THE  INFORMATION
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              HOFFMAN'S HIGHLIGHTS

USERS SURVEY

The library staff would like to thank everyone who participated in our
recent survey. We invite comments about library resources and
services on a continuing basis. Ask at the Reference Desk for a Library
Services Evaluation Form.

DO YOUR OWN DATABASE SEARCHING

Did you know that library users can actually do their own database
searches? In addition to the Hazardous Waste database, we have
developed a Contacts database with information on EPA hotlines,
clearinghouses, dockets and similar organizations. Both databases are
available for user searching on a PC in the front of the library.

We also have several databases in compact disk (CD-Rom) format:
MEDLINE, NTIS and Books in Print Plus. These disks contain selected
years of the database, including citations and abstracts, with user-
friendly menus to assist with the searches. Ask at the Reference Desk if
you are interested.

RCRA, SUPERFUND AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
DOCKETS MOVE

The RCRA Information Center, Superfund Docket and Underground
Storage Tanks Docket have moved from the SE sub-basement to Room
2427M. Their phone numbers are:

     RCRA Information Center    475-9327
     Superfund Docket           382-3046
     Underground Storage Tanks   475-9720
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  WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY

 As part of our ongoing effort to collect books and journals relevant to
  EPA staff needs, the following is a list of our latest acquisitions. We
       have organized it by program area for your convenience.

                       AIR & RADIATION

Cowherd, C; Muleski, G.E., et al. Control of Open Fugitive Dust
Sources: Final Report. Research Triangle Park, NC : Office of Air
Quality Planning & Standards, USEPA, 1988. EPAX 8812-0088

Emmel, T.E.; Piccot, S.D., et al. Ohio/Kentucky/TVA Coal-Fired  Utility
SO2 and NOX Retrofit Study.  Research Triangle Park, NC :  Air &
Energy Engineering Laboratory, USEPA, January 1989.  (EPA/600/S7-
88/014, $44.95, PB 88-244 447/AS)

Gabele, Peter A.  Investigation of Analyzer Problems in the
Measurement of NOX  from Methanol  Vehicles.  Research Triangle
Park, NC :  Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory, USEPA,
December 1988. (EPA/600/S3-88/040, $13.95/AS)

Jessup, Philip.  Strategies for Reducing the Cost of Acid Rain Controls:
Electricity Demand-Side Management and Clean  Coal Technologies.
Washington, DC :  Environmental & Energy Study Institute, 1988.
TD196.A25J3

Man-Made  Mineral Fibers  and Radon: IARC Monographs on the
Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans.  Lyon, France  :
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1988. RC262.I61 Vol. 43.

Murphy, Patrick.   Estimating Air Toxics Emissions from Organic  Liquid
Storage Tanks. Washington, DC : Midwest Research Institute, USEPA,
1988. EPAX 8902-0003

Protocol for Determining the Daily Volatile Organic  Compound
Emission Rate of  Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Topcoat
Operations.   Washington, DC :  Office of Air & Radiation, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, USEPA, 1988.  EPAX 8902-0013

Region 3/OPPE/State  of Maryland  Radon Risk Communication
Project: An Evaluation of Radon Risk Communication Approaches.
Washington, DC : Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation, Program
Evaluation Division, USEPA, 1988. EPAX 8902-0014
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 Summary of Selected  New Information  on Effects of Ozone on Health
 and Vegetation: Draft Supplement to Air  Quality Criteria for Ozone
 and Other Photochemical Oxidants.  Washington, DC :  Office of Health
 & Environmental Assessment, USEPA, 1988.  EPAX 8902-0002

 Testimony:  Limited Federal  Response to  Reduce  Radon
 Contamination in Housing.  Washington, DC :  US General
 Accounting Office, 1988. TD887.R3 T28

 Toxic Air Pollutant Emission Factors: Information Storage  and
 Retrieval System:  User's Manual. Research Triangle Park, NC : Office
 of Air Quality Planning & Standards, USEPA, 1988. EPAX 8901-0080
                             WATER

 Bruvold, William H.  Municipal Water Conservation.  Riverside, CA :
 Water Resources Center, University of California. 1988. GB705.C2 C27
 No. 197

 Conference on Groundwater: 16th 1987.  Sacramento, CA : University
 of California Water Resources Center, 1988. TD224.C3 C3 No. 66

 A Guide to Groundwater Pollution:  Problems, Causes, and
 Government Responses.  Washington, DC :   The Conservation
 Foundation, 1987. TD223 G78

