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Table of Contents
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Introduction 1
EPA Information Services:
Headquarters Library. Washington, DC 3
Region 1 Library, Boston MA 6
Environmental Res Lab Library,
Narragansett RI 8
Region 2 Library, New York NY 10
Region 2 Field Office Library, Edison NJ 11
Region 3 Library, Philadelphia PA 12
Law Library, Washington DC 14
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
Office of Toxic Substances Chemical Library
Washington DC 17
Region 4 Library, Atlanta GA 19
Research Triangle Park NC Library Services 20
Environmental Res Lab Library,
Gulf Breeze PL 22
"*t Environmental Res Lab Library, Athens GA 23
C/
Research Triangle Park NC Library (OAQPS) 25
Research Triangle Park NC Library (ASRL-
Meteorology) 27
Region 5 Library, Chicago IL 28
A.W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
Library, Cincinnati OH 30
Motor Vehicle Emission Lab Library,
Ann Arbor MI 32
Environmental Res Lab Library, Duluth MN 34
Region 6 Library, Dal las TX 35
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, .Robert S. Kerr Environmental Res Lab Library,
Ada OK 36
Region 7 Library, Kansas City KS 37
Region 8 Library, Denver CO 39
National Enforcement and Investigations Center
Library, Denver CO. 40
Region 9 Library, San Francis.co CA 42
Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab Library,
Las Vegas , NV - 44
Region 10 Library, Seattle WA 46
Environmental Res Lab Library,
Corval 1 is OR 48
Appendi ces:
Legend of EPA Library Codes 5]
Special Collections 53
Subject Index to EPA Libraries' General
Collections 55
Description of .Databases Used by ,
EPA Libraries 62
Approximate Number of Items Held by
EPA Libraries 66
Cities in which EPA Libraries are Located 67
States in which EPA Libraries are Located 68
Names of EPA Library Staff Members 70
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INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
comprised of a Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C., 10
Regional offices, and 13 specialized, scientific
laboratories located throughout the country. The EPA
libraries are located in Headquarters and all kegional
offices and laboratories to support this organizational
st ructure.
The 28 EPA libraries contain a combined collection of
over 117,200 books, 5,600 journals, 465,300 hard copy
reports, 2,800,000 documents on microfilm and microfiche,
9,000 journal article reprints and 2,000 maps. Most of the
EPA library network's hold-ings are cataloged on OCLC, a
national cataloging system.
This Gu i de provides background Information on the
collections of each of the 28 libraries and the wide
range of general and specialized information services
provided to EPA staff and the general public. The services
provided include: acquisition of books, journals, reports;
cataloging; circulation; access to the collections of
other Federal, academic, public and special libraries
through interlibrary loan; reference assistance
including preparation of special subject bibliographies,
and computer assisted literature search services.
Several of the libraries have more complete selections
of information or special collections on specific subjects.
In FV 1986, the Headquarters library developed a special
collection on Hazardous Waste for the entire network. The
complete collection currently contains over 600 books,
journals and reports, and is growing rapidly. It is housed
in 17 selected EPA libraries. (See "Special Collections"
Appendix for specific locations of the Hazardous Waste and
other special collections.)
Three-character codes have been assigned to each of the
libraries according to geographical location, based on the
EPA regional structure, e.g., EHA. The "A" library (last
character of code) is always the regional library; the "B,"
"C," etc., are assigned to other libraries located in the
same geographic region. (Prior to 1979, the libraries were
assigned numeric codes, e.g, 01A.)
The eight appendices include a: Legend of EPA Library
Codes; guide to Special Collections; Subject Index to EPA
Libraries' General Collections; Description of Databases
Used by the EPA Libraries; Number of Items Held by EPA
Libraries; Cities in which EPA Libraries are located;
Location of EPA Libraries within the 50 States; and Names of
EPA Library Staff Members.
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This Guide was prepared by the Information
Management and Services Division. Any questions
can be directed to Mary Patterson, Library
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Headquarters Library, 401 M Street,
S.W., Room 2904, PM-2110, Washington, D.C., 20460.
Phone number: (202) 382-5929.
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Headquarters Library
Washington. D.C.
Codes: EJB/03B
MAIN LIBRARY
Addr ess:
Te1ephone:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Headquarters Library, PM-2I1A
401 M Street, S.W., Room 2904 WSM
Washington DC 20460
(202)
(8)
382-5921
382-5921
(CML)
(FTS)
Librarian: Emma McNamara
Staff :
Chief Reference Librarian
Reference Librarian
Reference Librarian
TECHNICAL SERVICES
Michelle S. L. Lee
Mary Hoffman
Jon Simon
Address:
Te1ephone;
EPA National Library Technical Services
Center
820 Quincy Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20011
(202) 829-3729
(202) 829-3723
(8) 673-5026
(CML)
(CML/ILL)
(FTS)
Staff:
Acquisitions Librarian
Cataloger Librarian
Inter 1ibrary Loan Librarian
Thurman Pugh
Mary Cardenas
Cheryl Ferguson
Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The EPA Headquarters Library is operated by the Information
Management and Services Division under contract to Ebon
Research Systems. It provides information services covering
a wide range of environmental and management subjects of
interest to EPA staff and the general public. Subject areas
i nc1ude:
o Air po1 1ut i on
o Chemistry
o Hazardous wastes
o Noise abatement
o Pest i c i des
o Radi at i on
o Resource recovery
o Solid waste management
o Tox i co1ogy
o Water pollution
o Water qua 1i ty
o Water supply
There is also a collection of materials on social, economic,
legislative, legal, administrative and management projects
related to all aspects of environmental policy.
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The Headquarters Library collection is comprised of: 12,500
books; 700 current subscriptions to journals, abstracts and
indexes, newsletters and newspapers; 22,000 hard copy
documents and technical reports generated by government
sources or the private sector; 310,000 documents on
microfiche, including technical reports produced by EPA and
its predecessor agencies; and a microfilm collection that
includes back files of newspapers, abstracts and indexes,
and periodicals.
Library services include the following:
Acqui si t i ons: The acquisitions unit processes orders for
subscriptions and reference materials for the Headquarters
L i brary on 1y.
B i b1 i ograph i es: These are compiled based on special
requests by EPA employees.
Cat a 1og ing: The cataloging unit processes books, journals
and other documents from all EPA libraries into the EPA
national catalog.
Circulation: Documents from the Headquarters Library
collection are circulated to EPA emp1oyees.
Inter! ibrary Loan: The inter1 ibrary loan unit maintains
cooperative agreements with many academic, public and
special libraries to borrow books, journals and other
research materials not maintained in the Headquarters
collection for the use of EPA staff. The average turnaround
time for borrowing through interlibrary loan is 3.5 working
days .
Literature Searching: Computerized searching of
commercial databases and selected EPA databases is performed
for EPA employees to retrieve information for policy
decisions, report preparation, data analysis and background
research, and for preparation of special subject
bi bli ographi es.
Reference:
to EPA
servi ce
staff
is provided
On-s i te
and the
to
ready reference service is available
public. More extensive reference
EPA staff as required.
Equ i pment: Photocopy machines and microform
reader/printers are available to library patrons for the
reproduction of up to 25 pages of literature not covered by
copyright. Material is loaned to Agency personnel; other
users must submit interlibrary loan forms.
Computer assisted literature search services: CAS Online,
Chemical Information System (CIS), DIALOG, LEXIS/NEXIS,
National Groundwater Information Center Database, National
Library of Medicine (NLM) database, NewsNet and EPA's
Information Systems Inventory (ISI) and Hazardous Waste
Database.
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Publications currently available:
o Bibliographies: Asbestos-in-Schools;
Estuarine Management Program; Indoor Air
Pollution; Indoor Radon Pollution;
Information Resources Management
o Interlibrary Loan Services of,the
Headquarters Library.
o Introduction to Headquarters Library
Services and Collections.
o Searching for Answers, Guide to Database
Searching at the EPA Headquarters Library
o What's New in the EPA Library (monthly)
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Region 1. Boston Codes; EHA/01A
Address: U.S. EPA Region 1 Library
JFK Federal B1dg.
Boston, MA 02203
Telephone: (617) 223-4017 or 5791 (CML)
(8) 223-4017 or 5791 (FTS)
Librarian: Peg Nelson
Staff :
Library Technician Judy Saravis
Library Aide Wayne Ma 1in
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The EPA Region 1 Library was established in 1967 at the New
England Basins Office of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Administration. The collection at that time
consisted largely of material dealing with water quality and
still retains many of the older New England river basins
reports. Since the creation of EPA, the collection has been
developed extensively in the areas of:
o Air pollution o Solid waste
o Hazardous waste o Toxic substances
o Pesticides o Water pollution
The library is operated by the Information Management Branch
of the Planning and Management Division under contract to
Ebon Research Systems. The collection consists of
approximately 5,000 books, 6,000 documents, 10,000 EPA
reports, 150,000 microfiche, and 200 journal titles in three
locations: Main and Law libraries in Boston and New England
Regional Laboratory library in Lexington, MA.
The library provides a full range of services to EPA staff,
and to other Federal , State and municipal agencies. Outside
users~-consu1tants, private businesses, students, citizens'
groups, and individuals have on-site use of the collection,
as well as limited reference service and borrowing
pri v i1eges.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i on; The library orders most of the books and
periodicals for the region.
Cata1ogi ng: The library catalogs books and documents.
Circulation: Journals, books, documents, and technical
reports in both microfiche and hard copy are circulated by
the 1i brary.
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Interlibrary Loan: the library will attempt to borrow any
requested material for full service requestors, and will
lend to any qualified borrower or library.
Literature Searching: The library will search available
computerized databases for full service requestors.
Reference: Both phone and on-site reference assistance
are available to anyone. More extensive service is
available to full service requestors.
Equi pment: A microfiche reader/printer and a photocopy
machine are available to library patrons for the
reproduction of up to 20 pages
Computer ass i sted 1 i t erature search services:
Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS), CAS Online,
Chemical Information System (CIS), DIALOG, National
Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, NEXIS.
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Narragansett. Rhode Island Codes: EHB/01B
Address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research
Laboratory Library
South Ferry Road
Narragansett RI 02882
Telephone: (401) 789-1071 (CML)
(8) 838-5087 (KTS)
Librarian: Rose Ann Gamache
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Librarian on duty Monday - Thursday
The Environmental Research Laboratory - Narragansett (ERLN),
with its Field Station in Newport, Oregon, is the Agency's
center for marine, coastal and estuarine water quality
research.
