United States EPA-OLSS-80-11
Environmental Protection August 1980
Agency
v>EPA Guide to EPA
Libraries and
Information
Centers
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EPA-OLSS-80-11
GUIDE TO EPA LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS
Barbara A. Pedrini, Editor
August 1980
Office of Library Systems and Services
Office of Management and Agency Services
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington DC 20460
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Fifth Edition
1980
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Table of Contents
Page
Introduction 1
Description of Headquarters Library:
03B Headquarters Library, Washington DC 3
Descriptions of Regional Libraries:
01A EPA Region 1, Boston MA 5
02A EPA Region 2, New York NY 6
03A EPA Region 3, Philadelphia PA 7
04A EPA Region 4, Atlanta GA 8
05A EPA Region 5, Chicago IL 9
06A EPA Region 6, Dallas TX 11
07A EPA Region 7, Kansas City MO 12
08A EPA Region 8, Denver CO 13
09A EPA Region 9, San Francisco CA 14
10A EPA Region 10, Seattle WA 16
Descriptions of Laboratory and Field Libraries:
01B Narragansett RI 17
02B Edison NJ 18
03C Annapolis MD 19
03T Washington DC (OPTS/TIC) 20
04B Research Triangle Park NC (Library Services) . 22
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04D Athens GA 24
04G Research Triangle Park NC (OAQPS) 25
04H Gulf Breeze FL 26
04L Research Triangle Park NC (ESRL-Meteorology) . 27
05B Cincinnati OH 28
05C Duluth MN 30
05D Ann Arbor MI 31
06B Ada OK 32
08B Denver CO (NEIC) 33
09B Las Vegas NV 34
10B Corvallis OR 35
10D Wenatchee WA 37
Appendices:
Legend of EPA Library Codes 38
Cities in Which Libraries are Located 41
Names of Staff Members 43
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Introduction
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency was created in
1970 with the consolidation of programs from other existing
Federal agencies. The libraries were drawn together into a
nationwide network that now includes 28 participating EPA
sites. Technical direction and the coordination of library
ADP systems support is the responsibility of the Office of
Library Systems and Services (OLSS) at EPA Headquarters in
Washington, B.C.
This Guide, which was prepared and distributed by OLSS,
provides background on the formation of each library and
describes the collection and services available. Generally,
facilities are open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
It is suggested that the hours of operation be verified at
any specific location. The telephone numbers listed are
either commercial (CML) or Federal Telecommunications System
(FTS) numbers.
The appendices provide the legend of EPA library codes,
an alphabetical list of the cities in which libraries are
located, and the names of staff members. To increase the
utility of this new edition, each list includes telephone
numbers.
Barbara A. Pedrini, Editor
EPA Headquarters Library
401 M Street, S.W., PM-213
Washington DC 20460
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Headquarters Library
Washington, P.C.
Codes: 03B/EJB
Address:
Telephone;
Librarian:
Staff:
Hours:
Headquarters Library, PM-213
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W., Room 2404 WSM
Washington DC 20460
(202) 755-0308 (CML)
(8) 755-0308 (FTS)
(8) 755-0386 (FTS/ILL)
Ms. Sami Klein
Ella Alexander
Bruce Ingalls
Claudia Norwood
Leonard Samowitz
Alice Wills
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
The Headquarters Library was established in 1972, absorbing
the collection of the former Federal Water Quality Adminis-
tration, which emphasized water quality, supply and pollution,
In support of EPA programs, additional subject areas have
been developed: solid waste management, resource recovery,
air pollution, noise abatement, radiation, hazardous wastes,
pesticides, chemistry and toxicology. There is an emphasis
on social, economic, legislative, legal, administrative and
management literature related to all aspects of environmental
pollution and control.
The collection comprises 7000 books; 1000 current subscrip-
tions to journals, abstracts and indexes, newsletters and
newspapers; 28,000 hard copy documents and technical reports
generated by government sources or the private sector; and
175,000 others on microfiche (including reports of EPA and
its predecessor agencies). The microfilm collection covers
back files of major newspapers, indexing and abstracting
services, and periodicals.
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Headquarters Library (cont'd) Codes: 03B/EJP
The library primarily serves EPA staff in the Washington
Metropolitan Area and provides support wherever possible
to all other EPA libraries, including literature search
services. The public, nearby university communities, and
Agency consultants and contractors have access to the
collection and may reproduce up to 25 pages of literature
not covered by copyright. Material is loaned to Agency
personnel; other users must submit interlibrary loan forms.
The following services are available: selection, acquisi-
tion, cataloging, announcement of new materials, circulation,
reference, literature searching, SDI, interlibrary loan and
bibliography preparation.
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Region 1, Boston Codes: 01A/ERA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 1
JFK Federal Building, Room 2100-B
Boston MA 02203
Telephone: (617) 223-5791 or 223-4017 (CML)
(8) 223-5791 or 223-4017 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Ruth K. Seidman
The library was established in 1967 at the New England
Basins Office, Northeastern Region, of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration. The collection at that
time consisted largely of material dealing with water
quality and related subjects. Since the creation of EPA
in 1970, the collection has been developed extensively in
the fields of solid waste management, air pollution, pesti-
cides, radiation and noise abatement. Literature relating
to New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) and its environmental
concerns receives particular emphasis.
