The Regions
and ORD
Working Together to
Integrate Science in
Decision-Making
January 2004
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Introduction
The success of EPA's mission is highly dependent on the transparent integration of science into
decisions made at all levels in the organization. The regions occupy a unique niche in the
implementation of this mission. Their risk assessment, inspections and enforcement actions must
be based on sound science.
This notebook, "The Regions and ORD: Working Together to Integrate Science in Decision-
Making 2004," an update of one prepared in September 2002, is intended to serve as a helpful
reference guide to the major ongoing and recently completed .ORD science programs, projects, and
products of interest to the regions, and to give regional managers easy access to science
information related to environmental problems in their region and states.
The notebook is categorized into tabs identifying ORD science support to the regions, and includes
an overview highlighting recent accomplishments. To facilitate the utility of the notebook, the
science information is organized by region.
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ORD Science in the Regions: A Briefing Book
Table of Contents
Page No
Tab 1 FY03 Highlights of the Region/ORD/OSA Partnership 1
Tab 2 Recommended ORD Actions in Response to the Regions' Science in
Regional Decision-Making 45-Day Study, ORD Response to
45-Day Study 3
Tab 3 ORD Regional Science Program 21
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD.. 22
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison (HSTL) Program 26
Regional Research Partnership (RRP) Program 31
Regional Science Topic Workshops 33
Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) Program 39
Regional Methods (RM) Program 89
Tab 4 Additional ORD Support Programs 99
Regional Science Portal 100
Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) 101
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) 102
SPC Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling (CREM) 112
SPC Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) 115
EPA Laboratory for Sustainable Development 117
National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) 119
Tab5 NCER Programs 121
• Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant Program 122
• "Science in Our Regions" the STAR Environmental Science
Seminar Series 123
• STAR-Funded Research Centers 130
• NCER Programs to Support the EPA Regions 133
- STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects 135
Tab 6 Site-Specific ORD Science Assistance to the Regions 195
• Superfimd Site Support 196
• Other Site Support 234
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FY03 Highlights of the Region/ORD/OSA
Partnership
Responded to the Regions' "Science in Regional Decision Making'5 Report
In response to the regions' 45-day science review, the EPA Science Advisor established a cross-
Agency workgroup to analyze the findings of the report, consider additional options for
overcoming the obstacles it identified, prioritize the report's recommendations, and develop a
plan for Agency implementation. ORD provided a number of specific actions that it could take
for the workgroup to consider.
Doubled the RARE Budget
Starting in FY03, each region receives $200K/year (a 100% increase from FY02) to fund high-
priority regional research through ORD labs and centers.
Established a New Regional Research Partnership (RRP) Program
To provide professional development opportunities for region scientists, ORD supports the travel
and per diem costs for 3-6 month details to ORD labs/centers so that region-selected scientists
can conduct priority regional research.
STAR Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 1 collaborated with ORD to host the first "Science in Our Regions" seminars, open to the
public. The seminar featured ORD STAR grantee presentations of research ongoing in and for
the Region. Subsequently, similar seminars were held in Regions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, and are
scheduled for early FY04 in Regions 2 and 3. Many Regions are planning to host a second round
of these seminars in FY04.
Set Up a Forum for Environmental Monitoring (FEM)
This standing Science Policy Council committee of senior EPA managers is actively addressing
monitoring issues the regions have identified as high priority.
Created a Regional Science Portal
To respond to regional needs for ready access to ORD and other Agency scientific data,
products, and tools, ORD collaborated with Region 1 to design and deploy a web portal for "one-
stop shopping." The Regional Science Portal contains links to science information deemed
important to regional program operations.
Built Biosketch
In response to the regions' request for better access to ORD experts, this keyword-searchable
directory of ORD personnel, available via the Regional Science Portal, contains information on
the expertise of ORD scientists and links to their publications.
Expanded the Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison (HSTL) Program To Include
Every Region
Early in calendar year 2004, ORD will fill HSTL vacancies in Regions 5 and 6 and backfill the
Region 8 position.
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"Science in Regional Decision Making:"
the Regions' 45-Day Science Review
In September 2002, Region 4 hosted a 1-day Science Summit during which senior regional and
ORD leadership discussed regional science issues and ORD's ability to provide support. One of
the issues addressed was the regions' need for an advocate to represent their science issues at the
highest levels of the Agency. Dr. Paul Oilman, as Agency Science Advisor, later accepted this
responsibility but said he needed a better understanding of how the regions use science in their
decision-making and the obstacles to its use. Region 4, the ORD Lead Region, championed a
cross-regional effort to draft a report entitled "Science in Regional Decision Making." This 45-
day science review was completed in August of 2003 and sent to Dr. Oilman. The report
addresses three questions:
• How is science used in regional decision making?
• What are the obstacles that prevent the regions from using science in the most optimal
manner?
• What options exist for overcoming the obstacles?
The report identifies how the regions use science to formulate issues, gather data, generate
information, and select solutions. The regions identified numerous categories of decisions that
are based on science such as permitting, compliance, and enforcement; National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) assessments; water quality standards and total maximum daily loads;
Superfund assessment and remediation; state implementation plans; and quality assurance and
peer review. Two examples, the Hudson River and the South Florida Everglades, are used to
illustrate the complexity of the problems that the regions face.
Twenty-two obstacles to the use of science are identified in five categories: scientific expertise,
data collection and analytical methods, peer review, science planning, and Regional Science and
Technology (RS&T) laboratory support. Each obstacle is addressed by one or more
recommendations to overcome the obstacle for a total of 45 recommendations. It is noted in the
report that while there is widespread agreement among the regions on the report's contents, there
is not total agreement on all recommendations.
In response to the findings and recommendations presented, the Agency's Science Policy
Council initiated a cross-Agency workgroup to coordinate, prioritize and track progress in
implementing the recommendations. The workgroup is co-chaired by Alan Antley, Deputy
Director for Waste Management in Region 4, and Kevin Teichman, Director, Office of Science
Policy.
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Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
Asterisks indicate work areas identified by the National Regional Science Council (NRSC).
A.I OBSTACLE: Locating Agency scientific expertise and obtaining access to the
requisite technical support from the program offices, including ORD.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
*A.la. Program offices and ORD should
incorporate regional support activities in personnel
position descriptions and performance agreements.
Desired support activities include: engaging in
scientific collaborations with regional/state
scientists, providing technical support services,
providing updates to regions/states on the
applications of new science, and participating in the
regional-ORD workshop series and other scientist-
to-scientist meetings.
Clearly define and communicate ORD
policy on program support activities
by Principal Investigators (Pis)
Strengthen program/ technical support
component in Technical Qualifications
Board (TQB)
Greater promotion of ORD's Regional
Honor Award
Include regional support in ORD
performance agreements
A.l.b. The ORD/OSWER Hazardous Substances
Technical Liaison (HSTL) Program has been
valuable in assisting regions in incorporating waste-
program-related sound science in decision-making
activities. The existing HSTL Program should be
strengthened and similar programs for the regions'
water [i.e., ORD/Office of Water (OW)] and air
[i.e., ORD/Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)]
programs should be established. These proposed
liaison positions could also serve, on a rotating
basis, as the regional Research Coordination Team
(RCT) representatives. Consequently, this proposed
recommendation could serve to address the
recommendations identified in D.6.C. and D.6.d.
Work with regions' Deputy Regional
Administrators/Regional Science
Liaisons (DRAs/RSLs), HSTLs/RCT
representatives, and programs to
identify specific areas where technical
support is needed
Identify, with programs, best method
to provide support and resources
required
Negotiate for resources if additional
areas are identified and deemed
appropriate
Evaluate the transfer of science within
Multi-Year Plans (MYPs)
See A.I.c
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Recommended Actions
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
A.l.c. The Superfund and RCRA Technical Support
Centers concept should also be expanded to, or used
as a model for, the water, air, and pesticides
programs.
Work with regions (DRAs/RSLs),
HSTLs/RCT representatives, and
programs to identify specific areas
where technical support is needed
Identify, with programs, best method
to provide support and resources
required
Negotiate for resources if additional
areas are identified and deemed
appropriate
Evaluate the transfer of science within
MYPs
SeeA.l.b
A.l.d. ORD, program offices, and regions should
actively support and maintain Biosketch, an ORD
tool to locate potential scientific collaborators and
specific skills needed for a given research project.
Additionally, Biosketch should be expanded to
include relevant scientific expertise found in other
federal and state agencies.
Science Policy Council (SPC) or
Agency staff meeting presentation on
Biosketch for discussion and Agency
action
ORD to provide model
A.l.e. ORD, program offices, and regions should
actively maintain the Science Inventory (SI), an
ORD-managed Agency-wide database for
cataloging Agency science activities and peer-
review plans. Additionally, the regions recommend
that the SI be made more user-friendly to facilitate
future updates and information quality.
SI Implementation Workgroup will
continue to improve and update the SI,
incorporating changes suggested by
Agency users including regions
A.l.f. The new Regional Science Portal should be
expanded to include links to the appropriate web
sites of all federal and state agencies involved in
relevant environmental science-related activities.
Continue to improve site, working
through RSLs/HSTLs and comments
received to add links and information
useful to regions
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A.2.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Hiring, developing, retaining, and supporting regional scientists and
engineers to increase regional knowledge of the latest advances in science and
technology and their applications.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
*A.2.a. Each region should review its technical staff
training plans to ensure adequate regional training
funds are available to: 1) keep scientists/ engineers
trained in their fields and 2) train managers and
scientists in collaborative decision-making and
communication skills. If as a result of this review,
EPA determines that current regional funding is
insufficient, EPA should request additional funding
specifically for this purpose.
No immediate ORD action
Regions to develop a mechanism to
communicate their training needs to
ORD and the programs
*A.2.b. Regions should work with ORD to encourage
participation of scientists in ORD's Regional
Research Partnership (RRP) Program.
• Advertise results of the RRP Program
• Promote program at regional forums,
workshops, and symposia and
through Regional Science Portal
*A.2.c. ORD and program offices should host
course-based training sessions for regional staff to: 1)
keep regional staff current on science and technology
and 2) promote consistency across the Nation in its
use. For example, the EPA Athens ORD Laboratory
was used to teach valuable water-quality fate and
transport modeling courses, which were structured
similar to college programs.
NRSC, RSLs, HSTLs to identify
issues within regions for
consolidation
Coordinate results with RCT
representatives, Lab/Center (L/C),
Regional Science Program and
program offices and ORD for needed
actions
Evaluate the transfer of science
within MYPs
A.2.d. EPA should create a mechanism, or find ways
to better utilize existing mechanisms, to access the
services of retired scientists and engineers on an "as-
needed" basis.
ORD, program offices, and regions
review mechanisms currently used and
initiate conversation with OARM on
additional approaches
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A.3.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Losing regional scientific institutional knowledge through insufficient
promotional opportunities. In most instances, technical staff in regional offices must
enter the management track, which undermines their value as working scientists, in
order to retain continuing advancement opportunities.
Suggestion
*A.3.a. Regions should develop a "parallel career
track" for the advancement of scientists and engineers
in non-supervisory positions. ORD's Technical
Qualifications Review Program could serve as a model
to allow regional scientists to achieve career
advancement as designated technical experts.
A.3.b. Regional offices should consider proposing a
plan for increasing the number of regional technical
experts in critical areas.
ORD Recommended Actions
• Support regional effort through
consultation on ORD process
• Provide point-of-contact in ORD
No immediate ORD action
A4. OBSTACLE: Losing regional scientific institutional knowledge through retirements
and transfers.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
A.4.a. Regions and program offices should improve
upon existing succession planning efforts by
developing and implementing appropriate mechanisms
to transfer institutional scientific knowledge within the
regions and across Agency programs.
• No immediate ORD action
• Regions to consult with ORD and
programs regarding opportunities
within existing planning efforts
A.4.b. Regions should work closely with OARM so
that the regions' Human Capital Planning efforts result
in workforce development strategies reflecting this
need at a national level, which can be consistently
reflected in the regional-level plans.
• No immediate ORD action
• Regions to consult with ORD
regarding their experience in
previous efforts in this area
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Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
B.I. OBSTACLE: Accessing and using recent advances in the science/technology/
methodology for data collection, analysis, storage, and retrieval to facilitate sound
science in regional-, state-, and local-level decision making, e.g., the Agency's "Draft
Report on the Environment 2003."
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
B.l.a. Program office and ORD support is needed
to increase the use of recent advances in the
science/technology/methodology for data
collection, analysis, storage, and retrieval in
regional-, state-, and local-level decision making.
ORD is instrumental to the development in the
advances in science/ technology/methodology.
Program office support is necessary to implement
ORD-developed tools, e.g., Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program
(EMAP)/Regional Vulnerability Assessment
Program (ReVA).
NRSC, RSLs/HSTLs identify issues
within regions for consolidation
Coordinate results with RCT
representatives, L/C, program offices,
and ORD as needed
Environmental Information Management
System (EIMS)
Research product exposure in
conjunction with workshops, forums,
etc.
Evaluate the transfer of science within
MYPs
See A.2.c
*B.l.b. ORD, the program offices, and regions
should collaborate on: 1) sponsoring an exposition
highlighting recent scientific advances, including
data collection and analytical methodology, and
2) identifying topics for future seminars and
workshops to share information on recent
scientific advances.
Possible science forum topic
Possible RSL/HSTL workshop
Research product expos in conjunction
with workshops, forums, etc.
Evaluate the transfer of science within
MYPs
B.l.c. ORD, the program offices, and regions
should collaborate on developing a national
program to finalize standard methods.
Forum on Environmental Measurements
(FEM) can lead an Agency-wide discussion
on subject
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B.2.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Accessing sufficient scientific knowledge to develop adequate
methods, e.g., monitoring, for the regions to conduct their work.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
B.2.a. Regions need scientific methods based on
sound science where required methods do not exist.
For example, air toxics is an important area where
monitoring methods have not been developed.
FEM
Increase funding for Regional
Methods (RM) Program
Regional participation on MYP
writing teams
B.3. OBSTACLE: Addressing uncertainty associated with the quality of analytical
methods and models.
Suggestion
B.3.a. ORD, program offices, and regions should
actively participate in the reinvigorated Council on
Regulatory Environmental Models (CREM) and the
newly created FEM.
ORD Recommended Actions
• CREM and FEM staff ensure
involvement of ORD, regions, and
program offices
B.4. OBSTACLE: Accessing the best geographic and facility-specific, multimedia
environmental data.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
B.4.a. EPA, led by the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI), should continue its efforts to
develop a robust information architecture for data
storage and retrieval that supports easy access to
information and addresses regional science needs.
ORD, OEI, and the regions need to collaborate more
effectively to support this important effort.
EIMS
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Recommended Actions
B.5. OBSTACLE: Accessing the best and sufficient pollutant-specific chemical, physical,
and toxicological data, including data on mixtures, to facilitate sound science in
regional, state, tribal, and local-level decision making.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
B.S.a. The Agency should provide appropriate support
to maintain valuable Agency databases, e.g., ambient air
and water quality data, Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS ), and Ecotox. For example, air toxics is
an important area where EPA's ability to characterize
health impacts is limited and existing toxicological data
do not adequately support health risk characterizations
for many pollutants.
Office of the Science
Advisor/Science Policy Council
(OSA/SPC) coordination
NRSC input
National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) or IRIS
NHEERL (Ecotox)
Program office databases
B.S.b. ORD needs to enhance its research efforts in
understanding the effects of biological and chemical
mixtures and provide a mechanism (e.g., a database) to
share this information. This information should be made
available to the regions through the Regional Science
Portal. Additionally, this recommendation would serve
to fill existing gaps in information (e.g., toxicological)
needed by the regions to appropriately address pressing
and emerging environmental issues.
Plan the research and transfer of
science on chemical mixtures
within Human Health/Eco MYP
Coordination with Multi-Media
RCT
Post results on Regional Science
Portal
B.6. OBSTACLE: Accessing an Agency-wide accepted list of human health and
ecological endpoints and benchmarks.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
B.6.a. The Agency should establish one reference
standard that should continually reflect the best science
for human health and ecological endpoints and
benchmarks to be used by all program offices and
regions to establish consistency in the use of science in
regional, state, tribal, and local-level decision making.
SPC
Risk Assessment Forum (RAF)
(NCEA)
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C.I.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Accessing national, expert peer reviewers without a budget or
contractor support is very difficult. Many of the regions' major science projects are
performed in-house with minimal budget.
Suggestion
C.l.a. The Agency should provide funding or contractor
support for peer review for in-house projects that
otherwise have no budget.
ORD Recommended Actions
• SPC
• DRAs
C.2. OBSTACLE: No Agency requirement exists for externally-generated science
products to meet the same level of peer review required of Agency-generated
science.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
C.2.a. The Agency should promote the use of the
assessment factors outlined in the document, "A
Summary of General Assessment Factors for Evaluating
the Quality of Scientific and Technical Information."
The intent of the assessment factors is to promote the
generation of external science products meeting EPA's
internal peer-review standards.
SPC
OEI, programs and regions
through their Information Quality
Guidelines Coordinators
C.3. OBSTACLE: Timing associated with the external peer review process, which can be
time and resource intensive, conflicts with the time constraints associated with
regional decisions.
Suggestion
CJ.a. The Agency should provide a mechanism
allowing fast track peer reviews for issues needing
immediate attention.
ORD Recommended Actions
SPC
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C.4.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Identifying the appropriate peer reviewers is difficult, particularly in
the areas of emerging science, e.g., genomics, and emerging pollutants, e.g.,
Pharmaceuticals.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
C.4.a. The Science Advisory Board (SAB) should
share their list of experts with the regions through a
website or national database linked to the Regional
Science Portal.
• Regions and ORD to work with
SAB for Regional Science Portal
link
C.4.b. The regions should seek ORD's advice on how
to identify and implement appropriate peer-review
mechanisms.
Media managers work with
appropriate regions on appropriate
level
ORD to share with regions its lists
of experts for peer review
See C.S.a
D.I. OBSTACLE: Identifying an institutional infrastructure for the regions to: 1)
advocate the scientific process, 2) resolve scientific debates, and 3) ensure sound
science, including recent scientific advances, is appropriately incorporated into the
Agency decision-making processes.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
D.l.a. Regions should consider appointing a senior-
level Science Advisor, who possesses an understanding
of how decision making can be strengthened by science
and weakened by uncertainty. The proposed Advisor
would serve as a science advocate to assist in
negotiating scientific debates and incorporating sound
science, including recent scientific advances into
regional decisions as appropriate.
• OSA
• Regions (RAs and DRAs)
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D.2.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Identifying Agency guidance that sufficiently incorporates scientific
advances. Where guidance does incorporate the latest scientific advances, it needs to
do so clearly and to provide for unique regional needs. Otherwise, regions may use
outdated guidances that are more widely understood.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
D.2.a. ORD and the program offices should ensure
early regional involvement in policy and guidance
development. Early regional involvement will
facilitate guidances responsive to regional needs and
will promote consistent implementation across and
within regions and states.
Administrator's 45-day task force
addressed this issue
Use of analytic blueprints
OEI regulatory training course
D.2.b. Program offices should provide training on
the use of new guidance, obtain regular feedback
from the regions on guidance effectiveness, assess
the need for appropriate guidance updates or
revisions, and act on identified needs.
No immediate ORD action
D.2.C. Regions should be encouraged to develop
voluntary cross-regional agreements to more
systematically identify, develop, review, and
institute more uniform regional guidance materials.
ORD/OSA support of actions initiated by
the regions
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Recommended Actions
D.3. OBSTACLE: Accessing adequate data in comprehensive formats, e.g., multimedia,
to adequately characterize communities and ecosystems to facilitate regional
comprehensive community/ecosystem protection planning.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
D.3.a. The Agency should provide tools to make
relevant environmental data available in a
comprehensive format to: 1) identify individual
permittee impacts on communities/ecosystems (e.g.,
identify those "20-percent" of dischargers causing "80-
percent" of the problem in a given
community/ecosystem), 2) identify which
communities/ecosystems within a region need priority
attention (e.g., facilitate development of a
community/ecosystem triage system that would include
Environmental Justice-related issues), 3) better
understand the interactions among air, water, and land
pollutant discharges and habitat alterations in each
community/ecosystem, 4) facilitate improved targeting
of limited regional resources, and 5) measure the
success of Agency programs and regional/state
implementation efforts.
Additional discussion of
recommendation intent
Primarily OEI "Report on the
Environment"
EMAP/ReVA
EIMS
Evaluate the transfer of science
within MYPs
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D.4.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Obtaining sufficient ability and knowledge to: 1) identify and remedy
existing science needs, 2) forecast future science needs, and 3) address emerging
pollution issues.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
D.4.a. The Agency's recent "Draft Report on the
Environment 2003" discusses the need to develop
better indicators to: 1) measure and track the state of
the environment and 2) support improved
environmental decision-making. Follow up to this
report's recommendations will help the regions
improve their ability to strategically plan and measure
success, forecast future science needs, and better
predict and address emerging issues. The requested
follow-up should include appropriate support for
regional monitoring and data collection for selected
indicators.
Regional participation on MYP
writing teams for indicator
development
Regional science topic workshop on
environmental indicators in FY04
FEM focus
*D.4.b. The regions should institutionalize a process to
efficiently and effectively increase communication and
coordination among the various planning groups and
technical work groups, e.g., Regional Science
Councils, NRSC, Research Coordination Teams,
Ecological Risk Assessment Forum, Ground Water
Forum, Toxic Sediments Team, etc.
No immediate ORD action
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D.5.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Obtaining sufficient mechanisms to collectively speak as one regional
voice in the Agency planning and budgeting process to address regional science
needs.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
D.S.a. EPA should establish a National Program
Manager (NPM) for Science to provide a stable
institutional voice. The NPM could be supported by the
NRSC, which serves as a regional network. A possible
location for this position would be the Science Advisor's
office.
OSA
*D.5.b. Regions should implement a more systematic
mechanism to collectively identify common,
overlapping, and priority regional science issues to
facilitate participation in the Agency's planning and
budgeting process. This mechanism would incorporate
each region's strategic planning, various states of the
region report findings, and state and tribal input as
appropriate.
• NRSC
• RSLs
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D.6.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Obtaining sufficient ability to effectively incorporate regional science
needs into ORD's planning and budgeting process. _____
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
*D.6.a. Regional managers should become more
knowledgeable of and participate in both ORD and
the Agency's planning and budgeting process.
Regional managers should encourage and support
staff participation in appropriate planning and
budgeting activities to facilitate decisions reflecting
regional needs.
Revisit Henry Longest's letter of July
25,2000 regarding ORD Planning
Regional participation on MYP
writing teams and RCT
representatives
NRSC
*D.6.b. Regions need more representatives on some
of ORD RCTs to adequately represent regional
research needs and regions need to be more
proactive in identifying and advocating regional
research needs to ORD and the program offices.
See D.6.a
*D.6.c. Regions should consider having the regional
RCT representatives serve a longer period than the
current 2-year lead-region cycle. Note: the
implementation of Recommendation A.l.b. could
address this obstacle and substitute for this
recommendation. The HSTL and other media
program equivalents could serve as the regional RCT
representatives.
See D.6.a
*D.6.d. The Lead Region Coordinator and the
regional RCT representatives need to be selected, in
place, and knowledgeable of the ORD planning
process prior to the beginning of the relevant fiscal-
year ORD planning cycle. The implementation of
Recommendation A. 1 ,b. could serve to partially
address this obstacle and this recommendation. See
above recommendation.
See D.6.a
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E.I.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: Decreasing (or fixed) RS&T lab budgets and increasing
nondiscretionary costs, e.g., security costs and building rental/maintenance fees.
Suggestion
ORD Recommended Actions
E.I.a. EPA should establish a National Program
Manager for Regional Science. At present, the
RS&T Lab Budget and the Capital Equipment Fund,
supporting laboratory equipment, is located in the
Office of the Administrator's budget framework
where it is somewhat isolated as an operational
expense item and vulnerable to budget cuts. A new
institutional home for this function such as the
Office of the Science Advisor, could be a more
robust advocate for these needs.
OSA
Regional RS&T Directors
E.l.b. EPA should create a Regional Applied
Science Effort (RASE), funded by all the program
offices, analogous to ORD's Regional Applied
Research Effort (RARE). The Proposed RASE
should provide direct resources to the regions to
address unique local-level regional science-related
issues.
Work with programs and regions as
needed to support development, using
existing RARE process as a model
SeeA.l.b
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Science in Regional Decision Making
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
E.2.
Regional Suggestions and ORD
Recommended Actions
OBSTACLE: The regions have difficulty obtaining sufficient capacity to conduct
certain cutting-edge testing, e.g., PCB congeners and dioxins/furans, and lack
sufficient extramural funds to hire outside lab support. Additionally, regions do not
have the equipment to analyze extremely low pollutant concentrations, e.g., offsite
drift associated with aerial spraying of pesticides.
Suggestion
E.2.a. EPA should increase resources available to
support the regions' ability to conduct cutting-edge
testing and to analyze for ultra-low pollutant
concentrations.
E.2.b. EPA should consider expanding the Regional
Centers of Excellence concept to address unique regional
needs in a cost-effective manner.
ORD Recommended Actions
No immediate ORD action
No immediate ORD action
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ORD Regional Science
Program
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD
Hazardous Substance Technical Liaison (HSTL)
Program
Regional Research Partnership (RRP) Program
Regional Science Topic Workshops
Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) Program
Regional Methods (RM) Program
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) are regional scientists who manage, implement and facilitate
ORD's Regional Science Program. This program provides ORD with a clear understanding of
the regions' high-priority science issues and research needs. It supports the planning and conduct
of this research and helps the regions, states and tribes apply ORD science results to their risk
assessment and decision-making.
The RSLs are responsible for leading the planning and conduct of Regional Science Topic
Workshops, administering the Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) and Regional Methods
(RM) Program, and supporting the development of regional input to the multi-year research
planning process. They are expected to communicate science to the regions, states and tribes
through a variety of other mechanisms on topics of regional interest. Job tasks include
coordinating visits and presentations by ORD scientists, working with Science to Achieve
Results (STAR) Program grant recipients, facilitating guest lectures, and organizing science fairs
and training courses. For more information regarding RSLs and their activities, visit
http://www.eDa.eov/osp/regions.htm.
Examples of RSL Activities in FY03
Regional Science Portal; Over this past year,
Robert Hillger, RSL for EPA New England,
led a collaborative effort with ORD to design
and develop a Regional Science Portal for the
web. This effort was built on the premise that
the regions wanted to be able to obtain
important Agency science information
relevant to the regions' missions via a "one-
stop shopping" site. EPA New England
Science Survey results indicated that most of
the science needs of regional staff could be
easily addressed through such a site; this was
corroborated by the other regions at the
January 2004 Region/ORD Science Summit.
The new Regional Science Portal provides all
staff and management with easy desktop
access to what the regions are doing in their
regional science councils; updates on
technical publications and research projects
from the ORD national laboratories and
centers; access to ORD experts on keyword-
searchable science topics; and links to many
other important EPA and extra-Agency
science web sites.
Genomics Seminar Series; Roseanne
Lorenzana, the RSL in Region 10, planned
and facilitated a seminar series on the rapidly
expanding new field of genomics. This series
contained eight 2-hour sessions that were
conducted over a 5-month period. She staged
the training course, starting with background
science presentations and progressing to more
complex applications of genomics to risk
assessment issues. Several ORD scientists
were featured speakers on topics relating to
cross-species extrapolation, definition of
susceptible populations, and utilization of
genomics in risk assessment and decision-
making. Roseanne facilitated the participation
of other regions via teleconferencing. CDs of
the entire series will be prepared for
distribution to each region. In addition, ORD
will prepare audio-video training modules for
the regions and other audiences on molecular
biological applications to health and
environmental risk assessment.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD
Molecular Biology Applications: Ron
Landy, the RSL in Region 3, raised the issue
of the validity of microbial source tracking
methodologies and the need for ORD to help
provide guidance on these methods,
which are already in use despite all the
methodological uncertainties. In collaboration
with Bobbye Smith, the RSL in Region 9, a
Science Results Integration project was
developed to more actively transfer molecular
methods to the regions along with highlights
of the uncertainties associated with the
methods.
In collaboration with the Region 3 Water
Management Division, a workshop was held
in Philadelphia highlighting the pros and cons
of these methods. This very successful
meeting was attended by all five mid-Atlantic
regions and highlighted the potential for ORD
to provide guidance in this area. Ron
continues to work with the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL)
and other components of ORD to find cost-
effective ways to transfer the technologies
being developed in ORD to the regions.
Bobbye organized and executed a series of
training courses during February 2003 for
molecular biology concepts and technology
transfer. Working with scientists from
NERL/Cincinnati and NRMRL/Cincinnati,
she helped develop a curriculum to train
Region 9 managers and staff and then staff
from other federal, state, and tribal
environmental agencies on the basic concepts
of molecular biology and three important
applications:
1. Technology transfer of a fish gene
expression bioassay for estrogenic
chemical exposure,
2. Pros and cons of microbial source
tracking techniques, and
3. Field-identification of genetically
modified crop plants.
The curriculum, consisting of PowerPoint
presentations and videotapes of the lectures
and laboratory demonstrations, will soon be
available to EPA staff.
STAR Grant Symposia in the Regions: This
past year, EPA New England and ORD
collaborated to host the first STAR Grant
Seminar Series. Robert Hillger, the region's
RSL, coordinated with the Regional Science
Council and ORD to facilitate the process of
designing and developing the seminar in
Boston. Grant recipients in the New England
area came together to speak to regional
management and staff about their latest
research results on topics selected by the
region.
The success of this event fostered similar
seminars organized by the following RSLs:
Thomas Baugh, Region 4; David Macarus,
Region 5; Michael Callahan, Region 6;
Brenda Groskinsky, Region 7; and Bobbye
Smith, Region 9. Symposia are scheduled for
Regions 3 and 8. Staff and managers from
federal and state environmental regulatory
and resource agencies and tribes were among
the more than 100 attendees at each of these
events. The symposia have led to additional
collaboration between regions and researchers
in local universities on projects directed
toward high-priority regional science issues.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD
Emerging Pollutants Workshop: David
Macarus, the RSL in Region 5, led the EPA
planning activities for the Region/ORD
Emerging Pollutants Workshop, held August
11-14, 2003, in Chicago, IL. David
successfully designed the workshop to serve
as a forum for articulating what is known
about the sources, fate, and effects of selected
emerging pollutants and the identification of
major scientific knowledge gaps. The selected
focus areas represented the opinions of a wide
cross-section of EPA's scientists and were
key issues for the more than 120 attendees
from inside and outside the Agency. David's
innovative thinking led to the participation of
Janet Raloff, a journalist for Science News,
who presented a media perspective on the
workshop topics and published articles on
some of the issues in her journal.
Regional SBIR Projects: During the past
year, Patti Tyler, the RSL in Region 8, took
the initiative and added her region to a
growing list of those who are taking
advantage of an opportunity provided by the
National Center for Environmental Research
(NCER)/ORD to develop solicitations for
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
targeted to high priority regional needs. In
collaboration with Jim Gallup, NCER, Patti
facilitated a process to characterize the high-
priority science needs of the region, its states,
and tribes; these were then developed into
SBIR solicitations for research. SBIR
dedicates approximately $2 M to each
regional initiative.
Patti coordinated the region's involvement in
a Small Business Workshop to assist potential
grant applicants and the EPA relevancy
review of the project proposals received. Final
funding decisions will be made in January
2004. (Patti, like her colleagues, Robert
Hillger, the RSL in Region 1 and Bobbye
Smith, the RSL in Region 9, will continue to
track progress of the ftmded projects.)
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) to ORD
Region 1
Robert Hillger
USEPA-RAA
One Congress Street #1100
Boston, MA 02114-2023
Ph: 617-918-1071 (M,W,F)
Ph: 781-863-4342 (T,Th)
Fx: 617-918-1029
Region 2
Ariel Iglesias
USEPA Region 2
2890 Woodbridge Ave.,
MS-215
Edison, NJ 08837
Ph: 732-452-6426 (NJ)
212-637-3585 (NY)
Fx: 732-321-4381 (NJ)
212-637-5024 (NY)
Region 3
Ron Landy
USEPA-3ES01
Environmental Science
Center
701 MapesRd.
Fort Meade, MD 20755-
5350
Ph: 410-305-2757
Fx: 410-305-3095
Region 4
Tom Baugh
USEPA Region 4
61ForsythSt. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
Ph: 404-562-8275
Fx: 404-562-8269
Region 5
David Macarus
USEPA-B19J
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Ph:312-353-5814
Fx: 312-353-5374
Region 6
Mike Callahan
USEPA-6RA-D
1445 Ross Ave., #1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Ph: 214-665-2787
Fx: 214-665-6648
Region 7
Brenda Groskinsky
USEPA-ENSV
901 North Fifth St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Ph: 913-551-7188
Fx: 913-551-9188
Region 8
Patti Tyler
USEPA-Region 8
999 18th St., #300
Denver, CO 80202-2466
Ph: 303-312-6081
Fx: 303-312-7828
Region 9
Bobbye Smith
USEPA-PMD-1
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
Ph: 415-972-3735
Fx: 415-947-8025
Region 10
Roseanne Lorenzana
USEPA-OEA 095
1200 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Ph: 206-553-8002
Fx: 206-553-0119
Regional Science Program
Team Leader
David Klauder
USEPA8104S
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW
Washington, DC 20460
Ph: 202-564-6496
Fx: 202-565-2925
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ORD Regional Science Program U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison
(HSTL) Program
The Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison (HSTL) Program was created in 1990 as a joint
effort of ORD, the regions and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER).
The purpose of the program is to expand the technical support available to regional staff by:
facilitating access to ORD laboratories, national centers, and ORD Headquarters through the use
of a liaison; providing and facilitating ORD's technical support programs in regional OSWER
programs; and promoting the use of sound science and engineering in regional decision-making
in the OSWER programs.
The goals of the HSTL Program are to:
• Facilitate the incorporation of sound science and technology into regional environmental
management decisions and actions,
• Facilitate the planning and implementation of ORD's research and technical support programs
to support and assist the OSWER programs,
• Provide feedback to ORD laboratories, ORD national centers, and ORD Headquarters on how
to improve regional products and services,
• Build ORD-supported technical capacity in the regional OSWER programs, and
• Facilitate interactions with other organizations involved in environmental research
To accomplish these goals, HSTLs are assigned to individual regions. These key personnel are
ORD senior scientists and engineers from the regional Superfund offices who have daily
interaction with project managers on the federal level, such as those from the Superfund
Remedial Project, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Project, and Federal
Facility Project, as well as regional management and scientists. The HSTLs facilitate
communications between ORD laboratories and the regions, coordinate and facilitate support
efforts, organize workshops and other means to address major science and technology issues of
high priority to the regions, and provide technical assistance, advice, and training to the regional
OSWER staff and management. For more information about the HSTL Program or liaison
activities, visit http://www.epa.gov/osp. The following examples highlight some of the activities
of the HSTLs.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison
(HSTL) Program
Examples of HSTL Activities in FY03
Energy Management at Waste Cleanup
Sites; Mike Gill, Region 9 HSTL, co-
authored a draft issue paper from the OSWER
sponsored Engineering Forum titled "Energy
Conservation and Production at Waste
Cleanup Sites," which he presented at the
2003 RCRA National Meeting in Washington
DC. Pursuing one of the report
recommendations, he and John Barich,
Region 10 HSTL, created a cooperative
agreement with the Northwest Pollution
Prevention Resource Center to develop an
"energy calculator" to inform waste site
managers of opportunities to reduce energy
use at waste sites, which are major
contributors to the Nation's environmental
sector energy demand. In accordance with
EPA's One Cleanup Program-Resource
Recovery Challenge and Executive Order
13123, the issue paper/energy calculator will
help project managers within EPA, states, and
industry identify ways to conserve energy at
cleanup sites within Superfund, RCRA and
Brownfields hazardous waste programs.
Hazardous Substances Newsletter and
Links Page: Mike Gill, Region 9 HSTL,
distributes a hazardous substances
informational newsletter quarterly to over 800
participants, including Superfund/RCRA
project managers, researchers, engineers, and
the lay public. This newsletter, a unique
publication offering information compiled
from a number of EPA and other sources,
provides the reader quick access to the latest
ORD guidance documents, upcoming
courses/conferences, and miscellaneous ORD
technology demonstrations and study
summaries relating to hazardous waste. Mike
also maintains an active web portal that
provides "one-stop shopping" access to
government, academic and industry web sites
dedicated to both hazardous waste site
characterization and remediation
technologies. The newsletter is located at
http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/
progsupp/hstlnews. html.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison
(HSTL) Program
Pacific Northwest Prinking
Water/Wastewater Security Workshop:
Keeping our Nation's drinking water and
wastewater systems safe is the responsibility
of many organizations and government
agencies. Although many of the needed
resources, including technologies and
expertise, are readily available from these
agencies, an informational gap still exists
between the organizations with needs and the
organizations with the solutions. To meet this
challenge, John Barich, Region 10 HSTL,
coordinated a steering committee composed
of a number of government agencies and
Pacific Northwest stakeholders to organize
and stage a workshop in Seattle, Washington.
The 200 participants attending represented
EPA, DOE, DOD, and other agencies, as well
as utilities and local government, public
health officials, emergency responders,
environmental regulators, law enforcement
officials and association representatives from
the national, state and local levels.
Representatives from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,
Washington, and the adjoining Canadian
provinces attended. Workshop participants
collaborated to assess needs and apply
available resources in solving homeland
security challenges that affect drinking water
and wastewater facilities and systems.
Scientist Exchange with Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory; John Barich, Region 10 HSTL,
assisted the region in designing and
implementing a scientist exchange program
with DOE's Idaho National Engineering and
Environmental Laboratory, the only national
laboratory with a formal interagency
agreement with ORD to provide technical
support to the Superfund Program. The goal
of the exchange program is to improve
interagency science cooperation between all
regional programs and one of the major
federal research laboratories located within
Region 10. The first exchange, implemented
this year, involved a DOE scientist being
assigned to the high-priority Region 10
mining program.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison
(HSTL) Program
Innovative Remediation Technologies at
Caldwell Trucking Superfund Site; Jon
Josephs, Region 2 HSTL, coordinated support
efforts at the Caldwell Trucking Superfund
Site, addressing a proposal by potential
responsible party (PRP) representatives to use
an in situ zero-valent iron reactive barrier in
1 ieu of the pump-and-treat ground water
remediation system previously selected by the
region. ORD efforts supported a regional
decision to install a reactive iron barrier and
zero-valent iron reactor to intercept/treat
contaminated ground water before it enters a
tributary upstream of a drinking water intake.
HSTL/ORD support also focused on
contaminant source ground water remediation
at the site, allowing the region to authorize a
pilot-scale in situ bioremediation system,
utilizing exogenous microorganisms, to
promote degradation of chlorinated solvents.
Based on the performance of the pilot-scale
system in reducing contaminant
concentrations, Region 2 authorized PRPs to
submit a Focused Feasibility Study (FFS) to
serve as the basis for a decision on source
area ground water remediation. This
bioremediation system has the potential to
greatly accelerate the rate of site cleanup
compared to the alternative of pumping and
treating the ground water, with the FFS
expected to quantify significant savings in
cleanup time and costs.
Diamond Alkali Superfund Site/Passaic
River; Pesticides and herbicides were
manufactured at the Diamond Alkali
Superfund Site located in Newark, NJ,
adjacent to the Passaic River. During the
Vietnam War, the herbicide Agent Orange
was manufactured at the site and dioxin, an
unintended byproduct, was released into the
environment. Jon Josephs, Region 2
HSTL, provided technical support and
bioremediation research related to this site.
Laboratory-scale bioremediation studies using
Passaic River sediments revealed for the first
time that the most toxic dioxin congener
(2378-TCDD) could be microbially
dechlorinated to less toxic congeners. A
hydrogen-enhanced bioremediation process
was recently selected by EPA's SITE Program
for demonstration with Pearl Harbor
sediments, which are contaminated with
PCBs and dioxins. If successful, a relatively
low-cost remediation technology could
become available for treating sediments
contaminated by PCBs and/or dioxins.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison
(HSTL) Program
Region 1
Steve Mangion
U.S. EPA
One Congress St.
Boston, MA 02114-2023
Ph: 617/918-1452
Region 2
Jon Josephs
U.S. EPA
290 Broadway, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10007-1866
Ph: 212/637-4317
Region 5
To be determined
U.S. EPA
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Region 6
To be determined
U.S. EPA
1445 Ross Ave.,# 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Region 9
Mike Gill
U.S. EPA
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-
3901
Ph: 415/972-3054
Region 10
John Barich
U.S. EPA
1200SixthAve.
Seattle, WA 98101
Ph: 206/553-8562
Region 3
Norm Kulujian
U.S. EPA
1650 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2029
Ph: 215/814-3130
Region 4
Felicia Barnett
U.S. EPA
61 ForsythSt.
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
Ph: 404/562-8659
Region 7
Robert Mournighan
U.S. EPA
901 North Fifth St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Ph: 913/551-7913
Region 8
To be determined
U.S. EPA
999 18th St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202-2466
HSTL Program
Coordinator
Richard (Dick) Garnas
USEPA8104S
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW
Washington, DC 20460
Ph: 202-564-6785
Fx: 202-565-2925
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Research Partnership (RRP)
Program
The RRP Program provides professional
development opportunities for regional
technical staff through short-term training
with ORD scientists. The program, which was
announced in January 2003 and implemented
in June 2003, provides regional scientists with
the unique opportunity of working directly
with ORD scientists in the ORD laboratories
and centers.
The goals of the RRP Program are to:
• Establish linkages between regional
technical staff and colleagues in ORD
laboratories and centers, thereby fostering
the development of long-term relationships
in support of regional science needs and
ORD research objectives.
• Establish a formal professional development
opportunity for regional technical staff that
is based on a competitive process, provides
recognition of achievement, and offers an
opportunity to perform field or laboratory
research in their discipline.
• Assist the regions in the planning and
maintenance of their technical staff training.
Each region has the opportunity to select one
regional scientist each year to participate in
the program. Research proposals to be
conducted by each program participant must
be developed in collaboration with the
appropriate host ORD Laboratory or Center.
