hall CML(405)332-8800
Deputy Director, Marvin L. Wood FTS 8-743-2224
P.O. Box 1198 FTS 8-743-2226
Ada, OK 74820
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, W. Donaldson (Acting)
Deputy Director (Vacant)
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Thomas A. Murphy
Deputy Director, James C. McCarty
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330
Marine Division
Marine Science Center
Newport, OR 97365
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Norbert A. Jaworski
Associate Director, R. Russo
Associate Director, B. Jones
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
Newtown Fish Toxicology Station
3411 Church Street
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Monticello Field Station
Box 500
Monticello, MN 55362
Large Lakes Research Station
9311 Groh Road
Grosse He, MI 48138
Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, William Brungs (Acting)
Deputy Director (Vacant)
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
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CML(404)546-3134
FTS 8-250-3134
CML(503)757-4601
FTS 8-420-4601
CML(503)867-4041
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9550
FTS 8-783-9549
(513)684-8601
CML only
(612)295-5145
CML(313)675-5000
FTS 8-226-7811
CML(401)789-1071
FTS 8-838-4843
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Environmental Research Laboratory
Director, Henry F. Enos CML(904)932-5311
Deputy Director, Andrew McErlean FTS 8-686-9011
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Office of Health Research
Director
Roger S. Cortesi (Acting) (202)382-5900
Headquarters, Washington, DC (RD-683)
Deputy Director
Roger Cortesi (202)382-5900
Program Operations Staff
Chief, Richard Hardesty (202)382-5891
Water and Toxics Division
Director, Frode Ulvedal (Acting) (202)382-5893
Air Noise and Radiation Division
Director, Frode Ulvedal (Acting) (202)382-5893
Health Effects Research Laboratory
Director, F. Gordon Hueter (MD-51) CML(919)541-2281
Office of Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance
Director
Matthew Bills (Acting) (202)382-5767
Program Operations Staff
Chief, Paul Palm (202)382-5761
Quality Assurance Management Staff
Chief, Darwin Wright (Acting) (202)382-5763
Air, Toxics and Radiation Division
Director, Charles Brunot (202)382-5772
Water and Waste Management Division
Director, William J. Lacy (202)382-5776
Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
Director, Thomas Mauser (MD-75)
Deputy Director, Thomas A. Clark
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
Director, Robert L. Booth (Acting)
Deputy Director (Vacant)
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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CML(919)541-2106
FTS 8-629-2106
(513)684-7301
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Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory
Director, Glenn E. Schweitzer CML(702)798-2100
Deputy Director, Richard Stanley FTS 8-545-2525
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
Vint Hill Station
Director, Vernon Webb CML(703)347-6224
P.O. Box 1587, Building 166 FTS 8-557-3110
Warrenton, VA 22186
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ORD Organization Description
Office of
Exploratory
Research
The Office of Exploratory Research assesses future
environmental trends and problems, and funds ex-
tramural research to meet agency needs for basic
scientific knowledge. Its activities include the
following: managing EPA's long-term research pro-
grams, forecasting future environmental problems,
identifying institutional and training needs, managing
EPA's participation in the National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program, implementing an agency-wide
quality assurance program, designing data man-
agement programs, and studying high priority en-
vironmental needs and problems.
Office of
Environmental
Engineering and
Technology
The Office of Environmental Engineering and Tech-
nology is responsible for the assessment and the de-
velopment of methods for control of the environmen-
tal and socio-economic impacts of industrial op-
erations and of energy and mineral resource extrac-
tion, processing, conversion, and utilization systems.
The Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory in
Cincinnati, Ohio, investigates ways to prevent, con-
trol, or abate the pollution associated with the extrac-
tion, processing, conversion, and use of mineral re-
sources. This includes work on closed-loop systems
to eliminate waste discharges, ways to change in-
dustrial processes so that less waste is produced, and
cost-effective techniques for removing and disposing
of pollutants.
The Municipal Environmental Research Laborato-
ry in Cincinnati, Ohio, investigates ways to prevent,
control, and treat municipal pollutants. This includes
developing cost-effective methods of providing safe
drinking water, community environmental man-
agement, solid and hazardous waste disposal,
wastewater treatment, and new and improved tech-
nology for collecting, transporting, processing and
disposing of solid and hazardous wastes.
The Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, assesses the
environmental impacts of energy production and in-
dustrial processes, and develops cost-effective tech-
niques and modifications for conserving energy and
helping industries meet environmental quality stan-
dards for air, water, solid waste, thermal discharge
and pesticides.
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Office of Health
Research
The Office of Health Research is responsible for the
development and provision of information to enable
the Agency more accurately to estimate human
mortality and morbidity from environmental noxae.
From this mission, three principal areas of research
are derived:
the generation of dose-response data
the development of test methods to generate dose-
response data, and,
the development of methods to use dose-response
data to estimate human mortality and morbidity.
The Health Effects Research Laboratory in Re-
search Triangle Park, North Carolina, studies the
health impacts of air pollutants, toxic substances,
non-ionizing radiation (radar, microwaves, etc.] and
pesticides. It includes one of the nation's few human
exposure facilities. In addition the Toxicology and
Microbiology Division in Cincinnati, Ohio, studies
the health impacts of water pollutants and drinking
water.
Office of
Environmental
Processes and
Effects Research
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 pollu-
tants 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 Labor-
atory in Ada, Oklahoma, conducts research and de-
velopment projects on ground water, natural systems
for treating wastewater, and the land treatment of
hazardous wastes.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Athens,
Georgia, identifies and traces the movement of pollu-
tants through soil and water, and the subsequent
changes that take place there. This includes agricul-
tural and silvicultural sources of pollution, and en-
vironmental systems to control them; and de-
velopment of models to help judge the environmental
consequences of a contaminant reaching certain parts
of water-soil systems.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis,
Oregon, determines the effects of pollution on terres-
trial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems linking air,
land, and water. Studies include air pollutant effects
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, toxic effects of
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chemicals on plants and animals in terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems, storative efforts for dying lakes,
the effects of pollution on wetlands, the effects of
runoff, and impacts of energy development in cold
climates.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Duluth,
Minnesota, conducts research on the toxic effects of
chemicals, pesticides and other pollutants on
freshwater ecosystems. This laboratory has primary
research responsibility for describing the fate and
effects of pollutants that enter the Great Lakes.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Nar-
ragansett, Rhode Island, studies the impacts of pollu-
tion on marine ecosystems, including the build-up of
pollutants, chemical and physical behavior of pollu-
tants in ocean life systems, and responses of marine
organisms to environmental stress. This research pro-
vides a base for agency decisions on use of the
oceans, specifically regarding ocean dumping.
The Environmental Research Laboratory in Gulf
Breeze, Florida, conducts research on the exposure-
effects relationships of hazardous pollutants on
marine, coastal, and estuarine ecosystems. Emphasis
is on the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and on the
impacts of petroleum extraction on marine life.
The Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory 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 wea-
ther and climate, and develops mathematical models
for relating pollution emissions to air quality and for
forecasting potential air pollution crises.
Office of
Monitoring
Systems and
Quality
Assurance
The Office of Monitoring Systems and Quality Assur-
ance is responsible for the development and demon-
stration of monitoring systems, quality control of pol-
lutant measurement and monitoring techniques (qual-
ity assurance), and technical support services.
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 qual-
ity assurance program for measurement of air pollu-
tants, develops techniques to assess population expo-
sure to air pollutants; and, characterizes non-criteria
pollutants in air.
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The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in
Las Vegas, Nevada, conducts research and de-
velopment programs related to monitoring of pollu-
tants in the environment, develops sampling strat-
egies 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 EPA's hazardous waste, "Superfund," pesticides
and ionizing radiation programs.
The Environmental Monitoring and Support Labor-
atory 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 muni-
cipal and industrial 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.
Office of Health
and
Environmental
Assessment
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 situa-
tions on human health and ecological systems and
determining the degree of risks from these exposures.
The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office 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 assess-
ment documents on water pollution and solid and
hazardous wastes and hazardous air pollutants. Addi-
tionally, comprehensive methodologies are prepared
for health assessments of both single chemicals and
complex mixtures. Technical assistance to various
agency program and Regional Offices concerning ac-
ceptable pollutant levels and dose-response relations
are also provided.
