United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of
Reseach and
Development
Energy.
Minerals and
Industry
EPA 80«/7 77 024

March 1977
          Western
          Energy/Environment
          Monitoring Study:
          Planning and
          Coordination
          Summary
          Interagency
          Energy-Environment
          Research and Development
          Program Report

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                         RESEARCH REPORTING SERIES
Research reports of the Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, have been grouped into seven series.
These seven broad categories were established to facilitate further
development and application of environmental technology.  Elimination
of traditional grouping was consciously planned to foster technology
transfer and a maximum interface in related fields.  The seven series
are:

     1.  Environmental Health Effects Research
     2.  Environmental Protection Technology
     3.  Ecological Research
     4.  Environmental Monitoring
     5.  Socioeconomic Environmental Studies
     6.  Scientific and Technical Assessment Reports (STAR)
     7.  Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development

This report has been assigned to the INTERAGENCY ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT series.  Reports in this series result from
the effort funded under the 17-agency Federal Energy/Environment
Research and Development Program.  These studies relate to EPA's
mission to protect the public health and welfare from adverse effects
of pollutants associated with energy systems.  The goal of the Program
is to assure the rapid development of domestic energy supplies in an
environmentally—compatible manner by providing the necessary
environmental data and control technology.  Investigations include
analyses of the transport of energy-related pollutants and their health
and ecological effects; assessments of, and development of, control
technologies for energy systems; and integrated assessments of a wide
range of energy-related environmental issues.
This document is available to the public through the National Technical
Information Service, Springfield, Virginia  22161.

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WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY

     PLANNING AND COORDINATION SUMMARY
                DECEMBER 1976

  Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry
     Office of Research and Development
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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                          DISCLAIMER
     This report has been reviewed by the Office of Research
and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and
approved for publication.  Mention of trade names or commercial
products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for
use.
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                               ABSTRACT
     The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the
Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study.  This Study is a multi-
media, multi-agency research and development effort sponsored under
the auspices of the Interagency Energy/Environment Program administered
by the Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry (Office of Research
and Development) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

     The document provides a general description of the objectives of
the multi-media measurements research effort and its synthesis into a
Regional Atlas of baseline media quality and its relationship to the
existing and planned pattern of regional energy development.

     The chief objective of the document is to provide to the Study
participants an organizational outline of the planning, management
and coordination of the Study as well as a listing of key personnel
from all agencies (EPA, NASA, NOAA, USGS)  participating in the Study.
On this basis the document will foster interagency communication and
expedite the achievement of the Study's research objectives.
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                                    CONTENTS

Figures	     ii
Tables	     ill

    1.  Western Energy /Environment Monitoring Study	     1
          Research Operations 	     2
        Western Energy/Environment Atlas  	     4

    2.  Planning, Management, and Coordination  	     5
          Planning   	     5
          Management  	     5
          Coordination	     5
          Output  	     6


Appendix	     12
                                         IV

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                                     FIGURES

Number                                                             .        Page

1  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Western Energy/Environment
   Monitoring Study - Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry (ORD)
   Coordination and Management	10


                               APPENDIX FIGURES

2  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Western Energy/Environment
     Monitoring Study - Office of Energy,  Minerals, and Industry (ORD)
     Resource Flow Format	13

3  Western States Energy Study Area 	  14

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                                     TABLES

Number                                                                     Page

1  Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study - Interagency Energy/
   Environment Program	7

2  Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study - Interagency
     Coordination  	   8

3  Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study - Intra-Agency
     Coordination	9


                                 APPENDIX TABLES

4  Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study - R and D Objective
    Plans	15
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                                     SECTION 1

                   WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY


     In anticipation of the increasing energy requirements of the next quarter
century, the Federal Government is promoting the development of untapped
national energy resources.  Among the major resources approaching the initial
stage of development are low-sulfur coal reserves, oil shale and geothermal
resources, all of which are located in abundance in the western United States.

     Development in this area will involve greatly increased strip mining of
coal along with the construction of large conventional power plants and coal
gasification plants throughout the presently pristine plains and deserts
throughout the West.  The Northern Great Plains are expected to be the focus
of coal mining and conversion related efforts, with this area and areas of the
Southwest seeing markedly increased power plant development.  Oil shale tracts
in the central area of the Rocky Mountains Province are under consideration for
at least limited development of synfuels demonstration plants.