The Regional Science Liaisons to ORD are
available to facilitate intra-regional
solicitation and selection processes and to
assist eligible program candidates with their
proposals and necessary ORD contacts. For
more information regarding the RRP
Program, visit http://www.epa.gov/osp.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Research Partnership (RRP)
Program
RRP Program Assignments
Regional
Scientist
John King
Region 1
Khin-Cho
Thaung
Region 3
Daniel Ahern
Region 4
Jim Harrison
Region 4
Bonita Johnson
Region 4
Michael Davis
Region 5
Mary White
Region 5
Jay Hua
Region 7
Toney Ott
Region 8
Matthew Small
Region 9
Stephanie
Harris
Region 10
ORD Mentor/Duty Station
Elizabeth Wilson / NRMRL
Air Pollution Prevention and
Control Division, RTP, NC
EdHeithmar/NERL
Environmental Sciences
Division, Las Vegas, NV
Dave Tingey and Bill Hogsett /
NHEERL Western Ecology
Division, Corvallis, OR
Sandra Bird / NERL
Ecosystems Research Division,
Athens, GA
Marirosa Molina / NERL
Ecosystems Research Division,
Athens, GA
Walter Frick/ NERL
Ecosystems Research Division,
Athens, GA
Bruce Jones / NERL
Environmental Sciences
Division, Las Vegas, NV
Jorge Santo Domingo /
NRMRL, Water Supply and
Water Resources Division,
Cincinnati, OH
Daniel Kluza/NCEA,
Washington, DC
Jim Weaver /NERL
Ecosystems Research Division,
Athens, GA
Frank Schaefer / NHSRC
Center, Cincinnati, OH
Research Efforts
NE-MARKAL model training and
work with the Northeast States for
Coordinated Air Use Management
The development and application of
analytical speciation techniques for
risk assessments on arsenic
contamination issues
The relationship of terrestrial
ecosystems to manganese emission
from wood burning
The impervious area estimation and
forecasting in Region 4
The development of a DNA library
of enterococci species
Modeling discharge flows to rivers
and lakes to track thermal and
pathogen plume movement
Land cover diversity measured by
satellite as a proxy for biodiversity
The use of bacteriodes 16S rDNA
sequences to discriminate between
sources of fecal contamination
The investigation and evaluation of
current methods for applicability to
predict and map riparian aquatic
nonindigenous/invasive plant species
The evaluation and risks of exposure
to total petroleum hydrocarbons
The development of enhanced
isolation methods for Bacillus
anthracis
Assignment
Duration
10/03
through
4/04
10/03
through
4/04
7/03
through
12/03
6/03, started,
but currently
on hold
7/03
through
1/04
FY04
assignment
10/03
through
4/04
Summer
2003
6/03
through
12/03
7/03
through
1/04
FY04
assignment
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Science Topic Workshops
Each year, the EPA sponsors its Regional
Science Topic Workshop Series. These
educational seminars are conducted to
establish a better cross-Agency understanding
of the science applicable to specific region-
selected human health and/or ecological
topics. They provide EPA scientists with
direct access to a network of colleagues,
which allows the continuous exchange of
information and ideas as the Agency moves
forward in research, risk management and
further education.
As part of the program, the regions can select
up to three high-priority science issues for
workshops every year. These workshops
address the science issues of greatest
importance to the regions in the selected topic
area. Each workshop is planned and
conducted by a team of regional, ORD, and
other interested EPA scientists, led by a
regional chairperson, and facilitated by one or
more RSLs. Participants maintain the cross-
Agency science networks they establish at the
workshops through planned post-workshop
projects and activities. These activities
include the identification of collaborative
research opportunities, creation of
information-sharing mechanisms like
interactive web sites, and development of
science fact sheets for regional use.
Since 1999, workshops have been held on
asthma, communicating ORD science, the
Fully Integrated Environmental Location
Decision Support (FIELDS) System,
nonindigenous species, pesticides, endocrine
disruptors, emerging pathogens, aquatic life
criteria, critical ecosystems, air toxics,
cumulative risk assessment, emerging
pollutants, and inhalation risk assessment. For
more information regarding the Regional
Science Workshops, visit the OSP web site at
http://www.epa.gov/osp
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Regional Science Topic Workshops
2003 Regional Science Workshops
Emerging Pollutants Workshop
August 11-14, 2003 in Chicago, IL; 120 attendees, including representatives from all 10 regions,
ORD, EPA program offices, and invited outside guests
The workshop included: the presentation of data and information on the less-discussed emerging
issues, more visible emerging issues, re-emerging issues, and a look into the future; breakout and
plenary discussions focused on future risks, knowledge gaps, and pollution prevention/risk
reduction options for each of the pollutants; and advice on how EPA scientists and managers can
work more effectively with the media. Planned workshop outcomes include an effort to develop
a process for identifying and prioritizing emerging pollutants, and getting priority problems onto
the agenda for Agency action.
Inhalation Risk Assessment Workshop
September 9-12, 2003 in Washington, DC; over 70 attendees, including representatives from
EPA program offices, regions, and ORD laboratories
This EPA-only workshop focused on the establishment of a better understanding of the science
to conduct inhalation risk assessments, the application of this science to Superfund inhalation
assessment paradigms, the assessment of these methods relative to those historically used at
Superfund sites, the identification of key gaps in the science, and the discussion of Superfund
issues associated with implementation of the science relative to current guidance. One outcome
of the workshop was the formation of an OSRTI-led workgroup for the development of new
Superfund guidance on inhalation risk assessment to be based on the conclusions reached at the
workshop.
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Regional Science Topic Workshops
2002 Regional Science Workshops
Critical Ecosystems
June 17-20,2002 at the Keystone Center, CO; 72 attendees, including 35 from the regions and
18 from ORD
The workshop included: presentations by EPA scientists and invited speakers from academia,
non-governmental organizations, and other federal agencies on methods, current research, and
case studies on critical ecosystem assessment; a breakout session focused on identifying data
needs that support the Science Advisory Board (SAB) framework; and panel discussions. As an
outcome of the workshop, an Ecosystem Stewardship Enterprise Steering Committee was formed
to integrate the critical ecosystem approach into EPA programs.
Air Toxics Exposure Workshop
June 25 - 27, 2002, in San Francisco, CA; 100 attendees, including 50 from the regions and 16
from ORD
The workshop included: presentations by EPA scientists and invited speakers from private
industry, academia, and state agencies on methods, current research, and case studies regarding
monitoring and modeling, human exposure, and source appointment; breakout sessions focused
on designing an air toxics monitoring network and the discussion of modeling related topics;
interactive exercises; and a presentation on effectively communicating the results of air toxic
exposure assessments to the public. Outcomes of the workshop included the development of the
Air Toxics web site and ORD participation in QAQPS meetings with states in spring of 2003.
Cumulative Risk
November 4-8, 2002 in Dallas, TX; 78 attendees, including 44 from the regions and 10 from
ORD
The workshop included: presentations by EPA scientists and invited speakers from a government
laboratory and a private association on methods, current research, and case studies regarding
cumulative risk assessment; breakout sessions focused on stakeholder involvement, the
development of research recommendations, and "putting it together;" and a policy panel
discussion which addressed the potential effects of cumulative risk assessment at EPA. As a
result of the workshop discussions, a list of action points and research recommendations was
generated. Planned workshop outcomes included follow-up of the issues raised at the workshop
with ORD and the regions, and continued communication about cumulative risk issues.
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Regional Science Topic Workshops
2001 Regional Science Workshops
Emerging Pathogens
September 5-7,2001 in Ft. Meade, MD; 105 attendees, including 40 from the regions and 35
from ORD
The workshop included presentations of current work on methodology development, new data on
pathogens of concern, new EPA regulations or rules that are in the process of revision, and new
or improved approaches for risk assessment and risk management. Outcomes of the workshop
included follow-up Placeware seminars on identified topics, such as bioterrorism.
Aquatic Life and Piscivorous Wildlife Workshop
December 4-7,2001 in Seattle, WA; 95 attendees, including 35 from the regions and 25 from
ORD
During the workshop, regional and ORD scientists presented current work on methodologies
being developed and new data on a variety of aquatic life criteria, as well as new EPA
regulations or rules in the process or revision; and new or improved approaches for biological
assessments. Outcomes of the workshop included the proceedings and the development of a
matrix of known products and activities that address the body of knowledge surrounding this
workshop.
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Regional Science Topic Workshops
2000 Regional Science Workshops
National Nonindigenous Species Workshop
June 12-13, 2000 in Washington, DC; 90 attendees, including 21 from ORD and 22 from the
regions
As the culmination of a series of OSP-sponsored workshops on regional impacts of
nonindigenous species, this workshop addressed the impact that science issues related to
nonindigenous species have on the Agency's ability to implement the mandates and goals that
surfaced in the regional workshops (i.e., wetland protection and restoration, development and
implementation of TMDLs, water quality secondary to ballast water discharges, and the use of
pesticides).
Region/ORD Pesticides Workshop
October 31 - November 2, 2000 in Chicago, IL; 116 attendees, including 33 from ORD and 73
from the regions (21 via Placeware)
This workshop included presentations by regional staff of site-specific case studies of pesticide
use and presentations by representatives of the ORD and Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
describing research studies, measurement tools, data, models, and methodologies relevant to
regional science issues. Outcomes of the workshop included the development of pesticide
science fact sheets and the inclusion of ORD pesticides projects and products on science issues
of interest to regions in EIMS.
Region/ORD Endocrine Disruptors Workshop
May 1-3,2001 in Atlanta, GA; 93 attendees, including 28 from ORD and 47 from the regions
(18 via Placeware)
The workshop included presentations by regional and ORD staff of case studies and research
protocols regarding the major science issues underlying the detection, evaluation, and regulation
of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Outcomes of the workshop included the identification
of potential approaches to improved communication, such as the development of lines of
communication among ORD, regional staff, and local health care professionals, and written
responses to commonly asked questions from the public on EDCs.
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Regional Science Topic Workshops
1999 Regional Science Workshops
Asthma: The Regional Science Issues
June 15-17, 1999 in Washington, DC; 75 attendees, including 22 from ORD and 27 from the
regions
This workshop provided a forum for presentation and discussion between ORD and other EPA
scientists regarding the science available to address asthma-related issues of interest to the
regions. Outcomes of this workshop included the development of the Asthma web site (on the
OSP home page) and a possible collaboration between Region 2 and NHEERL on research in
Catano, Puerto Rico.
Communicating Science Info Fair
October 27-28, 1999 in Washington, DC; 36 on-site/31 off-site attendees, including 19 from
ORD and 42 from the regions
This workshop served as a forum for presenting the results of pilot science communication
projects developed by ORD and regional scientists. Outcomes of this workshop included
demonstrations of the utility of Placeware for remote participation in meetings and EIMS as a
cross-ORD information search and retrieval system.
FIELDS 2000 - The Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support
January 19-20, 2000 in Chicago, IL; approximately 150 attendees from regions, states,
academia, and environmental/engineering consultants; 5 from ORD
Hosted by the Region 5 FIELDS Team and the OSP, this workshop included presentations by
FIELDS Team members and representatives from other organizations describing the FIELDS
technology and how it has and can be used. As an outcome of this workshop, several other
regions are now utilizing FIELDS.
Regional Nonindigenous Species (N1S) Workshops (5)
September 22,1999 in Denver, CO; October 20-21,1999 in Chicago, IL; November 9-10, 1999
in Tampa, FL; December 14, 1999 in San Francisco, CA; June 6-7,2000 in Ft. Meade, MD;
35-75 attendees at each workshop from regions, other federal agencies, and states
Outcomes of these workshops included workshop reports and the characterization of the nature
and magnitude of the human health, ecological, economic, and quality of life problems
associated with the introduction and spread of NIS in each geographic area.
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
The Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program is one approach EPA takes
to promote collaboration between the regions
and ORD. The goals of the program are to:
• Provide the regions with near-term research
on high-priority, region-specific science
needs,
• Improve collaboration between regions and
ORD laboratories and centers, and
• Build a foundation for future scientific
interaction.
ORD provides $200,000 per year to each
region to develop a research topic, which is
then submitted to a specific ORD laboratory
or center as an extramural research proposal.
Once approved, the research is conducted as a
joint effort with ORD researchers and
regional staff working together to meet
region-specific needs. Each region's RSL
coordinates RARE Program activities and is
responsible for ensuring the research results
are effectively communicated and utilized in
the region. The Office of Science Policy
(OSP) has created a web-based training
module for developing a RARE project,
which can be accessed at
http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/regsci/
rare.html.
Past RARE research topics have touched
upon all aspects of environmental sciences,
from human health concerns to ecological
effects of various pollutants. However, the
RARE Program can be used as a tool to
address any type of issue or problem that a
region identifies as a high priority research
need and for which ORD has the necessary
expertise and capability to address.
For more information regarding the RARE
Program or the research projects conducted
under the program, visit www.epa.gov/osD.
Additional information can be found using the
Regional Science Portal at
http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/scienceportal/.
located under Regional Science/Regional
Research Programs.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 1 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Assessing the Habitat Suitability of Mount
Hope Bay. Using Caged Juvenile Winter
Flounder: The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory's (NHEERL) Atlantic
Ecology Division in Narragansett, RI.
Purpose: To compare growth in areas
affected by warm-water effluent from the
Brayton Point Power Station with growth in a
similar habitat unaffected by warm-water
effluent.
Relevance: There is a concern that
anthropogenic changes in water quality may
impact fish habitat.
Description: Comparing growth rates offish
placed in cages in the field is a reliable
method of assessing fish habitat quality and
how habitat alteration affects fish populations.
Rapid growth of juvenile fishes provides a
selective advantage and growth rates are
expected to vary as a function of habitat
quality. The null hypothesis is that there is no
difference in growth between winter flounder
caged in similar warm-water and cool-water
habitats in Mount Hope Bay.
Funding: Funding for this project will go to
several sources:
1. A Cooperative Agreement with the
Environmental Careers Organization to
provide training opportunities for five
students while conducting this research
project;
2. A contract to conduct RND:DNA analysis
to measure growth of juvenile white
flounder, including a stomach content
analysis;
3. A contract task to sort, identify, and
enumerate organisms from 48 benthic core
samples collected in association with this
study; and
4. A contract task to monitor water quality at
two power stations in Mount Hope Bay
and analyze dissolved nutrients.
Anticipated Product: Published report.
Point(s) of Contact: Robert Hillger, Region 1
(617-918-107 l):LesaMeng, NHEERL
Atlantic Ecology Division (401-782-9618).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 1 FY03
Development of a Systematic Approach to
Accurately Measure Trace Levels of
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in
Soil and Sediment Containing High
Moisture to Meet the EPA's Risk Based
Concentrations (RBC) and Preliminary
Remediation Goals (PRG): The research for
this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Exposure
Research Laboratory's (NERL)
Environmental Sciences Division in Las
Vegas, NV.
Purpose: To develop an analytical method
which uses thermal desorption (200-300
degrees) to extract and accurately measure
VOCs in soil and sediment samples to satisfy
the EPA and state regulatory program
requirements.
Relevance: Risk assessment is a crucial
component of the site remediation decision-
making process. The present EPA low level
methods are not capable of measuring many
VOCs at the required levels for risk
assessment, Region 3 Risk Based
Concentration (RBC) levels, Region 9
Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRG) levels,
or the state cleanup levels.
Description: To develop a critically needed
method to accurately measure trace VOCs for
the CLP Superfund Program, RCRA and
Brownfields site redevelopments, and the
various state programs in Region 1.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the General Services Administration.
Anticipated Product: A systematic approach
to accurately measure trace levels of VOCs in
soil and sediment containing high moisture
content.
Point(s) of Contact: Robert Hillger, Region 1
(617-918-1071); Brian Schumacher, NERL,
Environmental Sciences Division (702-798-
2242).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 2 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Outdoor Shooting Range Lead
Management Practices for Wooded or
Rough Terrain: The research for this project
is being conducted in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Land Remediation
and Pollution Control Division in Cincinnati,
OH.
Purpose: To assess and document new,
innovative, effective, low-cost, simple and
readily available technology for management
practices at outdoor shooting ranges,
especially in hilly and wooded terrain, and
including sporting clays courses.
Relevance: The current shot/bullet
reclamation technology that has been
identified and outlined in an existing Region 2
guidance manual titled "Best Management
Practices (BMPs) for Lead at Outdoor
Shooting Ranges," is best for ranges with
relatively flat land without trees or heavy or
large vegetation. New technology is needed to
facilitate lead recovery in hilly, wooded
terrain.
Description: Region 2 has published a
guidance manual on how shooting ranges can
utilize BMPs to control lead migration at
outdoor shooting ranges, including lead
shot/bullet reclamation at shooting ranges,
using existing technology. This reclamation
technology works best on ranges with
relatively flat land without trees or heavy or
large vegetation. In many other parts of the
country, however, current reclamation
technology is not effective, particularly in
hilly, wooded areas. Supplemental, but
standalone, practices are needed for lead
reclamation on shooting ranges in hilly,
wooded terrain and for sporting clay ranges.
Funding: Funding for this project will go to a
contractor who will work in coordination with
EPA, the Interstate Technology and
Regulatory Council (ITRC), National
Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR), the
Federal Executive Board-Roundtable on
Technology, the National Rifle Association of
America (NRA), other shooting groups and
federal agencies. Information will be gathered
on currently available and emerging
technology in the United States and
internationally used for lead shot/bullet
reclamation as well as innovative technology
and approaches for reducing mobility
(solubility) of lead on shooting ranges.
Anticipated Product: Publication which
identifies new and innovative technologies
that could be used by ranges to reclaim or
minimize the mobility of lead at shooting
ranges.
Point(s) of Contact: Ariel Iglesias, Region 2
(732-452-6426); Edward Bates, NRMRL,
Land Remediation and Pollution Control
Division (513-569-7774).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 2 FY03
Resuspension of Asbestos-Contaminated
Dust from Porous Media; Evaluating the
Relationship Between Asbestos
Concentration in Carpet and Indoor Air:
The research for this project is being
conducted in collaboration with the National
Risk Management Research Laboratory's
(NRMRL) Air Pollution Prevention and
Control Division in RTF, NC.
Purpose: To determine the relationship
between asbestos concentration in carpet and
that resuspended into indoor air and during
human activities (walking and vacuuming).
Relevance: Resuspended fibers have not been
well characterized in regard to the fraction
contributing to indoor air PM or horizontal
surface loading. Presently, the sampling
methods that have been employed for
measuring asbestos fibers in carpet have not
been systematically studied to relate the
concentration to that in indoor air, and,
therefore, exposure potential.
Description: The overall objective of this
project is to determine the relationship
between asbestos concentrations in carpet,
and that resuspended into indoor air during
human activities. To achieve this objective,
this work shall:
1. Investigate fiber resuspension from
carpeted flooring surfaces due to human
activities such as walking and vacuuming
(in relation to vertical height);
2. Relate resuspension of fibers to fiber
concentration present in the carpeted
surface (source strength); and,
3. Relate this work to current EPA and
American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) methods for
determining asbestos in carpets if
resources permit.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract with the
Research Triangle Institute (RTI). RTI is
uniquely qualified to carry out the work
necessary to evaluate fiber resuspension due
to human activity. Its laboratory is the
standard for all other asbestos laboratories in
the United States (it evaluates all other
laboratories), and is currently used to conduct
asbestos fibers studies.
Anticipated Product: A report to include
fiber emission factors from walking and
vacuuming carpeted flooring; air
concentrations of fibers including total and
those taken at varying heights to simulate
walking and vacuuming carpeted flooring;
relation of emission rates to deposition
loadings in carpets; and (if resources permit),
relation of carpet fiber loadings to the results
that would be obtained from current
asbestos/carpet characterization
methodologies.
Point(s) of Contact: Ariel Iglesias, Region 2
(732-452-6426); Jacky Rosati, NRMRL Air
Pollution Prevention and Control Division
(919-541-9429).
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U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 2 FY03
Composites: Analysis of Sediment
Reinforced Composites from Sustainable
Source Development and Determination of
the Resistance to Environmental
Degradation: The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Land Remediation
and Pollution Control Division in Cincinnati,
OH.
Purpose: To evaluate the mechanical
properties of the particulate polymer
composite material (PPCM) as cured and
following exposure to a variety of
environmental conditions.
Relevance: One component for the
management of dredged material in the Port
of NY and NY is the utilization of sediment
decontamination technologies with the
creation of beneficial use products. A new
possibility for a beneficial use product is the
creation of a sediment-reinforced composite
building material. The physicochemical
properties of composites are important to
define when developing a fundamental
understanding of the possible failure modes of
such materials exposed to environmental
testing conditions.
Description: This project will attempt to
develop a sustainable source construction
material which has the potential to be
sufficiently low in cost as to be deployable in
developing countries. Working in conjunction
with the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the
BASF Corporation, Region 2, and Montclair
State University, ORD will seek to develop a
source of lake, river and/or estuarine sediment
which has been treated to remove
contaminants known to be a threat to the local
community.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the DOE Brookhaven National
Laboratory.
Anticipated Product: A report of the
research and findings, which will hopefully
lead to the creation of beneficial use products.
Point(s) of Contact: Ariel Iglesias, Region 2
(732-452-6426); Kirk Scheckel, NRMRL,
Land Remediation and Pollution Control
Division (513-487-2865).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Preliminary Evaluation of the Use of High
Volume Sampling Method for Dioxin
Analysis During Site Characterization: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Exposure
Research Laboratory's (NERL)
Environmental Sciences Division in Las
Vegas, NV.
Purpose: To evaluate the use of the High
Volume Sampling Method.
Relevance: Properly identifying and
characterizing potential sources of dioxin is
an important step in reducing the mass
loading to water bodies and assisting in the
restoration effort.
Description: This project will provide a field
demonstration of the High Volume Sampling
Method at a facility to evaluate its use at a
potentially dioxin-contaminated facility. The
demonstration of the method must include a
comprehensive, independent evaluation to
determine whether efficient use of the
technique is possible in order to address
concerns about the general uncertainty,
validity and the resource-intensive nature of
the method.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the DOE's Idaho National
Environmental Engineering Laboratory,
which has the necessary expertise to evaluate,
assess and recommend site characterization
technologies that could be utilized at
investigation sites.
Anticipated Product: Issue papers
addressing the state-of-the-science processes
and procedures necessary to identify and
implement sampling/monitoring methods at
sites contaminated with explosive materials.
Point(s) of Contact: Jennifer Shoemaker,
Region 3 (215-814-2772); Gareth Pearson,
NERL, Environmental Sciences Division
(702-798-2101).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
Comparisons of Bioassessment Endpoints
Derived from Benthic Macroinvertebrate
Samples Collected Using Single and
Multiple Habitat Approaches in Wadeable
Streams: The research is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Exposure
Research Laboratory's (NERL) Ecological
Exposure Research Division in Cincinnati,
OH.
Purpose: To collect the data needed to make
direct comparisons of the single and multiple
habitat methods in Region 3.
Relevance: A comparison is needed on the
impacts of selecting either method for
performing Rapid Bioassessment Protocols.
Description: This project will collect the data
needed to make direct comparisons of the
single and multiple habitat methods. Samples
will be processed and the performance
characteristics of each method will be
comparatively analyzed for their influences
on bioassessment endpoints. The performance
characteristics will be measured using the
Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity Index and
compared to individual metric scores to help
describe and understand the differences
between those methods. Ultimately,
recommendations will be made for
application of the research results.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract and a
collaborative effort between ORD and
Region 3.
Anticipated Product: A report which will
specify the details of the study, any
difficulties encountered in the study,
corrective measures taken, and final results
and recommendations.
Point(s) of Contact: Maggie Passmore,
Region 3 (304-234-0245); Joseph
Flotemersch, NERL, Ecological Exposure
Research Division (513-569-7086).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
Exploring the Association Between
Endometriosis and Tissue Concentrations
of Dioxin-Like Ligands (DLLs) in Highly
Exposed Populations in West Virginia; The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory's
(NHEERL) Experimental Toxicology
Division in RTF, NC.
Purpose: To determine the DLLs cogener(s)
associated with endometriosis; the
relationship between blood and fat levels of
DLLs; and develop and administer a
questionnaire to determine the exposure
routes, etc.
Relevance: The incidence of endometriosis is
growing rapidly and becoming a modern
epidemic. The age of onset is decreasing,
while the severity of the disease is increasing.
According to the Endometriosis Association,
the percentage of women with endometriosis
reporting symptoms before the age of 15 has
jumped from 15 percent during the early to
mid-1980s to 38 percent in 1998. Early onset
endometriosis is highly correlated with
increased severity of the disease.
Description: Recent studies in humans have
not been successful in showing a statistically
significant correlation between DLL levels
and endometriosis, possibly due to limitations
in study design. The proposed study will
explore the association between
endometriosis and tissue concentrations of
dioxin-like ligands in highly exposed
populations in West Virginia.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a cooperative agreement
with the West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection (WVDEP).
Anticipated Product: A report documenting
in detail all of the work performed under the
agreement as well as recommendations and
conclusions based upon the results obtained.
Point(s) of Contact: Ron Landy, Region 3
(410-305-2757); Linda Birnbaum, NHEERL,
Experimental Toxicology Division (919-541-
2655) in RTF, NC.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
A Data Set Acquisition Model to Monitor
Runoff from Greenroofs: This research
project is being performed in collaboration
with the National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Water Supply and
Water Resources Division in Edison, NJ.
Purpose: The main goal of greenroof growth
is to reduce roof runoff and watershed
damage normally associated with heavy
rainfall and associated stormwater
flowspooiing and to alleviate the burden on
municipal sewage systems.
Relevance: While there are several
significant advantages to placing greenroofs
on buildings, probably the biggest advantage
centers around storm water retention and
detention. The greenroof growing medium,
while designed to support plant growth,
absorbs water, holding back rain runoff,
cleansing, and releasing a portion of it slowly.
Furthermore, the plants themselves use water,
so up to 100% of some rainfall events never
enter the runoff stream. The use of greenroof
systems also have significant pollution
prevention benefits. In addition to potentially
reducing heavy metal in airborne pollutants,
greenroofs also reduce ambient nitrogen
levels from industrialization that contaminate
rainwater.
Description: Greenroofs, sometimes called
Eco-Roofs, arc, as the name implies, thin (4-
6" deep) plantings that are placed on the roofs
of buildings. Plant size and selection depends
on the depth of the roof overburden (growing
medium) and local climate, but almost always
consists of winter-hardy, drought-tolerant,
perennial plants. The data collected in this
effort will provide the basis for meaningful
statistical and mechanistic predictive models
that can be developed to describe these
systems in Phase II of the project. The
research team will collect runoff and energy
data from the test buildings in the field under
"real world" conditions and compare this data
with the data obtained in the controlled test
bed systems.
Funding: This project is funded through a
cooperative agreement with the Water Supply
and Water Resources Division, ORD-
NRMRL.
Anticipated Product: The research is
intended to develop the basic information
needed to evaluate the effectiveness of
greenroofs in stormwater management.
Specifically, model systems in a greenhouse
will be used to evaluate the hydraulic
properties of four lightweight, greenroof
media with and without plants.
Pohit(s) of Contact: Peter Weber, Region 3
(215-814-5749); Thomas O'Connor,
NRMRL-Water Supply and Water Resources
Division (732-231-6723); Ronald Landy,
Region 3 (410-305-2757).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
Effectiveness of Restored Wetlands for the
Treatment of Agricultural Runoff: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory's
(NRMRL) Groundwater and Ecosystem
Restoration Division in Ada, OK.
Purpose: The goal of this project is to
determine the ability of restored wetlands to
assimilate nutrients from agricultural runoff
before they enter downstream waters.
Relevance: Delaware has community and
private drainage systems dating back to the
1700s which do not provide effective
drainage. This situation creates inefficient
farming operations and creates problems for
cities, towns and urban areas.
Description: This project would require the
collection of data from a subsample of
approximately 200 restored/constructed
wetlands recently completed by the Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control (DNREC). Results
would be used to help improve design
standards for future restoration and non-point
source nutrient reduction efforts.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a cooperative agreement
with the DNREC and Environmental Control,
Division of Soil and Water Conservation.
Anticipated Product: A report documenting
in detail all of the work performed under the
agreement as well as recommendations and
conclusions based upon the results obtained.
Point(s) of Contact: Ron Landy, Region 3
(410-305-2757); Tim Canfield, Subsurface
Protection and Remediation Division (580-
436-8535) in Ada, OK.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
Comparison of a Multi-Scale Probabilistic
Sampling Design to an Intensive Survey
Sampling Design for Assessing the
Condition of Ohio River Fish Assemblages:
This project is being performed in
collaboration with the National Exposure
Research Laboratory's (NERL) Ecological
Exposure Research Division in Cincinnati,
OH.
Purpose: The proposed study will investigate
the applicability of an EMAP probability
design for sampling site selection as a means
of assessing the structure, quality, attributes,
and health of the fish assemblage in the upper
Ohio River mainstem. If applicable, it is
likely that an EMAP sampling design will be
much less rigorous than the intensive survey
design currently in place, while providing
known confidence around any estimate of
condition.
Relevance: The project is of interest and
potential use to several regions, states, and
federal agencies and commissions and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs), each
with specific interests in the Ohio River, e.g.:
1. Estimating, with known confidence, the
ecological condition of the upper Ohio
River,
2. Determining the current status offish
species of special interest and concern,
including listed, anadromous, and invasive
alien species,
3. Providing for concurrent evaluation of the
target fish community and multimetric
assessment concepts, their potential
applicability to the Ohio River, and the
potential for extension to other large, or
great rivers of the Central Basin, and
4. Providing insights into the impact and
effectiveness of existing management
programs (e.g., point source discharge
permits, fisheries management,
hydroelectric power production, etc.).
Description: This project proposes to
demonstrate the utility of an EMAP
probability design for characterizing and
assessing the fish assemblage within the
approximately 280 miles of the upper Ohio
River mainstem. Fish community condition
will be assessed using the Ohio River Fish
Index (ORFIn), a multi-metric index similar
to the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) (Emery
et al., 2003). The principal objectives include
the comparison of assessment endpoints
reached following an intensive survey design
to results obtained following the application
of an EMAP probability design. An
evaluation of the feasibility of relying on a
probability framework for assessing the
condition of the fish community will result.
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ORD Regional Science Program U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 FY03
Funding: This research project will be Point(s) of Contact: Ronald Landy, Region 3
conducted under a cooperative agreement (410-305-2757); Karen Blocksom, NERL,
with the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Ecological Exposure Research Division (513-
Commission (ORSANCO). 569-7139).
Anticipated Product: Report on the utility of
a probabilistic-based sampling design for
characterizing and assessing the fish
assemblages in a highly-modified great river
system.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 4 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Evaluation of Methods for Removing
Heavy Metals, Arsenic, and Ferrous Iron
Acidity from Groundwater, Soils, and
Sediment at the Columbia Nitrogen
Superfund Site, North Charleston, South
Carolina: The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Subsurface Protection
and Remediation Division, in Ada, OK.
Purpose: To address the problem of
groundwater, soil and sediment contamination
at the Columbia Nitrogen Superfund Site in
North Charleston, SC.
Relevance: The proposed research could
result in complete remediation of this site
through innovative and cost-effective
methods for remediating groundwater, soil
and sediment. If this research effort is
successful, it will be possible to reclaim the
tidal marsh area and restore its ecosystem.
Further, the methods could be applied at other
contaminated sites.
Description: This project will evaluate the
performance of a pilot permeable reactive
barrier (PRB) installed at this site in
September 2002 for treatment of heavy
metals, arsenic and acidity in groundwater.
The project will also establish a new pilot
project to evaluate the effectiveness of the
Chinese Brake Fern in removing arsenic from
soil and sediment.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract in conjunction
with ORD and Region 4.
Anticipated Product: The research results
will be presented to the public at appropriate
technical forums, in an ORD (600 series) final
report, and in the administrative record of the
site.
Point(s) of Contact: Tom Baugh, Region 4
(404-562-8275); Ralph Ludwig, NRMRL,
Subsurface Protection and Remediation
Division (580-436-8603).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 4 FY03
Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Activity Factors
Analysis: The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Exposure Research Laboratory's
(NERL) Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Division, in RTP, NC.
Purpose: To improve upon the models and
methodologies for understanding the spatial
and temporal distribution of diesel truck
activity.
Relevance: The relative importance of
reducing emissions from heavy-duty diesel
vehicles (HDDVs) has become a critical issue
in addressing air pollution problems.
Description: This project seeks to support the
improvement of models and methodologies
for understanding the spatial and temporal
distribution of diesel truck activity. Data is
needed on the emission characteristics of
HDDV engines under varying driving and
load conditions so that effective emission
reduction strategies for these vehicles may be
developed as they have been for light duty
vehicles. An improved truck activity model
would support improved emission
calculations for Particulate Matter (PM),
Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs), and
Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) from diesel trucks.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract in conjunction
with ORD and Region 4.
Anticipated Product: The ultimate goal is to
develop an HDDV emissions module that
would be integrated into the Mobile
Emissions Assessment System for Urban and
Regional Evaluation (MEASURE) Model.
Point(s) of Contact: Tom Baugh, Region 4
(404-562-8275); Sue Kimbrough, NRMRL,
Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division
(919-541-2612).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 4 FY02
The Use of an Automated Ribotvping
Assay for Identification and Source
Tracking of Microbial Water Quality
Indicators: A Florida Gulf Coast
Ecosystem and Human Health Study -
Year II: The research for this project is being
conducted in collaboration with the National
Exposure Research Laboratory's (NERL)
Microbiological and Chemical Exposure
Assessment Research Division, in Cincinnati,
OH.
Purpose: This project will examine adapting
an existing automated ribotyping assay for
water quality monitoring, which could lead to
a standardized method to be utilized in the
full spectrum of aquatic settings (ground and
surface drinking water sources, marine,
brackish and fresh water quality and source
tracking studies).
Relevance: As a result of TMDL litigation,
the Agency is faced with the requirement of
assigning waste load allocations or load
allocations to the sources of fecal indicator
organisms. The purpose of the allocations is
to ensure that waters meet the standards for
their designated use. The successful
development of a method or system for
identifying sources of fecal indicators will
have several applications, including improved
risk assessments, more scientifically
defensible water quality standards, and
improved waste load allocations associated
with TMDLs.
Description: The scope of this project
focuses on the development of a ribotype
database using an automated source-tracking
assay. This study will use archived isolates of
E. coli from known sources within the Tampa
Bay area for the development of a ribotype
database. The project will span a 2-year time
period.
Funding: The work for this FY02-FY03
project is being conducted through an
interagency agreement with the U.S.
Geological Survey.
Anticipated Product: A new/modified
method for identifying sources of fecal
contamination in aquatic resources. Bi-annual
or quarterly reports of the research data will
be compiled, analyzed and summarized.
Point(s) of Contact: Tom Baugh, Region 4
(404-562-8275); Al DuFour, NERL,
Microbiological and Chemical Exposure
Assessment Division (513-569-7384) in
Cincinnati, OH.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 5 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Fate and Transport of Prions from
Chronic Wasting Disease - Infected Waste
in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory's
(NRMRL) Land Remediation and Pollution
Control Division, in Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: To determine the fate and transport
of the prions in Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD)-infected wastes in municipal solid
waste landfills.
Relevance: The management of CWD,
whether present in captive or free-ranging
populations, often calls for the harvesting of
thousands of deer and elk from an infected
area. Wisconsin's management plan alone
calls for the harvesting of 25,000 deer from a
360-square-mile area. These plans create a
significant need for safe and effective
disposal options for the infected carcasses and
other materials.
Description: CWD is a fatal neurological
disease occurring in deer and elk populations,
which is caused by an abnormal protein called
a prion. This project will:
1. Evaluate the transport within the fill
material;
2. Monitor the leachate, air emissions and
waste mass for prions; and,
3. Assess the survivability of the prion in the
fill.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a sole source contract with
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anticipated Product: A report documenting
in detail all of the work performed under the
agreement as well as recommendations and
conclusions based upon the results obtained.
Point(s) of Contact: David Macarus, Region
5 (312-353-5814); Fran Kremer, NRMRL,
Land Remediation and Pollution Control
Division (513-569-7346) in Cincinnati, OH.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 5 FY03
Development of Methods to Evaluate
Critical Ecosystems: The research for this
project is being conducted in collaboration
with the National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Sustainable
Technology Division, in Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: The purpose of this effort is to
verify the protocols developed in Year One of
this project, which included a methodology to
define ecosystem criticality and to use this
methodology to rate the criticality of
ecosystems across Region 5.
Relevance: Healthy, well-functioning
ecosystems are critical to the sustainability of
human and natural communities. These
ecosystems may serve functions that scientists
have not yet defined and preserving and
maintaining these systems is a precautionary
approach to managing the sustainability of
both human and natural systems.
Description: This project will apply the
methodology developed during Year One of
the project to a randomly selected set of
ecosystems in the region for the purposes of:
1. Validating the model for critical ecosystem
selection and trends analysis;
2. Assembling quick ecosystem assessment
methodologies that can be used to evaluate
relative ecological quality; and,
3. Producing an index that can be used as a
tool to determine the quality of
ecosystems.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract with Booz Allen
Hamilton.
Anticipated Product: Reports documenting
all of the work performed as well as
recommendations and conclusions based upon
the results obtained. Ultimately, it is expected
that this methodology will be transferred to all
other regions.
Point(s) of Contact: David Macarus, Region
5 (312-353-5814); Audrey Mayer, NRMRL,
Sustainable Technology Division (513-569-
7398) in Cincinnati, OH.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 6 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Ecoregion Delineation in Texas
(Continued); The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory's (NHEERL) Western
Ecology Division, in Corvallis, OR.
Purpose: To develop an ecoregion map for
the State of Texas.
Relevance: A national geographical
framework of "ecoregions" was established
by ORD in the mid 1980s and has been
applied extensively for a variety of land and
water resource management purposes. A
national effort is underway by ORD and the
individual regions to update and refine the
existing ecoregions and to subdivide these
ecoregions based on ecologically relevant
features. This effort has been completed in
several other regions, with maps for the eight
states in neighboring Region 8 presently
nearing completion.
Description: This multi-year project will
involve:
1. Researching and compiling all available
sources of data and information to define
ecoregion boundaries;
2. GIS mapping to formulate and refine
regions and subregions;
3. Coordination with multiple states and other
organizations; and
4. Documenting all results in the form of a
map and report.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract with Dynamac.
Anticipated Product: A large poster-sized
ecoregion map for the State of Texas,
including detailed narrative descriptions of
each of the ecoregions and subregions.
Point(s) of Contact: Michael Callahan,
Region 6 (214-665-8349); Steve Paulsen,
NHEERL, Western Ecology Division (541-
754-4428).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 6 FY03
Remote Sensing of Airborne Pollutants;
The research for this project is being
conducted in collaboration with the National
Exposure Research Laboratory's (NERL)
Environmental Sciences Division, in Las
Vegas, NV.
Purpose: To investigate techniques for rapid
characterization of chemical plumes.
Relevance: Measuring airborne pollutant
levels is a high priority issue of immediate
interest in Region 6; one that will support
Agency policy and regulatory activities in the
region.
Description: This project will review existing
applications of thermal hyperspectral imagery
for detecting and characterizing chemical
emissions to identify appropriate image
sources that could be used and ultimately
develop a system to automate the
identification of constituent chemical
components from the spectral data.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract with Computer
Sciences Corporation.
Anticipated Product: A report detailing the
automated procedures for spectral emission
identification.
Point(s) of Contact: Michael Callahan,
Region 6 (214-665-8349); Dorsey Worthy,
NERL, Environmental Sciences Division
(919-541-3075) in Las Vegas, NV.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 7 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Production of Biopesticides from
Wastewater Plant Biosolids: This project is
being performed in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Technology Transfer
and Support Division in Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: This project proposes to evaluate
recent test results involving biosolids and the
production of organic bacteria or
biopesticides (Bt) that can be used for pest
management of agricultural crops. The
protocol calls for using different reactor and
aeration configurations to increase the
entomotoxicity; using biosolids pretreatment
to enhance the entomotoxicity; the
development of scale-up criteria; an increase
sporulation of Bt by pH and Temp shocks;
testing the stability of the biosolids-based
biopesticide product; and testing of the
biopesticide.
Relevance: Municipal wastewater biosolids
(sludge) is being produced in ever-increasing
quantities throughout the United States and
other parts of the world as the treatment
criteria for wastewater plants have become
more stringent. The disposal of the biosolids
has to be done properly because of the
potential of disease and environmental
degradation. At the same time, mass
production of organic biopesticides from
scratch is usually too expensive to be
lucrative. Wastewater biosolids can be used as
a potential medium to grow certain
biopesticides that can then be applied to
agricultural crops as a pest management
strategy.
Description: Currently, biosolids are
disposed of by incineration, or applied to
agricultural land as soil amendment and
fertilizer, and sometimes used to reclaim areas
that have been devastated by mining
operations. Recent studies of Bt growth and
d-endotoxin growth, using wastewater
biosolids, have yielded very positive results.
This project will test optimal environments
for the growth of biopesticides in sludge
material.
Funding: This project is funded through a
grant awarded to the University of Missouri-
Columbia.
Anticipated Product: Published report.
Point(s) of Contact: Brenda Groskinsky,
Region 7 (910-551-7188); James Smith,
NRMRL, Technology Transfer and Support
Division (513-569-7355).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
A Pilot-Scale Demonstration of a
Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) for the
Treatment of Arsenic in Groundwater: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory's
(NRMRL) Subsurface Protection and
Remediation Division in Ada, OK.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is for
EPA to install a pilot-scale PRB to treat a
portion of the arsenic plume at Asarco in East
Helena, Montana
Relevance: The region is interested in
technologies to clean up the arsenic in the
groundwater at Asarco East Helena Facility.
This site represents an excellent opportunity
to test a PRB design for treating a well-
characterized arsenic plume. The research
proposed here will provide a valuable case
study for other sites where a PRB is
considered as a remedial option for arsenic.
Description: This process of installing a
pilot-scale PRB has never been used to treat
arsenic. The design objective of the PRB is to
cause adsorption or precipitation reactions
that result in the formation of less soluble and
less mobile forms of arsenic. This would
result in the conversion of mobile dissolved
arsenic into immobile arsenic compounds that
would be removed from the water. Bench-
scale testing has indicated that this technology
may achieve drinking water standards
downgradient of the facility.
Funding: This project will be funded through
a contract with Microbial Insights, Inc.
Anticipated Product: A new technology that
would allow for a lower cost and simpler
remediation approach to arsenic
contamination.
Point(s) of Contact: Patti Tyler, Region 8
(303-312-6081); Rick Wilkin, NRMRL,
Subsurface Protection and Remediation
Division (580-436-8874).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 FY03
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the
State of Colorado: The research for this
project is being conducted in collaboration
with the National Health and Environmental
Effects Research Laboratory's (NHEERL)
Western Ecology Division, in Corvallis, OR.
Purpose: The objective of this research, a
collaboration with state and federal partners,
is to develop, refine, and field verify Level IV
ecological region boundaries for the State of
Colorado in order to provide federal, state,
and private organizations with information
important to conducting assessments of
ecological condition and making land
management decisions.
Relevance: Several programs support and
utilize the ecoregions products, including the
EMAP and REMAP projects, and the
monitoring, TMDL and nutrient programs.
Region 8 will utilize ecoregions as a
framework for assessing the condition of
ecological resources within the EMAP
Western Pilot Project.