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Office/Laboratory Abbreviations
CERI/Cin Center for Environmental Research Information
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)684-7394
ECAO/Cin Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office/
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)684-7531
ECAO/RTP Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office/
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML(919)541-4173
FTS 8-629-4173
EMSL/Cin Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory/Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)684-7301
EMSL/LV Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory/
Las Vegas, NV
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/Athens Environmental Research Laboratory/Athens, GA
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613
CML(404)546-3154
FTS 8-250-3154
ERL/Cor Environmental Research Laboratory/Corvallis
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330
ClvtL(503)757-4601
FTS 8-420-4601
ERL/Dul Environmental Research Laboratory/Duluth
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9550
ERL/GB Environmental Research Laboratory/GB
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
CML(904)932-5311
FTS 8-686-9011
ERL/Narr Environmental Research Laboratory/Narr.
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
CML(401)789-1071
FTS 8-838-4843
ESRL/RTP Environmental Sciences Research Lab./
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML(919)541-2191
FTS 8-629-2191
HERL/RTP Health Effects Research Laboratory/
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML(919)541-2281
FTS 8-629-2281
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lERL/Cin Industrial Environmental Research Lab./
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)684-4402
IERL/RTP Industrial Environmental Research Lab./
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
CML(919)541-2821
FTS 8-629-2821
MERL/Cin Municipal Environmental Research Lab./
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)684-7951
OEET/HQ 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 Office of Exploratory Research
(RD-675)
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7449
OHEA/HQ Office of Health and Environmental
Assessment
(RD-689)
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7317
OHR/HQ Office of Health Research
(RD-683)
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-5900
OMSQA/HQ Office of Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance
(RD-680)
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-5767
RSKERL/Ada Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab./
Ada, OK
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2011 SW-967
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Key Contacts
Abbott, Jim
Akland, G.
Anderson, Charles
Bailey, George
Earth, Ed
Basilico, James
Biesinger, Kenneth
Bishop, Fred
Black, Frank
Booth, Robert
Bowen, Joshua
Bradow, Frances
Bradow, Ron
Brungs, Bill
Budde, William
Bull, Richard J.
Christiansen, Alden
Clements, John
Cook, Philip M.
Cordle, Steven
Costa, Charles
Cupitt, Larry
Daly, Phyllis
Dick, Marshall
Dickerson, Richard
Dimitriades, Basil
Donaldson, William
Dorsey, J.
Dostal, Ken
Dourson, Michael
Telephone
CML(919)541-3443
FTS 8-629-3443
CML(919)541-2346
FTS 8-629-2346
CML(404)546-3183
FTS 8-250-3183
CML(404)546-3307
FTS 8-250-3307
(513)684-7641
(202)382-2583
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9524
(513)684-7629
CML(919)541-3037
FTS 8-629-3037
(513)684-7301
CML(919)541-2470
FTS 8-629-2470
CML(919)541-3797
FTS 8-629-3797'
CML(919)541-3037
FTS 8-629-3037
CML(401)789-1071
FTS 8-838-4843
(513)684-7309
CML(919)541-7401
FTS 8-629-7401
(513)684-7486
CML(919)541-2454
FTS 8-629-2454
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9523
(202)382-5940
CML(702)798-2305
FTS 8-545-2305
CML(919)541-2878
FTS 8-629-2878
(202)382-5776
(202)382-2604
CML(919)541-2909
FTS 8-629-2909
CML(919)541-2706
FTS 8-629-2706
CML(404)546-3134
FTS 8-250-3134
CML(919)541-2509
FTS 8-629-2509
(513)684-7502
(513)684-7573
Duke, Tom
Durham, Bill
Durham, Jack
Eaton, John
Elder, Joe
Ellison, Al
Enos, Henry F.
Evans, Roy
Farrell, Joseph
Foley, Gary
Gerber, Carl
Gibb, Herman
Grinder, Gregory
Hall, Clinton W.
Hangebrauck, R. P.
Harlin, Curtis
Hauser, Thomas
Hendricks, Charles W.
Hertzberg, Richard
Hill, Ronald D.
Holland, Mary
Holmes, Robert
Jakobson, Kurt
Jaworski, Norbert A.
