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TABLE OF CONTENTS
USEPA Organization Chart ii
ORD Organization Chart .-. iii
Directory Description 1
Office of Technology Transfer and Regulatory Support ....2
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment 5
Human Health Assessment Group 8
Exposure Assessment Group 10
Office of Exploratory Research 12
Office of Health Research 15
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research 17
Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance 19
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology Demonstration 22
Center for Environmental Research Information 25
Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory 27
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory 30
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Cincinnati 33
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas 35
Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory 39
Health Effects Research Laboratory 42
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office - RTF 45
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office - Cincinnati 47
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory 49
Environmental Research Laboratory - Corvallis .52
Environmental Research Laboratory-Gulf Breeze 54
Environmental Research Laboratory - Duluth 56
Environmental Research Laboratory - Athens 58
Environmental Research Laboratory - Narragansett > 60
Expertise Index 62
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U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Organization Chart
Staff Offices:
Administrative Law Judges
Clvtl Rights
Small & Disadvantage Business Utilization
Science Advisory Board
Executive Support
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management
Administrator
AdSrtttor
Assistant
Administrator for
Administration and
Resources Management
Office of the
Comptroller
Office of
Administration
Office of Information
Resources Management
Office of Human
Resources Management
Office of Administration
& Resource Management
HTP.NC
Office of Administration
& Resource Management
Cincinnati, OH
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Assistant
Administrator for
Enforcement
Off Ice of Criminal
Enforcement
Office of Compliance
Analysis and Program
Operations
Office of Civil
Enforcement
Office of Federal
Activities
National Enforcement
Investigations Center
(NEC) Denver, CO
Office of Federal
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General
Counsel
Air and Radiation
Division
Grants, Contracts and
General Law Division
Inspector General
Division
Pesticides and Toxic
Substances Division
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Division
Water Division
Facilities Enforcement
Assistant
Administrator for
Policy, Planning
and Evaluation
Office of
Policy Analysis
Office of Regulatory
- Management and
Evaluation
Office of Pollution
Prevention
Assistant
Administrator for
International
Activities
VM
International
Cooperation
Division
International
Issues
Division
Program
Operations
Division
Inspector
General
Office of
Audits
Office of
Investigations
Office of Management
and Technical
Assessment
Assistant Administrator
for Water
Assistant Administrator
for Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Office of Program
Management
Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and
Prevention Office
Technology
Innovation
Office
Office of Emergency
and Remedial
Response (Superfund)
Off ice of Solid
Waste
Office of Underground
Storage Tanks
Office of Waste
Programs Enforcement
Assistant Administrator
for Air and Radiation
Office of Program
Management
Operations
Office of Policy
Analysis and Review
Office of Atmospheric
and Indoor Air
Programs
Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards
RTP.NC
Off ice of Mobile
Sources
Office of
Radiation Programs
Assistant Administrator
for Pesticides and
Toxic Substances
MW
Office of Program
Management
Operations
Office of
Toxic Substances
Office of Compliance
Monitoring
Office of
Pesticides Programs
Assistant Administrator
for Research and
Development
Office of Research
Program Management
Office of Technology
Transfer and Regulatory
Support
Office of Exploratory
Research
IOfkaofEnvfronmntt I
Engineering and Technology I
Demonstration I
Office of
Health Research
I Office of Environmental
Processes and
Effects Research
Office of Health
and Environmental
Assessment
Office of Modeling.
Monitoring Systems and
Quality Assurance
Region I
Boston
Region II
New York
Region III
Philadelphia
Region IV
Atlanta
Region V
Chicago
Region VI
Region VII
Kansas City
Region VIII
Denver
Region IX
San Francisco
Region X
Seattle
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Office of Research
Program Management
Clarence Mahan, Dir.
Risk Assessment
Forum
Dorothy Patton, Dir.
Assistant Administrator tor Research
and Development
Erich Bretthauer*
Deputy Assistant Administrator
John H. Skinner*
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Olfice of Modeling,
Monitoring Systems &
Quality Assurance
H. Matthew Bills, * Oir.
Program Operations
StaH
Paul Palm, Dir.
Quality Assurance
Management Staff
Nancy Wentworth,
"Dir.
Modeling &
Monitoring System
Staff
Frederick Kutz, Dir.
Atmospheric
Research & Exposure
Assessment
Lab.,Research
Triangle Park, NC
Gary Foley. Dir.
Environmental
Monitoring Systems
Lab, Cincinnati, OH
Tom Clark, Dir.
Environmental
Monitoring Systems
Lab.,Las Vegas, NV
Robert Snelling,* Dir.
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Office of Environmental
Engineering & Technology
Demonstration
Fred Lindsey, Dir.
Program Management
Staff
Alfred Galli, Dir.
Program Development
Staff
Greg Ondich, Dir.
Air & Energy
Engineering Research
Lab., Research Triangle
Park, NC
Frank Princiotta, Dir.
Risk Reduction
Engineering Lab.,
Cincinnati, OH
Timothy Oppelt, Dir.
* Acting
Office of Exploratory
Research
Roger S. Cortesi, Dir.
Office of Technology
Transfer & Regulatory
Support
Peter Preuss, Dir.
Office of Environmental
Processes & Effects Research
Courtney Riordan, Dir.
Program Operations
Staff
Patricia Neuchatz, Dir.
Terrestrial & dround
Water Staff
Robert Swank, "Dir.
Marine, Freshwater &
Modeling Staff
Jack Durham, Dir.
Environmental Research
Lab., Corvallis, OR
Thomas Murphy, Dir.
Environmental Research
Lab., Athens, GA
Rosemarie Russo, Dir.
Environmental Research
Lab., Dululh, MN
Gilman Veith, Dir.
Environmental Research
Lab., Narraganselt, Rl
Norbert Jaworski, Dir.
Environmental Research
Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL
Robert Menzer, Dir.
R. S. Kerr Environmental
Research Lab., Ada, OK
Clinton Hall, Dir.
Office of Health
Research
Ken Sexton, Dir.
Health Research
Management Staff
Mary Radzikowski,
Dir.
Health Effects
Research Lab.,
Research Triangle
Park, NC
Lawrence Reiter, Dir.
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Office of Health &
Environmental Assessment
William Farland, Dir.
Program Operations
Staff
Barry Goldfarb, Dir.
Program Liaison
Staff
Jerry Moore, Dir.
Technical Information
Staff
Marie Pfaff, Dir.
Human Health
Assessment Group
Hugh McKinnon, Dir.
Exposure Assessment
Group
Michael Callahan, Dir.
Environmental Criteria
& Assessment Office,
Research Triangle Park,
NC
Lester Grant, Dir.
Environmental Criteria
& Assessment Office,
Cincinnati, OH
Chris DeRosa* Dir.
Center for Environmental Research
Information, Cincinnati, OH
Calvin Lawrence, Dir.
Ill
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Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Hie Office of Research and Development conducts an
Agency-wide integrated program of research and development
relevant to pollution sources and control, transport and fate
processes, health and ecological effects, measurement and
monitoring, and risk assessment Theoffice rigorously dissemi-
nates its scientific and technical knowledge and upon request
provides technical reviews, expert consultations, technical as-
sistance and advice to environmental decision makers in fed-
eral, state, local, and foreign governments.
The ORD implements its activities through its Washing-
ton, DC, headquarters' offices and associated laboratories and
field locations (see organizational chart). The programs, areas
of expertise, and primary contacts in each of the major ORD
operations are conveyed in the following directory. These
information sheets are made available in an effort to improve
communication and technology transfer with our clients.
In addition, information may be obtained from the follow-
ing offices in Washington, DC. ORD publications may be
requested from the Center for Environmental Research Infor-
mation in Cincinnati, OH.
Clients are urged to make direct contacts. If help or
coordination is needed to properly access the listed operations,
directory assistance can be easily obtained by contacting the
Office of Technology Transfer and Regulatory Support in
Washington, DC, on (COM) 202-382-7669 or (FTS) 8-382-
7669.
Office of Health Research
Office of Environmental
Commercial
202-382-5900
202-382-5950
FTS
8-382-5900
8-382-5950
Processes and Effects Research
Office of Modeling, 202-382-5767
Monitoring Systems and
Quality assurance
Office of Health and 202-382-7317
Environmental Assessment
Office of Research 202-382-7500
Program Management
Office of Environmental Engineering 202-382-2600
and Technology Demonstration
Office of Exploratory Research 202-382-5750
Office of Technology 202-382-7669
Transfer and Regulatory
Support
Center for Environmental 513-569-7562
Research Information
8-382-5767
8-382-7317
8-382-7500
8-382-2600
8-382-5750
8-382-7669
8-684-7562
For additional help in contacting ORD headquarters' offices, call the EPA HEADQUARTERS LOCATOR at
COM: 202-382-2090 or FTS: 8-382-2090 (before September 1,1991)
COM: 202-260-2090 or FTS: 8-260-2090 (after September 1,1991)
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Office of Technology Transfer and Regulatory Support
Peter W.Preuss,
Director
FTS 382-7669
COM 202-382-7669
E-Mail EPA8550
The Office of Technology Transfer and Regulatory Sup-
port (OTTRS) has three main functions:
analysis and integration of scientific and
technological information in the development of
regulations,
managing the delivery of ORD products and
services through an organized program of
technology transfer and technical information
exchange, and
promoting the EPA Regions' interests in Agency
research activities.
The Director advises ORD's Assistant Administrator on:
(1) matters concerning the scientific and technical aspects of
Agency-wide regulatory and enforcement issues; (2) methods
to enhance overall ORD effectiveness through technical infor-
mation exchange, technology transfer, implementation of the
Technology Transfer Act of 1986; and (3) efforts to support the
science and technology needs of the regional offices. There are
three headquarters staffs, in addition to the Center for Envi-
ronmental Research Information, that are responsible for
implementing ORD's goal of broadening the impact of the
Agency's research on environmental quality.
The Regulatory Staff responsibilities are to:
analyze, integrate, and communicate policy
issues and research requirements,
make sure ORD evaluates and contributes to the
scientific basis of regulatory actions, and
coordinate ORD's involvement in regulatory
activities.
The Technology Transfer Staff responsibilities are to:
administer EPA's implementation of the Federal
Technology Transfer Act of 1986,
identify innovative ways to channel ORD
information and technology to decision makers
both inside and outside EPA,
evaluatetheneedsofstateandlocalenvironmental
decision makers for ORD products and support
programs to deliver those products, and
develop policy guidance for ORD offices and
laboratories on improving the "transferability" of
their work and coordinate those efforts among the
different ORD groups when necessary.
401 M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: H8105
FAX: FTS 252-0106
The Regional Operations Staff responsibilities are to:
serve as the liaison among regional offices and
ORD offices and laboratories,
identify regional research requirements,
assist regions with achieving short- and long-
term researchgoals by representing them in ORD's
planning and budgeting process,
administer ORD's Regional Scientist Program,
and
coordinate ORD's Superfund technical liaison
program to foster a strong working relationship
between ORD Laboratory scientists and the
regional Superfund staff.
Program Activities
The OTTRS regulatory support staff is a focal point for the
program offices' interaction with ORD. The staff provides
assistance to and coordination with other offices in the Agency
in their regulatory activities, ensuring that ORD scientists
review the technical and scientific basis for regulations. The
regulatory support staff develops cross-media research strate-
gies in areas, such as ground water, that cross traditional
program and laboratory organization structures. OTTRS has
taken the lead in ensuring ORD input into Agency-wide work
being done on lead in drinking water, indoor air, ecology, and
pollution prevention in Antarctica. The staff provides early and
active ORD analysis of legislation and initiatives such as the
Clean Air Act, Pollution Prevention, and Risk Assessment.
The staff develops strategies for working with other offices,
such as Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, that have not
been traditional ORD clients.
As the regulatory support staff works within the Agency to
bring ORD into activities, the technology transfer staff pro-
motes ORD science and information to the broadest possible
audience outside the Agency. There are many complex envi-
ronmental issues facing states and municipalities that lend
themselves to solutions that can be provided through aggressive
EPA technology transfer programs. The OTTRS technology
transfer staff has taken the lead in developing and advocating
biotechnology initiatives, environmental education resources
for all levels of students, small community outreach, and
electronic information services such as the ORD bulletin board
system.
Many of the ORD products are already available in the
form of documents or workshop manuals. It is the Technology
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Transfer staffs role to find additional users of the information
and unique or customized ways to present it. The areas of
pollution prevention, risk assessment modeling, international
technology transfer, and communications have been particu-
larly fruitful opportunities for technology transfer activities.
Through the Agency's program for the implementation of the
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, ORD resources,
through joint efforts with the private sector, are more fully
utilized.
Traditionally, ORD has been very responsive to ad hoc
requests for technical assistance. Regional research needs,
however, have not received the priority attention that they
deserve in the ORD planning process. In order to foster a more
interactive relationship, we have established the ORD Regional
Scientist Program. Senior ORD scientists are assigned to work
in the EPA regional offices. Regional Scientists broker techni-
cal assistance in the regions and champion regional research
needs within ORD. Cooperative agreements with the National
Governor's Association, the National League of Cities, and the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials provide us
with additional insight into better serving state and local clients.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-7669
COM 202-382-7669
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Regional Operations Staff
Regulatory Support Staff
Regional Scientist
Program
Superfund Technical
Liason Program
1
Technology Transfer Staff
Center for Environmental
Research Information
Air Team
Water Team
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Toxic/Pesticide Team
Hazardous Waste Team
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Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Peter W. Preuss, Director
Jay Benforado, Deputy Director
Telephone*
7669
7669
Area of Expertise
Risk assessment
Technology Transfer Staff
Michael Moore, Director
Ronald Slotkin
Mary Wigginton
Larry Fradkin
7671
7671
7671
8-684-7960
Technology transfer research and planning
Information support
Federal Technology Transfer Act
Regional Operations Staff
David Klauder, Director
Jerry Carman
Ron Landy
Regulatory Support Staff
Jay Benforado, Director
Air Team
Kevin Teichman, Chief
Stan Durkee
Stacy Katz
Bob Fegley
7667
7667
7667
7669
7669
Superfund Technical Liaison Program
Regional Scientist Program Coordinator
Global change; indoor air; radiation
Mobile sources; municipal waste; particles
Clean Air Act amendments; lead; acid aerosols
Clean Air Act amendments; air toxics; ozone
Hazardous Waste Team
Joe DeSantis, Chief
Becky Madson
Darlene Williams
Becky Daiss
Toxic/Pesticide Team
Herman Gibb, Chief
Vivian Prunier
David Cleverly
Michael Troyer
Water Team
Ronnie Levin, Chief
Amy Mills
Gail Robarge
Bumell Vincent
7891
7891
7891
RCRA implementation; regulation development
Risk assessment; Superfund
Chemical accident prevention; hazardous waste;
mining waste; medical waste
Solid waste; plastics; pollution prevention; FCCSET
Research committee activities; non-cancer risk
assessment; reference dose (RFD) activities
Pesticide risk/registration; food safety
CFCs; toxic investigation; air toxics; incineration;
dioxin
Endangered species; eco-toxics; FIFRA;
pesticide review
Lead; drinking water
Ground water
Agricultural chemicals; drinking water
Sewage sludge; sediment; non-point sources
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
William H. Farland,
Director
FTS 382-7315
COM 202-382-7315
E-Mail EPA8040
The Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
(OHEA) is EPA's focal point for the scientific assessment of the
degree of risks imposed by environmental pollutants in varying
exposure situations on human health and ecological systems.
OHEA occupies a critical position in the Office of Research and
Development(ORD) between: (1) the researchers in otherORD
components who are generating new findings and data, and (2)
the regulators in the EPA program offices and regions who must
make regulatory, enforcement, and remedial action decisions.
In support of its mission to provide the Agency with assess-
ments of risk to human health and the environment, OHEA
carries out three functions:
Prepare human health risk assessments that serve
as the scientific bases for regulatory and
enforcement decisions within the Agency.
Help promote Agency-wide coordination and
consistency of risk assessments through the
preparation of guidelines; by providing expert
advice, reviews, and data analysis; and by
participating in the regulatory decision process.
Plan and conduct research to reduce uncertainties
in risk assessment As the primary client for the
results of this research, OHEA, in cooperation
with other offices, plans research projects that are
carried out by other ORD organizations (e.g.,
Health Effects Research Laboratory) as well as
through its own selected extramural projects.
Program Activities
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-689
FAX: FTS 252-0393
of population exposure to indoor air pollutants;
and developing biological contaminant
measurement methods.
Water
Air
Evaluate research findings concerning health
effects of hazardous air pollutants, including
background information on physical and chemical
properties, sources, emissions, transport and
transformation, and ambientconcentrations. Such
assessments also evaluate the effects of motor
vehicle emissions, fuels, and additives.
Review criteria for setting National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur oxides,
paniculate matter, nitrogen oxides, ozone and
other photochemical oxidants, carbon monoxide,
and lead.
Assess risks from indoor air pollutants. This
includes updating and revising the Indoor Air
Pollution Information Assessment and the Indoor
Air Reference Data Base; determining the extent
* Assess the health effects of exposure to drinking
water contaminants by evaluating scientific data
describing the physical and chemical properties,
the pharmacokinetics, the health effects in animals
and humans, and the mechanisms of toxicity.
Assess the risk of human exposure to toxic
chemicals, and evaluate site-specific health
hazards for ambient waters as required by the
states and EPA.
Provide risk assessment methodologies for
chemicals and pathogens in support of regulatory
decision making on the use and disposal of
municipal sludge.
Hazardous Waste
Provide health and environmental effects
documents to support RCRA 3001 listing
decisions and the land disposal restriction program
in the form of reference dose documentation.
Develop methods for assessing risks from
hazardous and municipal waste treatment and
disposal techniques and waste minimization
options.
Develop PC-based systems that will permit risk
assessors to conduct risk assessments and assess
options for corrective measures.
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals
Assist the Office of Pesticide Programs in health
risk assessments for cancer, mutagenicity,
reproductive and developmental effects, and
exposure assessment.
Assist the Office of Toxic Substances in health
risk assessments for cancer, mutagenicity,
reproductive and developmental effects, and in
exposure assessment to support decision making
under TSCA (i.e., existing chemical programs,
PMN review, and test guidelines and test rules
development).
Develop risk assessment methods for cancer/
noncancer effects in humans caused by exposure
to environmental chemicals.
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Provide guidance and support for exposure and
risk assessment regulatory decision making by
EPA through risk assessment guidelines, the Risk
Assessment Forum, and the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS).
Plan and fund extramural research to reduce
uncertainty in risk assessments through the
validation of assumptions about route-to-route
and species-to-species extrapolations, dose-rate
effects, dose-response models, biomarkers, and
gender equivalence, and by evaluating methods
for improving carcinogen risk assessment
Manage Agency-wide work groups that provide
consensus information on Reference Doses (RfDs)
or Agency agreed-upon Risk Estimates of
Carcinogenicity (RECs) for IRIS.
Superfund
Review site-, chemical-, and situation-specific
risk assessments to assist the program offices and
regions in evaluating Superfund alternative
courses of action.
Operate the Technical Support Center for health
and risk assessments to provide guidance and
information to regional and state offices associated
with the Superfund program.
Provide site- and chemical-specific health
assessments to support needs for the remedial
planning and cost recovery efforts.
Providechemical-specificdataoncarcinogenicity
and chronic effects to support program office
activities necessary to adjust, by regulation, the
Reportable Quantities (RQs) for hazardous
substances. These include listings in association
with Section 3001 of RCRA, designation of
Extremely Hazardous Substances as CERCLA
HazardousSubstances,supportfor designation of
new substances, and review of old RQ calculations.
Conduct research to fill information and
assessment gaps that exist in the various phases of
the Superfund public health evaluation process in
the areas of reproductive and developmental
toxicity, pharmacokinetics, exposure assessment
methods, and assessment of chemical mixtures.
Issues
OHEA's role has been evolving from being the primary
EPA office performing chemical-specific risk assessments to
an office that is a major force in assuring consistency and high
scientific quality in theriskandexposureassessments conducted
in other parts of the Agency, especially in the regions. In
addition, OHEA's role of being both a planner of and a client for
risk assessment-related research conducted throughout EPA
has been expanding. The risk assessments prepared by OHEA
are becoming multi-media, multi-effect documents. This evo-
lution will continue, and OHEA must seek ways of successfully
fulfilling these broader responsibilities in order to help keep
EPA in the forefront of this developing field of science.