Description: The ecoregions originally
developed by Omernik (1987) will be revised
and subdivided, using the general method
outlined in Omernik 1987 and 1995; Gallant
et al., 1989; Griffith et al., 1994; and Omernik
et al., 2000. The scale of the Level IV
ecoregion delineation will be 1:250,000,
compared to the l:3,168,000-scale used for
the original Level III ecoregions. Ecological
region development and delineation is a
collaborative process, where the primary
beneficiaries of the product take an active role
in its development.
Funding: This project is funded through a
contract with Dynamac Corporation.
Anticipated Product: Delivered products
will include posters for Colorado, digital files
depicting the subregion linework (delivered to
all federal and state participants, available via
the web for public download), descriptive text
documenting the projects, and biotic and
abiotic characteristics for the sub-regions
documented. The product will be used by
state and federal regulatory and land resource
agencies for assessing ecological condition
and making land management decisions.
Access to Level IV maps, GIS data, and
descriptive information, when complete, will
be available at: http://www.epa.gov/
wed/pages/ecoregions/level_iv.htm
Point(s) of Contact: Tony Selle, Region 8
(303-312-6774); James Omernik, NHEERL,
Western Ecology Division (541-754-4458).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 FY03
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the
State of Wyoming-Part II; The research for
this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory's
(NHEERL) Western Ecology Division, in
Corvallis, OR.
Purpose: The objective of this research was
to collaborate with state and federal partners
to develop, refine, and field verify Level IV
ecological region boundaries for the State of
Wyoming in order to provide federal, state,
and private organizations with information
important to conducting assessments of
ecological condition and making land
management decisions.
Relevance: Several Region 8 programs
support and utilize the ecoregions products,
including the EMAP and REMAP projects,
and the monitoring, TMDL and nutrient
programs in the Region 8 Office of
Ecosystem Protection and Remediation.
Region 8 will utilize ecoregions as a
framework for assessing the condition of
ecological resources within EMAP Western
Pilot Project.
Description: The ecoregions originally
developed by Omernik (1987) will be revised
and subdivided, using the general method
outlined in Omernik 1987 and 1995; Gallant
et al, 1989; Griffith et al., 1994; and
Omernick et al., 2000. As was done with the
other Region 8 states, the ecoregions
originally developed will be revised and
subdivided into a finer scale.
Funding: This project is funded through a
contract with Dynamac, awarded by
NHEERL.
Anticipated Products: Delivered products
will include a poster for Wyoming, digital
files depicting the subregion linework
(delivered to all federal and state participants,
available via the web for public download),
descriptive text documenting the projects, and
biotic and abiotic characteristics for the sub-
regions documented. The product,
collectively constructed, will be used by state
and federal regulatory and land resource
agencies for assessing ecological condition
and making land management decisions.
Access to Level IV maps, GIS data, and
descriptive information, when available, can
be obtained at: http://www.epa.gov/
wed/pages/ecoregions/leveMv.htm
Point(s) of Contact: Tony Selle, Region 8
(303-312-6774); James Omernik, NHEERL,
Western Ecology Division (541-754-4458).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 FY02
Mercury Source Identification and Risk
Management Recommendations for Fish
Tissue Consumption from Livestock Ponds
on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Lands
(Part II): The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Exposure Research Laboratory's
(NERL) Ecosystems Research Division, in
Athens, GA.
Purpose: To determine the source of mercury
bioaccumulation in fish tissue and to make
risk management recommendations to tribal
members to reduce mercury exposure.
Relevance: A large degree of uncertainty still
exists regarding the rate in which inorganic
forms of mercury become methylated, as
there are significant differences in variables
among water bodies that influence this
process. Some of these variables include
water pH, temperature and dissolved organic
material and the length of the aquatic food
chain.
Description: This project is designed to
determine the source of mercury
bioaccumulating in fish tissue, and the risk
management recommendations to be made to
tribal members to reduce mercury exposure.
Specifically the research will focus on
whether the source of mercury ultimately
accumulating in fish is either
anthropogenically related to aerial deposition
or naturally occurring through sources related
to geologic formation. The goal will be to use
the results from this objective in making
future fish stocking recommendations in
ponds with the least potential for
bioaccumulation of methylmercury.
Funding: The environmental mercury
sampling and analysis for this project will be
conducted through a contract with Brooks
Rand, Seattle, WA.
Anticipated Product: A CD-ROM will be
created with all records of samples taken,
field notes and corresponding analytical
results for samples processed, and a summary
of the project effort and any information
relevant to interpretation of samples and lab
analyses.
Point(s) of Contact: Patti Tyler, Region 8
(303-312-6081); John Johnston, NERL,
Ecosystems Research Division (706-355-
8153) in Athens, GA.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Field Verification of Toxic Threshold
Concentrations of Selenium in Mallard
Eggs; The research for this project is being
conducted in collaboration with the National
Health and Environmental Effects Research
Laboratory's (NHEERL) Atlantic Ecology
Division, in Narragansett, RI.
Purpose: To produce a statistically precise
estimate of the toxicity threshold point for
mallard eggs exposed to selenium, based on a
sample size large enough to discriminate
relatively low level effects (EC 10 or lower).
Relevance: Resolution of the current
scientific debate surrounding the avian egg
selenium toxic threshold point will have
profound regulatory implications. These
results are expected to clarify one of the core
scientific foundations for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service's present advisory position
recommending that EPA revise the national
chronic water quality criterion for selenium
downward from 5ug/L to 2ug/L.
Description: This project is designed to
collect field data that will allow statistical
resolution of the selenium toxicity threshold
point for mallard eggs with enough precision
to distinguish between two alternative
interpretations of laboratory toxicity testing
results. The investigation is necessary because
laboratory toxicity testing is limited to small
sample sizes and has, therefore, yielded
results that are relatively imprecise and
consequently open to alternative
interpretations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has a uniquely inexpensive
opportunity to conduct a large-sample field
study, well-suited to conclusively resolving
the debate over the precise location of the
selenium toxicity threshold point for mallard
eggs.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Anticipated Product: The ultimate goal is to
produce a report of the investigation and
findings.
Point(s) of Contact: Bobbye Smith, Region 9
(415-972-3735); Ramona Haebler, NHEERL,
Atlantic Ecology Division (401-782-3095).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 FY03
Identification and Characterization of
Microbial Communities Within Warm
Water Aquifers: The research for this project
is being conducted in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Water Supply and
Resources Division, in Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: To conduct sampling of warm
water aquifers in Arizona, California and/or
Nevada to identify and characterize the
microbial communities within the aquifers
and the adjacent well bores.
Relevance: Understanding the occurrence of
the parasite Naegleria fowled, in warm water
aquifers and the conditions necessary for its
survival, will help EPA and the region
determine how to lower the risk of infection
from drinking water exposure. In 2002, two
fatal cases of meningioencephelitis in
previously healthy 5-year-old boys were
linked to the amoebic parasite, Naegleria
fowleri.
Description: The work will consist of
designing and conducting sampling in and
around warm water aquifers in Arizona,
California and/or Nevada to identify and
characterize microbial communities, with an
emphasis on the deadly parasite Naegleri
fowleri.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract.
Anticipated Product: A report outlining all
data sources and assumptions in performing
analyses and the final results.
Point(s) of Contact: Bobbye Smith, Region 9
(415-972-3735); Jorge SantoDomingo,
NRMRL, Water Supply Resources Division
(513-569-7085) in Cincinnati, OH.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 FY03
Western Tolerance Value Expert Panel:
This project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in
Washington, DC.
Purpose: To further validate the
bioassessment tools used by various state and
federal water programs to assist EPA, states,
and tribes in development, establishment and
evaluation of site-specific water quality
criteria, regulatory requirements and
assessments.
Relevance: Validated Tolerance Values
would allow better use of biological data in
making decisions concerning use impairment
and 303(d) listings, site-specific water quality
standards, and can serve as a weight of
evidence for making determinations of
aquatic life use attainment in the context of
use-attainability analyses. In the long-term,
Tolerance Values will aid in the development
of biological indices and biocriteria.
Description: The workshop will bring
representatives from Region 9 states, ORD,
OW, and outside experts together to learn
from each other and share information to help
advance State Tolerance Value programs. The
participants will compare current practices in
the use and derivation of macroinvertebrate
tolerance values in the western United States
and provide for peer-to-peer learning
opportunities to share successful approaches
for deriving Tolerance Values. The expected
outcomes from this workshop include:
1. A compilation of difference methods for
deriving Tolerance Values,
2. A critical evaluation and comparison of
difference Tolerance Value derivation
methods,
3. Identification of criteria to evaluate the
performance of bioassessment tools,
4. An assessment of the present research and
data needs of western states,
5. An initial scoping of a Regional Tolerance
Values database, and
6. Publication of results of the workshop and
resulting Tolerance Values in the peer-
reviewed literature.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a cooperative agreement
Anticipated Product: This proposal focuses
on the development of Tolerance Values for
macroinvertebrates where sediment is the
primary stressor.
Point(s) of Contact: Bobbye Smith, Region 9
(415-972-3735); Lester Yuan, NCEA, WDC
(202-564-3284).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 FY02
Characterization of PM-2.5 and Air Toxics
Emissions from a Jet Aircraft Related to
Los Angeles Airport Operations: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory's
(NRMRL) Air Pollution Prevention and
Control Division, in RTF, NC.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to
analyze jet engine emissions as related to Los
Angeles Airport operations.
Relevance: This effort will assist with the
development of an optimum sampling
protocol for future testing of jet emissions,
while also generating improved and updated
emission factors and source profiles.
Description: The purpose of this project is to
provide chemical analysis of gas- and
particle-phase emission samples from a single
commercial jet aircraft engine while operating
at airport approach, idling, climb-out and
takeoff conditions. The samples for analysis
are to be collected in the cooled and diluted
engine exhaust plume at some distance from
the engine exit plane while the engine cycles
through the various power settings and times,
characteristic of the operational modes.
Funding: The work for this project, selected
in FY02 and funded in FY03, will be
conducted through a contract with Edwards
Air Force Base.
Anticipated Product: A report outlining all
data sources and assumptions in performing
analyses and the final results.
Point(s) of Contact: Bobbye Smith, Region 9
(415-972-3735); N. Dean Smith, NRMRL,
Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division
(919-541-2708) in RTP, NC.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 FY03-Funded RARE Projects
Development of Tribal Fish Consumption
Survey Software: The research for this
project is being conducted in collaboration
with the National Health and Environmental
Effects Research Laboratory's (NHEERL)
Human Studies Division in Research Triangle
Park, NC.
Purpose: The objective of this proposed
project is to develop and implement an easy
to use computerized survey instrument and
study design guidelines to collect fish and
shellfish consumption information.
Relevance: The computerized survey
instrument would facilitate easy compilation
of the data for use by the tribes and potential
use by EPA. Use of this tool will promote
consistency, sound science, and tribal
capacity building.
Description: This computerized survey
instrument and study design guidelines will
provide valuable and useful tools for
collection of data on the consumption offish,
shellfish, and other aquatic organisms by a
tribal community. The numeric toxic criteria
that the tribes adopt to protect these
consumption uses are based on a calculation
that includes an estimated consumption rate
for fish. EPA's new human health criteria
methodology (EPA 2000) provides a
hierarchy of choices for a fish consumption
rate for use in these equations. Highest
preference is given to site-specific
consumption rates.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through a contract with Westat. Its
previous work includes the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES)
and other ORD computerized surveys and
analyses.
Anticipated Product: The product of this
effort will provide tribes with a tool which
can be economically and consistently used by
the tribes themselves to collect and document
a scientifically sound data set as the basis for
tribal water quality standards.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8664); Rebecca
Calderon, NHEERL, Human Studies Division
(919-966-0617).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 FY03
Relative Sensitivity of Sculpin and Trout to
Three Metals Commonly Associated with
Mining Activities in Region 10: The
research for this project is being conducted in
collaboration with the National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory's
(NHEERL) Mid-Continent Ecology Division,
in Duluth, MN.
Purpose: To address the question of whether
current Idaho water quality criteria for
cadmium, copper and zinc, which were
developed to protect aquatic life, are
protective of other apparently more sensitive
co-occurring fish species (native sculpin).
Relevance: Region 10 has a significant
amount of surface waters, particularly trout
streams, which are impacted by the discharge
of metals from activities such as mining.
Description: This project is designed to
determine whether sculpin are comparatively
more sensitive lexicologically to cadmium,
copper and zinc than salmonid. This
determination will be made through side-by-
side toxicity testing at the life stage assumed
to be the most sensitive.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia
Environmental Research Center.
Anticipated Product: The ultimate goal is to
prepare and submit a peer-reviewed scientific
journal article for publication and provide
information useful for developing TMDLs for
mine-site-impacted streams in Idaho.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8664); Dave Mount,
NHEERL, Mid-Continent Ecology Division
(218-529-5169).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 FY03
Evaluation of the Relationship Between
Aquatic Habitat Restoration Actions and
Salmon Productivity in Pacific Northwest
Watersheds: The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory's (NHEERL) Western
Ecology Division in Corvallis, OR.
Purpose: To develop a thorough study design
for a monitoring program that seeks to
document the relationship between salmon
habitat restoration projects and salmon
productivity (abundance, growth, and
survival- related key ecological indicators).
Relevance: This is an important element in
EPA's strategy to meet the water quality
objective of protection and restoration of
aquatic ecosystems.
Description: The purpose of this project is to
develop a thorough study design for a
monitoring program that helps to establish a
network of intensively-monitored watersheds
through which the relationship between
salmon habitat restoration projects and stream
and salmon productivity will be examined.
The goal of the project is to answer the
question: Do salmon habitat restoration
projects actually result in more salmon?
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Northwest Fisheries
Science Center.
Anticipated Product: The ultimate goal of
this project is to design the specifics of
restoration projects to be later implemented
on the treatment reaches within the pilot
watersheds.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8664); Michael Cairns,
NHEERL, Western Ecology Division (541-
754-4378).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 FY03
Developing and Utilizing Isotopic and
Tracer Tools to Evaluate the Source and
Movement of Nitrate in Contaminated
Ground Water in the Lower Umatilla
Basin, OR; The research for this project is
being conducted in collaboration with the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory's (NRMRL) Groundwater and
Ecosystem Protection Division in Ada, OK.
Purpose: To answer specific applied
questions in the Lower Umatilla Basin
Groundwater Management Area (GWMA).
Relevance: This 550-square-mile area
stretches from Pendelton, Oregon to the
Columbia River, and is characterized by
nitrate concentrations in ground water which
frequently exceed the drinking water
standard.
Description: This proposal seeks to fund the
development of isotopic tools to distinguish
which of the five sources of nitrate (or in what
combination) have contributed to
contaminating a particular well. With
additional information about how long the
tested water has been traveling, it can be
determined whether the nitrate is from legacy
or current management practices.
Funding: The work for this project will be
conducted through an interagency agreement
with the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington
State District.
Anticipated Product: A final project report
will be prepared to include the scope of work,
materials and methodology, results,
conclusions, recommendations, and all
relevant data resulting from the project.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8664); Elise Striz,
NRMRL, Groundwater and Ecosystem
Restoration Division (580-436-8594).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 1 RARE Projects
Project Title
Assessing the Habitat Suitability of Mount
Hope Bay, Using Caged Juvenile Winter
Flounder
Development of a Systematic Approach to
Accurately Measure Trace Levels of Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Soil and
Sediment Containing High Moisture to Meet
the EPA's Risk Based Concentrations (RBC)
and Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRO)
Proof of Concept Demonstration for Near Real-
Time In Situ Detection of Fecal Contamination
in Fresh and Marine Waters
EPA New England Toxic Sediments Inventory
The Role of Natural Processes Towards
Arsenic Mobilization in Landfill Leachate
Plumes, Central Massachusetts: An integrated
Approach Employing GIS, Relational
Databases, and Thermodynamic Chemical
Equilibrium Modeling
Investigations into the Causes of Amphibian
Malformations in the Lake Champlain Basin
Pilot Home Asthma Intervention Study in
Boston Public Housing
Mercury Cycling in New England estuaries: A
Collaborative Study in Great Bay, New
Hampshire
Immunochemical Methods Development and
Evaluation
Evaluation of Remote Sensing Devices for the
Purpose of Developing Cost-Effective and
Accurate Emission Inventory Methods.
Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates in Urbanizing
Wetlands: Further Development of Wetland
Water Quality Standards and Biological
Criteria
Assessment in Changes in the Chlorinated
Organic Compound Concentrations in
Endangered Whales
Boston Harbor Ecosystem Recovery
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NCER
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
Division
AED
BSD
AED
AED
SPRD
M-CED
APPCD
ESD
ESD
Peer
Review
WED
AED
AED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1995
1994
1993
1993
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 1 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Development and Field Testing of Underwater
Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Use in
Risk Assessment
Field Test of NOAA/NURP Platform to
Conduct Underwater Surveys for Assessing
Risks
Alternatives to Traditional On-site Wastewater
Treatment: A Demonstration Project
Field Evaluation of Global Positioning
Equipment
Development of a Forest Canopy and Land Use
Data System for Biogenic Hydrocarbons, for
Biogenic Hydrocarbons
Lab/Center
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NRMRL
Division
ESD
AED
WSWRD
ESD
APPCD
Year
Project
Initiated
1992
1992
1991
1991
1990
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 2 RARE Projects
Project Title
Outdoor Shooting Range Lead Management
Practices for Wooded or Rough Terrain
Resuspension of Asbestos-Contaminated
Dust from Porous Media: Evaluating the
Relationship Between Asbestos
Concentration in Carpet and Indoor Air
Composites: Analysis of Sediment
Reinforced Composites from Sustainable
Source Development and Determination of
the Resistance to Environmental Degradation
Macroinvertebrate Protocols on Estuaries in
New Jersey
American Lobster Mortalities in Long Island
Sound
Relationship of THM Precursors in Source
Water to Distribution Systems
Laboratory Directed Research and
Development Project in Support of the New
York and New Jersey Harbor Sediment
Decontamination Program
Multilaboratory Comparison and Validation
Study of Chlorophyll Methods
Identification of Organic Contaminants in
Sediments
Mercury Speciation Quality Control
Procedures for Water, Soil, Sediment, and
Tissue
Airborne Sources of Nitrogen Species and
Toxic Particulates in the Waters of Long
Island Sound
Development of Gene Probes for Detection
of Crptosporidium Oocysts in Water.
Puerto Rico Ground-water Tracing Study
Historic Loading Estimates for Lake Ontario
Model Support for Study on Loadings in
Lake Ontario
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NCEA
NHEERL
NHEERL
Division
LRPCD
APPCD
LRPCD
AED
AED
WSWRD
WSWRD
MCEARD
AED
LRPCD
AMD
MCEARD
NCEA WDC
M-CED
M-CED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2003
2001
2000
1999
1997
1995
1994
1993
1992
1992
1992
1991
1990
Status
New
New
New
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 RARE Projects
Project Title
Preliminary Evaluation of the Use of High
Volume Sampling Method for Dioxin Analysis
During Site Characterization
Comparisons of Bioassessment Endpoints
Derived From Benthic Macroinvertebrate
Samples Collected Using Single and Multiple
Habitat Approaches in Wadeable Streams
Exploring the Association Between
Endometriosis and Tissue Concentrations of
Dioxin-like Ligands (DLLs) in Highly Exposed
Populations in West Virginia
A Data Set Acquisition Model to Monitor
Runoff from Greenroofs
Effectiveness of Restored Wetlands for the
Treatment of Agricultural Runoff
Comparison of a Multi-Scale Probabilistic
Sampling Design to an Intensive Survey
Sampling Design for Assessing the Condition
of Ohio River Fish Assemblages
Data Collection Manager Module of Region 3's
Multi-criteria Integrated Resource Assessment
(MIRA) Environmental Decision Making
Approach
Innovative Approaches to Improve the TMDL
Process: Using Alternative Watershed
Sampling Designs to Measure and Classify
Exposure to Natural and Anthropogenic
Determinants of Ecological Condition
Delaware Estuary PCB Model
Innovative Approaches to Improve the TMDL
Process: Using Alternative Watershed
Sampling Designs to Measure and Classify
Exposure to Natural and Anthropogenic
Determinants of Ecological Condition
Innovative Approaches to TMDLs-Part 2
Phiesteria Piscicida Impacts
Collaborative Methods Development Work
Between USGS and EPA in the Pocomoke
River Basin, MD, and Neuse River Basin, NC
Environmental Consequences of the Use of
Veterinary Antimicrobials in Concentrated
Animal Feedlot Operations
Lab/Center
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
Division
ESD
MCEARD
ETD
WSWRD
SPRD
EERD
ESD
EERD
ERD
EERD
EERD
ND
GED
GED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001
2000
1999
1999
Status
Active
Active
New
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Completed
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 3 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Response of Pfisteria Piscicida, Microbial
Predators and Prey, and Fish to Common
Dithiocarbamate Fungicides and Heavy Metals
Development of the Scientific Basis for
Promulgation of Bay-wide Dissolved Oxygen,
Light Penetration, Nutrient and Suspended
Sediment Water Quality Standards for
Chesapeake Bay
Use of Biological Communities as Indicators of
Nutrient Enrichment and Toxic Contamination
in Middle Atlantic Coastal Estuaries
Application of Geographic Information
Systems to Environmental Health Needs
Assessment
Study of Environmental Equity Using Human
Environmental Effects and Exposure Indicators
Assessing Aerosol Acidity Exposure and
Neutralization in Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area
Investigations of the Effects of Cyclic
Dissolved Oxygen on Estuarine Organisms
Ecoregion Index of Biological Integrity
NOx Control Technology Costs for Coal-Fired
Boilers
Risk Assessment of Habitat and Biodiversity in
the Pocono Region of Pennsylvania
Evaluation of Migration Techniques for Non-
Radon Indoor Air Pollutants
Evaluation of the Potential Impacts of Surface
Mining Activities on Instreatn Ecological
Resources
Chesapeake Bay Pesticides Index and Registry
Project
Wetland Mapping and Assessment
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
Division
GED
AED
AED
HEASD
HEASD
HEASD
AED
EBRD
APPCD
WED
APPCD
EERD
M-CED
BSD
Year
Project
Initiated
1999
1998
1997
1995
1994
1993
1993
1992
1992
1992
1990
1990
1989
1989
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 4 RARE Projects
Project Title
Evaluation of Methods for Removing Heavy Metals,
Arsenic, and Ferrous Iron Acidity from Groundwater,
Soils, and Sediment at the Columbia Nitrogen
Superfund Site, North Charleston, South Carolina
Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Activity Factors Analysis
The Use of an Automated Ribotyping Assay for
Identification and Source Tracking of Microbial
Water Quality Indicators: A Florida Gulf Coast
Ecosystem and Human Health Study --Year II
The Use of an Automated Ribotyping Assay for
Identification and Source Tracking of Microbial
Water Quality Indicators: A Florida Gulf Coast
Ecosystem and Human Health Study
Vertical Atmospheric Profile of Mercury Species
Over South Florida
Development of Methods for the Detection of
Speciated Mercury Emissions Using a Continuous
Emissions Monitor
Distribution and Control of Mercury Methylation in
the Everglades.
Investigations to Determine the Minimum Dissolved
Oxygen Requirements of Saltwater Animals
Inhabiting Estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico and
Southeast Atlantic Ocean
Investigation on Specific Rates of Mercury
Transformations as a Source of Methylmercury
Contamination in the Florida Everglades
Identification and Control of Toxicity Sources in
Industrial Discharges and Stormwater Runoff at
Calvert City Industrial Complex
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
Division
SPRD
APPCD
MCEARD
MCEARD
APPCD
HEASD
ERD
AED
GED
M-CED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2002
2001
1999
1996
1994
1992
1991
1990
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 5 RARE Projects
Project Title
Fate and Transport of Prions from Chronic Wasting
Disease-Infected Waste in Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills
Development of Methods to Evaluate Critical
Ecosystems
Support Services for Development of Ecosystem
Evaluation Methods
Identifying and Predicting Diving Plume Behavior at
Groundwater Sites Containing MTBE: Part 1
Supplemental Funding for activities in FY 2002
Identifying and Predicting Diving Plume Behavior at
Groundwater Sites Contaminated with MTBE: Part 1
Identifying and Predicting Diving Plume Behavior at
Groundwater Sites Contaminated with MTBE: Part 2
Emissions Profile Characterization of Lake Michigan
Pollutant Sources - Part I
Emissions Profile Characterization of Lake Michigan
Pollutant Sources - Part II
Emissions Profile Characterization of Lake Michigan
Pollutant Sources - Part III
Investigation of the Role of UV Radiation in Frog
Malformations
Remediation of Radium from Contaminated Soil
Columbus Ohio Incinerator, Soil Dioxin Study
Saginaw Bay Targeting, Pollution Prevention, and
Source Reduction Project
Holding Times for Sediment Biotest Procedures
Model Assessment of the Annual Atmospheric
Deposition of Toxic Metals to Lake Michigan
Field Evaluation of Aquatic Ecosystems to Pesticide
Stress
Biochemistry and Genetics of Polychlorinated
Biphenyl Degradation by Bacteria
Feasibility Study for Treating PCB-Contaminated
River Sediments in Steel-Making Blast Furnaces
Sediment and Fish Sample Analysis are Required to
Determine Historical Loadings for Lake Ontario for
a Wide Range of Anthropogenic Organic Chemicals
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
Division
LRPCD
STD
STD
SPRD
SPRD
SPRD
APPCD
HEASD
HEASD
M-CED
SPRD
ESD
ESD
M-CED
AMD
M-CED
MCEARD
LRPCD
M-CED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2002 .
2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
1998
1997
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1990
1990
Status
Active
New
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 6 RARE Projects
Project Title
Ecoregion Delineation in Texas (Continued)
Remote Sensing of Airborne Pollutants
Ambient Air Toxics in Houston-Galveston Area
with High and Low TRI Emissions - Phase II of
A Pilot Study of Temporal and Spatial
Concentrations Using Passive Sampling Devices
(PSDs)
Ecoregion Delineation in Texas
Data Collection and Processing of Landscape
Assessments in the White River Basin, AR
Ambient Air Toxics in Houston-Galveston Area
with High and Low TRI Emissions - A Pilot
Study of Temporal and Spatial Concentrations
Using Passive Sampling Devices (PSDs)
Coupling Landscape Characterization and Water
Quality Modeling in the Tensas River Basin as a
Pilot for Understanding and Reducing Nutrient
Impacts on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Development of Preliminary Hydrology
Calibration for Tensas River Basin with HSPF
Landscape Assessment of the Tensas River
Basin, LA
Development of a Geographic Information Data
Network for Natural Resource Conservation in
the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in
Arkansas
Conduct a Synoptic Assessment of the White
River and Yazoo River Basins in Arkansas
Effects of Hydroperiod on Nitrification and Plant
Growth
Field Comparison of Portable Gas
Chromatographs
Iron Treatment of Lead Contaminated Media
Development of Pesticides Total Exposure
Model for Region 6
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NRMRL
NERL
Division
WED
ESD
HEASD
WED
ESD
HEASD
ERD
ESD
ESD
WED
WED
SPRD
MCEARD
LRPCD
ESD
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2002
2002
2000
1999
1998
1997
1997
1995
1994
1994
1994
1993
1992
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 6 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Manual on Microbial Rock Plant Filters - Region
6
Bottlenose Dolphin Mortality in the Gulf of
Mexico: Toxicological and Pathological Analysis
Estimation of Population Exposure to Pesticides
in Region 6 Using Exposure Models and Existing
Databases
Development and Evaluation of Borehole
Flowmeter Techniques
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NHEERL
NERL
NRMRL
Division
WSWRD
AED
ESD
SPRD
Year
Project
Initiated
1992
1991
1991
1990
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
80
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 7 RARE Projects
Project Title
Production of Biopesticides from Wastewater
Plant Biosolids
Identifying High Priority Conservation
Opportunity Areas: The Influence Of
Conservation Targets on Results
Production of Biopesticides from Wastewater
Plant Biosolids
Application of Biological Aerated Filters to
Meet NPDES Ammonia Limits for Small
Communities
Long Term Detention for the Stabilization of
Wastewater Biosolids for Small Communities
Urban Remote Sensing for Land Use Change
and Impacts
Ecoregionalization of Missouri and
Development of Map/Poster of Level III and IV
Ecoregions in Missouri and Iowa
High Performance Side-Stream Nitrification of
Municipal Biosolids Treatment Decants
Pathogen Removal Characteristics in
Constructed Wetlands Systems
Spatial Metrics for Ecological Land Type
Associations in Region 7
Advanced Monitoring of Constructed Wetlands
Performance in Nebraska
Missouri River Benthic Fish Study
Charcoal Kiln Emission
MicroWell Demonstration Project - Vadose
Zone Investigation and Ground- Water Profiling
Using Microwells at the North landfill Subsite,
Hastings, NE
Chronic Effects of Atrazine Background Levels
on Platte River Algae
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NHEERL
Division
TTSD
BSD
TTSD
WSWRD
TTSD
ESD
WED
TTSD
WSWRD
ESD
WSWRD
M-CED
APPCD
SPRD
M-CED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
1999
1999
1998
1998
1997
1997
1994
Status
Active
Completed
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 7 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Hydrologic Modeling of Cheyenne Bottoms
Wetland
The Fate of Atrazine in a Wet Meadow in the
Central Platte Valley Alluvium of Nebraska
Investigation of Global Positioning Systems
Single Frequency Hardware
The Fate and Degradation of the Herbicides
Alachlor and Atrazine in Flooded Wetlands
Seasonally
Regional Lead Risk Reduction Initiative
Agroecosystem Indicator Study - Region 7
Study of the Effect of Redox Conditions for
Transformation of Carbon Tetrachloride
Study of the Role of Deep-Rooted Poplar Trees
in Adding Organic Carbon to Soil for Pesticides
and Toxic Organics Removal
Lab/Center
NERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NERL
NERL
NRMRL
NERL
Division
ERD
SPRD
SPRD
M-CED
HEASD
ERD
SPRD
ERD
Year
Project
Initiated
1994
1994
1993
1993
1992
1991
1990
1990
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 RARE Projects
Project Title
A Pilot-Scale Demonstration of a Permeable
Reactive Barrier (PRB) for the Treatment of Arsenic
in Groundwater
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the State of
Colorado
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the State of
Wyoming-Part II
Mercury Source identification and Risk Management
Recommendations for Fish Tissue Consumption
from Livestock Ponds on the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribal Lands-Part II
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the State of
Wyoming
Mercury Source Identification and Risk Management
Recommendations for Fish Tissue Consumption
from Livestock Ponds on the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribal Lands
Developing a Landscape Approach to Evaluation of
Wetland Condition in the Southern Rocky
Mountains: Phase II
Level IV Ecoregion Delineation for the State of
Wyoming
Developing a Landscape Approach to Evaluation of
Wetland Condition in the Southern Rocky
Mountains: Phase I
Effects of Biosolids Application on Erosion Control
and Ecosystem Recovery Following the Buffalo
Creek Fire - Part II
Montana Sub-ecoregion Delineation - Phase HI
Source Water Control Within the Mary Murphy
Mine
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NRMRL
Division
SPRD
WED
WED
ERD
WED
ERD
WED
WED
WED
TTSD
WED
STD
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
2000
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Active
Completed
Active
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 8 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Development of Stable and Radiogenic Tracers,
Mary Murphy Mine, Chalk Creek, Colorado
Sub-Ecoregion Delineation - Utah
Effects of Biosolids Application on Erosion Control
and Ecosystem Recovery Following the Buffalo
Creek Fire - Part I
Montana Sub-ecoregion Delineation - Phase 11
Montana Sub-ecoregion Delineation - Phase 1
Sub-Ecoregion Delineation for North Dakota/South
Dakota
Use of Waste Heat to Increase the
Mobility/Recovery of Light Nonaqueous-Phase
Liquids (LNAPL)
Accuracy and Effectiveness of the HC Channel of a
Remote Emissions Sensor
Development and Potential Fate of Leachate at Small
Landfills in the Arid West
Groundwater Sampling for Volatile Organics
Lab/Center
NRMRL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NERL
NRMRL
NRMRL
Division
STD
WED
TTSD
WED
WED
WED
SPRD
HEASD
LRPCD
SPRD
Year
Project
Initiated
1999
1999
1998
1998
1997
1994
1994
1993
1993
1993
Status
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 RARE Projects
Project Title
Field Verification of Toxic Threshold
Concentrations of Selenium in Mallard Eggs
Identification and Characterization of Microbial
Communities within Warm Water Aquifers
Western Tolerance Value Expert Panel
Characterization PM-2.5 and Air Toxics
Emissions from a Jet Aircraft Related to Los
Angeles Airport Operations
Evaluation of Dioxin-Like Emissions from
Residential Wood Combustion ""
Modifying EPA Method 3 14.0 for Analysis of
Perchlorate in Aqueous Samples Containing High
Total Dissolved Solids
Water Quality Effects of Dust Suppressants
Bioremediation of Mixed Vapor Phase
Contaminants from Soils and Groundwater
Human Exposure to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
(MTBE) While Bathing with Contaminated Water
Model Correlation of Pesticide Usage and
Atmospheric Residue for Assessing Risk and
Minimizing Exposure
Bioavai lability of Mercury to Fish in the Presence
of Humic Substances in Clear Lake.
Do Fecal Indicator Bacteria Multiply in the Soil
Environments of Hawaii?
Development of a 10-Day Amphipod Bioassay
for Hawaii to Evaluate Grandidierella Japonica
and Corophiuminsidiosum as Sediment Toxicity
Test Species
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NRMRL
NCEA
NRMRL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NRMRL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
Division
AED
WSWRD
NCEA
WDC
APPCD
APPCD
MCEARD
ESD
LRPCD
HEASD
HEASD
M-CED
WSWRD
WED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1995
1995
1994
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 9 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Evaluation of Lower Truckee River
Geomorphologic Response to Disturbance
TIE Evaluation with the Mysid (Holmesimysis
costata) Test
TIE Evaluation with the Sea Urchin and Sand
Dollar Tests
Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions, Pilot
Study: Still Water Basin in Western Nevada
Radon Prevention in New School Construction
Vernal Pool Creation and Restoration in
California
Applicability of New Marine Recreational Water
Quality Standards in Guam
Development and Validation of a Year-round
Acute Toxicity Bioassay for Hawaiian Ocean
Discharges Using an Indigenous Fish Species
Lab/Center
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
Division
ESD
WED
WED
ESD
APPCD
WED
ESD
GED
Year
Project
Initiated
1994
1994
1994
1993
1993
1993
1992
1992
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 RARE Projects
Project Title
Development of Tribal Fish Consumption
Survey Software
Relative Sensitivity of Sculpin and Trout to
Three Metals Commonly Associated with
Mining Activities in Region 10
Evaluation of the Relationship Between
Aquatic Habitat Restoration Actions and
Salmon Productivity in Pacific Northwest
Watersheds
Developing and Utilizing Isotopic and Tracer
Tools to Evaluate the Source and Movement of
Nitrate in Contaminated Ground Water in the
Lower Umatilla Basin, OR
CIS Analysis to Characterize Wetland Patterns
in Support of Modeling Native Amphibian
Populations
Wetland Management and Lentic Amphibian
Communities: The Role of Landscape Context,
Hydrology and Exotic Species - Part !
Development of Arsenic Speciation Techniques
For Edible Biota
Stream Habitat Restoration in a Large River
Basin: Prioritizing Rehabilitation Options
Based on Degree of Disturbance and Recovery
Time
Methods to Monitor Groundwater/Surface
Water Interaction in the Deutches Basin,
Oregon
Evaluation of Benthic Invertebrate Metrics for
Region 10 Streams East of the Cascades
Mapping Hydraulic Connection in Fractured
Basalt Aquifers: Establishing Ground and
Surface Water Links in the Deschutes Basin,
Oregon
TIE Evaluation Procedures for Bivalve
Mollusks
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NERL
NERL
NERL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
Division
HSD
M-CED
WED
SPRD
WED
WED
MCEARD
ERD
BSD
WED
ESD
WED
Year
Project
Initiated
2003
2003
2003
2003
1998
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1994
1994
Status
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program
Region 10 RARE Projects (continued)
Project Title
Blue Mountains Ecological Assessment (OR,
WA, ID)
Freshwater Wetland Restoration and Creation
Efforts: Application to Successful Mitigation
Banking
Columbia Basin Ecological Assessment (WA,
OR, ID)
Testing Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment
Protocols for Use in Regional Assessments of
Stream Ecological Condition
Vadose Zone Monitoring by Immunoassay
Analysis for Evaluating the Effectiveness of
Pesticide Best Management Practices
Alaska North Slope Restoration Research
Strategy Plan
Effects of Sulfanylurea Herbicides on Fruit
Development in Cherries
Log Yard Wastes as a Soil Amendment for the
Revegetation Reclamation of Smelterville Flats
in the Silver Valley of Idaho
Lab/Center
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NERL
NHEERL
NHEERL
NRMRL
Division
WED
WED
WED
WED
BSD
WED
WED
LRPCD
Year
Project
Initiated
1993
1993
1992
1992
1992
1991
1991
1991
Status
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
The Regional Methods (RM) Program works
like EPA's RARE Program in that it provides
the regions with near-term research support
on high-priority, region-specific science and
increases collaboration between ORD and
regional staff. But while the RARE Program
emphasizes the research as a whole, the RM
Program focuses on developing the methods
necessary for the regions to meet their
monitoring and enforcement objectives.
Each year, ORD designates approximately
$600,000 to support RM. As part of the
program, the Regional Science and
Technology Directors, with input from the
regional laboratories and EPA's Biological
Advisory Committee, sponsor an annual
ranking of environmental measurement
(method) needs from across the 10 regions.
Regional and ORD scientists jointly develop
the individual research projects to address
those needs, helping to improve the
cooperation and understanding between the
two groups. As in the RARE Program, the
RSLs facilitate the implementation of the RM
Program within the regions and communicate
the research results to regional scientists and
managers by serving as program contacts.
Past RM research projects have included the
development of assessment protocols,
biological and diagnostic indicators, toxicity
evaluation and analytical methods, and
improved sampling methodologies.
For more information regarding the RM
Program or the research projects conducted
under the program, visit www.epa.gov/osp.
Additional information can be found using the
Regional Science Portal at
http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/scienceportal/,
located under Regional Science/Regional
Research Programs.
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 1 FY03-Funded RM Projects
Developing Methods for Biological
Indicators in Transition Zones Between
Aquatic Resources
Purpose: The overall goal of this project is to
develop methods to compare indicators across
aquatic resources, which will enable the states
to monitor and assess all aquatic resource
types and transition zones, thereby ensuring
that the water sources adequately support
aquatic life.
Relevance: While biological indicators have
been developed and used successfully to
assess individual aquatic resources such as
streams, salt marshes, and estuaries, none
have been developed to assess the waters
which lie in the areas between saltwater and
freshwater, the transition zone.
Description: Using information gathered
through a cooperative effort conducted in the
State of Rhode Island in the summer of 2000,
a pilot study will be developed to identify the
responses of benthic invertebrates and plants
in streams, salt marshes, and estuaries. Field
tests will be conducted to determine how
existing and proposed biological indicators
methods compare across aquatic resources.
Funding: This effort will be funded through
an existing cooperative agreement with the
National Research Council (NRC) Research
Associateship Program.
Anticipated Product: A final report with
recommended methods for assessing
transition zones for 305(b) monitoring to
protect aquatic life uses.
Point(s) of Contact: Robert Hillger, Region 1
(617-918-1071); Peter Nolan, Region 1 (617-
918-8343); Suzanne Lussier, NHEERL,
Atlantic Ecology Division (401-782-3157).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 4 FY03-Funded RM Projects
Demonstration and Regional Field Testing
of Sampling and Analytical Methods for
Pesticides and Semi-Volatile Organic
Compounds Using an Adsorbent Resin
Sampling System, Accelerated Solvent
Extraction, and GC/MS Analysis
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to
develop simpler and more efficient sampling
and extraction methods than the methods
currently used in an EPA compendium for
ambient air analysis.
Relevance: The current technology used to
collect and extract samples is a cumbersome
and time-consuming process. This project will
investigate the possibility of replacing the
current technology with a smaller sampler and
a more efficient extraction unit, which will
reduce the extraction time from 18 hours to
30 minutes.
Description: This project involves the design,
construction and testing of a sampling
assembly, capable of pulling ambient air
through a packed Accelerated Solvent
Extraction cell. Evaluation of the sampling
device will be conducted to determine
appropriate extraction and analytical
procedures, including assessment of method
recovery, accuracy, precision, and limits of
detection and quantitation.
Funding: The results of the analyses will be
shared by ORD and Region 4 and both will
provide collaborative use of equipment and
supplies critical to co-developing the methods
needed for the planned research. No property
transfer will be effected under this agreement.
Anticipated Product: Deliverables will
include a report characterizing the optimized
ASE methods and recovery of TO-4A
compounds from each sorbent tested, with
detailed findings from breakthrough studies;
and a report/journal article discussing the
comparison between ASE and Soxhlet
extraction methods. This project will include
writing new compendium methods for
inclusion in the EPA "Compendium of
Methods for the Determination of Toxic
Organic Compounds in Ambient Air" using
the new samplers and ASE extraction
technique, if they prove feasible.
Point(s) of Contact: Tom Baugh, Region 4
(404-562-8275); Danny France, Region 4
(706-355-8738); Elin Ulrich, NERL, Human
Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division
(919-541-3717).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 5 FY03-Fimded RM Projects
Development of Analytical Methods for
Alkylphenol Ethoxylates
Purpose: This project will complete the
development of new sample preparation
procedures and solid phase extraction that
will reduce hazardous waste and decrease
sample preparation time over that of existing
methods.
Relevance: An earlier RM investigation
(2000-02/03) set out to establish sources of
commercially available standards of known
purity for certain endocrine disrupting
alkylphenolic compounds and use them to
develop a method that could determine their
presence and concentration in surface water
and sediment. White certain areas were
addressed in this earlier study, more work
remains to be done for solid phase extraction
which will limit hazardous waste and increase
speed of analysis.
Description: The project will complete
development of new sample preparation
procedures and solid phase extraction that
will reduce hazardous waste and decrease
sample preparation time over existing
alkylphenol analysis methods. A key step for
biological studies will be purification of
commercially available standards of the
alkylphenol/ethoxylate compounds, with
confirmation of purity by mass spectrometry
and elemental analysis. A qualitative and
quantitative liquid chromatograph mass
spectrometer (LCMS) method for
nonylphenol carboxylates will be developed.
Finally, the project will develop methods
using gas chromatograph mass spectrometer
(GCMS) and LCMS to analyze for these
compounds in fish tissues and isolate which
tissues and organs contain the greatest
concentrations.
Funding: This project will be funded through
an existing cooperative agreement.
Anticipated Product: The project will
document Standard Operating Procedures
with Method Detection Limits and precision
and accuracy data for all methods developed
or upgraded.