The collection includes indexing and abstracting sources,
books, journals and newsletters, government documents, and
technical reports. The library provides reference, circula-
tion, interlibrary loan and current awareness services for
the EPA offices in the greater Boston area. Outside users--
students, university faculty members, industry, and local
citizens' groups--have on-site use of the collection, as
well as limited reference service and borrowing privileges.
A branch library is in operation at the EPA laboratories
in Lexington. This collection is also open to the public.
Contact:
Ms. Niki Theodoras, Librarian
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Surveillance and Analysis
60 Westview Street
Lexington MA 02173
(617) 861-6700 (CML)
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Region 2, New York Codes; 02A/EIA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 2
26 Federal Plaza
New York NY 10007
Telephone: (202) 264-2881 (CML)
(8) 264-2881 (FTS)
Librarian: Herbert Luger
The library, organized under the auspices of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration, is heavily oriented
toward water, but embraces all aspects of EPA's environmental
mission. The collection includes over 3000 monographs,
12,000 federal, state and local documents and technical
reports, and 275 journals and abstract services. Among
these are archival resources in public health and legisla-
tive areas. Holdings are distributed between New York and
the field office in Edison, N.J., and focus on Region 2,
which comprises New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
The library serves the regional and field offices, the
Industrial Waste Treatment Research Laboratory, their
consultants and contractors. It is open to the general
public, with limited service provided as time and staff
permit.
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Region 3, Philadelphia Codes; 03A/EJA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 3
Curtis Bldg., 6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia PA 19106
Telephone: (215) 597-0580 (CML)
(8) 597-0580 (FTS)
Librarian: Diane McCreary
The Region 3 library was started in Charlottesville, Virginia,
and moved to Philadelphia in April, 1972. At present, the
collection consists of approximately 3000 books, 250 sub-
scriptions to business and technical periodicals and news-
letters, and over 90,000 environmental reports in microfiche.
In addition, a complete set of EPA reports is maintained.
All of the environmental sciences are included in the
library's holdings, as well as related areas such as energy,
economics and toxicology, particularly as applied to Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia. Legal materials, emphasizing federal
and environmental law, have been integrated into the collec-
tion. Other special collections are being developed in
management/publie administration and wetlands ecology.
The Region 3 library primarily serves EPA staff. Its services
include centralized book and journal acquisition for the
Regional Office, circulation, reference and interlibrary loan.
Computerized literature searching and current awareness
services are available in-house through the use of the
Lockheed DIALOG and NLM MEDLARS information systems. An
acquisitions list is compiled and distributed bimonthly.
The library is open to the public; however, loans are made
to other libraries and government agencies only. Photocopy
equipment is available, as well as microform reader/printers.
Microfiche duplicates of non-copyrighted material can be
made in limited quantities.
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Region 4, Atlanta Codes: 04A/EKA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 4
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta GA 30308
Telephone: (404) 881-4216 (CML)
(8) 257-4216 (FTS)
Librarian: Carolyn Mitchell
Technician: Patricia Ivie
The Region 4 library was established in May, 1973. Subject
areas covered are water, air, solid waste, radiation, noise,
pesticides, and hazardous waste pollution, with a specific
focus on these problems in the southeastern region of the
United States, namely Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
There is some coverage of energy, land use, and management
theory, but the collection is most extensive in the areas
of water and air pollution. There is a small general ref-
erence collection.
The holdings include approximately 350 journal and newsletter
titles, 1600 books and 26,000 technical reports. Also
included is a complete set of 100,000 air pollution technical
articles on microfiche from the Air Pollution Technical
Information Center.
The library provides the Region 4 staff with reference,
circulation, interlibrary loan and current awareness
services. Limited reference assistance is also provided
to the general public. Office of Public Awareness materials,
including films and a newspaper clipping file and index, can
also be found in the library.
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Region 5, Chicago
Codes: 05A/ELA
Address:
Telephone:
Librarian:
Staff:
Hours:
Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5
230 South Dearborn St., Room 1417
Chicago IL 60604
(312) 353-2022 (CML)
(8) 353-2022
Ms. Lou W. Tilley
Ms. April Katsura
Ms. Augusta G. Bloom
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday (only
local EPA staff may use the library before 10)
In January, 1972, the Region 5 library came into being.
Much of the material housed there came from pre-EPA offices
of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Public
Health Service and the Department of Interior's Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration (and FWQA).
The collection consists of 12,000-15,000 documents and
reports in paper copy generated by international, federal,
interstate, state, regional and local governmental agencies
and private endeavors. There are currently about 2500 book
titles and 500 journal subscriptions in effect. There are
some 100,000 items in microfiche. The subject areas of the
collection are water pollution, water quality, water supply,
air quality, air pollution, solid waste management, resource
recovery and recycling, hazardous wastes, toxic substances,
noise, pesticides and radiation. The emphasis is on the
Great Lakes and the six states in the Region: Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
There is a sizable collection of U. S. Geological Survey
Water Supply Papers and Water Resources Data for Region 5
states and other contiguous states. Paper copy of most
of the proceedings of the enforcement conferences held
in Region 5 is available in the library. Other special
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Region 5, Chicago (cont'd) Codes: 05A/ELA
collections include EIC Statefiche, EIC microfiche (1977
to present) with indexes, 85,000 APTIC items, EPA reports
in microfiche, about 75 video cassette tapes, and a law
collection with federal law emphasis (separately housed).