Issues Related to Conducting Risk Assessments
OHEA's initial assessment of lead developed as part of the
office's mandate to prepare Criteria Documents for the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards Program. From that work we
began torecognizethattheadverseeffectsofleadon neurological
and intellectual development can be seen at lower and lower
doses-to the point that lead can be considered a nonthreshold
pollutant for those effects. OHEA's work on the lead criteria
document brought about its involvement in several other areas
such as:
the development of the Maximum Contaminant
Level in drinking water for the Drinking Water
Criteria Document,
involvement in the congressionally-mandated
study of effects of lead in children and in
demonstration projects for its removal from soils
in urban areas,
the request from the Department of Housing and
Urban Development to provide assistance in
removal of lead-based paint from homes, and
the principal role in evaluating whether lead should
be considered a suspect carcinogen, and whether
thecritical health effectisitscarcinogenicpotential
or its neurological effects.
OHEA is likely to see changes in emphasis in the air
medium. OHEA is continuing work on assessing risks from
acid aerosols in support of OAQPS' consideration of acid
aerosols as another criteria pollutant More work is being
requested in the area of indoor air as we realize that risks from
exposure to indoor air pollutants may be greater than the risks
from exposure to ambient outdoor air. Finally, because of
amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990, we will very likely
see a significant increase in OHEA work in the area of hazard-
ous air pollutants.
Issues Related to Risk Assessment Research
OHEA influences research efforts to reduce uncertainties
in risk assessment. It provides direction to such research and
must work with other ORD offices to incorporate research
results into its ongoing agenda of risk assessment documents,
its assessment guidelines, and the databases used throughout
the Agency. ORD is pursuing research efforts in understanding
ecological risk and in improving exposure assessment. Phar-
macokinetics, model validation, and reducing the uncertainty in
exposure assessment are areas of future research.
OHEA pursues research to understand the effects and
interactions of chemical mixtures and complex exposures and
is using this information to develop techniques for assessing
risks from such mixtures and exposures. We are cooperating
with other ORD offices in assessing environmental risk and
developing techniques for comparing risks of different reme-
dial strategies and risk reduction techniques across media, and
across different health and environmental effects.
OHEA is an important client for research conducted by the
other ORD offices and, in cooperation with these offices, plans
needed research to be conducted by ORD. The ultimate result
of such enhanced planning will be research findings that are
better targeted to the needs of the risk assessors.
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Issues Related to Providing Guidance and
Consistency to Agency Risk Assessment Activities
OHEA has provided scientific leadership to Agency work
groups developing risk assessment guidelines under the Risk
Assessment Forum.
Five guidelines were published in 1986. Still underway
are: additions and amendments to the existing guidelines
(exposure measurement, developmental toxicity amendments,
carcinogen guidelines revisions), and new efforts in reproduc-
tive toxicity, neurotoxicity, quantitative assessment of chronic
effects, and development of guidelines for assessing ecological
risk.
fhe conduct of risk assessment has become more and more
decentralized as many of the remedial and regulatory programs
have shifted to site-specific concerns, e.g., hazardous waste
facilities and Superfund site cleanups. As a result, a critical
issue is managing the flow of risk assessment information. Five
such activities are illustrative:
OHEA manages the Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS) which provides consensus risk
assessment information to those conducting risk
assessments. This function includes chairing the
Reference Dose (RfD) and Cancer Risk
Assessment Verification Endeavor (CRAVE)
Work Groups, which verify the information,
develop the consensus profiles, and support users.
A work group has been established to develop
methods for, and begin verifying, inhalation
Reference Concentrations (RfCs). The IRIS
database started as an E-Mail based system, was
recentlymadeavailableonTOXNET(theNational
Library ofMedicine'sToxicologyDataNetwork),
and is being converted to a PC-based system.
Currently, there are about400 different chemicals
on the system.
OHEA works with OAQPS in managing (he Air
Risk Information Support Center (AirRISQ.
AirRISC assists state and local air pollution control
agencies and EPA regional offices on technical
matters pertaining to health, exposure, and risk
assessment for toxic air pollutants. Its primary
goal is to obtain information and provide
assistance in the review and interpretation of that
information.
OHEA chairs the governmental advisory group
to, and is the major source of funding for, the
National Academy of. Sciences' Committee on
RiskAssessmentMethodology(CRAM). CRAM
will address the inconsistencies, limitations, and
uncertainties in risk assessments conducted by
different government agencies by using NAS'
auspices to resolve key scientific issues,
uncertainties, and problems in using risk
assessment at the highest level of scientific
credibility.
OHEA has provided the lead on the
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology
(DART) Database, a literature database that
includes citations from reproductive and
developmental toxicology. The database is an
outgrowth of a narrower one on teratology alone
(the Environmental Teratology Information
Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and is
accessible through the National Library of
Medicine's TOXNET system.
OHE A has established a new Technical Support
Center for Health and Risk Assessment for
Superfund to provide a contact point for
dissemination of health and risk assessment
information to regional and state officials and
private organizations involved in Superfund. It is
one of five such centers ORD operates.
Technical
Information Staff
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-7315
COM 202-382-7315
Program Operations
Staff
Program Liaison
Staff
Human Health
Assessment Group
Exposure
Assessment Group
Environmental Criteria
and Assessment Office
Research Triangle Park,
NC
Environmental Criteria
and Assessment Office
Cincinnati, OH
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Human Health Assessment Group
Hugh McKinnon,
Director
FTS 382-5898
COM 202-382-5898
E-Mail EPA8045
The Human Health Assessment Group develops human
health risk assessments and reviews assessments developed
elsewhere in EPA; participates in the development and imple-
mentation of EPA's risk assessment guidelines, including
guidelines training courses; and performs research to improve
health risk assessments. The Group also provides advice on the
health risks associated with suspected cancer-causing agents
and the risks associated with chemicals suspected of causing
mutagenic and adverse developmental and reproductive effects.
Expertise is provided in the following areas:
Carcinogen Assessment Statistics and
Epidemiology: health risks associated with
suspected cancer-causing agents as interpreted
from epidemiology data and the statistical analysis
of both human and animal data.
Carcinogen Assessment Toxicology: health risks
associated with suspected cancer-causing agents
as interpreted from animal toxicology and
pathology data.
401 M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-689
FAX: FTS 245-3803
Genetic Toxicology Assessment: health risks
associated with suspected genotoxins as
interpreted from in vitro, experimental animal,
and human data; and provides a focus on health
risk issues related to the molecular and cellulSr
determinants of environmentally induced diseases.
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology.
health risks associated with suspected reproductive
and developmental toxicants as interpreted from
in vitro, experimental animal, and human data.
TechnicalAssistance: technical assistance to state
and local health and pollution control agencies,
regional offices, other U.S. Governmental
agencies, and the international community on
matters pertaining to health and risk assessments,
including assistance to the Agency's Air RISC
Support Center and Superfund Technical Support
Center; revisions to proposed and final regulations
and guidance documents for various agency and
regional offices; and risk assessments for EPA
program and regional offices and state agencies.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-5898
COM 202-382-5898
Carcinogen
Assessment
Statistics and
Epidemiology
Carcinogen
Assessment
Toxicology
Genetic
Toxicology
Assessment
Reproductive and
Developmental
Toxicology
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Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Hugh McKinnon, Director
Charles Ris, Deputy Director
Robert McGaughy, Senior Scientist
Telephone*
5898
5898
5898
Carcinogen Assessment
Statistics and Epidemiology Branch
V. James Cogliano, Chief 3814
Carcinogen Assessment
Toxicology Branch
Jean Parker, Chief 5898
Genetic Toxicology
Assessment Branch
Vicki Dellarco, Chief 7336
Reproductive and
Developmental Toxicology Branch
Babasaheb (Bob) Sonawane, Chief 7495
Area of Expertise
Preventive medicine, including environmental and
occupational medicine; public health practice;
environmental health policy and management
Risk assessment methods; cancer risk assessment;
risk assessment/management policy
Risk assessment (all phases) for chemical carcino-
gens; toxicology; medical problems in manned space
flight; basic physics; spectroscopy; modelling
epidemiology; radiation
Cancer risk estimation; biostatistics; epidemiology;
pharmacokinetics; mathematical modelling; com-
puter simulation
Toxicologic and carcinogenic effects of agents; risk
assessment methodology; pharmacology; metabolism
pathology; biochemistry; human physiology
Mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis;
genetic risk assessment; genetics; biochemistry;
molecular and cellular biology; biotechnology
Reproductive and developmental toxicology; neuro-
developmental toxicology; experimental design and
test methodology issues; epidemiology; qualitative
and quantitative approaches to risk assessment;
research to reduce uncertainties in risk assessment of
developmental and reproductive toxicants
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Exposure Assessment Group
Michael A. Callahan,
Director
FTS 475-8909
COM 202-475-8909
E-Mail EPA8048
Exposure Assessment Group provides advice on the expo-
sure characteristics and factors of agents that are suspected of
causing detrimental health effects; provides state-of-the-art
methodology, guidance, and procedures for exposure and rec-
ommendations concerning the exposure potential of specific
agents. The Exposure Assessment Group offers expertise in the
following areas:
Exposure Assessment Applications: performing
exposure assessments, applying exposure
assessment methods to site-specific cases,
reviewing Regional Superfund risk assessments,
and reviewing exposure assessments prepared by
other organizations.
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-689
FAX: FTS 475-7722
Exposure Assessment Methods: developing
methods for use in exposure assessments, chairing
Agency-wide work groups on subjects such as
guidelines development and related Risk
Assessment Forum topics, performing exposure
assessments, and reviewing exposure assessments
prepared by other organizations.
Technical Assistance: conducting exposure
assessment workshops for the regions and states
and providing peer review of regional and state
risk and exposure assessments and endangerment
assessments.
DIRECTOR
FTS 475-8909
COM 202-475-8909
Exposure Assessment
Applications
Exposure Assessment
Methods
Office of the Director
Michael A. Callahan, Director
Exposure Assessment
Applications Branch
Kevin Garrahan
Jacqueline Moya
Areas of Expertise
Telephone* Area of Expertise
8909
2588**
2385**
*FTS: 475-xxxx; COM: 202-475-xxxx
**FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
(continued)
Chemistry; exposure assessment
Environmental engineering; civil engineering;
landfill design; water treatment; hydrology
Chemical engineering; fish ingestion; exposure
scenarios; reviewing risk assessments; showering
exposures
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Karen Hammerstrom
Malcolm Fields
Sue Norton
Anne Sergeant
Amy Long
Exposure Assessment
Methods Branch
John Schaum
Matthew Lorber
Paul White
Russ Kinerson
Rich Walentowicz
Kim Chi Hoang
Telephone*
8919
8921
6955**
9376
8918
5988**
8924
2589**
8915
8922
2059**
Area of Expertise
Chemical engineering; dermal exposure; chemical
fate and transport
Hydrogeology; karst geology; groundwater investiga-
tion and remediation
Environmental science; ecological risk assessment;
wildlife factors; Superfund reasonable maximum
exposure (RME) scenario
Environmental science; soil science; ecological
assessments; wetlands; ecological indicators of risk
Environmental science; dermal absorption;
Superfund reasonable maximum exposure (RME)
scenario
Environmental engineering; exposure assessment;
dermal exposure
Agricultural engineering; pesticide exposure; fate
modeling; PCB; dioxin
Statistics; food ingestion; soil ingestion; uncertainty
analysis
Biology; plant uptake; exposure software; exposure
factors
Biomedical engineering; exposure software; model
selection; model validation; pharmacokinetics
Chemical engineering; pharmacokinetics; dermal
exposure
*FTS: 475-xxxx; COM: 202-475-xxxx
**FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Office of Exploratory Research
Roger S. Contest,
Director
FTS 382-5750
COM 202-382-5750
E-Mail EPA8030
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-675
FAX: FTS 252-0450
The Office of Exploratory Research (OER) is responsible
for planning, administering, managing and evaluating EPA's
exploratory research program in general and, in particular, its
extramural grant research in response to Agency priorities as
established by Agency planning mechanisms. It supports fun-
damental research aimed at developing a better basic scientific
understanding of the environment and its inherent problems
and entails close relations with the American environmental
research community. OER's main goals are:
to have the environmental research community
aware of and working on problems of interest to
EPA;
to promote close interaction and mutual awareness
between EPA researchers and the environmental
research community;
to provide general support to the research
community for work on fundamental
environmental research, thereby promoting a solid
foundation of knowledge for the country's large
applied environmental research program, a cadre
of scientific and technical personnel in the
environmental sciences, and an "over-the-horizon"
capability for identifying problems and solutions.
OER's goals are accomplished primarily through four
core programs: (a) a competitive investigator-initiated research
grants program, (b) an environmental research centers program,
(c) a small business innovation research (SBIR) program, and
(d) a visiting scientists program.
Program Activities
The Research Grants Program (RGP) -- supports research
initiated by individual investigators in areas of interest to the
Agency. Research proposals are solicited via two mechanisms:
(1) the general "Solicitation for Research Proposals," which is
published each year and invites proposals in six broadly defined
areas of environmental science and engineering; and (2) the
Request for Applications (RFA), which is a more targeted
solicitation mechanism that requests proposals in well-defined
areas of particular interest to the Agency such as global climate
change and hazardous substances. All proposals received in
response to either mechanism are subjected to external peer
review. In an effort to provide more support to minority insti-
tutions for the conduct of basic environmental research, the
Research Grants Program makes available pre-application as-
sistance for minority faculty at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) and members of the Hispanic Associa-
tion of Colleges and Universities (HACU) through its Minority
Institutions Assistance Program.
The Environmental Research Centers Program (ERCP) -
supports multidisciplinary research conducted in a university
setting and focused in areas of priority interest to EPA. The
research centers program has two components: the Academic
Research Centers Program (ARC) and the Hazardous Sub-
stance Research Centers Program (HSRC). The ARC program
was started in FY1980 and, since then, has provided continued
support to eight university-based research centers. These are:
the Center for Environmental Epidemiology, the Advanced
Environmental Control Technology Research Center, the In-
dustrial Waste Elimination Research Center, the Hazardous
Waste Research Center, the National Center for Intermedia
Transport Research, the Marine Science Research Center, the
National Center for Ground Water Research, and the Ecosys-
tems Research Center. This (1991) is the final year of operation
for these centers. A competition will be held in 1991 to select
four new academic research center consortia which will begin
operation in fiscal year 1992.
The HSRC program was started in FY 1989 with the
establishment of five university-based consortia to conduct
superfund research, training and technology transfer. The lead
institution for each consortia is: the New Jersey Institute of
Technology for Region Pair 1/2, the University of Michigan for
Region Pair 3/5, North Carolina State University for Region
Pair 4/6, Kansas State University for Region Pair 7/8, and
Stanford University for Region Pair 9/10.
The Small Business Innovation Research Program -- is
mandated by Public Law 97-219 which requires EPA to devote
1.25% of its extramural research and development budget to
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). The SBIR Pro-
gram supports, via contracts, small businesses with ideas rel-
evant to EPA's mission. The program focuses exclusively on
projects in control technology or process instrumentation de-
velopment. In FY 1988, the program was expanded to include
support for Superfund projects. It receives 1.25 percent of the
Agency's resources devoted to extramural Superfund research.
The Visiting Scientists Program (VSP) - is administered
in two components: (1) an Environmental Science and Engi-
neering Fellows Program (ESEFP) and (2) a Resident Research
Associateship Program (RRAP). The ESEFP is administered in
cooperation with the American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science (AAAS). Each year, under summer fellow-
ships, it supports ten mid-career post-doctoral scientists and
engineers at EPA headquarters and regional offices where they
conduct studies on hot topics. The RRAP is administered in
cooperation with the National Research Council (NRC) and
attracts national and international scientists and engineers to
EPA research laboratories for up to three years to collaborate
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with Agency researchers on important environmental issues.
In addition to the above core programs, OER administers
other programs which are also important to the accomplishment
of its goals. They include:
A Minority Fellowship Program ~ which awards fellow-
ships to college seniors and graduate students enrolled on a full-
time basis at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
member institutions of the Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities and majoring in curricula that could be applied
to the solution of environmental problems.
A Minority Summer Intern Program - which extends to
recipients of fellowships under the Minority Fellowship Pro-
gram the opportunity for hands-on experience in the area of
their academic training by way of a summer internship at EPA
or some other environmental organization.
The Agency's Senior Environmental Employment Pro-
gram (SEE) -- which utilizes the skills and talents of older
Americans to meet employment needs of environmental pro-
grams throughout EPA.
The Federal Workforce Training Program ~ which coor-
dinates ORD's participation in work force training programs
used by state and local governments.
An Experimental Program to Stimulate Competent Research
(EPSCoR) - which is dedicated to stimulating better research
and developing better researchers in those states which have
traditionally lacked a strong university-based research effort
and have, therefore, been relatively unsuccessful in garnering
Federal research support. This program was first initiated about
10 years ago by the National Science Foundation to redress this
imbalance. In fiscal year 1991, Congress has requested that
EPA initiate an EPSCoR program.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-5750
COM 202-382-5750
Research Grants Staff
FTS 382-7445
COM 202-382-7445
Senior Environmental
Employment and Workforce
Development Staff
FTS 382-5750
COM 202-382-5750
Centers and Special
Programs Staff
FTS 382-7473
COM 202-382-7473
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
Roger S. Cortesi, Director 5750
Science Review Administration
Clyde Bishop 7445
Deran Pashayan 7445
Louis Swaby 7445
Program Analysis
Virginia Broadway 7445
Alvin Edwards 7473
Ted Just 3573
Susan Street 2573
Robert Papetti, Director 7473
Area of Expertise
Environmental biology research grants;
environmental health research grants
Air chemistry and physics research grants; EPSCoR
Water chemistry and physics research grants;
engineering research grants
Minority institution assistance; minority student
fellowships
Program operations; minority summer internships;
research associateships
Workforce development
Manpower development
Exploratory research grants
Karen Morehouse, Director
Dale Manty, Director
Patricia Powers, Director
Donald Carey, Program Manager
5750
7445
2573
7445
Academic Research Center; centers and
special programs
Superfund research centers; Hazardous Substance
Research Center Program
Senior Environmental Employment Program;
manpower development
Small Business Innovation Research
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Office of Health Research
Ken Sexton,
Director
FTS 382-5900
COM 202-382-5900
E-Mail EPA8500
The Office of Health Research (OHR) is responsible for
planning, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive, inte-
grated human health research program. This program:
documents adverse effects to man from
environmental exposure to pollutants which ORD
uses to support the Agency's regulating activities;
develops test systems, methods, and protocols;
conducts laboratory and field research studies;
develops interagency programs which effectively
use pollutants;
offers technical assistance to the regions and
program offices;
develops health science policy for the Agency;
and
provides a focal point for the effects of human
exposure to environmental pollutants.
The Health Research Management Staff:
plans, manages, and evaluates research programs
dealing with health impacts of exposures to criteria
and non-criteria air pollutants, emissions from
mobile sources, drinking water, and ambient water
pollutants, solid and hazardous wastes and toxic
chemical substances (including pesticides) and
Superfund;
develops health research policy, priorities and
program plans;
determines resource allocations to carry out the
health research program;
provides program implementation guidelines to
the Health Effects Research Laboratory;
assureseffectiveintegrationofalllaboratoryhealth
research activities;
reviews laboratory management practices and
research activities to determine progress toward
program objectives;
provides health research information and advice
to steering committees, regulation review
committees, interagency committees, and
domestic and international organizations which
request such assistance;
administers the ORD planning, reporting and
review system;
develops management systems necessary to
support programs, personnel and budgets of the
office and associated laboratories;
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-683
FAX: FTS 252-0744
reviews plans, progress, and resources for
compliance with ORD, Agency and legislative
requirements; and
recommendsplanningandprogrammingactivities
of the office to the Office of Administration and
Resources Management and the Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation.
Program Activities
The Office of Health Research (OHR) supports a research
program that has three main goals: 1) Hazard identification, 2)
Dose response assessment, 3) Development of chemical-
specific information. These three goals serve as the core around
which each of the media specific programs are planned and
implemented. Below is a brief description of the health issues
which are being addressed in OHR's research program.
Air
In the air health research program major efforts
are being directed at providing dose-response
data for use in quantifying the health risk resulting
from .exposure to the criteria pollutants. This
research is being conducted using animal
toxicology studies and both human clinical and
epidemiological studies and develops data
describing the effects of exposure to these
pollutants on pulmonary function, changes in
host defense functions (immunotoxicity),
cardiovascular disease, and neurological function.