Point(s) of Contact: David Macarus, Region
5 (312-353-5814); Dennis Wesolowski,
Region 5 (312-353-9084); Myriam Medina-
Vera, NERL, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (919-541-
5016).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 9 FY03-Fimded RM Projects
Development of Biological Indicators,
Methods and Assessment Techniques in
First Order and Intermittent Streams
Purpose: The objectives of the proposed
research are to:
1. Assess physical and biological indicators
for the classification of permanence (flow
duration) in headwater streams;
2. Develop protocols for collection of field
data for permanence classification; and
3. Develop assessment techniques for water
quality and assessment of biological
condition for use in headwater streams
across the permanence gradient.
Relevance: The Clean Water Act states that
the water quality in the Nation's waters must
support aquatic life and human health. Each
state is required to report its progress towards
meeting the water quality standards,
designated uses, and identify impaired waters.
This project will address the development of
bioindicators for first order and intermittent
streams, which comprise the greatest number
of stream miles nationwide in flowing waters.
Description: The initial phase of this project
will focus on targeted sites to develop
hydrological and water quality indicators and
will include about 10 drainage basins within
approximately 100 miles of Cincinnati.
Headwater tributaries will be sampled and
hydrologic conditions measured. Data
collection will include chemical, physical and
biological information that will then be used
in conjunction with topographic, geologic,
water table, and climate data to identify
landscape level indicators of the permanence
transition. Seven to eight regions will become
involved in the second year of the study, to
assess the applicability of the hydrologic
indicators (field and landscape) identified in
the first year and identify additional indicators
that may be unique for each region.
Funding: This project will be funded through
a contract.
Anticipated Product: A final report will be
prepared and distributed to states, regions,
and tribes.
Point(s) of Contact: Bobbye Smith, Region 9
(415-972-3735); Peter Nolan, Region 1 (617-
918-8343); Joseph Flotemersch, NERL,
Ecological Exposure Research Division (513-
569-7086).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 10 FY03-Funded RM Projects
Development of Quantitative Index of
Excessive Sedimentation
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to
develop a practical, time-efficient tool that
relies on a minimum of quantitative field
measurements and delivers a clear picture of
excessive sedimentation.
Relevance: While many states have adopted
the use of the qualitative Rapid
Bioassessment Protocols habitat evaluation,
these evaluations often indicate that excessive
sedimentation is a possible cause of
impairment. The states are not currently using
tools to quantify the excessive sedimentation
or to link sediment thresholds to biological
endpoints or goals, as defined by the
bioassessment. The result is a determination
of impairment, but only a qualitative
suggestion of a cause of impairment.
Description: This project will involve the
collection of spatially intensive field data
from two basins in the mid-Atlantic region.
Data collected will be used to examine the
question of whether time lags between basin
disturbance and channel response (the index
values) are sufficient to lead to spatial
patterns in the index that diminish the
association between the sedimentation index
and current land use. These studies will also
help to generally evaluate if the index
formulation optimally scales channel
responses for drainage area, slope, large
woody debris volume, and channel
morphometry. Where the index has been
tested in the Pacific northwest, index values
show that, for a wide range of lithologies,
relatively undisturbed reference stream sites
have index values suggesting that sediment
transport is in rough equilibrium with
sediment supplies.
Funding: This project will be conducted
through an existing cooperative agreement.
Anticipated Product: A technical guidance
document will be prepared for use by land
managers and regulators, as well as peer-
reviewed journal articles of the scientific
results.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8002); Margaret
Passmore, Region 3 (304-234-0245); Phil
Kaufmann, NHEERL, Western Ecology
Division (541-754-4451).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 10
Re-evaluation of Applicability of Agency
Sample Holding Times (Non-air)
Purpose: The overall goals of this RM
project are to provide better scientifically-
defined holding times for samples stored at 4
degrees C and to examine the viability and
effectiveness of sample freezing to -20
degrees C on extending sample holding times
for various contaminants.
Relevance: Holding times are the length of
time a sample can be stored after collection
and prior to analysis without significantly
affecting the analytical results. Holding times
vary with the analyte, sample matrix, and
analytical methodology used to quantify the
analytes' concentrations. Maximum holding
times have been established by EPA and have
been presented in the Code of Federal
Regulations and SW-846 methods manual.
Recent discussions and research efforts have
come to light in which samples are kept
frozen at -20 degrees C as a means of sample
preservation. Freezing to -20 degrees C,
however, markedly reduces the biological
degradation and chemical reactions that can
still occur if the sample is only cooled to 4
degrees C. Both Regions 1 and 10 have
requested ORD's assistance in independently
assessing the effectiveness of freezing
samples at -20 degrees C relative to cooling
the sample to 4 degrees C and in providing
data to support more scientifically-defined
holding times.
Description: This project will address
concerns expressed by Regions 1 and 10,
regarding the holding times and preservation
techniques for semi-volatile organics,
pesticides, PCBs, VOCs, total organic carbon,
nutrients, and chlorophyll in water (fresh and
saline), sediment, and tissue samples.
Analyses will be performed following
standard SW-846 methods and the resultant
data processed and reported.
Funding: A contract has been established
with Battelle Laboratories for sample
collection, preparation and analysis.
Anticipated Product: A final report will be
provided to the regions upon completion of
the study.
Point(s) of Contact: Roseanne Lorenzana,
Region 10 (206-553-8002); Robert Maxfield,
Region 1 (617-918-8640); Brian Schumacher,
NERL, Environmental Sciences Division
(702-798-2242).
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 1 RM Projects
Project Title
Developing Methods for Biological Indicators in Transition
Zones Between Aquatic Resources
Holding Times (Air)
Development of Biological Indicators, Methods and
Assessment Techniques in First Order and Intermittent
Streams (Other Sponsors from Regions 2, 3, 4, 8, 9&10)
Lab/Center
NHEERL/Nar
NERL/RTP
EERD-
Cincinnati
Year Project
Initiated
2001,2002,2003
1998, 1999
2003, 2004, 2005
Status
Active
Completed
Active
Region 2 RM Projects
Project Title
Development of Whole Sediment Toxicity Identification and
Evaluation Methods
Field Evaluation of Toxicity Identification and Evaluation
(TIE) Porewater and Receiving Water Methods
Lab/Center
NHEERL/
Dul, Nar
NHEERL/Nar
Year Project
Initiated
1999,2000
1999
Status
Completed
Completed
Region 3 RM Projects
Project Title
Arsenic Speciation Methods Applied to Studying the
Environmental Fate of Organoarsenical Animal Feed
Additives
Biosurvey/Bioassessment Protocols and Methods for Large
Rivers
Exploring the Efficiency and Capability of HRMS, LRMS,
and BCD to Expand Method 1 668 or 8082 for PCBs and
PBDE Congeners to Meet Regional Regulatory and Policy
Needs
Lab/Center
NERL/LV
NERL/Ci
NHEERL/Nar
Year Project
Initiated
1998,2000,2002
1998,1999,2000
2001,2002
Status
Active
Completed
Active
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 4 RM Projects
Project Title
Demonstration and Regional Field Testing of Sampling and
Analytical Methods for Pesticides and Semi-Volatile Organic
Compounds Using an Adsorbent Resin Sampling System,
Accelerated Solvent Extraction, and GC/MS Analysis
Improved Air Sampling Methodology
Lab/Center
NERL/RTP
NERL/RTP
Year Project
Initiated
2003, 2004
1998,1999,2000
Status
Active
Completed
Region 5 RM Projects
Project Title
Development of Analytical Methods for Alky Iphenol
Ethoxylates
Development of Diagnostic Indicators of Stream Impairment
Due to Nutrients
Alkylphenol Endocrine Disrupters
Lab/Center
NERL/RTP
NHEERL/Dul
NERL/RTP
Year Project
Initiated
2000,2001,
2003, 2004
2001,2002
2003, 2004
Status
Active
Active
Active
Region 6 RM Projects
Project Title
Comparison of Sediment Elutriate Acute and Chronic
Toxicity Testing with Ceriodaphnia and Fathead Minnows
with Bulk Sediment Tests Using Hyalella Azteca and
Chironomus Tentans
Methods for Assessing Changes in Organisms Exposed to
Contaminated Sediment
Refinement of the Bivalve (Mulinia Lateralis) Sediment
Toxicity Test
Lab/Center
NERL/Ci
NERL/Ci
NHEERL/GB
Year Project
Initiated
2001
2000,2001,2002
2001
Status
Active
Completed
Active
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ORD Regional Science Program
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
Regional Methods (RM) Program
Region 7 RM Projects
Project Title
Evaluation of the Importance of Pyrolysis By-Products on
the Bioavailability of PAHs to Benthic Organisms
Indicators of Stream Stress Due to Fluctuations in Dissolved
Oxygen Levels
VOCs in Solid Matrices
Lab/Center
NHEERL/Nar
NHEERL/Cor
NERL/LV
Year Project
Initiated
2000, 2001
2001,2002
1998
Status
Completed
Active
Completed
Region 8 RM Projects
Project Title
Methods of Development for Detection of PPTV
Concentrations of Selected VOCs
Pesticide Field and Laboratory Immunoassay Methods
Lab/Center
NERL/RTP
NERL/LV
Year Project
Initiated
2001,2002
1998
Status
Completed
Completed
Region 9 RM Projects
Project Title
Development of Biological Indicators, Methods and
Assessment Techniques in First Order and Intermittent
Streams.
Evaluation of Metal Mixture Toxicity in Water and Diet
Lab/Center
EERD-NERL
NHEERL/Dul
Year Project
Initiated
2003,2004,2005
1999, 2000
Status
Active
Completed
Region 10 RM Projects
Project Title
Development of Quantitative Index of Excessive
Sedimentation
Re-evaluation of Applicability of Agency Sample Holding
Times (Non-air)
Lab/Center
NHEERL/Cor
NERL/LV
Year Project
Initiated
1999,2000,2003
2000, 2002, 2003
Status
Active
Active
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Additional ORD Support
Programs
Regional Science Portal
Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program
(REMAP)
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
(CRADAs)
SPC Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling
(CREM)
SPC Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM)
EPA Laboratory for Sustainable Development
National Homeland Security Research Center
(NHSRC)
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Regional Science Portal
The Regional Science Portal was developed in response to requests from regional offices for
access to a comprehensive collection of EPA science activities and to enhance the science
support provided to the regions. Constructed on EPA's Intranet and activated in May of 2003,
the portal is intended to provide "one-stop shopping" for regional scientists and engineers to
access the data and tools essential to the success of their research and projects. The site contains
links to ORD's research activities, ORD contacts searchable by area of expertise, science-related
EPA program office and regional web sites, and external web sites dealing with scientific issues
of interest and utility to regional technical staff.
The site also provides useful information on a daily basis, including a calendar of upcoming
science-related meetings and events as well as science news bulletins from across the Agency.
ORD expects to continue the development and expansion of this site according to the regions'
evolving scientific interests and needs. Access to the site is available at:
http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/scienceportal/
Topic Areas
• Environmental Methods and
Measurements
• Environmental Models
• Risk Assessment
• Regional Science
» SF/RCRA Technical Support
ORD Science
• Inventory of EPA Science Activities
• Science Policy Workgroups
• Databases
• ORD Scientific Meetings
Links
• The 10 Regional Science Councils
• The National Regional Science
Council
• Chemical property values
• EPA Library
• First Gov Science
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Regional Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (REMAP)
The Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (EMAP) is a multi-
pronged research approach to the
development and utilization of ecological
monitoring as a necessary and critical
component of environmental management
and protection. The Regional EMAP Program
(REMAP) takes it a step further, as each of
the regions and ORD work in partnership to
evaluate and build on the EMAP approach. It
is used as a tool for providing information on
the condition of our nation's environment in a
manner directly applicable to resource
managers.
The goals of REMAP are to:
• Assist in incorporating the latest science on
ecological monitoring into the regional,
state, tribal and local decision-making
process,
• Advance the science of ecological
monitoring as a tool for regional, state and
local problem formulation in risk
assessments, and
• Measure the ecological results of risk
management option selection.
The REMAP Program has helped develop and
demonstrate important aspects of several new
approaches, including alternative ways to
design and analyze monitoring information.
These alternatives provide results that are
statistically valid and can be used to
characterize environmental conditions at the
regional scale with known levels of
confidence. Information from REMAP has
also helped several states respond
to listing and delisting requirements under
Section 303(d) and reporting under Section
305(b) of the Clean Water Act. More
information about specific REMAP projects
can be obtained by accessing the EMAP web
site (www.epa.gov/emap/remap).
Region-Specific Support includes:
Region 1 - Evaluating the condition of New
England's wadeable streams.
Region 2 - Conducting a New York/New
Jersey harbor study, Cohansey-Maurice
Watershed assessment, and an environmental
assessment of Barnegat Bay, NJ.
Region 3 -Conducting an assessment of toxic
compounds in all freshwater streams and
rivers in Virginia and testing of wetland
indicators in Delaware.
Region 4 - Conducting an assessment of the
Everglades ecosystem and evaluating the
condition of southeastern wadeable streams.
Region 5 - Developing a probability-based
stream monitoring and assessment program
for Wisconsin.
Region 6 - Determining monitoring design
criteria and biological indicators for seagrass
conservation in Texas coastal waters.
Region 7 - Conducting probabilistic surveys
of Iowa stream resources and
permanent/semi-permanent wetlands, and
evaluating probability-based monitoring
design within Missouri's statewide resource
assessment and monitoring program.
Regions 8. 9. and 10 - Developing reference
conditions and use of intensification sites in
the EMAP Western Pilot Design.
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
The Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA)
Program provides a mechanism for
cooperative research and development
partnerships with outside parties such as
industry, consortia, academia, trade
associations, and state and local agencies. The
Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (CRADA) is the primary vehicle
used by EPA's FTTA Program to exchange
EPA personnel, equipment or services for a
particular project.
CRADAs are negotiated agreements between
EPA laboratories and private sector
organizations outlining the terms and
conditions under which work will be
performed. They identify the resources to be
provided by each party and will often contain
provisions regarding licensing,
commercialization, and patent development.
Under cooperative agreements, laboratories
cannot transfer funds to the cooperating
partner, but they are permitted to exchange
personnel, equipment, or services.
The benefits, realized by large and small
firms alike, of entering into CRADAs with
EPA include:
• Access to EPA's state-of-the-art laboratory
facilities and equipment,
• Collaboration with the nation's top
environmental scientists and engineers,
• Technical orientation toward pollution and
source reduction,
• Opportunities for exclusive licensing of
patented technologies,
• Leveraging of research funds, and
• Improved cost-effective technology.
However, all parties involved reap the
benefits of CRADAs. EPA laboratories
receive funding for the laboratory,
opportunities for collaborations with their
peers, professional recognition, leveraging of
research funds, and further research and
development. The United States taxpayer
benefits from health and environmental
protection, a better return on investment,
better products, the creation of jobs, and the
swift field application of environmental
technology.
More information regarding CRADAs and the
FTTA program can be found at
www.epa.gov/QSP/ftta.htm.
The following tables contain brief
descriptions of all active CRADAs.
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CHADAs)
Region 1 Active CRAP As
CRADA Partner
Camp, Dresser, &
McKee
Genzyme Diagnostics
Rollinsford Water &
Sewer District
Fluent, Inc.
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Holiday Acres Water
and Wastewater
Services
Inverness Medical
Technology, Inc.
Partner
Location
Cambridge,
MA
Framington,
MA
Rollinsford,
NH
Lebanon, NH
Boston, MA
Allenstown,
NH
Waltham, MA
Description
Development of capacity analysis tools and associated
technical documents for Sanitary Sewer Systems (SSO)
Control Planning
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Demonstration of arsenic removal technologies for small
systems
Development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Methodologies for simulating air pollution concentrations in
Human Exposure Micro-environments
Field demonstration of High Energy Electron Injection to
treat Methyl-t-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Demonstration of arsenic removal technologies for small
systems
Development of SP-22 as a diagnostic indicator and
modulator of fertility
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 2 Active CRAP As
CRADA Partner
Alistagen Company
Ambient Group, Inc.
EMSL Analytical, Inc.
Galson Laboratories
Membrane Products
Corporation
(MEMCO)
Niagara Mohawk
Power Corporation
Novartis
Pharmaceutical
Corporation
Petroleum
Environmental
Research Forum - 97-
06 (PERF)
M&K Microbiology
Services, Inc.
The Research
Foundation of State
University of NY
(SUNY)
OSI Pharmaceuticals /
Genetech, Inc.
Pure Earth
Environmental
Laboratory, Inc.
Technical Database
Services, Inc.
Technical Database
Services, Inc.
Envirogen, Inc.
Partner
Location
New York, NY
New York, NY
NJ
E. Syracuse,
NY
Albany, NY
Syracuse, NY
Summit, NJ
Annadale, NJ
NJ
Stony Brook,
NY
Mellville, NY
Pennsauken,
NJ
New York, NY
New York, NY
Lawrenceville,
NJ
Description
Determination of the efficacy of Ultraviolet irradiation to
control biocontaminants in HVAC Systems
To transfer methodologies and knowledge required for use of
the method of identifying and quantifying specific fungi and
bacteria using ribosomal DNA sequences as specified in U.S.
Patent No. 6387652, Method of Identifying and Quantifying
Specific Fungi and Bacteria
Indoor air detection of mold (fungi) in homes
Indoor air detection of mold (fungi) in homes
Software simulation package for the selection of the
appropriate membrane for various uses as a separation
technology, specifically pervaporation
Phytoremediation of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in
soil - Field Test Network
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Evaluate the efficacy of phytoremediation, the use of plants
to reduce the risks to contain and degrade contaminants in the
soil
Indoor air detection of molds (fungi) in homes
Material Transfers Agreement (MTA)
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Non-exclusive licensing of an EPA patent for detecting molds
(fungi) in homes
To further develop the PARIS II Solvent Design Software
Use and development of the Environmental Toxicity and
Exposure Database (ET&T) and Estimation Technology
Field demonstration of in-situ remediation of Methyl-t-Butyl
Ether (MTBE) contaminated aquifers using propane
biostimulation
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 3 Active CRAP As
CRADA Partner
Agilent Technologies
American Chemical
Council
American Chemical
Council
DuPont
Pharmaceutical
Company
Ease Diagnostics
Glaxo-Smith-Kline
Queen Anne's County,
MD
R.J. Lee Group
The Environmental
Research & Education
Foundation (EREF)
University of Virginia
W.L. Gore and
Associates
Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co./PPG
Industries, Inc.
Graymont, LTD
Partner
Location
Wilmington,
DE
Arlington, VA
Arlington, VA
Wilmington,
DE
New Milford,
PA
King of
Prussia, PA
Stevensville,
MD
Monroeville,
PA
Washington,
DC
Charlottesville,
VA
Elkton, MD
Akron, OH;
Pittsburgh, PA
Wayne, PA
Description
Methodology to analyze organotin in drinking water using
GC-ICP-MS
Gene chip technology identifying chemicals that might
interfere with reproduction and development in wildlife
Research to further the development of the immune system to
immunosuppressive agents
Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Investigation of Future Technologies to Facilitate Non-
Intrusive Methods for Performing On-Board Diagnostic
(OBD) Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) Emissions Inspections
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Analysis and evaluation of the arsenic treatment system used
to remove arsenic from drinking water supplies
Evaluating Microscopy-based Particle Characterization
techniques
Evaluation and development of Landfill Gas Emissions and
Control Technology
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Alternative Cover System for Landfill
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
r
CRADA Partner
Camp, Dresser, &
McKee
Duke University
Georgia Pacific
Schleicher & Schuell
(formerly Biopath)
University of North
Carolina
University of North
Carolina (Chapel Hill)
International Chemical
Products, Inc.
Partner
Location
Ft. Myers, FL
Durham, NC
Atlanta, GA
West Palm
Beach, FL
NC
Chapel Hill,
NC
Huntsville, AL
Description
Revision and update of the Guidelines for the Water Reuse
Document; transferal of the final document to CD Rom
Materials Agreement (MA) to develop an Optimal
Microarray-Printing Methodology
rEnvironmental Air Pollution
Development and commercialization of the MI Media
technology for detection, enumeration and identification of E.
Coli and other coliform bacteria
To advance methods for characterizing inhalable aerosols
Further development of high quality data sets suitable for
validating and improving numerical models of human
exposure to inhalable aerosols
Use of Picklex as a cost effective metal treatment
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 5 Active CRAP As
CRADA Partner
Bowling Green State
University
BP Amoco
Corporation
Camp, Dresser, &
McKee
Chevron Products
Company
City Hall of Climax
Eaton Corporation
Ely Lilly & Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Microbial Insights,
Inc.
Parker-Hannifin
Corporation
Regents of the
University of
Minnesota
Metal Alloy
Reclaimers, Inc. II
(Metaloy, Inc.)
Partner
Location
Bowling
Green, OH
Naperville, IL
Michigan
Ohio
Climax, MN
Eden Prairie,
MN
Indianapolis,
IN
Detroit, MI
Ann Arbor, MI
IN
Cleveland, OH
Duluth, MN
Cleveland, OH
Description
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Phytoremediation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in
soil field test network
Stormwater Management (SWMM) Redevelopment
Evaluate the efficacy of Phytoremediation, the use of plants
to reduce environmental risks to contain and degrade
contaminants in the soil
Demonstration of arsenic removal technologies for small
systems
Evaluation and commercialization of hydraulic components
developed for use in Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles (HHV)
application
Feasibility Study of a Visual-Function Testing Method
Use of EPA's Environmental Chamber Facility for evaluating
effects of environmental fallout on automotive products
Development of a High Efficiency AUTOMOTIVE Power
Train
Indoor air detection of molds (fungi) in homes
Development of an advanced hydrostatic transmission for use
on large vehicles
Multi-photon Confocal Microscopy Collaboration
Evaluation and removing ionic mercury from power plant
scrubber water using Spent Claus Catalyst in processes to
control air and/or water pollution
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 5 Active CRADAs (continued)
CRADA Partner
Scotts Company
University of
Minnesota Duluth
Medical School
University of
Minnesota Large
Lakes Observatory
Yellow Springs
Instruments (YSI)
Environmental, Inc.
Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co./PPG
Industries, Inc.
Tisch Environmental,
Inc.
Waste Management,
Inc.
Wayne State
University; University
of Leeds, UK
Partner
Location
Marysville, OH
Duluth, MN
Duluth, MN
Yellow
Springs, OH
Akron, OH;
Pittsburgh, PA
Village of
Cleves, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Detroit, MI;
Leeds, UK
Description
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Develop and optimize applications of confocal microscope
for investigating mechanisms of toxicity resulting from
exposure to low-level water contaminants
Evaluation and testing to be done on Lake Superior to address
scientific uncertainties associated with studies of large
ecosystems
Sensor Cradle Coupon-A multi-probe in-line sensor in
drinking water distribution systems
Alternative Cover System for Landfill
Development of a high-volume fine and coarse aerosol
sampler based on virtual impaction
Full-scale evaluation of municipal waste landfill bioreactor
Genetic testing for male factor fertility
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 6 Active CRAP As
CRADA Partner
University of Arkansas
Village of Nambe
Pueblo
Partner
Location
Fayetteville,
AR
Santa Fe, NM
Description
Phytoremediation of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in
soil field test network
Demonstration of arsenic removal technologies for small
systems
Region 7 Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
Coordinating Research
Council, Inc.
Monsanto, Inc.
Partner
Location
Kansas City,
KS
St. Louis, MO
Description
Characterizing exhaust emissions from light-duty gasoline
vehicles in the Kansas City Metro area
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Region 8 Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
American Water
Works Association
Research Foundation
City of Lidgerwood
Composite Membranes
Corporation
Hach Company
Horizon Technologies
Foremost Solutions,
Inc.
Partner
Location
Denver, CO
Lidgerwood,
ND
Castlerock, CO
Loveland, CO
Littleton, CO
Golden, CO
Description
Development of Cryptosporidium cell culture sensitivity and
assessment of ultraviolet (UV) light
Analysis and evaluation of the arsenic treatment system used
to remove arsenic from drinking water supplies
Novel Pervaporation Membrane for separation and recovery
of volatile organic compounds from wastewater
Real-time Distribution System Water Quality Monitoring
Sensors
Development, market and distribute Waste Reduction (WAR)
Algorithm Version 1 .0 for pollution prevention
In-situ bioremediation of contaminated soils and groundwater
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 9 Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
Applied Process
Technology, Inc.
Digital Diagnostics
Laboratories, LLC
Digital Diagnostics
Systems, inc,
Environmental
Microbiology
Laboratory, Inc. (EM)
Holl Technologies
Company
Membrane
Technology and
Research
Genetech, Inc.
Intelligent Optical
Systems, Inc.
Steril-Aire, Inc.
Partner
Location
CA
CA
CA
CA
Camarillo, CA
Menlo Park,
CA
San Francisco,
CA
Torrence, CA
Cerritos, CA
Description
Field demonstration of HIPox Advanced Oxidation to treat
Methyl-t-Butyl Ether
Further development of the Stachybotrys Chartarum detection
technology
Indoor air detection of mold (fungi) in homes
Indoor air detection of mold (fungi) in homes
Evaluation of Holl Spinning Tube-in-tube Reactor for
oxidation reactions
Development of Alternative Technology for separating VOCs
from groundwater and wastewater
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Evaluation and development of methods for rapid and
sensitive detection of biological toxins in water
Evaluation of the effectiveness of Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation
in controlling the growth of microorganisms
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Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs)
Region 10 Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
City of Fruitland
HybriGene, Inc.
Partner
Location
Fruitland, OR
Habbard, OR
Description
Analysis and evaluation of arsenic treatment system used to
remove arsenic from drinking water supplies
Method for assessing potential ecological effects of gene flow
from transgenic crops
Consortia Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
Partner
Location
Description
Haagen-Smit
Laboratory (with
consortium of
Daimler-Chrysler,
Ford, GM partners)
CA
Low level exhaust and evaporative measurement technology
through the Automobile Industry Government Emissions
Research (AIGER) initiative
International Active CRADAs
CRADA Partner
Healthy Office Co.
UK Ltd.
INSERM
Integrated Process
Solutions
Satlantic
Technical University
of Denmark (DTU)
University of Leeds,
Wayne State
University
Merck Sharp &
Dohme Research
Laboratory
Pfizer Limited (Global
Research and
Development)
Partner
Location
Hull, East
Yorkshire,
England
Paris, France
Ishoej,
Denmark
Nova Scotia,
Canada
Lyngby,
Denmark
Leeds, UK;
Detroit, MI
Harlow, Essex,
UK
Kent, England
Description
Indoor air detection of molds (fungi) in homes
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Develop, market, and distribute WAste Reduction (WAR)
algorithm Version 1 .0 for pollution prevention
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Integration of the Waste Reduction (WAR) algorithm Version
1.0 into a Process Simulation System
Genetic testing for male factor fertility
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
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Council on Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (CREM)
The Council on Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (CREM) comprises senior
managers from across EPA. Established in
2000, its purpose is to promote consistency
and consensus among environmental model
developers and users. CREM's activities
include:
• Documenting and communicating the data,
algorithms, and expert judgments used to
develop models;
• Documenting and implementing best
management practices to use models
consistently and appropriately;
• Establishing and implementing criteria so
that model-based decisions satisfy
regulatory requirements and Agency
guidelines;
• Facilitating information exchange among
model developers and users so that models
can be iteratively and continuously
improved; and
• Proactively anticipating scientific and
technological developments so EPA is
prepared for the next generation of
environmental models.
The CREM website (www.epa. gov/crem)
provides the following information:
• A library, which features white papers,
guidance, and Science Advisory Board
reports pertaining to environmental models
• A knowledge base, which provides general
information about some of the most
frequently used models at the Agency, as
well as information regarding their use,
scientific basis, development, and the
methods by which they are evaluated. This
knowledge base also provides a forum for
feedback and communication among model
developers, decision makers, and the public
• Links to websites of interest to the
environmental modeling community
• A newsletter containing information
regarding recent events/happenings in the
model-developing community
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Council on Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (CREM)
Guidance
The CREM guidance documents include:
• "Guidance for Quality Assurance Project
Plans for Modeling" provides advice and
recommendations on how to develop a
Quality Assurance Project Plan for projects
involving the model development or
application using data acquired from other
sources.
• "Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing
the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and
Integrity of Information Disseminated by the
Environmental Protection Agency" contains
EPA's policy and procedural guidance for
ensuring and maximizing the quality of
information the Agency disseminates,
outlines administrative mechanisms for EPA
pre-dissemination review of information
products, and describes some new
mechanisms for use by individuals in
obtaining corrections from EPA regarding
disseminated information that is thought to
be out of compliance with EPA or OMB
guidelines.
• "Peer Review Policy for Models" provides
aid in evaluating the need for and, where
appropriate, conducting external peer review
related to the development and/or
application of environmental regulatory
modeling.
Plans
In an effort to ensure the availability of
guidance and support for all model users,
CREM is sponsoring a series of Regional
Seminars. These workshops are being held to
engage a broader community of model users
and stakeholders in matters regarding the use
of models in environmental decision-making.
The Regional Seminars will be co-presented
by ORD and a regional office. The first of
these seminars, held on November 17, 2003,
was presented by ORD and Region 10.
Focusing on a case study of a model used in
the region, this seminar provided an
opportunity for discussion of some of the
principles of the CREM guidance.
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Council on Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (CREM)
Council Members
The CREM consists of representatives from EPA Headquarters and regional offices.
Responsibilities for leading the CREM are shared by the CREM Chair and Team Leader. A
workgroup assists the council in its various activities. As of July 29,2003, the CREM members
are:
CREM Members
Council Member
Gary Foley
Ron Kreizenbeck
Pasky Pascual
Eric Perkins
Kevin Bricke
Winston A. Smith
Jerri-Anne Garl
Carl Edlund
Joshua Tapp
Jim Luey
Sean Hogan
Jan Hastings
Peter Tsirigotis
Pam Ban-
Larry Zaragoza
Mary Ellen Weber
Randy Perfetti
Reggie Cheatham
Jim Nelson
Subhas Sikdar
Affiliation
CREM Co-Chair, ORD
CREM Co-Chair, Region 10
CREM Team Leader, ORD
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Office of Air
Office of Water
Office of Sol id Waste
OPPTS
OPPTS
Office of Environmental
Information
Office of General Counsel
ORD
Contact Information
919-541-2106, folev.garv@epa.gov
206-553-0454. kreizenbeck.ron@epa.gov
202-564-2259.pascual.paskv@eoa.gov
617-918-1602, perkins.eric@epa.eov
212-637-3736. bricke.kevin@epa.gov
404-562-9077, smith.winston-a@epa.eov
3 1 2-353- 1 44 1 , earl.jerri-anne@epa.gov
214-665-8124.edlund.carl@eoa.gov
9 1 3-55 1 -7606, tapp.ioshua@epa.gov
303-312-6791. luevjim@epa.gov
415-972-3261.hogan.sean@epa.gov
206-553- 1 582. hastine.ianis@epa.gov
919-541-941 1. tsirigotis.peter@epa.gov
202-566-0452. barr.Damela@erja.eov
703-603-8867. zaragoza.larrv@epa.gov
202-564-8770.weber.Marvellen@epa.gov
703-305-5381.perferti.Randolph@epa.gov
202-566-0070, cheatham.reggie@epa.eov
202-564-5532. nelson. james(a),eDa.eov
5 1 3-569-7528, sikdar.subhas@epa.gov
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Forum on Environmental Measurements
(FEM)
On March 31,2003, the FEM was
established. It is a standing committee of
senior EPA managers, the aim of which is to
address many of the issues that have been
raised by the regions with regard to Agency
measurement programs. It is working to
develop policies and procedures to improve
the quality of the Agency's measurement
methodologies and programs. The goal is to
ensure that the data gathered and used by the
Agency is of known and documented quality
and is gathered in an efficient, effective
manner. A FEM objective is to promote
consistency and consensus across the Agency
on measurement issues and to break down the
segmentation that has characterized Agency
measurement programs.
To achieve these goals, FEM is working on
and has made significant progress on the
following initiatives that will have a positive
impact on regional activities.
• A new policy has been established that
would require all Agency-operated
laboratories (including regional, program
office, and ORD laboratories) to:
1. Maintain a quality management system
that complies with both EPA and ISO
standards;
2. Undergo periodic external assessments;
3. Become accredited where appropriate
accreditation programs are available; and
4. Participate in proficiency testing or
round robin studies. The FEM will put
into place an oversight mechanism to
ensure that the policies are being
followed.
• A new FEM web site has been established
that will assist regional measurement
scientists (and the public) by serving as a
link to the scattered information that the
Agency has on such topics as:
• Sampling and measurement
methodology
• EPA's measurement science research
program
• Laboratory accreditation and
proficiency testing programs
• Analytical standards availability
• Newly verified measurement
technologies and instruments
• A calendar of both EPA and non-EPA
sponsored measurement science
conferences and meetings.
• The FEM is also working to promote
coordination and consistency by replacing
the current program-specific monitoring
conferences with cross program
conferences. This will also decrease the
number of conferences regional staff need to
attend to keep up with new scientific and
regulatory developments.
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Forum on Environmental Measurements
(FEM)
• FEM Action Teams are developing
minimum validation guidelines for new
Agency methods, and working to establish
new procedures for identifying and rapidly
correcting measurement methodology
related problems.
• Accelerating the adoption and
implementation of the performance
paradigm in Agency regulatory
requirements.
• A new Agency Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) Committee has been
established to improve communication with
the stakeholder community and to obtain
their active assistance in addressing
measurement issues.
The FEM web site is currently under
development.
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EPA Laboratory for Sustainable
Development
In partnership with the regions, ORD is
initiating the creation of the Laboratory for
Sustainable Development. This laboratory
will be a testing ground for information and
decision-making tools drawing on research to
support sustainability. ORD is presently
soliciting ideas for future laboratory projects.
The criteria and process for the selection of
future projects is currently being developed
and will be discussed at the DRA meeting in
January 2004.
The Laboratory for Sustainable Development
is a virtual arrangement, rather than a "bricks
and mortar" facility. The word "laboratory"
was chosen to highlight the need for a number
of focused "experiments" or projects that are
chosen to investigate and demonstrate the
practical dimensions of sustainable decision-
making. These projects touch on an array of
challenges faced by engineers, designers,
planners, and decision-makers. Projects
focused on planning, technology, restoration,
and forecasting challenges faced by decision-
makers are all candidates for the laboratory.
Stakeholders are consulted and participate in
development of laboratory projects. The
information and data generated by such a
"laboratory" will be used to evaluate, refine
and make effective the ongoing scientific
elaboration of sustainability.
Specifically, projects in the laboratory will
have the following attributes:
Benefit the future. In the spirit of sustainable
development, the projects will be aiming for
benefits over the long term.
Integrate environment, economics, and social
considerations. The projects will recognize
the importance of incorporating the three
dimensions of sustainability.
Use the best science for effective decision-
making. The projects will encourage
innovation in science, engineering, decision-
making, design, and policy.
Focus on environmental outcomes. The
projects will set goals and collect data and
information to enable learning and measure
improvements. They will produce concrete
results in the near term.
Inspire many diverse stakeholders. The
projects will be collaborative among regions,
cities, states, industry, academics, and
programs.
Laboratory Pilot Projects
Region 3 is hosting the pilot of the
sustainability laboratory. Three projects are
currently being launched.
Sustainable Watershed Management in the
Delaware River Basin
In cooperation with the Delaware River Basin
Commission; the Commonwealth of PA;
Monroe County, PA; local municipalities; the
Brodhead Watershed Association; and other
stakeholders, this project will develop and
implement sustainable water resource
management strategies in a watershed
threatened by high growth. The project will
evaluate the effects of growth and land use
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Development
change on ground water, stream flow, and the
ecology of Pocono Creek. Tools will be
developed to determine the sustainable
groundwater withdrawal limits considering
environmental, economic, and social
concerns. Those sustainable limits will be
implemented by Monroe County to maintain
the high quality of life in the watershed as
future growth occurs. Research findings and
results will be transferred to other parts of the
Basin as well as to other regions of the
country.
Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration in the
Mid-Atlantic Highlands
In cooperation with the Canaan Valley
Institute; local communities; state and local
governments of the Mid-Atlantic Highlands
area (portions of MD, PA, VA and all of
WV); West Virginia University; and other
stakeholders, this project will develop and
evaluate sustainable restoration technologies.
Such technologies will include methods for
stream restoration, which address the
problems of sedimentation, riparian habitat
loss and biological degradation. In addition to
the environmental benefits, it is expected that
there will be increased potential for job
creation as a result of restoration activities.
Research findings and results will be
transferred throughout the Mid-Atlantic
Highlands area as well as to other regions of
the country.
Materials Recycling and Tracking in the
Electronic Industry
In cooperation with the Region 3 eCycling
Pilot; the Polymer Alliance Zone of West
Virginia; the EPA Office of Solid Waste; the
Office of the Federal Environmental
Executive; and the Electronic Industries
Alliance and its members, this project will
support the tracking of post-consumer
electronics from the point of collection
through transportation, dismantling,
processing, and marketing of the materials.
This project will contribute significantly to
the design, development, and sustainable
operation of cost effective recycling programs
for post-consumer electronics by:
1. Investigating the conditions that produce
the greatest flow of post-consumer
electronics for recycling
2. Investigating the most cost-effective means
to transport these materials to
consolidation points and recycling centers,
3. Determining the best ways to recover and
process the plastics and other materials
from the discarded electronics, and
4. Informing the lifecycle design of these
products.
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National Homeland Security
Research Center (NHSRC)
EPA's National Homeland Security Research
Center (NHSRC) is a new laboratory based in
Cincinnati, OH that conducts research and
provides technical assistance on topics related
to EPA's homeland security responsibilities.
The primary mission of NHSRC is to provide
appropriate, effective, and rapid technologies;
technical assistance; and risk assessment
guidelines to help decision-makers prepare
for, detect, contain, and decontaminate
chemical and biological attacks directed
against buildings and water treatment
systems. The NHSRC is currently envisioned
to have a 3-year lifespan.
The NHSRC is an applied research center
with two main goals:
• To conduct and facilitate research that will
result in methods, tools, or guidance to
reduce vulnerabilities of the nation's water
and building systems following purposeful
introduction of hazardous agents, and
• To provide information, tools and support to
the regions and emergency response
personnel to aid in the preparation for and
response to a terrorist attack, and act as a
focal point for emergency response
operations with ORD.
Organization and Structure
NHSRC is a virtual center, headquartered in
Cincinnati, Ohio, with employees in:
Washington DC (EPA Headquarters);
Research Triangle Park, NC (ORD
Laboratory); Edison, NJ (Region 2); Atlanta,
GA (Region 4); and Las Vegas, NV (Region
9).
In addition to its technical assistance support
team and Environmental Technology
Verification (ETV) Program, NHSRC has
three research teams that focus on building
safety, water security, and risk assessment
issues.
The Safe Buildings Team conducts applied
research to develop better methods,
technologies and guidance in four areas:
1. Detecting biological or chemical
contaminants in indoor air,
2. Containing the spread of contaminants in
indoor environments,
3. Decontaminating materials and surfaces,
and
4. Disposing of contaminants or hazardous
decontamination materials, and the
assessment of safe packaging, transport,
and conditions for safe disposal.
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National Homeland Security
Research Center (NHSRC)
The Water Security Team, in close
collaboration with the Office of Water's
Water Security Division, is dedicated to
providing tools and technical support in order
to strengthen drinking water and wastewater
systems against terrorist attack. Research is
focused on vulnerability assessments,
contaminant identification, analytical
methods, detection technologies and early
warning systems, hydraulic and water quality
modeling, water treatment, equipment
decontamination, and improved security,
cyber, and emergency response policies.
The Rapid Risk Assessment Team works with
the regions to identify its three primary
research areas:
1. Development of expert systems related to
vulnerability and risk assessment for On
Scene Coordinators (OSCs) and
emergency responders,
2. Risk frameworks for evaluating impacts
and understanding possible risks of
chemical, biological, and radiological
threat scenarios,
3. Providing scientific information to aid
decision makers in determining "how clean
is safe" during decontamination.
Collaborators
The NHSRC works closely with its research
counterparts in other federal agencies,
including the Department of Homeland
Security, the Department of Energy, the
Department of Defense, and the Centers for
Disease Control, and has developed strong
ties with water utilities, water organizations,
and water research groups. NHSRC founded
the Distribution System Research Consortium
to coordinate and support interaction among
the water security research entities. The
Building Protection and Decontamination
Work Group, made up of federal partners, is
co-led by the NHSRC Safe Buildings Team.
NHSRC provides homeland security technical
and planning support to all EPA offices,
including EPA's new Office of Homeland
Security.
Research Products and Users
The NHSRC will develop technologies and
guidance for use by regional OSCs,
emergency responders, decision-makers,
water utility operators, and building owners.
Products will be shared in many formats,
including access on the NHSRC web site:
http://www.epa.gov/nhsrc.
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NCER Grants in the Regions
Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant
Program
"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR Environmental
Science Seminar Series
STAR-Funded Research Centers
NCER Programs to Support the EPA Regions
STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
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Science To Achieve Results (STAR)
Research Grant Program
EPA's Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
program funds research grants and graduate
fellowships in numerous science and
engineering disciplines. It allows the EPA to
collaborate with the nation's best scientists
and engineers on a local level, engaging them
in targeted research to meet each region's
own high-priority needs. Each year the
Agency receives about 3,000 to 3,500 STAR
proposals, which undergo a competitive
solicitation process and peer review. Out of
those proposals, STAR typically awards 150
research grants and 40 joint research grants
(with other federal and private-sector
partners). This reach extends to
approximately 280 universities and non-profit
research institutions in all states, Guam,
Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
Annually, EPA manages 500-600 active
research grants. STAR partnerships have
addressed a wide variety of environmental
concerns since the program's inception in
1995. Today, it focuses on the health effects
of particulate matter, drinking water, water
quality, global change, ecosystem assessment
and restoration, human health risk assessment,
endocrine disrupting chemicals, pollution
prevention and new technologies, children's
health and socio-economic research.
Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR)
EPA is one of 10 federal agencies that
participate in the SBIR Program established
by the Small Business Innovation
Development Act of 1982. The purpose of
this Act was to strengthen the role of small
businesses in federally-funded R&D and help
develop a stronger national base for technical
innovation. Joint ventures and limited
partnerships are eligible for SBIR awards,
provided the entity created qualifies as a small
business. EPA issues annual solicitations for
Phase I and Phase II research proposals from
science and technology-based firms. This
phased approach helps determine whether the
research idea, often on high-risk advanced
concepts, is technically feasible, whether the
firm can do high-quality research, and
whether sufficient progress has been made to
justify a larger Phase II effort. Research
topics include nanotechnology and pollution
prevention, water and air pollution control,
management of solid and hazardous waste,
environmental monitoring and measurement,
and bioterrorism detection and
decontamination.