The library at ERLN is a highly specialized scientific and
technical library. providing support services for the
following research areas:
o Estuarine and marine disposal and discharge
of complex wastes, dredged materials, and
other wastes
o Water use designation and quality criteria
for estuarine and marine water and sediment
o Environmental assessment of ocean discharge
These research program areas involve the development,
evaluation, and application of techniques and test systems
for measuring and predicting the transport, fate, and
biological and ecosystem effects of complex and other wastes
in estuarine and marine systems.
The primary function of the library is to obtain and provide
specialized reference materials and library services for
technical and administrative personnel working at ERLN.
Secondly, the library will service information requests from
other EPA facilities and bona fide I i brar i i-s .
The library consists of a single centralized core library
and numerous specialized individual libraries located
physically as is convenient to the respective users. The
library is comprised of: 3,100 books, 38 subscriptions to
journals, abstracts and newsletters. Also, a small document
collection including EPA reports is held. Subject areas
are :
o aquatic toxicology o marine biology
o biological oceanography o marine organisms
o fisheries biology
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The fo1 1ow i ng
support of the
services
on-90 i ng
are avai
research
abIe through
at ERLN:
the library in
Se1ect i on, acquisition, current
reference, inter-library loan,
translations, and cataloging.
awareness,
i nformati on
circulation,
re t r i eva1 ,
Equi pinent ; A photocopy machine, personal computer and
microform reader/printer are available for library use.
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Region 2. New York Codes: EIA/O2A
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 2 Library
26 Federal Plaza
New York NY 10278
Telephone: (212) 264-2881 (CIVIL)
(8) 264-2881 (FTS)
Librarian: Dennis Carey
Hours:
EPA Staff: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Open to Public: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The library, organized under the auspices of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration, embraces all aspects
of EPA's environmental mission. The collection includes
over 3,000 monographs, 12,000 Federal, State and local
documents and technical reports, and 50 journals and
abstract services. Holdings are distributed between New
York and the field office in Edison, N.J., and focus on
subjects relevant to Region 2, which comprises New York, New
Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The library is open to the general public for reference
purposes.
Services provided to EPA staff and their contractors
include: circulation, inter-library loan, reference,
cataloging, and monthly acquisitions list.
Equi pment: A microfiche reader-printer is available in the
1 i brary.
Computer assisted literature search service: DIALOG.
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Edison. Net* Jersey
Codes: EIC/02B
Address:
Te1ephone:
Li brari an:
Hours :
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 2 Field Office Library
Edison NJ 08837
(201) 321-6762 (CML)
(8) 340-6762 (FTS)
Dorothy Szefczyk
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The library was organized in 1966 under the auspices of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. It was
originally heavily oriented toward water, but now includes
materials on all EPA programs:
o Air
o Hazardous wastes
o Pesticides
o Radi at i on
o Solid waste
o Toxic substances
o Water
At present, the collection consists of 3,000 books, 5.000
technical reports, 50 journal subscriptions, and 100,000
reports on microfiche.
Services provided to EPA staff and their contractors include
circulation, interlibrary loan, reference, cataloging, and
monthly acquisitions list. A microfiche reader/printer is
available in the library.
The library is open to the general public for reference
purposes.
Computer assisted literature search service; DIALOG.
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Region 3. Philadelphia
Codes: EJA/03A
Address:
Te1ephone:
Li brari an;
Staff:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 3 Library (3PM21)
841 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
(215) 597-0580 (CML)
(8) 597-0580 (FTS)
Diane McCreary
Inter!ibrary Loan
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Joyce Baker
The Region 3 library provides information support for a wide
range of environmental programs and activities conducted by
the Regional office. It also serves as an information
resource for the general public. Subject areas include:
o Air po1 1ut i on
o Environmental law
o Hazardous waste
o Management
o Pest i c ides
o Radi at i on
o Toxic Substances
o Toxicology
o Water pollution
There is a special collection on wetland ecology. In
addition, a special effort is made to acquire published
information on environmental conditions and trends within
the five states and the District of Columbia which comprise
Reg i on 3.
The Region
books, 200
copy. There
env i ronmenta1
3 library consists of 4,000 books; 4,000 law
subscriptions and 800 technical reports in hard
are 60,000 technical reports, 25,000
impact statements and 20,000 articles and
other publications on environmental topics in microform.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ops:
acquisition of
Office.
The Region 3 Library coordinates the
published material throughout the Regional
Cata1og i ng:
the 1i brary's
C i rcu1 at i on:
EPA employees on
All incoming items are processed and added to
catalog for quick retrieval.
Most i terns i n
a 1oan bas i s.
the library are available to
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Inter!ibrary Loan: Publications not in the Region 3
collection can be borrowed from other government,
university, public and corporate libraries. In turn,
the Region 3 Library loans items from its collection to
other libraries.
Literature Searching: The library maintains access to over
200 databases and performs information searches for EPA
employees. The information is used to prepare risk
assessments, site investigations and enforcement actions, as
well as to respond to inquiries from other agencies, the
media and the general public.
Reference: The library staff provide reference assistance
to EPA staff and to all library visitors. Assistance is
also provided to the public by phone.
Equi pment: A photocopier and microform reader/printers
are available to library users. Visitors may make a
moderate number of copies free; a $.20 per page fee is
charged for large amounts of copying.
Computer assisted 1 i teraturts search services: Chemical
Information System (CIS), DIALOG, LEXIS/NEXIS, National
Groundwater Information Center Databases, National Library
of Medicine (NLM) databases, TOXNET.
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Lam Library
Washington. D.C.
Codes: EJC/03G
Address: U. S. Environmenta 1 Protection Agency
Law Library, LE-130L
401 M Street, S.W., Room 2902
Washington DC 20460
Te1ephone:
L i brar i an:
Staff:
(202) 382-5919 (CML)
(8) 382-5919 (FTS)
Barbara Pedrini Morrison
Library Technician Vacant
Inter1 i brary
Loan Barbara Pedrini Morrison
Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The EPA
Counse1
Agency's
Regi ona1
Law Library
(OGC) to
1ega1 and
Counse1s.
is maintained by the Office of General
provide information services to the
enforcement personnel, and to the ten
The collection contains approximately 8,000 volumes of
legal and law-related material concentrating on Federal law,
with special emphasis on administrative and environmental
law. Included are statutes, codes, regulations, case
reporters, digests, citators, and legal reference sources,
as well as looseleaf services, newspapers, and 70 current
law reviews and periodicals.
Microfiche holdings include the Congressional Record, the
Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and
legislative histories of laws relevant to EPA's mission.
Acqu i s i t i ons: The Law Library staff processes all orders
for new collection materials, and for the books and journals
required by individual OGC offices
Ci rcu1 at i on: Materials circulate to in-house Agency staff
and, by messenger pickup, to the local community.
Interlibrary loans are handled directly in the Law L'ibrary,
usually within 24 hours.
Reference services (e.g., case identification, cite
verification) are provided to the Office of General Counsel,
the Administrative Law Judges, the Judicial Officer, and all
other EPA personnel who request assistance. Telephone
reference is extended to EPA field locations and to
numerous private law firms, both local and nationwide.
The public is allowed use of the Law Library collection.
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Equ i pment: Copying privileges are extended to Agency
employees only. A microform reader/printer is available for
pat ron use.
Computer assisted legal research: Justice Retrieval and
Inquiry System (JURIS), LEXIS.
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Annapolis. Maryland
Codes:
EJD/03C
Address:
Te1ephone:
Li brar i an:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Central Regional Laboratory (CRL)
Li brary
839 Bestgate Road
Annapolis MD 21401
(301) 224-2740 (CML)
(8) 922-3752 (FTS)
Meg Munro
7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Monday - Friday
Librarian on duty Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday
The Central Regional Laboratory (CRL) library was
established in support of the Regional Laboratory which
started in Annapolis in 1964. The subjects in the
col lection focus on:
B i o1ogy
Chemi st ry
Eco1ogy
o Engi neeri ng
o Hydrology
o Oceanography
To serve the highly diversified expertise of the
scientists and engineers, material is provided
biology, analytical chemistry, automated
techniques, industrial wastewater monitoring,
hazardous substances, and mathematical modelling,
1aboratory
in aquatic
1aboratory
toxic and
CRL holdings total 1,000 technical books, 4,000 reprints, 60
journal subscriptions, and a large collection of EPA
reports. CRL reports deal with water quality management of
the Chesapeake Bay and other estuaries of the Mid-Atlantic
region, and the continental shelf off Maryland and Delaware.
Library services available are acquisition, interlibrary
loan, literature searches, current awareness, with reference
and information services.
The library users include the laboratory staff, EPA
libraries, Federal and State agencies, academic
institutions, the scientific community, students and the
genera 1 pub lie.
The library houses
Chesapeake Bay.
an extensive special collection
on
the
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Office of Toxic Substances
Chemical Library
Washington. D.C.
Codes: EJE/03T
Address:
Telephone:
L i brarian:
Staff:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Toxic Substances
Chemical Library, TS-793
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington DC 20460
(202) 382-3529 (CML)
(8) 382-3529 (FTS)
Geraldine D. Nowak
Li brari an
Library Technician
Librarian Technician
Machine Operator
Library Support
(contractor)
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Janettte Petty
Hattie Sykes
Bett ie Sterling
Mary Begg
Li sa Fri sen
The Office of Toxic Substances (OTS) Chemical Library is in
the Information Management Division, Office of Toxic
Substances, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
(OPTS).
The Chemical
i n areas of :
Library collection covers chemical literature
o Biotechnology
o Chemical industry and
process technology
o Eco1ogy
o Health
o International
cont ro1
o Pest i c i des
chemi ca1
The library supports program activities under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
The Chemical Library has 5,000 books, 200 current journals,
a collection of 5,000 technical reports, including those
supported by OPTS, a microfiche collection of 140,000
scientific and technical journal articles, and three
national newspapers.
Library services include the following:
Acqui si t i ons: Program-related, priority materials
requested by the Office of Toxic Substances are acquired.
Cata1ogi ng: All books and reference materials acquired
are cataloged and entered into the EPA national catalog.
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Ci rculat i on: Books and reports circulate to EPA
employees.
Inter-library Loan: The Chemical Library borrows
materials from other libraries for OTS staff- Materials
from the main collection are loaned to other EPA,
government, private and international libraries.
Literature searching: Computerized and manual searches
are compiled for OTS staff. Bibliographies of national
interest are shared with EPA.
Reference: Extensive reference service is provided to
OTS. Ready reference is provided to EPA and to a limited
extent to the public.
Equipment: The Chemical Library staff will duplicate
library materials for OTS staff. A photocopier and
microform reader/printers are available for use by EPA staff
and visitors. Non-Federal visitors are limited to 20 pages
of copied materials.