 Ground-Water Research: Program Description and  Plans.  Washington,
 DC  : Office of Environmental Engineering & Technology
 Demonstration, USEPA, 1988.  EPAX 8812-0011

 Guidance Document for Providing Alternative  Water Supplies.
 Washington, DC : Office of Emergency & Remedial Response, USEPA,
 1988. EPAX 8812-0033

 Hazardous Waste Site Management:  Water Quality Issue: Report on A
 Colloquium. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1988.
 TD811.5.H435

 Jacobs, Dan.  Chesapeake Bay Environmental  Data Directory.  College
 Park, MD : Maryland Sea Grant Program, University of Maryland, 1987.
 QH541.5E8J12

 Land Use Initiatives for Tidewater Virginia:  The Next Step in
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 Chesapeake Bay Land Use Roundtable.  Richmond, VA :
 Commonwealth of Virginia, 1988. TD225.C54 L15

 Lynch, Maurice P.  Understanding the Estuary: Advances in
 Chesapeake Bay Research Proceedings of a Conference, 29-31, March
 1988, Baltimore, MD. Solomons, MD :  Chesapeake Research
 Consortium, 1988. EPAX 8812-0071

 McClelland, Nina L; Gregorka, David A., et al. "The Drinking-Water
 Additives Program." [The National Sanitation Foundation evaluates
 all types of products in contact with drinking water]. Environmental
 Science & Technology. Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1989.  pp. 14-22.

 Moore, Lynn; Thornton, Kent.  Lake and Reservoir Restoration
 Guidance Manual Washington, DC : USEPA, 1988. EPAX 8812-0073

 Population  Growth  and  Development in the Chesapeake  Bay
 Watershed to the Year 2020: The Report of the Year 2020 Panel  to the
 Chesapeake Executive Council.  Chesapeake Executive Council, 1988.
 QH104.5.C45P6

 Qualitative  Pathogen Risk Assessment for Ocean  Disposal of Municipal
 Sludge.  Washington, DC : Office of Health  & Environmental
 Assessment, USEPA, December 1988. (EPA/600/S6-88/010, PB 89-126
 593/AS)
                  HAZARDOUS & SOLID WASTE

 Note:       The Library has a special collection and database to
             improve access to Hazardous Waste Information. For
             more information, contact Monique Currie or Beth Ann
             Kyle, 382-5922.

 Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar.  Vancouver,
 BC,1988. GC108LA72                         ;

 Assessment of International Technologies for  Superfund  Applications:
 Technology Review and  Trip Report  Results. Washington, DC : Office
 of Solid Waste & Emergency Response, USEPA, 1988. HW EPAX 8812-
 0034

 Barnes,  Fairley J.; Rodgers, John C.  Evaluation of Hydrologic Models in
 the Design of Stable Landfill Covers.  Cincinnati, OH : Risk Reduction
 Engineering Laboratory, USEPA, December 1988. (EPA/600/S2-88/048,
 PB 88-243 811/AS, $21.95)
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 Characterization on Municipal Solid Waste in  the United States,  1960
 to 2000: Update 1988. Washington, DC :  Office of Solid Waste, USEPA,
 1988. HW EPAX 8810-0017

 EPA's Office of the Inspector General: Annual Superfund Report to  the
 Congress for Fiscal  1987. Washington, DC : Office of the Inspector
 General, USEPA, 1988.  HW EPAX 8812-0063

 Italiano, Michael L.  Liability for Underground Storage Tanks.  New
 York, NY : Practising Law Institute, 1987. HW KF1299.H39I82

 Kocher, Peg. The  World of Waste. New  York, NY :  League of Women
 Voters of the Tri-State Metropolitan Region, 1988. TD788.4.N7 K62

 Norton, John W.  "Incinerator Ashes - One Community's Experience."
 Public Works. Vol. 120, No. 1, January 1989. pp. 64,112.

 A Practical Guide  to Emergency  Response Planning.  Northbrook, IL :
 Pudvan Publishing Co., 1987.  HW TK9152.P63

 Proceedings  of  the Tenth Annual DOE  Low-Level Waste Management
 Forum, Denver, Colorado, August 30 -  September 1, 1987. Idaho Falls,
 ID :  National Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Program,
 1988. TD812.D12

 Reed,  Sherwood C.  Natural  Systems for Waste Management and
 Treatment. New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 1988. TD645.R44

 Report to Congress: Solid Waste Disposal in the  United  States.
 Washington, DC :  Office of Solid Waste  & Emergency Response,
 USEPA, 1988.  HW EPAX 8901-0038 Vol. 1-2

 Superfund '88: Proceedings of the 9th National  Conference.
 November 28-30,1988.  Silver Spring, MD : Hazardous Materials
 Control Research Institute, 1988.  HW TD811.5.N38
                PESTICIDES & TOXIC SUBSTANCES

 Begley, Sharon.  "Dangers in the Vegetable Patch." [Pesticides...children
 face greatest health risk]. Newsweek. January 30,1989.  pp. 74-75.