Under Phase I, the scientific merit and
technical feasibility of the proposed concept
are investigated. EPA plans to award firm-
fixed-price Phase I contracts of $80,000 with
up to 10-month performance periods. Phase II
contracts are limited to small businesses that
have successfully completed Phase I. The
objective of Phase II is to further develop and
commercialize the concept proven feasible in
Phase I. Competitive awards are based on the
results of Phase I, the Phase II workplan and
the commercialization potential of the Phase
II technology. EPA plans to conduct the
Phase II solicitation during Phase I and award
Phase II contracts of $225,000 or $325,000 at
the end of the Phase I contract period.
Active STAR projects are summarized in the
tables at the end of this section. For further
information on the STAR Grant Program or
any of these projects, contact Estella
Waldman at (202) 564-6836, or access the
STAR web site at www.epa.gov/ncer.
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"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Through the "Science in Our Regions"
seminar series, ORD is bringing STAR
research to each regional office. These
seminars are ORD's way of informing each
regional office of the knowledge, data, and
information available through STAR'S
connection with local universities and small
businesses on science problems of high
interest to the region. To date, seminars have
been held in Regions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
For many reasons, the STAR seminars are
unique methods of bringing research to the
regions. Everyone in the region, including
people from state and local agencies,
universities, and industry, are invited to
attend. Paul Oilman, Assistant Administrator,
ORD, and Science Advisor to the Agency;
Bill Farland, Acting Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Science; or a senior
manager from ORD's National Center for
Environmental Research (NCER) presents
background and answers questions on ORD
and STAR. To ensure that the region hears
presentations that are directly applicable to its
work, all speakers are chosen by the region
based on the region's interest in the research
area. NCER works closely with each regional
contact to ensure the region gets credible,
interesting, and usable presentations from the
grantees, and that appropriate background and
other support materials are available at the
event. The regional staff members are
encouraged to continue interacting with
STAR grantees after the seminar.
ORD stresses the importance of feedback in
judging whether the seminars are useful, and
also has an interest in determining whether
there is any post-seminar contact between the
seminar attendees and the grantee presenters.
Feedback from the regions has been very
positive. ORD and the regions are now
planning a second round of "Science in Our
Regions" seminars in 2004. The focus for the
second set of seminars will include both
STAR grantees and in-house ORD scientists
who can discuss research in specific areas of
interest to the regions. Seminars are already
tentatively set up in Regions 2,3,4, 5,7, 8,
and 9, and options are being discussed with
Region 1 .The following is a list of tentative
dates for planned STAR seminars.
Region 2: New York, NY, May 2004
Region 3: Philadelphia, PA, late 2004
Region 4: Atlanta, GA, September 2004
Region 5: Chicago, IL, June 2004
Region 7: Kansas City, KS, October 2004
Region 8: Denver, CO, April 2004
Region 9: San Francisco, CA, late 2004
The following tables summarize the seminars
conducted to date.
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"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 1 — November 14,2002
Regional Contact: Robert Hillger
Presentation Title
Monitoring Enteric Protozoa from Large Volumes
of Water
Ambient Pollution and Heart Rate Variability
Early Signs of Biotoxins in Lakes
Case Study from Springfield, Massachusetts
Understanding Mercury Chemistry to Control
Mercury Emissions
Funding Land Conservation and Establishing
Environmental Impact Fees
Role of Plant Roots in Phytoremediation
Impacts of Climate Change on Metro Boston
Harmful and Red Tide Blooms in Narragansett Bay
Mercury Cycling in the Water and Sediments of
Long Island Sound
Communicating Real-time Ozone and Particulate
Air Pollution Data
Ipswich/Parker Suburban WATershed CHannel
Speaker
Saul Tzipori
Diane Gold
James Haney
April Kelly
Joseph Helble
Stephen Swallow
Jason White
Paul Kirshen
Theodore
Smayda
William
Fitzgerald
Jennifer Charles
Charles
Vorosmarty
Institution
Tufts University
Harvard University
University of New
Hampshire
University of Massachusetts
University of Connecticut
University of Rhode Island
Connecticut Agricultural
Experiment Station
Tufts University
University of Rhode Island
University of Connecticut
Charles Consulting
University of New
Hampshire
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"Science in Our Regions:9' the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 4 — September 10, 2003
Regional Contacts: Beth Walls, Thomas Baugh
Presentation Title
The Impact of Lawn Care Practices on Aquatic
Ecosystems in Suburban Watersheds
Evaluating the Dissemination and Impact of Toxics
Release Inventory Data
Multiple Pollutants & the Risk of Cardiac &
Respiratory Emergency Department Visits in
Atlanta
Valuing Market Based Incentives for Brownfields
Development
Exposure and Body Burden of Children of
Different Ages to Pesticides in the Environment
Tailoring Activated Carbon Surfaces for Water,
Wastewater, and Hazardous Waste Treatment
Impact of Residual Pharmaceutical Agents and
Their Metabolites in Wastewater Effluents on
Downstream Drinking Water Treatment Facilities
Environmental Risks to Children's Health: Parents'
Risk Beliefs, Protective Behavior, and Willingness
to Pay
Biopollution by the Green Mussel in the
Southeastern United States
Validation of Sediment Quality Criteria in SE
Estuaries
A Spatial Socioeconomic and Ecologic Landscape
Model to Assess Environmental Impacts of Forest
Change on the Southern Cumberland Plateau of
Tennessee
Providing Timely Public Access to Daily Air
Quality Information about Birmingham, AL and Its
Regional Environment
Speaker
Jay Overmyer
Michael Vasu
Paige Tolbert
Peter Meyer
James Raymer
Tanju Karanfil
Howard
Weinberg
Shelby Gerking
Patrick Baker
Amy Ringwood
Robert Gottfried
Sam Bell
Institution
University of Georgia
North Carolina State
University
Emory University
University of Louisville
Research Triangle Institute
Clemson University
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Southern
Mississippi
University of Florida
South Carolina Department
of Natural Resources
University of the South
Jefferson County Dept. of
Health, AL
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"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 5 — June 17,2003
Regional Contact: Gilberto Alvarez
Presentation Title
Evaluating the Carcinogenic Potency of Complex
Mixtures
Development of Environmental Indicators of
Condition, Integrity, and Sustainability in the
Coastal Regions of the US Great Lakes basin
Predicting the Identity, Spread, and Impact of
Future Non-Indigenous Species in the Great Lakes
Interaction of Various Plant Species with Microbial
PCB-Degraders in Contaminated Soils
Dewatering, Remediation and Evaluation of
Dredged Sediments
Pesticide Exposures of Preschool Children Over
Time
Measuring and Apportioning Children's Exposure to
Pesticide in Urban, Suburban, and Rural
Communities
Watershed Influences on Transport, Fate, and
Bioavailability of Mercury in Lake Superior
Indoor and Outdoor Air Contaminant Exposures and
Asthma Aggravation Among Children
Business-led Environmental Management:
Economic Incentives and Environmental
Implications
Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental
Science
The Effect of Plants on the Bioavailability and
Toxicity of Contaminants in Soil
Speaker
David
Warshawsky
Gerald Niemi
David Lodge
Clayton Rugh
Arthur Schwab
Jane C. Chuang
John Adgate
James Hurley
Tom Robins
Madhu Khanna
Michael Stein
Kathy Banks
Institution
University of Cincinnati
University of Minnesota
Notre Dame, U. of Chicago
Midwest Hazardous
Substance Research Center
Midwest Hazardous
Substance Research Center
Battelle Memorial Institute
U of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
U of Michigan
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Chicago
Purdue University
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"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 6 — May 28, 2003
Regional Contact: Troy Stuckey
Presentation Title
Urban Waste Management & Research Center
Biological Markers of Exposure to Benzene
Characterization of Factors Determining Personal
Exposure to Volatile Air Toxics in Urban
Environments
Social Impact Assessment of Human Exposure to
Mercury Related to Land Use and Physicochemical
Settings in the Alabama-Mobile River System
Municipal Sewers as Sources of Hazardous Air
Pollutants
Infectivity and Virulence of Cryptosporidium Non-
parvum Species in Healthy Adult Volunteers
New Sensor Technology for Reducing Emissions
from Automobiles
The Influence of Amphiphilic Molecules on the
Environmental Fate and Transport of
Pharmaceuticals
Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on
Wetland Ecosystems
Chinese Tallow Invasions into the Endangered
Coastal Prairie
Effects of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles on Asthma
Development of an Urban Rehabilitation Method
Using Stakeholder Feedback to Direct Investigation
and Restoration Planning
Speaker
Kenneth
McManis
Rogene
Henderson
Margaret Phillips
Kim Warner
Jacek Koziel
Cynthia Chappell
Henry Taylor
Tohren Kibbey
Vibhas
Aravamuthan
Evan Siemann
Ted Barrett
Marty Matlock
Institution
University of New Orleans
Lovelace Respiratory
Research Institute
University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Texas A&M
University of Texas at
Houston
Texas A&M
University of Oklahoma
LSU
Rice University
Lovelace Respiratory
Research Institute
Texas A&M
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"Science in Our Regions:95 the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 7 — August 13, 2003
Regional Contact; Brenda Groskinsky
Presentation Title
Rural Asthma Study
X-ray C-based Assessment
Bacterial and Nutrient Reduction
Metals Removal by Constructed Wetlands
Lake and Reservoir Strategy for Nebraska
Shaping Corporate Environmental Behavior and
Performance: The Impact of Enforcement and Non-
Enforcement Tools
Effects of Ethanol on BTEX Natural Attenuation
Classifying Reference Conditions in Streams
Atrazine in Surface Soils
Nitrate Reduction
Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems
Speaker
Angela Kuehl
Beverly Cohen
George Marchin
Mark Fitch
John Holz
Dietrich H.
Earnhart
Pedro Alvarez
Charles P.
Hawkins
Alok Bhandari
Tian C. Zhang
Catherine Kling
Institution
University of Nebraska
NYU School of Medicine,
University of Iowa
Kansas State University
University of Missouri -
Rolla
University of Nebraska at
Lincoln
University of Kansas
University of Iowa
Utah State University
Kansas State University
University of Nebraska at
Lincoln
Iowa State University
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"Science in Our Regions:" the STAR
Environmental Science Seminar Series
Region 9 — September 8-9,2003
Regional Contact: Bobbye Smith
Presentation Title
A Birth Cohort Study of Migrant Children in an
Agricultural Community
Children and Pesticide Exposure at the US-Mexico Border
General Deterrence in Corporate Environmental Behavior
The Contribution of Biomass Combustion to Ambient Fine
Particle Concentrations in the United States
Ultrafine Particles and Traffic
Assessing Preferences for Environmental Decisions with
Long-term Consequences
Perchlorate in a Contaminated Site in the Las Vegas Valley
Modulation of Allergic Airway Responses by
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
EAGLES - Center for Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator
Research
Simulating Air Quality in the San Joachin Valley
Procedures for Detecting Infectious Microsporidia in
Source Waters
Health Effects of Concentrated Ambient Particles from the
Central Valley of California
Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality Related to Exposures
to Particulate Matter and Associated Air Pollutants
Gene-Environmental Interaction and Human
Malformations
Integrating Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrity and Restoration
Options with Watershed-Based Activities in the Tropical
Pacific Islands
Electrical Resistance Tomography to Quantify Subsurface
Heterogeneity
Biosensors to Monitor Organophosphate Pesticides in the
Field
CISNet San Pablo Bay Network of Environmental Stress
Indicators
Frog Deformities: Role of Endocrine Disrupters
Environmental Endocrine Disruption in Avian Wildlife
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Speaker
Asa Bradman
Mary Kay
O'Rourke
Robert A.
Kagan
Philip Fine
John R.
Froines
UC Irvine
Jacimaira R.
Batista
Henry Gong
Susan L.
Anderson
Mike
Kleeman
Paul A.
Rochelle
Kent E.
Pinkerton
Michael
Lebowitz
Gary M.
L Shaw
Robert
Richmond
Kamini
Singha
Ashok
Mulchandani
SG Schladow
David M
Gardiner
Bill L. Lasley
Institution
UC Berkeley
University of Arizona
UC Berkeley
California Institute of
Technology
UCLA and California
Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Guyse
U of Nevada Las Vegas
UC Los Angeles
UC Davis
UC Davis
LA Metropolitan Water
District
UC Davis
University of Arizona
California Institute of
Technology
University of Guam
Stanford University
UC Riverside
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Davis
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STAR-Funded Research Centers
NCER has established both STAR and
Congressionally-mandated research centers
around the United States. The regional focus
of the STAR research centers is designed to
achieve a long-term research goal by
providing multidisciplinary interactions in a
wide range of scientific areas. These centers
also provide a national network that fosters
communication, innovation, and research
excellence. For more information, see:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/centers/.
Centers for Children's Environmental
Health and Disease Prevention Research.
ORD and the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
established 12 centers for children's
environmental health and disease prevention
research. These centers are conducting basic
and applied research in combination with
community-based projects to study the causes
and mechanisms of children's developmental
disorders with special emphasis on
environmental exposures. The program
emphasizes respiratory disorders, growth and
development, learning and behavior, and
developmental disorders. The centers are
located at the:
• University of Southern California
• University of California at Berkeley
• University of Washington
• University of Iowa
• University of Michigan
• Johns Hopkins University Hospital
• Columbia University School of Public
Health
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• University of Cincinnati Center for the
Study of Prevalent Neurotoxicants in
Children
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey Center for Childhood
Neurotoxicology and Assessment
• University of California at Davis Center
for the Study of Environmental Factors in
the Etiology of Autism
• University of Illinois Friend's Children's
Environmental Health Center
Airborne Particulate Matter (PM)
Research Centers. The centers are advancing
the scientific understanding of the health
effects of PM related to exposure, dosimetry
and modeling, toxicology, and epidemiology
as well as improving our knowledge of which
groups are particularly susceptible to health
effects from PM exposure. The centers are:
• Harvard Particulate Center at Harvard
University
• Northwest Research Center for Particulate
Air Pollution and Health at the University
of Washington
• NYU School of Medicine PM Center
• Rochester PM Center at the University of
Rochester
• Southern California Center for Airborne
Particulate Matter at the University of
California/Los Angeles
Hazardous Substance Research Centers.
These centers are addressing concerns'about
hazardous substances in the environment by
conducting basic and applied research, and
providing technology transfer and community
outreach. Each center has a strong
communication component to ensure that
outreach to industry, communities, and states
is provided through interdisciplinary research
programs, technology transfer, and training
efforts. They are also facilitating the use of
innovative means to transfer scientific
knowledge among academia, industry,
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STAR-Funded Research Centers
national laboratories, state and local
governments, and the federal government.
• Midwest Hazardous Substance Research
Center is supporting collaborative
research and technology transfer efforts in
Regions 3,5, and 7 with a focus on
integrated low-cost remediation
technologies that improve risk
management by removing contaminants
from the environment and restoring
ecosystem quality.
• Center for Hazardous Substances in
Urban Environments is working with
Regions 1 and 3 to promote a better
understanding of the processes needed to
detect, assess, and manage risks associated
with the use and disposal of hazardous
substances in urban environments, and
disseminate the results of the research. The
center focuses on the area from the upper
mid-Atlantic to the Northeast.
• Hazardous Substance Research
Center/South and Southwest is providing
basic and applied research, technology
transfer and community outreach to
address hazardous substance problems in
Regions 4 and 6.
• Western Region Hazardous Substance
Research Center for Developing In-Situ
Processes for VOC Remediation in
Ground water and Soils focuses on
subsurface contamination problems
associated with volatile organic chemicals
(VOCs) with an emphasis on chlorinated
solvents. VOCs have emerged as a major
groundwater contamination problem facing
Regions 9 and 10, as well as the nation.
• Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous
Substance Research Center for
Remediation of Mine Waste Sites
focuses on the environmental problems
associated with mining and mine wastes
with the goal of developing new or
improved methods or technologies that are
cost effective and lead to cleanups that are
protective of human health and the
environment.
Estuarine and Great Lakes Centers
(EaGLes) Program. In 2000, ORD
established five estuarine indicator research
programs. These programs are designed to
identify, evaluate, recommend and potentially
develop a suite of new, integrative indicators
of ecological condition, integrity, and/or
sustainability that can be incorporated into
long-term monitoring programs. The EaGLes
Program is a regional program that focuses on
different coasts and then integrates them
together into a national framework. The five
EaGles include the:
• Atlantic Coast Environmental
Indicators Consortium based at the
University of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill: studying the Chesapeake Bay,
MD/VA; Albemarle-Pamlico Sound, NC;
the Parker River, MA; and the North River
Inlet, SC
• Atlantic Slope Consortium based at
Pennsylvania State University: studying
the Delaware, Susquehanna-Chesapeake,
and Ablemarle-Pamlico drainage basins
• Western Center for Ecological
Indicators at University of
California/Davis: studying San Francisco
Bay, Tomales Bay, and the northern and
southern CA watersheds
• Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator
Research for the Gulf of Mexico at the
University of Southern Mississippi:
studying the Gulf of Mexico
• Coastal Regions of the Great Lakes
Basin at the University of Minnesota:
studying the Great Lakes
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NCER Grants in the Regions
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
STAR-Funded Research Centers
"Targeted" Research Centers. In recent
years, Congress has appropriated large sums
to support research efforts at specifically
designated universities. These "earmarked"
centers vary in their missions and expected
durations.
• Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies is
developing an understanding of how
human-induced modifications produce
changes in the structure and function of
coastal ecosystems.
• Center for Air Toxic Metals (University
of North Dakota) is developing key
information on air toxic metal compounds
to support the development and
implementation of pollution prevention
and control strategies that will effectively
reduce air toxic metal emissions and
releases to the environment.
• Environmental Lung Disease Center
(National Jewish Medical and Research
Center) is working to improve the
understanding of lung disease, and develop
innovative early disease detection,
prevention and treatment approaches.
• Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance
Research Center (Lamar University) is
conducting research to provide more
effective hazardous substance response and
waste management throughout the Gulf
Coast.
• Health Effects Institute (Boston, MA) is
an independent, nonprofit corporation
chartered in 1980 to provide high-quality,
impartial, and relevant science on the
health effects of pollutants from motor
vehicles and from other air pollution
sources in the environment. Supported
jointly by EPA and industry
(manufacturers and marketers of motor
vehicles or engines), HEI has produced
important research findings on the health
effects of a variety of pollutants, including
carbon monoxide, methanol and aldehydes,
nitrogen oxides, diesel exhaust, ozone, and
most recently, participate air pollution.
The Integrated Petroleum
Environmental Consortium (IPEC) is
developing new, cost-effective
technologies to solve environmental
problems in the petroleum industry. The
University of Tulsa, University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University,
and the University of
Arkansas/Fayetteville are members of the
consortium.
Mickey Leland National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center (Texas Medical
Center) is developing an environmental
health research program on the public
health risks posed by air toxics in urban
atmospheres.
National Center for Caribbean Coral
Reef Research (University of Miami) is
designed to organize and lead
multidisciplinary research to support
improved management of coral reefs.
Oil Spill Remediation Research Center
(McNeese State) is evaluating different
techniques for coastal wetland restoration
through various habitat creation and
habitat enhancement projects.
Urban Waste Management & Research
Center (University of New Orleans)
addresses urban problems associated with
municipal solid waste, wastewater, urban
runoff, surface and ground water quality,
and air quality.
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NCER Grants in the Regions
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
NCER Programs To Support the EPA
Regions
November 2003
Region 1
In 2002, NCER worked with Region 1 to
develop a special Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Request for Applications
(RFA) to help with its specific needs and
priorities. Awards for the RFA,
"Environmental Solutions for Treatment of
Arsenic in Small Drinking Water Systems,
Stormwater Runoff, Combined Sewer
Overflows (CSOs), Urban River Sediments
and Infrastructure Rehabilitation," were made
in September 2003.
Region 2
Region 2 participates on ORD's industrial
ecology committee. The committee organizes
EPA's Millennium Lecture Series, developed
the Industrial Ecology Web Site, and
coordinates programs related to industrial
ecology in EPA.
Region 3
ORD is working with Region 3 to develop the
pilot Laboratory for Sustainable
Development. The team is coming up with
projects that are of mutual interest including:
Sustainable Watershed Management in the
Delaware River Basin, Sustainable Ecosystem
Restoration in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands,
and Materials Recycling and Tracking in the
Electronic Industry. Region 3 and ORD have
also worked together to generate the overall
concept of the virtual laboratory and its key
attributes including benefits for the future;
integrated environmental, economic, and
social considerations; using the best science
for decision-making; focusing on
environmental outcomes; and inspiring many
diverse stakeholders.
Region 4
The Science To Achieve Results (STAR)
grant program continues to emphasize
opportunities for regions to interact directly
with researchers in local universities. For
example, STAR grantee Hans Paerl, at the
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill,
recently spoke to Region 4 about the work he
is doing on indicators. Dr. Paerl is the
Principal Investigator for the STAR Atlantic
Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium,
which is working to develop and test broadly
applicable, integrative indicators of ecological
condition, integrity, and sustainability across
four estuarine systems on the Atlantic Coast.
The Albemarle-Pamlico Sound in North
Carolina and the North River Inlet, in South
Carolina are two of the estuaries in Region 4.
The researchers also have ongoing, long-term
water quality/habitat monitoring programs in
place to help with indicator development and
testing. NCER is now in the process of
determining how to transfer some of his work
to the region. Discussions are also underway
about a joint NCER/Region 4 conference on
nutrients in the Gulf of Mexico.
Region 5
ORD encourages its STAR grantees to visit
the regional offices to discuss progress on
their research projects with staff scientists.
Recently, Dr. Joseph Helble from the
University of Connecticut stopped by the
Region 5 office on his way to the West Coast
to discuss his research on controlling mercury
emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Representatives from Region 5 participate on
EPA's Sustainability Group.
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NCER Grants in the Regions
U.S. EPA: Office of Research & Development
NCER Programs To Support the EPA
Regions
November 2003
Region 7
At the August 13, 2003, Regional STAR
Seminar, STAR grantee Dietrich Earnhart
presented his research on the effects of
government interventions (e.g., inspections)
on facility-level compliance with water
pollution control laws. Diane Huffman,
Region 7, was interested in similar issues
related to RCRA. Dr. Earnhart contacted Dr.
Sarah Stafford at the College of William and
Mary to facilitate a discussion between
Region 7 staff and Dr. Stafford on her
research.
Representatives from Region 7 participate on
EPA's Sustainability Group.
Region 8
STAR grantee Charles Hawkins at Utah State
University is working directly with Region 8
to establish an extensive network of stream
reference sites throughout the country. Region
8 collected reference site data in South
Dakota and Colorado in support of this effort.
The expected outcome of this project will lead
to the development of a national aquatic
ecosystem classification for stream reference
conditions. Also, it will allow for a more
accurate and comparable evaluation of the
biological health of aquatic systems across the
West. As a result of his extraordinary
interaction with the western regions, Regions
8 and 10, OW, and OST decided to fund the
Western Regional Bioassessment Center at
Utah State University. The center is intended
to facilitate and improve interagency
coordination with respect to western
bioassessments. In addition, the center will
conduct research that is relevant to the regions
and offer technical assistance to states and
tribes. Through this effort, Dr. Hawkins has
produced predictive models and held staff
training in Oregon, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Dr. Hawkins is currently providing technical
guidance to OW in the development and
implementation of the National Stream
Survey. In addition, he is working directly
with NCEA to refine macroinvertebrate
tolerance values.
Region 9
Region 9 has been communicating with the
STAR EaGLes/Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem
Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium
during the past 2 years. STAR grantee, Susan
Anderson, the Director of the center, has
given three briefings to Region 9 staff and
managers. Staff from Region 9 have
participated in planning meetings at Dr.
Anderson's lab, providing direct input into the
research agenda. Stege Marsh, a cleanup site
that is located next to the Region 9 Lab in
Richmond, California, is one of the sites
where data are being gathered and indicators
tested. For this reason, PEEIR researchers
often interact with staff from the lab.
Two representatives from Region 9
participate in the EPA Nanotechnology
Workgroup.
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EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R828174
Grant
R829405
Grant
R827635
Grant
R828170
Grant
R829361
Grant
R829796
Grant
R830877
Grant
R828167
Grant
Tracking Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Through Biotic and Abiotic
Processes in the Environment
Mechanistic Role of Plant Root Exudates in the Phytoremediation of Persistent
Organic Pollutants
Microbiological and Physicochemical Aspects of Mercury Cycling in the
Coastal/Estuarine Waters of Long Island Sound and Its River-Seawater Mixing
Zones
Control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Comparative In Vitro Immunotoxicology of Organochlorine Mixtures: Validation
for Use in Risk Assessment.
Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Mercury to the Atmosphere: Global and
Regional Contributions
Stressor-response Modeling of the Interactive Effects of Climate Change and Land
Use Patterns on the Alteration of Coastal Marine Systems by Invasive Species
Soot, Precursor Particle and Higher Hydrocarbon Production in Flames
vlaryJane Incorvia
Mattina
Jason C. White
William F. Fitzgerald
Joseph J. Helble
Sylvain De Guise
William F. Fitzgerald
Robert B. Whitlatch
Lisa Pfefferle
Connecticut Agricultural
Experiment Station
Connecticut Agricultural
Experiment Station
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
Yale University
$194,622
$401,241
$592,035
$224,642
$666,649
$897,219
$564,430
$224,170
July 2000-
June 2002
November 2001-
October 2004
October 1999-
September 2002
July 2000-
June 2002
August 2001-
July 2004
January 2003-
December 2005
May 2003-
April 2006
August 2000-
July2002
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500514
Fellow
GF9500667
Fellow
U9 15544
Fellow
U915764
Fellow
U9 15308
Fellow
GF9501458
Fellow
U915648
Fellow
Mechanisms of Gaseous Elemental Mercury (Hg) Formation in Fresh and Marine
Waters
Ecology and Conservation: Predictions about Community Changes Due to
[nvasives
Submerged Aquatic Plant Community Dynamics
Culturing Urban Ecology: Strategic Linkages of Environment and Cultural
Identity in Urban River Restoration, The Upper Bagmati Basin, Kathmandu, Nepal
Illegal Commercial Exploitation and Population Declines of Several Threatened
Sturgeon and Paddlefish Species (Order Acipenseriformes).
Assessment of the Impact of Forest Habitat Fragmentation Through Analysis of
Genetic Variability of Wood Frogs in Continuous and Discontinuous Forested
Swamp Areas in Connecticut
Genetic Variation in Phragmites Australia
Kristofer R. Rolfhus
Cheryl Craddock
Robert S. Capers
Anne M. Rademacher
Phaedra Doukakis
Karen H. Beard
Kristin Saltonstall
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
Yale University
Yale University
Yale University
Yale University
$30,828
$34,000
$78,484
$102,000
$34,000
$29,750
$80,390
September 1999-
September 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
June 1999-
June 2002
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
CT
SBIR PHASE II
68D00209
SBIR II
Gas Turbine Engine Performance Monitor for Reduced Emissions
James R. Markham
Advanced Fuel Research
Inc.
$224,946
September 2000-
September 2002
CT
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D03039
SBIR II
ABSTRACT
uow-Cost Mercury Sorbents Derived From Waste Tires
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Vlarek Wojtowicz.
INSTITUTION
Advanced Fuel Research
Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$224,678
PROJECT
PERIOD
May 2003-
April 2005
STATE
CT
SBIR PHASE I
68D02004
SBIR I
68D02027
SBIR I
Low-Cost Mercury Sorbents Derived From Waste Tires
Nanofibrous Manganese Dioxide for Volatile Organic Compounds
Vlarek Wojtowicz
Danny Xiao
Advanced Fuel Research
Inc.
Inframat Corporation
$69,999
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
CT
CT
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R831301
Grant
R829325
Grant
R829338
Grant
R828824
Grant
R828596
Grant
R827447
Grant
R828036
Grant
R829437
Grant
R830545
Grant
R830838
Grant
R830758
Grant
R830821
Grant
R827353
Centers
R829690
Grant
R829689
Grant
A High Throughput Zebrafish Embryo Gene Expression System for Screening
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
New Bedford Harbor Monitoring Partnership
Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling for Equitable Recreation on
the Mystic River
Determinants of Environmental Compliance: Plant, Firm, and Enforcement
Factors
Casa de Salud: A Model For Engaging Community
Mechanisms of Age-dependent Ozone Induced Airway Dysfunction
Mycobacterium avium Complex in Drinking Water: Detection, Distribution, and
Routes of Exposure
Dioxins, Male Pubertal Development and Testis Function
Chronic Exposure to Paniculate Matter and Cardiopulmonary Disease
Cardiovascular Responses to Particulate Exposure
Children's Vulnerability to Environmental Immunotoxicant Exposure
Contingent Valuation for Ecological and Noncancer Effects within an Integrated
Human Health and Ecological Risk Framework
Ambient Particle Health Effects: Exposure, Susceptibility, and Mechanisms
Compliance and Beyond: Strategic Government-Industry Interactions in
Environmental Policy and Performance
Regulating Pollution Through Information Disclosure: Facility Response to the
Toxics Release Inventory
Gloria V. Callard
Scott Alfonse
Vithal V. Deshpande
Wayne B. Gray
Kay Berthold
-rishman
Stephanie Shore
Timothy E. Ford
iluss Hauser
Francine Laden
David Christian!
Philippe Grandjean
James K. Hammitt
Petros Koutrakis
Edward A. Parson
Robert N. Stavins
Joston University
City of New Bedford
City of Somerville
Clark University
Family Service Inc.
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard School of Public
Health
rlarvard School of Public
Health
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University
$400,000
$351,928
$427,969
$276,883
$792,383
$852,937
$516,679
$2,252,427
$933,602
$1,017,689
$750,000
$266,632
$7,747,040
$157,672
$396,235
August 2003-
July 2006
September 2001-
October 2003
October 2001-
September 2003
May 2001-
April 2004
November 2000-
October 2004
July 1999-
June 2002
Unknown
December 2001-
November 2005
January 2003-
January 2006
May 2003-
May 2006
May 2003-
May 2006
September 2003-
August 2006
June 1999-
May 2004
June 2002-
May 2004
June 2002-
May 2005
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R830959
Grant
R830824
Grant
R829359
Grant
R828172
Grant
R828192
Grant
R828630
Grant
R831077
Grant
R830885
Grant
R829323
Grant
R828582
Grant
R827450
Grant
R828043
Grant
R830654
Grant
R829608
Grant
R828580
Grant
R828161
Grant
R829089
Grant
ABSTRACT
Application of a Unified Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate GCM to Understand the
Effects of Changing Climate and Global Anthropogenic Emissions on U.S. Air
Quality
Value of Reducing Children's Mortality Risk: Effects of Latency and Disease Type
Regulation of Embryonic Neuronal Development by Chemical Mixtures from
Brick, NJ
Eddy-Correlation Measurement of Size-Segregated and Composition-Resolved
Aerosol Depositional Flux Using an Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Characterization and Minimization of Fine Particulate Emissions from Waste
Incinerators by Real-Time Monitoring of Size-Resolved Mass and Chemical
Composition
Evaluation of Phase II Compliance with Title IV of the
1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
Particle Sampler for On-Line Chemical and Physical Characterization of
Particulate Organics
Developing of Risk Propagation Model for Estimating Ecological Responses of
Streams to Anthropogenic Watershed Stresses and Stream Modifications
Assabet River Stream Watch: Monitoring and Timely Reporting of Streamflow and
Water Quality to Assess Habitat Stress for Native Fish Populations in the Assabet
River Watershed, Massachusetts
SJear-Real Time Monitoring of Inland Suburban Waterways: Application to Three
Critical Environmental Issues Facing the North Shore/Metro Boston
Infrastructure Systems, Services, and Climate Change: Integrated Impacts and
Response Strategies for the Boston Metropolitan Area
Development and Evaluation of Methods for the Concentration, Separation,
Detection, and Viability/Infectivity of Three Protozoa from Large Volume of
Water
Improved Science and Decision Support for Managing Watershed Nutrient Loads
An Investigation of Compliance Behavior and Enforcement of Emissions Trading
Programs Using Experimental Analyses
Springfield Surface Water Action Monitoring Partnership (Sswamp)
Investigating Microbial Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using
Molecular Isotopes
Spatial Demographic Models for the Study of Stress Effects on Wildlife
Populations
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Daniel J. Jacob
James K. Hammitt
Carol L. Reinisch
Kenneth A. Smith
Kenneth A. Smith
A. Denny Ellerman
Kenneth A. Smith
Vladimir Novotny
Paul Blazar
David Pancost
Paul Kirshen
Saul Tzipori
Steve Chapra
James Murphy
Katie Galluzzo
Timothy I. Eglinton
Hal Caswell
INSTITUTION
Harvard University
Harvard University
Marine Biological
Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Northeastern University
Town of Hudson
Town of Ipswich
Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University
University of
Massachusetts
University of
Massachusetts - Boston
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
GRANT
AMOUNT
$900,000
$271,746
$749,333
$225,000
$335,000
$289,477
$410,000
$747,760
$432,692
$321,621
$899,985
$525,000
$749,179
$227,860
$356,262
$196,743
$500,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
lanuary 2003-
January 2005
March 2003-
February 2005
July 2001-
June 2004
July 2000-
July 2002
June 2000-
May 2003
October 2000-
March 2003
September 2003-
August 2006
May 2003-
April 2006
January 2002-
December 2003
December 2000-
November 2002
September 1999-
September 2003
March 2000-
March 2003
January 2003-
January 2006
January 2002-
December 2003
November 2000-
October 2002
June 2000-
May 2002
July 2001-
June 2004
STATE
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R828162
Grant
R829804
Grant
R830415
Grant
ABSTRACT
Characterization of the Chemical Lability and Bioavailable Fraction of Heavy
Metals in Natural Waters Using In-Situ Diffusion Gradient in Thin-Film (DGT)
Probes.
Future Growth of the U.S. Marine Aquaculture Industry and Associated
Environmental Quality Issues: A Comprehensive Assessment
The Development of a Single-cell Field Diagnostic for Nitrogen Limitation in
Harmful Algae
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
James W. Moffett
DiJin
Sonya Dyhrman
INSTITUTION
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
GRANT
AMOUNT
$224,949
$282,191
$451,953
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15360
Fellow
U9 15347
Fellow
U915847
Fellow
U9 15660
Fellow
GF9501227
Fellow
U915773
Fellow
U9 15624
Fellow
U9 15348
Fellow
U915376
Fellow
U915790
Fellow
U9 15749
Fellow
Landscape Patterns in the Industrial Forest
Characterization Of Indoor Paniculate Source Strengths Using Continuous Mass
And Size Monitors
Sapwood Senescence: A Program of Cell Death Leading to the Formation of
Heartwood in Large Woody Stems
The Role of Chemical Mimicry in the Ecology and Evolution of Symbioses
Between Lycaenid Butterfly Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Ants
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Development of a Real Time Remote Sensing Network to Monitor Small
Fluctuations in Urban Air Quality
Detection of Cryptosporidium Spp. In the Wachusett Reservoir Watershed
Controls on Arsenic Mobility in a Metal-Contaminated Wetland
Carbon Monoxide and Volatile Organics
Inner Filter Effect and Energy Transfer Studies for Subsurface Contamination
Analysis, and Innovative Instructional Materials for Environmental Chemistry
Courses
Long-Term Effects of Deforestation on Genetic Diversity: A Comparison of Old
Growth and Secondary Red Oak Populations
Modeling Alexandria™ Fundyense Blooms in the Western Gulf of Maine
Thomas Harrington
Christopher M. Long
Rachel Spicer
David J. Lohman
Gary Adamkiewicz
ICristen L. Jellison
Nicole E. Keon
Adam Weber
Todd Eric Pagano
Joel B. Gerwein
Charles A. Stock
Soston University
Harvard School of Public
Health
Harvard University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Tufts University
Tufts University
University of
Massachusetts - Boston
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
$25,094
$34,000
$90,484
$72,206
$34,000
$102,000
$102,000
$34,000
$34,000
$40,200
$102,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
June 2000-
May 2002
October 2002-
September 2005
September 2002-
August 2005
August 2000-
August 2003
May 1999-
May 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
June 1999-
June 2002
June 2000-
June 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
STATE
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
SBIR PHASE II
68D00270
SBIR II
68D02046
SBIR II
A Noncryogenic Tunable Diode Laser Monitor for On-Road Vehicle Emissions
Remote Sensing Instrument for Particulates and NOx From Heavy-Duty Diesel
Vehicles
David D. Nelson
J. Barry McManus
Aerodyne Research Inc.
Aerodyne Research Inc.
$224,899
$224,647
September 2000-
September 2002
June 2002-
June 2004
MA
MA
138
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D00272
SBIR II
68D01054
SBIR II
68D00275
SBIR II
68D03045
SBIR II
68D02056
SBIR II
68D01057
SBIR II
68D02059
SBIR II
68D03046
SBIR II
68D00279
SBIR II
68D00204
SBIR II
ABSTRACT
Aluminum-Silicate-Based Antifouling Coating
deduced Cost Sewer Pipe Relining Using Ultrasonic Tape Lamination
Photocatalytic AIR Cleaner for Indoor Air Pollution Control
Advanced Low Temperature Emissions Control Technology for MTBE
Destruction
High-Authority Fuel Injection
Innovative Ultraviolet Light Source for Disinfection of Drinking Water
Nontoxic Sparker Control of Zebra Mussels
Paint Removal From Architectural Surfaces With an Innovative Pulsed Light
Source
Handheld Laser-Based Sensor for Remote Detection of Gas Leaks
Field Screening Detector for Metals in Soil
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
M. Alex Walsh
vtargaret E. Roylance
f. R. Kittrell
J. R. Kittrell
Eric Prechtl
Raymond B. Schaefer
Raymond B. Schaefer
Raymond B. Schaefer
Michael B. Frish
Amy J.R. Hunter
INSTITUTION
E Paint Company
Foster-Miller Inc.
KSE Inc.
KSE Inc.
Mide Technology
Corporation
Phoenix Science and
Technology Inc.
Phoenix Science and
Technology Inc.
Phoenix Science and
Technology Inc.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Physical Sciences Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$225,000
$224,867
$225,000
$225,000
$224,926
$225,000
$225,000
$225,000
$224,812
$224,990
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 2000-
September 2002
September 2001-
September 2003
September 2000-
September 2002
May 2003-
April 2005
June 2002-
June 2004
September 2001-
September 2003
June 2002-
lune 2004
September 2000-
September 2002
September 2000-
September 2002
STATE
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
SBIR PHASE I
68D02075
SBIR I
68D03013
SBIR I
68D02089
SBIR I
68D03016
SBIR I
68D03018
SBIR I
68D02024
SBIR I
68D02083
SBIR I
68D03025
SBIR I
68D02029
SBIR I
SiC-Microhotplate Conductometric Sensor Array for NO2 CO and Hydrocarbon
Monitoring of Hot Engine Emissions"
Low-Cost Zeolite Membrane Modules for Solvent Dehydration
Wastewater Treatment by Pulsed Electric Field Processing
Copper-Free Antifouling Coatings
Neurotoxic/Cytotoxin Detection in Water Supplies During Sample Collection
Environmentally Compliant Corrosion-Activated Inhibitor System for Aluminum
Alloys
Electrostatically Charged Aerosol Decontamination System for Small Building
Decontamination
Low-to-No VOC "Chromium-Free Permanent Primer" (CFPP) Coating"
Advanced Low-Temperature Emissions Control Technology for MTBE
Destruction
Dharanipal
Doppalapudi
Richard J. Higgins
Michael A. Kempkes
M. Alex Walsh
Kevin M. Spencer
William Dorogy
Christos Athanassiu
Robert F. Kovar
J. R. Kittrell
Boston MicroSystems Inc.
CeraMem Corporation
Diversified Technologies
Inc.
E Paint Company
EIC Laboratories Inc.
Foster-Miller Inc.
Foster-Miller Inc.
Foster-Miller Inc.
KSE Inc.
$100,000
$70,000
$99,092
$70,000
$70,000
$69,978
$69,992
$69,988
$70,000
October 2002-
July 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
October 2002-
July 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
September 2002-
March 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
MA
139
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R828112
Centers
Health Effects Institute
Daniel S. Greenbaum
Health Effects Institute
$18,750,000
April 2000-
March 2005
MA
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R830836
Grant
R830988
Grant
U915352
Fellow
U915353
Fellow
Tradable Fuel Economy Credits for Cars and Light Trucks
Environmental Marketing of Green Vehicles: Exploring Effective Design and
Performance
The Effects of Legume and Non-legume Green Manure Crops on Soil Nitrogen,
Soil Organic Matter, and Potato Growth in a Potato Cropping System
Millennial Scale Climate Variability: A low-order Model Relating Heinrich and
Dansgaard-Oeschger Events
Jonathan Rubin
Mario F. Teisl
Jeremy M. Plotkin
Heather Franco
Jniversity of Maine
University of Maine
University of Maine
University of Maine
$177,247
$399,979
$20,482
$26,202
January 2003-
December 2004
September 2003-
August 2006
ME
ME
ME
ME
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R826591
Grant
R829582
Grant
An Integrative Aquatic Ecosystem Indicator
The Economics of Environmental Taxes: Using First-Best Models in a Second-
Best World
Richard S.