Computer assisted literature search services: Bibliographic
Retrieval Service (BRS), CAS Online, DIALOG, National
Library of Medicine, OCLC, and all OTS developed databases.
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Region 4. Atlanta
Codes: EKA/04A
Address:
Telephone:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 4 Library (G6)
345 Court land Street, N.E.
Atlanta GA 30365-2401
(404) 347-4216 (CML)
(8) 257-4216 (FTS)
Librarian: Gay 1e Alston
Staff:
Hours:
Library Technician
Library Aide
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Bi11 Marx
Pame1 a Da 11 as
The Region 4 Library
provides a full range
covering subjects from
hazardous waste with
was established in May, 1973, and
of library and information services,
air and water pollution to toxics and
a variety of technical reports,
reference books, journals and online computer services.
Along with its large collection of environmental materials,
the library offers reference/research services, online
literature searches, interlibrary loan, selected chemical
and pesticide files and current awareness services.
At present
books, 60
news 1et ters
the library owns approximately 4,500 reference
,000 technical reports, 250 journals and
and an extensive microfilm collection of EPA
reports, environmental impact statements and Federal
Regi sters. Of special interest are the environmental
problems of the Southeastern United States, namely,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Region 4 employees may borrow most library materials for
three weeks. Limited reference and loan services are also
provided to the public. The Library accepts telephone, mail
requests and OCLC requests from other libraries.
Books are cataloged on OCLC and then entered into an in-
house database system. Documents are cataloged into major
subject areas including: air, energy, general, hazardous,
land, noise, water, USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), soil
surveys, and the eight states in the Region. Journals are
not cataloged at the present time, but simply shelved
alphabet i cal1y.
Computer assisted literature search services: CAS
Chemical Information System (CIS),
Bradstreet, Hazard!ine, National Library
National Pesticide Information Retrieval
On 1i ne,
DIALOG, Dun and
of Medicine (NLM),
System.
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Library Services Office
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina Codes: EKB/04B
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Library Services Office, MD-35
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-2777 (CML)
(8) 629-2777 (FTS)
Librarian: Libby Smith
Staff:
Air Information Center
and Reference Ann Ingram 629-2777
Inter-library Loan Rosemary Thome 629-0094
Library Technician Jean Myers 629-4242
Photocopy Operator Creighton We 1 1 man
Information Center
(RIC II) Ann Ingram 629-3661
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Research Triangle Park (RTP) Library provides support to
the Environmental Research Center, the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS), the Environmental Criteria
and Assessment Office, the National Computer Center and
local Agency contractors.
Collection concentration is on chemical toxicity, all
aspects of air pollution as well as the basic sciences, with
some coverage of business and economics. The collection's
historical coverage of air pollution is particularly
strong. Hard copies of obscure materials from Air Pollution
Abstracts (1966-1976) are maintained.
The Library operates an Air Information Center (AIC) for the
OAQPS. This Center handles requests for air pollution
information and documents from all over the world. The AIC
provides free literature searches to State and local air
pollution agency employees and environmental groups as well.
Services include extensive literature searching support;
inter-library loan, utilizing a combination of o-ff-site
photocopying truck delivery service from local libraries and
blanket purchase agreements with major research libraries
in this country and abroad; reference and acquisitions.
The Library is staffed with Government personnel and through
a contract with the University of North Carolina Graduate
School of Library Science. Contractor personnel are
primarily library school graduate students.
Computer assisted literature search services: Bibliographic
Retrieval Service (BRS), CAS Online, Chemical Information
System (CIS), DIALOG, Hazardline, National Library of
Medicine (NLM) databases.
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In October, 1985, the EPA opened an Information Center
(RICH) in the RTP Library. The Center is designed to
handle questions, one-on-one training, demonstrations, and
assistance for Agency personnel using personal computers and
software packages.
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Gulf Breeze. Florida
Codes: EKC/04H
Address:
Te1ephone:
L i brar i an:
Staff:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
(ERL) Library
Sabi ne Is 1 and
Gulf Breeze FL 32561
(904)
(8)
932-5311
686-9011
ex t
ex t
218
218
(CML)
(FTS)
Susan Means
Library Technician/ILL
Library Aide
Alice Poo 1
Liz Hawthorne
7:30 a.m. to 4:00
Monday - Friday
p.m.
The Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory (GBERL)
Library, established in 1967, provides information services
to GBERL employees and the general public. The Library
collection is comprised of approximately 5,000 volumes; 225
journals, newsletters, abstracts and indexes; 1,600
documents; and 36,000 microform titles.
Subject areas include:
o Aquatic toxicology
o Genetic engineering
o Marine ecology
o Mi crobi o1ogy
o Pathobiology
o Pesticide science
Library services include selection, acquisition, cataloging
of new materials; circulation of materials to laboratory
staff and interlibrary loan to other libraries; manual tn.J
on-line literature searches of commercial and government
databases; and on-site reference service to laboratory staff
and the public as well as telephone ready reference.
The Library archives and distributes copies of all
laboratory publications. Computer-generated bibliographies
of this collection, complete with author and keyword
indexes, are available on request.
A photocopy machine and microform reader/printer are
available to laboratory staff for the reproduction of
material not covered by copyright. The Library uses two
Hewlett Packard 2621P terminals to access the laboratory DEC
POP 11/70 minicomputer and other external databases.
Computer assisted literature search services: CAS Online,
Groundwater Information Center Database,
DIALOG,
Nat i ona1
Nat i ona1
L.ibrary of
Medicine (NLM) databases
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Athens. Georgia Codes: EKD/04D
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
Li brary
College Station Road
Athens GA 30613
Telephone: (404) 546-3324 (CML)
(8) 250-3324 (FTS)
Librarian: Janice Sims
Hours: 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Athens Environmental Research Laboratory (ERL) library
provides information services covering a wide range of
environmental and management subjects of interest to EPA
staff and the general public. Providing the necessary
information sources to meet the needs of the Laboratory
research staff is of utmost importance. Subject areas
i nc1ude:
o Biology o Pesticides
o Chemistry o Water pollution
o Engineering o Water quality
o Mi crobi o1ogy
The Athens Library collection is comprised of: 8,000 books;
85 current subscriptions to journals and newsletters;
7,500 documents and technical reports generated by
government sources or the private sector; 50,000 documents
on microfiche, including technical reports produced by EPA;
and a microfilm collection that includes back files of
abstracts and indexes, and periodicals.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ons: Books, newsletters, journal subscriptions,
and technical reports are ordered by the Librarian.
Ci rculat i on: Documents from the Athens ERL Library
collection are circulated to EPA staff and the general
publi c.
Inter-library Loan; Interlibrary loan services are
available to other EPA libraries, government and university
libraries. The library uses the OCLC interlibrary loan
subsystem to borrow books, journals and other research
materials not maintained in the library collection for the
use of EPA staff.
Literature Searching: Computerized searching of databases
is performed for Athens ERL employees to retrieve
information for report preparation, data analysis and
background research, and for preparation of special subject
bi bli ographi es.
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Reference: On-site reference service is available to EPA
staff and the public. More extensive reference service is
provided to EPA staff as required.
Equi pment: Photocopy machines and microform
reader/printers are available to library patrons for the
reproduction of literature.
Computer assisted literature search services: DIALOG,
Chemical Information System (Cl'S), National Groundwatur
Information Center Database.
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OAQPS
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina Codes: EKL/04G
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards
826 Mutual Plaza, MD-16
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-5514 (CML)
(8) 629-5514 (FTS)
Librarian: University of North Carolina Library School
Graduate Student
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Librarian's hours vary
The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
Library was established as a unit of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare and was transferred from
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Durham, North Carolina, in 1968. Since
then it has undergone several parent organization changes
and in April, 1971, was designated as part of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
In 1981, the library began to be staffed by student interns
as part of the contract between Library Services/Research
Triangle Park (RTP) and the University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill. The University provides student help on a
half-time basis. The OAQPS library is a branch of the
Library Services/RTP. Reference questions related to air
pollution and research can be directed to that library (see
pages 20-21).
The library consists of approximately 900 books, 90 journals
and newsletters, and a complete collection of EPA/OAQPS
reports. The subject focus is on air pollution and control
technology, including material on costs, chemical
technology, minerals and statistics. The reference
collection emphasizes chemistry and engineering.
Library services include the following:
Acqui si t i ons: The library procures new materials for the
use of OAQPS personnel, including monographs, journals arid
government reports.
Ci rculat i on: Materials from the collection are circulated
to EPA employees and contractors.
Inter!ibrary Loan (ILL): ILL requests by EPA personnel
are forwarded to Library Services/RTP if the material cannot
be supplied from OAQPS materials. ILL requests from other
libraries for OAQPS materials are completed by the OAQPS
1 i brari an.
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Reference: On-site reference service is available to EPA
staff and the public. Because of limited in-house
facilities, the librarian may contact Library Services/RTP
or local universities to obtain necessary information.
Equi pment; A microfiche reader/printer and a photocopier
are avai1able.
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ASRL - Meteorology
Research Triangle Park.
North Carolina
Codes: EKF/04L
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
ASRL - Meteorology Division
Library (MD-80)
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-4536 (CML)
(8) 629-4536 (FTS)
Librarian: Evelyn Poole-Kober
Hours :
7:30 a.m.
Monday -
to 5:00
Fr i day
p.m.
The Atmospheric
(ASRL)/Meteorology
the Robert S.
C i nc i nnat i, Ohi o.
reorganizations it
1968 and became
Sciences Research Laboratory
Division library originated in 1958 at
Taft Sanitary Engineering Center in
Through a series of government
was transferred to North Carolina in
a part of the Environmental Protection
Agency at Research Triangle Park in 1971.
Its major field of interest is the meteorological aspects of
air pollution, including model development and application,
climatic analysis, and geophysical studies.
The collection includes 3,200 books, 125 scientific journal
subscriptions and 1,300 technical reports. The library also
holds a collection of climatic data material consisting of
approximately 4,000 climatic data reports on microfiche,
over 400 rolls of film of synoptic data, surface and
vorticity charts, and a large body of topographic maps.
Interlibrary loan, acquisition, circulation, literature
searching and reference services are provided to EPA
personnel and to National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration meteorologists. Reference service is
available to Agency contractors, local university faculty
and students, and the general public.
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Region 5. Chicago
Codes: ELA/05A
Address:
Te1ephone:
Li brari an:
Staff:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5 Library
230 South Dearborn Street., Room 1670
Chicago IL 60604
(312) 353-2022 (CML)
(8) 353-2022 (FTS)
Lou W. Ti11ey
Li brari an
Library Technician
Library Aide
Katherine Tsang
Mer1e Mango 1i s
Terri Roberts
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
(Only Regional staff may use the
library before 10:00 a.m.)