     It is difficult to accurately project the extent and severity of  de-
gradation of environmental quality in these areas where, to a large extent,
the air is without pollutants, the land is in a pristine condition, and the
quality of water, while not abundant, is vital to all life including man.
Consequently, it is extremely difficult to plan the types, patterns, and
magnitude of energy developments which are environmentally acceptable in
these regions and to factor such energy development into national and re-
gional environmental planning and maintenance guidelines.

     In order to establish the environmental information base for such plan-
ning and guidelines, it is necessary to accurately establish present values and
to track trends in media quality, pollution pathways, and the extent of adverse
impact from specific sources and patterns of resource development.  Further-
more, in order to accurately assess how air and water quality and land use are
being and will be altered by energy development, the baseline or current values
of these parameters must be measured in a consistent, comprehensive manner
throughout the western region before major new developments take place.  This
information is basic to concrete regional air and water quality planning and to
future decisions on significant deterioration, regional air quality classifi-
cation, and maintenance of water quality standards keyed to energy related
pollutants.

     In response to this need for information, EPA's Office of Energy, Min-
erals, and Industry (Office of Research and Development) has planned a multi-
agency study to develop integrated baseline for air quality, water quality,
and land character information on a broad scale throughout the western region.
Emphasis is on those areas whose environment will bear the major new burden of
energy development.  The objective of the study is to provide an accurate
multi-media data base keyed to air and water pollutants and surface effects
associated with projected western energy resource developments.  This

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multimedia data base will include not only energy development intensive locales,
but will also focus on broad areas where long-range transport of pollutants
may result in multi-jurisdictional pollution control issues.  The synthesis
of this baseline data into a multi-area overview of multi-media quality as
related to the evolving pattern of energy development will be a key element
in the environmentally protective planning of western energy development on
a truly regional basis.

     Cooperating with EPA in carrying out this study are elements of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey,
and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under various inter-
agency agreements.

RESEARCH OPERATIONS

Air Monitoring and Data Integration

     Numerous air monitoring stations in a nine state area  (Montana, North
and South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico)
operated primarily by states have been  identified as appropriate for use in
the study.   In addition, funding from OEMI has established  several key air
and meterological monitoring stations in the Northern Great Plains and in the
oil shale areas  as well as  in  areas  of  the Southwest where  large power plants
exist  and are planned.

     Broad  area  aircraft monitoring by  the Environmental Monitoring and Sup-
port Laboratory  (EMSL), Las Vegas,  Nevada, is providing data which will
complement  ground-based data and will provide the interface wit^h the regional
air quality picture.

     Special plume aerosol nucleation measurements by aircraft at the
Colstrip, Montana and Farmington,  New Mexico power plants,  as well as mete-
orological  modeling support are provided by NOAA to give exhaustive data at
two key sites  and to assist in the scaling in space and time of regional air
quality scenarios.   Quality assurance checks and procedures are provided by
EMSL/KTP to encompass all  analytical laboratories participating in the air
monitoring  effort.

     While  most  sampling is done for 862 and particulate matter emissions
from plants, a few stations are equipped for  trace element  and sulfate
monitoring.   (Some N02  and ozone measurements are being made in the oil shale
area of Colorado,  Utah,  and Wyoming.)  It  is planned to increase the number
of sites which will measure sulfate and to deploy a number  of dichotomous
samplers which can differentiate the level of  fine particulate matter from
 total  suspended  participates.

     The coordination of the operational implementation of  the study is being
 carried out by EMSL/Las  Vegas  with quality assurance  support  for air monitor-
 ing from EMSL/Research Triangle Park and for water monitoring  from EMSL/
Cincinnati.  The Energy Office of EPA Region VIII in Denver is also  involved
in the study.

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     The air data is being integrated and interpreted at EMSL/Las Vegas and
will be displayed in a publication such that yearly updates will provide a
clear indication of significant regional air quality trends.

Water and Groundwater Monitoring and Data Integration

     USGS maintains an extensive water monitoring network in the Wes-tern U. S.
which this study has supplemented.  Eight new surface water quality monitor-
ing stations have been established by the U.S. Geological Survey in the oil
shale areas of the Upper Colorado Basin to supplement their existing net-
work.  In addition, new stations and intensified sampling programs are taking
place in the coal mining regions along tributaries of the Upper Missouri
River including the Yellowstone and the Powder Rivers.  Analyses are being
done for numerous parameters including temperature, pH, dissolved solids,
nutrients and for metals such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, lead, mercury,
and selenium.

     USGS is also performing new studies of groundwater and shallow aquifers
in the oil shale regions of Colorado and Utah and at various locales associ-
ated with potential coal mining.  The latter includes shallow groundwater
system reconnaissance in Northwestern Colorado and in the Yellowstone and
Missouri Rivers in Montana and chemical studies in Southwestern North Dakota
and in Montana.