There is a vertical file collection of pamphlet/reprint
materials.
The library offers acquisition, reference, circulation,
interlibrary loan, and literature searching services to
the Region 5 staff and provides some of these services on
a limited basis to the general public.
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Region 6, Dallas Codes: 06A/EMA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6
1201 Elm Street
First International Building
Dallas TX 75270
Telephone: (214) 767-7341 (CML)
(8) 729-7341 (FTS)
Librarian: Mrs. Dee Crawford
Reference materials for water quality planning constituted
the beginning of the collection which became the EPA Region 6
library in July, 1971. More than 4000 documents on all
phases of environment are in the document control system,
with special emphasis on the five-state area of Texas, New
Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas and the Western
Gulf Coast. The collection also includes EPA reports in
paper copy and microfiche, plus 3000 reprints, 300 reference
items, 1000 books, 4000 law volumes, subscriptions to 300
periodicals, newspapers, newsletters and serial services,
and more than 200,000 microfiche.
Services include circulation, interlibrary loan, literature
searches, reference, current awareness reports, and assist-
ance to state and local environmental libraries and citizens.
As part of the Region 6 Information Center, the library is
open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays.
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Region 7, Kansas City Codes: 07A/ENA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 7
324 East llth Street
Kansas City MO 64106
Telephone: (816) 374-3497 (CML)
(8) 758-3497 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Connie McKenzie
The library was established in July, 1970. Its holdings
consist of some 15,000 technical reports, 2500 trade books,
300 periodicals, 75,000 technical reports on microfiche,
Congressional hearings and reports on microfiche for 1970-
1975, and the Federal Register on microfiche for 1970-1978.
Also included are environment-oriented documents from the
states in Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
The major subject areas covered are air and water pollution,
solid waste management, pesticides, environmental law,
radiation, agricultural pollution, water hygiene, chemistry,
biology, ecology, management, economics, geology, urban
planning and transportation.
Services provided are reference, interlibrary loan, circu-
lation, acquisitions, and literature searching. The library
is also open to the public.
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Region 8, Denver Codes: 08A/EOA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 8
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver CO 80295
Telephone: (303) 837-2560 (CML)
(8) 327-2560 (FTS)
Librarian: Delores Eddy
Staff: Lesley Garcia
Organized in 1973, the Region 8 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: Colorado, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. In addition,
because the Rocky Mountain area is bearing heavy impact from
energy development, the library collects energy publications
and subscribes to a wide range of energy periodicals. And,
finally, to support other aspects of Agency programs, the
collection incorporates publications relating to economics,
transportation, planning, management and employee development,
A microfiche collection of approximately 100,000 documents
supplements the hard copy report holdings.
General library services are provided to the regional office
staff. Second copies of EPA reports are available for loan
to other libraries, government agencies, businesses and
organizations in the Region. The library is open to the
public for reference use. Limited telephone and in-person
reference service is provided as time and staffing permit.
There are no public duplicating facilities available in the
building for either paper copy or microfiche. The library
staff will copy up to ten pages per user at no charge.
Photocopies are made once a week and mailed to requesters.
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Region 9, San Francisco Codes: 09A/ERA
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 9
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco CA 94105
Telephone: (415) 556-1840 (CML)
(8) 556-1840 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Jean Circiello
Reference Ms. Florence Pearson
Staff: Ms. Patricia Maravilla
The Region 9 library was established in 1969 as part of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and was
transferred to EPA in 1970. Its collection covers environ-
mental pollution and policy, especially as related to the
Region: California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and the Pacific
Islands. Included in the collection are a complete set of
environmental impact statements and a collection of speeches
given by EPA senior staff.
Holdings consist of 4000 books, 350 journal titles, 30,000
reports and 125,000 microfiche. A small law collection is
maintained.
General library services are provided to the EPA staff in
the Region. Materials are loaned to regional staff members
and to other libraries. EPA libraries may telephone their
requests; others should submit interlibrary loan forms.
The library/information center reference desk responds to
requests from the public for information on Agency programs.
The library is open to the public, to whom reference services
are available.
Region 9 maintains one field office with a small library
collection consisting of EPA reports and other Agency-
generated information. The facility is:
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Region 9. San Francisco (cont'd) Codes: 09A/ERA
Pacific Islands Contact Office
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
1000 Bishop Street, Room 601
Honolulu HI 96813
Staff: Vicki Tsuhako
Vicki Y. Robinson
(808) 546-8910 (CML and FTS)
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Region 10, Seattle Codes: 10A/ESA
Address: Information Center
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle WA 98101
Telephone: (206) 442-1289 (CML)
(8) 399-1289 (FTS)
Librarian: Arvella Weir
Assistant: Lynn Williams
The library came into existence in 1971, based on material
from the Federal Water Quality Administration office in
Portland, Oregon. The collection originally was heavily
oriented toward water pollution, but has since been developed
to encompass all other areas of environmental quality.
At present, the holdings include monographs, 170 journal
and abstract titles, a basic environmental law collection,
EPA reports (hard copy and microfiche) and the 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.
The services available are acquisitions, circulation, inter-
library loan, literature searching, reference and referral
to other information sources within the Regional Office.
The library is also open to the public for reference use.