The Region 5 library was established in January 1972 and is
part of the Region's Office of Public Affairs. Much of the
initial collection was acquired from pre-EPA offices
in Chicago in the then Department of Health, Education and
Welfare's Public Health Service and the Department of the
Interior's Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
(later Federal Water Quality Administration).
The library is staffed by EPA and contractor personnel and
provides services to EPA staff and, on a more limited basis,
to the general public.
The subject areas of the collection are:
o Air po11ut i on
o Air qua 1i ty
o Groundwater
o Hazardous wastes
o Noise
o Pesticides
o Recycling and resource
recovery
o Solid waste management
o Toxic substances
o Water pol1ut ion
o Water quali ty
o Water supply
(drinking water)
The emphasis is on the Great Lakes and the six states in the
Region: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and
Wi scons i n.
The current collection consists of 15,000-18,000 technical
documents and reports in paper copy generated by
international. Federal, interstate, State, regional and
local government agencies (including EPA) and by private
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endeavors. The collection includes 3,600 books, 350 journal
subscriptions, including abstracts and indexes,
newsletters, newspapers. There are some 110,000 microfiche
items in the collection (including a fairly complete
collection of EPA predecessor agency reports, Federal
Regi ster. etc.).
There is a sizable collection of the U.S. Geological Survey
Water Supply Papers and a fairly complete collection of the
Water Resources Data for Region 5 states and other
contiguous states. Paper copy of proceedings of most of the
Great Lakes enforcement conferences held in the Region 5
states are available in the Library. Other special
collections include EIC Statefiche, Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS) microfiche (19731985) with indexes, 85,000
Air Pollution Technical Information Center (APTIC) items in
microfiche, about 75 videocassette tapes, and a law
collection (housed in another corridor with the
Office of Regional Counsel (ORC)).
There is a vertical file collection of pamph1et/reprint/
brochure materials.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ons: Processes procurement actions for
new/renewing subscriptions, books, documents, technical
reports, microforms, etc., as requested by p-r'ogram staff in
the Region and to enhance the reference collection.
Catalogi ng: Processes books, documents and other materials
for the Regional collection.
Ci rcu1 at i on: Materials from the Regional collection are
loaned or routed to Regional office staff as requested or
for selective dissemination of information (SDI).
Interlibrary Loan: Materials not in the Regional
collection are borrowed on loan for Regional staff from
other EPA libraries or other libraries, as requested. Loans
are made to other EPA libraries, other libraries and to
other authorized borrowers, as requested.
Reference; On-site ready reference is available to
Regional staff and, on a more limited basis, to the general
publi c.
Equipment; Microform readers and reader/printers are
available to patrons for reading/reproducing microforms.
There are limitations on usage by non-EPA staff.
Computer assisted 1 i terature search servi ces :
Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS), Chemical Information
System (CIS), DIALOG, National Groundwater Information
Center Database SDC/ORBIT. Also available through the
Library is access to the ORC's LEXIS/NEXIS system.
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Cincinnati. Ohio
Codes: ELB/05B
Address:
Te1ephone:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Andrew W. Briedenbach Environmental
Research Center
Li brary
26 W. St. Clair Street
Cincinnati OH 45268
(513) 569-7707 (CML)
(8) 684-7707 (FTS)
Librarian: Jonda Byrd 684-7707
Staff:
Audi o/Vi suals
Catalogi ng
Ci rcu1 at i on
Documents
Inter-library Loan
Reference
Seri a 1s
Richard Cassinelli
Sandy Geideman
Joan Honeck
Jeannie Cook
Li 1i an Bosworth
Jean Combest
Sandy Geideman
Max i ne Smi th
Susan Reiner
Martha O'Leary
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
684-
7708
7709
7705
7704
7701
7702
7709
7703
7703
7706
Hours:
EPA Staff:
Vi s i tors:
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Andrew W. Briedenbach Environmental Research Center
(AWBERC) Library is a composite of the holdings, dating from
1950, of the Public Health Service and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration. The facility,
established in 1971, served at one time as the scientific
and technical focal point for all EPA libraries. It was
moved to its present location in 1976. The major subjects
in the collection are:
o Bacteri o1ogy
o Bi o1ogy
o Biotechnology
o Chemistry
o Engineering
o Hazardous waste
o Mi crobi o1ogy
o Physics
o Solid waste management
o Water pollution
o Water quali ty
The holdings consist of extensive technical reports in these
areas: 16,000 books, including general legal materials;
7,000 bound periodicals (most back issues are on microfilm);
1,000 current journal and newsletter subscriptions; 4
newspapers; 200,000 reports, either in hard copy or on
microfiche; and various EPA publications.
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Library services include the following:
Ci rculat i on: Materials may be borrowed by EPA personnel
only; all other requests are handled through inter!ibrary
loan (ILL). Books will be loaned, journal articles and
technical reports will be reproduce i
Inter! ibrary Loan: The inter-library loan department
particpates in the OCLC ILL subsystem. They have
cooperative agreements with many Federal, academic and
special libraries and are a member of the Greater Midwest
Regional Medical Libraries Network. Telephone requests are
accepted for rush ILL's.
Literature Searching: Online literature searches are
performed for EPA personnel in Cincinnati, as well as any
EPA library that does not have online searching
capabi1i t ies.
Reference; Reference assistance is available to the EPA
staff and to the public as time permits.
Equi pment; Photocopy machines and microform
reader/printers are available to library patrons for the
reproduction of up to 15 pages of information.
Computer ass i sted 1 i terature search servi ces:
Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS), CAS Online,
Chemical Information System (CIS), DIALOG, Hazardline,
National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, TOXLINE.
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Ann Arbor. Michigan Codes: ELC/QSP
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory
Li brary
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor MI 48105
Telephone: (313) 668-4311 (CML)
(8) 374-8311 (FTS)
Librarian: Debra Talsrna
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory (MVEL) is operated by
the Administrative Management Staff, under contract to Ebon
Research Systems. It provides information services
concentrated on automative engineering to EPA staff and the
general pub lie.
Subject areas include:
o Air pollution from mobile sources
o Alternative alcohol fuels
o Motor vehicle retrofit devices
The MVEL collection is comprised of: 300 books, 45 current
subscriptions to journals, abstracts and indexes,
newsletters and newspapers; 20,000 hard copy documents and
technical reports generated by government sources or the
private sector; 20,000 documents on microfiche, including
technical reports produced by EPA and its predecessor
agencies; and a microfiche collection that includes back
issues of the Federal Register and Appli cat i ons for
Cert i f i cat i on. The Library also has 10,000 Society of
Automotive Engineers papers related to topics in automotive
emissions, fuel economy and new automotive technology.
There is a vertical file collection of newspaper reprints
and pamphlet material relating to the field of automotive
engineering. A small law collection pertaining to mobile
source air pollution is also maintained.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ons: In addition to procuring new materials for
the library, the librarian processes orders for
subscriptions and reference materials ordered by MVEL
division offices.
Cata1ogi ng: The librarian processes books, journals and
other documents into the EPA national catalog.
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Ci rculat i on; Documents from the MVEL library collection
are circulated to EPA employees. Permission must be
obtained from the librarian to circulate to outside users.
Inter-library Loan (ILL): The library provides ILL
services to all libraries in accordance with copyright law
and existing agreements. Requests are accepted from EPA
libraries either in writing or by telephone; other libraries
must submit an ILL form.
Literature Searching:
Cincinnati, Ohio, performs
Library. EPA employees
must contact the MVEL librarian.
The EPA
1i terature
request i ng
1ibrary 1ocated in
searches for the MVEL
literature searches
Reference; On-site reference service is provided to the
EPA staff and to users from the university community,
industry and the general public, unless extensive. The
Librarian also acts as the MVEL public information source
and handles the MVEL records management program.
Equi pment: Photocopy machines and microfiche
reader/printers are available to library patrons for
reproduction. Copying facilities are available to the
public, with a limit of 25 pages.
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Duluth. Minnesota Codes: ELD/05C
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
Li brary
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth MN 55804
Telephone: (218) 720-5538 (CML)
(8) 780-5538 (FTS)
Librarian: Mary Harden
Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The library was founded in 1967 for the purpose of assisting
the research staff of the then National Water Quality
Laboratory.
Its major fields of interest are:
o Analytical chemistry
o Fisheries biology
o Water pollution
The holdings comprise 1.400 books, 150 journal
subscriptions, an extensive reprint collection, microfiche
reports, and over 2,500 Federal, State and local documents
and technical reports.
Library services include mailing reprints, acquisition,
circulation, inter!ibrary loan and reference. The reference
services of the library are available to the neighboring
university communities and the general public.
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Region 6. Dallas
Codes; EMA/06A
Address :
Telephone:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 Information Center
1201 Elm Street
First International Building
Dallas TX 75270
(214) 767-7341 (CML)
(8) 729-7341 (FTS)
Information Center
Coordinator: Nita House
Staff:
Hours:
Techni ci an
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Let i c i a Lane
Reference materials for water quality planning constituted
the beginning of the collection which became the EPA Region
6 library in July, 1971. The library includes materials on
all EPA programs: air, water, solid waste, pesticides,
toxic substances, noise and radiation, particularly as they
relate to the States within the Region: Arkansas,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Services provided include circulation, reference and
inter-library loan.
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Ada, Oklahoma
Codes: EMB/06B
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research
Laboratory Library
P. 0. Box 1198
Ada OK 74820
Telephone: (405) 332-8800 (CML)
(8) 743-2241 (FTS)
Librarian: Stanley Shannon
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory is the
Agency's center of expertise for investigation of the soil
and subsurface environment, and is one of the 14
research laboratories of EPA's Office of
Deve 1 opment .
major
Research and
The library, established in 1966 as part of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration, functions in support
of the research programs of the laboratory by providing
access to an unlimited amount of scientific and technical
information relevant to the laboratory's mission. Major
subject areas covered are:
o Agri cu1ture
o Bi o1ogy
o Chemi st ry
o Waste engineering
The holdings consist of approximately 2,000 books, 80
journal subscriptions, 2,000 maps, and 20,000 documents,
either in hard copy or on microfiche, including technical
reports produced by EPA and its predecessor agencies, and a
comprehensive collection of U.S. Geological Survey Water
SuppIy Papers.
Library services include acquisitions, circulation,
reference, literature searching, interlibrary loan, and
current awareness. Reference services are available to the
neighboring university community and the general public.