Research is also developing better methods to
determine the deposition of pollutants in the lung
in order to improve our risk assessment
capabilities. Research on hazardous air pollutants
is focused on determining the potential mutagenic
and carcinogenic hazard of VOC's and mixtures
of air pollutants. The indoor air health effects
research program is focusing on developing
methodology and data to evaluate the effects,
both cancer and non-cancer, from exposure to
combustion emissions from kerosene heaters,
wood stoves, environmental tobacco smoke, and
other sources of indoor air pollution.
Water
The drinking water health effects research program
primary focus is to determine the health effects
from the use of various drinking water disinfectants
(chlorine, chloramine, ozone). Epidemiology
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studies are being planned and conducted to
determine the relationship between water
disinfection and both cancer and reproductive
effects. These methods are used to identify and
isolate the biologically active components or
chemicals from drinking water concentrates for
further in depth health characterization. Dose-
response studies are also being conducted on
drinking water disinfection by-products to support
the development of drinking water standards.
Pesticides and Toxics
The pesticides and toxic substances research
program develops test methods for determining
the health effects from pesticides and commercial
chemicals, developing both animal and human
biomarkers to improve our understanding of
exposure-dose relationships and to apply these
methods in biochemical epidemiology studies,
research to determine the potential health effects
from microbial pesticides and genetically
engineered organisms and research to develop
structure activity relationship models to support
TSCA section 5.
Hazardous Waste/Superfund
The hazardous waste health research program is
developing a test methodology for comparing the
potential cancer and non-cancer health risks from
hazardous waste incineration and municipal waste
combustion.
Finally, the health effects Superfund research program is
conducting research to develop test methods to screen and
evaluate the potential health hazard from exposure to waste
mixtures.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-5900
COM 202-382-5900
Health Research
Management Staff
FTS 382-5891
COM 202-382-5891
Health Effects Research
Laboratory
Research Triangle
Park,NC
FTS 629-2281
COM 919-541-2281
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Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research
Courtney Riordan,
Director
FTS 382-5950
COM 202-382-5950
E-Mail EPA8400
The Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Re-
search (OEPER) is responsible for the administration of a broad
range of ecological research programs. These programs are
structured to provide the scientific data and technological
methods necessary to understand, predict, and control the entry
and movement of pollutants into the environment and to deter-
mine the effects of such substances on organisms and ecosys-
tems. The information and research products resulting from
these programs are directly applicable to fulfilling the Agency's
regulatory responsibilities.
Research is conducted within the full realm of environ-
mental media - atmosphere, soil, ground water, surface water,
and coastal and marine waters. The development and imple-
mentation of our research programs are coordinated and man-
aged by the Headquarters staff with contributions and guidance
provided by our six field laboratories and the Agency's program
offices. These offices have the responsibility to comply and
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-682
FAX: FTS 382-6370
implement legislative mandates; and much of their effort to
establish rules, regulations, criteria, and standards relies on the
research findings we provide. Our research focuses on meeting
their needs.
Our major research activities will focus on: Global Change
(primarily climate), Estuaries and Near Coastal Systems, Envi-
ronmental Sustainability (biodiversity, habitat, etc.), Freshwa-
ter Systems Wetlands, Great Lakes, Biotechnology (recombi-
nant DNA), Ground water, Arctic Systems, Oil Spills, Con-
taminated Land Sites, Contaminated Sediments, New Chemi-
cals, and Existing Chemicals.
The office also actively provides technical support in
environmental science and technology to regions and states in
order to assist in problem solving and to transfer information
and technology to local users.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-5950
COM 202-382-5950
Marine, Freshwater
& Modeling Staff
FTS 382-8930
COM 202-382-8930
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FTS 382-5962
COM 202-382-5962
Terrestrial & Groundwater
Effects Staff
FTS 382-5600
COM 202-382-5600
ERL
Narragansett,
RI
ERL
Gulf Breeze,
FL
ERL
Duluth,MN
ERL
Athens, GA
Newport, OR
Field Station
Grosse Isle, MI
Field Station
Monticello, MN
Field Station
ERL = Environmental Research Laboratory
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Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Courtney Riordan, Director
Michael W. Slimak, Deputy Director
Program Operations Staff
Patricia Neuschatz, Director
Telephone*
5950
5950
5962
Marine, Freshwater and Modeling Staff
Jack Durham, Director 8930
Marine Effects Team
Robert Frederick, Acting Team Leader 5967
Hal Bond 5970
Ken Hood 3976
Caret Lahvis
5943
Surface Water and Modeling Team
Robert Worrest, Acting Team Leader 5871
Paul Ringold
Lowell Smith
Dennis Trout
5609
5717
5991
Area of Expertise
Global climate change; acid precipitation
Wildlife ecology; ecological risk assessment;
ecotoxicology; biodiversity
Administrative and budget processes
Atmospheric chemistry; aerosols; acid precipitation
Biotechnology; pesticides and toxics
Biosciences
Ocean pollution; agricultural ecology; plant physiol-
ogy
Biomarkers; marine mammal physiology
Global climate change (matrix manager); strato-
spheric ozone depletion (matrix manager); Arctic
ecology; marine ecology
Global climate change; aquatic and terrestrial effects;
marine ecology
Global climate biogeochemical cycles; emissions
inventory and modeling
Acid deposition; atmospheric transport and disper-
sion
Terrestrial and Groundwater Effects Staff
Robert Swank, Acting Director 5980
Groundwater Effects Team
Steve Cordle, Team Leader
Will LaVeille
Barbara Levinson
ChiehWu
Terrestrial Effects Team
Peter Jutro, Team Leader
5940
5990
5983
5977
5600
Groundwater model validation (matrix manager);
multimedia pollutant transport and fate modeling;
industrial pollution control and prevention technol-
ogy
Ground water; wetlands; water quality; hazardous
waste; bioremediation
Hazardous waste and Superfund; ecorisk;
bioremediation
Wellhead protection; underground injection control;
agricultural; nonpoint source
Water quality management; water quality criteria;
wetlands; water treatment; environmental engineer-
ing
Environmental sustainability; biodiversity; ecology;
conservation biology
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance
H. Matthew Bills,
Acting Director
FTS 382-5767
COM 202-382-5767
E-Mail EPA8245
The Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance (OMMSQA) is responsible for:
characterizing the sources, atmospheric and
environmental transformationsand pathways, and
the physical, chemical, and biological properties
of pollutants stressing human and ecological
systems;
quantifying human and ecosystem exposure to
pollutants and to support exposure assessments
essential to the Agency'sriskassessmentprogram;
determining the status and trends in pollutant
concentrations and ecosystem condition;
developing models to estimate the atmospheric
sources, transport, fate, and concentrations of
pollutants for use in exposure and risk
assessments and in developing effective control
strategies for risk reduction;
developing the measurement techniques,
analytical tools, and quality assurance protocols
necessary to assess pollutant exposure and
ecosystem condition;
developing and supporting policies, procedures,
and management systems to assure the quality of
environmental data; and
generating research tools and environmental data
to predict air pollutant source to receptor
relationships and to conduct hazard and exposure
assessments for developing risk management
strategies to verify their effectiveness.
In carrying out these responsibilities, the Office:
identifies research, development, demonstration,
and service needs and priorities;
establishes program policies and guidelines;
administers program plans including objectives
and estimates of resources required;
assigns program responsibility and resources to
the laboratories;
re views program progress and assures timeliness,
quality and responsiveness of outputs.
Program Activities
Air
NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards-Evaluate
and standardize monitoring systems for measuring
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-680
FAX: FTS 252-0929
criteria air pollutants and develop quality assurance
procedures. Develop a data base to support the
development and evaluation of secondary
(welfare) national ambient air quality standards,
especially air pollutant effects on visibility
reduction and material damage.
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and
State Implementation Plans (SIPs) - Develop and
evaluate monitoring methodology in support of
NSPS and SIPs, including methods for remote
monitoring, compliance, and quality assurance.
Develop and evaluate air quality models for
assessing the effectiveness of abatement control
strategies on reducing ambient air pollutants,
including ozone and paniculate matter.
Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulatory Activities -
Develop and evaluate monitoring methodology
for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Also, assess
the effects of human exposure to HAPs. Determine
the concentrations, transformation products, and
removal rate of HAPs in the atmosphere.
Mobile Source Pollutant Regulatory Activities -
Determine population exposure to mobile source
pollutants. Characterize the tail pipe and
evaporative emissions of motor vehicles using
gasoline, methanol, ethanol, and other alternative
fuels to determine theeffects of driving conditions
and seasonal conditions (winter vs. summer) on
motor vehicle emissions.
Indoor Air Quality Research - Investigate sources,
exposures, health effects and mitigation of
pollutants in indoor air with other federal agencies
through the Committee on Indoor Air Quality
(CIAQ).
Stratospheric Ozone - Analyze air models to
predict the influence of increasing ultraviolet-B
(UV-B) radiation on ambient ozone formation in
urban areas. Determine UV-B changes at the
earth's surface and exposure of humans, plants,
and animals. This work is an integral component
of ORD's stratospheric ozone program.
Global Warming - Develop and evaluate statistical
methods and air quality models to detect and
predict the impact of the emissions of trace gases
on climate and air quality levels. This work is an
integral component of ORD's global climate
program.
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Acid Deposition - Determine the status and trends
of wet and dry deposition in urban and non-urban
areas and provide quality assurance for
measurements. Determine effects of acid
deposition on various ecosystems (surface waters
and forests) and on cultural resources (metals and
painted surfaces). Develop simulation models
(e.g., RADM) and use as assessment tools.
Water Quality
Water Quality Based Approach - Permitting.
Provide assurance that ambient water quality
monitoring data for regulation setting,
enforcement, or compliance purposes are
scientifically valid and legally defensible. Obtain
precision and accuracy data for each monitoring
method. Promulgate "Analytical Methods for the
Analysis of Pollutants" as required by Section
304(h) of the Clean Water Act.
Waste Water Treatment Technology - Provide
quality control materials and calibration standards
for regulated CWA analytes. Evaluate
performance of EPA, EPA Contractors Grantee,
state and local laboratories. Evaluate and revise
data quality criteria and develop reference
materials.
Drinking Water
Drinking Water Technology - Provide
contaminant monitoring procedures to assure
compliance with maximum contaminant levels
pursuant to Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act and provide quality assurance/quality
control programs for on-site evaluation and
certification of drinking water monitoring
laboratories. Support laboratories and offices
involved with data collection. Develop methods
and analytical procedures to produce measurement
systems for chemical, radiochemical, and
microbiological analysis. Develop and distribute
QC and PE samples for drinking water laboratory
certification program.
Groundwater - Develop measurement systems,
methods for locating abandoned wells,
geophysical methods to detect and evaluate
underground movement of fluids from injection
wells, quality control procedures and guidelines
to support Agency-wide QA program, and
methods for well head protection.
Hazardous Waste
Waste Identification - Develop analytical
techniques for hazardous waste characterization.
Develop and evaluate subsurface monitoring
methods for use at RCRA waste sites.
Quality Assurance - Support quality assurance of
the RCRA data generated by the EPA regional
offices, contractors and state and local agencies.
Releases - Provide aerial photography, satellite
imagery, and multispectral scanner support to
assist regional offices in Spill Prevention, Control
and Counter-measure (SPCC) surveys, planning,
and emergency response. Develop and evaluate
procedures for external monitoring around
underground storage tanks (UST), determining
active leaks and the boundaries for corrective
action, and UST cleanup progress.
Pesticides
Health: Markers, Dosimetry, and Extrapolation-
Evaluate the use of biomarkers in monitoring of
pesticide exposure and support the operation of
the pesticides and industrial chemical repository.
Exposure Monitoring - Monitor dietary, non-
dietary and residential exposure scenarios to
investigate human exposure to pesticides.
Radiation
Manage Off-Site Radiation Monitoring Program
for DOE including hydrologic and human
surveillance monitoring. Maintain quality
assurance support program for measurement of
ionizing radiation contaminants in air, water,
milk and food.
Multimedia Planning
Manage EPA's Quality Assurance Program, the
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program (EMAP), and exposure research.
Conduct quality assurance management system
reviews; implement the data quality objectives
process; and manage an Agency-wide QA training
program.
Toxic Substances
Analytical Methods Development for Toxic
Substances - Develop immunoassays for
measurement of organic compounds in biological
and environmental samples and investigate new
separation procedures for analysis including
chemometric approaches.
Health: Markers, Dosimetry, and Extrapolation -
Evaluate DNA and protein adducts for use in
human exposure monitoring studies.
Exposure Monitoring Systems Development -
Develop predictive models for human exposure
and characterize human activity patterns.
Biotechnology/Microbial and Biochemical
Pesticides Control Agents - Develop guidelines
and processes for monitoring the release of
genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMS)
in the environment Determine half-life in bacterial
aerosols.
Support-Providequalityassuranceandreference
standards and develop guidelines togovem routine
exposure and environmental monitoring for toxic
chemicals.
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Superfund
Provide techniques and procedures for site and
situation assessments. Provide monitoring
techniques and procedures for site assessment;
geophysical methods; remote sensing; soil
sampling methods and survey designs.
Assist in site-specific monitoring and
characterization of Superfund investigations.
Providequality assurance/quality control support
for the Superfund Contract Laboratory Program;
provide assessment and improvement of methods
to evaluate Superfund sites; and provide an
independent QA laboratory to support monitoring
activities. Under the Superfund Innovative
Technology Evaluation (SITE) program, evaluate
systems for characterizing and assessing
contamination at Superfund sites.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382-5767
COM 202-382-5767
Quality Assurance
Management Staff
Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH
Program Operations Staff
Modeling and Monitoring
Systems Staff
Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory
Las Vegas, NV
Atmospheric Research and
Exposure Assessment
Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC
Areas of Expertise
Telephone1"
Area of Expertise
William Keith
Tom Pheiffer
Mike Dellarco
Laurie Schuda
KenSala
5716
5798
5794
8936
4346
Air; radiation
Water; drinking water; global climate; stratospheric
ozone
Superfund
Toxics; pesticides
Hazardous waste
Multimedia
Chris Saint
Frederick Kutz
Nancy Wentworth
Kevin Hull
Dean Neptune
Fred Haeberer
Gary Johnson
Jim Stemmle
5772
5967
5763
5780
9464
5785
8-629-7612
7353
Exposure research
EMAP
Quality assurance program
Quality assurance training
Data quality objectives
Quality control - technical systems
Quality assurance management systems review
Quality assurance program plans
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology Demonstration
Alfred W. Lindsey,
Director
FTS 382-2600
COM 202-382-2600
E-Mail EPA8301
401M St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
Mailcode: RD-681
FAX: FTS 245-3861
The Office of En vironmental Engineering and Technology
Demonstration (OEETD) is responsible for planning, manag-
ing, and evaluating a comprehensive program of research,
development, and demonstration of cost effective methods and
technologies to:
Control and manage hazardous waste generation,
storage, treatment and disposal;
Provide innovative technologies for response
actions under Superfund and technologies for
control of hazardous waste spills;
Control environmental impacts of public sector
activities including publicly-owned waste water
and solid waste facilities;
Improve drinking water supply and system
operations, including improved understanding of
water supply technology and water supply criteria;
Characterize, reduce, and mitigate indoor air
pollutants including asbestos and radon; and
Characterize, reduce, and mitigate acid rain
precursors and other air pollutants from stationary
sources.
OEETD is also responsible for the development of engi-
neering data needed by the Agency in reviewing pre-manu-
facturing notices relative to assessing potential release and
exposure to chemicals, treatability by waste treatment systems,
containment and control of genetically engineered organisms,
and the development of alternatives to mitigate the likelihood
of release and exposure to existing chemicals.
In carrying out these responsibilities, the Office:
Develops program plans and manages the
resources assigned to it;
Implementstheapprovedprogramsandactivities;
Assigns objectives and resources to the OEETD
laboratories;
Conductsappropriatereviewstoensurethequality,
timeliness, and responsiveness of outputs; and
Conducts analyses of the relative environmental
impacts of engineering methods and control
technologies and strategies.
The Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Demonstration is the focal point within the Office of Research
and Development for providing liaison with the Department of
Energy on issues associated with clean coal and energy devel-
opment It is also the focal point within the Office of Research
and Development for liaison with the rest of the Agency on
issues relating to engineering research and development, and
control of pollution discharges.
Program Activities
Air
SO and NO control technologies (LIMB,
ADVACATE, REBURNING).
Hazardous air pollutant control technologies.
Indoor air source characterization and control
technologies
Ozone attainment - control of VOC emissions
from products.
Global Climate - Stratospheric Modification.
Water Quality
Municipal sewage innovative and alternative
wastewater and sludge technologies.
Toxicity treatability protocols for wastewater
treatment processes.
Storm and combined sewer overflow control
technologies.
Drinking Water
Disinfection technologies, including evaluation
of by-products.
Water quality problems in distribution systems,
e.g., lead solder.
VOCs, pesticides, and radionuclides treatment
technologies.
Hazardous Wastes/Superfund
Pretreatment technologies for land disposal.
Waste minimization technologies and
clearinghouse.
Landdisposaltechnology.includingairemissions.
Incineration of hazardous wastes and municipal
solid wastes.
Cleanup technologies for leaking underground
storage tanks.
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
program (SITE).
Evaluatecleanup technologies for Superfund sites.
Municipal solid waste and sludge innovative
technology evaluations (MITE).
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Evaluate technologies for sludge and municipal
solid waste disposal.
Pesticides
Personal protection technology for applicators.
Radiation
Radon mitigation technologies for schools and
homes.
Toxic Substances
Toxicity assessment methodology for pre-
manufacturing notices.
Asbestos abatement technologies for schools and
tall buildings.
Risk management for genetically engineered
microorganism manufacturers.
DIRECTOR
FTS 382.2600
COM 202-382-2600
Program Development
Staff
FTS 382-5747
COM 202-382-5747
Program Management
Staff
FTS 382-2583
COM 202-382-2583
Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH
FTS 684-7418
COM 513-569-7418
Air and Energy
Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle
Park,NC
FTS 629-2821
COM 919-541-2821
Areas of Experts
Marshall Dick
BalaKrishnan
William McCarthy
Richard Nelesnik
Don Tang
Thomas Baugh
Telephone*
2580
2583
2580
2583
2583
5748
Area of Expertise
Radon; indoor air; global climate; stratospheric
ozone; air toxics; air pollution; energy
Hazardous waste; municipal solid waste; pollution
prevention
Drinking water, toxic substances; asbestos; pesticides
Superfund alternative treatment technologies;
innovative technology evaluation; technical assis-
tance response team; underground storage tanks;
medical waste
Municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; storm-
water and combined sewer overflow; constructed
wetlands
Bioremediation; Alaska bioremediation project
(continued)
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Paul desRosiers
Michael L. Mastracci
Telephone41
5748
5748
Russell Kulp
KurtJakobson
Paul Shapiro
Myles Morse
Curtis Harlin
5748
5748
5748
5748
5748
Area of Expertise
Pesticides Disposal Methods; pulp, paper, and
paperboard wastes and treatment; municipal solid
wastes; dioxins/furans sources and disposal; hazard-
ous waste treatment
Commercialization of environmental technologies:
- National Environmental Technology
Applications Corporation
- Alternative procurement and investment
incentive mechanism
Pollution prevention
Oil spills
Global climate; stratospheric ozone; DOE/DOD
coordination
Pollution prevention; international cleaner produc-
tion; alternative treatment technologies; technical
information transfer; data networking
Alternative treatment technology information center;
Superfund; drinking water treatment; municipal
wastewater treatment
*FTS: 382-xxxx; COM: 202-382-xxxx
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Center for Environmental Research Information
Calvin O. Lawrence,
Dkector
FTS 684-7391
COM 513-569-7391
E-Mail EPA8113
26 W. ML King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268
Mailcode: G-75
FAX: FTS 684-7566
TheCenterforEnvironmentalResearch Information (CERI)
is a focal point for the exchange of scientific and technical
information both within the federal government and to the
public. CERI's Technology Transfer, Research Communica-
tion, and Document Management Branches coordinate a com-
prehensive program in support of the activities of EPA's Office
of Research and Development (ORD), its laboratories, and
associated programs nationwide.
The Technology Transfer Branch works with the ORD
laboratories, program offices, Regions, academia and the pri-
vate sector to produce technology transfer products (i.e. reports,
summaries, journal articles, design manuals, handbooks, cap-
sule reports, seminars, workshops, and training courses) that
aid states, local governments, and the regulated community in
complying with EPA regulations. This information is based
upon the latest technology and is in a form that is easily
understood as well as comprehensive in coverage. Topics
include groundwater remediation, pollution prevention, solid
and hazardous wastes, sludge, small community water treat-
ment, municipal wastewater treatment, air pollution, andEMAP.