Keeler, George
Keeley, Jack W.
Keith, William
Kew, Gregory
Koutsandreas, John
Kreissl, James
Krishnan, Bala
Kuroda, Donna
Lavappa, K. S.
CML(904)932-5311
FTS 8-686-9011
CML(919)541-2909
FTS 8-629-2909
CML(919)541-2183
FTS 8-629-2183
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9557
CML(919)541-2771
FTS 8-629-2771
CML(919)541-2191
FTS 8-629-2191
CML(904)932-5311
FTS 8-686-9011
CML(703)798-2100
FTS 8-545-2100
(513)684-7645
(202)382-7445
(202)382-7449
(202)382-7349
(202)382-5986
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2224
CML(919)541-4134
FTS 8-629-4134
(202)382-2631
CML(919)541-2106
FTS 8-629-2106
(202)382-5960
(513)684-7531
(513)684-7861
(202)382-7340
(202)382-5790
(202)382-2591
CML(218)727-6692
FTS 8-783-9550
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2212
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2210
(202)382-5945
(202)382-7355
(203)382-5791
(513)684-7614
(202)382-2583
(202)382-7337
(202)382-7333
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Lewtas, Joellen
Liberick, Wally
Lichtenberg, James
Logsdon, Gary
McCarty, Bill
McGaughy, Robert
Medz, Robert
Hugh McKinnon
Mobley, David
Moghissi, Alan
Morehouse, Karen
Murphy, Tom
Myers, L.
Oppelt, E.
Ott, Wayne
Pashayan, Deran
Pepelko, William
Peterson, Spencer
Pfaff, Jack
Plost, Charles
Plyler, Everett
Preston, Eric
Puzak, John
Raub, James
CML(919)541-3849
FTS 8-629-3849
(513)684-7774
(513)684-7306
(513)684-7345
(202)382-2625
(202)382-7315
(202)382-5788
(202)382-5893
CML(919)541-2578
FTS 8-629-2578
(202)382-5991
(202)382-5895
CML(503)757-4601
FTS 8-420-4601
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2202
(513)684-7696
(202)382-5743
(202)382-5988
(513)684-7531
CML(503)757-4794
FTS 8-420-4794
(513)684-7307
(202)382-5789
CML(919)541-2918
FTS 8-629-2918
CML(503)757-4601
FTS 8-420-4636
CML(919)541-2188
FTS 8-629-2188
CML(919)541-4157
FTS 8-629-4157
Rey, George
Richitt, Paul
Robeck, Gordon
Robeson, Ross
Sanders, Walt
Schomaker, N.
Schweitzer, Glenn
Shackelford, J. M.
Shira, Glenn
Snelling, Robert
Thacker, Henry R.
Thomas, Nelson
Tilton, Beverly
Tucker, Eugene
Ulvedal, Frode
Wallace, Lance
Weber, Cornelius
Weber, David
Wilhour, Ray
Williams, Sam
Winter, John
Wiser, Herbert
Wood, Marvin
(202)382-2628
CML(702)798-2203
FTS 8-545-2203
(513)684-7201
CML(702)798-2611
FTS 8-545-2611
CML(404)546-3171
FTS 8-250-3171
(513)684-7871
CML(702)798-2100
FTS 8-545-2525
(202)382-5795
(202)382-2570
CML(702)798-2260
FTS 8-545-2260
(202)382-2631
CML(218)727-9702
FTS 8-783-9702
CML(919)541-4161
FTS 8-629-4161
CML(919)541-2745
FTS 8-629-2745
(202)382-5891
(202)382-5798
(513)684-7336
(202)382-5982
CML(503)757-4634
FTS 8-420-4634
(202)382-5979
(513)684-7325
(202)382-7676
CML(405)332-8800
FTS 8-743-2226
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ORD 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 De-
velopment.
Finally, for further information regarding EPA re-
search publications, or for additional copies of this
report, please contact;
Director, Michael L. Mastracci (202)382-7667
Staff Assistant, Frances M. Duttkin
Regional Services Staff (RD-674)
Washington, DC 20460
Regional Liaison Officers
Region I
Richard A. Voyer
Environ. Res. Lab.