Equ i pment: A photocopy machine and
printers are available to the users.
mi croform
reader/
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Region 7. Kansas City
Codes: ENA/07A
Address:
Telephone:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 7 Library
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City KS 66101
(913) 236-2828 (CML)
(8) 757-2828 (FTS)
Librarian: Constance McKenzie
Hours:
7:00 a.m. to 4-.30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The Region 7 library is part of the Administration and
Information Management Branch of the Office of Policy and
Management. It provides information on a wide range of
environmental subjects of interest to the Regional staff and
the general public. Subject areas include:
o Agricultural pollution
o Air pollution
o Environmental law
o Hazardous waste
o Pest i c i des
o Rad i at i on
o Solid waste
management
o Water pollution
o Water quality
o Water supp1y
The library's holdings consist of: 1,400 books; 42
periodicals; 3,400 hard copy documents and technical reports
published by government agencies or the private sector;
105,000 documents on microfiche, including EPA and other
agency's technical reports and the Federal Register from
1970 to present.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ons: Books, periodicals and newspapers
ordered for the Regional program offices.
are
Cataloging: Library materials are cataloged into the EPA
national catalog.
Ci rculat i on: Periodicals and documents from the library
collection are circulated to Regional staff.
Interlibrary Loan: Loans for books, periodicals
research materials not maintained in the Regional
collection are arranged through other EPA
many academic, public and special libraries.
and other
1i brary ' s
1i brari es and
Literature Searching: Computerized searching of databases
is arranged through the library for Regional staff. Some
searches are completed in the Regional library while others
are processed through the EPA libraries in Cincinnati, Ohio.
and Research Triangle Park, N.C.
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Reference: On-site ready reference service is available
to EPA staff and the general public.
Equ i pment : A photocopy machine and microfiche
reader/printers are available for library users.
Computer assisted 1 iterature search services: Chemical
Information System (CIS), LEXl'S/NEXI S, National Library of
Medicine (NLM) databases, WATSTORE (U.S. Geological Survey
database).
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Region 8. Denver
Codes: EOA/08A
Address:
Te1ephone:
Li brarian -.
Staff:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 8 Library, 8PM-IML
999 18th Street, Suite 1300
Denver CO 80202-2413
(303) 293-1444 (CML)
(8) 564-1444 (FTS)
Do 1 ores Eddy
Library
Li brary
Technician
A i de
Tu1 a Lazorchak
She i1 a Kersens
Organized in 1973, the Region 8 library includes materials
on all EPA programs: air, water, hazardous and solid waste,
pesticides, toxic substances, noise and radiation,
particularly as they relate to the States within the Region:
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and
Wyoming. In addition, because the Rocky Mountain area is
ich in energy resources, the library collects material
relating to energy resource development and its relationship
to the environment. And finally, to support other Agency
programs, the collection incorporates publications relating
to economics, planning, transportation, management and
employee development.
General library services including reference, research,
database searching, and interlibrary loan are available to
Regional office staff. Second copies of EPA reports are
available for loan to other libraries, government agencies,
businesses and organizations in the Region. Limited
telephone and in-person reference service to outside users
is provided as time and staffing permit.
Equ i pment:
the bui1di ng
10 pages per
Public duplicating
for paper copies.
user at no charge.
facilities are available in
The library will copy up to
Computer assisted literature search services
Association of
System (CIS),
Center Database,
Research
DIALOG,
NEXIS, OCLC.
CA.RL (Colorado
Libraries), Chemical Information
National Groundwater Information
The library is a member of the Central
System which provides courier services for
the libraries in the region.
Colorado Library
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Denver. Colorado
Codes: EOB/08B
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Enforcement
Investigation^ Center
Li brary
Building 53, Box 25227
Denver Federal Center
Denver CO 80225
Telephone: (303) 236-3219 (CML)
(8) 776-3219 (FTS)
Librarian: Dorothy Biggs
Hours:
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
The library of the National Enforcement Investigations
Center (NEIC) of EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring was established in Denver in January, 1972. The
Library is a component of the NEIC Information Center.
The collection comprises case files, technical reports, data
compilations and background information used to develop the
basis for field studies and enforcement actions; research
and development reports on municipal, industrial and
agricultural pollution abatement practices; enforcement
conference documents and environmental law materials;
technical reference materials covering chemistry,
pesticides, toxic substances, air technology and
hazardous wastes. Holdings include 1,000 books; 100 journal
(85 current subscriptions) and numerous paper and microfiche
documents.
The library disseminates technical and enforcement reports
produced by the NEIC staff. Tne library shares its
resources through interlibrary loan services via OCLC and
mail requests. Response time to requests for
interlibrary loans is normally less than 24
hours. All services are provided without charge.
te1ephone or
reports and
Reference
personne1
service is provided for NEIC staff and other EPA
Equ i pment includes
microfiche copier.
microform reader/printers and
The Information Center provides a common use area to allow
staff access to computer, graphics, and word processing
equipment. Literature searching is provided to NEIC staff
and to support enforcement activity by EPA personnel.
Computer assisted literature search services
databases: Bibliographic Retrieval Service
Justice Retrieval and Inquiry System (JURIS)
Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, NEXIS,
EPA databases: Compliance Data System (CDS)
Environmental Response, Compensation
Commercial
(BRS), DIALOG,
Nat i ona1
VU-TEXT.
Comprehens i ve
and Li abi1i ty
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Information System (CERCLIS), Consent Decree Tracking
System, Facilities Tracking System (FINDS), Hazardous Waste
Data Management System (HWDMS), Permit Compliance System
(PCS), (Superfund Financial Assessment System (SFFAS),
Storage and Retrieval of Water Quality Information (STORET).
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Region 9, San Francisco
Codes: ERA/09A
Address:
Te1ephone:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 9 Library
215 Fremont Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 974-8082
(8) 454-8082
(CML)
(FTS)
Librarian: Marsha Saylor
Staff
Hours:
Reference Librarian
Information Specialist
Information Specialist
Library Technician
Library Aide
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Jud i th Demeter
Ernestine Vaden
Caro1yn Kovar
G. Lynn Fox
Richard Pang
The Region 9 library is part of the Information Services
Center. It provides library and information services to
staff of approximately 500 and the general public. Major
subject areas include:
o Air po1 1ut i on
o Environmental
safety
o Hazardous waste
o Law
and control
hea1th and
o Pest i ci des
o Radiation
o Research and
deve1opment
o Solid waste
Included in the Region 9 collection are 5000 books, over
60,000 hard copy reports (EPA and private sector),
documents, and monographs; 380 journal
subscriptions; approximately 350,000 documents on
microfiche; U.S. Geological Survey and Wetland Maps;
indexes; bibliographies; and EPA manuals and directives.
Library services include the following:
Acqui s i t i ons: The Region 9 library processes all requests
for books. reports and journal subscriptions submitted by
the staff in addition to monitoring and ordering items
needed to enhance the collection.
Cata1ogi ng: The cataloging personnel process all
monographs, reports and documents sent to the library and
all credible donations.
Circulation: All items (except microfiche and looseleaf
items) in the collection are circulated to staff and,
through inter library loan, to other libraries.
Inter 1i brary
i nter1i brary
1i brari es.
cycle for in-house
Loan: The Library Technician handles all
loan requests, whether from staff or other
We are presently working on a 48-hour response
requests .
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Reference: Reference is divided into a public response
function staffed by the Information Specialists and the
Reference Librarian, and staff reference provided by the
Librarians. Staff reference generally includes manual
literature searching. Additionally, briefings on library
services and personnel are given to any section that
requests this service.
Equi pment: One photocopy machine and two microform
reader/printers are available for copying purposes. The
public is charged $.20 per page in excess of 10 pages.
Computer assisted literature search services: Chemical
Information System (CIS), DIALOG, and Hazardline.
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Las Vegas. Nevada
Codes: ERB/09B
Address:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory Library
944 E. Harmon Avenue
(P.O. Box 15027, Zip 89114)
Las Vegas NV 89109
Te1ephone:
Li brar i an:
Staff:
Hours:
(702) 798-2648 - 2646
(8) 545-2648 - 2646
Doreen Wickman
Mary E. Campbe11
7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
(CML)
(FTS)
The Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EMSL)
library is operated by the General Services Branch of the
Office of Program Management and Support under contract to
Ebon Research Systems. The library was established in 1966
as part of the Public Health Service, Southwestern
Radiological Health Laboratory. Materials were primarily
oriented toward nuclear science at that time. When the
fac i1i t y became part of EPA in 1970, the collection was
broadened to include all aspects of environmental science.
The mi ss i on of
Laboratory is to:
the Environmental Monitoring Systems
- Develop for EPA client offices multi-media
monitoring technologies and approaches for
assessing exposure of man and his environment
to po11utants.
- Demonstrate advanced monitoring systems and
techniques by applying them to fulfill special
monitoring needs of the Agency.
- Develop guidance on standardization and
quality assurance aspects of radiation,
hazardous waste, toxic substances, and
pesticide measurements.
- Provide monitoring and surveillance services
around nuclear weapons testing sites and at
sites with special environmental significance.
The present
mi ss i on.
collection of the EMSL library supports this
The holdings include 1,092 books; 1,200 hard copy technical
reports; 42,337 microfiche reports, and
more than 150 scientific journals and
subscri pt i ons
newspapers.
to
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Library services include the following: Reference
acquisitions, circulation, inter-library loan and computer
assisted literature searches. All library services are
provided to EPA staff. Reference and copying services are
available to the general public.
Equipment: A photocopy machine, two microform
reader/printers, a duplifiche developer, duplifiche printer
and a Decwriter III terminal.
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Region 10. Seattle Codes: ESA/10A
Address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10 Library
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle WA 98101
Telephone: (206) 442-1289 or 1259 (CML)
(8) 399-1289 or 1259 (FTS)
librarian: Julienne Sears
Staff:
Assistant Librarian Patricia Devine
Library Aide Darci Dudel
OPA Publications Clerk Bertha Sauls
Clerk-Typist Michelle Kim
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friuay
The library came into existence in 1971, based on material
from the Federal Water Quality Administration office in
Portland, Oregon. The collection was originally heavily
oriented toward water pollution, but has since been
developed to encompass all other areas of environmental
qua 1 i t y.
At present, the holdings include monographs. serials, a
basic environmental law collection, EPA reports (both hard
copy and microfiche) and local and State government
reports. The non-EPA portion of the collection is focused
mainly on materials pertinent to the four Region 10
States: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Library services include the following:
Acqu i s i t i ons : The librarian selects all books, serials,
and documents for the library including all legal
materials. Additionally, the librarian assists with and
approves all procurements for the Region 10 laboratory, the
four State program offices and Seattle program offices.
Centralized subscriptions procurement for all six sites is
handled through a serials jobber.