CERI's Research Communication Branch is responsible
for working with the ORD laboratories, program offices and
regions to produce information products that summarize re-
search, technical, regulatory, and enforcement information that
wiU assist non-technical audiences in understanding environ-
mental issues. Additionally, Research Communication prod-
ucts will allow a non-technical audience to make informed
decisions necessary to respond to EPA's regulatory require-
ments and enforcement actions.
The Document Management Branch is responsible for the
production and distribution of scientific and technical reports,
responding to requests for publications, and quality control of
information products through the application of standardized
procedures for the production of documents. Our personnel
employ state-of-the-art electronic publishing systems to effi-
ciently produce, edit, publish, and distribute documents in the
most appropriate format.
Electronic links with the Offices, Regions, laboratories,
researchers, and the private sector afford our Center the imme-
diate ability to serve the needs of our clients. A noteworthy
component of this service is the ORD Electronic Bulletin Board
System (BBS). It facilitates the exchange of technical informa-
tion and ORD products among our clients in the form of
electronic messages, brief bulletins about ORD products and
activities, files for downloading, participation in conferences,
and on-line databases for identifying ORD publications.
DIRECTOR
FTS 684-7391
COM 513-569-7391
Technology Transfer
Branch
Research Communication
Branch
Document Management
Branch
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Areas of Expertise
Ed Earth
Carol Grove
Charles Guion
James F. Kreissl
FranKiemer
Denis Lussier
Justice Manning
Hector Moreno
Daniel J. Murray
Jose D. Perez
J. E. Smith
Jack Teuschler
H. Douglas Williams
Telephone*
7669
7362
7272
7394
7346
7354
7349
7404
7522
7502
7355
7314
7361
Area of Expertise
Treatment of hazardous wastes (solidification;
stabilization; vitrification)
Ground water
ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System
Small community wastewater, drinking water, and
solid waste management
Treatment of hazardous wastes (bioremediation;
oil spills)
Municipal wastewater treatment
Air pollution
Parasitology
Non-point source water pollution; industrial
wastewater pretreatment; wastewater and water
quality monitoring
Expert systems
Drinking water and wastewater treatment;
residuals management; hazardous waste manage-
ment; working with international organizations to
solve developing country industrial and hazardous
waste problems
Expert systems; computer systems development;
software development
Hazardous materials risk reduction for waste minimi-
zation; pollution prevention
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Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory
E. Timothy Oppelt,
Director
FTS 684-7418
COM 513-569-7418
E-Mail EPA8312
The mission of the Risk Reduction Engineering Labora-
tory (RREL) is to advance the understanding, development and
application of engineering solutions for the prevention or
reduction of risks from environmental contamination. This
mission is accomplished through basic and applied research
studies, engineering technology evaluations, new process de-
velopment and demonstration studies designed to:
Enhance our understanding of environmental
engineering technology design, performance and
operation.
Anticipate engineering control and prevention
measures for environmental problems not of
immediate regulatory or enforcement concern.
Provide a sound scientific basis for development
and enforcement of environmental regulations,
standards, guidelines and policy decisions in areas
for which EPA is responsible.
Foster the development, evaluation and
commercialization of improved and innovative
environmental engineering technology in
collaboration with industry.
Provide a basis for technical assistance and
engineering support to EPA, other government
organizations and private industry regarding the
implementation of environmental regulations,
standards and guidelines.
26 W. ML King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268
Mailcode: 235
FAX: FTS 684-7680
Research development and technical support are provided
in the following specific areas of concern:
Treatment, distribution and preservation of safe
public drinking water supplies.
Treatment, disposal, recycling and minimization
alternatives for hazardous wastes, municipal
solid wastes and medical wastes.
Technologies for remedial action at uncontrolled
hazardous waste sites and for corrective action at
existing hazardous waste facilities.
Detection and remedial action for leaking
underground storage tank facilities.
Alternativesforcontrollingthereleaseofasbestos,
existing and new chemicals in manufacturing, and
emissions from biotechnology operations.
Alternatives for remediation of oil spills.
Engineering alternatives for disposal of cancel-
led and suspended pesticides and for minimizing
worker exposure to pesticides.
Prevention, treatment and control of municipal
and industrial wastewater discharges, sludges and
urban runoff pollution.
Pollution prevention through industrial process
change, product substitution.developmentof clean
products and clean technology.
DIRECTOR
FTS 684-7418
COM 513-569-7418
Office of Program
Operations
1
Drinking Water
Research
mM
-
Inorganics and
Particulates
Control
Microbiological
Treatment
Organics
Control
Systems and
Field
Evaluation
1
Superfund Technology
Demonstraton
Releases
Control
SITE
Demonstration
and Evaluation
Technical
Support
I
Water and Hazardous
Waste Treatment
Research
HUH
A
mm
Biosystems
Physical/Chemical
Systems
Toxics
Control
1
Waste Minimization,
Destruction and
Disposal Research
Municipal Solid
Waste and Residuals -
Management
Pollution
Prevention
Research
Thermal
Destruction
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
E. Timothy Oppelt, Director 7418
John J. Convery, Deputy Director 78%
Drinking Water Research Division
Robert M. Clark, Director 7201
Thomas J. Sorg 7370
Donald Reasoner 7234
Ronald Dressman 7342
Benjamin W. Lykins 7460
Marvin Gardels 7217
Richard Miltner 7403
J. Keith Carswell 7389
Edwin E.Geldreich 7232
Michael R.Schock 7412
Kim R. Fox 7820
Gunther Craun 7422
Carol Ann Fronk 7592
Superfund Technology
Demonstration Division
Robert A. Olexsey, Director 7861
John S. Farlow 8-340-6635**
Steven C. James 76%
Benjamin L. Blaney 7406
Donald E. Sanning 7875
Frank Freestone 8-340-6632**
Paul dePercin 7797
Naomi P. Barkley 7854
Water and Hazardous Waste
Treatment Research Division
Subhas K. Sikdar, Director 7528
Alden G. Christiansen 7997
Carl A. Brunner 7655
Roger C.Wilmoth 7509
Dolloff F. Bishop 7629
Kenneth A. Dostal 7503
JohnO.Burckle 7506
Richard A. Dobbs 7649
Waste Minimization, Destruction
and Disposal Research Division
Ronald D. Hill, Director 7546
Clyde R. Dempsey 7504
Harry M. Freeman 7529
James S. Bridges 7683
Area of Expertise
Hazardous waste management
Municipal wastewater treatment
Drinking water treatment
Drinking water inorganics control; radionuclides
Drinking water microbiological treatment
Organics control; disinfection byproducts
Drinking water field evaluations; costs
Corrosion
Activated carbon adsorption
Ozone; granular activated carbon
Drinking water management
Corrosion
Filtration
Waterborne outbreaks
Membrane technology
Superfund engineering technology
Superfund releases control (Edison, NJ site)
Innovative technology evaluation; demonstrations
Superfund technical assistance
Superfund containment technology
Superfund on-site technology (Edison, NJ site)
Fugitive dust control
Containment technology - plume management
Water and hazardous waste research
Hazardous waste alternative technologies
Municipal wastewater treatment
Toxics control; asbestos
Municipal wastewater toxics control; pilot plants
Industrial wastewater treatment
Biotechnology
Fate and treatability of toxics
Waste minimization, destruction and disposal
Thermal treatment/destruction
Pollution prevention; waste minimization
Waste minimization in federal facilities
(continued)
*FTS: 684-xxxx; COM: 513-569-xxxx
**Edison, NJ location FTS: 340-xxxx; COM: 201-321-xxxx
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Robert E.Landreth
Carton C. Wiles
George L. Huffman
Michael H. Roulier
Donald A. Oberacker
Ivars J. Licis
Telephone*
7871
7795
7431
7796
7510
7718
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
RTimomyOppelt 7418
Fred Bishop
Robert M. dark
7629
7201
Area of Expertise
Landfill design and operation
Stabilization; municipal solid waste
Thermal destruction; combustion
In-situ treatment of soils
Thermal destruction of hazardous materials
Industrial pollution prevention
Boyle Engineering, Inc. - EPA patent on
butylamine-group-containing ion exchange resins for
water purification
Levine-Fricke, Inc. - Lab and pilot scale study of
centralized waste treatment technology for degrading
RCRA and CERCLA waste
Lewis Publishers, Inc7CRC Press, Inc. - To develop
a cost and performance model for clean-up technolo-
gies for safe drinking water
*FTS: 684-xxxx; COM: 513-569-xxxx
**Edison, NJ location FTS: 340-xxxx; COM: 201-321-xxxx
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Frank T. Princiotta,
Dkector
Air and Energy Engineering Research
Laboratory
FTS 629-2821
COM 919-541-2821
E-Mail EPA8316
Mailcode: 60
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FAX: FTS 629-2557
The mission of the Air and Energy Engineering Research
Laboratory (AEERL) is to research, develop and demonstrate
methods and technologies for controlling air pollution from
stationary sources. Among these stationary sources are electric
power plants, manufacturing and processing industries, and
incinerators. The Laboratory does not deal with pollution from
mobile sources, or nuclear power plants.
Staffed primarily by engineers, the Laboratory creates and
improves air pollution control equipment, seeks means of
preventing or reducing pollution through changes in industrial
processes, develops predictive models and emissions estima-
tion methodologies, identifies and assesses the importance of
air pollution sources, and conducts fundamental research to
define the mechanisms by which processes, equipment, and
fuel combustion produce air pollution.
Currently, AEERL is concentrating its efforts in the fol-
lowing eight main program areas:
Acid Rain: This program focuses on developing
innovative controls for acid rain precursors, SO2,
and NOX, including the Limestone Injection
Multistage Burner (LIMB) and ADVACATE
(advanced silicate); developing models that will
identify the best possible control alternatives for
various scenarios, and emissions projection
modeling.
Air Toxics: Emphasis is placed on developing
technologies andpollution prevention approaches
to reduce emissions of volalileorganiccompounds
(VOCs); identifying sources of VOCs; developing
improved designs that will achieve better control
of woodstove emissions; and providing direct
technical assistance to state and local agencies
through the Control Technology Center (CTC)
which has extensive information on existing
technologies applicable to a variety of air pollution
sources.
Hazardous Wastes: The primary goal of this
program is to study the fundamental combustion
mechanisms that influence thermal destruction of
hazardous wastes. Included are studies of metal
aerosols from waste incineration, failure modes
in a small pilot-scale rotary kiln, and small pilot-
scale studies of fluidized-bed incineration.
Indoor Air Quality/Radon: Research is currently
concentrating on (1) developing and
demonstrating technologies forreducingthe entry
of naturally-occurring radon into houses, schools
and otherpublic buildings; (2) fundamental studies
of processes that influence radon entry; (3)
studying building materials and consumer
products as sources of indoor air pollution; and
(4) evaluating indoor air control options.
Municipal Waste Combustion: Work focuses on
evaluating techniques to minimize pollutant
formation during combustion, and determining
the effectiveness of various devices in controlling
air pollution from municipal waste incinerators.
Ozone Non-Attainment: This program supports
ORD's overall ozone nonattainment strategy by
developing innovative technologies, improving
existing technologies, enhancing and developing
emissions estimations methodologies, and
developing pollution prevention approaches for
VOC's and other ozone precursors.
Stratospheric Ozone: In cooperation with
industry, AEERL evaluates, identifies, and
recommends substitute products and new
industrial processes which will replace ozone
depleting substances that are now in use. The
current emphasis is on alternatives for home and
commercial refrigeration systems. In addition,
research is underway to evaluate/develop
recycling and destruction approaches for CFC's
and other ozone depletion substances.
Global Climate Change: This program is
evaluating mitigation options for greenhouse gases
(carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) including
innovative technological solutions to the problem.
In addition, emission factors for key greenhouse
gas sources are being enhanced.
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DIRECTOR
FTS 629-2821
COM 919-541-2821
Global Emissions and
Control Division
Global Warming
Control Branch
Organks Control
Branch
Emissions and
Modeling Branch
Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Branch
Program Operations
Office
Pollution Control
Division
Combustion Research
Branch
Indoor Air
Branch
Gas Cleaning
Technology Branch
Radon Mitigation
Branch
Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Frank T. Princiotta, Director
G. Blair Martin, Deputy Director
Pollution Control Division
Everett L. Pyler, Director
Combustion Research Branch
Robert E. Hall, Chief
Indoor Air Branch
Bruce A. Tichenor, Acting Chief
Telephone41
2821
7504
2918
2477
2991
Area of Expertise
Air and energy environmental assessment and control
technology development
Combustion, incineration, furnace injection for SOx
control
Combustion modification control technology;
fundamental hazardous waste incineration research;
municipal waste combustion; radon control; indoor
air quality
Combustion modification control technology
including reburning; fundamental hazardous waste
incineration research; municipal waste combustion
Indoor air pollutant source/emissions characteriza-
tion; air cleaners and other indoor air quality (IAQ)
mitigation approaches; IAQ modeling
(continued)
*FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Radon Mitigation Branch
Michael C. Osbome, Chief
Telephone*
4113
Gas Cleaning Technology Branch
Michael A. Maxwell 3091
Global Emissions and Control Division
James H. Abbott, Director 3443
Global Warming Control Branch
Richard Stem, Acting Chief 2612
Emissions and Modeling Branch
Janice Wagner, Chief 1818
Organics Control Branch
Wade H. Ponder 2818
Stratospheric Ozone Protection Branch
William J.Rhodes 28S3
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
Michael A. Maxwell 3091
Control Technology Center Hotline
Area of Expertise
Radon mitigation techniques for new and existing
houses, schools and other structures; fundamental
studies of radon source potentials, entry, accumula-
tion and removal mechanisms
LIMB development; low NOX burners; fundamental
sorbent reactivity/kinetics studies; flue gas cleaning
technologies; NOX selective catalytic reduction;
LIMB demonstrations (wall-fired and tangentially-
fired)
Control technologies/pollution prevention approaches
for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), greenhouse
gases, and ozone depleting compounds; emissions
models and estimation methodologies
Emissions characterization and mitigation for
greenhouse gases (methane, CO2, etc.)
Emission estimation methodologies and projection
models; field validation of improved methods
VOC controls; Control Technology Center (CTC
Hotiine: 919-541-0800 or FTS 629-0800); pollution
prevention approaches for VOC area sources;
woodstoves; coke oven controls
Substitutes for CFCs, HCFCs and other ozone
depleting compounds; CFC/Halon recycling and
destruction approaches; alternative refrigerants and
modified refrigerator designs
Flakt, Inc. - Development of absorbents for air
pollution control technology
Extensive information on existing control technolo-
gies applicable to a variety of air pollution sources
*FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
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Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Thomas A. Clark,
Director
FTS 684-7301
COM 513-569-7301
E-Mail EPA8218
The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory -
Cincinnati (EMSL-Cincinnati) has as its primary mission to
conduct research in development, evaluation, and standardiza-
tion of chemical and biological methods for environmental
assessments; to conduct research for detecting, identifying, and
quantifying microbial pathogens found in environmental me-
dia; and to operate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) Quality Assurance (QA) Program for maintaining the
scientific credibility of the Agency's water, wastewater, and
solid wastes/Superfund/toxics data bases.
Developed and standardized methods are used to identify
inorganic and organic pollutants and to detect and identify
bacteria, viruses, parasites, and aquatic organisms in the envi-
ronment. Analytical methods for effluent compliance monitor-
ing [304(h)] are improved, modified and updated on a regular
basis. These methods include procedures for inorganic, organic
and biological pollutants.
Research is conducted on biotechnological methods for
determining the occurrence, distribution, transport, and fate of
human pathogenic parasites in the environment. Methods are
developed to be applicable to drinking water, ambient water,
raw and treated wastewaters, sediments, sludges, and biologi-
cal samples.
The QA program involves method confirmation and vali-
dation studies to establish the precision and bias of USEPA's
selected analytical methods, QA manuals and guidelines, qual-
ity control (QC) samples, and calibration standards for all
analytes regulated under water and waste programs. Perfor-
mance evaluation studies and laboratory certification activities
are conducted to evaluate and report on the competency of
26 W. ML King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268
Mailcode: 591
FAX: FTS 684-7424
analysts and laboratories. A QA monitoring program (biology
and chemistry) evaluates the adequacy of promulgated analyti-
cal methods and procedures and effluent toxicity tests. Quality
assurance samples are provided for ambient/non-point source
monitoring programs.
The EMSL-Cincinnati is currently engaged in the follow-
ing research and evaluation tasks:
Industrial Wastewater. Validated analytical test
methods for National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) monitoring;
performance evaluation (PE) studies for discharge
monitoring reports.
Drinking Water: Official chemical and
microbiological methods for meeting regulatory
monitoring requirements of Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA); certification of laboratories and
distribution of QA materials.
Toxics: Evaluation of analytical methods for key
toxic organic materials and preparation of
specialized QA materials.
Solid Waste: Evaluation and standardization of
solid waste (SW-846) methods and generic
methods for the measurement of volatile and
semivolatileorganic compounds; preparation and
distribution of QA materials.
Superfund: Development of analytical methods
for the measurement of toxic materials in
Superfund-type samples and QA materials for
evaluation of contract laboratory program (CLP)
laboratories.
1
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DIRECTOR
FTS 684-7301
COM 513-569-7301
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Chemistry Research r- Quality Assura
Virology
Bacteriology
Parasitology and Immunology
h- Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Development and Evaluation
Aquatic Biology
Project Management
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
Thomas A. Clark, Director 7301
Gerald McKee, Deputy Director 7303
Ann Alford-Stevens 7492
James Lichtenberg 7306
Microbiology Research Division
Alfred Dufour, Director 7218
Virology Branch
Robert Safferman 7334
Bacteriology Branch
Gerard Stelma 7384
Parasitology and Immunology
Branch
Walter Jakubowski 7385
Chemistry Research Division
William Budde, Director 7309
Organic Chemistry Branch
James Eichelberger 7278
Inorganic Chemistry Branch
Lairy Lobring 7372
Quality Assurance Research Division
John Winter, Director 7325
Development and Evaluation Branch
Robert Slater 7325
Aquatic Biology Branch
James Lazorchak 8114**
Project Management Branch
Raymond Wesselman 7325
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements
Raymond J. Wesselman 7325
Area of Expertise
Methods and quality assurance
Methods and quality assurance
Methods and quality assurance
Standardization and certification
Microbiology
Virology
Bacteriology
Parasitology
Chemical methods
Organic methods
Inorganic methods
Quality assurance matters
QC/PE samples
Aquatic biology
Methods standardization
NSI Technologies, Inc. - R&D of liquid organic
standards; and preparation, verification, distribution
and stability of these samples;
Supelco, Inc. - R&D of specific samples for water
monitoring methods;
Ultra Scientific - R&D of neat organic reference
materials; and preparation, verification, distribution
and stability of these samples
*FTS: 684-xxxx; COM: 513-569-xxxx
**Newtown facility FTS: 684-xxxx; COM: 513-
533-xxxx
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Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Robert N. Snelling,
Acting Director
FTS 545-2525
COM 702-798-2525
E-Mail EPA8230
The Environmental Monitoring systems Laboratory-Las
Vegas develops methods, systems and strategies for monitoring
the environment with the primary purposes of assessing the
exposure of man and other receptors in the environment to
polluting substances, characterizing the status of environmen-
tal quality, and identifying the trends in environmental quality.
The Laboratory develops and applies field monitoring
techniques, analytical methods, and remote sensing systems for
monitoring environmental pollutants. It field tests, demon-
strates and applies these systems, and initiates transfers of op-
erational systems to Agency user organizations. It provides
technical support to Agency, Regional, and Program Offices in
response to their requests for pollutant monitoring, testing and
surveillance assistance.
The Laboratory develops and operates quality assurance
programs for radiation; hazardous wastes, and toxic/pesticide
monitoring. This includes the development and maintenance of
reference standards, preparation of performance evaluation
materials, and the conduct of performance audits for EPA
laboratories as well as other Federal, state, and local laboratories.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE), the Laboratory conducts a
comprehensive off site radiological safety program for the U.S.
Nuclear Weapons Testing Program which includes pathways
research to determine actual and potential radiation exposure to
humans and the environment from past and present nuclear
testing. The Laboratory also provides quality assurance over-
sight for DOE's mixed waste management activities.
The Laboratory's major programs are:
Advanced Analytical Methods: Development and
evaluation of innovative techniques for sample
extraction and analysis of organic and inorganic
contaminants in complex environmental matrices.
Advanced methods using Liquid
Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Fourier
Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy, Gas
Chromatography, Inductively Coupled Plasma
Spectroscopy, and Immunoassay are developed
and evaluated.