 Guidance for the Reregistration of Pesticide Products Containing
 Arsenic, Chromium,  and Chromated  Arsenical Compounds as the
 Active Ingredient. Washington, DC :  Office of Pesticides & Toxic
 Substances, USEPA,1988. EPAX 8901-0094

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Hanson, David J. "Chemical Firms Succeed in Effort to Comply with
Title HI Rules."  Chemical & Engineering News. Vol. 66, No. 51,
December 1988. pp. 13-14.

Hodgson, Ernest. Dictionary of Toxicology. New York, NY :  Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1988.  RA1193.H6

Landner, Lars. "Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment - Some
New Approaches to Advanced Assessment."  Ambio.  Vol. 17, No. 6,
1988.  pp. 360-366.

Long, Jan.  "Workplace Health: OSHA Sets New Exposure Standards."
Chemical & Engineering News.  Vol. 67, No. 4, January 23,1989. p. 4.

Roberts, Leslie.  "A Corrosive Fight Over California's Toxics Law."
Science. Vol. 243, No. 4889, January 20,1989. pp. 306-309.

Rotman, David. "Seeking New Ways to Assess Toxic Chemicals."
Chemical Week. Vol. 144, No. 3, January 18,1989. pp. 52-53.

Toxic Substances: PCB Spill at the Guam Naval Power Generating
Plant.  Washington, DC :  US General Accounting Office, 1988.
T55.3.H3 U55

Whitaker, Leslie. "Monster in  the Closet." [...A frantic campaign to
remove asbestos could cost $100 billion]. Time. Vol. 133, No. 6,
February 6,1989. p. 53.

                         MANAGEMENT

       Note: The Library has a special collection of Management books,
        journals, audiotapes and videotapes, For more information,
                    contact Anne Twitchell, 382-5922.

Albrecht, Karl.  Brain Power: Learn  to Improve Your Thinking Skills.
New York, NY: Prentice! Hall Press, 1987. BF455.A43

Alster, Norm.  "What Flexible  Workers Can Do." Fortune.  Vol. 119,
No. 4, February 13,1989. pp. 62-66.

Carey, Joseph. "Remedies for a Painful Case of Terminalitis."  U.S.
News & World Report. No. 1, January 9,1989. 60-61.

Liu, James P.  "Utilizing the Trend of End User Development." Journal
of Systems Management.  Vol. 40, No. 1, January 1989.  pp. 38-40.


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Nicholas, John M. "Successful Project Management: A Force - Field
Analysis." [...a method for analyzing general problem situations  and
determining courses of action].  Journal of Systems Management.  Vol.
40, No. 1, January 1989. pp. 24-36.

Strategic Planning and Management  System: FY 1989  Goals, Objectives,
Commitments  and  Measures. Washington, DC :  Office of
Management Systems & Evaluation,  USEPA, 1989.  EPAX 8901-0083
                            GENERAL

 Aim, Alvin L.  "An Environmental Agenda for the New
 Administration."  Environmental  Science & Technology. Vol. 23, No.
 1, January 1989. p. 27.

 Booth, William. "NIH Scientists Agonize Over Technology Transfer."
 Science. Vol. 243, No. 4887. January 6,1989. pp. 20-21.

 Ember, Lois, et al.  "Congressional Outlook "89."  [...cooperation on
 issues such as environment, energy,  health].  Chemical  & Engineering
 News. Vol. 67, No. 2, January 9,1989.  pp. 10-14.

 Ember, Lois. "Study Calls for New Approach to Environmental
 Problems."  Chemical & Engineering News.   Vol.  67, No. 3, January 16,
 1989. pp. 22-23.

 "The Greening  of the Invisible Hand."  The Economist.  Vol. 309, No.
 7582/7583. December 24,1988. pp. 107-108.

 "Fossils:  The Story Telling Source."  The Economist.  Vol. 309, No.
 7582/7583, December 24,1989. pp. 101-106.

 Kiesche, Elizabeth, et al.  "Forecast 1989." [Water treatment expands
 offshore,....Plastics: Steady Rise].  Chemical Week. Vol. 145, No. 26,
 January 4,11,1989. pp. 32-43.