Cat a 1og i ng: Original cataloging and holdings updating
information are submitted to the EPA Headquarters Technical
Services Section in Washington, D.C. for entry into OCLC.
Ci rcu1 at i on: All library materials circulate to Region 10
staff. EPA technical reports are circulated to non-EPA
staff throughout the region. Region 10 EPA reports are
available for loan throughout the country-
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Interlibrary Loan (ILL): Interlibrary loans are
transacted primarily through OCLC, but phone requests and
ILL forms are also accepted. The library also uses the
University of Washington Library's Resource Sharing Program
for which fees are paid. The average turnaround time is 5
working days.
Reference: On-site ready reference service is available
to EPA staff and the general public. More extensive
reference service is provided to EPA staff as required.
Equi pment: Microform readers are available in the
library. Microform copies and photocopies are available to
EPA staff; a limited number of copies may be made by other
Federal agency employees. Public copiers are not
avai1able.
Computer assisted literature search services: DIALOG,
LEXIS/NEXIS, National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases,
National Groundwater Information Center Database.
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Corvallis, Oregon
Codes: LSB/10B
Address:
Te1ephone:
Staff:
Hours:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Corvallis Environmental Research
Laboratory
Li brary
200 SW 35th Street
Corval 1 is OR 97333
(503)
(8)
757-4731
420-4731
(CML)
(FTS)
Librarian: Betty M. McCauley
Library Technician
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Peggy Walch
The Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory (CERL)
Library was established in 1966, when the Pacific Northwest
Water Laboratory of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Administration was opened. The emphasis was on marine,
estuarine and fresh water quality. Since EPA was
established in 1970, the laboratory's responsibilities and
the library collection have been broadened to include air
and terresterial research.
Toxics and
Branch and
At present the laboratory has three branches:
Pesticides Branch, Hazardous Materials and Water
the Air Branch. Research concerns acid precipitation and
its effects on the ecosystem, wildlife toxicology, genetic
engineering, wetlands and hazardous waste.
The library collection consists of 3,500 books, over 150
subscriptions to journals and newsletters, and an extensive
file of government documents, including EPA reports and
State and Federal research reports. Microfiche and
microfilm expand the holdings. A comprehensive reprint
collection on acid precipitation and air ecology is
ma i nta i ned.
Library services include the following:
Acqu i s i t i ons: Books are purchased at the request
laboratory employees to support ongoing research.
of
Cata1ogi ng: All books and library materials are cataloged
into the EPA national catalog.
C i rcu1 at i on: Library materials are loaned to EPA staff
and on-site contractors. Local university staff also borrow
materials. Students and private citizens may use the
materials in the library.
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Interlibrary Loan; Books not available in the CERL library
or through the Oregon State University Library are obtained
using a network of inter1ibrary loan resources, including
the computerized facilities of OCLC.
Reference: Ready reference service is available for EPA
staff and the general public. The library also networks
with other EPA and special libraries, thus extending the
resources for reference requirements that go beyond the on-
si te collect i on.
Equi pment: The library provides reader/printers for
patrons who need to use microform materials. Photocopy
equipment is located near the library.
Computer assisted literature search services: Chemical
Information System (CIS), DIALOG, National Library of
Medicine (NLM) databases.
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LEGEND OF EPA LIBRARY CODES
To assist
have been
Library
Code
EHA/01A
EHB/01B
EIA/02A
EIC/02B
EJA/03A
EJB/03B
EJC/03G
EJD/03C
EJE/O.JT
EKA/04A
EKB/04B
in calling the various EPA locations, t
included. The relationsh
Eastern (E)
Central (C)
Mountain (M)
Pacific (P)
Location
EPA Region 1
Boston MA 02203
Environmental Res Lab
Narragansett RI 02882
EPA Region 2
New York 10278
i p is:
Noon
1 1 :00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Time
Zone FTS t
E 223-5791
E 838-5087
E 264-2881
ime zo
Page
6
8
10
EPA Region 2 Field Office
Edison NJ 08837
EPA Region 3
Philadelphia PA 19107
EPA Headquarters Library
Washington DC 20460
Law Library
Washington DC 20460
Central Regional Lab
Annapol is MD 21401
OTS Chemical Library
Washington DC 20460
EPA Region 4
Atlanta GA 30365
Library Services Office
E 340-6762
E 597-0580
E 382-5921
E 382-5919
E 922-3752
E 382-3529
E 257-4216
1 1
12
3
14
16
17
19
Research Triangle Park
NC 27711
EKC/04H Environmental Res Lab
Gulf Breeze FL 32561
EKD/04D Environmental Res Lab
Athens GA 30613
EKE/04G Office of Air Quality
Planning & Standards
Research Triangle Park
NC 27711
629-2777'
686-9011
250-3324
629-5514
20
22
23
25
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L ibrary
Code
Locat ion
Time
Zone
FTS *
Page
EKF/04L
ELA/05A
ELB/05B
ELC/05D
ELD/05C
EMA/06A
EMB/06B
ENA/07A
EOA/08A
EOB/08B
ERA/09A
ERB/09B
ESA/10A
ESB/10B
ASRL - Meteorology Lab
Research Triangle Park
NC 277)1
EPA Region 5
Chicago IL 60604
Environmental Res Ctr
Cincinnati OH 45268
Motor Vehi c1e
Emission Lab
Ann Arbor MI 48105
Environmental Res Lab
Duluth MN 55804
EPA Region 6
Dal las TX 75270
Robert S. Kerr
Environmental Res Lab
Ada OK 74820
EPA Region 7
Kansas City KS 66101
EPA Region 8
Denver CO 80202-2413
National Enforcement
Investigations Center
Denver CO 80225
EPA Region 9
San Francisco CA
94105
Environmental Monitoring
and Support Lab
Las Vegas NV 89109
EPA Region 10
Seattle WA 98101
Corvail is Environmental
Research Lab
Corval 1 is OR 97330
M
M
629-4536 27
353-2022 28
684-7707 30
374-8311 32
780-5538 34
729-7341 35
743-2241 36
757-2828 37
564-1444 39
776-3219
454-8076
545-2648
399-1289
420-4731
40
42
44
46
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Several of the EPA libraries have more complete selections
of information or special collections on specific subjects.
Listed below are those libraries which have primary
reference collections.
Special Collection
Library/Location
Page
Air Information
Chesapeake Bay
Col lection
Climatic Data
Environmental Impact
Statements
Geological Survey
Data
Hazardous Waste
Law
Motor Vehicle
Emissi ons
Pesticides
Research Triangle Park NC
Library Services
Central Regional Lab Library
AnnapoIi s MD
ASRL Meteorology Division
Library, RTP, NC
Region 9 Library
San Francisco CA
Region 5 Library
Chicago IL
Headquarters Library. DC
Region 1 Library, Boston
Region 2 Library,
Region 3 Library.
Region 4 Library,
Region 5 Library,
Region 6 Library.
Region 7 Library,
Region 8 Library,
Region 9 Library,
Region 10 Library,
Spt
New York
Philadelphi a
Atlanta
Chicago
Dal las
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Lab Library,
10
Env Montrng &
Las Vegas
Env Res Lab Library
Reg 2 Field Office,
Env Res Ctr Library,
Env Res Lab Library,
NEIC Library, Denver
Law Library
Washington DC
Region 3 Library
Philadelphi a PA
Motor Vehicle Emission
Lab Library, Ann Arbor MI
OTS Chemical Library
Washington, DC
Ada
Edi son
Ci nci nnat i
RTP
20
16
27
42
28
3
6
1 1
12
19
28
35
37
39
42
46
44
36
1 1
30
20
40
14
12
32
17
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Spec 1 a 1 Co 1 1 ect 1 on Library/Location Page
Speeches given by Region 9 Library 42
EPA Senior Staff San Francisco CA
Toxic Substances OTS Chemical Library 17
Washington, DC
Wetland Ecology Region 3 Library
Philadelphia, PA 12
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SUBJECT AREAS OF EPA LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
All EPA libraries have some information on all of EPA's
programs: air, noise, water, solid waste, hazardous waste,
toxic substances, pesticides and radiation. Several of the
libraries also have collections on major subject areas as
they relate to their organizational function and/or region.