Advanced Monitoring Methods: Research
directed at providing monitoring methods that are
simpler, more reliable, or more rapid to use than
existingmethods. Overhead remote sensing, aerial
photography, multispectral scanner and laser
fluorosensing technologies, airborne laser
systems, and geophysical techniques are tools
used to detect waste discharge, locate waste
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Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478
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disposal sites, identify erosion, assess air
paniculate problems, and monitor pollutants in
soils and in ground water.
Monitoring Network Design: The Laboratory has
long been in the forefront of monitoring design -
using a concept that advocates a multimedia
approach to environmental monitoring
emphasizing proper selection of critical receptors,
optimum siting, and number of samples, through
planning and an understanding of how pollutants
are transported from the source to the receptor.
Geostatistics play a major role by using data from
a preliminary study to establish the optimum
distance between sampling points.
Quality Assurance: In an effort to support the
Agency's commitment to the quality assurance
aspects of environmental sampling and analysis,
test methods are validated andperformancecriteria
are established. The precision, accuracy, and
ruggedness of the analytical protocols are then
evaluated for use in Agency monitoring programs.
Quality assurance support, as well as laboratory
and data audits, are provided for the Superfund
Contract Laboratory Program.
Exposure Assessment: Human exposure
assessmentprovides critical information required
to make risk estimates for environmental
pollutants. A comprehensive approach is required
to develop simultaneous information on sources,
exposure, dose, effect, and control. Projects
related to this topic include: examination of
consumer products as sources of pollutants,
evaluation/validation of indoor air models,
evaluation of indoor air sinks, development of a
benzene exposure model, human activity
patterns, development/evaluation of
immunoassays for environmental pollutants,
monitoring of microorganisms in residential
settings, and the examination of biomarkers as
indicators of exposure.
Radiological Monitoring and Analysis: The
Laboratory maintains extensive radioanalytical,
field radiological monitoring and health physics
capability to conduct an integrated program of
environmental monitoring, sampling, analysis,
exposure assessment and quality assurance in
support of the United States Nuclear Weapons
TestingProgram. The group responds toradiation
accidents and potential emergencies such as the
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Three Mile Island incident and the launches of
Galileo and Ulysses deep space probes carrying
radioisotope thermoelectric generators. They play
a major role in the Federal Radiological
Monitoring and Assessment Center. A whole
body-counting facility is operated at the
Laboratory for determining radionuclide
identification and distribution in people. Also, the
laboratory conducts an EPA-wide occupational
radiation monitoring exposure program. This
group supports the National Interim Primary
Drinking Water Regulations by conducting the
Drinking Water Laboratory Certification
Program which includes providing radioactive
reference standards, conducting intercomparison
studies and performing audits of State drinking
water laboratories.
Ecological Monitoring: The Laboratory
participates in the Agency's Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), a
national research program to prevent unwanted or
irreversible damage to the nation's ecosystems.
Research classifies, characterizes, and monitors
status and trends of important ecosystems and
their subclasses. The monitoring efforts
specifically focus on conditions over periods of
years to decades. Advanced monitoring methods
are being used to determine status and trends in
forest, agricultural and arid lands. The Laboratory
is responsible for conducting initial ecosystem
characterization, providing remote sensing
support, providing guidance and support for field
logistics and quality assurance, and for developing
and implementing a distributed data base
management system.
Monitoring and Measurement Technologies:
Under the aegis of the Superfund Innovative
Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program, the
Laboratory is responsible for identifying,
evaluating, demonstrating, and transferring
alternative or innovative technologies used for site
characterization and for monitoring the progress
of remedial activities. Technologies that have
participated in the Program include portable gas
chromatographs, ion mobility spectrometers, long-
path-length infrared spectrometers,
immunochemical test kits, fiber optic and other
chemical sensors, x-ray fluorescence spec-
trometers, and mass spectrometers, among others.
The Monitoring and Measurement Technologies
Program also focuses on technologies used to
characterize the physical characteristics of sites.
The Monitoring and Measurement Technologies
Program is matrix managed, involving the
expertise residing in EMSL-LV's sister
laboratories~EMSL-CI and AREAL-RTP.
Technical Assistance: The Laboratory's
Technical Support Center provides Regional
personnel with monitoring and site assessment
expertise. Areas of assistance include sampling
and monitoring design assistance; remote sensing,
mappingand geostatistics; analytical methods and
quality assurance; bore-hole and surface
geophysics; field portable x-ray florescence field
methods; mixed waste and radiological analysis.
Technical assistance is provided in a variety of
ways, including reviews, information research and
retrieval, technology transfer, teleconferencing,
on-site measurements, training programs,
seminars and workshops.
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Methods
Development
Methods
Research
Quality
Assurance
Research
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DIRECTOR
FTS 545-2525
COM 702-798-2525
Advanced
Monitoring
Systems
Aquatic and
Subsurface
Monitoring
Remote
and Air
Monitoring
Environmental
Photographic
Interpretation
Center
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Nuclear
Radiation
Assessment
Dose
Assessment
Field
Monitoring
Radioanalysis
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Exposure
Assessment
Research
Ecosystems
Monitoring
Exposure
Monitoring
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Areas of Expertise
_ , . Telephone*
Office of the Director
Robert N. Snelling, Acting Director 2525
Margaret A. Rostker 2522
K. Bruce Jones 2671
Walter B. Galloway 2620
Kenneth W. Brown 2270
Office of Program Management
and Support
Richard L. Garnas 2564
Quality Assurance and Methods
Development Division
Llewellyn R. Williams 2101
Stephen Billets 2232
Methods Research Branch
Donald F. Gurka 2206
Quality Assurance Research
Branch
Michael ffiatt 2383
Advanced Field Monitoring
Methods Program
EricN.Koglin 2432
Area of Expertise
Environmental monitoring
Program management; ecological assessment
Ecological monitoring; EMAP
Quality assurance; safety
Technical support
Environmental chemistry; program management
Organic and bioanalytical chemistry
Physical analytical chemistry; mass spectrometry
Physical analytical chemistry; infrared spectroscopy
Organic analytical chemistry; trace level environmen-
tal contaminant analysis
Field screening/analytical methods; ground-water
monitoring technologies
Exposure Assessment
Research Division
J.Gareth Pearson 2203
Robert D. Schonbrod 2229
Ecosystems Monitoring Program
Ann M. Pitchford 2366
Exposure Monitoring Program
Stephen C. Hern 2594
Advanced Monitoring Systems
Division
Eugene P. Meier 2237
John M. Moore 2237
Environmental monitoring; quality assurance
Analytical chemistry; quality assurance
Environmental monitoring; quality assurance
Microbiology; exposure monitoring
Ground-water monitoring; analytical environmental
chemistry
Program management; systems engineering; systems
analysis
(continued)
*FTS: 545-xxxx; COM: 702-798-xxxx
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Aquatic and Subsurface
Monitoring Branch
Joseph J. D 'Lugosz
Remote and Air Monitoring
Branch
Thomas H. Mace
Mason J. Hewitt
Environmental Photographic
Interpretation Center
(Warrenton, VA)
Don Garofalo
Nuclear Radiation Assessment
Division
Charles F. Cosla
Daryl J. Thome
William G. Phillips
James G. Payne
Dose Assessment Branch
Norman R. Sunderland
Field Monitoring Branch
Milton Chilton
Radioanalysis Branch
Terence Grady
Telephone*
2598
2262
2377
3110**
2305
2314
2331
2204
2538
2374
2136
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
Stephen C. Hern 2594
Donald F.Gurka
2113
Area of Expertise
Hydrogeology; ground-water monitoring
Remote sensing; geographical information systems
Geographical information systems
Remote sensing
Health physics
Gamma spectrometry; mathematical statistics; health
physics
Health physics
Radiation emergency response
Data validation; health physics
Health physics
Radiochemistry
Dow Corning ~ Use of EPA's Indoor Air Chamber to
test a Dow-developed instrument
Hewlett-Packard - Advanced laboratory instrumenta-
tion for exposure analysis
*FTS: 545-xxxx; CML: 702-798-xxxx
**FTS: 557-xxxx; CML: 703-349-8970
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Atmospheric Research and Exposure
Assessment Laboratory
Gary J. Foley,
Director
FTS 629-2106
COM 919-541-2106
E-Mail EPA8240
Mailcode: 75
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FAX: FTS 629-7588
The Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment
Laboratory (AREAL), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
conducts intramural and extramural research programs, through
laboratory and field research, in the chemical, physical, and
biological sciences designed to:
characterize and quantify present and future
ambient air pollutant levels and resultant
exposures to humans and ecosystems on local,
regional, and global scale;
develop and validate models to predict changes in
air pollution levels and air pollutant exposures
and determine the relationships among the factors
affected by predicted and observed change;
determinesource-to-receptorrelationshipsrelating
to ambient air quality and air pollutant exposures,
developing predictive models to be used for
assessments of regulatory alternatives derived
from these relationships, directly or indirectly;
provide support to Program and Regional Offices
and state and local groups, in the form of technical
advice, methods research and development, quality
assurance, field monitoring, instrument
development, and modeling for quantitative risk
assessment and regulatory purposes;
develop and carry out long-term research in the
areas of atmospheric methods, quality assurance,
biomarkers, spatial statistics, exposure assessment,
and modeling research to solve cutting edge
scientific issues relating to EPA's mission;
collect, organize, manage, and distribute research
data on air quality.humanandecosystem exposures
and trends for Program and Regional Offices,
ORD, the scientific community, and the public at
large.
The Laboratory is engaged in the following research and
exposure tasks:
Methods Development: Develop and improve
monitoring systems for measuring air pollutants
in ambient air and stationary sources. Implement
the ambient air monitoring equivalency
regulations.
Quality Assurance: Develppguidancedocuments
for assuring the quality of air pollution
measurements; standardize methods and work
with NIST in developing primary standards.
Toxics: Develop methods for measuring toxic air
pollutants in ambient air and around toxic waste
sites; conduct special air monitoring studies to
assess the nature and amount of pollution. Assess
the sources, sinks, transport, formation, removal,
reaction products, and ultimate fate of HAPs and
HAPs precursors in the atmosphere.
Acid Deposition: Assess related atmospheric
processes to model and to evaluate acid rain, acid
deposition, and acid transport and transformation
over urban and regional scales; materials damage
function studies. Develop methods and quality
assurance materials for measuring dry and wet
deposition;operatetnonitoringnetworks and serve
as the data repository for national acid deposition
monitoring program.
Gas and Particles: Urban, regional, complex
terrain, and source apportionment air quality
model development, evaluation and validation;
materials damage and visibility studies; air quality
model documentation.
Mobile Sources: Characterize the regulated and
unregulated emissions from motor vehicles; assess
the impact of mobile emissions on air quality.
Global Climate Change: Investigate possible
effects of increases in the atmospheric
concentrations of trace gases on the Earth's climate
and stratospheric ozone; relate projected climate
change to air pollution potential in the lower
atmosphere.
Human Exposure Assessment: Develop means to
estimate the frequency distribution of human
exposure to individual pollutants including
personal exposure monitors, questionnaires, and
protocols which relate exposure to sources. Total
Exposure Assessment Monitoring (TEAM)
programs designed to estimate exposure to
hazardous materials are being conducted.
Ecological Monitoring Assessment: Conduct
studies to determine effects of air pollution on
ecosystems. Develop methods and protocols for
exposure assessment of various sensitive
ecosystems and for status and trends monitoring
of nonurban environments.
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DIRECTOR
FTS 629-2106
COM 919-541-2106
Chemical Processes
and
Characterization
Methods
Research and
Development
Exposure
Assessment
Research
Quality
Assurance
Atmospheric
Sciences
Modeling
Areas of Expertise
Telephone* Area of Expertise
Office of the Director
Gary J. Foley, Director
William E. Wilson
Gerald G.Akland
Program Design and
Integration Staff
Jim Vickery
Steve Bromberg
Dan Vallero
Larry Purdue
John Clements
Chemical Processes and
Characterization Division
JackH.Shreffler
Basil Dimitriades
Joseph J. Bufalini
Robert K. Stevens
Michael Barnes
Kenneth T. Knapp
Frank M. Black
Methods Research and
Development Division
Robert E. Lee
Don Scott
Joseph Walling
Warren Loseke
Joe Bumgarner
Robert G. Lewis
Robert Harless
Nancy Wilson
William McClenny
James Mulik
2106
2551
4885
2184
2919
0150
2665
2188
2194
2706
2422
3156
3086
1352
3039
2454
7948
7954
2173
2430
3065
2248
4723
3158
3067
Atmospheric studies
Visibility; aerosol chemistry
Human exposure
Acid deposition
Human exposure
Ecological studies
Methods evaluation; standardization
Quality assurance
Atmospheric processes
Photochemistry; ozone
Gas kinetics
Source apportionment
Heterogeneous chemistry
Mobile sources
Mobile sources
Methods development
Chemometrics
Chemical analysis
Inorganics analysis
Organics analysis
Methods development
Dioxin
Analytical methods development
Monitoring methods development
Ion chromatography
(continued)
*FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Telephone*
Exposure Assessment
Research Division
DalePahl
William Nelson
Ross Highsmith
Dave Holland
Gary Evans
Thomas Hartlage
Barry Martin
Andy Bond
Thomas Lawless
Quality Assurance Division
Darryl J. von Lehmden
Russ Wiener
Frank McElroy
Michael Beard
William J.Mitchell
Rodney Midgett
Joe Knoll
Atmospheric Sciences
Modeling Division
Francis A. Schiermeier
Jason Ching
Peter L. Finkelstein
John S. Irwin
James L. Dicke
William H. Snyder
Joan Novak
1851
3184
7828
3126
3124
3008
4386
4329
2291
2415
1910
2622
2623
2769
2196
2952
4542
4801
4553
4567
5682
1198
4545
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements
Ronald K. Patterson 3779
Edward O.Edney
William McClenney
John W. Spence
3905
3158
Area of Expertise
2649
Exposure assessment
Exposure assessment
Indoor air
Statistics and design
Monitoring design
Air monitoring
Air monitoring
Pesticides monitoring
Computer systems
Quality assurance handbook; traceability protocols
Aerosols
Equivalent methods
Asbestos
QA material development and application
Source methods
Source methods
Meteorological modeling
Dispersion model development
Global climate change
Exposure assessment modeling
Regulatory use of models
Fluid modeling
Model evaluation/applications
Georgia Institute of Technology - Hydraulic model
study for improved ocean outfall design at Boston
harbor
Ford Motor Company ~ Use of EPA's Environmental
Chamber Facility for evaluating effects of environ-
mental fallout on automotive products
Perkin-Elmer Development and improvement of
physical and chemical methods for trace contaminant
analysis, automated canister sampling technologies
for gaseous air contaminants and diffusion monitor-
ing technologies
Rohm & Haas - Paint substrate exposure study using
covering-spray devices
*FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
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Health Effects Research Laboratory
Lawrence W. Reiter,
Dkector
FTS 629-2281
COM 919-541-2281
E-Mail EPA8520
Mailcode: 51
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FAX: FTS 629-4324
The Health Effects Research Laboratory formulates and
implements a comprehensive research program to investigate
human health effects resulting from exposure to environmental
pollutants. Staffed by health scientists with recognized exper-
tise in a variety of disciplines - environmental medicine,
physiology, epidemiology, statistics, biochemistry,
neurotoxicology, toxicology, teratology, and perinatal toxi-
cology, geriatric toxicology, pulmonary toxicology,
immunotoxicology, cardiovasculartoxicology, genotoxicology,
hepatotoxicology and microbiology - HERL is the focal point
for toxicological, clinical and epidemiological research within
the Agency.HERL also establishes cooperative research projects
with academic and other scientific institutions which facilitate
the Agency efforts in understanding health effects of environ-
mental pollutants. This research program develops and applies
state-of-the-science biological assays, predictive models and
extrapolation methods which serve as the basis for the Agency's
health risk assessments.
The long-term basic components of the HERL research
program are designed to anticipate the future needs of the
Agency and enable the Office of Health Research to provide
direction on environmental health issues. In recognition of
legislative and regulatory needs, HERL conducts an effective
mission-related research program to enable the Agency to
better determine toxicological hazard, define dose-response
relationships, and estimate human exposure characteristics in
support of the Agency's overall risk assessment and develop-
ment The breadth of expertise of the HERL researchers is also
marshalled in the event of Program Office requests and envi-
ronmental emergencies to address immediate public health is-
sues. HERL evaluates and communicates its research results
and provides advice on their use to offices for criteria devel-
opment and scientific assessments in support of regulatory and
standard setting activities.
HERL advises the Agency on the scientific interpre-
tation and integration of information used in determination of
human health risks. It responds with recognized authority to
changing requirements for technical assistance to other ORD
Offices, Regions, senior Agency managers, Agency
Workgroups, and Interagency Task Forces. Through the active
involvement of its scientific staff with Agency research and
advisory committees, other Agency offices, and through inter-
action with academic and other independent scientific bodies,
the Laboratory assists in the formulation of health science
policy for the Agency. Finally, as a result of these relationships
and the scientific capabilities of its staff, the Laboratory pro-
vides the leadership in the development of national and inter-
national environmental health research efforts.
Organizationally, HERL consists of six divisions. Most of
the research facilities are located in the Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina. Also HERL has one of the nation's few sophis-
ticated human inhalation exposure facilities which is located on
the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Research at HERL is being conducted in the following
areas:
Oxu/a/Us.-Developadatabaseforuseinregulatory
decision making on the health effects of O3 and
NO2 exposure by conducting human clinical,
epidemiologic and animal studies. Models are
also being developed to quantitatively extrapolate
animal data to humans.
Hazardous Mr Pollutants (HAP): Develop and
validate techniques to evaluate the toxic effects of
HAPs, produce dose-response data on the toxic
effects of HAPs and develop models which
improve our ability to use toxicological data in
risk assessments.
Mobile Sources: Provide quality health data on
theeffectsof vehicle fuels andadditives.including
methanol and exposure to CO and develop
methods for obtaining dose response data for use
in risk assessments for regulatory purposes.
Superfund: Develop and evaluate dose response
data, extrapolation models and test methods on
complex mixtures to reduce uncertainties in risk
assessment
Gases and Particles: Develop a database for use
in regulatory decision making on the health effects
of SO2, particles and lead by conducting human
clinical, epidemiologic and animal studies. Models
are also being developed to extrapolate animal
data to humans and to provide information on the
relationship between particle size and lung
deposition in man.
Water Quality: Evaluate methods to assess health
hazards associated with complex mixtures arising
as discharges from public owned treatment works.
Municipal Wastewater: Provide data and
appraisal documents on health aspects of land
application of municipal sludge and use of
renovated wastewater for a source of drinking
water.
Drinking Water: Provide health effects
information for drinking water standards and
health advisories with special emphasis on hazards
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posed by drinking water disinfectants (chlorine,
chloramine, chlorine dioxide and ozone) utilizing
state-of-the-art toxicologic and epidemiologic
methodologies.
Hazardous Waste: Evaluate the health effects of
emissions and residues from hazardous waste
incineration (HWI) and municipal waste
combustion (MWC).
Pesticides: Develop methodologies and generate
data for the assessment of health risks from
pesticides; define environmental and health
endpoints for future test methods. S tudies are also
being carried out on health effects of biological
and bioengineered pesticides.
Indoor Air Research (with an emphasis on
combustion products, sick building syndrome,
VOCs, andenvironmental tobacco smoke): Apply
results of the research to the development of
health risk assessments.
Improved Health Risk Assessments: Develop a
systematic and integrated approach to improve
the health risk assessment process.
Toxic ChemicalTesting and Assessment: Develop
and validate test methods for identifying health
hazards under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA). Study relationship between chemical
structure and toxicologic activity. Carry outhuman
epidemiological studies on hazardous chemicals.
Also, evaluate human health hazards of
bioengineered materials.