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Narragansett, Rhode Island Codes; OlB/EHB
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
South Ferry Road
Narragansett RI 02882
Telephone: (401) 789-1071, ext. 265 or 268 (CML)
(8) 838-4843, ext. 265 or 268 (FTS)
Librarian: Miss Rose Ann Gamache
This library was founded in 1966 in support of the then
National Marine Water Quality Laboratory, charged with
establishing water quality criteria for marine and estuarine
waters. The major subject areas covered are biological
oceanography, marine ecology, biomedical science, fisheries
biology and chemistry. The holdings consist of 3000 books,
40 periodicals, technical reports, government documents and
various types of microfilm, all related to basic applied
research of a multidisciplinary nature.
Services provided to EPA staff include reference, informa-
tion retrieval, selection, acquisition, cataloging, circu-
lation and interlibrary loan.
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Edison, New Jersey - Codes; 02B/EIC
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 2 Field Office
Edison NJ 08817
Telephone: (201) 321-6762 (CML)
(8) 340-6762 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Dorothy Szefczyk
The library, organized under the auspices of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration, is heavily oriented
toward water, but embraces all aspects of EPA's environmental
mission. The collection includes over 3000 monographs,
12,000 federal, state and local documents and technical
reports, and 275 journals and abstract services. Among
these are archival resources in public health and legisla-
tive areas. Holdings are distributed between the New York
Regional Office and Edison.
The library serves regional and field office staffs, the
Industrial Waste Treatment Research Laboratory, and Agency
consultants and contractors. It is open to the general
public, to whom reference service is provided as time and
staff permit.
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Annapolis, Maryland Codes: 03C/EJD
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Central Regional Laboratory
839 Bestgate Road
Annapolis MD 21401
Telephone: (301) 224-2740 (CML)
(8) 922-3752 (FTS)
Librarian: Mrs. Margaret Munro
The library was established in 1964 in support of the
laboratory in Annapolis. Its collection includes material
on aquatic biota, analytical chemistry, automated laboratory
techniques, industrial wastewater monitoring, mathematical
modeling, hydrology, toxic/hazardous substances and oceano-
graphy. A special Chesapeake Bay collection is also main-
tained.
Holdings consist of approximately 700 technical and
scientific books, 3000 reprints, 75 periodicals and a
large body of EPA reports.
Reports from the laboratory deal with water quality manage-
ment of the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River, the estuaries
of the mid-Atlantic region, and the continental shelf off
Maryland and Delaware. These reports are generated by EPA
staff following sampling cruises in these areas.
Library services include acquisition, circulation, reference,
information retrieval and interlibrary loan. They are avail-
able to EPA personnel, the state government, neighboring
academic and scientific communities and, on a more limited
basis, to consultants, contractors and the general public.
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OPTS/TIC
Washington, D.C.
Codes; 03T/EJE
Address:
Telephone;
Head
Librarian;
Staff:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Pesticides & Toxic Substances
Chemical Information Division
Technical Information Center, TS-793
401 M Street, S.W., Room E447
Washington DC 20460
(202) 755-9336 (CML)
(8) 755-9336 (FTS)
Geraldine D. Nowak, Technical Information Spec.
Robert Heisler
Ann Simmons
Hattie Sykes
Librarian
Librarian
Library Technician
The purpose of the Technical Information Center (TIC) is
to provide assistance to OPTS staff in support of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
The TIC was established in September 1979 by merging the
holdings of the Offices of Toxic Substances and Pesticide
Programs. While the collection emphasizes pesticides and
toxic chemicals, other subject areas include epidemiology,
oncology, teratology, genetics, ecology, environmental
toxicology, statistics, and library and information science.
The holdings comprise 1500 books, 150 serial subscriptions,
300 technical reports, including an extensive collection of
documents prepared for the Offices of Toxic Substances and
Pesticide Programs, and over 55,000 journal articles and
reports on microfiche.
Library activities and services include selection of docu-
ments, acquisition and cataloging for the division reference
collections as well as the TIC, reference services, both
manual and online, circulation, distribution of pesticide
related materials (the Industry Assistance Office distributes
toxic materials information), assistance to project officers
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OPTS/TIC (cont'd) Codes: 03T/EJE
in report preparation, procurement of translations, announce-
ment of new acquisitions, document delivery, demonstration
of online searching and system capabilities, and preparation
of library holdings lists and catalogs.
Microfiche and microfilm reader/printers, a fiche duplicator
and a Xerox machine are available for the use of OPTS staff.
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Library Services Office
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Codes: 04B/EKB
Address: Library Services, MD-35
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-2777 (CML)
(8) 629-2777 (FTS)
Librarian: Libby Smith
Staff: H. Jean Myers
John Knight
Susan Fuller
Creighton Wellman
The facility was established in 1972 with the Office af
Air Programs' library as a base. That library evolved
through numerous government organizational changes. It
was established in Washington, B.C., in 1950 with the
consolidation of reference materials from the Divisions of
Water Pollution Control, Sanitation, Industrial Hygiene,
and Engineering Resources. In 1961 it was transferred to
the Environmental Health Service of the Public Health
Service. Subsequently, as programs decentralized, the
library became essentially air pollution related and was
transferred to the Air Pollution Technical Information
Center in 1967. APTIC was relocated to Raleigh, N.C., in
1969 and in late 1970 it became part of EPA.
At present, the collection consists of approximately 4500
books, 650 journal titles, and extensive technical reports.