     EMSL/Las Vegas is monitoring aquifers on the eastern flank of the Powder
River and in the Piceance Creek Basin of Colorado where initial development
of accelerated strip mining and oil shale, respectively, are projected.

     Other USGS water quality studies have been Initiated under the inter-
agency program in the Black Mesa coal mining area of Arizona and in the Four
Corners power plant area of New Mexico.

     Overall quality assurance of these activities is provided by EMSL/
Cincinnati.  USGS western laboratories involved in the analyses of these
measurements have entered into the energy-related quality assurance program.

     EMSL/Las Vegas is synthesizing all water and groundwater quality data
for the portions of the Upper Missouri and Colorado River Basins and their
tributaries.  The analysis will assist in determining what portions of these
river systems are being most affected by energy development.

Land Use Monitoring and Information Compilation

     The large geographical area to be monitored demands the application of
techniques which are capable of providing synoptic environmental assessment
with a relatively short time frame.  Airborne remote sensing offers such a
technique through the application of proven, operational procedures and the
promise of increased utility with further refinement and ongoing research
and development efforts.

     The primary emphasis by EMSL/Las Vegas on operational remote sensing to
date has been the use of instrumentation and techniques such as photography

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(black and white, color, and color infrared),  thermal infrared, and multi-
spectral scanners and laser terrain profiles  (through cooperation with the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to define an environ-
mental land use baseline for the Western United  States.

     Through the use of both manual, photo-interpretation, and automated data
analysis, airborne acquired information may be used  to determine or assess:
(1) aerial extent of strip mining impact,  (2)  the  efficacy of reclamation
activities associated with disturbed land,  (3) vegetation damage related to
mining and energy conversion,  (4) revegetation practices,  (5) drainage pat-
terns, and (6) impact on fresh water resources.  The main objective of this
effort is to develop operational aerial techniques capable of determining the
success of extraction and processing site  rehabilitation.

     Initially, the program will concentrate  on  the  development of aerial
remote sensor techniques to monitor environmental  factors of coal extraction
and rehabilitation.  Approximately half of the total effort will be to monitor
these activities in the Northern Great Plains, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.
Sites of planned activity  (e.g., within two to three years) and active sites
will be included.  Consideration of environmental  impact on surface and
near-surface water, soil condition and slopes, subsidence manifestation,
vegetation density, and speciation and other  rehabilitation aspects will be
included.  Fourteen coal surface mining sites were selected by EPA for ground
inves tigation.

     EPA is also responsible for providing and coordinating the ground meas-
urements of site or activity-specific  terrain parameters which, when  remotely
measured, will provide the basis for determining quantitative environmental
impact assessment.  Examples of these key  parameters of  features include
surface contours, vegetative density, vigor and  types, subsidence features,
synoptic visibility, etc.

WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT ATLAS

     The totality of data  obtained will be integrated into a document which
will display  local area energy development within> the perspective of  the
multi-media western regional environmental quality baseline.  This Atlas will
be published  and updated on an annual basis and  will enable planners  to place
local energy-related environmental trends  in  a balanced  regional context.

     It is intended that user  feedback from the  initial  document will be a
key guide in  the development of subsequent documents.

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                                 SECTION 2

                   PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, AND COORDINATION
PLANNING
     The problem assessment, research objective formulation, and planning
and resource allocation for the Western Energy/Environment Monitoring
Study are the responsibility of the Energy Coordination Staff of the Of-
fice of Energy, Minerals, and Industry within EPA's Office of Research and
Development (OEMI/ORD).  The Study Project Officer and Coordinator is
Dr. G. J. D'Alessio.

     Specific research accomplishment plans are developed by participating
elements of NASA, NOAA, and USGS, and EPA Environmental Monitoring and
Support Laboratories.  The plans from the respective agencies are reviewed
for approval by the appropriate headquarters line managers in that agency,
and allocation of funds is accomplished under interagency agreements be-
tween EPA/OEMI and NASA, NOAA, and USGS.  The internal mechanism of the
coordinate objective statement is used between the Office of Energy, Minerals,
and Industry and the Office of Monitoring and Technical Support within
EPA.  Funding is allocated by OEM! upon final review and approval of each
specific plan by the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Energy, Minerals, and
Industry (OR&D), Dr.  Stephen J. Gage, the Interagency Program Coordinator.