Stemberger
Richard B. Howarth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
$888,661
$67,887
FELLOWSHIPS
U915818
Fellow
A Speleothem Proxy Record for Tropical Cyclone Events: Preliminary Results
Amy E. Frappier
University of New
Hampshire
$63,750
SBIR PHASE II
68D03042
SBIR II
Low-Cost Machining Without Cutting Fluids
Jay C. Rozzi
Creare Incorporated
$224,865
October 1998-
June 2003
January 2002-
December 2003
NH
NH
August 2000-
August 2002
NH
May 2003-
April 2005
NH
SBIR PHASE I
68D02016
SBIRI
Low-Cost Machining Without Cutting Fluids
Jay C. Rozzi
Creare Incorporated
$69,891
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R826731
Grant
R829801
Grant
R827969
Grant
R828629
Grant
Continuous Micro-Sorting of Complex Waste Plastics Particle Mixtures Via
Liquid-Fluidized Bed Classification (LFBC) for Waste Minimization and
Recycling
Households, Consumption, and Energy Use: The Role of Demographic Change in
Future U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EMPACT Project for Narragansett Bay / Mount Hope Bay, Providence, Rhode
Island / Fall River, Massachusetts
Designing Incentives that Strengthen Local Capacity for Land Development with
Open Space and Healthy Ecosystems: Environmental Impact Fees
Joseph M. Calo
Brian O'Neill
Sharon L. Pavignano
Stephen K. Swallow
Brown University
Brown University
The Narragansett Bay
Commission
University of Rhode Island
$265,000
$279,015
$635,648
5103,821
April 2002-
September 2002
NH
February 1 999-
March 2002
September 2002-
August 2005
Unknown
January 2001-
February 2003
RI
RI
RI
RI
140
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Region 1 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
RS29384
Grant
R829368
Grant
U915811
Fellow
GF9501021
Fellow
U9I5748
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Economics of Conserving Ecosystem Integrity with Residential Development
around Vernal Pools
Dynamics, Variability and Patterns of Harmful and Red Tide Bloom-species in
Narragansett Bay: Ecological Analysis of a 38-year Time Series
Relative Effects of Predation and Facilitation in Controlling the Distribution and
Growth of an Intertidal Pulmonate Snail
Impacts of Ultraviolet Radiation on Host- Virus Dynamics of Common Blue Green
Algae (Synechococcus)
Effects of the Dioxin-like CB-126 on Metamorphosis and Stomach Development
in Summer Flounder
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Stephen K. Swallow
Theodore J. Smayda
Brian R. Silliman
Charles T. Audette
Bruno Soffientino
INSTITUTION
University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
Brown University
University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
GRANT
AMOUNT
5200,017
$348,912
$102,000
$26,891
$82,536
PROJECT
PERIOD
January 2002-
December 2003
October 2001-
March2004
October 2001-
October 2003
Unknown
August 2000-
August 2003
STATE
RI
RI
RI
RI
RI
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R830595
Grant
R830757
Grant
R827784E01
Grant
R827784E02
Grant
U915728
Fellow
Linking Land Use Change, Stream Geomorphology, and Aquatic Biodiversity in a
Hierarchical Classification Scheme
Analysis of Genotoxic Biomarkers in Children Associated with a Pediatric Cancer
Cluster and Exposure to Two Superfund Sites
VTs EPA EPSCoR SIP and SEER Project to Implement Initiatives to Increase the
Competitiveness of the State's Academic Environmental Scientists and Engineers
SEER: The Role of Natural Versus Anthropogenic Factors in Assessing Ecological
Risk in Agricultural Watersheds
Forest Health Implications of Calcium Perturbations in Trees
Mary C. Watzin
Barry A. Finette
Christopher W. Allen
Mary C. Watzin
Catherine H. Borer
University of Vermont
University of Vermont
University of Vermont
University of Vermont
University of Vermont
$664,339
$775,141
$195,469
$268,633
$80,904
December 2002-
November2005
December 2002-
November 2005
November 1999-
April 2002
November 1999-
April 2002
August 2000-
August 2002
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
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EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R830901
3rant
R827915
Grant
R829585
Grant
R828177
Grant
R831073
brant
[R829688
prant
R827288
R827440
R829391
PELLOWSH
KJ915719
Fellow
U915383
Fellow
U9 15836
:ellow
U915837
J9 15553
:ellow
GF9500062
Fellow
m-Integrated Sensing System (m-ISS) by Controlled Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes
on MEMS Structures
fhe Redox Cycle of Mercury in Natural Waters
Electronic Tags for Product Lifecycle Management
Atmospheric Dry Particle Deposition of POPs and Trace Metals in an Urban- and
Industrially-Impacted Mid-Atlantic Estuary (AEOLOS B Mid-Atlantic)
Secondary and Regional Contributions to Organic PM: A Mechanistic Investigation of
Organic PM in the Eastern and Southern United States
Agent-Based Modeling of Industrial Ecosystems
Integrating Models of Citizens Perceptions, Metal Contaminants, and Wetlands
Restoration in an Urbanizing Watershed
Ingestion of Pesticides by Children in an Agricultural Community on the U.S./Mexico
Border
CECEHDPR - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Center for
Childhood Neurotoxicology and Assessment
Somenath Mitra
Francois M.M. Morel
Valerie Thomas
Steven J. Eisenreich
Barbara Turpin
Clinton J. Andrews
Robert K. Tucker
Stuart L. Shalat
George H. Lambert
^ew Jersey Institute of
Technology
Princeton University
Princeton University
Rutgers SUNJ
Rutgers University
Rutgers University -
New Brunswick
Stony Brook Millstone
Watershed Assoc.
University of Medicine
and Dentistry of NJ
University of Medicine
and Dentistry of NJ
$346,000
$726,318
$240,000
$230,000
$446,061
$334,146
$749,954
$710,231
$6,751,466
May 2003-
May 2006
October 1999-
October 2002
January 2002-
December 2004
August 2000-
luly 2002
September 2003-
August 2006
July 2002-
lune 2005
March 1999-
March 2002
October 1999-
September 2002
November 2001-
October 2006
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
IPS
Environmental Covariability, Demographic Connectivity, and the Dynamics of Pacific
Salmon (Oncorhynchus Spp.) Populations
Anthropogenic Emissions
Investigation of High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Solar Cells of Microcrystalline Silicon and Germanium
Development of a Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Prediction
of Biodegradation Kinetics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Model for Bioavailability of Heavy Metals from Landfill Soils Using Artificial
iuman Digestive Fluids
lames Regetz
Richard Duke
Kevork T. Adjemian
William B. Jordan
Kristine H. Wammer
Stephanie Lynn Hamel
'rinceton University
Princeton University
3rinceton University
'rinceton University
'rinceton University
Rutgers University -
SJew Brunswick
$102,000
$34,000
$0
$102,000
$102,000
$29,900
August 2000-
August 2003
September 2000-
September 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
NJ
SBIR PHASE 11
68D01061
SBIR II
Drift Mitigation by Optimization of Wingtip Modification
Milton E. Teske
Continuum Dynamics
Inc.
$224,980
September 2001-
September 2003
NJ
142
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Region 2 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
SBIR PHASE I
68D02082
SBIR I
68D02085
SBIR I
68D02100
SBIR I
Compact Decontamination Device Using Cold Plasma-Generated Singlet Oxygen
Development of a Portable Field Decontamination Unit
Upflow Filters for the Rapid and Effective Treatment of Stormwater at Critical Source
Areas
Alan J. Bilanin
Kurt Kovach
Ramjee Raghavan
Continuum Dynamics
Inc.
PlasmaSol Corporation
USInfrastructure Inc.
$69,727
$70,000
$99,926
September 2002-
March 2003
September 2002-
March 2003
October 2002-
July 2003
NJ
NJ
NJ
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R829324
Grant
R828578
R83091 1
Grant
R831078
Grant
R830844
Grant
R828733
Grant
R829367
R827027
R828609
Grant
R827952
Grant
R828902
Grant
R830902
Grant
R830882
Grant
R830989
jrant
Real-Time Monitoring and Communication of Levels of Fine Particles, Ozone, and
Black Carbon in Northern Manhattan
Patroon Creek Watershed Monitoring, Management and Restoration Program
Compound Specific Imprinted Nanospheres for Optical Sensing
Development of Advanced Factor Analysis Methods for Carbonaceous PM Source
Identification and Apportionment
Development of Arsenic Sediment Quality Criteria using Equilibrium Partitioning
Modeling Heat and Air Quality Impacts of Changing Urban Land Uses and Climate
Viruses as a Regulator of Harmful Algal Bloom Activity: Aureococcus
anophagefferens as a Model System
Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention
Research
Measurement of Non-Persistent Pesticides in Postpartum Meconium as a Biomarker of
'renatal Exposure: A Validation Study
Statistical Modeling of Waterborne Pathogen Concentrations
Impact of Invasive Plants on Abundance and Fitness of Salamanders
rhe Silicon Olfactory Bulb: A Neuromorphic Approach to Molecular Sensing with
Chemoreceptive Neuron MOS Transistors
Developing Regional-scale Stressor Models for Managing Eutrophication in Coastal
Marine Ecosystems, Including Interactions of Nutrients, Sediments, Land-use Change,
and Climate Variability and Change
An Experimental Economics Examination of Incentive Mechanisms for Reducing
Ambient Water Pollution Levels from Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution
Robert Kulikowski
William D. Simcoe
3arry K. Lavine
Philip K. Hopke
oanna Visviki
'atrick L. Kinney
Mary Downes Gastrich
Frederica P. Perera
Robin M. Whyatt
Fery Stedinger
iernd Blossey
Edwin C. Kan
Robert W. Howarth
Gregory Poe
Borough President of
Manhattan
City of Albany, NY
Clarkson University
Clarkson University
College of Mount Saint
Vincent
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University -
Vlailman School of
Public Health
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
$378,458
$643,614
$323,000
$450,000
$389,391
$1,496,418
$210,232
$3,136,357
$744,866
$305,493
$446,959
$354,000
$749,644
$279,999
December 2001-
November 2003
November 2001-
December 2003
June 2003-
May 2006
October 2003-
September 2006
June 2003-
May 2005
September 2000-
August 2003
January 2002-
July 2005
August 1998-
July 2003
July 2000-
lune 2003
January 2000-
lanuary 2003
August 2001-
August 2004
May 2003-
April 2006
March 2003-
February 2006
April 2003-
March 2005
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
143
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Region 2 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827674
Grant
R827039
Centers
R830827
Grant
R827351
Centers
R827446
Grant
R827997
Grant
R830755
Grant
R830682
Grant
R830976
Grant
R828045
Grant
R830909
Grant
R827929
Grant
R830906
Grant
R829598
Grant
R827961
Grant
R828900
Grant
R830683
Grant
R829007
Grant
R827966
Grant
ABSTRACT
Effects of N Deposition on Gaseous N Loss from Temperate Forest Ecosystems
Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention
Research
Barkers of Individual Susceptibility and Outcome Related to Fetal and Infant Growth
and Development
Airborne PM - NYU School of Medicine PM Center
mproving Human Health Risk Assessment for Tetrachloroethene by Using
Biomarkers and Neurobehavioral Testing in Diverse Residential Populations
A Source-Oriented Evaluation of the Combined Effects of Fine Particles and
Copoliutants
Genetic Basis of the Increased Susceptibility of Children to Inhaled Pollutants
Biomarker Application and Risk Assessment of Cr(Vl)
The Hudson Riverscope Prototype: Real-time Monitoring of Rivers and Estuaries for
Research, Education and Science-based Decision Support
Brorninated DBP Formation and Speciation Based on the Specific UV Absorbance
Distribution of Natural Waters
Graft Polymerization as a Route to Control Nanofiltration Membrane Surface
Properties to Manage Risk of EPA Candidate Contaminants and Reduce NOM
Fouling
improved Simulation of Advection and Dispersion of Urban Air Toxics
Advanced Nanosensors for Continuous Monitoring of Heavy Metals
Material Selection in Green Design and Environmental Cost Analysis
A High Performance Analytic Element Model: CIS Interface, Calibration Tools, and
Application to the Niagara Falls Region
An Experimental Study of Biological Invasions in Forests of the Eastern United
States.
Biomarkers of Human Exposure to Pesticides Utilizing a New PBPK/PD Model and
Kinetic Data on Pesticide Metabolism in Humans
Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Groundwater
Environments
Onondaga Lake/Seneca River EMPACT Site
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
'eter M. Groffman
Mary S. Wolff
Gertrud S. Berkowitz
vlorton Lippmann
Ian Storm
•Cazuhiko Ito
Terry Gordon
Qingshan Qu
John Cronin
James E. Kilduff
James E. Kilduff
Chris Walcek
Omowunmi Sadik
Li Lin
Alan J. Rabideau
Jessica Gurevitch
James Olson
Bruce J. Brownawell
S. W. Effler
INSTITUTION
nstitute of Ecosystem
Studies
Mount Sinai School of
Medicine
Mount Sinai School of
vledicine
NYU School of
vledicine
New York State
Department of Health
New York University
New York University
•Jew York University
Pace University - New
York
Rensselaer Polytechnic
nstitute
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
SUNY Albany
SUNY at Binghamton
SUNY at Buffalo
SUNY at Buffalo
SUNY at Stony Brook
State University of NY
at Buffalo
State University of NY
at Stony Brook
Syracuse City School
District
GRANT
AMOUNT
$894,361
$3,136,392
$748,512
$8,076,438
$610,790
$478,522
$749,175
$898,601
$487,500
$391,473
$349,000
$347,991
$351,000
$325,000
$996,545
$451,553
$747,704
$495,955
$499,999
PROJECT
PERIOD
October 1999-
September 2002
Jnknown
August 2002-
July 2005
June 1999-
May 2004
October 1999-
September 2002
February 2000-
:ebruary 2004
October 2002-
September 2005
September 2002-
August 2005
August 2003-
July 2005
March 2000-
March 2003
May 2003-
April 2006
December 1999-
December 2002
May 2003-
April 2006
January 2002-
December 2004
March 2000-
February 2003
September 200 1 -
February 2004
December 2002-
December 2005
September 200 1 -
September 2004
Unknown
STATE
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
144
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Region 2 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827633
Grant
R828046
Grant
R827354
Centers
ABSTRACT
Chemical and Biological Control of Mercury Cycling in Upland, Wetland and Lake
F.cosysterns in the Northeastern U.S.
Pulmonary and Systemic Effects of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles in Senescent Rats with
Cardiovascular Disease
Ultrafine Particles: Characterization, Health Effects and Pathophysiological
Mechanisms
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Charles T. Driscoll
Alison C.P. Elder
Günter
Oberdörster
INSTITUTION
Syracuse University
University of Rochester
University of Rochester
GRANT
AMOUNT
$786,680
$408,859
$8,302,447
PROJECT
PERIOD
November 1999-
October 2002
March 2000-
March 2003
June 1999-
May 2004
STATE
NY
NY
NY
FELLOWSHIPS
U915346
Fellow
U915420
Fellow
U9I5336
Fellow
GF9500249
Fellow
GF95008I4
Fellow
U9 15393
Fellow
U9 15845
Fellow
U915577
Fellow
U915581
Fellow
U9I5783
Fellow
GF9500359
Fellow
U915539
Fellow
U9 15543
Fellow
U915373
Fellow
Community-based Environmental Planning and Urban F.conomic Development
The Return of the Forest: Urbanization and Reforestation in the Northeastern United
States
Causes And Consequences Of Individual Variation In Body Condition And
Reoroductive Effort In American Kestrels (l-alco Sparverius)
Assessment of the Effects of Changes in Soil Oxidation Reduction Potential to
Speciation and Transport of Heavy .Metals
Assessment of the Effects of Developmental Lead Exposure on the Dopamine System
and its Relationship to Lead-Induced Changes in Attention
Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Developmental and Chronic Lead Exposure
and Amelioration of Effects Using DMSA
Carbon Supply in a Subsurface Ecosystem: Sources, Patterns, and Response to
Nitrogen Loading
Barriers to Forest Regeneration on Abandoned Central Amazonian Pastures
Edge Effects on Lizards (Norops) and Frogs (Eleutherodactylus) in Tropical Forest
Fragments
Genetic Susceptibility to Inhaled Particles and Gases
Evaluating the Applicability of Soil Vapor Extraction Technologies to Remediate
Contaminated Sites
Physiological and Biochemical Controls Over Isoprene Emission from Plants
Behavioral and Ecological Interactions of Raptors and Lemurs: A Multiple Predator-
Multiple Prey Approach
Studies of the Environmental Fate of Sediment-associated Organic Contaminants in
Marine Systems
Joyce E. Rosenthal
Ellen Stroud
Daniel R. Ardia
Geoffrey A. Brown
Lorn a E. Bayer
Lori D. Driscoll
Noel P. Gurwick
Fed R. Feldpausch
Martin A. Schlaepfer
Scott C. Wesselkamper
Kevin Todd Russell
lennifer L. Funk
Sarah M. Karpanty
P. Lee Ferguson
Columbia University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
New York University
SUNY at Buffalo
SUNY at Stony Brook
SUNY at Stony Brook
State University of New
York
$34,000
$34,000
$33,540
$29,032
$32,000
$34,000
$102,000
$99,960
$90,400
$63,753
$23,625
$83,215
$94,891
$31,342
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1 999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
September 2000-
September 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
SBIR PHASE II
68D03047
SBIR 11
An Innovative Sampler as a Reference Standard for Measurement of Particulate
Matter Mass in Ambient Air
leffrey Ambs
Rupprecht & Patashnick
Co, Inc.
$224,993
NY
145
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Region 2 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
SBIR PHASE I
68D02036
SBIR I
Innovative Sampler as a Reference Standard for Measurement of Paniculate Matter
Mass in Ambient Air
Jeffrey Ambs
Rupprecht & Patashnick
Co, Inc.
$69,914
April 2002-
September 2002
NY
FELLOWSHIPS
U91S817
-ellow
Environmental Health Education and Promotion Initiative to Develop Technical,
Managerial and Financial Capacity in Communities Served by Small Water Systems
Rafael E. Guerrero-
Preston
University of Puerto
Rico
$67,980
July 2000-
July 2003
PR
146
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EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R828132
jrant
R829626
Grant
R828628
Grant
^830991
jrant
R830990
Grant
R830822
Grant
R829576
R829624
Grant
R829622
Grant
R831041
Grant
Preparation of Superferro magnetic Lanthanide Nanoparticutate Magnetic
Refrigerants
Dendritic Nanoscale Chelating Agents: Synthesis, Characterization, Molecular
VIodeling and Environmental Applications
Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of the Allocation of Tradable Emission
Allowances
Rate-Based Allocation Mechanisms for Market-Based Environmental Policies:
Interactions with Pre-Existing Taxes and Uncertainty
Dynamic Adjustment to Incentive-Based Environmental Policy to Improve
Efficiency and Performance
Family Decision Making and the Value of Preventing Childhood Developmental
Impairment
Composite Resins and Adhesivcs from Plants
Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Studies of Transition Metal Carbide
Manopaiticles as Environmental Nanocatalysts
Elemental Composition of Freshly Nucleated Particles
Investigation of Toxic Raphidophyte Population Dynamics Using Molecular and
Physiological Tools
Michael J. Wagner
Viamadou S. Diallo
Dallas B urtra w
Carolyn Fischer
Dallas Burtraw
Alan J, Krupnick
R. P. Wool
S. Ismat Shah
Murray V. Johnston
David A. Hutchins
George Washington
University
Howard University
Resources for the Future
Resources for the Future
Resources for the Future
Resources for the Future
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
$254,557
$400,000
$251,000
$62,500
$173,684
$344,698
$325,000
$350,000
$390,000
$567,331
June 2000-
May 2003
January 2002-
December 2004
October 2000-
September 2002
June 2003-
May 2005
June 2003-
May 2005
September 2003-
August 2005
January 2002-
December 2004
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
Fanuary 2002-
December 2004
October 2003-
September 2006
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
DC
DE
DE
DE
DE
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15363
Fellow
U915771
Fellow
Submarine Groundwater Discharge in the Delaware Bay
A Portable Instrument for Aerosol Particle Characterization
Matthew Schwartz
Derek A. Lake
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
$34,000
$70,864
August 2000-
August 2002
DE
DE
SBIR PHASE II
68D03041
SBIR II
Retrofitting Diesel Electrical Generators for Emission Reduction
Stuart Nemser
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
$225,000
May 2003-
Apri) 2005
DE
SBIR PHASE I
S8D02012
SBIR I
68D02013
SBIR I
68D02014
SBIR1
Enhanced VOC Oxidation
Retrofitting Diesel Electrical Generators for Emission Reduction
Membranes for Air Venting and Retaining VOCs in Gasoline Storage Tanks
Stuart Nemser
Stuart Nemser
Stuart Nemser
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
$70,000
$70,000
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
DE
DE
DE
147
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D02015
SBIR I
68D02081
SBIR I
68D03015
SBIR I
68D03035
SBIR I
ABSTRACT
Fouling-Resistant Ultrafiltration Membranes for Treatment of Oily Bilge Water
Novel Bioterrorism Decontamination Systems
Enhanced Soil Vapor Extraction
A Carbon-Polymer Matrix-Based Flue Gas Desulfurization Technology
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Stuart Nemser
Stuart Nemser
Mark Stutman
Xiao-Chun Lu
INSTITUTION
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
Compact Membrane
Systems Inc.
Sorption Technologies Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$70,000
$70,000
$70,000
$69,996
PROJECT
PERIOD
April 2002-
September 2002
September 2002-
March 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
STATE
DE
DE
DE
DE
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R827653
Grant
R82873I
Grant
R829011
Grant
R829004
Grant
R828771
Centers
R828164
Grant
R826724
Centers
R829356
Grant
R829482
R830548
3rant
R830878
Grant
R8261IO
jrant
R829087
Grant
Understanding the Role of Sulfur in the Production and Fate of Methylmercury in
Watersheds
Implications of Climate Change for Regional Air Pollution, Health Effects and
Energy Consumption Behavior
Study of Particle and Pathogen Removal During Bank Filtration of River Waters
Pharmaceuticals and Antiseptics: Occurrence and Fate in Drinking Water, Sewage
Treatment Facilities, and Coastal Waters
Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments
Mechanistic Investigations of Fe(0) Reactions with Organohalides
The Johns Hopkins University Center For The Asthmatic Child in the Urban
Environment
Toxic Metal Ion-Synthetic Chelating Agent Interactions in Aqueous Media
Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments
Chronic and Acute Exposure to Ambient Fine Paniculate Matter and Other Air
'ollutants: National Cohort Studies of Mortality and Morbidity
A Shallow-water Coastal Habitat Model for Regional Scale Evaluation of
Management Decisions in the Virginian Province
Assessment of Forest Disturbance in the Mid-Atlantic Region: A Multi-scale
^inkage Between Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
Modeling the Individual and Interactive Risks to an Amphibian Population
Resulting from Breeding Site Contamination and Terrestrial Habitat Loss
Robert P. Mason
Joseph H. Ellis
Edward J. Bouwer
A. Lynn Roberts
Edward J. Bouwer
A. Lynn Roberts
Peyton A. Eggleston
Alan T. Stone
Edward J. Bouwer
Jonathan M. Samet
Charles L. Gallegos
Keith N. Eshleman
C. L. Rowe
Chesapeake Biological
Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Smithsonian
Environmental Research
Center
University of Maryland
Jniversity of Maryland
$779,786
$1,376,739
$536,316
$524,890
$6,000,000
$225,000
$3,145,381
$333,057
$941,000
$1,033,646
$746,433
$697,834
$280,059
October 1999-
September 2002
September 2000-
August 2003
August 2001-
August 2004
September 2001-
August 2004
January 2001-
December 2005
September 2000-
August 2002
August 1998-
July 2003
December 2001-
Novemher 2004
January 2002-
January 2004
February 2003-
January 2006
February 2003-
January 2006
October 1997-
September2002
January 2002-
December 2003
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
148
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R828012
Grant
R828037
Grant
R828224
Grant
R826598
Grant
R829366
jrant
ABSTRACT
The Spatial Patterning of Land Use Conversion: Linking Economics, Hydrology
and Ecology to Evaluate the Effects of Alternative Future Growth Scenarios on
Stream Ecosystems
Molecular Detection and Environmental Survey of Vegetative and Coccoid
Helicobacter pylori
Behavioral Toxicology and Pathology of Early Exposure to Toxic PCOs
Development And Testing Of A Multi-Resource Landscape-Scale Ecological
Indicator: Forest Fragmentation, Structure, and Distribution Relative to
Topography
Grazing and Windows of Opportunity for Dinoflagellate Blooms
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Margaret A. Palmer
Manouchehr Shahamat
Andrew S. Kane
Steven W. Seagle
Diane K. Stoecker
INSTITUTION
University of Maryland -
College Park
University of Maryland -
College Park
University of Maryland -
College Park
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental
Science
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental
Science
GRANT
AMOUNT
$1,125,212
$522,145
$423,264
$683,374
$428,184
PROJECT
PERIOD
June 2000-
May 2003
May 2000-
May 2003
September 2000-
August 2003
October 1998-
September2003
January 2002-
December 2004
STATE
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
FELLOWSHIPS
U915333
Fellow
U915776
Fellow
U915777
Fellow
U915560
Fellow
GF9501732
Fellow
U9 15366
Fellow
U915374
Fellow
U915564
Fellow
Global Climate Change on Human Health
The Role of Black Carbon in Organic Chemical Sorption by Soils
Transformations of Co(III) and Cr(III) Complexes in Heterogeneous Media
Colloidal Stability in Aquatic Systems: The Roles of Calcium and Natural Organic
Matter
Reductive Dechlorination and Degradation of Model Chlorophenols in Marine and
Estuarine Sediments
Retention and Transport of White Perch (Morone Americana) and Bay Anchovy
;Anchoa Mitchilli) Eggs and Larvae in Chesapeake Bay: Mechanisms and
Implications for Recruitment.
Phosphorus Dynamics in Tidal Oligohaline Marshes Along the Choptank River, a
Tributary of the Chesapeake Bay
Accumulation of Atmospheric and Sedimentary PCBs in a Lake Michigan Food
Web
Michelle L. Bell
Roberta A. Brown
Richard F. Carbonaro
Adrian C. Penisson
ICimberly A. Warner
Elizabeth W. North
leanna Rose Bryner
Heather M. Stapleton
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
University of Maryland -
College Park
University of Maryland -
College Park
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental
Science
$34,000
$102,000
$102,000
$102,000
$23,150
$27,631
$31,485
$84,174
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
SBIR PHASE I
68D02088
SBIR I
68D02017
SBIR I
68D02091
SBIR I
Advanced Concrete Materials for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Repair and
Construction
Development of a Cavitating Jet System for Removal of Pesticides and Other
Pollutants From Wastewater Discharge
Development of a DYNAJET Cavitation System for High-Rate Disinfection of
Combined Sewer Overflow
Timothy Langan
Kenneth M. Kalumuck
Kenneth M. Kalumuck
CeraTech Inc.
Dynaflow Inc.
Dynaflow Inc.
$96,477
$70,000
$100,000
October 2002-
luly 2003
April 2002-
September2002
October 2002-
July 2003
MD
MD
MD
149
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D02026
SBIR I
ABSTRACT
A Portable Flow Cytometer Suitable for the Rapid Detection of Adenovirus in
Wastewater
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Henrietta Kulaga
LNSTITUTION
GEOMET Technologies
Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$70,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
April 2002-
September 2002
STATE
MD
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R827631
Grant
R827097
Grant
R828631
Grant
R828128
Grant
R828021
Grant
R829407
R829580
3 rant
R829589
Grant
R830961
Grant
R830905
Grant
R831081
Grant
R829604
Grant
R827445
Grant
R828163
Grant
R829625
3rant
R829642
Grant
Hesponse of Methylmercury Production and Accumulation to Changes in Hg
Loading: A Whole-ecosystem Mercury Loading Study
Effects of Low Dissolved Oxygen on Trophic Interactions, Distributions, and
Survival Within the Dominant Planktonic Food Web of a Eutrophic Temperate
Estuary
Multi-Lateral Emissions Trading: Political Economy and Firm Response
Designing for Environment: A Multi-objective Optimization Framework Under
Uncertainty
Linking Environmental and Social Performance Measurement for Management at
National and Watershed Levels: Modeling and Statistical Approaches
Environmental Management Systems: Informing Organizational Decisions
Towards Elimination of Transition Metals and VOCs from the Environmentally
Benign Materials Made by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)
Analysis and Management of Fluxes in Bacillus Pathways for Pesticide and Protein
Production
Impacts of Climate Change and Global Emissions on US Air Quality: Development
of an Integrated Modeling Framework and Sensitivity Assessment
A Life Cycle Analysis Approach for Evaluating Future Nanotechnology
Applications
Atmospheric Processing of Organic Paniculate Matter: Formation, Properties, Long
Range Transport, and Removal
Ultrasensitive Pathogen Quantification in Drinking Water Using Highly
Piezoelectric PMN-PT Microcantilevers
Molecular Characterization of a Biological Threshold in Developmental Toxicity
Evaluating a New Class of Imprinted Sorbent Materials for Toxic Metals Removal
Nanoscale Bimetallic Particles for In Situ Remediation
Assessing the Interactive Effects of Landscape, Climate, And UV Radiation on
River Ecosystems: Modeling Transparency to UVR and the Response of Biota
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Denise L. Breitburg
Alex Parrel 1
Jrmila Diwekar
Scott Farrow
-ester Lave
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
^gnacio E. Grossmann
Peter Adams
Lester Lave
Neil Donahue
Wan Y. Shih
TTiomas B. Knudsen
Arup K. SenGupta
Wei-xian Zhang
Donald P. Morris
Academy of Natural
Sciences
Academy of Natural
Sciences
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
Jniversity
Carnegie Mellon
Jniversity
Carnegie Mellon
Jniversity
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
University
Drexel University
Jefferson Medical College
Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University
$848,029
$374,559
$149,366
$274,424
$649,864
$323,265
$350,000
$180,000
$900,000
$100,000
$449,994
$449,713
$207,170
$193.000
$300,000
$825,850
October 1999-
September2002
May 1999-
April 2002
September 2000-
August 2002
April 2000-
March 2003
January 2000-
January 2003
November 2001-
October 2003
January 2002-
December 2004
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
July 2003-
June 2006
May 2003-
April 2005
September 2003-
August 2006
January 2002-
December 2004
October 1999-
September2002
luly 2000-
June 2002
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
April 2002-
March 2005
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
150
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827640
Grant
R827956
jrant
R828684
Centers
R827994
Grant
R829581
Grant
R829605
Grant
R825385
Grant
R829497
Grant
R830593
jrant
R828159
jrant
R829601
3rant
R828599
Grant
R828131
Grant
R827151
Grant
R828581
jrant
ABSTRACT
Stream Plethodontid Assemblage Response (SPAR) Index: Development,
Application, and Verification in the MAHA
Mechanistic-based Watershed Modeling for Evaluation of Ecosystem Conditions
Development, Testing, and Application of Ecological and Socioeconomic
Indicators for Integrated Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems of the Atlantic Slope
in the Mid-Atlantic States
Cardiovascular Responses to Paniculate Air Pollution
Diminishing Materials Use and Air Pollutants in Foundries via an Integrated
Advanced Oxidation Process: Characterization of Materials and Pollutants at the
Nano-Scale
Green Engineering of Dispersed Nanoparticles: Measuring and Modeling
SJanoparticle Forces
Statistical Issues Related to the Implementation of Benchmark Dose Method
Assessing an HGM-based Wetland Classification and Assessment Scheme Along a
1000 km Gradient of the Appalachian Mountains: Hydrology, Soils and Wetland
Function
Classifying and Prioritizing Watersheds for Protection and Restoration
Molecular Tracers of Contaminant Sources to Surface Water Drinking Supplies
A Bioengineering Approach to Nanoparticle-based Environmental Remediation
Molecular Epidemiology of Hypospadias
Biocatalytic Polyester Synthesis
MetaL/Metal/NO Mixtures: Metallothioneins and Oxidative Stress
Real-Time Internet Visualization and Environmental Reporting Network
(RiverNet): the Upper Susquehanna /Lackawanna American Heritage River
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Robert P. Brooks
Gour-Tsyh Yeh
Robert P. Brooks
Ouanping Liao
Fred S. Cannon
Darrell Velegol
G. P. Patil
Charles Andrew Cole
Robert P. Brooks
^aurel J. Standley
Daniel R. Strongin
leanne M. Manson
Alan J. Russell
James P. Fabisiak
lames Tomaine
INSTITUTION
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Pennsylvania State
University
Stroud Water Research
Center, Inc
Temple University
Fhomas Jefferson
University
University of Pittsburgh -
vlain Campus
University of Pittsburgh -
Vlain Campus
Wyoming Valley Sanitary
Authority, PA,
GRANT
AMOUNT
$397,304
$888,637
$6,000,000
$607,630
$325,000
$370,000
$299,823
$973,301
$875,000
$220,000
$399,979
$2,962,288
$375,000
$727,771
$399,909
PROJECT
PERIOD
July 1999-
lune 2002
January 2000-
September 2003
March 2001-
February 2005
Unknown
January 2002-
December 2004
February 2002-
January 2004
January 1997-
December 2002
January 2002-
lanuary 2005
January 2003-
June 2005
May 2000-
Aprif 2002
February 2002-
January 2005
August 2000-
lu\y 2005
April 2000-
March 2003
November 1 998-
November 2002
Fanuary 2001-
December 2002
STATE
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9502252
Fellow
U915838
Fellow
Improving the External Validity of Contingent Valuation Methodology
Recycling For Profit: The Evolution of the American Scrap Industry
Edward Welch
Carl A. Zimring
Carnegie Mellon
University
Carnegie Mellon
University
$34,000
$81,646
August 2000-
August 2002
PA
PA
151
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SB1R Award Projects
EPA ID
b915806
Fellow
GF9500681
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Food-Limited to Habitat-Limited: Predator-Prey Uncoupled
Development of A Scale-Up Procedure for the Gas-Lift Flotation Column
SBIR PHASE 1
68D03007
SBIR I
58D0302I
SBIR1
68D02031
SBIR I
68D03034
SB1R1
Development of a Multiplexed Flow Cytometer Receptor Assay
Method To Remediate Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards
A Microengineered Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal for Small Drinking Water
Treatment Facilities
Mew Granular Sorbent Sulfurization Process for Vapor- and Liquid-Phase Mercury
Control
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Patricia A. Zaradic
Scott Guelcher
Fernando M. Rubio
Brian J. Barca
Paul K.T. Liu
Henry G. Nowicki
INSTITUTION
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh -
vlain Campus
GRANT
AMOUNT
$80,928
$34,000
Abraxis, LLC
EMEC Consultants
Media and Process
Technology Inc.
Professional Analytical and
Consulting Services Inc.
(PACS)
$70,000
$69,970
$70,000
$70,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
August 2000-
August 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September 2003
STATE
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R831036
R828133
jrant
R829782
jrant
R828225
Grant
R827953
R829555
Grant
Hazardous Waste Compliance and the Influence of Federal Initiatives, State
Programs, and Corporate Characteristics
Aqueous Polyglycol Solutions as Environmentally Benign Solvents in Chemical
Processing
Aluminum in Drinking Water Induces Neuronal Apoptosis via Endoplasmic
Reticulum Stress
Ecohab: Pfiesteria Or Fungus? Etiology Of Lesions In Menhaden
Assessing the Effects of Multiple Stressors in Environmental Monitoring Programs
3enign Processing of Polymers Plasticized with Absorbed Carbon Dioxide
Sarah L. Stafford
Donald J. Kirwan
John Savory
Jeffrey Shields
Eric Smith
Donald G. Baird
College of William and
Mary-VA
University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University
$137,997
$335,000
$821,249
$508,937
$266,388
$325,000
Fune 2003-
May 2006
lune 2000-
May 2003
July 2002-
June 2005
June 2000-
June 2003
October 1999-
September 2002
January 2002-
December 2004
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15334
Fellow
GF9501743
:ellow
U915359
:ellow
U9 15532
Fellow
Complex habitats
Laboratory and Field Investigations to Determine the Chemical Factors Affecting
Zinc and Iron Transport at an Industrial Waste Facility
Hie Effect of Estuarinc Sediment-Phase Interactions on Aqueous Copper Sorption
vlacroalgal Mediation of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (DON) Dynamics in a
Temperate Coastal Lagoon
Aaron Bartholomew
Vlichael L. Chasey
Kea Dukenfield
Anna C. Tyler
College of William and
Mary
College of William and
Mary
College of William and
Mary
University of Virginia
$34,000
$25,150
$27,623
$70,749
August 1999-
August 2002
VA
VA
VA
VA
152
-------
Region 3 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U915331
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Use of Microsand in Enhancing Water Treatment
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Christina L. Clarkson
INSTITUTION
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University
GRANT
AMOUNT
$28,413
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
VA
SBIR PHASE II
68D01059
SBIR II
68D02051
SBIR II
68D03043
SBIR II
Polymer-Based Competitive Flow Sensor Detects Contaminants in the Field
A New Biosensor for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Pathogens
Transgenic Citrate-Producing Plants for Lead Phytoremediation
M. Todd Coolbaugh
Vlary Beth Tabacco
Mark P. Elless
American Research
Corporation of Virginia
Echo Technologies Inc.
Edenspace Systems
Corporation
$225,000
$224,965
$225,000
September 2001-
September2003
June 2002-
June 2004
VA
VA
VA
SBIR PHASE I
68D02007
SB1R1
68D02018
SBIR I
68D03017
SBIR I
68D02095
SB1R1
Chromium-Free Conversion Coating Technologies for Light Metals
Transgenic Citrate-Producing Plants for Lead Phytoremediation
Phytoextraction and Recycling of Arsenic From CCA-Contaminated Soils
Nanocomposite-Based Filter for Arsenic Removal in Drinking Water
M. Todd Coolbaugh
Mark P. Elless
Michael J, Blaylock
R. Radhakrishnan
American Research
Corporation of Virginia
Edenspace Systems
Corporation
Edenspace Systems
Corporation
Materials Modification Inc.
$70,000
$69,660
$70,000
$100,000
April 2002-
September2002
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September2003
October 2002-
July 2003
VA
VA
VA
VA
STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS
R829410E02
3rant
R829410E01
jrant
Development of Electrochemical Techniques for the Detection/Quantification of
Mercury using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes
Enhancing Water Research in West Virginia: Organization and Capability Building
Mohindar S. Seehra
?. Ziemkiewicz
West Virginia University
West Virginia University
$274,928
$274,928
October 2001-
September 2003
October 2001-
September 2003
WV
WV
153
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828583
Grant
R828257
Grant
Providing Timely Public Access to Daily Air Quality Information about Birmingham,
AL and Its Regional Environment
Investigation of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids as Environmentally Benign
Solvents for Industrial Separations (TSE99-A)
Sam Bell
Robin D. Rogers
Jefferson County Department
of Health, AL
University of Alabama -
Tuscaloosa
$299,989
5375,000
January 2001-
December 2002
May 2000-
April 2003
AL
AL
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R 827072
Centers
Alabama Center For Estuarine Studies (ACES)
Robert L. Shipp
University of South Alabama
$3,846,600
November 1998-
December 2002
AL
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R830845
Grant
R830880
Grant
R829094
Grant
R829456
Grant
R830603
Grant
R830414
jrant
R828830
Grant
R830843
Grant
R829320
Grant
R827962
Grant
R827641
Grant
R827441
Grant
R828898
Grant
Field Evaluation of Evapo-Transpiration (ET) Caps
Development of Coupled Physical and Ecological Models for Stress-Response
Simulations of the Apalachicola Bay Regional Ecosystem
Evaluating Multiple Stressors in Loggerhead Sea Turtles: Developing A Two-Sex
Spatially Explicit Model
ECOHAB - Hydrography and Biology to Provide Information for the Construction of
a Model to Predict the Initiation, Maintenance and Dispersal of Red Tide on the West
Coast of Florida.
Mercury Isotopes as Tracers of Sources, Cycling, and Deposition of Atmospheric
Mercury
Physiology and Ecology of Macroalgal Blooms on Coral Reefs off Southeast Florida
Prevalence and Survival of Microorganisms in Shoreline Interstitial Waters: A Search
for Indicators of Health Risks
Risk Communication in Remedy Selection: A Comparative Evaluation of CERCLA
and Everglades Restoration in South Florida
Online Dynamic Watershed Atlas for Seminole County Florida
Public Reporting and Dynamic Access: Changing Regional Environmental Health of
South Florida's Everglades Ecosystem
Biogeochemical Indicators of Watershed Integrity and Wetland Eutrophication
Fetal Metabolism of Aflatoxin Bl and Susceptibility to Childhood Cancer
Biopollution by the Green Mussel, Perna viridis, in the Southeastern United States
Tarek Abichou
Mark A. Harwell
leanette Wyneken
Karen A. Steidinger
A. Leroy Odom
Brian E. Lapointe
Andrew Rogerson
Alfred R. Light
Kim Ornberg
Brian Turcotte
K. R. Reddy
Evan Gallagher
Shirley M. Baker
Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University
Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University
Florida Atlantic University -
Boca Raton
Florida Marine Research
Institute
Florida State University
Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution, Inc.
Nova Southeastern University
Oceanographic Center
Saint Thomas University
Seminole County
Government, FL
South Florida Water
Management District
University of Florida
University of Florida
University of Florida
$395,548
$749,691
$349,421
$450,000
$827,147
$279,098
$312.570
$192,279
$769,000
$488,598
$639,410
$523,123
$447,602
April 2003-
March 2005
June 2003-
June 2006
September 2001-
Septembcr 2004
October 2001-
October 2002
lanuary 2003-
December 2005
October 2002-
October 2004
August 2001-
)uly 2003
April 2003-
March 2005
October 2001-
September 2003
Unknown
October 1999-
September 2002
luly 1999-
June 2002
June 2001-
May 2004
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
154
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R829602
brant
R827453
prant
R829599
brant
R829795
Grant
R825869
Grant
R828829
Grant
ABSTRACT
Simultaneous Environmental Monitoring and Purification Through Smart Particles
Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change on the South Florida
Environment
Nanosensors for Detection of Aquatic Toxins
Laser Based Studies of Atmospheric Mercury Transformation: Laboratory Kinetics
and Ultrasensitive Detection of Elemental and Reactive Gaseous Mercury
Foraminifera as Ecosystem Indicators: Phase 1. A Marine Benthic Perturbation Index;
Phase 2. Bioassay Protocols
Understanding the Sources and Fate of Conventional and Alternative Indicator
Organisms in Tropical Waters
FELLOWSHIPS
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Elevated Blood Lead Levels and Juvenile Detention Rates in Florida
Supply Chain Management for Infrastructure Development of Solar Energy
Recharging Stations
[ntracolonial Variation in Coral Bleaching: Thermotolerance Variability of the Algal
Symbionts
Fhe Effects of Harvest on the Pig Frog Rana Grylio from South Florida Wetlands
Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation of Endemic Plants on a Tropical Island:
Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Assessment of the Effects of Rough Bed and Complex Bed Topographies on
Turbulence Structures in Streams
Population Dynamics of Two Coral Reef Fishes: An Empirical and Modeling
Approach
Assessing the Population-Level Effect of UV-B Induced Mortality in Amphibians
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Wolfgang M.
Sigmund
Mark A. Harwell
Robert E. Gawley
Anthony J. Hynes
Pamela Hallock
Muller
Valerie J. Harwood
Adesuwa I. Erhunse
Tarsha N. Dargan
Robin T. Smith
Cristina A. Ugarte
Jennifer L. Trusty
Tracy W. Byrd
Jacqueline A. Wilson
James R. Vonesh
INSTITUTION
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of Miami
University of Miami
University of South Florida
University of South Florida
-lorida Agricultural and
Mechanical University
Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University
Florida International
University
Florida International
University
Florida International
University
Florida State University
University of Florida
University of Florida
GRANT
AMOUNT
$390,000
$889,579
$350,000
$559,363
$295,043
$388,335
$68,000
$80,137
$80,463
$79,049
$78,906
$34,367
$81,354
$83,554
PROJECT
PERIOD
February 2002-
February 2005
October 1999-
September 2002
March 2002-
February 2005
January 2003-
December2005
October 1997-
September 2002
September 2001-
August 2003
STATE
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
August 2000-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
SBIR PHASE II
68D01066
SBIR 11
System to Deliver Halon Equivalent, Hydrogen Fluoride Controlled, Supplemented
HFC Gases in Fire Sensitive, Light Weight, Plastic Extinguishers
Donald B. MacElwee
Powsus Inc.