DIRECTOR
FTS 629-2281
COM 919-541-2281
Human
Studies
Genetic
Toxicology
Clinical
Research
Epidemiology
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Mutagenesis
& Cellular
Toxicology
Carcinogenesis
& Metabolism
Genetic
Bioassay
Neuro-
toxicology
J
Neuro-
physiological
Toxicology
Systems
Development
Staff
Neuro-
behavioral
Toxicology
Cellular &
Molecular
Toxicology
Developmental
Toxicology
Research
Support
Environmental
Toxicology
Reproductive
Toxicology
Perinatal
Toxicology
Biostatistics
Special Studies
and Technical
Support
Information
Systems
Program
Operations
Experimental
Dosimetry
Pulmonary
Toxicology
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
Lawrence W. Reiter, Director 2281
Harold Zenick, Deputy Director 2283
Joe A. Elder, Assoc. Lab. Director 2542
Elaine C. Grose, Assoc. Lab Director 3844
John R. Fowle III, Assoc. Lab Director 2479
Ila L. Cote, Assoc. Lab. Director 3644
Robert S. Dyer, Assoc. Lab. Director 2760
John J. Vandenberg, RIHRA Coord. 4527
Developmental Toxicology
Division
Robert J.Kavlock 2771
SallyP.Damey 3826
Environmental Toxicology
Division
Linda S. Bimbaum 2655
Daniel L. Costa 2531
James D. McKinney 3585
Mary Jane Selgrade 2657
Genetic Toxicology
Division
Michael D. Waters 2537
Stephen Nesnow 3847
Joellen Lewtas 3849
Martha M. Moore 3933
Human Studies Division
John J. (Weil 966-6200
Tim Gerrity 966-6206
Hillel Koren 966-6254
Neurotoxicology Division
Hugh A. Tilson 2671
Robert C.MacPhail 7833
William K. Boyes 7538
Research and Regulatory
Support Division
John Creason 2598
Robert R. Payne 2330
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
F. Bernard Daniel 8-684-7401
*FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
Area of Expertise
Health effects of environmental pollutants
Health effects of environmental pollutants
Bioeffects of radiofrequency radiation
Health effects of pesticides/toxic substances
Health effects of water pollutants
Health effects of air pollutants
Health effects of hazardous waste and Superfund
chemicals
Coordinator for RIHRA program
Reproductive toxicology
Reproductive physiology
Pharmacokinetics and toxicology
Pulmonary toxicology
Chemistry and metabolism
Immunotoxicology
Genetic toxicology
Chemical carcinogenesis
Genetic toxicology of complex mixtures
Mammalian mutagenesis
Human inhalation toxicology
Inhalation dosimetry
Cellular and molecular biology
Neurotoxicology
Behavioral toxicology & pharmacology
Neurophysiological toxicology
Multivariate analysis
Computer science
Pathology Associates, Inc. - The SENCAR Mouse
Assay for identifying complex mixtures in drinking
water treatment plants
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Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Lester D. Grant,
Director
FTS 629-4173
COM 919-541-4173
E-Mail EPA8150
The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office at
Research Triangle Park (EC AO-RTP) is primarily responsible
for preparing criteria and other assessment documents for use in
Agency regulatory activities. EC AO's main activities consist of
preparing and publishing (1) revised or new criteria documents
when prescribed by legislation or requested by national deci-
sion makers, (2) health and environmental assessment docu-
ments that serve as a basis for decisions by the EPA Adminis-
trator regarding the regulation and control of pollutants, and (3)
special health-related reports as required by various legislative
authorities or technical assistance to international organizations
and governments. The ECAO-RTP offers expertise in the fol-
lowing:
Environmental Media Assessment Broad, usually
multi-disciplinary, assessments of widespread
pollutants or classes of pollutants. These
assessments require substantial evaluation and
integration of information not only on health
effects, but also on ecological or other
environmental effects. Additionally, they
typically include background information on
sources, emissions, transport and fate, and
exposure aspects. Activities include preparation
of air quality criteria documents supporting
development/revision of National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS), preparation or
review of cross-media pollutant assessments,
development of research needs statements or
strategies, and participation in associated
activities (Administrator briefings, Congressional
testimony, public hearings, etc.)
HazardousPollutant Assessment The Hazardous
Pollutant Assessment Branch (HPAB) provides
toxicologic expertise in assessing health effects
Mailcode: 52
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FAX: FTS 629-5078
of air toxics. This expertise is extensively utilized
in the derivation of inhalation reference
concentrations (RfC) to protect against deleterious
effects from chronic exposure to air toxics. The
HPAB is also a major participant in the Air Risk
Information Support Center (Air RISC) which
disseminates lexicological and risk assessment
information to local, State, and Regional offices
by hotline requests and technical assistance and
guidance projects. Research interests in HPAB
include refinement of the NOAEL approach to
RfCs, reduction of uncertainty in RfCs, and
development of an inhalation reference
concentration methodology for acute exposures.
Indoor Air Program Management: Lead
responsibility for management of the integrated
Indoor Air Research program; preparation of
related materials (e.g., Reports to Congress) and
coordination of other Federal indoor air research
activities. Development of risk characterization
methodology as well as indoor air public awareness
documents; participation in associated activities
(Administrator briefings, Congressional
testimony, public hearings, etc.)
Technical Assistance: Scientific assessment
support to Regions, States, local agencies through
contributions to and review of risk assessment
materials dealing with problem situations in
particular geographic areas falling under various
EPA Regional Offices, States, or local
governmental purviews. Includes operation of
the Air RISC "hotline" and provisions of expert
testimony or expert assistance in preparation of
legal positions, or strategies in dealing with
litigation situations.
DIRECTOR
FTS 629-4173
COM 919-541-4173
Environmental Media
Assessment Branch
Hazardous Pollutant
Assessment Branch
Technical Services
Staff
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Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Lester D. Grant, Director
Michael A. Berry, Deputy Dir.
Judith A. Graham, Assoc. Dir.
SiDukLee
Environmental Media
Assessment Branch
Norman E. Childs, Chief
Beverly M. Comfort
Robert W. Elias
William G. Ewald
Jasper H.B. Gamer
Dennis J. Kotchmar
Thomas B. McMullen
James A. Raub
Beverly E. Tilton
Hazardous Pollutant
Assessment Branch
Chon R. Shoaf, Chief
J. Michael Davis
Gary J. Foureman
Jeff S. Gift
Mark M. Greenberg
Dan J. Guth
Annie M. Jarabek
Marsha Marsh
Winona W. Victery
Telephone*
4173
4172
0349
4477
2229
4165
4167
4164
4153
4158
4150
4157
4161
4155
4162
1183
4828
4156
4930
4847
1314
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Criteria air pollutants; health assessment of air
pollutants; lead and other heavy metals
Environmental legislation; indoor air pollution
Health assessment of toxic air pollutants; criteria air
pollutants
International collaboration; health risk assessment
Criteria air pollutants, indoor air pollution
Pesticides; indoor air pollution
Heavy metals; exposure modeling
Toxicology; radiation biology
Ecosystem and vegetation effects
Epidemiology and respiratory effects
Air quality data evaluation
Carbon monoxide; ozone
Ozone; hydrocarbons
Inhalation toxicology; risk assessment
Neurobehavioral toxicology & teratology; lead;
alternative fuels & fuel additives
General metabolism; biological chemistry; general
toxicology
Biologic markers for non-cancer and cancer end-
points; risk assessment
Organic chemicals; toxicology
Pulmonary toxicology; inhalation risk assessment
Inhalation toxicology and risk assessment;
physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling
Environmental health risk assessment
Chromium; other metals; Air RISC
* FTS: 629-xxxx; COM: 919-541-xxxx
**On detail in San Francisco FTS: 484-1869; COM: 415-744-1869
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Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Chris DeRosa,
Acting Director
FTS 684-7531
COM 513-569-7531
E-Mail EPA8140
The Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office in
Cincinnati, Ohio (ECAO-Cin) is responsible for developing
risk assessment documents, assessment methodologies, and
guidelines to estimate human health effects. Primarily, the
ECAO-Cin (1) prepares and publishes new or revised criteria
documents when needed as input and guidance for setting
environmental standards; (2) prepares and publishes scientific
assessment documents/health risk assessment reports, which
will serve as a basis for decisions by the EPA Administrator
regarding the listing of pollutants for standards and control
under various legislative authorities; (3) develops risk assess-
ment methods, which provide guidance for evaluating potential
risks to human health from exposure to environmental pollut-
ants; and (4) actively participates in Agency-wide work groups
in the planning, development and implementation of future
research strategies for the Agency.
ECAO-Cin activities fall within three overarching themes:
1. Direct Regulatory Support
2. Risk Assessment Research and Development
3. Technical Support and Assistance
These theme areas are addressed by three Branches:
Chemical Mixtures Assessment Branch:
Provides scientific support for the development
of background documentation and technical
support necessary to formulate human health risk
assessment activitiesfor Agency Program Offices
as mandated by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the Superfund
Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA),
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), and the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendment (HSWA). These assessments
establish the basis for regulatory activities in the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
26 W. ML King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268
Mailcode: 114
FAX: FTS 684-7475
(OSWER) associated with the potential human
exposure to environmental pollutants, particularly
chemical mixtures.
Systemic Toxicants Assessment Branch:
Provides scientific support for the development
of background documentation and technical
support necessary to formulate human health risk
assessment activities for Agency Program Offices
as mandated by the Clean Water Act (CWA), the
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and the Clean
Air Act (CAA). These assessments establish the
basis for regulatory activities and advisories
associated with potential human exposure to
environmental pollutants, particularly systemic
toxicants. Additionally, the evaluation of risks
associated with municipal solid wastes is
undertaken. Specific areas of research include
risks associated with municipal solid waste
recycling, municipal waste combustion (including
the assessment of indirect exposures), and
comparative risk assessment of municipal waste
disposal alternatives.
Methods Evaluation and Development Staff:
Initiates and coordinates the development of risk
assessment methods and Agency guidelines for
chemical mixtures and noncancer health effects,
and reviews new methods in response to identified
Agency needs. The staff also coordinates the
Agency's Reference Dose (RfD) and Carcinogen
Risk Assessment Verification Endeavor
(CRAVE) work groups, and manages the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). These
activities help ensure that the Agency's risk
assessments remain credible and that state-of-
the-art methods are continually evaluated,
developed and implemented.
DIRECTOR
FTS 684-7531
COM 513-569-7531
Chemical Mixtures
Assessments
Systemic Toxicants
Assessments
Methods Evaluation
and Development
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
Christopher DeRosa, Acting Director 7531
Debdas Mukerjee, Senior Science Advisor 7572
Michael Dourson, Acting Assoc. Director 7533
Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, Acting Deputy Dir. 7523
Chemical Mixtures Assessment Branch
W. Bruce Peirano, Acting Chief 7534
Harlal Choudhury 7536
Chris Cubbison 7599
Erma Durden
Pei-Fung Hurst
Lillian Jones
Linda Knauf
Deborah McKean
Moiz Mumtaz
Kenneth Poirier
David Reisman
Adib Tabri
Stephen Weldert
Bette Zwayer
7570
7585
7417
7573
7569
7593
7462
7588
7505
7419
7575
Systemic Toxicants Assessment Branch
Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, Chief 7523
Randall Bruins 7523
John Cicmanec 7481
Charlotte Cottrill 7221
Norman Kowal 7584
Patricia Murphy 7226
Judith Olsen 7576
Lynn Papa 7587
Carolyn Smallwood 7425
Eletha Tshitambwe 7662
Sue Velazquez
7571
Methods Evaluation and Development Staff
Rita Schoeny, Acting Chief 7544
Pat Daunt
Richard Hertzberg
Jacqueline Patterson
Glenn Rice
JeffSwartout
7596,
7582
7574
7813
7811
Area of Expertise
Risk assessment; Superfund; solid waste
Cancer assessments
Reference doses (Rfd); IRIS; noncancer risk assess-
ment guidelines
Water and hazardous air pollutant programs
Pharmacokinetics; toxicology
Land disposal bans; reference doses
Less-than-lifetime risk assessments; reportable
quantities
Document quality control; technical information
Epidemiology; Superfund Technical Support;
virology
Clinical chemistry
Statistics
Pathology; HEEDS
Risk characterization; pharmacology
RfD Work Group
CURE Data Base
Chemistry
Employee safety; hazard communication
Word processing
Water and hazardous air pollutant programs
Sludge disposal/reuse methodology
Laboratory animal medicine
Technology transfer; communications
Sludge disposal/reuse methodology
Epidemiology
Technical information transfer
Physiology/health assessment
Chlorinated drinking water contaminants
Drinking water criteria documents; municipal solid
waste recycling
Drinking water criteria documents
Carcinogen Risk Assessment Endeavor (CRAVE);
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
IRIS data base
Biomathematical models; STARA and MIXTOX
data bases; chemical mixtures guidelines
IRIS data base
Sludge risk assessment; RfD; CRAVE
IRIS; noncancer risk assessment
IRIS User Support FTS 684-7254; COM 513-569-7254
Superfund Technical Support Hotline: FTS 684-7300; COM 513-569-7300
*FTS: 684-xxxx; COM: 513-569-xxxx
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Robert S. Kerr Environmental
Research Laboratory
Clinton W. Hall,
Director
FTS 743-2224
COM 405-332-8800
E-Mail EPA8441
The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
(RSKERL) serves as U.S. EPA's center for ground-water re-
search, focusing its efforts on studies of the transport and fate
of contaminants in the subsurface, development of method-
ologies for protection and restoration of ground-water quality,
and evaluation of the applicability and limitations of using
natural soil and subsurface processes for the treatment of haz-
ardous wastes. The Laboratory has a long history of research
responsibilities related to the use of soils and subsurface for
waste treatment and to the protection of the soil, ground water
and surface water. These responsibilities have included the
development and demonstration of cost-effective methods for
land treatment of municipal wastewaters, animal production
wastes, and petroleum refining and petrochemical wastes, as
well as the development of technologies for the protection of
ground-water quality.
RSKERL carries out research through in-house projects
and cooperative and inleragency agreements with universities,
national laboratories, and other research centers:
Drinking water: Determination of contaminant
transport and transformation mechanisms andrates
in the subsurface as they relate to assimilative
capacities and drinking water protection strategies
of the Wellhead Protection Program and
Underground Injection Control Program.
Hazardous Wastes: Development and testing of a
variety of mathematical models that describe and
predict thehydrologic.biotic and abiotic processes
that define site-characterization parameters for
RCRA facility closure and corrective action
decisions.
Superfund: Development and demonstration of
subsurface remediation technologies, especially
in situ bioremediation, vacuum extraction and
pump-and-treat. Maintenance of the RSKERL
Superfund Technology Support Center which
provides state-of-the-science assistance to EPA/
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, Oklahoma 74820
FAX: FTS 743-2256
State decision-makers responsible for
implementation of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Associated activities operated and/or supported by
RSKERL to provide research and technology transfer:
Injection Well Research and Training Facility:
Field site consisting of three research injection
wells and four monitoring wells used to develop,
test and demonstrate emerging technologies for
determining the environmental integrity of
injection wells and to train State and Federal
regulatory personnel.
RSKERL Technology Support Center: Consists
of a core team of 13 EPA scientists and engineers
supported by RSKERL in-house and extramural
researchers, and an on-site technology support
contractor with off-site subcontractors and
consultants.
Center for Subsurface Modeling Support
(CSMoS): Comprised of RSKERL scientists, the
International Ground Water Modeling Center at
Holcomb Research Institute and a number of
ground-water modeling consultants.
National Center for Ground Water Research: A
consortium of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and
RiceUniversities provided base fundingby EPA's
Office of Exploratory Research, the Center
develops and conducts long-range exploratory
research to address new challenges in ground-
water protection and restoration.
Subsurface Remediation Information Center:
Operated as an adjunct to the Technology Support
Center, activities are conducted toward
developing, collecting, evaluating, coordinating
and disseminating information related to
remediation of contaminated soils and ground
water.
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DIRECTOR
FTS 743-2224
COM 405-332-8800
J_
Processes and Systems
Research
Extramural Activities
and Assistance
Subsurface
Processes
Extramural Activities
and Evaluation
Subsurface
Systems
Applications and
Assistance
Technology Support
Center
Processes and Systems
Research Division
Carl G. Enfield
Subsurface Processes Branch
Vacant, Chief
Don Clark
Roger Cosby
Steve Hutchins
Don Kampbell
Dennis Miller
Guy Sewell
Gannon Smith
Robert Smith
John Wilson
Subsurface Systems Branch
Stephen G. Schmelling, Chief
Frank Beck
Jong Cho
Eva Davis
Wayne Downs
Michael Jawson
Areas of Expertise
Telephone"1 Area of Expertise
2210
2311
2320
2327
2358
2263
2232
2316
2248
2259
2434
2293
2271
2346
2272
2280
Contaminant transport modeling
Inorganic analytical chemistry
Organic analytical chemistry
Subsurface biotransformations
Soil chemistry; vapor transport
Immiscible flow; vapor transport
Subsurface biotransformations
Organic analytical chemistry
Biological analyses
Subsurface biorestoration
Contaminant transport modeling, fractured media
Soil science
Contaminant transport modeling, vapor transport
Nonaqueous phase liquid transport (NAPLs)
Contaminant transport modeling, biotransformations
Soil microbiology; agricultural chemicals
(continued)
*FTS: 743-xxxx; COM: 405-332-8800
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Areas of Expertise
(continued)
Steve Kraemer
Bob Lien
FredPfeffer
Susan Mravik
Robert Puls
Thomas Short
Dave Walters
James Weaver
Candida West
Lynn Wood
Extramural Activities and
Assistance Division
M. Richard Scalf, Director
Extramural Activities and
Evaluation Branch
James F. McNabb, Chief
Jerry N. Jones
R. Douglas Kreis,
Applications and Assistance
Branch
John Matthews
Don Draper (TSC Director)
Steve Acree
BertBledsoe
Dave Burden
Dom DiGiulio
Scott Ruling
Randall Ross
Hugh Russell
Jerry Thornhill
Joe Williams
Telephone*
2315
2249
2305
2434
2262
2234
2261
2420
2257
2420
2212
2416
2251
2303
2308
2202
2322
2324
2294
2271
2313
2355
2444
2310
2246
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
John Wilson 2259
Area of Expertise
Contaminant transport modeling, fractured media
Soil science
Analytical chemistry
Soil science
Geochemistry; metals transport
Contaminant transport modeling; unsaturated
Soils; modeling
Contaminant transport modeling; NAPLs
Subsurface abiotic processes; NAPLs
Subsurface abiotic processes; mixed solvents
Ground-water monitoring
Microbiology; wellhead protection
Analytical chemistry; aquifer restoration
Ecological effects
Hazardous wastes biological processes
Hydrogeblogy; underground injection (UIC)
Hydrogeology; geophysics
Analytical chemistry; metals transport
Hydrology; wellhead protection
Hydrology; modeling; soil venting
Land treatment; RCRA; modeling; NAPLs
Hydrogeology; modeling; NAPLs
Bioremediation
Hydrogeology; underground injection (UIC)
Soil science; modeling
Coastal Remediation Company ~ Bioremediation
process developed to remove alkylbenzene contami-
nation through the injection into the subsurface of a
nutrient mix
*FTS: 743-xxxx; COM: 405-332-8800 (ask for extension)
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Environmental Research Laboratory - Corvallis
Thomas A. Murphy,
Director
FTS 420-4601
COM 503-757-4601
E-Mail EPA8420
The Corvallis Laboratory conducts research and assess-
ments on the effects of pollutants and other human stresses on
land-dominated ecological systems that include: forests, wet-
lands, wild animal and plant populations, agricultural systems,
soils and microbial communities, watersheds and regional
landscapes. It also develops and evaluates methods for mitigat-
ing effects on and restoring ecological systems. The Laboratory
provides the Agency's primary scientific expertise in terrestrial,
watershed and landscape ecology and terrestrial ecotoxicology.
Research is conducted in six major areas:
Air Pollution Effects: Assess the effects of
atmospheric pollutants including acidic deposition
on forests, crops, watersheds and surface waters.
Climate Change: Assess the effects of changing
climate, including temperature, precipitation and
solar radiation, on ecological systems. Determine
the role of ecological systems, such as forests, in
controllingclimateormodera ting climate change.
Develop and evaluate methods for managing the
terrestrial biosphere to mitigate or reduce the
effects of climate change.
Environmentally Applied Chemicals and
Biologicals: Develop and test methods to assess
200 S.W. 35th St.
Corvallis, Oregon 97333
FAX: FTS 420-4600
the effects on terrestrial ecological systems of
chemicals, such as pesticides, and biological
agents, such as genetically engineering
microorganisms, that are intentionally introduced
into the environment
Landscape Modification: Assess the regional scale
effects of physical changes to the landscape, such
as habitat loss or hydrologic modification, on the
ability of ecological systems to maintain desired
levels of biodiversity and sustainable ecological
functioning.
Wetlands: Develop the scientific basis for
assessing and managing risks for the nation's
freshwater wetlands, including criteria for
preventing wetland loss or degradation and
guidelines for wetland restoration and creation.
Develop guidelines for using created or natural
wetlands for water quality improvement in a
manner that is compatible with other ecological
functions of wetlands.