MANAGEMENT

     The Project Officers indicated for each specific research accomplishment
plan are responsible for the implementation and completion of the project
and achievement of the milestones described in that plan.

     Interface and coordination requirements between individual projects
are explicit in the original objective statements.  As a segment of the
Interagency Energy/Environment Research and Development Program admin-
istered by OEMI, formal lines of communication exist between EPA/OEMI
headquarters (planning) and the headquarters (implementation and management)
units of NASA, NOAA,  and USGS which have responsibility for their respective
field units.  These formal lines are used to ensure clear understanding of
research objectives and milestones at all levels and to rapidly alleviate
any difficulties which may arise in the course of the project.  Any
reorientation in project emphasis from year to year is transmitted in this
fashion  (see Table 1).

COORDINATION

     In addition to the above arrangement, it was judged essential to
provide for a continual flow of technical information between the appro-
priate field units of EPA and the field units of NASA, NOAA, and USGS.

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Within EPA certain individuals have been designated as  the EPA Field
Coordinators for specific projects implemented by NASA, NOAA, and USGS  (see
Table 2).  Likewise, similar channels have been  established among EPA
field units  (see Table 3).

     Figure  1  indicates  the flow of  (a) research objectives from the planning
office to the  project directors,  (b) projects which are in direct support
of other research project activities,  (c) the flow of scientific information
into overall information integration efforts, and  (d) the final  general output
of the Western Energy/Environment Study, in  addition to which each project
develops specific reports.  The  Study  Coordinator and EPA Field  Coordinators
are available  as necessary for clarification of  research objectives and
operational  guidance.  Quarterly or  semi-annual  reports are produced by
the project  directors and are sent to  the Study  Coordinator.  Annual
reviews of each project  take place in  advance of the next year's resource
planning.

OUTPUT

     Each project produces semi-annual status reports and an annual tech-
nical report.  In addition to this,  the Environmental Monitoring and Support
Laboratory in  Las Vegas  is responsible for  seeing  that  all baseline data is
interpreted  and entered  in EPA's data  systems  (SAROAD for air data and
STORET for water data).

     The data  from the various  projects is  interpreted  and synthesized
into energy-related land use maps which correlated air  and water pollution
baseline data  with the emerging patterns  of new source  development.

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           TABLE 1.  WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
                  INTERAGENCY ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
MONITORING STUDY
INTERAGENCY ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAM
HEADQUARTERS PROJECT COORDINATORS:

D'ALESSIO, G.J., PROJECT OFFICER
EPA
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.  20460

MORRISON, J.
NASA
Washington, D.C.

KILPATRICK, F.
USGS
407 National Center
Reston, Virginia  22092

BUTTON, R.
NOAA
Rockville, Maryland  20852
INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT  COORDINATORS:

GAGE, S., PROGRAM  COORDINATOR
EPA/ORD/ OEMI
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.   20460

DAVIS, G.H.
USGS
407 National Center
Reston, Virginia   22092

TOWNSEND, J.W., JR.
NOAA
Office of Administrator
6010 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland  20852

STONEY, W.E.
NASA
Earth Observation Program
Washington, D.C.   20036

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           TABLE 2.  WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
                         INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
Agency           Project

 NASA    •  Western Energy
            Resource Overhead
            Monitoring  (WEROM)
            (BEL)

 USGS    •  Western Water and
            Groundwater Baseline
            Monitoring
            (BBW, BBY, BBZ)

 NOAA    •  Western
            Meteorological
            Modelling Support
            (BEK)

         •  Western
            Atmospheric
            Studies
            (BEG)
 Project Director    EPA Field Coordinator
L. Tilton CNASA)
ERL/MTF
H. Hudson (USGS)
Denver, Colorado
L. Niemeyer (NOAA)
ESRL/RTP
R. Pueschel  (NOAA)
Boulder, Colorado
H. Melfi
EMSL/Las Vegas
Land Use Study


D. McNelis1'2'3
EMSL/Las Vegas
Water Quality Study
D. McNelis
EMSL/Las Vegas
Air Quality Study
1.  Long Term Baseline  Data Coordination and Interpretation (Water)
2.  Station  Identification (Water)  (T.  Thoem, EPA Region VIII,  Denver)
3.  Quality  Assurance Support (Water)  (D. Ballinger,  EPA/EMSL/Cincinnati)
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        TABLE 3.  WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING  STUDY
                      INTRA-AGENCY COORDINATION
          Proj ect

Northern Great Plains
and Central Rockies
Air Monitoring Network
(AED)