Environmental Protection Agency
Nanagansett, RI 02882
CML(401)789-1071
FTS 8-838-4843
Region 2
Gerald Rausa
Regional Services Staff
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7667
Region 3 and 5
Morris Altschuler
Regional Services Staff
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7667
Region 4
Si Duk Lee (MD-52)
ECAO
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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CML(919)541-4159
FTS 8-629-4159
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Region 4 and 7 Douglas Kreis CML(405)332-2303
R. S. Kerr Environ. Res. Lab. FTS 8-743-2303
Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
Region 8 and 10 Marvin O. Allum CML(503)757-4736
Environ. Res. Lab. FTS 8-420-4736
Environmental Protection Agency
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330
Region 10 Gilbert D. Potter CML[702)798-2321
Environ. Monit. Sys. Lab. FTS 8-545-2321
Environmental Protection Agency
P. O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
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EPA Regional Offices
Region 1
Environmental Protection Agency
Room 2203
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
Regional Administrator
Michael R. Deland
Deputy Regional Administrator
Paul G. Keough (Acting)
Office of Public Affairs Director
David Pickman (Acting)
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
(617)223-7210
(617)223-5424
(617)223-5779
Region 2
Environmental Protection Agency New Jersey
Room 1009 New York
26 Federal Plaza Puerto Rico
New York, New York 10278 Virgin Islands
Regional Administrator
Jacqueline E. Schafer (212)264-2525
Deputy Regional Administrator
Richard T. Dewling (212)264-0396
Office of Public Affairs Director
James R. Marshall (212)264-4913
Region 3
Environmental Protection Agency
Curtis .Building
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Regional Administrator
Thomas P Eichler
Deputy Regional Administrator
Stanley L. Laskowski (Acting)
Office of Public Affairs Director
George Bochanski
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
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Regional Administrator
Charles R. Jeter
Deputy Regional Administrator
John A. Little
Office of Public Affairs Director
Frank Redmond
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
CML(404)881-4727
FTS 8-257-4727
CML(404)881-4727
FTS 8-257-4727
CML(404)881-3004
FTS 8-257-3004
Region 5
Environmental Protection Agency
230 S. Dearborn
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Regional Administrator
Valdas V. Adamkus
Deputy Regional Administrator
Alan Levin
Office of Public Affairs Director
Kathy Brown
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
(312)353-2000
(312)353-2000
(312)353-2072
Region 6
Environmental Protection Agency
1201 Elm Street
First International Building
Dallas, Texas 75270
Regional Administrator
Dick Whittington
Deputy Regional Administrator
Frances E. Phillips
Office of Public Affairs Director
(Vacant)
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
CML(214)767-2600
FTS 8-729-2600
CML(214)767-2600
FTS 8-729-2600
CML(214)767-2630
FTS 8-729-2630
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Region 7
Environmental Protection Agency
324 E. llth Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Regional Administrator
Morris Kay
Deputy Regional Administrator
William W. Rice
Office of Public Affairs Director
Rowena Michaels
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
CML(816)374-5493
FTS 8-758-5493
CML(816)374-5495
FTS 8-758-5495
CML(816)374-5894
FTS 8-758-5894
Region 8
Environmental Protection Agency
Suite 900
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80295
Regional Administrator
John G. Welles
Deputy Regional Administrator
Seth C. Hunt
Office of Public Affairs Director
Judith A. Herb
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Datoka
Utah
Wyoming
CML(303)837-3895
FTS 8-327-3895
CML(303)837-3895
FTS 8-327-3895
CML(303)837-5927
FTS 8-327-5927
Environmental Protection Agency
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Regional Administrator
John C. Wise (Acting)
Deputy Regional Administrator
John C. Wise
Office of Public Affairs Director
Al Zemsky (Acting)
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
(415)454-8153
(415)454-8153
(415)454-8083
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Region 10
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 6th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
Regional Administrator
Ernesta B. Barnes
Deputy Regional Administrator
L. Edwin Coate
Office of Public Affairs
Anita Frankel, Director
Alaska
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
CML(206)442-5810
FTS 8-399-5810
CML(206)442-1220
FTS 8-399-1220
CML(206)442-1464
FTS 8-399-1464
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