 Krieger, James. "Past Decade Shows No Gain In U.S. Science Literacy."
 [Dismally  low levels...]. Chemical & Engineering News. Vol.  67, N. 5,
 January 30,1989. pp. 24-26.

 Land Use Environmental Law Review.  New York : Clark Boardman
 Company, 1988. KF3790.A2E5

 MacKerron, Conrad  B.  "Environment Tough Guy Steps Down."
 Chemical Week. Vol.  145, No. 26, January 4,11,1989. pp. 51-52.

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 Myers, Norman.  "Environmental Challenges: More Government or
 Better Governance?" Ambio.  Vol. 17, No. 6,1988. pp. 411-414.

 "A Plan to Help the Planet."  [Proposal for "Counsel on World
 Environmental Policy"]. Time. Vol. 133, No. 6, February 6,1989. p. 57.

 Quinn, Tom, et al.  "Scrambling to Cut the Cocaine/Chemicals
 Connection."  Chemical Week.  Vol. 145, No. 26, January 4,11,1989.
 pp. 44-49.

 Roberts, Leslie. "Extinction Imminent for Native Plants." Science.
 Vol. 242, No. 4885. December 16,1988. p. 1508.

 Robertson, F. Dale. "A Way Through  the Woods."  [...Forest service
 and local decisionmaking].  The Bureaucrat.  Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter
 1988-89. pp. 41-43.

 Sanction, Thomas A.  "Planet of the Year: What on  Earth Are We
 Doing?" Time. Vol. 133, No. 1, January 2,1989. pp. 26-30.

 Satellite Data Archiving: U.S. and Foreign Activities and Plans for
 Environmental Information: Report to Congressional Requesters.
 Washington, DC : US General Accounting Office, 1988.  QC 879.5U55

 Smith, Lee; Dowd, Ann Reilly.  "An Agenda for President Bush."
 Fortune. Vol. 119, No. 2, January 16,1989. pp. 82-93.
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                     QUESTION  OF  THE MONTH

QUESTION:     What is the background of the new EPA Administrator?

ANSWER:

     Newly appointed EPA Administrator, William Kane Reilly, has devoted
most of his working life to conservation and environmental issues, most
recently as President of the Conservation Foundation and World Wildlife Fund.

     Mr. Reilly was born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1940. He received a B.A. from
Yale University, a law degree from Harvard Law School and a master's degree
in urban planning from Columbia University. The Administrator practiced law in
Chicago before joining the Army in 1966. In 1986 he became Associate
Director of the Urban Policy Center, Urban America, Inc. and the National
Urban Coalition. From 1970-72 he was a senior staff member of the President's
Council on Environmental Quality, followed by a stint as Executive Director of
the Task  Force on Land Use and Urban Growth, which produced a popular
report, The Use of Lane/that went through three printings.

     In 1973 he  became President of the Conservation Foundation, which
merged with the World Wildlife Fund in 1985.  In addition, he is Vice-President
of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, on the Board of
Directors of .Clean Sites, Inc., Winrock International Center for Agricultural
Development, and American Farmland Trust, and a member of Concern, Inc.
and the U.S. Citizen's Advisory Committee to  Habitat. In 1984 he was awarded
the Horace Albright Medal for "outstanding contribution to the national parks",
and in 1988 he received the Alfred B. Lagasse Medal from the Landscape
Architecture Foundation for "major achievement in the field of the environment".

     The new Administrator has written and lectured extensively on a variety
of environmental topics, including land use and the global environment. The
Headquarters Library has a selection of articles by him as well as biographical
information and a copy of his statement before the Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works at his confirmation hearing on January 31,
1989.
     FOR FURTHER READING:

     Reilly, William K. The Viewpoint of the President of the Conservation
     Foundation."  EPA Journal. Vol. 14, No. 3, April 1988.  pp. 10-12.

     Weisskopf, Michael. "Reilly: Environmentalist on the Inside." The
     Washington Post. Feburary 22,1989.  p. A15.
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                     WHATS HAPPENING

 Here's a selection of conferences which might be of interest. For more
   information on these conferences contact Dozina Taylor, 382-5922.

ASM'S 42A7D INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONFERENCE. May 7-10,
1989. Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas. This conference will include study
paths in technical resources, end-user computing, systems issues &
technologies and systems management. Association for Systems
Management. To register call (216) 243-6900 or write to ASM
Information Systems Conference, 24587 Bagley Road, Cleveland, OH
44138.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION COURSE. April 10-12,1989.
Orlando Marriott, Orlando, Florida. This 3-day course covers NEPA,
CAA, CWA, RCRA, CERCLA, and TSCA. Sponsored by Executive
Enterprises, Inc. To register call 1-800-831-8333, or write to Executive
Enterprises, Inc., 22 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010-6904.
Session # 94TOX08/E9393.