Regional Ecological Assessment: Develop and
test methods for assessing the regional scale
"health" of ecological systems, through the use of
ecological indicators and environmental statistics.
DIRECTOR
FTS 420-4601
COM 503-757-4601
1
Watershed Branch
Terrestrial Branch
Wetlands Team
Regional Effects
Team
Watershed Response
Team
Aquatic Monitoring
Team
Ecotoxicology Branch
Global Processes and
Effects Team
Wildlife Ecology Team
Global Mitigation/
Adaptation Team
Biotechnology Team
Ozone Team
Ecological Assessment
Team
Ecological Statistics
Team
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Areas of Expertise
Watershed Branch
Roger Blair
Mary E. Kentula
Dixon H. Landers
D. Phillip Larsen
Scott Leibowitz
Anthony R. Olsen
James M. Omernik
Spencer A. Peterson
Eric Preston
Richard R. Sumner
Parker J.Wigington
Terrestrial Branch
Peter A. Beedlow
Christian P. Anderson
M. Robbins Church
Robert K. Dixon
William E.Hogsett HI
JeffiyLee
J. Craig McFarlane
David M. Olszyk
Donald L. Phillips
David T. Tingey
James A. Weber
Ecotoxicology Branch
John L. Aimstong
Richard S. Bennett, Jr.
Clarence A. Callahan
Anne Fairbrother
Charles W. Hendricks
Bruce Lighthart
AlanV.Nebeker
Christine A. Ribic
Paul T. Rygiewicz
Gerald S. Schuytema
Ramon J. Seidler
Mostafa A. Shirazi
BiU A. Williams
Telephone*
4666
4666
4666
4666
4666
4790
4666
4666
4666
4666
4666
4772
4605
4666
4791
4632
4666
4670
4311
4355
4621
4503
4718
4538
4764
4606
4705
4879
4350
4717
4833
4764
4708
4656
4679
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
Harold V.Kibby 4625
Daniel H. McKenzie 4666
Areas of Expertise
Forest ecology
Wetlands ecology
Limnology
Lake/stream ecology
Landscape ecology
Environmental statistics
Geography/cartography
Limnology/lake restoration
Wetlands ecology
Wetlands ecology
Hydrology/stream chemical dynamics
Global climate change; landscape ecology
Air pollution effects on vegetation
Limnology; watershed ecology
Plant physiology; climate change
Air pollution effects on vegetation
Ecology; soils
Plant physiology; UVb effects
Plant physiology
Ecology; spatial statistics
Plant physiology; climate change
Air pollution effects on vegetation
Molecular genetics
Wildlife ecology/toxicology
Soil invertebrate ecology
Wildlife ecology/toxicology
Microbiology
Microbiology
Aquatic and wildlife toxicology
Wildlife ecology
Plant and soil ecology
Invertebrate taxonomy/toxicology
Microbial ecology/biotechnology
Systems ecology
Wildlife physiology/toxicology
Ecology
Ecological modeling
*FTS: 420-xxxx; COM: 503-757-4601
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Environmental Research Laboratory - Gulf Breeze
Robert E. Menzer,
Director
FTS 228-9208
COM 904-934-9208
E-Mail EPA8470
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561-5299
FAX: FTS 228-9201
The Environmental Research Laboratory at Gulf Breeze
develops and analyzes scientific data on the impact of hazardous
materials released in marine and estuarine environments. Sci-
entific investigations primarily involve chemical compounds
and biological products regulated by EPA's Office of Pesticides
and Toxic Substances, the Office of Water Programs, and the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Laboratory scientists develop and evaluate test systems to
(1) evaluate and define mechanisms that affect biodegradation
and accumulation of toxicants in aquatic food webs; (2) define
procedures and evaluate protocols for biological treatment of
hazardous wastes; (3) determine effects of carcinogens, muta-
gens, and teratogens in aquatic species; (4) develop principles
and applications of ecotoxicology, including measurement and
prediction of fate and effect of chemicals and synthetics on
estuarine species and environments. Methods also are under
development to apply laboratory observations to field situa-
tions and to evaluate potential risks from the release of biotech-
nological products in the marine environment.
Information from laboratory research is used to establish
guidelines, standards, and strategies for management of haz-
ardous materials in the near-coastal marine environment, to
define and predict its ecological health, and describe cause(s) of
aberrant conditions or changes in its ecological status.
Research at Gulf Breeze is organized into these branches:
Ecotoxicology Branch: (1) develop and test
methods to determine acute and chronic effects
(including bioaccumulation) of contaminants on
estuarine and marine plants and animals; (2)
develop culture techniques for test organisms; (3)
develop and verify biological indicators for
laboratory and field investigations to detect
contaminant exposure and effects at the
population, community, and ecosystem levels; (4)
develop and validate model systems to predict
resiliency (impact and recovery) of populations,
communities, and ecosystems exposed to contami-
nants; (5) determine effects of contaminants on
ecological structure and function and delineate
endpoints that describe structure and function; (6)
conduct field studies (i.e., verification oflaboratory
methodologies and results) to predict
environmental response to pesticide use in
potential impact areas; (7) develop and improve
methods to analyze seawater and marine matrices
(plants, animals, sediments) for contaminants
priorto laboratory and field studies; (8) assess risks
of chemicals andother contaminants by integration
and interpretation of biological, chemical, and
physical data in aquatic environments.
Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology Branch:
(1) characterize rates, mechanisms, and metabolic
limitations of biodegradation processes carried
out by microbial communities and assess their
ability to transform organic chemicals and heavy
metals into nontoxic products; (2) evaluate
potential risks associated with release of
genetically engineered microorganisms
(biotechnology) in the environment; (3) define
quantitatively environmental factors that control
biodegradation and describe the potential
manipulation of ecosystems and microbial
communities to enhance extent and rate of
biodegradation of specified single compounds and
complex mixtures; (4) develop methods for
bioremediation using microbial systems.
Pathobiology Branch: (1) develop methods to
evaluate risks of biological pesticidal agents to
nontarget, aquatic species and systems, including
natural and genetically altered microbial pest
control agents and biochemical control agents; (2)
develop aquatic species as indicators and models
to assess hazards of genotoxic agents to aquatic
animals and humans; and (3) elucidate
mechanisms in toxicants that impair development
or cause disease in aquatic species.
DIRECTOR
FTS 228-9208
COM 904-934-9208
Ecotoxicology
Microbial Ecology
and Biotechnology
Pathobiology
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Areas of Expertise
Telephone*
Office of the Director
Robert E. Menzer, Director 9208
Raymond G. Wilhour, Deputy Director 9213
John A. Couch 9270
Andrew J. McErlean 9231
Frank G.Wilkes 9223
Ecotoxicology Branch
Foster L. Mayer 9380
James R. Clark 9248
Geraldine Cripe 9233
Carol Daniels 9329
William P. Davis 9312
David Flemer 9253
Leroy Folmar 9207
Larry Goodman 9205
James C. Moore 9236
Rodney Parrish 9221
Kevin Summers 9244
Microbial Ecology and
Biotechnology Branch
Parmely H. Pritchard 9260
Tamar Barkay 9295
Peter Chapman 9261
Richard Coffin 9255
Richard Eaton 9268
FredGenthner 9342
Jan Kurtz 9286
Leonard H. Mueller 9211
Pathobiology Branch
William Fisher 9394
JohnFoumie 9272
Lee Courtney 9313
Charles L. McKenney 9311
Douglas P. Middaugh 9310
Wilhelm Peter Schoor 9276
Federal Technology Transfer Act Cooperative
Research Agreement
Parmely H. Pritchard 9260
Area of Expertise
Pesticide toxicology
Plant pathology; terrestrial ecology
Pathology; toxic mechanisms
Pollution ecology
Aquatic ecology
Toxicology; aquatic ecology
Aquatic ecology
Crustacean culture/toxicology
Genetic toxicology
Ichthyology; marine ecology
Aquatic ecology
Physiology; toxicology
Aquatic toxicology
Analytical chemistry
Toxicology; aquatic ecology
Systems ecology
Microbial ecology; biodegradation
Microbial ecology
Biochemistry; biodegradation
Marine microbial ecology
Microbial genetics; biodegradation
Microorganism/invertebrate interactions
Microbial ecology
Analytical chemistry
Invertebrate pathology
Pathology
Electron microscopy
Physiology
Fish culture; toxicology
Biochemistry
Southern Bioproducts, Inc. - Develop microbial
isolates to degrade toxic chemicals
*FTS: 228-xxxx; COM: 904-934-xxxx
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Environmental Research Laboratory - Duluth
Oilman D. Veith,
Director
FTS 780-5550
COM 218-720-5550
E-Mail EPA8450
The Environmental Research Laboratory at Duluth
(ERL-D) conducts research to advance our fundamental under-
standing of aquatic toxicology and freshwater ecology. Its
mission is to develop a scientific basis for EPA to create
environmental policies concerning the use of freshwater re-
sources. To accomplish this, ERL-D conducts the research,
development, and technical assistance programs described be-
low.
The regulatory ecotoxicology branch develops and evalu-
ates methods for identifying hazardous xenobiotics in freshwa-
ter effluents, leachates, surface waters, and sediments, defining
toxici ty and other adverse effects, and developing protocols that
can be used as regulatory tools to help identify environmental
hazards from separate industrial chemicals and their mixtures to
specific freshwater aquatic life and ecosystems. Our regulatory
ecotoxicologists have recently accented the lead role in the
design of sediment quality criteria.
The ecosystem response group seeks to quantify dose
response relationships and indirect effects of stresses on
freshwaters. Specialized methods involving microcosms,
mesocosms, streams, ponds, wetlands, and small lakes are used
to provide the basis for models and extrapolation techniques.
The knowledge has been incorporated into testing protocols for
pesticides registration.
Our landscape ecology program specializes in the diagnosis
of ecosystem dysfunction and developing indicators of eco-
system health. As EPA moves closer to programs for better
managementpractices from a watershed perspective, we expect
to provide much of the guidance to protect and improve water
quality.
The Great Lakes Research Program managed by ERL-D
has turned completely to science for lake-wide management
planning. Research is conducted in cooperation with the other
U.S. and Canadian agencies including local governments as well
as many college and universities. Specific projects include as-
sessment and remediation of contaminated sediments,' mass
balance study of Green Bay, WI, biomonitoring of potential
6201 Congdon Blvd.
Duluth, Minnesota 55804
FAX: FTS 780-5539
leakage of contaminants from a confined disposal facility,
impact of exotic species, and development of a geographic
information system that will support spatial analysis and map-
ping of environmental data from the Great Lakes.
Chemical safety evaluations in the form of risk assessment
remains the focus of our predictive toxicology program. A
complete array of computerized models for structure-toxicity
relationships, pharmacokinetic extrapolations, dynamic toxic
effects, and mixture toxicity are being developed. Studies to
determine the ecological significance and adequacy of existing
laboratory-derived hazard assessments for protecting aquatic
life are being conducted. A new thrust seeks to validate low-cost
fish models in the classification of chemical carcinogens.
ERL-Duluth research is concentrated in the following
areas of development, evaluation, and surveillance:
Develop a sound chemical, physical, and
biological understanding to determine
concentrations of pesticides, toxic substances and
hazardous wastes nonharmful to freshwater
aquatic life; share this expertise and data resource
with EPA program offices, other agencies and
scientists, and community leaders.
Develop common denominators, quantitative
structure-activity relationships and models that
can be used to predict or assess the impact of
chemical and physical pollutants on aquatic and
aquatic-related organisms.
Evaluate the ability of laboratory test methods
and models to predict the fate and effects of
contaminants under field conditions through use
of ecological studies.
Develop criteria for individual physical and
chemical contaminants and complex mixtures for
the protection of aquatic organisms and consumers
of aquatic organisms; conduct related site-specific
studies to support and assess agency use of the
criteria.
1
Predictive
Toxicology
Research
|
Ecosystem
Response
Research
DIRECTOR
FTS 780-5550
COM 218-720-5550
Regulatory
Ecotoxicology
Research
1
Landscape
Ecology
Research
1
Large Lakes and
Rivers Research
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Areas of Expertise
Office of the Director
Oilman D. Veith, Director
Steven Hedtke, Associate Director
Nelson A. Thomas
Philip M. Cook
DouglasW. Kuehl
Robert A. Drummond
Landscape Ecology
Water Quality Research Branch
Anthony R. Carlson
William Sanville
Robert Spehar
John Arthur
John G. Eaton
J.D. Yount
Ecosystem Response
Research Branch
Richard Siefert
Richard L. Anderson
Alfred W. Jarvinen
Regulatory Ecotoxicology
Research Branch
Steven Broderius
Gerald Ankley
Lawrence Burkhard
Russell J. Erickson
Charles E. Stephan
Predictive Toxicology
Research Branch
James McKim (acting)
Steven Bradbury
Rodney Johnson
Large Lakes and Rivers
Research Branch
William L. Richardson
Russel Kreis
Doug Endicott
Telephone*
5550
5610
5702
5553
5511
5733
5523
5723
5564
5565
5557
5752
5552
5616
5561
5574
5603
5554
5534
5510
5567
5527
5731
7600**
7600**
7600**
Area of Expertise
Toxicity data bases; structure activity; predictive toxicol-
ogy
EMAP, freshwater ecology
National programs; complex effluents; technology transfer
Dioxins, bioavailability, risk assessment
Trace organics in tissue and water; mass spectrometry
Scientific outreach; behavioral toxicology
Site-specific water quality; toxicity testing-field response
Wetlands; ecological effects
Chronic bioassays, criteria guidelines
Watersheds; ecological effects
Global climate change, acid rain, lake ecology
Exotic species; stream classification
Pesticide bioassays; fish and fish food taxonomy
Invertebrates; toxicity testing chemical/microbial pesti-
cides
Pesticide bioassays
Toxic mechanisms; mixture toxicity
Toxicology; sediment toxicity; bioassays
Effluent assessment; chemistry
Ecological Risk Modeling
Water quality criteria documents
Comparative dose-response; toxicology;
pharmacodynamics
Toxicokinetics; mechanisms of toxic action; metabolism
Cell biology; pathology; carcinogen assay; Medaka
Great Lakes; ecosystem modeling waste load allocation;
eutrophication
Ecosystem-chemical effects; effects assessment
Modeling theory; ecosystem modeling
* FTS: 780-xxxx; COM: 218-720-xxxx
**FTS: 378-xxxx; COM: 313-692-7600
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Environmental Research Laboratory - Athens
Rosemarie C. Russo,
Dkector
FTS 250-3134
COM 404-546-3134
E-Mail EPA8430
The Environmental Research Laboratory at Athens con-
ducts and manages fundamental and applied research to predict,
and assess and reduce the human and environmental exposures
and risks associated with the release of pollutants in freshwater,
marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. The research focus is pre-
dictive ecological science.
This research identifies and characterizes the natural bio-
logical and chemical processes that affect the environmental
fate and effects of specific toxic substances, such as pesticides
or metals. The results are applied in state-of-the-art mathemati-
cal models for assessing and managing environmental pollution
problems.
EPA's Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling
(CEAM), an internationally known center of modeling exper-
tise located at the Athens Lab, provides models, training, and
support in multimedia exposure evaluation and ecological risk
assessment CEAM assists the Agency and States in environ-
mental risk-based decisions concerning the protection of
freshwater, marine water, soil, ground water and air.
Lab-developed data and assessment techniques support
EPA's regulation and enforcement activities. Major research
areas include global climate change, ecological risk assess-
ment, sediment quality evaluation, artificial intelligence-expert
systems for predicting chemical reactivity, bioremediation,
chemical remediation, and wellhead protection. Risk-based
research categories include:
Predictive Pollutant Fate: Identify chemical pro-
cesses that transport or transform organics and
inorganics (especially metals) in soil, sediment,
and water, establish the kinetics of microbial
degradation of hazardous chemicals in the envi-
ronment; develop mathematical models (with ap-
propriate expert systems) to predict environmen-
tal fate and effects of chemicals and to describe
chemical and biological processes for assessing
human and ecological exposure and risk; develop
structure-reactivity relationships and property-
reactivity correlations for predicting hydrolysis,
photolysis, and other reactivity parameters vital
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613-0801
FAX: FTS 250-2018
to pollutant fate modeling; identify transforma-
tion mechanisms and products for environmen-
tally important chemicals; identify problem
chemicals and source constituents through multi-
spectral techniques; describe and predict the
multimedia transport of pollutants; and establish
methodologies for estimating uncertainty in model
predictions.
Predictive Exposure Assessment: Provide
accurate data, methods, and models for predicting
exposures and reconstructing past exposures to
pollutants affecting aquatic and terrestrial
ecosystems; develop and validate process-
oriented models that predict the dynamics of the
bioaccumulation and internal distribution in fish
and other aquatic organisms of organic chemicals
and metals.
Predictive Ecological Risk Assessment and
Ecoresource Management: Develop multi-level
(from species-population through landscape-
regional) risk assessment framework,
methodology, and decision support system for
aquatic and terrestrial environments; develop
quantitative uncertainty analysis methods for
assessment and reduction of ecological risk
factors; develop framework for analyzing
regional, landscape, and ecosystem monitoring
data; testmethods to identify impactsof industrial
society on the ecosphere.
Technology Transfer and Technical Support:
Provide models, training, and support in exposure
evaluation and ecological risk assessment through
EPA'sCenterforExposureAssessmentModeling
(CEAM); assist the Agency and States in
environmental risk-based decisions concerning
the protection of water, soil, ground water and air
(through, for example, the Agency's Technical
Support Centerfor Ecological Risk Assessment);
provide database of physical, chemical and
microbial rate and equilibrium constants for
mathematical modeling.
1
Chemistry
i
Biology
DIRECTOR
FTS 250-3134
COM 404-546-3134
1
1
Measurements
i
Assessment
I I
Center for
Exposure
Assessment
Modeling
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Office of the Director
Rosemarie C. Russo, Director
Lee A. Mulkey
Robert R. Swank, Jr.
Chemistry Branch
Arthur W. Garrison
Leo V. Azarraga
George W. Bailey
ChadT.Jafvert
Samuel W. Karickhoff
Nicholas T. Loux
Eric J. Weber
N. Lee Wolfe
Richard G. Zepp
Biology Branch
William C. Steen
M. Craig Barber
George L. Baughman
Donald L. Brockway
Lawrence A. Burns
W. Jack Jones
Ray R. Lassiter
David L. Lewis
John E. Rogers
Luis A. Suarez
Thomas E. Waddell
Measurements Branch
William T. Donaldson
Timothy W. Collette
J. Jackson Ellington
Heinz P. Kolig
John M. McGuire
Assessment Branch
David S. Brown
Robert B. Ambrose, Jr.
Thomas 0. Barnwell, Jr.
Robert F.Carsel
Fred K. Fong
Steve C. McCutcheon
Charles N. Smith
William W. Sutton
Regional/State Contact
Robert C. Ryans
Areas of Expertise
Telephone* Area of Expertise
3134
3358
3128
3145
3453
3307
3186
3149
3174
3198
3429
3428
3103
3147
3103
3422
3511
3228
3208
3358
3128
2301
3358
3183
3525
3197
3770
3185
3546
3130
3210
3476
3330
3301
3175
3370
3306
Ammonia/nitrite toxicity to aquatic organisms
Landfill permitting/site selection; hazardous waste
management; climate change
Multimedia models; industrial sources; control
technology
Organic chemical analysis
Molecular spectroscopy; metal-humic interactions
Metal sorption; soil chemistry
Organic sorption processes
Structure-activity relationships (chemical)
Inorganic analysis; metal adsorption/speciation
Fate of organic pollutants
Hydrolysis/redox reactions in water
Environmental photochemistry; global climate change
Microbial kinetic constant measurement
Chemical bioaccumulation modeling
Dye chemistry
Aquatic biology; fish toxicology
Exposure-effects modeling; ecology
Anaerobic microbiology
Exposure-effects modeling; ecology
Microbial biotransformation processes
Microbial kinetics; biochemistry; ecology; bioremediation
Pharmacokinetics of biological systems
Ecological risk assessment
Multispectral analysis; transformation rate constants
Molecular spectroscopy; organic ID
Chemical kinetic constant measurement
Fate constant database; reliability evaluation
Mass spectrometry; organic ID
Metals speciation; terrestrial exposure
Exposure and risk assessment modeling
Water quality modeling; decision support/expert systems
Pesticide and groundwater leachate modeling
Numerical analysis, mass transport phenomena
Sediment transport; hydrodynamics; sorption modeling
Pesticide dynamics; field sampling methods
Environmental monitoring; exposure assessment; physiology
Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling
Robert B. Ambrose, Jr. 3130
*FTS: 250-xxxx; COM: 404-546-xxxx
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Environmental Research Laboratory - Narragansett
Norbert A. Jaworski,
Director
FTS 838-6001
COM 401-782-6001
E-Mail EPA8460
The Environmental Research Laboratory at Narragansett,
RI, along with its Pacific Coast Laboratory in Newport, OR,
was established congressionally as The National Marine Water
Quality Laboratory and has been given expanded roles in
sediment quality and monitoring. The Laboratory's research
and monitoring efforts support primarily the EPA office of
Water, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Office of
Air andRadiation, and EPA Regional Offices. The Laboratory's
efforts respond mainly to legislative requirements of the Clean
Water Act, the Marine Protection, Research Sanctuaries Act,
the Clean Air Act, and the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act Major emphasis is placed on providing
the scientific base for environmental criteria, evaluating waste
disposal practices, environmental analysis, and assessments of
marine and estuarine regulatory activities for responsible of-
fices.