$224,000
September 2001-
September 2003
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
SBIR PHASE 1
68D02087
SBIR I
68D02080
SBIR1
68D02074
SBIR I
Nano Alumina Arsenic Filter
Whole-Structure Decontamination of Bacillus Spores by Methyl Bromide Fumigation
In-Situ Measurement of Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Using Supramolecular
Conducting Polymer Films
Frederick Tepper
MarkJ. Weinberg
Manoj Ram
Argonide Corporation
Cobra Termite Control
Fractal Systems Inc.
$99,923
$70,000
$99,975
October 2002-
July 2003
September 2002-
March 2003
October 2002-
July 2003
FL
FL
FL
155
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R828020
Centers
National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) Administrative
John W. McManus
University of Miami
$4,870,500
December 1999-
December2003
FL
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829213
Grant
R830376
Grant
R827028
Grant
R828207
R828130
Grant
R829554
[Grant
R830249
Grant
R831076
Grant
R830960
Grant
R830820
Grant
R828007
Grant
R829006
Grant
R829396
Grant
R830800
Grant
Multiple Pollutants and Risk of Cardiac and Respiratory Emergency Department
Visits in Atlanta
A Prospective Epidemiological Study of Gastrointestinal Health Effects Associated
with Consumption of Conventionally Treated Groundwater
Development and Evaluation of Modeling Techniques for the Study of Interactions
between Urban and Point Source Plumes and Regional Atmospheres in the Formation
of Secondary Pollutants
Computational Requirements of Statistical Learning within a Decision-Making
Framework for Sustainable Technology.
Nearcritical Water as a Reaction Solvent
Removal of Photoresist and Post-Plasma Etch Sidewall Films Using Supercritical and
Subcritical CO2 with Additives
Microbial Transformation of Fluorinated Environmental Pollutants
Emissions Inventory and Process Reconciliation Using Molecular Markers and
Hybrid/Inverse Photochemical Modeling with Direct Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts on Ozone
und Paniculate Matter: Examination of Direct and Indirect, Emission-Induced Effects
Experimental Tests of Provision Rules in Conjoint Analysis for Environmental
Valuation
The Impact of Lawn Care Practices on Aquatic Ecosystems in Suburban Watersheds.
The Environmental Occurrence, Fate, and Ecotoxicity of Selective Serotonin
ieuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Aquatic Environments
Measurements and Models of Longitudinal Dietary Intake of Pyrethroid and
Organophosphate Insecticides By Children
deducing Uncertainty in Children's Risk Assessment: Development of a Quantitative
Approach for Predicting Internal Dosimetry Through Physiologically-Based
^harmacokinetic Modeling
Paige Tolbert
Christine L. Moe
M. Talat Odman
Victoria C.P. Chen
Charles A. Eckert
Dennis W. Hess
Frank E. Loeffler
Armistead G. Russell
Armistead G. Russell
Laura Taylor
Kevin Armbrust
Marsha Black
David L. Macintosh
I. V. Bruckner
Emory University
Emory University
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Georgia State University
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
$1,238,940
$1,820,900
$468,324
$335,000
$397,910
$325,000
$198,936
$449,899
$899,494
$126,804
$893,849
$522,892
$659,764
$749,991
January 2002-
December 2004
October 2002-
September 2005
lanuary 1999-
January 2002
My 2000-
June 2003
June 2000-
lune 2003
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
September 2002-
August 2004
November 2003-
October 2006
March 2003-
March 2006
February 2003-
February 2004
March 2000-
February 2003
September 2001-
August 2004
September 2001-
August 2004
January 2003-
December 2006
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15823
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Complex Sphingolipid Involvement in the Expression of CYP1 Al Activity in MC-
Exposed HepG2 Cells
Interface Strength is a Critical Parameter in the Design of Landfills.
DeMia E. Peters
Tamara E. Zettler
Clark Atlanta University
Georgia Institute of
Technology
$62,155
$34,000
August 2000-
August 2002
GA
GA
156
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Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U9 15779
Fellow
U9 15799
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U915723
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ABSTRACT
Multi-Scale Modeling of Regional Photochemical Air Pollution
Phytochemical Inhibition of Chemical Carcinogens
The Influence of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Carbon
Tetrachloride In Fisher-344 Rats
Assessment of Soil Toxicity: a Nematode Bioassay
Assessing the Use of Genetically Engineered Plants to Remediate Mercury
Contaminated Soils
Patch Assessment and Forage Site Selection by a Drift-Feeding Stream Fish: An
Application and Test of the Ideal Free Distribution
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Michelle S. Bergin
Rosaline Y. Odom
Daniel Schoeffner
Windy A. Boyd
Andrew C. Heaton
Clifford M. Wagner
INSTITUTION
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Vlorehouse School of
Medicine
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
GRANT
AMOUNT
$102,000
$96,000
$25,344
$83,270
$95,736
$98,224
PROJECT
PERIOD
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
December 2000-
December 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
STATE
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
SBIR PHASE I
68D02008
SBIR I
68D02039
SBIR I
Creation and Propagation of Cottonwood for the Commercial Phytoremediation of
Mercury
Inexpensive Composite Materials for Arsenic (III/V) Removal From Drinking Water
Laura Carreira
Kenneth D. Hughes
Applied PhytoGenetics Inc.
WaterVisions International
Inc.
$70,000
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
GA
GA
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R829479
Centers
The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc., Environmental Research and
Technology Transfer Program
Dorin Schumacher
Florida State University
$986,500
November 2001-
October2003
GA
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829419E03
Grant
R829419E01
Grant
R829086
Grant
R829621
Grant
R829784
Grant
R829783
Grant
R829607
Grant
Developmental Stability in Amphibians as a Biological Indicator of Chemical
Contamination and Other Environmental Stressors, SEER project of SIP:
Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) From The
Commonwealth Of Kentucky
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) from the
Commonwealth of Kentucky (SIP)
Models and Mechanisms: Understanding Multiple Stressor Effects on an Amphibian
Population
Membrane-Based Nanostructured Metals for Reductive Degradation of Hazardous
Organics at Room Temperature
Using Neural Networks to Create New Indices and Classification Schemes
Intestinal Aluminum Absorption and Bioavailabihty from Representative Aluminum
Species
Urban Regeneration through Environmental Remediation: Valuing Market Based
Incentives for Brownfields Development
Howard H. Whiteman
David White
Brent D. Palmer
Dibakar
Bhattacharyya
Gail M. Brion
Robert A. Yokel
Peter B. Meyer
Murray State University
Murray State University
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
$165,775
$457,137
$522,832
$345,000
$523,938
$515,720
$277,388
October 2002-
September 2004
October 2002-
September 2004
August 2001-
luly 2004
January 2002-
December 2004
July 2002-
June 2005
July 2002-
June 2005
March 2002-
February 2004
KY
ICY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
157
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R829419E02
Grant
R828017
Grant
R829421E03
Grant
R828717
Grant
R829458
Enters
R829421E01
Grant
ABSTRACT
Biomarkers for Air Pollutants: Development of Hemoglobin Adduct Methodology for
Assessment of Exposure to Butadienes and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,
SEER project of SIP: Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR) From The Commonwealth Of Kentucky
Assessing Levels of Intermittent Exposures of Children to Flea Control Insecticides
from the Fur of Dogs
Synthetic and Natural Small Molecule Zebra Mussel Anti-foulants
Environmental Risks to Children's Health: Parents' Risk Beliefs, Protective Behavior,
and Willingness to Pay
Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the Gulf of Mexico (CEER-
GOM)
ITie Use of Mussel Gene Expression Profiles to Determine the Pollutant
Decontamination Efficacy of Solvated Electron Reduction Technology - An
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Harrell E. Hurst
lanice E. Chambers
John A. Schetz
Mark Dickie
Marius Brouwer
Shiao Y. Wang
INSTITUTION
University of Louisville
Mississippi State University
University of Mississippi
Main Campus
University of Southern
Mississippi
University of Southern
Mississippi
University of Southern
Mississippi
GRANT
AMOUNT
$219,287
$712,010
$109,732
$347,373
$5,906,323
$228,750
PROJECT
PERIOD
October 2002-
September 2004
April 2000-
April 2003
October 2001-
September 2003
January 2001-
December2003
December 2001-
November2005
May 2002-
May2004
STATE
KY
MS
MS
MS
MS
MS
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R830766
R827996
R827401
Grant
R828784
jrant
R828686
Grant
R829012
Grant
R830883
Grant
R829399
Grant
R82872I
Grant
R828785
Grant
R829370
jrant
Determinants of Fetal Male Rat Germ Cell Vulnerability to Phthalate Esters
Inhalability of Paniculate Matter in Laboratory Animals
Endocrine Disruption in Marine Gastropods by Environmental Chemical Mixtures
Integrating Economic and Ecological Models Across Spatial Scales to Assess Aquatic
Species Vulnerability to Timber Harvest and Land Use Change in Freshwater Streams
of the Southeastern U.S.
Spatial and Temporal Models for Environmental Health Effects
Effectiveness of UV Irradiation for Pathogen Inactivation in Surface Waters
Adaptive Implementation Modeling and Monitoring for TMDL Refinement
Developmental Neurotoxicity in Offspring Induced by Combined Maternal Exposure
of Rats to Nicotine and Chlorpyrifos
Evaluating the Dissemination and Impact of Toxics Release Inventory Data
Regional Vulnerability of Forest Resources to Current and Projected Environmental
Stresses in the Southeastern U.S.
Behaving Drifters as Gymnodinium Breve Mimics
Cevin Gaido
Uahman Asgharian
•"atricia D.
McClellan-Green
fcex Schaberg
Merlise Clyde
Karl G. Linden
ICenneth H. Reckhow
Mohamed B. Abou-
Donia
vlichael Vasu
Robert Abt
Daniel Kamykowski
CUT Centers for Health
Research
Chemical Industry Institute of
Toxicology
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University Medical
Center
North Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
$725,736
5335,903
$430,672
$399,658
$557,859
S524,848
$660,171
5750,000
$196,197
$399,365
$423,493
January 2003-
December 2005
January 2000-
January 2002
September 1999-
August 2002
May 2001-
April 2003
February 2001-
February 2004
August 2001-
August 2004
June 2003-
Mav 2006
October 2001-
September 2004
December 2000-
November 2002
March 2001-
March 2003
October 2001-
September 2004
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
158
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R829508
Grant
R828103aka
R826609
Grant
R829358
Grant
R831300
Grant
R826787
jrant
R827444
Grant
R829397
Grant
R829344
Grant
R830756
Grant
R829424E01
Grant
R828176
Grant
R827955
Grant
R827957
Grant
R828677
R827959
Grant
R829014
Grant
R829214
Grant
R829440
R829586
Grant
ABSTRACT
Measuring Economics Benefits for Amenity Consequences of Land Cover Changes
The Role of Locational Equilibria and Collective Behavior in Measuring the Benefits
of Air Pollution Policies
Mechanistic Evaluation of the Toxicity of Chemical Mixtures
Mechanistic Approach to Screening Chemicals and Mixtures for Endocrine Activity
Using an Invertebrate Model
Testing of a Model to Predict Human Exposures to Aldehydes Arising from Mobile
and Point Sources
Study of Exposure and Body Burden of Children of Different Ages to Pesticides in
the Environment
Longitudinal Study of Children's Exposure to Permethrin
Behavioral Reactions to Ozone Alerts: What Do They Tell Us About Willingness-to-
Pay for Children's Health?
Pre-natal Exposures of Children to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: The Collection
of Animal and Human Data along with the Development and Validation of a PBPK
Model
2001 South Carolina EPA/EPSCoR Program: Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP)
Predicting Day and Nighttime Aerosol Yields from Biogenic Hydrocarbons with a
GasBParticle Phase Kinetic Model
An Object-Oriented Model for Nitrogenous Pollutants from Swine Waste Land
Application
Development of a Surface Water Object-Oriented Modeling System (SWOOMS) for
the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina
Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium
An Object-Oriented Integrating Framework for Multi-discipline Ecosystem Modeling
Impact of Residual Pharmaceutical Agents and their Metabolites in Wastewater
Effluents on Downstream Drinking Water Treatment Facilities
Mechanisms of Air Pollutant-induced Pulmonary Inflammation; Effects of Zinc on
EGFR Receptor Function
Environmental Management Systems: Do Formalized Management Systems Produce
Superior Performance?
Ory Lithography: Environmentally Responsible Processes for High Resolution
Pattern Transfer and Elimination of Image Collapse using Positive Tone Resists
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
V. Kerry Smith
V. Kerry Smith
Gerald A. LeBlanc
Gerald A. LeBlanc
1. H. Raymer
J. H. Raymer
Y.Hu
Carol Mansfield
I. H. Raymer
L. Druffel
Richard M. Kamens
Stephen C. Whalen
Richard A. Luettich
(r.
Hans Paerl
David Stotts
Howard S. Weinberg
Lee M. Graves
Richard N. Andrews
Joseph M. DeSimone
INSTITUTION
Morth Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Institute
South Carolina Research
Authority
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hi 11
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
GRANT
AMOUNT
$299,855
$0
$465,281
$391,598
5629,841
$819,063
$754,664
$310,000
$749,654
$101,701
$225,000
$345,533
$897,859
$5,812,315
$863,049
$524,992
$874,125
$340,000
$347,898
PROJECT
PERIOD
October 2001-
September2004
February 2001-
February 2004
October 2001-
September 2004
October 2004-
September2007
October 1998-
September 2002
September 1999-
August 2002
December 2001-
November 2004
January 2002-
December 2004
October 2002-
September 2005
October 2001-
September 2003
July 2000-
July2002
October 1999-
September 2002
October 1999-
September 2002
February 2001-
February 2005
October 1999-
September 2002
August 2001-
August 2004
November 2001-
November 2004
November 2001-
November 2003
November 2001-
November 2004
STATE
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
159
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R830652
Grant
R829428
Grant
ABSTRACT
Attenuation of Non-point Source Nitrogen Pollution in a Coastal Watershed:
Implications for Nutrient Management
Activation of Ki-ras During Transplacental Carcinogenesis
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Michael F. Piehler
Mark Steven Miller
INSTITUTION
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
GRANT
AMOUNT
$737,555
$902,111
PROJECT
PERIOD
January 2003-
January 2006
October 2001-
September 2004
STATE
NC
NC
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Tobacco Smoke as a Serious Environmental Hazard.
Comparative Mechanisms of Benzo[a]pyrene Metabolism and DNA Repair in Two
species of Ictalurid Catfish
Scientific Uncertainty, to Determine Whether or Not Hundreds of Substances Cause
Cancer.
Environmental and Economic Effects from Changes in Forest Cover Resulting from
Suburban Development Policies in Northern Virginia
Does Chlorpyrifos Target Glial Cell Development?
A Bayesian Probability Network Approach To Predictive Modeling in Support of
Environmental Decision Making
Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints to Herbivore Resistance in a Native Plant-
vlultiple Herbivore Community
Analysis of Ecoregions, Species Ranges and Reserve Networks under Current and
Future Climate Regimes
Assessing the Exposure of Winter Flounder to Genotoxic Compounds in Boston
rlarbor and Massachusetts Bay by Measuring Carcinogen-DNA Adducts
An Analysis of Pollen Flow and Genetic Differentiation in Eastern North American
Abies Mill
Collective Environmental Action from an Anthropological Perspective: A Study of
Environmental Movements in the United States
Physical Circulation of the Neuse River Estuary (NRE) and Its Contribution to the
Occurrence of Fish Kills
invironmental Justice Assessment of Industrial Pork Production in Mississippi and
vJorth Carolina
Jennifer Trauth
Michelle Rau
Michael Levine
Crystal Grace Lovett
Stephanie J. Garcia
Mark E. Borsuk
Michael J. Wise
Francis B. Biasi
Phanendrakumar
Penmetsa
Catherine M. Clark
Vinci E. Daro
lanelle V. Reynolds-
Fleming
Sacoby M. Wilson
Duke University
Duke University
[Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
Duke University
North Carolina State
University
North Carolina State
University
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
$34,000
$34,000
$34,000
$29,750
$56,000
$68,000
$86,234
$102,000
$24,786
$24,991
SO
$0
$102,000
May 2000-
May 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
September 1999-
September 2002
September 1 999-
September 2002
July 2000-
July 2003
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829322
Grant
R828157
Grant
R829603
Grant
Tidal Creek Monitoring and Reporting Program
Tailoring Activated Carbon Surfaces for Water, Wastewater and Hazardous Waste
Treatment Operations
Plasmon Sensitized TiO2 Nanoparticles as a Novel Photocatalyst for Solar
Applications
Laura Cabiness
Tanju Karanfil
George Chumanov
City of Charleston
Clemson University
Clemson University
$399,788
$223,978
$320,000
October 2001-
September 2003
June 2000-
May 2002
July 2002-
June 2005
SC
SC
SC
160
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827397
Grant
R829424F.03
R829424E02
Grant
R831042
Grant
ABSTRACT
Environmentally-Mediated Endocrine Disruption in Esruarine Crustaceans: A 3-
Taxon Multi-Generational Study of Sediment-Associated EDC Effects from the
Genetic to Population Levels
Specialty Polymeric Materials for use in the Purification and Detection of Harmful
Algal Bloom Toxins: Science and Engineering
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Quantify and Model the Transport and Deposition
of Organic Pollutants in Coastal Environments: Science and Engineering
Environmental Research (SEER) Project #1
Chemical Degradation Pathways for the Natural Attenuation of Marine Biotoxins
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
G. Thomas Chandler
W. A. Scrivens
Miguel Goni
John L. Ferry
INSTITUTION
University of South Carolina
at Columbia
University of South Carolina
at Columbia
University of South Carolina
at Columbia
University of South Carolina
at Columbia
GRANT
AMOUNT
$1,265,102
$199,305
$198,993
$404,403
PROJECT
PERIOD
April 1999-
March 2002
October 2001-
September2003
October 2001-
September 2003
September 2003-
August 2006
STATE
SC
sc
SC
sc
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500166
Fellow
Uptake of Sediment-Associated Contaminants by the Deposit-Feeding Amphipod
Leptocheirus Plumulosus (Shoemaker): Effects of Natural Sediment Qualities
Christian Schlekat
University of South Carolina
at Columbia
$29,280
sc
SBIR PHASE I
S8D02098
SBIR I
Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water Using a Novel Hybrid Sorbent
Anuj K. Sana
VEETech PC
$99,852
October 2002-
July 2003
sc
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828897
Grant
R831302
R829802
Grant
Predicting the Distribution and Dominance of Exotic Species Across Landscapes of
Southern Appalachia
Development and Application of a Bioluminescent Yeast-Reporter System for
Screening Chemicals for Estrogenic and Androgenic Effects
A Dynamic Spatial Socioeconomic and Ecological Landscape Model to Assess
Environmental Impacts of Forest Change on the Southern Cumberland Plateau of
Tennessee
Michael A. Huston
Gary S. Sayler,
Robert Gottfried
Interdisciplinary Solutions for
Environmental Sustainability
Inc.
University of Tennessee -
iCnoxville
University of the South
$448,205
$391,505
$248,265
September 2001-
August 2004
August 2003-
luly 2006
September 2002-
September 2004
TO
TO
TO
SBIR PHASE II
S8D02050
SBIR II
S8D00278
S8D01065
SBIR II
68D02057
SBIR II
Reducing Diesel Soot With an Atmospheric Plasma Metallic Filter
An Economical Alternative for Sorting Polymers on the Small Materials Recovery
Facility (MRF) Level
Sensor Fusion for Contaminant Detection and Removal From Plastics Recycle
Streams
A Process for Online Quality Control of Recycled Plastic Flake
Kimberly Kelly-
Wintenberg
Edward J. Sommer
Edward J. Sommer
Edward J. Sommer
SBIR PHASE 1
68D02072
SBIR I
68D03031
SBIR I
Microwave-Regenerated Ceramic Diesel Paniculate Filter Using a Catalyst-Coated
Silicon Carbide Fiber Filter Substrate
Improving the Recyclability of Computer Scrap and Other E-Waste
Richard D. Nixdorf
Edward J. Sommer
Atmospheric Glow
Technologies
Mational Recovery
Technologies Inc.
Mational Recovery
Technologies Inc.
Mational Recovery
Technologies Inc.
$224,580
$225,000
$225,000
$225,000
Industrial Ceramic Solutions
LLC
National Recovery
Technologies Inc.
$99,168
$70,000
June 2002-
lune 2004
September 2000-
September 2002
September 2001-
September 2003
June 2002-
June 2004
TO
TO
TO
TO
October 2002-
luly 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
TO
TO
161
-------
Region 4 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D02021
SBIR I
ABSTRACT
Development of High Surface Area Material and Filter Media
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
layesh Doshi
INSTITUTION
eSpin Technologies Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
569,995
PROJECT
PERIOD
April 2002-
September 2002
STATE
TN
162
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828169
R828562
3 rant
R829402
Grant
R830890
Tenters
R828541
Grant
R827451
Grant
R829390
R829553
jrant
R830870
jrant
R830963
Grant
R83IOS5
jrant
Engineering Environmentally Benign Solvent Systems
Metabolic Engineering of Solvent Tolerance in Anaerobic Bacteria
Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental Science
FDP - Center for Environmental Science
New Methods for Assessment of Pollution Prevention Technologies: Integration of Failure Modes
Mid Effects Analysis (FMEA), Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and Petri Net Modeling
Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impact in the Mackinaw River Watershed, Illinois
Friend's Children's Environmental Health Center
Green Oxidation Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis
Pollution Prevention: The Role of Environmental Management and Information
Impacts of Global Climate and Emission Changes on U.S. Air Quality
Integrating the Thermal Behavior and Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Particles: Theory,
^aboratory Studies, and Application to Field Data
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15398
Fellow
U9 15781
?etlow
GF9501261
:ellow
U915414
:ellow
U9 15720
:ellow
U9 15628
:ellow
Analytical Methods in Assessing Metal Speciation at a Brownfleld Site
Population Biology of the Federally Threatened Floodplain Species, Boltonia Decurrens (Decurrent
False Aster): Stage Based Demography and Patterns of Succession in Freshwater, Wetland Habitats
Genetic Engineering and Ecology: the Role of Alkaloids in Defense Against Insect Herbivory in
Cathatanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle)
Human Impacts on the Environment in Today's Society
Strategy and Cognition: Regulating Catastrophic Risk
rhe Long-Term Evolution of Community Structure Among Benthic Marine Invertebrates
Linda J. Broadbeh
E. T. Papoutsakis
Michael Stein
John Frederick
David He
Edwin E. Herricks
Susan L. Schantz
Patricia A. Shapley
Madhu KJianna,
Xin-Zhong Liang
Tami C. Bond
Northwestern
University
Northwestern
University
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at
Chicago
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
$223,199
$180,000
$6,250,049
5487,500
$250,000
$867,595
$5,568,992
$325,000
$286,539
$900,000
$247,815
September 2000-
August 2002
June 2000-
May 2003
March 2002-
March 2007
July 2003-
June 2004
August 2000-
August 2003
October 1999-
September 2002
November 2001-
October 2006
January 2002-
December 2004
January 2003-
December2005
July 2003-
June 2006
September 2003-
August 2006
1L
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Edward F. Peltier
Paige A. Mettler
Irene Shonle
S. Kathleen Lyons
Jacob E. Gersen
Shanan E. Peters
Northwestern
University
Southern Illinois
University -
Carbondale
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Chicago
. $34,000
$80,974
$34,000
$33,385
$102,000
$102,000
August 2000-
August 2003
June 2000-
June 2003
September 1999-
September 2002
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
163
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U915833
U915844
Fellow
GF9500395
Fellow
U9 15769
:ellow
11915562
ellow
ABSTRACT
Effects of Urban Habitat Fragmentation in Small Mammals
Changes in Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling at Multiple Scales Across a Chronosequence of Prairie
Restoration Sites
Episodic Event Toxicity in an Urban Stormwater Context
Better Drinking Water Via Hybrid Membrane-Sorption Processes
Mechanistic Studies of Vitamin B12 Mediated Dechlorination
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Oliver R. Pergams
Diana R. Lane
Robert N. Brent
Lance C.
Schideman
Justin Shey
BIR PHASE I
8D03014
BIR I
8D03023
BBIRI
Colorimetric Monitoring of Trace Toxic Air Pollutants
Near-Zero VOC General OEM Bake Enamel
Avijit Sen
Henry W. Godshalk
INSTITUTION
University of Illinois at
Chicago
University of Illinois at
Chicago
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
University of Illinois at
Urbana
GRANT
AMOUNT
$84,834
$102,000
$45,775
$90,749
$102,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
August 2000-
August 2003
Fune 2000-
Fune 2002
Iuly2000-
Fuly2003
Fune 1999-
lune 2002
STATE
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
ChemSensing Inc.
Finishes Unlimited Inc.
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828952
Grant
R829587
Grant
R829609
Grant
R830251
Grant
R828899
R829643
Grant
Looking Inside the Black Box: Microlevel Empirical Analyses of the Impact of State and Federal
Policy Instruments on Hazardous Waste Generation and Management
Flow Control and Design of Environmentally Benign Spray Systems
An Experimental Study of Transactions Costs, Liability Rules and Point-Nonpoint Source Trading
in Environmental Markets
Anaerobic Microbial Reductive Debromination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
Predicting the Identity, Spread, and Impact of Future Non- indigenous Species in the Great Lakes
Interactive Effects of Climate Change, Wetlands, and Dissolved Organic Matter on UV Damage to
Aquatic Foodwebs
David Good
Michael W.
Plesniak
Timothy N. Cason
LoringNies
David M. Lodge
Scott D. Bridgham
Indiana University -
Bloomington
Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University
University of Notre
Dame
University of Notre
Dame
$69,750
$70,000
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
$180,917
$350,000
$144,136
$230,795
$450,000
$897,307
April 2001-
March 2003
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
January 2002-
December 2003
August 2002-
August 2004
Iuh/2001-
July 2004
June 2002-
May 2004
IL
IL
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
SBIR PHASE I
68D02067
SBIR1
68D02073
SBIR1
Acoustically Excited Inertial Tympanum Paniculate Matter Nanobalance
Evaluation of a Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer for Analysis of Mobile Source Air
Toxics in Engine Exhaust
David F. May
John Grossenbacher
Analytical Engineering
Inc.
Griffin Analytical
Technologies
$100,000
$92,193
September 2002-
Fuly 2003
October 2002-
July 2003
IN
IN
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R827922
Grant
R827402
Grant
Web- Based Methods for Valuing Wetland Services
Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors: Fertility and Gene Expression Profiles
John P. Hoehn
Timothy
Zacharewski
Michigan State
University
Michigan State
University
$227,758
$738,712
October 1999-
September2002
September 1999-
July 2002
MI
MI
164
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827965
Grant
R829216
Grant
R830250
Grant
^830596
Grant
R830825
Grant
R828626
Grant
R828246
Grant
R828231
Grant
R829799
Grant
R830653
Grant
R827632
R826710
Centers
R830543
Grant
R830837
jrant
R830884
jrant
R829395
Grant
ABSTRACT
Detroit-Ann Arbor Metro Public Information Project
Effects of Airborne Particles on Allergic Airway Disease
Characterization and Applications of Reductive Dehalogenase Genes in Enhancement and
Monitoring of Biodegradation of Chlorinated Pollutants
Ecological Classification of Rivers for Environmental Assessment: Demonstration, Validation, and
Application to Regional Risk Assessment Across Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
Biomarkers For The Assessment of Exposure and Toxicity in Children
Introducing Markets for Green Products: Product Demand, Environmental Quality &
Economic Welfare
Superheated Water and Steam Degreasing of Working Stocks, Parts, and Equipment in Machining,
Manufacturing and Production Processes and Operations
Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry Studies of Halogenated Cyano Byproduct Formation in
Drinking Water
Models and Measurements for Investigating Atmospheric Transport and Photochemistry of Hg
Adaptive Management for Improved Water Quality in Multi-Use Watersheds
Photo Induced Reduction of Mercury in Lakes, Wetlands, and Soils
CECEHDPR - University of Michigan
Long-term Exposure to Ambient Paniculate Matter and Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Air Pollution and Human Vascular Dysfunction: Mechanism and Mediators
Developing Relations Among Human Activities, Stressors, and Stream Ecosystem Responses and
Linkage in Integrated Regional, Multi-stressor Models
Meconium Analysis - A Promising Tool to Detect Fetal Exposure to Environmental Toxins
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Cindy Kenyon
Jack Harkema
James M. Tiedje
Paul W. Seelbach
Wilfried Karmaus
Michael R. Moore
Walter J. Weber
Terese M. Olson
Geraid J. Keeler
John Lehman
lerome O. Nriagu
Barbara Israel
Ana V. Diez Roux
Robert D. Brook
*. Jan Stevenson
Snrique M. Ostrea
INSTITUTION
Michigan State
University
Michigan State
University
Michigan State
University
Michigan State
University
Michigan State
University
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
• Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
Wayne State University
GRANT
AMOUNT
$725,968
$854,702
$249,842
$842,547
$749,939
$68,042
$320,000
$334,666
$899,597
$745,883
$865,771
$2,830,746
$768,990
$1,050,000
$748,527
$726,41 1
PROJECT
PERIOD
Unknown
October 2001-
October2004
September 2002-
August 2004
October 2002-
September 2005
May 2003-
April 2006
January 2001-
December 2002
September 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
November 2002-
November 2005
January 2003-
January 2006
September 1999-
August 2002
September 1998-
August 2003
April 2003-
March 2006
January 2003-
December 2006
May 2003-
April 2006
September 2001-
August 2004
STATE
MI
Ml
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500518
Fellow
U9 15327
:ellow
Combined Ozonation and Biological Treatment for the Removal of Humic Substances from
Drinking Waters
Investigation of the Reductive Transformation of Chlorinated Solvents in Iron Reducing Sediments
and to Assess the Relative Contributions of Biological and Abiotic Reactions to Dechlorination.
Alexander Yavich
Michael S.
McCormick
Michigan State
University
University of Michigan
$24,972
$30,374
MI
MI
165
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U915780
fellow
GF9500147
:ellow
GF9500923
:ellow
U915351
'ellow
U915412
:ellow
U915571
^915568
Fellow
U9 15556
Fellow
U915307
•ellow
U9 15387
Fellow
U9 15569
Fellow
U9 15651
•ellow
ABSTRACT
Suhsurface Compositional Simulation Incorporating Solute-Chemistry Dependent Constitutive
Relationships: Implications for Site-Assessment and Remediation
Selective Sorption of Polydisperse Ethoxylated Nonionic Surfactants to Aquifer Materials
Environmental Stress-Responsive Gene Expression Mediated Through Heat Shock Transcription
Factor
File Efficacy of Oxidative Coupling for Promoting In-Situ Immobilization of Phenolic Compounds
in Contaminated Soil and Sediment Systems
An Application of the Organizational Sustainability Principles of The Natural Step in the University
of Michigan's Housing Facilities Department
Reproductive Success and Conservation Genetics of Humpback Whales in the North Pacific
Partitioning of Ethoxylated Nonionic Surfactants in Water/Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL)
Systems: Effects of Surfactant and NAPL Properties
A Land Surface Process/Radiobrightness Model for Agricultural Terrain
Envisioning Growth Futures in Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Decision-Support Model for
Sustainable Development Policy
Urban agriculture in Detroit
Community-based Natural Resource Management In Mali
Effects of Logging on Understory Plant Diversity in Northern Hardwood Forests
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Thomas J. Phelan
Tohren C. G.
Kibbey
Nicholas Santoro
Thomas Michael
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827987
Grant
R827630
Grant
R828579
Grant
R827928
Grant
R828675
Grant
R829620
Grant
R827642
Grant
R828777
Grant
R830879
Grant
ABSTRACT
Optimal Experimental Design for Nonmarket Choice Experiments
Methylmercury Sources to Lakes in Forested Watersheds: Has Enhanced Methylation Increased
Mercury in Fish Relative to Atmospheric Deposition?
Lake Access: Managing Urban Runoff Using Real-Time, Community-Based Monitoring to
Improve Lake Water Quality
Hazardous Air Pollutant Mixtures: Measuring and Modeling Complex Exposure
Development of Environmental Indicators of Condition, Integrity, and Sustainability in the Coastal
Regions of the US Great Lakes Basin
Ion-Induced Nucleation of Atmospheric Aerosols
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Community Structure and Metapopulation Dynamics of
Amphibians
Protocols for Selection of Classification System and Reference Conditions: A Comparison of
Methods
Effects of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Communities in the Prairie Pothole Region
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15436
Fellow
GF9501734
Bellow
GF9502007
Fellow
Research Project To Construct and Calibrate a GIS Based Model to Predict the Trophic State of
More Than 500 Lakes in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
Characterization and Behavior of Chemical Spills in the Indoor Industrial or Laboratory Room
Effects of Lake Superior on the Vegetation History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and
Northern Wisconsin: A Model- Data Comparison with Implications for the Future
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829363
Grant
R826596
Grant
R831072
Grant
R828083
Grant
R827643
Grant
Pesticide Exposures of Preschool Children Over Time
Demographic and Genetic Factors Affecting Population Viability of Lupinus Perennis, an Indicator
Species of Oak Savanna.
Agronomic Optimization for Phytoremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Mechanism of Non-genotoxic Occupational Carcinogens
Multi-level Indicators of Ecosystem Integrity in Alpine Lakes of the Sierra Nevada
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Barbara J.
(anninen
idward B. Swain
'ohn Barten
lohn L. Adgate
Gerald J. Niemi
5eter H. McMurry
Lucinda Johnson
Lucinda Johnson
Catherine Johnson
INSTITUTION
-lubert H. Humphrey
nstitute of Public
Affairs
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency
Suburban Hennepin
Regional Park District,
MN
Jniversity of
vlinnesota
Jniversity of
vlinnesota
University of
Minnesota
University of
Minnesota - Duluth
University of
Vlinnesota - Duluth
University of
Minnesota - Duluth
GRANT
AMOUNT
S61.014
5847,690
5480,690
5510,012
$6,000,000
5400.000
$769,623
5707,404
5746,433
PROJECT
PERIOD
January 2000-
January 2003
October 1999-
September 2002
September 2000-
September 2002
December 1999-
December 2002
February 2001-
January 2005
January 2002-
Deccmber 2004
December 1999-
November 2002
March 2001-
March 2004
April 2003-
April 2006
STATE
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
Teresa H. Anderle
Patricia Reinke
Sarah Cronlund
University of
Minnesota
University of
Minnesota
University of
Minnesota
$27.242
528,394
533,604
Nancy K. Wilson
Helen J. Michaels
Krishnakumar
Nedunuri
Vlichael A. Pereira
James T. Oris
3attelle Memorial
[nstitute
Bowling Green State
University
Central State
University
Vledical College of
Ohio
Miami University
51,340,414
$289,178
5336.649
5834,714
5894,627
October 2001-
September 2005
January 1999-
December2002
October 2003-
September 2005
April 2000-
April 2003
September 1999-
September 2002
MN
MN
MN
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
167
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R828627
Grant
R828611
Grant
R82817J
Grant
R829579
Grant
R829360
Grant
R828189
Grant
R828190
Grant
R828175
Grant
R828206
Grant
R826599
Grant
ABSTRACT
Testing the Potential to Implement Collective Enforcement Agreements in Point-Nonpoint Source
Pollution Trading and Voluntary Incentive Agreements
Biomarkers and Neurobehavioral Effects of Perinatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos and Other
Organophosphate Insecticides
Development of a Membrane-Based Electrostatic Precipitator
Plasma Polymerization: A Novel, Environmentally-Compatible Process for Surface Engineering of
Metals
Evaluating the Carcinogenic Potency of Complex Mixtures
Mechanistic Studies of the Transformation of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins via Hydroxyl
Radical Attack
Trace-level Measurement of Complex Combustion Effluents and Residues using Multi-dimensional
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (MDGC-MS)
Oxidative Transformation of Model Oxygenated Hazardous Air Pollutants
Development of a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Hydroformylation in Supercritical CO2
Intraspecies Genetic Diversity Measures of Environmental Impacts.
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Brent Sohngen
John R. Wilkins
Hajrudin Pasic
F. James Boerio
Roy Albeit
Philip H. Taylor
Wayne A. Rubey
Philip H. Taylor
Martin A.
Abraham
Daniel Krane
INSTITUTION
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
University of
Cincinnati
University of
Cincinnati
University of Dayton
University of Dayton
University of Dayton
University of Toledo
Wright State University
GRANT
AMOUNT
$200,291
$1,126,463
$225,000
$300,000
$733,943
$320,000
$335,000
$215,900
$315,000
$420,278
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 2000-
August 2002
February 2001-
February 2004
August 2000-
luly 2002
January 2002-
December 2004
October 2001-
September 2004
October 2000-
September 2003
June 2000-
May 2003
July 2000-
July 2002
July 2000-
June 2003
August 1998-
July 2002
STATE
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
FELLOWSHIPS
U915570
Fellow
U915365
Fellow
U915732
Fellow
GF950106S
Fellow
Development of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RAPD-PCR)
Based Measures of Genetic Diversity as Bioindicators of Environmental Stress in Alpine and Great
Lakes Ecosystems
Synthetic Organic Agrochemicals (Herbicides, Fungicides, and Pesticides)
Nickel-Induced Acute Lung Injury
Analysis of Radium Solubility Changes in Soils Contaminated with a Barium Sulfate-Rudium
Matrix Found at Sites Contaminated with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (N.O.R.M.)
David C.
Steinberg
Theodore Paul
Klupinski
Susan A.
McDowell
Christopher J.
Blasio
Miami University
Ohio State University
University of
Cincinnati
University of
Cincinnati
$95,764
$29,332
$30,624
$38,405
July 1999-
July 2002
September 2000-
September 2003
OH
OH
OH
OH
SBIR PHASE II
68D00274
SBIR II
S8D01075
SBIR II
68D00280
SBIR II
A Cost-Competitive Functional Trivalent Chromium Plating Process To Replace Hexavalent
Chromium Plating
A Low-Cost, High-Temperature Mercury Sorbent for Coal-Fired Power Plants
A New NOx, HC, and Small Particle Filter With a Regeneration-In-Place Capability for Stationary
Diesel Engine Applications
Robert P. Renz
Sid Nelson
Sid Nelson
Faraday Technology,
Inc.
Sorbent Technologies
Corporation
Sorbent Technologies
Corporation
$225,000
$225,000
$225,000
September 2000-
September 2002
September 2001-
September 2003
September 2000-
September 2002
OH
OH
OH
168
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
SBIR PHASE I
68D03022
3BIRI
68D02092
SBIR!
S8D02070
SBIR I
A Novel Approach To Manufacture Recycled Composite Timbers for Structural Applications
Treatment of Arsenic in Small Drinking Water Systems Using Self- Assembled Monolayers on
Mesoporous Supports, A High-Capacity Selective Sorbent
Passive Lean NOx Trap Technology for Mobile Diesel Engines
Prabhat
Krishnaswamy
Paul J. Usinowicz
Brian Nelson
Engineering Mechanics
Corporation of
Columbus (EMC2)
HydroPure
Technologies LLC
Sorbent Technologies
Corporation
$0
$99,970
$100,000
April 2003-
September 2003
October 2002-
luly 2003
October 2002-
July 2003
OH
OH
OH
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829339
Grant
R827629
Grant
R828010
Grant
R829798
Grant
R830669
Grant
R831088
Grant
R830254
Grant
R829085
Grant
Data Collection and Modeling of Enteric Pathogens, Fecal Indicators and Real-Time Environmental
Data at Madison, WI
Watershed Influences on Transport, Fate, and Bioavailability of Mercury in Lake Superior
Alternative Urbanization Scenarios for an Agricultural Watershed: Design Criteria, Social
Constraints, and Effects on Groundwater and Surface Water Systems
Speciated Atmospheric Mercury: Gas/Particle Partitioning, Transformations, and Source
Characterization
Measuring and Modeling the Source, Transport and Bioavailability of Phosphorus in Agricultural
Watersheds
Application of Thermal Desorption GC-MS (TD-GC-MS) for the Analysis of Polar and Non-Polar
Semi- Volatile and Particle-Phase Molecular Markers
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Thyroid Outcomes
Evaluating the Impact of Multiple Stressors on Common Loon Population Demographics - An
Integrated Laboratory and Field Approach
Tommye
Schneider
Fames P. Hurley,
Richard C.
Lathrop
James J. Schauer
Richard C.
Lathrop
James J. Schauer
Henry A.
Anderson
Michael W. Meyer
Madison Department of
Public Health
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
Wisconsin Department
of Health and Family
Services
Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources
$0
$829,384
$886,105
$898,388
$749,307
$449,687
$2,288,208
$490,759
October 2001-
September 2003
October 1999-
September 2002
January 2000-
lanuary 2003
lanuary 2003-
December 2005
December 2002-
December 2005
(anuary 2004-
December 2006
December 2001-
November 2005
October 2001-
March 2005
WI
Wl
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500482
rellow
U9 15464
:ellow
U9 15435
Fellow
|U9 15330
Fellow
pi 5332
Fellow
Formation and Partitioning of Dissolved and Paniculate Monomethylmercury in Contrasting
Wetland Environments
Use Of Specific Sorbents And Rapid Bioassays For Groundwater Monitoring
Agricultural Production Results in the Loss of Unutilized Nutrients Such as Nitrogen (N) and
Phosphorus (P) to Ground and Surface Waters.
Generic Mix Designs For Flowable Fill Containing Spent Foundary Sand
Patterns of Wildland Fire at Continental and Global Scales
Susan Ann
Holloway
Karl E. Gustavson
Tanya F. Dunlap
Jeffrey S.
Dingrando
leffrey A. Cardille
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
• Madison
University of Wisconsin
- Madison
University of Wisconsin
- Madison
University of Wisconsin
• Madison
$26,777
$24,890
$31,300
$34,000
$34,000
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
169
-------
Region 5 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U915395
:ellow
U9 15403
Fellow
U915617
Fellow
U9 15759
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Cost-Sharing Arrangements to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPSP)
Forest Tenure and Cultural Landscapes: An Environmental History of the Kickapoo Valley, 1930-
1995
Bacillus Cereus UW85 and Tomato Plants: A Biological Control Model System
Land Use Planning for Urban Wildlife and Education: Incorporating Wildlife Habitat Characteristics
into a CIS Spatial Model for Urban Land Use Planning and Education
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Kenneth A.
Baerenklau
Lynne Heasley
Anne K. Dunn
William E. Stout
INSTITUTION
Jniversity of Wisconsin
- Madison
Jniversity of Wisconsin
- Madison
Jniversity of Wisconsin
• Madison
Jniversity of Wisconsin
- Madison
GRANT
AMOUNT
$34,000
523,649
$70,063
$24.456
PROJECT
PERIOD
May 1999-
May 2002
September 2000-
September 2002
STATE
WI
Wl
Wl
WI
SBIR PHASE I
58D02096
SBIR I
Simultaneous Removal of Arsenite As (III) and Arsenate As (V) From Drinking Water Using a
Novel Photoactive Adsorbent
Waller A. Zeltner
Microporous Oxides
Science and Technology
LLC
$99,996
October 2002-
July 2003
Wl
170
-------
Region 6 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829417E01
Grant
Developing Competitive Environmental Research in Arkansas
Richard H. Kennedy
SBIR PHASE 1
68D03036
SBIR I
Rapid and Sensitive Electrochemical-Based Method for Improved Detection of
Cryptosporidium parvum in Water
Ingrid Fritsch
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences
$250,000
Vegrandis Inc.