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM STABILITY. June 4-8,1989. Jerusalem,
Israel. Features a keynote lecture entitled "Changing Atmospheric
Ozone: Its Causes and Effects."  Sponsored by the Israel Society for
Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences. To register write to the
Secretariat - Omega Conventions, P.O. Box 71102, Jerusalem, 91079,
Israel, or call 972-2-662989,668377.

FUNDAMENTALS OF GROUND-WATER CONTAMINATION. May
18-19,1989. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia.  This
teaching seminar covers the mechanisms of ground-water
contamination and the techniques for monitoring ground-water
quality problems. Sponsored by Geraghty & Miller. To register call
Richard M. Miller at (212) 371-1620 or send registration to American
Ecology Services, Inc., 127 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022.

HAZARDOUS/TOXIC WASTE MANAGEMENT: LAWS,
COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES. April 12-
14,1989. New Orleans, Louisiana.  This seminar will present the most
sought after information technology and exhibits.'To register call (301)
587-9390 or write to the Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
(HMCRD, 9300 Columbia Boulevard, Silver Spring, MD 20910-1702.

IBM PC APPLICATIONS IN GROUND WATER POLLUTION AND
HYDROLOGY. July 23-38,1989. Nassau Inn at Palmer Square,
Princeton, New Jersey. This hands-on short course is especially

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designed for the ground water professional with little or no previous
experience. To register call (614) 761-1711 or mail form to IBM PC
Applications, National Water Well Association, P.O. Box 182039, Dept.
# 017, Columbus, OH 43218.

PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO RIPARIAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT. May 8-12,1989. Billings Plaza Holiday Inn, Billings,
Montana. This workshop will present practical and successful methods
of riparian management. Sponsored by the Montana Riparian
Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For further
information call Andrea Darling (406) 652-5197 or write to Riparian
Resource Management Symposium, P.O. Box 22561, Billings, MT
59104.

SAFETY ANALYSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CHEMICAL
PROCESS INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS. April 17-21,1989. The course
will stress practical and proven techniques which analysts commonly
use to assess the likelihood, consequence and risk of accidents in the
chemical industry. For further information call AICHE registrar  at (212)
-^05-7526. To register, write to the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017.

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GROUND WATER MONITORING
AND SAMPLING. May 1-3,1989. Boston Marriott Burlington,
Burlington, Massachusetts. This course examines the monitoring
process from start to finish and provides insight into obtaining
representative water samples. For further  information call the
Registration Department at (614) 761-1711. Mail registration to
Monitoring and Sampling, National Water Well Association, P.O. Box
182039, Dept. #017, Columbus, OH 43218.

  THIRD NATIONAL OUTDOOR ACTION CONFERENCE ON
AQUIFER RESTORATION, GROUND WATER MONITORING AND
GEOPHYSICAL METHODS. May 22-25,1989. Orange County
Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. This program features technical
paper presentations, indoor and outdoor workshops, an exposition and
outdoor field demonstrations of equipment used in the monitoring
industry. To register call (614) 761-1711 or write to Third National
Outdoor Action Conference National Water Well Association, P.O. Box
182039, Dept. #017, Columbus, OH 43218.

WASTE MINIMIZATION WORKSHOP. April 18-19,1989. McCormick
Center Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. This two-day workshop is intended to
promote waste  minimization practices through the use of auditing and
process analysis procedures. Cosponsored by CERI, USEPA and several


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trade associations. For further information call (515) 252-1222. To
register, write to PEER Consultants, P.C., 4134 Linden Avenue, Suite
202, Dayton, OH 45432.
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               HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY STAPF

Head Librarian                           Mary Hoffman
Head Reference Librarian                 Anne Twitchell
Reference Librarian                       Steve Hirsch
Reference Librarian-HW                  Monique Currie
Reference Librarian-HW                  Beth Ann Kyle
Reference Librarian                       Sheila Richard
Reference Librarian-Water                Athena  Stone
Acquisitions Librarian                    Melissa Skorupka
Interlibrary Loan Librarian                Leida Torres
Cataloging Librarian                      Gretl Cox
INFOTERRA/Translations                Linda Spencer

For Library tours (Wednesdays, 9:00-9:30) and database information call
Sheila Richard, 382-5922 or send an E-Mail inquiry to EPA3211.

Contact Nancy Langford at 475-7751 for information about the Public
Information Center (PIC).
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