There is a high concentration of air pollution-related
material, with emphasis on the health aspects of environ-
mental pollutants, especially pesticides, other chemical
pollutants, air pollution control technology and meteorology.
The library maintains complete EPA air pollution contract
reports in hard copy and EPA and predecessor agency reports
on microfiche.
The holdings also comprise those of two former facilities.
The Division of Health Effects Research library was assem-
bled in'North Carolina in 1968, during the reorganization
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Library Services Office (cont'd) Codes: 04B/EKB
of air pollution functions under the Public Health Service.
The unit was transferred to EPA in 1970, along with the
Perrine Primate Laboratory library, which was established
in 1966. These collections stressed the physiological
effects of long-term, low-level exposure of the population
to certain chemical pollutants, such as pesticides, poly-
chlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), heavy metals and other
residues normally found in the environment, with strong
emphasis on chemical analysis and neurological effects.
The Library Services Office maintains a close relationship
with the neighboring university community. Duke University,
North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, are sources of interlibrary loans and their
students and faculty use the EPA facility for reference
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Services include acquisition and cataloging of books and
periodicals, interlibrary loan, and circulation of tables
of contents. In addition, literature searches are provided
from a variety of computerized data bases.
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Athens, Georgia Codes: 04D/EKD
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
College Station Road
Athens GA 30613
Telephone: (404) 546-3324 (CML)
(8) 250-3324 (FTS)
Librarian: Mrs. Charlotte Folk
Technician Ms. Janice Sims
The Environmental Research Laboratory library functions in
support of the research and technical service staffs at the
laboratory. The facility and the library began operation
in 1966 at the present location in the periphery of the
University of Georgia, in Athens.
The collection consists of approximately 2000 book titles,
7500 documents and technical reports and 175 current journal
subscriptions. The primary subjects covered are chemistry,
biology, agriculture and waste engineering. There is also
material available supporting research in electronic
engineering, limnology, chemical engineering and aquatic
biology.
The reference services of the library are available to the
neighboring university community and the general public.
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OAQPS
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Codes: 04G/EKE
Address: Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards
Library, MD-16
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
826 Mutual Plaza
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-5255 (CML)
(8) 629-5255 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Pat Langelier
The OAQPS library was established as a unit of the Depart-
ment 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.
The library consists of approximately 600 books, 90 journals
and newsletters, and a complete collection of EPA/OAQPS
reports. The subject matter is air pollution and control
technology, including material on costs, chemical technology,
minerals and statistics. The reference collection empha-
sizes chemistry and engineering.
Services include selection and acquisition, circulation,
interlibrary loan and reference. Library services are
available to the EPA staff, the neighboring university
community, and the general public.
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Gulf Breeze, Florida
Codes: 04H/EKC
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze FL 32561
Telephone: (904) 932-5311, ext. 218 (CML)
(8) 686-9011 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Andree Lowry
Technician: Ms. Alice Pool
The library was established in 1967 in support of the
laboratory at Gulf Breeze. Its holdings are mainly in
the fields of pesticides, marine ecology, fishery biology
and general science, with lesser holdings on comparative
pathology, microbiology and neuroenzymology.
The collection includes approximately 1500 books, 170
periodical titles, 130 volumes of bound periodicals,
4000 reprints and 14,000 microfiche titles.
Library services consist of acquisitions, circulation,
interlibrary loan and reference. The latter is extended
on a limited basis to the general public.
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ESRL - Meteorology
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Codes: 04L/EKF
Address: Library
ESRL - Meteorology Division
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Telephone: (919) 541-4536 (CML)
(8) 629-4536 (FTS)
Librarian: Evelyn Poole-Kober
The library originated in 1958 at the Robert S. Taft
Sanitary Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through
a series of government reorganizations it was transferred
to North Carolina in 1968 and became a part of EPA at
Research Triangle Park in 1971.
Its major field of interest is the meteorological aspects
of air pollution, including model development and applica-
tion, climatic analysis, and geophysical studies.
The collection includes 3200 books, 125 scientific journal
subscriptions and 1300 technical reports. The library also
holds a collection of climatic data mafe'rial consisting of
approximately 4000 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 per-
sonnel and to NOAA meteorologists. Reference service is
available to Agency contractors, local university faculty
and students, and the general public.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Codes: 05B/ELB
Address:
Telephone:
Librarian:
Staff:
Library
Environmental Research Center
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West St. Glair Street
Cincinnati OH 45268
(513) 684-7701 (CML)
(8) 684-7701 (FTS)
Ms. JoAnn Johnson, Chief, Library Services
Lilian Bosworth
Dottie Brofft
Mary Lee Burbage
Jonda Byrd
Larry Cline
Clementine Moore
Anne Potzick
Maxine Smith
Eric Volck
Circulation & Acquisitions
Reference
Cataloging
Interlibrary Loan
Documents
Secretary
Serials
Literature Searcher
Cataloging Assistant
This library is a composite of the holdings, dating from
1950, of the Public Health Service and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration. The facility was estab-
lished in 1971 and designated as the central scientific
and technical focal point for all EPA libraries. It was
moved to the ERG building on the University of Cincinnati
campus in 1976.
The major subjects in the collection are water pollution,
water hygiene, solid waste management, advanced waste treat-
ment and disposal, air pollution, radiation, engineering,
physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology, bacteriology,
and related sciences. The holdings consist of extensive
technical reports in these areas; 10,000 books, including
general legal materials; 7000 bound periodicals (most back
issues are on microfilm); 1300 current journal and news-
letter subscriptions; 11 newspapers; 50,000 reports, either
in hard copy or on microfiche; and various other EPA
publications.