The collections may not be complete or extensive in all
major subject areas. Listed below are the major subject
areas covered by the libraries:
Library Page
ACID RAIN
Environmental Research Lab Library, Corvallis OR 48
ADMINISTRATION
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
AGRICULTURE
Environmental Research Lab Library, Ada OK 36
Region 7 Library, Kansas City KS 37
National Enforcement Investigations Center Library,
Denver CO 40
AIR POLLUTION - HISTORICAL
Library Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 20
AIR POLLUTION - MOBILE SOURCE
Motor Vehicle Emission Lab Library, Ann Arbor MI 32
AIR POLLUTION TECHNOLOGY
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Library,
Research Triangle Park, NC 25
ALCOHOL FUELS - ALTERNATIVES
Motor Vehicle Emission Lab Library, Ann Arbor MI 32
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Central Regional Lab Library Annapolis MD 16
Environmental Research Lab Library, Duluth MN 34
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Library Page
AQUATIC BIOTA
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Gulf Breeze FL .... 22
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
AUTOMATED LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Motor Vehicle Emission Lab Library, Ann Arbor MI 32
BACTERIOLOGY
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
Environmental Research Lab Library, Ada OK 36
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
BIOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Ada OK 36
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
Environmental Res Lab Library, Athens GA 23
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
BIOTECHNOLOGY
OTS Chemical Library, Washington DC 17
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
BUSINESS
Library Services, Research Triangle Park NC 20
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Library Page
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
OTS Chemical Library, Washington DC 17
CHEMICAL TOXICITY
Library Services, Research Triangle Park NC 20
CHEMISTRY
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
Environmental Research Lab Library, Ada OK 36
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
Environmental Research Lab Library, Athens GA 23
Environmental Research Center Library. Cincinnati OH .. 30
Library Services, Research Triangle Park NC 20
National Enforcement Investigations Center Library,
Denver CO 40
CLIMATIC DATA
Environmental Research Lab Library. Corvallis OR 48
COASTAL RESEARCH
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
Central Regional Lab Library. Annapolis MD 16
ECOLOGY
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
OTS Chemical Library, Washington DC 17
ECONOMICS
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
Library Services, Research Triangle Park NC 20
Region 8 Library, Denver CO • 39
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
Region 8 Library, Denver CO 39
ENERGY
Region 8 Library, Denver CO .. 39
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Library Page
ENFORCEMENT
National Enforcement Investigations Center Library,
Denver CO 40
ENGINEERING
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
Environmental Research Lab Library, Athens GA 23
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Region 9 Library, San Francisco CA 42
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Region 3 Library, Philadelphia PA 12
Region 7 Library, Kansas City KS 37
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
ESTUARINE RESERACH
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
Environmental Research Lab Library, Corvallis OR 48
FISHERIES BIOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Duluth MN 34
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Environmental Research Lab Library. Gulf Breeze FL .... 22
Environmental Research Lab Library, Corvallis OR 48
GROUNDWATER
Region 5 Library, Chicago IL 28
HEALTH
OTS Chemical Library, Washington DC 17
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Library Page
HYDROLOGY
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MONITORING
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL CONTROL
OTS Chemical Library, Washington DC 17
MANAGEMENT
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
Region 3 Library, Philadelphia PA 12
Region 8 Library, Denver CO 39
MARINE BIOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI ... 8
MARINE ECOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Gulf Breeze FL .... 22
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansette RI .. 8
MARINE ORGANISMS
Environmental Research Lab Library, Narragansett RI . . . 8
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
MICROBIOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Gulf Breeze PL .... 22
Environmental Research Lab Library, Athens GA 23
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
MOTOR VEHICLE RETROFIT DEVICES
Motor Vehicle Emission Lab Library, Ann Arbor MI 32
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Library Page
NEW ENGLAND RIVER BASIN
Region 1 Library, Boston MA 6
NUCLEAR SCIENCE
Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab Library,
Las Vegas NV 44
OCEANOGRAPHY
Central Regional Lab Library, Annapolis MD 16
PATHOBIOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Gulf Breeze FL .... 22
PHYSICS
Environmental Research Center Library, Cincinnati OH .. 30
PLANNING
Regiot=rH3- Library, Denver CO 39
QUALITY ASSURANCE *
Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab Library,
Las Vegas NV 44
RECYCLING AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
Region 5 Library, Chicago IL 28
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Region 9 Library, San Francisco CA 42
RESOURCE RECOVERY
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
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Library ; Page
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
Region 1 Library, Boston MA _••_ 6
Region 5 Library, Chicago IL 28
Environmental Research Lab Library, Cincinnati OH 30
TOXICOLOGY
Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
TRANSPORTATION
Region 8 Library, Denver CO 39
WASTE ENGINEERING
Environmental Research Lab Library, Ada OK 36
WETLANDS
Region 3 Library, Philadelphia PA 12
Environmental Research Lab Library, Corvallis OR 48
WILDLIFE TOXICOLOGY
Environmental Research Lab Library, Corvallis OR 48
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DESCRIPTION OF DATABASES USED BY EPA LIBRARIES
(See individual library descriptions for a list of
specific databases used.)
BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval System) a commercial vendor of
databases, provides access to more than 60 databases in
science, technology, business economics, humanities,
social sciences and other areas.
CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) is an
online bibliographic database which contains the
holdings of six major Colorado research libraries.
CAS ONLINE, a product of Chemical Abstract Service,
contains records for the documents covered since 1967 in
the printed version of Chemical_Abstracts. Journals,
patents, technical reports, books, conference
proceedings. and dissertations from all areas of
chemistry and chemical engineering are abstracted and the
file is updated biweekly. 9,
CDS (Compliance Data System) is an EPA management
information system that stores, sorts, and reports
compliance data for approximately 30,000 stationary
sources of air pollution that are subject to air quality
regu1 at i ons.
CERCLIS (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Information System), an EPA database,
contains an inventory of potential hazardous waste sites
and serves as a vehicle for the EPA Regions to report to
Headquarters on the status of major stages of cleanup at
sites.
CIS (Chemical Information System) is a commercially
available collection of scientific and regulatory
databases. It contains numeric, textual, and some
bibliographic information in the areas of toxicology,
environment, regulations, spectroscopy, chemical and
physical properties, and nucleotide sequencies.
CONSENT DECREE SYSTEM, an EPA/National Enforcement
Investigations Centei—operated and maintained system
consisting of a hardcopy library of consent decrees to
which EPA is a party, a computerized inventory of that
library, and computerized summaries of the contents of
decrees by facility.
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DIALOG INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE, a commercial vendor
of databases, has more than 200 databases available
through its system. The type of information varies with
the database accessed; database records may be
bibliographic citations, abstracts, directory
listing or statistical tables. Some of the DIALOG
databases commonly used by EPA libraries are Pollution
Abstracts, Enviroline, Chemical Regulations and
Guidelines. Social SciSearch, and The National Technical
Information Service (NTIS).
DUN AND BRADSTREET, a credit-reporting firm, provides
business information reports for privately- and publicly-
owned companies and government activity reports which
list Federal contracts, grants, fines and debarments
for specific companies.
FINDS (Facilities Index System), an EPA database, provides
descriptive information on facilities/establishments
which are of interest to EPA programs, with a cross
reference to EPA programmatic information systems which
have information on these facilities/establishments.
HAZARDLINE, a product of the Occupational Health Service,
Inc., contains data on hazardous chemicals, including
chemical name, formula, synonyms, and Chemical Abstracts
Service Registry Number.
HAZARDOUS WASTE DATABASE, an EPA system, contains
references to key materials on hazardous waste in the EPA
library network. Bibliographic descriptions, keywords,
abstracts, locations and other information are listed for
books, EPA reports, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER) policy and guidance directives,
periodicals and commercial databases containing
information on hazardous waste. Hard copies of the
documents are available in the Headquarters and Regional
libraries, the National Enforcement Investigations
Center/Denver, CO, and the laboratory libraries in
Cincinnati, OH; Edison, NJ; Research Triangle Park, NC;
Ada, OK; and Las Vegas, NV A list of the documents is
available at all other laboratory libraries.
HWDMS (Hazardous Waste Data Management System) is an EPA
database which includes information on the status of
responses to EPA regulations by the 5,000 facilities that
treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste and 60,000
handlers who generate or transport hazardous waste.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVENTORY (I SI) is an EPA database
listing over 500 EPA information systems and
environmental models. The database includes a
description of each environmental measurement
system/model and can be accessed at several points,
including system name, acronym, associated
Congressional act or law, number of users and responsible
personnel. Headquarters Library staff can search this
inventory to obtain information for the purpose of
referring requestors to the appropriate office within EPA
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JURIS (Justice Retrieval and Inquiry Sys-tem) , a Department
of Justice system, is a computerized legal research
database for use by the Federal government. It provides
full-text online retrieval from general legal materials
and special 1itigation support files.
LEXIS is a full-text database that includes information on
Federal law, with decisions of all Federal courts, the
United States Code, and the Federal^Register, as well as
specialized law libraries in the following areas:
taxation; securities; trade regulation; patent,
trademark, and copyright; communications; labor; and
bankruptcy.
NATIONAL GROUNDWATER INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE, a
bibliographic database, contains references on the
occurrence and utilization of surface and ground water,
and on water well technology. Indexed titles include
trade and technical journals and newsletters, books, and
government documents. Because EPA established the
Center,, there is special emphasis in the database on EPA-
sponsored reports.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM) ON-LINE SERVICES
database consists of bibliographic citations on
biomedical literature, including health care services and
administrative, clinical, and policy topics. Special
files on population, cancer, and toxic substances are
a 1 so avai1abte on the NLM database.
NATIONAL PESTICIDE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, developed
by Purdue University, contains information that describes
the key characteristics of pesticides, including
approximately 50,000 products registered by EPA, as well
as State registrations.
NEWSNET, is a full-text database of newsletters, press
releases, and wire services. Subject areas in NewsNet
include the environment, chemicals, government and
regulation, public relations, farming and food, research
and development, and electronics and computers.
NEXIS is a full-text database that contains general and
business news. NEXIS sources include magazines,
newspapers, wire services, newsletters, and government
documents.
OCLC (Online Cataloging Library Center) supports resource
sharing among more than 2,700 member libraries.
Participants use the OCLC Cataloging module to catalog
books, serials, and various other library materials and
the Interlibrary Loan module to facilitate interlibrary
1endi ng.
ORBIT is an online service which provides access to more
than 70 databases in science, technology, business.
economics, humanities, social sciences and other areas.
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PCS (Permit Compliance System) is an EPA management
information system for tracking permit, compliance, and
enforcement status for the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System program under the Clean Water Act.
SFFAS (Superfund Financial Assessment System), is an EPA
computer application designed to calculate, the remedial
costs a responsible party can theoretically afford to pay
for cleanup of a site.
STORE! (Storage and Retrieval of Water Quality
Information), an EPA database, provides a capability to
store, retrieve and analyze water quality information.
TOXLINE, a product of the National Library of Medicine,
contains citations and abstracts to the worldwide
literature in all areas of toxicology, including
chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, pesticides,
environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratology.
TOXNET is a computerized system of toxico1ogica11y oriented
data banks operated by the National Library of Medicine.
VU-TEXT contains the full text of 19 daily newspapers,
including nationally recognized papers such as the Boston
Globe and Chicago Tribune and regional papers such as the
Orlando Sentinel.
WATSTORE (National Water Data Storage and Retrieval
System), a product of the U.S. Geological Survey,
contains data collected as a result of measuring and
quantifying the occurrence and quality of U.S water
resources and the effect of development and utilization
on those resources.