The principal research and monitoring themes of the labo-
ratory reflect its major strengths and are designed to support the
Ecological Risk Assessment Program of the Agency. The major
themes focus on identifying, diagnosing, and predicting the
ecological impact of various stresses on habitat quality (i.e.
water column quality, sediment quality and vegetative cover)
on major ecological processes and on living resources of the
marine ecosystem.
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882-1198
FAX: FTS 838-6030
The Laboratory's main themes are:
1) Predictive Biological Test Method Development;
2) Ecological Processes and Significance;
3) Environmental Exposure and Chemistry; and
4) Ecological Indicators and Monitoring.
The laboratory is responsible for the following research
and monitoring program areas: 1) marine/estuarine disposal,
discharge of complex wastes, dredged material, and other wastes;
2) water use designation and derivation of criteria for marine or
estuarine water and sediment; 3) environmental assessment of
ocean disposal and discharges of wastes and wastewaters; 4)
research support for evaluating remediation options at proposed
and designated marine and estuarine Superfund sites; 5) re-
search on the effects of global wanning and depletion of
stratospheric ozone on marine systems; and 6) ecological
monitoring for Near Coastal Ecosystems (EMAP). Technical
assistance, technology transfer, and investigations of an
emergency nature, e.g. toxic materials spills, are also provided
to aid EPA offices in evaluating environmental threats posed by
toxicants, other pollutants, and physical modifications along
our nation's coasts. Technical assistance is also provided to
other federal agencies, states, municipalities, and industry.
DIRECTOR
FTS 838-6001
COM 401-782-6001
Exposure
Branch
Effects
Branch
Research and
Administrative
Services Staff
Ecosystems
Branch
Pacific
Ecosystems
Branch
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Areas of Expertise
Name
S. M. Baksi
G. A. Chapman*
E. H. Dettmann
J. H. Garter
G. R. Gardner
J. H. Gentile
R.J.Haebler
D. J. Hansen
E. H. Jackim
N. A. Jaworski
D.J.Keith
J.L.Lake
R. W. Latimer
H.LeeH*
A. R. Malcolm
D. C. Miller
G. E. Morrison
W. G. Nelson
J.F.Paul
K. T. Perez
G. G. Pesch
D. K. Phelps
R.J.Pruell
N. I. Rubinstein
S. C. Schimmel
R.L.Steele*
R. C. Swartz*
H. A. Walker
D. R. Young*
G. E. Zaroogian
Area of Expertise
Biomarkers; physiological response
Water quality criteria/toxicity methods
Exposure assessment; water quality modeling
Eutrophication; nutrient biogeochemistry
Marine pathology; histological responses
Risk characterization; ecological toxicity
Marine mammalian pathology; histological responses
Marine water and sediment quality criteria
Biomarkers; DNA adducts
Water quality modeling
Dredged material disposal
Environmental chemistry; bioaccumulation
Environmental engineering
Bioaccumulation processes; stratospheric ozone
Biomarkers; physiological responses
Dissolved oxygen; environmental criteria
Complex effluent; toxicity testing
Biomonitoring; NPDES and near coastal; Superfund
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Plan (EMAP)
Ecological risk assessment; ecosystem analysis
Genetic toxicology; biological oceanography
Biomonitoring
Environmental and analytical chemistry
Dredging; bioaccumulation
EMAP near coastal, Virginian Province
Biological effects; algae
Benthic toxicity testing; sediment criteria
Global climate change; ocean disposal
Trophic transfer; ocean outfalls
Biochemistry
US EPA
Environmental Research Laboratory
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882-1198
E-Mail EPA8460
Telephone
FTS 838-6000
COM 401-782-3000
FAX
FTS 838-6030
COM 401-782-3030
*US EPA, ERL-N
Pacific Ecosystems Branch
2111 S.E. Marine Science Drive
Newport, Oregon 97365-5260
E-Mail EPA8428
Telephone
FTS 4304040
COM 503-867-4040
FAX
FTS 430-4049
COM 503-8674049
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Expertise Index
Academic Research Center 14
Acid aerosols 4
Acid deposition 18, 40
Acid precipitation 18
Acid rain 57
Activated carbon adsorption 28
Aerosols 18, 40, 41
Agricultural chemicals 4, 50
Agricultural ecology 18
Agricultural engineering 11
Air 21
Air monitoring 41
Air pollution 23, 26
Air pollution effects on vegetation 53
Air quality data evaluation 46
Air RISC 46
Air toxics 4, 23
Alaska bioremediation project 23
Algae 61
Alternative fuels 46
Alternative treatment technologies 24
Alternative treatment technology information center
Ammonia/nitrite toxicity to aquatic organisms 59
Anaerobic microbiology 59
Analytical chemistry 37, 51, 55
Analytical environmental chemistry 37
Aquatic and wildlife toxicology 53
Aquatic biology 34, 59
Aquatic ecology 55
Aquatic toxicology 55
Aquifer restoration 51
Arctic ecology 18
Asbestos 23, 28, 41
Atmospheric chemistry 18
Atmospheric processes 40
Atmospheric studies 40
Atmospheric transport and dispersion 18
B
Bacteriology 34
Behavioral toxicology 44,57
Benthic toxicity testing 61
24
Bioaccumulation 61
Bioanalytical chemistry 37
Bioassays 57
Biochemistry 9, 55, 59, 61
Biodegradation 55
Biodiversity 18
Bioeffects of radiofrequency radiation 44
Biologic markers for cancer/noncancer endpoints 46
Biological analyses 50
Biological effects 61
Biological oceanography 61
Biology 11
Biomarkers 18, 61
Biomathematical models 48
Biomedical engineering 11
Biomonitoring 61
Bioremediation 18, 23, 26, 51, 59
Biostatistics 9
Biotechnology 9,18, 28
Cancer assessments 48
Cancer risk assessment 9
Carbon monoxide 46
Carcinogen assay 57
Carcinogen Risk Assessment Endeavor (CRAVE) 48
Cell biology 57
Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling 59
CFCs 4, 32
CFC/Halon recycling and destruction approaches 32
Chemical accident prevention 4
Chemical analysis 40
Chemical bioaccumulation modeling 59
Chemical carcinogenesis 9, 44
Chemical engineering 10, 11
Chemical fate and transport 11
Chemical kinetic constant measurement 59
Chemical methods 34
Chemical mixtures guidelines 48
Chemistry 10, 48
Chemometrics 40
Chlorinated drinking water contaminants 48
Chromium 46
Chronic bioassays 57
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Civil engineering f 0
Clean Air Act amendments 4
Climate change 53, 59
Clinical chemistry 48
Coke oven controls 32
Computer simulation 9
Combustion 29
Combustion, incineration, furnace injection for SOx 31
Combustion modification control technology 31
Comparative dose-response 57
Complex effluents 57, 61
Computer science 44
Computer systems 26, 41
Conservation biology 18
Constructed wetlands 23
Containment technology - plume management 28
Contaminant transport modeling 50, 51
Control Technology Center (CTC Hotline) 32
Control technology 59
Corrosion 28
Criteria air pollutants 46
Crustacean culture/toxicology 55
CURE Data Base 48
Data networking 24
Data quality objectives 21
Data validation 38
Decision support/expert systems 59
Dermal absorption 11
Dermal exposure 11
Dioxins 4, 11, 40, 57
Dioxins/furans sources and disposal 24
Disinfection byproducts 28
Dispersion model development 41
Dissolved oxygen 61
DNA adducts 61
DOE/DOD coordination 24
Dredging 61
Drinking water and wastewater treatment 26
Drinking water field evaluations 28
Drinking water inorganics control 28
Drinking water management 28
Drinking water microbiological treatment 28
Drinking water treatment 24, 28
Dye chemistry 59
Eco-toxics 4
Ecological assessments 11, 37
Ecological effects 51, 57
Ecological modeling 53
Ecological risk assessment 11, 18, 59, 61
Ecological risk modeling 57
Ecological studies 40
Ecological toxicity 61
Ecology 18, 53, 59
Ecorisk 18
Ecosystem analysis 61
Ecosystem and vegetation effects 46
Ecosystem modeling 57
Ecosystem modeling waste load allocation 57
Ecosystem-chemical effects 57
Ecotoxicology 18
Effluent assessment 57
Electron microscopy 55
EMAP near coastal 61
Emissions inventory and modeling 18, 32
Emissions characterization and mitigation 32
Endangered species 4
Energy 23
Engineering research grants 14
Environmental Chamber Facility 41
Environmental biology research grants 14
Environmental chemistry 37, 61
Environmental criteria 61
Environmental engineering 10, 18, 61
Environmental health policy 9
Environmental health research grants 14
Environmental monitoring 37, 59
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Plan (EMAP) 21, 37, 57, 61
Environmental photochemistry 59
Environmental science 11
Environmental statistics 53
Environmental sustainability 18
Epidemiology 9, 48
EPSCoR 14
Equivalent methods 41
Eutrophication 57, 61
Exotic species 57
Experimental design 9
Expert systems 26
Exposure scenarios 10
Exposure and risk assessment modeling 59
Exposure assessment 10, 41, 59, 61
Exposure modeling 46
Exposure monitoring 37
Exposure research 21
Exposure software 11
Exposure-effects modeling 59
Fate modeling 11
Fate and treatability of toxics
28
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Fate constant database 59
Fate of organic pollutants 59
FCCSET 4
Federal Technology Transfer Act 4
Field sampling methods 59
Field screening 37
FIFRA 4
Filtration 28
Fish and fish food taxonomy 57
Fish culture 55
Fish ingestion 10
Fish toxicology 59
Flue gas cleaning technologies 32
Fluid modeling 41
Food safety 4
Forest ecology 53
Freshwater ecology 57
Fuel additives 46
Fugitive dust control 28
Fundamental sorbent reactivity/kinetics studies 32
Fundamental hazardous waste
incineration research 31
Gamma spectrometry 38
Gas kinetics 40
Genetic risk assessment 9
Genetic toxicology 44, 55, 61
Geochemistry 51
Geographical information systems 38
Geography/cartography 53
Geophysics 51
Global climate 4, 21, 23, 24
Global climate biogeochemical cycles 18
Global climate change 18, 41, 53, 57, 59
Granular activated carbon 28
Great Lakes 57
Greenhouse gases 32
Ground water 4, 18, 26
Groundwater model validation 18
Groundwater monitoring technologies 37, 38, 51
Groundwater investigation and remediation 11
H
Hazard communication 48
Hazardous materials risk reduction 26
Hazardous Substance Research Center Program 14
Hazardous waste 4, 18, 21, 23, 24
Hazardous waste alternative technologies 28
Hazardous wastes biological processes 51
Hazardous waste management 28, 59
Hazardous waste research 28
HCFCs 32
Health assessment of air pollutants 46
Health effects of environmental pollutants 44
Health physics 38
Health risk assessment 46
Heavy metals 46
HEEDS 48
Heterogeneous chemistry 40
Histological responses 61
Human exposure 40
Human inhalation toxicology 44
Human physiology 9
Hydrocarbons 46
Hydrodynamics 59
Hydrogeology 11, 38, 51
Hydrology 10, 51
Hydrology/stream chemical dynamics 53
Hydrolysis/redox reactions in water 59
I
Ichthyology 55
Immiscible flow 50
Immunotoxicology 44
In-situ treatment of soils 29
Incineration 4
Indoor air 4, 23, 31, 41
Indoor Air Chamber 38
Indoor air pollutant source/emissions
characterization 31
Indoor air pollution 46
Industrial wastewater pretreatment 26
Industrial pollution control 18
Industrial pollution prevention 29
Industrial sources 59
Industrial wastewater 23
Industrial wastewater treatment 28
Infrared spectroscopy 37
Inhalation dosimetry 44
Inhalation risk assessment 46
Inhalation toxicology 46
Innovative technology evaluation 23, 28
Inorganic analysis 59
Inorganic analytical chemistry 50
Inorganic methods 34
Inorganics analysis 40
International cleaner production 24
International collaboration 46
International organizations 26
Invertebrates 53, 55, 57
Ion chromatography 40
IRIS 48
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Karst geology 11
Laboratory animal medicine 48
Lake ecology 57
Lake restoration 53
Lake/stream ecology 53
Land disposal bans 48
Land treatment 51
Landfill design and operation 10, 29
Landfill permitting/site selection 59
Landscape ecology 53
Lead 4, 46
Legislation 46
Less-than-lifetime risk assessments 48
LIMB development 32
Limnology 53
Low NOx burners 32
M
Mammalian mutagenesis 44
Marine ecology 18, 55
Marine mammal physiology 18
Marine mammalian pathology 61
Marine microbial ecology 55
Marine pathology 61
Marine water and sediment quality criteria 61
Mass spectrometry 37, 57, 59
Mass transport phenomena 59
Mathematical modelling 9
Mathematical statistics 38
Medaka 57
Medical problems in manned space flight 9
Medical waste 4, 23
Membrane technology 28
Metabolism pathology 9
Metal adsorption/speciation 59
Metal sorption 59
Metal-humic interactions 59
Metals transport 51
Meteorological modeling 41
Methods standardization 34
Microbial biotransformation processes 59
Microbial ecology/biotechnology 53, 55
Microbial genetics 55
Microbial kinetic constant measurement 59
Microbial kinetics 59
Microbiology 34, 37, 51, 53
Microorganism/invertebrate interactions 55
Mining waste 4
Minority institution assistance 14
Minority student fellowships 14
Minority summer internships 14
Mixed solvents 51
MIXTOX 48
Mixture toxicity 57
Mobile sources 4, 40
Model selection 11
Model evaluation/applications 41
Modeling epidemiology 9
Modeling theory 57
Molecular and cellular biology 9
Molecular biology 44
Molecular genetics 53
Molecular spectroscopy 59
Monitoring design 41
Monitoring methods development 40
Multimedia models 59
Multimedia pollutant transport and fate modeling 18
Multispectral analysis 59
Municipal wastewater treatment 24
Municipal solid waste 23, 24, 29
Municipal solid waste recycling 48
Municipal waste 4
Municipal waste combustion 31
Municipal wastewater 23
Municipal wastewater toxics control 28
Municipal wastewater treatment 26, 28
Mutagenesis and carcinogenesis 9
N
NAPLs 50, 51
Neurodevelopmental toxicology 9
Neurobehavioral toxicology 46
Neurophysiological toxicology 44
Neurotoxicology 44
Non-point sources 4, 18, 26
Nonaqueous phase liquid transport (NAPLs) 50, 51
Noncancer risk assessment 4, 48
NOx selective catalytic reduction 32
NPDES and near coastal 61
Numerical analysis 59
Nutrient biogeochemistry 61
Ocean disposal 61
Ocean outfalls 61
Ocean pollution 18
Oil spills 24, 26
ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System
Organic analytical chemistry 37, 50
Organic chemical analysis 40, 59
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Organic ID 59
Organic methods 34
Organic sorption processes
Organics control 28
Ozone 4, 28, 32, 40, 46
59
Paperboard wastes 24
Parasitology 26, 34
Particles 4
Pathology 48, 55, 57
PCB 11
Pesticide and groundwater leachate modeling 59
Pesticide bioassays 57
Pesticide dynamics 59
Pesticide exposure 11
Pesticide review 4
Pesticide risk/registration 4
Pesticide toxicology 55
Pesticides 18, 21, 23, 46
Pesticides disposal methods 24
Pesticides monitoring 41
Pharmacodynamics 57
Pharmacokinetics 9, 11, 44, 48, 59
Pharmacology 9, 48
Photochemistry 40
Physics research grants 14
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling 46
Physiology 55, 59
Physiology/health assessment 48
Pilot plants 28
Plant and soil ecology 53
Plant pathology 55
Plant physiology 18, 53
Plant uptake 11
Plastics 4
Pollution ecology 55
Pollution prevention 4, 23, 24, 26, 28
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 48
Predictive toxicology 57
Preventive medicine 9
Public health practice 9
Pulmonary toxicology 44, 46
Quality assurance 21, 34, 37, 40, 41
Quality control - technical systems 21
Radiation 4, 9, 21
Radiation biology 46
Radiation emergency response 38
Radiochemistry 38
Radionuclides 28
Radon 23, 31
Radon mitigation 32
RCRA 51
RCRA implementation 4
Rebuming 31
Reference dose (RFD) activities 4, 48
Regional Scientist Program 4
Regulation development 4
Reliability evaluation 59
Remote sensing 38
Reportable quantities 48
Reproductive and developmental toxicology 9
Reproductive physiology 44
Reproductive toxicology 44
Research associateships 14
Research committee activities 4
Residuals management 26
Respiratory effects 46
RfD 4, 48
RfD Work Group 48
RIHRA program 44
Risk assessment 4, 9, 46, 48
Risk characterization 48, 61
Safety 48
Sediment criteria 61
Sediment toxicity 57
Sediment transpor 59
Sediment transport 59
SENCAR Mouse Assay 44
Senior Environmental Employment Program 14
Sewage sludge 4
Showering exposures 10
Sludge disposal/reuse methodology 48
Sludge risk assessment 48
Small Business Innovation Research 14
Small community environmental issues 26
Software development 26
Soil chemistry 50, 59
Soil ingestion 11
Soil invertebrate ecology 53
Soil microbiology 50
Soil science 11, 50, 51, 53
Soil venting 51
Solid waste 4, 48
Solidification 26
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Sorption modeling 59
Source apportionment 40
Source methods 41
Spatial statistics 53
Spectroscopy 9
Stabilization 26, 29
STARA 48
Statistics 11, 48
Statistics and design 41
Stormwater and combined sewer overflow 23
Stratospheric ozone 18, 21, 23, 24, 61
Stream classification 57
Structure activity 57
Structure-activity relationships (chemical) 59
Subsurface abiotic processes 51
Subsurface biorestoration 50
Subsurface biotransformations 50
Superfund 4, 18, 21, 24, 48, 61
Superfund alternative treatment technologies 23
Superfund containment technology 28
Superfund engineering technology 28
Superfund on-site technology 28
Superfund reasonable maximum exposure (RME)
Superfund releases control 28
Superfund research centers 14
Superfund technical assistance 28
Superfund Technical Liaison Program 4
Superfund Technical Support 48
Systems ecology 53, 55
11
Technology transfer 4, 48, 57
Teratology 46
Terrestrial ecology 55
Terrestrial exposure 59
Thermal destruction 29
Thermal destruction of hazardous materials 29
Thermal treatment/destruction 28
Toxic investigation 4
Toxic mechanisms 55, 57
Toxic substances 23
Toxicity data bases 57
Toxicity testing 61
Toxicity testing-field response 57
Toxicokinetics 57
Toxicology 44, 46, 48, 55, 57
Toxics 18, 21
Toxics control 28
Trace level environmental contaminant analysis
Trace organics in tissue and water 57
Traceability protocols 41
Transformation rate constants 59
Trophic transfer 61
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U
Underground injection (UIC)
Underground storage tanks
UVb effects 53
51
23
Vapor transport 50
Virology 34, 48
Visibility 40
Vitrification 26
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 32
W
Waste minimization, destruction and disposal
Wastewater and water quality monitoring 26
Water and hazardous air pollutant programs 48
Water quality 18
Water quality criteria 18
Water quality criteria documents 57
Water quality criteria/toxicity methods 61
Water quality modeling 59, 61
Water treatment 10
Waterborne outbreaks 28
Watershed ecology 53, 57
Wellhead protection 18, 51
Wetlands 11, 18, 53, 57
Wildlife ecology 11, 18
Wildlife ecology/toxicology 53
Wildlife physiology 53
Woodstoves 32
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