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Cincinnati, Ohio (cont'd) Codes: 05B/ELB
Library services include acquisitions, cataloging, circula-
tion, current awareness lists, interlibrary loan, scientific
and technical reference, microfiche duplication, document
delivery, computer literature searching and regular SDI
runs.
The ERG facility provides service to all EPA libraries in
two areas. It conducts computerized literature searches,
permitting access to over 30 million journal articles, books
and reports. It is also responsible for the central catalog-
ing of all books, using OCLC.
Material may be borrowed only by EPA personnel or the
employees, students and faculty of the Greater Cincinnati
Library Consortium member institutions. All other requests
are handled through interlibrary loan. Books will be loaned,
journal articles and technical reports will be reproduced.
Telephone requests are accepted for rush ILL's.
Library hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday. The library is open to the public and contractors
for reference use only, with assistance provided as time
permits.
Copying facilities are available to the public, with a
limit of 15 pages.
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Duluth, Minnesota Codes: 05C/ELD
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Research Laboratory
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth MN 55804
Telephone: (218) 727-6692, ext. 538 (CML)
(8) 783-9538 (ETS)
This 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 fisheries biology,
analytical chemistry and water pollution. The holdings
comprise 1400 books, 150 journal subscriptions, an exten-
sive reprint collection, microfiche reports, and over
2500 federal, state and local documents and technical
reports.
Library services include mailing reprints, acquisition,
circulation, interlibrary loan and reference. The
reference services of the library are available to the
neighboring university communities and the general public,
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Ann Arbor, Michigan Codes: 05D/ELC
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory
2565 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor MI 48105
Telephone: (313) 668-4311 (CML)
(8) 374-8311 (FTS)
Librarian: Carol Bramson
Staff: Darcy Enos
Debra Talsma
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST)
The Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory was established in
Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1966 as part of the National Air
Pollution Control Administration. Under EPA, in 1971, the
facility was moved to its present location in Ann Arbor.
The library was formed in 1975. Its collection concentrates
on automotive engineering and air pollution from mobile
sources. Holdings consist of books, periodicals, technical
papers, patents, legislative materials and microfiche of
documents and reports.
The library provides interlibrary loans ,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 should submit an ILL form.
Material is loaned for three weeks.
A photocopier and microfiche reader/printer are available
to users. The library staff will photocopy up to 25 pages
as time permits!
Services provided to EPA staff include reference, literature
searching, circulation, interlibrary loan, selection, acqui-
sition and current awareness announcement. Reference service
is available to users from the university community, industry
and the general public.
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Ada, Oklahoma Codes: 06B/EMB
Address: Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
P. 0. Box 1198
Ada OK 74820
Telephone: (405) 332-8800 (CML)
(8) 743-2241 (FTS)
Librarian: LoRene Fuller
The library was established in 1966 as part of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration. The scope of the
collection, heavily oriented toward water pollution and
supporting scientific disciplines, has been broadened since
the creation of EPA to cover other areas of environmental,
pollution and control. The holdings consist of approximately
2000 technical reports, 180 journal titles, 2000 maps and an
extensive collection of reprints, indexes and abstracts.
Primary subject areas are ground water quality and pollution;
waste management (soil treatment and acquaculture technology);
agricultural pollution (irrigation return flow and animal
feedlot wastes); and chemical pollution (petroleum, petro-
chemical, organic chemical and combined industrial/municipal
wastes).
Special collections include the Animal Waste Management File
on microfiche, a complete set of EPA reports on microfiche,
and a comprehensive set of the U. S. Geological Survey Water
Supply Papers.
Services include acquisition, circulation, reference,
literature searches, interlibrary loan and bibliography
preparation. Although the library serves primarily the EPA
staff, reference services are available to the neighboring
university communities and the general public.
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Denver, Colorado Codes: 08B/EOB
Address: NEIC Library
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Building 53, Box 25227
Denver Federal Center
Denver CO 80225
Telephone: (303) 234-5306 (CML)
(8) 234-5306 (FTS)
Librarian: Shirley Engebrit
The library of the National Enforcement Investigation Center
of EPA's Office of Enforcement was established in Denver in
January, 1972.
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 agri-
cultural pollution abatement practices; enforcement confer-
ence documents, including conference summaries, proceedings
and technical reports; technical reference materials covering
chemistry and biology, pesticides, toxic substances, air
technology, field study methods and water quality standards
for the western and southeastern United States; 1000 books;
100 journal subscriptions.
Services include procurement of technical documents, books,
and journal articles from various sources as required for
special needs, and distribution of reports. The NEIC also
has extensive computerized literature searching capabilities
in addition to its library resources.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Codes: 09B/ERB
Address:
Telephone:
Librarian:
Staff:
Library
Environmental Monitoring & Support Laboratory
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
P. 0. Box 15027
Las Vegas NV 89114
(702) 798-2648 (CML)
(8) 595-2648 (FTS)
Doreen Wickman
Mary E. Campbell
The EMSL Las Vegas 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 facility became part
of EPA in 1970, the collection was broadened to include all
aspects of environmental science.