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APPROXIMATE
NUMBER OF ITEMS HELD BY EPA LIBRARIES
0)
LIBRARY LOCATION
Ada, OK
Ann Arbor, MI
Annapo 1 i s , MO
Athens, GA
Atlanta, GA
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Ci nci nnat i , OH
Corval 1 is, OR
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO:
Regional Library
NEIC Library
Duluth, MN
Edison, NJ
Gulf Breeze, FL
Kansas City, KS
Las Vegas, NV
Narraganset t , RI
New York, NY
Phi 1 ade 1 phi a , PA
Res. Triangle Park, NC:
ASRL Library
Library Services
OAQPS Library
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Washington, D. C . :
OTS Chemical Library
Hqs Library
Law Library
NUMBER OF
BOOKS
2
V
8
4
5
3
16
3
1
1
1
1
3
5
1
1
3
3
8
3
5
5
3
5
12
8
,000
300
,000
,000
,500
,000
,600
,000
,500
,850
,600
,000
,400
,000
,000
,400
,092
, 100
,000
,000
,200
,000
900
,000
,300
,000
,500
,000
NUMBER OF
CURRENT
SUBSCRIPTIONS
80
45
60
85
250
200
350
1 ,004
150
96
300
85
150
50
225
42
150
38
50
200
125
300
90
380
141
203
700
70
NUMBER OF
HARDCOPY
DOCUMENTS
12
30
4
7
60
16
18
50
5
13
20
10
2
5
1
3
1
5
12
85
1
5
60
10
5
22
,000
,000
,000
,500
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,400
,000
,000
,500
,000
,600
,400
,200
,000
,000
,000
,300
,000
—
,000
,417
,000
.000
NUMBER OF
ITEMS IN
MICROFORM
10
20
10
50
100
150
195
150
80
40
250
90
50
100
36
105
42
90
50
20
4
100
350
1 13
140
310
200
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,337
,000
,000
,000
,400
,000
,000
.113
,000
,000
,000
PAGE
36
32
16
23
19
6
28
30
48
35
39
44
34
1 1
22
37
44
8
10
12
27
20
25
42
46
17
3
14
TOTAL
117,242
5,619
465,317 2,855,850
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City
CITIES IN WHICH EPA LIBRARIES ARE LOCATED
FTS
Telephone Number
Ada OK
Ann Arbor MI
Annapol is MD
Athens GA
Atlanta GA
Boston MA
Chicago IL
Cincinnati OH
Corval 1 is OR
Dal las TX
Denver CO (Region 8)
Denver CO (NEIC)
Duluth MN
Edison NJ
Gulf Breeze FL
Kansas City KS
Las Vegas NV
Narragansett RI
New York NY
Philadelphia PA
Research Triangle Park, NC:
Library Services
ASRL - Meteorology Library
QAQPS Library
San Francisco CA
Seattle WA
Washington DC:
Headquarters Library
Law Library
OTS Chemical Library
743-2241
374-831 1
922-3752
250-3324
257-4216
223-5791
353-2022
684-7707
420-4731
729-7341
564-1444
776-3219
783-5538
340-6762
686-901 1
757-2828
545-2648
838-5087
264-2881
597-0580
629-2777
629-4536
629-5514
454-8076
399-1289
382-5921
382-5919
382-3529
36
32
16
23
19
6
28
30
48
35
39
44
34
1 1
22
37
44
8
10
12
27
20
25
42
46
3
14
17
67
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STATES IN WHICH EPA LIBRARIES ARE LOCATED
(Although there is a Regional library and several
laboratory/other libraries in each region, all EPA
libraries are independent entities.)
STATE
A 1 abama
Arkansas
Ari zona
A 1 aska
Ca 1 i f orni a
Co 1 orado
Connect i cut
De 1 aware
District of Co
F 1 orida
Georgi a
Hawai i
Idano
I 1 1 inois
Indiana
I owa
Kansas
Kentucky
Loui s i ana
Mai ne
Mary 1 and
Massachuset ts
Mi chi gan
Minnesota
Mi ssi ssi ppi
Mi ssouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
REGION
4
6
9
10
9
8
1
3
lumbia 3
4
4
9
10
5
5
7
7
4
6
1
3
1
5
5
4
7
8
7
9
1
2
6
2
Library
Locat ion
—
--
—
* San Francisco
* Denver
Denver/NEIC
—
—
Hqs Library
Law Library
Chemical Lib.
Gu 1 f Breeze
* Atlanta
Athens
-
_^
* Chicago
__
—
* Kansas City
— —
—
--
Annapo 1 i s
* Boston
Ann Arbor
Duluth
—
—
—
--
Las Vegas
—
Edi son
—
* New York City
Library
FTS f
—
—
—
454-8076
564-1444
776-3219
—
—
382-5921
382-5919
382-3529
686-901 1
257-4216
250-3324
—
—
353-2022
__
—
757-2828
--
—
922-3752
223-5791
374-831 1
780-5538
—
—
—
--
545-2648
— —
340-6762
—
264-2881
PAGE
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42
39
40
™~ -"•
3
14
17
22
19
23
—
—
28
--
—
37
_ —
—
—
16
6
32
34
— —
— — .
__
—
44
1 1
—
10
68
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STATE
North Caro 1 i na
Library Library
REGION Location FTS * PAGE
4 Research Triangle Park:
North Dakota
Ohio
Ok 1ahoma
Oregon
Pennsy1vani a
Rhode Island
South Caro1ina
South Dakota
8
5
6
10
3
1
4
8
Library Svcs 629-2777
OAQPS Library 629-5514
ASRL Library 629-4536
C i nc i nnat i
Ada
Corval1i s
Ph i1ade1 phi a
Narraganset t
684-7707
743-2241
42ti-4731
597-0580
838-5087
20
25
27
30
36
48
12
8
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Vi rgi nia
Washi ngton
West Virginia
Wi scons i n
Wyomi ng
6 * .Dal las
8
1
3
10 * Seattle
3
5
Q
729-7341
399-1289
3,5
46
69
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Name
NAMES OF STAFF MEMBERS
FTS *
Library
Code
Time Zone
Alston, Gayle (C)
Baker, Joyce
Barnes, Alonzo (C)
Begg, Mary
Biggs, Dorothy
Bonner. Juanita (C)
Bosworth, Lilian (C)
Brunner, Linda (C)
But 1er, Glori s
Byrd, Jonda (C)
Campbel1, Mary (C)
Cardenas, Mary (C)
Carey, Dennis (C)
Cassinelli, Rick (C)
Catlett, Michelle (C)
Cornbest, Jean (C)
Cook, Jeannie (C)
Da 1 1 as, Pamela (C)
David, Patricia (C)
Demeter, Judith (C)
Devine, Patricia (C)
Dude 1 , Darci (C)
Eddy, Dolores
Ferguson, Cheryl (C)
Fox, G. Lynn (C)
Fri sch, Lisa
Gamache, Rose Ann
Geideman, Sandy (C)
Harden, Mary
Hawthorne, Liz (C)
Hedgepeth, Gloria (C)
Hoffman, Mary (C)
Honeck, Joan (C)
House, Nita
Ingram, Ann (C)
James, Michael (C)
Kersens, Sheila (C)
Kim, Michelle
Kn i ght , John
Koppitsch, Julie (C)
Kovar, Carolyn (C)
Lane, Let i c i a
Lazorchak, Tula (C)
Lee, Michelle (C)
Mai in, Wayne (C)
Margolis, Merle (C)
Marx, Wi11iam (C)
Marzetti, Loretta
McCauley, Betty
McCreary, Diane
McKenzie, Connie
EKA/04A
EJA/03A
EJB/03B
EJE/03T
EOB/08B
257
597
382
382
776
INFOTERRA/ 382
Trans 1 at i ons
ELB/05B 684
EJB/03B 673
PIRU 382
ELB/05B 684
ERB/09B 545-
EJB/03B 673
EIA/02A 264
ELB/05B 684
EJB/03B 673
ELB/05B 684
ELB/05B 684-
EKA/04A 257
EJB/03B 382-
ERA/09A 454-
ESA/10A 399-
ESA/10A 399-
EOA/08A 564-
EJB/03B 673-
ERA/09A 454-
EJE/03T 382-
EHB/01B 838-
ELB/05B 684-
ELD/05C 783-
EKC/04H 686-
EJB/03B 673-
EJB/03B 382-
ELB/05B 684-
EMA/06A 729-
EKB/04B 629-
1EJB/03B 382-
EOA/08A 564-
ESA/10A 399-
EKB/04B 629-
ELC/05D 374-
ERA/09A 454-
EMA/06A 729-
EOA/08A 564-
EJB/03B 382-
EHA/01A 223-
ELA/05A 353-
EKA/04a 257-
Hqs 382-
ESB/10B 420-
EJA/03A 597-
ENA/07A 757-
-4216
-0580
-5921
-3529
-3219
-5917
-7701
-5026
-5926
-7707
-2648
-5026
-2881
-7708
-5026
-7702
7704
-4216
•5921
8076
1289
•1289
•1444
5026
8076
3529
4843
7709
5538
901 1
5026
5921
7705
7341
2777
5921
1444
1289
2794
831 1
8076
7341
1444
5921
4017
2022
4216
5914
4731
0580
2828
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Mountai n
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pacific
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Paci f i c
Pac i f i c
Pacific
Mountai n
Eastern
Pacific
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Mountai n
Pacific
Eastern
Eastern
Paci f ic
Cent ral
Mountai n
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pac i f i c
Eastern
Central
70
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Name
McNamara, Emma (C)
Means, Susan (C)
Morrison, Barbara
Munro, Meg
Myers, Jean
Nelson, Peg (C)
Nowak, Geraldine
O'Leary, Martha (C)
Pang, Richard (C)
Patterson, Mary
Petty, Janette
Pirnie, Abby
Pool. Alice (C)
Poole-Kober, Evelyn
Pugh , Thurman (C)
Rapp, Brigid (C)
Raske, Col 1 en (C)
Reiner, Susan (C)
Roberts, Terri (C)
Saravis, Judy (C)
Sauls, Bertha (C)
Saylor, Marsha (C)
Sears , Ju 1 i enne
Shannon, Stanley
Simon, Jon (C)
Sims, Janice
Smi th , Libby
Smith, Maxine (C)
Snyder, Claudette (C)
Ster 1 i ng , Bet t i e
Sykes , Hattie
Szefczyk, Dorothy
Talsma, Debra (C)
Taylor, Dozina (C)
Thome, Rosemary (C)
Ti 1 1 ey , Lou
Tsang, Katherine (C)
Vaden, Ernestine (C)
Walch, Peggy
Wellman, Creighton (C)
Wickman, Doreen (C)
Library
Code
EJB/03B
EKC/P4H
EJC/03G
EJD/03C
EKB/04B
EHA / 0 1 A
EJE/03T
ELB/05B
ERA/09A
Hqs
EJE/03T
Hqs
EKC/04H
EKF/04L
EJB/03B
EJB/03B
EJB/03B
ELB/05B
ELA/05A
EHA/01A
ESA/10A
ERA/09A
ESA/10A
EMB/06B
EJB/03B
EKD/04D
EKB/04B
ELB/05B
ELC/05D
EJE/03T
EJE/03T
EIC/02B
ELC/05D
EJB/03B
EKB/04B
ELA/05A
ELA/05A
ERA/09A
ESB/10B
EKB/04B
ERB/09B
FTS #
382-5921
686-901 T
382-5919
922-3752
629-2777
223-5791
382-3529
684-7706
454-8076
382-5929
382-3529
382-5914
686-901 1
629-4536
673-5026
382-5921
673-5026
684-7703
353-2022
223-4017
399-1289
454-8076
399-1289
743-2241
382-5921
250-3324
629-2777
684-7707
374-831 1
382-3529
382-3529
340-6762
374-831 1
382-5921
629-2777
353-2022
353-2022
454-8076
420-4731
629-2777
545-2646
Time Zone
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pacific
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pac i f i c
Pac i f i c
Pac i f i c
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Paf i c i c
Pacific
East ern
Pac i f i c
71
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