Western Airborne Wide Scale
Air Monitoring
(ABF-1)

Southwest Air Monitoring
(ABF-2)

Western Quality Assurance
Support (Air) (ABP)

Western Air Data Interpretation
(ABF-3)

Western Groundwater Studies
(ABH)

Western Water Data Interpretation
(AEG)
Western Quality Assurance
Support (Water) (ABQ)

Western Land Use Monitoring
(ABI)
Project Director

 T. Thoem
 Region VIII
 R. Snelling
 EMSL/Las Vegas
 D. McNeils
 EMSL/Las Vegas

 S. Bromberg
 EMSL/RTP

 R. Snelling
 L. McMillion
 EMSL/Las Vegas

 R. Thomas
 EMSL/Las Vegas
 D. Ballinger
 EMSL/Cincinnati

 H. Melfi
 EMSL/Las Vegas
Field  Coordinator
D. McNelis
EMSL/Las Vegas
Air Quality  STudy
D. McNelis
EMSL/Las Vegas
Water Quality Study
H. Melfi
EMSL/Las Vegas
Land Use Study

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                FIGURE 1.   U.S.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
                        OFFICE OF ENERGY, MINERALS, AND INDUSTRY  (ORD) COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT
                                                R&D Objectives & Resource
                                                    Planning OEM!/ORD
                                                     G.J. D'Alessio,
                                                    Study Coordinator
H
o
             Atmospheric
Studies
 NOAA/
Boulder
Peuschel
                                Air  Quality
                             Assurance  Support
                                 EMSL/RTP
                                 Bromberg
Air Quality
  Network
Region VIII
   Thoem
   Air
Monitoring
                                         EMSL/LV
                                         Snelling
                    Meteorological
                      Modelling
                        Support
                        NOAA
                      Niemeyer
                                       Overhead Moni-
                                       toring Support
                                          NASA/MTF
                                         • Tilton
                                                            1
  Remote Surface
Monitoring & Land
  Use Inventory
     EMSL/LV
      Melfi
                                                                I
                              Air & Met.
                                Data
                             Integration
                               EMSL/LV
                               McNelis
                                                        Water Quality
                                                      Assurance Support
                                                          EMSL/Cinn
                                                          Ballinger
                                                                   I
Groundwater
  Studies
  EMSL/LV
 McMillion
Water & Groundwater
    Monitoring
      USGS/
     Denver
     Hudson
                                                         I
                                                         I
                                                         '— H
                                                                                    l
                                                                                    t
            RESEARCH OBJECTIVE COORDINATION

            INFORMATION FLOW
                                               I   I
                                               LL
                                          i
                                          I
                                          t
                                                  Water &  Data
                                                  Groundwater
                                                      Data
                                                  Integration
                                                    EMSL/LV
                                                  R.  Thomas
                                    WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT ATLAS
                                               EMSL/LV
                                            McNelis  (Melfi)
             SUPPORTING ACTIVITY

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                WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
Project Contacts:

BALLINGER, D.G.
EPA/EMSL
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
513-684-2200

BROMBERG, J.
EPA/EMSL
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711
919-549-8411

HUDSON, H.
USGS
Denver Federal Center
Water Resources Division
Box 2504 - Stop 406
Denver, Colorado 80115
303-234-4118

MCMILLION, L.
EPA/EMSL
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
702-736-2969

MCNELIS, D.
EPA/EMSL
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
702-736-2969

MELFI, H.
EPA/EMSL
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
702-736-2969
NIEMEYER,  L.
NOAA
ESRL
R&P, North Carolina 27711
919-549-8411

PUESCHEL,  R.F.
NOAA
Atmospheric Physics & Chemistry Lab
Boulder, Colorado  80302
303-499-1000

SNELLING,  R.
EPA/EMSL
P.O. Box 15027
Las  Vegas,  Nevada  89114
702-736-2969

THOEM, T.
EPA/Region VIII
1860 Lincoln  Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
303-837-3895

THOMAS, R.
EPA/EMSL
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas,  Nevada  89114
702-736-2969

TILTON, E.L.
NASA
Earth Resources Lab
NSTL
Bay  St. Louis, Mississippi  39520
601-688-2034
                   Study Coordinator:
                   D'Alessio,  G.J.
                   EPA (RD-681)
                   Office of Energy, Minerals,  and Industry
                   401 M St.,  S.W.
                   Washington, DC 20460
                   202-426-4568
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APPENDIX
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          Program Resource Distribution
                    OEMX/OSP
                    S.J. Gage
         Interagency Program Coordinator
1
G. Davis
USGS
IAG Coordinator
Res ton, VA

i
F
W. Stoney
NASA
IAG Coordinator
Washington, DC

1
R. Towns end
NOAA
IAG Coordinator
Rockville, MD
Figure 2.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Western Energy Environment Monitoring Study
 Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry (ORD)
              Resource Flow Format