The holdings include 3800 books, 25,000 hard copy technical
reports, about 13,000 microfiche reports, and subscriptions
to more than 150 scientific journals and newspapers.
General library services are provided to EPA staff, which
include acquisitions, circulation, interlibrary loan and
computerized literature searches. Reference services are
available to the general public.
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Corvallis, Oregon Codes: 10B/ESB
Address: Library
Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis OR 97330
Telephone: (503) 757-4731 (CML)
(8) 420-4731 (FTS)
Librarian: Ms. Betty M. McCauley
Technician: Ms. Susan Hammerschmidt
This library was established in 1966, when the Pacific
Northwest Water Laboratory of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Administration was opened. Thus, the emphasis was
on marine, estuarine and fresh water quality. Since the
creation of EPA, however, the laboratory's responsibilities
and library collection have been broadened to include the
areas of air, wetlands, non-point sources, cold climate,
pesticides, energy-related research and acid precipitation
effects.
Approximately 345 journal titles are received regularly,
including several abstracting and indexing services for
subject access to the literature. These are supplemented
by a collection of books, as well as reports from Federal,
state, local and international sources. Microfiche and
microfilm are used to enlarge the holdings in a small space,
The library conducts computerized literature searches and
procures translations, patents and other special materials.
Interlibrary loans are processed with EPA and other govern-
ment agencies, as well as major libraries throughout the
United States.
The Corvallis Laboratory is one of 15 major research
facilities of EPA's Office of Research and Development.
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Corvallis, Oregon (cont'd) Codes: 10B/ESB
Periodical and report literature and reference materials are
selected primarily to serve the needs of CERL's national
research programs on the effects of environmental pollutants
on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the
development of predictive models on the movement of pollutants
in the biosphere. The library also collects all EPA reports
and other Agency publications, much of which is on microfiche.
Services are provided primarily to the EPA staff. EPA
contractors, university professors and students, and private
citizens also use the library.
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Wenatchee, Washington Code: 10D
Address: Library
Wenatchee Pesticides Research Branch
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
P. 0. Box 219
Wenatchee WA 98801
Telephone: (509) 662-4243 (CML)
(8) 390-0243 (FTS)
Librarian: None
The library was established in 1952 to support pesticides
research at the Wenatchee facility.
The holdings in this specialized area include 360 books,
52 journals, reprints classified by subject and author,
and copies of published papers. The pesticide information
section contains state pesticide handbooks, short-course
manuals, pesticide dictionaries and indexes, analytical
methods data, and material on pesticide poisoning, health
hazards and safety precautions.
Library services are available to the EPA staff, as well
as local and state health departments and other interested
persons.
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Legend of EPA Library Codes
To assist in calling the various EPA locations, time zones
have been included. The relationship is:
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
Hawaii
Noon
11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
EPA
Code
OCLC
Code
Location
FTS #
Time Zone
01A
01B
02A
ERA EPA Region 1 (I)
Boston MA
03A
03B
03C
03T
EJA
EJB
EJD
EJE
04A
EKA
223-4017 Eastern
EHB Environmental Research Lab 838-4843 Eastern
Narragansett RI
EIA EPA Region 2 (II)
New York NY
264-2881 Eastern
02B EIC EPA Region 2 Field Office 340-6762 Eastern
Edison NJ
EPA Region 3 (III)
Philadelphia PA
597-0580 Eastern
EPA Headquarters Library 755-0308 Eastern
Washington DC
Central Regional Lab
Annapolis MD
922-3752 Eastern
OPTS Technical Information 755-9336 Eastern
Center
Washington DC
EPA Region 4 (IV)
Atlanta GA
257-4216 Eastern
04B EKB Library Services Office 629-2777 Eastern
Research Triangle Park NC
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EPA OCLC
Code Code Location FTS # Time Zone
04D EKD Environmental Research Lab 250-3324 Eastern
Athens GA
04G EKE Office of Air Quality 629-5255 Eastern
Planning & Standards
Research Triangle Park NC
04H EKC Environmental Research Lab 686-9011 Eastern
Gulf Breeze FL
04L EKF ESRL - Meteorology Lab 629-4536 Eastern
Research Triangle Park NC
05A ELA EPA Region 5 (V) 353-2022 Eastern
Chicago IL
05B ELB Environmental Research Ctr 684-7701 Eastern
Cincinnati OH
05C ELD Environmental Research Lab 783-9538 Central
Duluth MN
05D ELC Motor Vehicle Emission Lab 374-8311 Eastern
Ann Arbor MI
06A EMA EPA Region 6 (VI) 729-7341 Central
Dallas TX
06B EMB Robert S. Kerr Environ- 743-2241 Central
mental Research Lab
Ada OK
07A ENA EPA Region 7 (VII) 758-3497 Central
Kansas City MO
08A EGA EPA Region 8 (VIII) 327-2560 Mountain
Denver CO
08B EOB National Enforcement 234-5306 Mountain
Investigation Center
Denver CO
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EPA
Code
OCLC
Code
Location
FTS #
Time Zone
09A ERA EPA Region 9 (IX)
San Francisco CA
09B ERE Environmental Monitoring
and Support Lab
Las Vegas NV
10A ESA EPA Region 10 (X)
Seattle WA
10B ESB Corvallis Environmental
Research Lab
Corvallis OR
10D N/A Pesticides Research Branch
Wenatehee WA
556-1840 Pacific
595-2648 Pacific
399-1289 Pacific
420-4731 Pacific
390-0243 Pacific
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Cities in Which Libraries are Located
City
Ada OK
Ann Arbor MI
Annapolis MD
Athens GA
Atlanta GA
Boston MA
Chicago IL
Cincinnati OH
Corvallis OR
Dallas TX
Denver CO (Region 8)
Denver CO (NEIC)
Duluth MN
Edison NJ
Gulf Breeze FL
Honolulu HI
Kansas City MO
Las Vegas NV
Lexington MA
Codes
06B/EMB
05D/ELC
03C/EJD
04D/EKD
04A/EKA
01A/EHA
05A/ELA
05B/ELB
10B/ESB
06A/EMA
08A/EOA
08B/EOB
05C/ELD
02B/EIC
04H/EKC
N/A
07A/ENA
09B/ERB
N/A
FTS #
743-2241
374-8311
922-3752
250-3324
257-4216
223-5791
353-2022
684-7701
420-4731
729-7341
327-2560
234-5306
783-9538
340-6762
686-9218
546-8910
758-3497
595-2648
(617) 861-6700
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Narragansett RI
New York NY
Philadelphia PA
Codes
01B/EHB
02A/EIA
03A/EJA
Research Triangle Park NC 04B/EKB
(Library Services)
Research Triangle Park NC 04L/EKF
(ESRL - Meteorology)
Research Triangle Park NC 04G/EKE
(OAQPS)
San Francisco CA 09A/ERA
Seattle WA 10A/ESA
Washington DC (Hqs) 03B/EJB
Washington DC (OPTS/TIC) 03T/EJE
Wenatchee WA 10D
FTS #
838-4843
264-2881
597-0580
629-2777
629-4536
629-5255
556-1840
399-1289
755-0308
755-9336
390-0243
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Names of Staff Members
Name
Alexander, Carol
Alexander, Ella
Banks, Karen
Bloom, Augusta
Bosworth, Lilian
Bramson, Carol
Brofft, Dottie
Burbage, Mary Lee
Byrd, Jonda
Campbell, Mary
Circiello, Jean
Cline, Larry
Crawford, Dee
Eddy, Delores
Engebrit, Shirley
Enos, Darcy
Folk, Charlotte
Puller, LoRene
Puller, Susan
Gamache, Rose Ann
Code
Hqs
03B
03B
05A
05B
05D
05B
: 05B
05B
09B
09A
05B
06A
08A
08B
05D
04D
06B
04B
01B
FTS #
755-0353
755-0386
755-0386
353-2022
684-7701
374-8311
684-7701
684-7701
684-7701
595-2648
556-1840
684-7701
729-7341
327-2560
234-5306
374-8311
250-3324
743-2241
629-4242
838-4843
Time Zone
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pacific
Pacific
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Mountain
Eastern
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
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Name
Garcia, Lesley
Hammerschraidt, Susan
Harden, Mary
Heisler, Roberta
Ingalls, Bruce
Ivie, Patricia
Johnson, JoAnn
Katsura, April
Klein, Sami
Knight, John
Langelier, Pat
Lowry, Andree
Luger, Herbert
Maravilla, Patricia
McCauley, Betty
McCreary, Diane
McKenzie, Connie
Mitchell, Carolyn
Moore, Clementine
Munro, Margaret
Myers, H. Jean
Code
08A
10B
05C
03T
03B
04A
05B
05A
03B
04B
04G
04H
02A
09A
10B
03A
07A
04A
05B
03C
04B
FTS #
327-2560
420-4731
783-9538
755-9336
755-0308
257-4216
684-7701
353-2022
755-0308
629-2794
629-5255
686-9011
264-2881
556-1840
420-4731
597-0580
758-3497
257-4216
684-7701
922-3752
629-4242
Time Zone
Mountain
Pacific
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pacific
Pacific
Eastern
Central
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
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Name
Norwood, Claudia
Nowak, Geraldine
Patterson, Mary
Pearson, Florence
Pedrini, Barbara
Pollard, Cherraceitta
Pool, Alice
Poole-Kober, Evelyn
Potzick, Anne
Robinson, Vicki
Samowitz, Leonard
Sayers, Charlene
Seidman, Ruth
Simmons, Ann
Sims, Janice
Smith, Libby
Smith, Maxine
Sykes, Hattie
Szefczyk, Dorothy
Talsma, Debra
Theodoras, Niki
Code
03B
03T
Hqs
09A
Hqs
Hqs
04H
04L
05B
N/A
03B
Hqs
01A
03T
04D
04B
05B
03T
02B
05D
FTS #
755-0308
755-9343
755-0353
556-1840
755-0386
755-1836
686-9011
629-4536
684-7701
546-8910
755-0308
755-1836
223-4017
755-9336
250-3324
629-2795
684-7701
755-9336
340-6762
374-8311
Time Zone
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Pacific
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Hawaii
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
N/A (617) 861-6700 CML Eastern
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Name
Tilley, Lou
Tsuhako, Vicki
Volck, Eric
Weir, Arvella
Wickman, Doreen
Williams, Lynn
Wills, Alice
Code
05A
N/A
05B
10A
09B
10A
03B
FTS #
353-2022
546-8910
684-7701
399-1289
595-2648
399-1289
755-0386
Time Zone
Central
Hawaii
Eastern
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Eastern
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