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CALIFORNIA
                                                              TEXAS
                  Figure 3.  Western States Energy Study Area
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               TABLE 4.  WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
                               R AND D OBJECTIVE PLANS
     WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
          MONITORING STUDY

Plan         Research Objective

ABF     Western Regional Baseline
        Air Monitoring Data Analysis

AED     Northern Great Plains Energy/
        Air Quality Baseline

ABP     Western Air Monitoring
        Quality Assurance Support

BEG     Atmosphere and Meteorological
        Studies of Pollutants from
        Energy Production in the
        Western United States

BEK     Meteorological Interpretation
        and Prediction of Air Quality
        in the Western United States
        Related to Energy Activities

AEG     Western Region Water Moni-
        toring and Data Analysis

BBZ     Energy Related Surface Water
        Monitoring/Western Region
        Baseline

BBY     Energy Related Groundwater
        Monitoring/Western Region
        Baseline

BBW     Energy Related Surface and
        Groundwater Monitoring
        Studies/Western Region

ABQ     Western Water Monitoring
        Quality Assurance Support

ABH     Western Groundwater Moni-
        toring Methods Development

ABI     Western Overhead Surface
        Monitoring and Techniques
        Development
Responsible Agency

EPA/EMSL/Las Vegas
EPA/Region VIII
Denver

EPA/EMSL/RTP
NOAA
NOAA
EPA/EMSL/Las Vegas
USGS
USGS
USGS
EPA/EMSL/Cincinnati
EPA/EMSL/Las Vegas
EPA/EMSL/Las Vegas
Project Director

  D. McNelis


  T. Thoem


  S. Bromberg


  R. Pueschel
  L.  Niemeyer
  D.  McNelis


  H.  Hudson



  H.  Hudson



  H.  Hudson



  D.  Ballinger


  L.  McMillion


  H.  Melfi
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               TABLE 4.  WESTERN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MONITORING STUDY
                         R AND D OBJECTIVE PLANS CContinued)

     WESTEBN ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
          MONITORING STUDY

Plan         Research Objective          Responsible Agency     Project Director

BEL     Technical Support for            NASA                     E. Tilton
        Western Energy Related
        Environmental Assessment/
        Overhead Monitoring Method
        Development
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                                     TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
                             (Please read Instructions on the reverse before completing)
 1. REPORT NO.
   EPA 600/7-77-024
                                                              3. RECIPIENT'S ACCESSION-NO.
 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
    Western Energy/Environment Monitoring Study
    Planning and Coordination Summary
                                           5. REPORT DATE
                                             March 1977
                                           6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
 7, AUTHOR(S)
                                                              8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO
    Gregory J. D'Alessio
 9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS

    Energy Coordination Staff
    OEMI/OKD
                                           10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.

                                             EHE-625 C
                                           11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
 12. SP<
     ONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS
     U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency
     Office of Research & Development
     Office of Energy,  Minerals & Industry
     Washington,  B.C.   20460	
                                           13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED
                                           14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE

                                                    EPA/600/17
 15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
      this project is part of the EPA-planned and coordinated Federal Interagency
      Energy/Environment  R&D  Program.
 16. ABSTRACT
          This report is a summary of the planning, coordination and implementation
    mechanisms which provide  the framework for the Western Energy/Environment
    Monitoring Study.  This Study involves participation by elements of EPA,
    NASA, NOAA, and USGS and  is  a segment  of the Interagency  Energy/Environment
    Research and Development  Program Administered by EPA.
 7.
             (Circle One or More)
                                 KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
                   DESCRIPTORS
                             b.IDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS
                                                                            c. COSATI Field/Group
 Ecology
           ilneerlng
Earth Hydrosphere
Combustion
Refining
Energy Conversion
Physical Chemistry
Materials Handling
Inorganic Chemistry
Oiganlc Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
6F   8A    8F

8H  10A  10B

7B   7C   13B
 8. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT


    • Release to Public
                             19. SECURITY CLASS (This Report)
                                 Unclassified
                                         21. NO. OF PAGES
                                             23
                             20. SECURITY CLASS (This page)

                                 Unclassified
                                         22. PRICE
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