$70,000
May 2002-
May 2004
April 2003-
September 2003
AR
AR
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828009
Grant
R827719
Grant
R82819I
Grant
R828773
Centers
R829420E04
Grant
R827785E02
Grant
R829480
Centers
R830887
Grant
R829420E01
Grant
R827785E01
Grant
R828129
Grant
R827785E03
Grant
R829420E02
Grant
R829420E03
Grant
PULSES - The Importance of Pulsed Physical Events for Watershed Sustainability in
Coastal Louisiana
Ferric Oxide/Alkali Metal Oxide Induced Oxidation of CHCs in Polluted Gas Streams
Toward the Development of a Detailed Mechanism of Transition Metal Catalyzed
"ormation of PCDD/F from Combustion Generated Hydrocarbons
Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest
Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on Wetland Ecosystems
Physical and Biological Processes Affecting the Distribution of Hypoxia on the
Louisiana Continental Shelf
Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest
Bayesian Methods for Regional-Scale Stressor-Response Models
Human Activities and a Changing Climate in Louisiana
Environmental Research in Coastal Louisiana
Forming Carbon-Carbon Bonds in Water and Other Alternative Media
Fhe Fate of Particle- Reactive Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments
How Likely is it That Fish Populations Will Successfully Adapt to Global Warming?
Saltwater Intrusion on the Gulf Coast: An Assessment of the Interactions of Salinity
Stress, Genetic Diversity and Population Characteristics of Fish Inhabiting Coastal
Marshes
(ohn Day
Barry Dellinger
3arry Dellinger
Danny Reible
Vibhas Aravamuthan
^ancy N. Rabalais
Danny Reible
E. Conrad Lamon
Michael Dagg
Michael Dagg
Chao-Jun Li
Brent McKee
Paul L. Klerks
Paul L. Leberg
Louisiana State University
- Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
• Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
- Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
- Baton Rouge
Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium
Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium
Tulane University of
Louisiana
Tulane University of
Louisiana
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
$899,995
$0
5345,000
$5,550,000
$129,210
$0
$382,000
$389,168
$74,534
$0
$310,000
$0
$121,598
$133,410
February 2000-
February 2003
September 1999-
August 2002
luly 2000-
lune 2003
June 2001-
September 2006
lune 2002-
lune 2004
March 2002-
March 2003
January 2002-
lanuary 2004
April 2003-
April 2006
June 2002-
lune 2004
March 2002-
March 2003
June 2000-
May 2003
March 2002-
March 2003
June 2002-
June 2004
Tune 2002-
lune 2004
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
171
-------
Region 6 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15807
Fellow
Habitat Requirements and Evolution of Agrostis Rossiae Vasey, a Grass Endemic to
Thermal Soils in Yellowstone National Park
Michael T. Tercek
Tulane University of
Louisiana
$66,900
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R825427
Centers
Urban Waste Management & Research Center (University of New Orleans)
Kenneth McManis
University of New Orleans
$5,569,100
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828565
Grant
R829785
Grant
R830839
Grant
R828070
Grant
Fundamental Studies of Wood Interface Modification for Formaldehyde Pollution
Avoidance and Prevention
Evaluating Microbial Indicators and Health Risks Associated with Bank Filtration
Coronary Effects of Combustion-Source Particulate Matter
An Integrated CIS Framework for Water Reallocation and Decision Making in the
Upper Rio Grande Basin
John J. Meister
Floyd Frost
Matthew J. Campen
Olen Paul Matthews
Forest Products Research
Center
Lovelace Clinic
Foundation
Lovelace Respiratory
Research Institute
University of New Mexico
$324,254
$524,840
$1,018,920
$409,977
August 2000-
August 2003
January 1998-
September 2003
September 2000-
September 2003
July 2002-
luly 2005
April 2003-
April 2006
March 2000-
February 2003
LA
LA
NM
NM
NM
NM
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500575
Fellow
U9 15324
Fellow
U9 15345
Fellow
SBIR PHASE I
68D02099
SBIR I
68D03032
SB1R1
68D02038
SBIR I
Reductive Dehalogenation at Electrodes
Environmental Transport Modeling
Natural Hybridization
Subsurface Treatment for Arsenic Removal
Efficient Regenerating Oxidizer for Destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds
fcapid. Specific, Sensor System for Pathogens in Water
Richard Presley
Roseanna M.
Neupauer
Jonathan Alan
Rosen field
Gregory P. Miller
Patrick M. Dhooge
Timothy C. Tiernan
New Mexico Highlands
University
New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology
University of New Mexico
Daniel B. Stephens and
Associates Inc.
Nimitz Inc.
TPL Inc.
$23,830
$25,006
$23,343
NM
NM
NM
$100,000
$70,000
$69,046
October 2002-
luly 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
NM
NM
NM
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829005
Grant
R829423E02
Grant
Fhe Influence of Amphiphilic Molecules on the Environmental Fate and Transport of
Pharmaceuticals
Passive Treatment of Metal-rich Waters through Enhanced Wetland Technologies: A
Field Scale Pilot Project
Tohren C. G. Kibbey
Robert W. Nairn
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
$316,600
$160,000
September 2001-
August 2004
luly 2002-
luly 2004
OK
OK.
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15465
Fellow
Critical Body Residues and Ion-exchange Membranes as Measures of Heavy Metal
3ioavailability and Toxicity in Soil
Jason Conder
Oklahoma State University
$23,858
OK
172
-------
Region 6 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
SBIR PHASE II
68D03044
SBIR II
Validation of a Rapid Progestin-Based Endocrine Disruption Screening Assay
Douglas J. Fort
Fort Environmental
Laboratories Inc.
$225,000
May 2003-
April 2005
OK
SBIR PHASE I
68D02023
SBIR I
68D03024
SBIR I
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Rapid Progestin-Based Endocrine
Disruption Screening Assay
Development and Preliminary Validation of an Amphibian Lifecycle Test Method for
Monitoring Endocrine Disruption
Douglas J. Fort
Douglas J. Fort
Fort Environmental
Laboratories Inc.
Fort Environmental
Laboratories Inc.
$70,000
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September 2003
OK
OK
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R827015
["enters
Integrated Petroleum Environmental Consortium (1PEC)
Kerry L. Sublette
University of Tulsa
$0
October 1998-
September 2003
OK
5TAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R830910
Grant
R827964
Grant
R828903
Grant
R828209
jrant
R828180
Grant
R828135
Grant
R829369
Grant
R830413
Grant
R829641
Grant
R831074
Grant
R828035
Grant
Implications of Nanomaterials Manufacture and Use: Development of a Methodology
for Screening Sustainability
Paso del Norte Environmental Monitor
Chinese Tallow Invasions into the Endangered Coastal Prairie: Causes and
Consequences
New Sensor Technology for Reducing Emissions from Automobiles
Development of All-Solid-State Sensors for Measurement of Nitric Oxide and Carbon
Monoxide Concentrations by Optical Absorption
Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide with Fluoroacrylate
Copolymer Supported Catalysts
Gymnodinium breve in the Gulf of Mexico: Gyroxanthin-based Estimates of Carbon-
Specific Growth Rates Under Varying Environmental Conditions
Linking Population and Physiological Diversity in a Toxin-producing Dinoflagellate
Interactions Among Climate, Humans and Playa Wetlands on the Southern High
Plains
Aethalometric Liquid Chromatographic Mass Spectrometric Instrument for
Characterization of Carbonaceous Ambient Paniculate Matter (PM2.5). Laboratory
and Field Studies
Infectivity and Virulence of Cryptosporidium Genotype H Oocysts in Healthy Adult
Volunteers
Earl R. Beaver
Charles Kooshian
Evan Siemann
Henry F. Taylor
rhomas Walther
Aydin Akgerman
Tammi L. Richardson
Lisa Campbell
Scott T. McMurry
Purnendu K.
Dasgupta
Cynthia L. Chappell
BRIDGES to
Sustainability, Rice
Jniversity
City of El Paso, TX
Rice University
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
University of Texas Health
Science Center-Houston
$99,740
5494,935
$381,687
$220,000
$225,000
$315,000
$100,387
$464,880
$900,000
$450,000
$503,884 '
May 2003-
April 2005
Unknown
June 2001-
May 2004
May 2000-
April 2003
luly 2000-
lune 2002
lune 2000-
May 2003
November 2001-
November 2004
September 2002-
August 2005
May 2002-
April 2005
luly 2003-
lune 2006
March 2000-
March 2003
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
173
-------
Region 6 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827677
Grant
R827930
Grant
R829009
Grant
R829180
Grant
R830842
Grant
ABSTRACT
Regional Ecological Resource Assessment of the Rio Grande Riparian Corridor: A
Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Anthropogenic Effects on Riparian
Communities in Semi-arid Environments
Municipal Sewers as Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants
Rjverbank Filtration Effectiveness in an Arid Environment
[nfectivity and Virulence of Cryptosporidium Non-parvum Species in Healthy Adult
Volunteers
Biogeochemistry of Arsenic in Contaminated Soils of Superfund Sites
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Jay Raney
Richard L. Corsi
Richard P. Langford
Cynthia L. Chappell
Dibyendu Sarkar
INSTITUTION
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Houston
University of Texas at San
Antonio
GRANT
AMOUNT
$642,496
$298,798
$437,418
$524,540
$391,473
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 1999-
August 2002
Unknown
September 2001-
August 2004
September 2001-
August 2004
August 2003-
July 2005
STATE
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500913
Fellow
U9 15329
Fellow
U915635
Fellow
U915323
Fellow
GF9502150
Fellow
GF9502211
Fellow
U9 15396
Fellow
U915731
Fellow
U9I5618
Fellow
Culture, Science and Uncertainty: Conflicting Positions on Climate Change
Image Use in the Characterization of Field Parameters
Atmospheric Organic Nitrogen - Origin, Speciation, and Significance in Global
Marine Biogeochemistry
Development and Demonstration of a Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor for
Cometabolic Degradation of Chlorinated Solvents
Intrinsic Bioremediation: Process Demonstration and Evaluation
Land Use and Natural Butterfly Populations: Assessing Anthropogenic Effects
Liquid Phase Mass Transfer in Spray Contactors
The Roles of Calcium-dependent Signal Transduction and Environmental Xenobiotic
Chemicals in Modulating Ovarian Steroidogenesis in Sciaenids
An Enhanced Aerosol Size Distribution Methodology
SBIR PHASE II
68D00203
SBIR II
68D01056
SBIR 11
68D01064
SBIR 11
V ew Environmentally Benign Heteropolymolybdate Conversion Coatings for
Aluminum Alloys
A Novel Method for Converting a Negative Value Waste into a Commodity Chemical
A New Microfluidic System for the Determination of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in
Water
vlyanna Lahsen
Carey A. Fox
^imberly A. Mace
lonathan G. Pressman
Derek Williamson
David A. Boughton
Norman K. Yeh
Abby Diane
Benninghoff
Roderick R. Pearson
Zoran Minevski
Adrian J. Denvir
Dalibor Hodko
lice University
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University
Jniversity of Texas at
Austin
Jniversity of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at
Austin
University of Texas at El
Paso
$23,452
$27,613
$3,700
$31,412
$31,500
$27,814
$25,524
$78,107
$76,676
Lynntech Inc.
Lynntech Inc.
Lynntech Inc.
$225,000
$225,000
$225,000
August 1999-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1 999-
August 2002
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
September 2000-
September 2002
September 2001-
September 2003
September 2001-
September 2003
TX
TX
TX
174
-------
Region 6 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
S8D02054
SBIR II
ABSTRACT
Novel Method for Ferrate Production
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Adrian J. Denvir
INSTITUTION
Lynntech Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$225,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
June 2002-
lune 2004
STATE
TX
SBIR PHASE I
68D02030
SBIR I
68D02033
SBIR I
A Universal Technique for Antimicrobial Surface Preparation Using Quaternary
Ammoniurn-Functionalized Dendrimers
SELEX DNA Aptamer Filter for Removal of Pesticides and Chloroaromatics
Wendy E. Krause
John G. Bruno
Lynntech Inc.
OmniSite BioDiagnostics
Inc.
$70,000
$69,992
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
TX
TX
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R828598
Centers
R824834
Centers
Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Lamar University)
Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC)
Fho C. Ho
Craig Beskid
Gulf Coast Hazardous
Research Center
Mickey Leland National
Urban Air Toxics Research
Center
$4,749,300
$0
September 2000-
August 2004
lanuary 1991-
January 2003
TX
TX
175
-------
Region 7 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R830818
Grant
R828156
Grant
R829600
Grant
R826711
Centers
Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems: Temporal Stability and the Role
of Information in Value Formation
Effect of the Gasoline Oxygenate Ethanol on the Migration and Natural Attenuation of
BTEX Compounds in Contaminated Aquifers
Development of Nanocrystalline Zeolite Materials as Environmental Catalysts: From
Environmentally Benign Synthesis to Emission Abatement
CECEHDPR - University oflowa
Joseph A. Herriges
Pedro J.J. Alvarez
Sarah C. Larsen
David Schwartz
Iowa State University
University oflowa
University oflowa
University oflowa
$444,782
$194,878
$350,000
$2,660,847
September 2002-
September 2005
June 2000-
May 2002
January 2002-
December 2004
August 1998-
July 2003
IA
IA
IA
IA
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500023
Fellow
Sampling for Wireworms
Carol Simmons
Iowa State University
$32,896
IA
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829090
Grant
R828770
Centers
R828828
Grant
R829008
Grant
R830597
Grant
R827589E04
Grant
Assessment of Extinction Risk in Dynamic Landscapes
Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center
Shaping Corporate Environmental Behavior and Performance: The Impact of
Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Tools
Fate and Effects of Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Agents in Aquatic Ecosystems
Watershed Classification System for Tiered Diagnosis of Biological Impairments: A
Scalable, Central Plains Focus with National Applicability
Evaluating the Effects of Pesticide Mixtures to Aquatic Organisms: Mechanisms of
Synergistic Toxicity
Kimberly A. With
VI. (Catherine Banks
Dietrich H. Earnhart
David W. Graham
Ed Martinko
Michael Lydy
Kansas State University
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
Wichita State University
$219,415
$0
$341,234
$520,976
$899,683
$107,011
October 2001-
October 2003
October 2001-
September 2006
March 2001-
March 2004
August 2001-
August 2004
March 2003-
March 2006
June 1999-
March 2003
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
FELLOWSHIPS
J9 1 579 1 L
: .. Effects of Plant Community Structure on Invasion by Exotic Plant Species
Melinda D. Smith
Kansas State University
$59,959
August 2000-
August 2003
KS
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R831071
Grant
R829436
Grant
Environmental Risk Assessment of Phosphate-Based Remedial Technology in Metal
Contaminated Urban and Mining Areas in Selected Missouri Superfund Site
Study of Phthalates in Pregnant Woman and Children
John Yang
Shanna H. Swan
Lincoln University-MO
University of Missouri -
Columbia
$397,975
$2,779,164
September 2003-
August 2005
August 2001-
July 2005
MO
MO
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15537
:ellow
Amphibian Dispersal in Fragmented Landscapes
Gayle L. Birchfield
University of Missouri -
Columbia
$77,598
August 1999-
August 2002
MO
176
-------
Region 7 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
1J9 15754
Fellow
U915573
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Fate and Transport of 17 B-Estradiol in Karst Aquifers of the Ozark Plateau
Origins and Hybridization of Invasive Saltcedar (Tamarix) Inferred from DNA
Sequences
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Eric W. Peterson
lohn F. Gaskin
INSTITUTION
University of Missouri -
St Louis
Washington University
GRANT
AMOUNT
$51,754
$71,325
PROJECT
PERIOD
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
STATE
MO
MO
SBIR PHASE I
68D02022
SBIRI
68D03030
SBIRI
Real-Time Analysis of Metals in Aqueous Waste Streams
Recycling of Industrial Phosphate Waste as Raw Material for Innovative Iron Phosphate
Glass Fibers
Rhys N. Thomas
Tod M. Neidt
Fayette Environmental
Services Inc.
MO-SCI Corporation
$70,000
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September 2003
MO
MO
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828635
Grant
R829422E03
jrant
R829422E02
jrant
R829422E01
jrant
Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Lake and Reservoir Strategy for
Nebraska as a Model for Agriculturally Dominated Ecosystems
Kinetic and Mechanistic Framework for Remediation Using Zerovalent Iron (SEERII)
Using Vertical Attachment Energies to Predict Dehalogenation Rates of Environmental
Contaminants (SEER I)
Managing Soil and Water Contamination Using Innovative Predictive and Remediative
Treatment Techniques (SIP)
John C. Holz
Tian C. Zhang
Paul D. Burrow
Patrick J. Shea
University of Nebraska
at Lincoln
University of Nebraska
at Lincoln
University of Nebraska
at Lincoln
University of Nebraska
at Lincoln
$1,224,706
$215,061
$177,831
$17,400
January 2001-
December 2003
August 2002-
August 2004
August 2002-
August 2004
August 2002-
August 2004
NE
NE
NE
NE
177
-------
tegion 8 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
PAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R827449
Grant
R828636
Grant
R828610
Grant
R829095
Grant
R829429
brant
R829515
Centers
R829640
jrant
R829686
Grant
R829355
Grant
R829588
Centers
R830823
Grant
R828577
Grant
R828178
Grant
R829010
Grant
R831079
Grant
R829091
Grant
An Integrated Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Rocky Mountain National
Park and its Gateway Community: Interactions of Multiple Stressors
Hierarchical Physical Classification of Western Streams: Predicting Biological Condition
in Terms of Key Environmental Processes Bridging Local to Ecoregional Scales
Chlorotriazine Protein Binding: Biomarkers of Exposure & Susceptibility
Applying Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Statistical Surveys to Aquatic Resources
Impact of Phthalates on the Male: Frog and Rabbit Models
Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center for Remediation of
Mine Waste Sites
The Influence of Climate-Induced Alterations in Dissolved Organic Matter on Metal
Toxicity and UV Radiation in Rocky Mountain Streams
Identifying Methods for Improving The Effectiveness of Audit Policies and Laws
Lumped Chemical Approach for Fate and Transport Modeling of Organic Pollutant
Mixtures
Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center
Combining Psychological and Economic Methods to Improve Understanding of Factors
Determining Adults' Valuation of Children's Health
Rapid Mapping for Clean Air in Commerce City
Lagrangian Modeling of Plume Dispersal in the Urban Boundary Layer
Vlicrobial Pathogen Removal During Riverbank Filtration
Atmospheric Aerosols from Biogenic Hydrocarbon Oxidation
Habitat Alteration and Disease Effects on Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
M. Thompson Hobbs
Brian P. Bledsoe
Kelvin E. Andersen
N. Scott Urquhart
D. N. Rao
Veeramachaneni
Charles D.
Shackelford
William Clements
Paul B. Stretesky
Kenneth F. Reardon
Sandra L. Woods
Cheryl Asmus
John W. Martyny
Jeffrey C. Weil
Joseph N. Ryan
Jana B. Milford
Sharon K. Collinger
Colorado State
Jniversity
Colorado State
Jniversity
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
Jniversity
Colorado State
Jniversiry
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Tri-County Health
Department, CO
University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Colorado-
Boulder
$894,846
$788,144
$710,617
$2,998,33!
$852,709
$5,261,000
$896,212
$139,173
$721,695
$242,500
$399,727
$400,000
$172,773
$506,006
$440,000
$500,000
October 1999-
September 2002
January 2001-
January 2004
June 2000-
May 2003
October 2001-
September 2005
October 2001-
September 2004
October 2001-
September 2006
April 2002-
April 2005
July 2002-
July 2004
October 2001-
September 2004
April 2002-
April 2004
February 2003-
fanuary 2006
January 2001-
December 2002
September 2000-
August 2002
September 2001-
August 2004
October 2003-
September 2006
June 2001-
May 2004
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
FELLOWSHIPS
GF9500170
|pellow
Natural Organic Matter and Particle Fouling of Spiral- Wound Nanofiltration Membrane
Elements
Tory L. Champlin
Colorado State
University
$24,446
CO
178
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Region 8 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
GF9501349
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U915350
Fellow
U915364
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U915821
JFel'ow
GF950004C
Fellow
CF9500572
Fellow
GF9500918
Fellow
LI915767
Fellow
U9 15305
Fellow
U9 15367
Fellow
U9 15389
Fellow
U915593
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Experimental Studies of the Factors Controlling the Water Nucleating Ability of
Atmospheric Paniculate Matter
Engineered Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment for Remediation of PCB
Contaminated Soil
Variations in Fog and Cloud Composition by Droplet Size and Their Influence on
Aerosol Processing
Multi-Trophic Impacts of an Introduced Crab Predator: Indirect Effects on Shorebirds in
California
Modeling Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Emissions from Forest Canopies
Study of Land Use Issues Characterizing the
Ambalavao-Andringitra Region of Madagascar
Development of an Incentive Compatible Mechanism to Assist in Environmental
Remediation Site Prioritization and Allocation of Other Public Goods
Frozen Ground Control on Snowmelt Flowpaths and Surface Water Chemistry in Two
Alpine Basins
Biomass Following the Harvest of Crops
rhe Effect of Cirrus Clouds on Climate and Chemistry
Environmental Estrogens, Breast Cancer Therapeutics, and the Estrogen Receptor (ER):
Characterization of the Diverse Ligand Binding Properties of the ER
rhe Effect of Windthrow Disturbance and Salvage Logging on Nutrient Cycling in a
Coniferous Forest Ecosystem
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Fredrick J. Brechtel
Julia D. Rogers
Katharine F. Moore
Veronica B. Estelle
David R. Bowling
Christian Arthur Kull
(Catherine S. Carson
Hillary B. Hatnann
Kevin P. Hennegan
Anthony J. Prenni
Dana Warn
Cristina M.
Rumbaitis-del Rio
INSTITUTION
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
Colorado State
University
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Colorado
at BouEder
University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Colorado
at Boulder
SBIR PHASE II
68D01058
SBIR II
68D01060
SBIR II
68D00273
SBIR II
68D02052
SBIR 11
68D02053
SBIR II
68D00205
SBIR II
High Capacity Sorbent for Removal of Mercury from Flue Gas
Sample Conditioning System for Real-Time Mercury Analysis
Ionic Liquids as Alternative Solvents for Industrial Alkylation Chemistry
Nontoxic Exotic Species/Organic Compound Waterway Contamination Control
Miniaturized Electrochemical Sensor for Cr(VI) in Groundwater and Surface Water
A New Coating Method and Apparatus To Reduce Waste and Hazards in Plating
Craig S. Turchi
Sharon M. Sjostrom
Michael T. Carter
Patrick I. James
Veronica M. Cepak
Mandar Sunthankar
ADA Technologies Inc.
Apogee Scientific Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
lonEdge Corporation
GRANT
AMOUNT
$25,446
$34,000
$25,714
$85,646
$32,700
$29,750
$25,928
$61,312
$25,252
$25,112
$27,128
$83,232
$224,976
$225,000
$224,997
$224,993
$224,995
$225,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 2000-
September 2003
August 2000-
August 2002
August 1999-
August2002
September 2001-
September 2003
September 2001-
September 2003
September 2000-
September 2002
June 2002-
June 2004
June 2002-
June 2004
September 2000-
September 2002
STATE
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
179
-------
Region 8 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D00276
SBIR 11
68D02058
SBIR II
68D00281
SBIR II
ABSTRACT
A Novel Approach To Prevention of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD)
AGCS Sensor for Gas Leak Detection
An Improved Sorbent for Mercury Abatement
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Gregory J. Olson
Loren D. Nelson
William L. Bell
INSTITUTION
Little Bear Laboratories
Inc.
OPHIR Corporation
IDA Research Inc.
GRANT
AMOUNT
$224,941
$224,999
$225,000
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 2000-
September 2002
June 2002-
June 2004
September 2000-
September 2002
STATE
CO
CO
CO
SBIR PHASE I
68D02078
SBIR I
68D03011
SBIR I
68D03012
SBIR I
68D02020
SBIR I
68D02019
SBIR I
68D03020
SB1R1
68D03019
SBIR I
S8D03028
SB1R1
68D02037
SBIR I
68D03010
SBIR1
Arsenic Removal System for Residential and Point-of-Use Applications
Impregnated Clay Sorbents for Mercury Removal From Flue Gas
Active-Core Optical Fiber Ammonia Sensor
Fiber Optic DNAPL Monitor
Heterogeneous Catalysts for Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation
Zero Ammonia Catalysts for Abatement of NOx and Other Species With Waste
Minimization
Aluminum Plating With Ambient Temperature Ionic Liquids
Sulfide Mineral Coating Process To Control Acid Rock Drainage
"luorine-Free Hybrid Surfactants for Fire-Fighting Foams
Robust Diode Lasers for Monitoring and Measurement Technologies
Craig S. Turchi
John S. Lovell
Craig S. Turchi
Michael T. Carter
Shane E. Roark
James H. White
Michael T. Carter
Gregory J. Olson
Silvia D. Luebben
Michael H. Anderson
ADA Technologies Inc.
ADA Technologies Inc.
ADA Technologies Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Eltron Research Inc.
Little Bear Laboratories
Inc.
IDA Research Inc.
Vescent Photonics, Inc.
$99,993
$69,984
$69,964
$69,995
$69,997
$69,997
$69,996
$70,000
$70,000
$70,000
October 2002-
July 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2003-
September 2003
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2003-
September 2003
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828786
Grant
R827457E03
Grant
R828745
Grant
R829357
Grant
Demographic Change in the New West: Exurban Development Around Nature Reserves
vlSU SEER: Microbial Control of Arsenic Speciation and Redox Cycling in
Contaminated Riverine Sediments
Close-coupling of Ecosystem and Economic Models: Adaptation of Central U.S.
Agriculture to Climate Change
'atterns and Prediction: Molecular Analyses of PAH-Degrading Microbial Populations
and Their Function in Real Contaminant Mixture Environments
Andrew Hansen
Timothy R.
McDermott
John M. Antle
William P. Inskeep
Montana State
University
Montana State
University
Montana State
University - Bozeman
Montana State
University - Bozeman
$400,000
$140,000
$1,420,860
$634,430
May 2001-
April 2003
July 1999-
June 2002
October 2000-
September 2003
October 2000-
September 2003
MT
MT
MT
MT
180
-------
Region 8 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R829400E01
Grant
R827457E01
Grant
R827673
Grant
R829400E02
Grant
R827457E02
Grant
R827638
Grant
ABSTRACT
Investigations into the Causes of Diel Cycling of Heavy Metals in Streams
Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP) for the State of Montana under the EPA- Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Multi-scale Effects of Forest Fragmentation and Landscape Context on Population Health
ofBirds
Vlicrobial Community Diversity, Structural and Functional Responses to Multi-
Component Metal Contamination of River Benthic Systems
DM SEER: Determining the Role of Microbial Community Structure and Function in
Establishing the Health of Multicomponent-Metal Contaminated River Benthic Systems
Developing Effective Ecological Indicators for Watershed Analysis
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15792
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U915630
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Impacts of Grazing on Riparian Plant Communities
Microbial Population Dynamics During the Degradation of Complex Contaminant
Mixtures
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Christopher H.
Gammons
Kumar Ganesan
Thomas E. Martin
William E. Holben
William E. Holben
Duncan T. Patten
Margaret J. Eggers
Eric A. Kern
INSTITUTION
Montana Tech of the
University of Montana
Montana Tech of the
University of Montana
University of Montana
University of Montana
University of Montana
Yellowstone Ecosystem
Studies
GRANT
AMOUNT
$140,000
$152,190
$659,331
$280,000
$140,000
$868,242
Montana State
University
Montana State
University - Bozeman
$54,815
$62,998
PROJECT
PERIOD
October 2001-
September 2003
July 1999-
June 2002
October 1999-
September 2002
September 2001-
September 2003
luly 1999-
lune 2002
July 1999-
lune 2002
August 2000-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
STATE
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828081E01
Grant
R829415E02
Grant
R829415E01
Grant
R828081E02
Grant
Building Research Infrastructure in the Environmental Sciences in North Dakota
New Chemical Analysis Tools for Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Improving Infrastructure for Environmental Research in North Dakota.
Environmental Contamination as a Result of Flooding: A Case Study of Heating Oil
Pollution in the Red River Valley
Philip Boudjouk
Andres D. Campiglia
David C. Tilotta
David C. Tilotta
North Dakota State
University
North Dakota State
University
University of North
Dakota
University of North
Dakota
$258,596
$499,105
$998,361
$207,000
May 2000-
August 2003
September 2001-
August 2003
September 2001-
August 2003
May 2000-
August 2003
ND
ND
ND
ND
SBIR PHASE II
68D00271
SBIR II
Integrated Downhole Gas Chromatograph and Automated Sampler for Direct Push
Michael Dvorak
Dakota Technologies
Inc.
$225,000
September 2000-
September 2002
ND
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED CENTERS
R827649
Centers
Center for Air Toxic Metals (CATM)
Gerald Groenewold
University of North
Dakota
$4,772,400
October 1999-
October 2003
ND
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828575
Grant
R827403
Grant
Big Sioux River Drainage Basin Information Outreach Project
Effects of an Endocrine Disrupter on Prostate Development and Growth
Lyle D. Johnson
Barry G. Timms
South Dakota State
University
University of South
Dakota
$572,976
$432,452
January 2001-
December 2002
July 1999-
Jime 2002
SD
SD
181
-------
Region 8 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
SBIR PHASE I
68D02093
SBIR I
Limestone-Based Material for Arsenic Removal From Drinking Water
Ferrence E.
Williamson
HydroTech Engineering
$100.000
October 2002-
July 2003
SD
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R827993
Grant
R828637
Grant
R830594
R830907
Grant
Relationship Between PM2.5 Semi-volatile Organic Material, Other PM2.5 Components
and Heart Rate Variability in The Elderly
An Empirical Evaluation of the Performance of Different Approaches to Classifying
Reference Conditions in Streams
Testing Watershed Classifications Relevant to Bioassessment, Conservation Planning,
and Watershed Restoration
Metal Biosensors: Development and Environmental Testing
Delbert J. Eatough
Charles P. Hawkins
Charles P. Hawkins
Anne J. Anderson
Brigham Young
University
Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University
$797,013
$1,499,485
$853,515
$336,000
February 2000-
January 2003
January 2001-
December 2003
January 2003-
December 2005
May 2003-
April 2006
UT
UT
UT
UT
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15358
Fellow
Molecular Mechanisms of Manganese Toxicity
SBIR PHASE I
68D02006
SBIR I
68D02011
SBIR I
68D02076
SBIR1
Environmentally Safe Silane Technology for Adhesion of Rubber to Tire Cord Steel
Innovative Oxidation Treatment for Removal of MTBE From Drinking Water Using a
Combined Photocatalytic Reactor and Ozone Generator
Mixed Potential-Based Miniature Sensors for Real-Time On- Vehicle NOx Monitoring
From Mobile Sources
Rachel Jameton
David C. Fairboum
Fames Steppan
Balakrishnan Nair
University of Utah
$25,317
Aeromet Technologies
Inc.
Ceramatec Inc.
Ceramatec Inc.
$67,109
$69,926
599,932
UT
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
October 2002-
July 2003
UT
UT
UT
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828716
Grant
R829426E02
Grant
R829426EO!
Grant
R830819
Grant
Benefit Transfer Using Values from Adult-oriented Studies to Evaluate Children's Health
Effects (Phase 1 - - Theory)
influence of Bio-pollution on Ecosystem Processes: The Impact Introduced Lake Trout
on Streams and Terrestrial Predators in Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming EPA/EPSCoR Proposal - Strategic Improvement Plan
Predicting and Valuing Species Populations in an Integrated Economic/Ecosystem Model
Thomas D. Crocker
Robert 0. Hall
Harold L. Bergman
lohn Tschirhart
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
S! 03,495
$160,610
S39.269
$203,176
December 2000-
November 2003
July 2002-
September 2004
July 2002-
September 2004
July 2003-
February 2005
WY
WY
WY
WY
182
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EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
(STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829623
Grant
R827676
Grant
R828576
R828168
R828732
jrant
R828826
Grant
R827443
R827150
Grant
R829013
Grant
A Nanocontact Sensor for Heavy Metal Ion Detection
A Hierarchical Patch Dynamics Approach to Regional Modeling and Scaling
Community Water Quality Information System For A New And
Sustainable Water Supply
Fundamentals of Mercury Speciation Kinetics: A Theoretical and Experimental Study
Climatic and Human Impacts on Fire Regimes in Forests
and Grasslands of the U.S. Southwest
Organizational Structures, Citizen Participation, and
Corporate Environmental Performance
Vulnerability of Young Children to Organophosphate Pesticides and Selected Metals
Through Intermittent Exposures in Yuma County, Arizona
Restoring and Maintaining Riparian Ecosystem Integrity in Arid Watersheds: Meeting
the Challenge through Science and Policy Analysis
Giardia/Cryptosporidium Transport and Fate During Subsurface Infiltration: Integrated
Laboratory and Field Study
Nongjian Tao
Jianguo Wu
Vlarie S. Pearthree
lost O.L. Wendt
Barbara J. Morehouse
Don Grant
Mary Kay O'Rourke
Thomas Maddock
vlark Brusseau
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
City of Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
$375,000
5629,540
5400,000
$225,000
$1,260,993
$35,123
$712,313
$849,638
$519,725
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15344
:ellow
U915385
Fellow
U9I5772
Fellow
U9 15601
•ellow
Integrating Competition and Predation: Conservation Implications of Multi-species
Interactions at the Landscape Scale.
Effect of Bioavailable Metal Concentration on Mechanisms of Metal Resistance
Nucleation Kinetics of High-k Dielectric Film Deposition Using Atomic-Layer
Deposition
Characterizing Fire Regimes in Conifer Forest Using Optical and Microwave Remote
Sensing
Todd E. Katzner
Todd Ryan Sandrin
Kasi M. Kiehlbaugh
Mary C. Henry
Arizona State University
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
$30,712
$33,449
$92,736
$88,112
January 2002-
December 2004
October 1999-
October 2002
February 2001-
July 2002
September 2000-
Auaust2002
November 2000-
October 2003
June 2001-
May 2002
May 1999-
April 2002
January 1999-
January 2002
September 2001-
August 2004
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
September 2000-
September 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828292
jrant
R826371
Centers
R83I075
Gram
R830886
Grant
Gene-Environment Interaction and Human Malformations
Research Consortium on Ozone and Fine Particle Formation in California and in the
Northeastern United States
Fundamental Experimental and Modeling Studies of Secondary Organic Aerosol
Application of Individual-based Fish Models to Regional Decision-making
Gary M. Shaw
lohn Seinfeld
lohn Seinfeld
Roland H. Lamberson
California Birth Defects
Monitoring Program
California Institute of
Technology
California Institute of
Technology
Humboldt State
Universitv
53,373,557
$0
$449,991
$418,710
July 2000-
June 2005
April 1998-
April 2003
May 2003-
April 2006
CA
CA
CA
CA
183
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R827998
R830547
irant
K828042
R827644
Grant
R827927
jrant
R827634
irant
R829362
Grant
1828193
jrant
R826601
Grant
R827448
Grant
R828827
irant
R829597
Grant
R829627
Grant
R829612
jrant
R829665
Grant
R826709
Centers
R829654
Grant
R829803
Grant
ABSTRACT
Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Particles and Other Air Pollutants in Elderly
Monsmoking California Residents
delating Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Ambient Air Pollutants Using Geographic
Information Systems Technology and Bayesian Neural Networks: The AHSMOG Study
Development and Evaluation of Procedures for Detection of Infectious Microsporidia in
Source Waters
Integrative Indicators of Ecosystem Condition and Stress across Multiple Trophic Levels
in the San Francisco Estuary
Characterization of Urban Air Toxics Sources in Support of HAPs Emission Control
Strategies
Processes Controlling the Chemical/Isotopic Speciation and Distribution of Mercury
from Contaminated Mine Sites
Estimating Longitudinal Aggregate and Cumulative Exposure and Intake Dose for
Young Children
Products of Incomplete Combustion in the Incineration of Brominated Hydrocarbons
Modeling Ozone Flux to Forests Across an Ozone Concentration Gradient in the Sierra
Mevada Mountains, CA.
Vulnerability Assessment of San Joaquin Basin Water Supply, Ecological Resources, and
Rural Economy Due to Climate Variability and Extreme Weather Events
Tracking Deterrent Messages in Environmental Enforcement
Computer-Aided Hybrid Models for Environmental and Economic Life-Cycle
Assessment
Electrolysis and Ion Exchange for the In Process Recycling of Copper from Semi-
Conductor Processing Solutions
The Use of Marketable Permits for Pesticide Control
Valuing Reduced Asthma Morbidity in Children
Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention
Research
Embedding in Stated Preference
Integrating Economic and Physical Data to Forecast Land Use Change and
Environmental Consequences for California's Coastal Watersheds.
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Synnove F. Knutsen
Synnove F. Knutsen
Paul A. Rochelle
Richard C. Dugdale
Vlichael J. Coggiola
Gordon E. Brown Jr.
James O. Leckie
Selim M. Senkan
Allen H. Goldstein
John A. Dracup
Robert A, Kagan
Arpad Horvath
Fiona M. Doyle
David Zilberman
vlichael Hanemann
Brenda Eskenazi
Vlichael Hanemann
Adina Merenlender
INSTITUTION
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University
Vfetropolitan Water
District of Southern
California
San Francisco State
University
Sri International
Stanford University
Stanford University
UCLA
University of California
^ Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
GRANT
AMOUNT
$763,910
5964,436
$294,635
$881,062
$506,742
$708,634
$540,709
$350,000
5621,367
$859,654
$349,981
5325,000
$325,000
$175,217
$328,205
$2,830,746
$249,177
$259,454
PROJECT
PERIOD
March 2000-
February 2003
February 2003-
December 2006
May 2000-
May 2002
October 1 999-
September 2002
December 1999-
November 2002
October 1999-
September 2002
October 2001-
September 2004
luly 2000-
lune 2003
August 1998-
October 2002
July 1999-
June 2002
June 2001-
May 2003
lanuary 2002-
December 2004
January 2002-
Decernber 2004
January 2002-
December 2003
January 2002-
December 2003
August 1998-
July 2003
April 2002-
March 2003
July 2002-
June 2004
STATE
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
184
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R830899
Grant
R830964
Grant
R827932
Grant
R826603
Grant
R827404
Grant
R828676
Centers
R828038
Grant
R827442
Grant
R827995
Grant
R828896
Grant
R829388
R829215
Grant
R831082
Grant
R827398
Grant
R828011
Grant
R829439
Grant
R827637
Grant
R827352
Centers
R82948S
Grant
ABSTRACT
Low Cost Organic Gas Sensors on Plastic for Distributed Environmental Monitoring
Guiding Future Air Quality Management in California: Sensitivity to Changing Climate
An Integrated Modeling Framework for Analyzing Wetlands Policies
Genetic Diversity in California Native Fish Exposed to Pesticides
Endocrine Disruption in Adolescence
A Western Center for Estuarine Indicators Research which will Develop Indicators of
Wetlands Ecosystem Health
Prevalence and Distribution of Genotypes of Cryptosporidium Parvum in Feedlots in the
Western United States
Increased Vulnerability of Neonates to Naphthalene and Its Derivatives
Health Effects of Concentrated Ambient Particles from the Central Valley of California
Hybridization Between an Invasive Exotic and a Declining Native Amphibian: Molecular
Characterization, Ecological Dynamics, and Genetic Remediation
Center for the Study of Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Autism
Health Effects of Airborne Paniculate Matter and Gasses
Source-Oriented Chemical Transport Model for Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol
Frog Deformities: Role of Endocrine Disrupters During Development
Identification and Control of Non-Point Sources of Microbial Pollution in a Coastal
Watershed
Latent Effects of Gestational Exposure to Heptachlor
Developing an Indicator for Nutrient Supply in Tropical and Temperate Estuaries, Bays,
and Coastal Waters Using the Tissue Nitrogen and Phosphorus Content of Macroalgae
Southern California Center for Airborne Paniculate Matter (SCCAMP)
Vot All Deaths are Created Equal: Understanding Individual Preferences for Reductions
n Morbidity-Mortality Events
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Vivek Subramanian
Robert A. Harley
Marca Weinberg
Susan L. Anderson
Mari S. Golub
Susan L. Anderson
Edward R. Atwill
Michelle V. Fanucchi
Kent E. Pinkerton
Howard B. Shaffer
Isaac Pessah
Kent E. Pinkerton
Michael J. Kleeman
David M. Gardiner
Brett Sanders
Dean Baker
Peggy Fong
John R. Froines
J. R. DeShazo
INSTITUTION
Jniversity of California
• Berkeley
Jniversity of California
• Berkeley
University of California
Davis
University of California
- Davis
Jniversity of California
- Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
• Irvine
University of California
- Irvine
University of California
• Irvine
University of California
- Los Angeles
University of California
- Los Angeles
University of California
- Los Angeles
GRANT
AMOUNT
$328,000
$900,000
$125,000
$649,003
$670,805
$5,998,221
$248,461
$374,543
$633,328
$433,708
$7,325,232
$833,481
$450,000
$1,194,536
$895,234
$1,931,310
$399,335
$8,715,583
$360,756
PROJECT
PERIOD
May 2003-
April 2006
July 2003-
June 2006
October 1999-
September 2002
August 1998-
tanuary 2003
September 1999-
August 2002
October 2000-
September 2004
April 2000-
March 2002
October 1999-
September 2002
February 2000-
lanuary 2003
August 2001-
August 2004
November 2001-
October 2006
October 2001-
September 2004
October 2003-
September 2006
October 1999-
September 2002
August 2000-
luly 2003
March 2002-
February 2005
August 1999-
July 2002
lune 1999-
May 2004
October 2001-
September 2003
STATE
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
185
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R826708
Centers
R830896
Grant
ABSTRACT
CECEHDPR - University of Southern California
N'anostructured Catalytic Materials for NOx Reduction Using Combinatorial
Methodologies
Biosensors for Field Monitoring of Organophosphate Pesticides
jr3.ni I
R828173
Grant
R828134
Grant
R828040
Grant
R828901
R829404
brant
R829606
brant
R830841
brant
R831087
brant
IRSSIOSO
R829619
Grant
R830826
Grant
R831083
Grant
R829088
Grant
R829687
Grant
R827999
Grant
Development of a Thermal Desorption Mass Spectrometric Method for Measuring Vapor
Pressures of Low-Volatility Organic Aerosol Compounds
Zeolite Coatings by In-Situ Crystallization as an Environmentally Benign Alternative to
Chromate Conversion and Anodization Coatings
Development of a Rapid, Quantitative Method for the Detection of Infective Coxsackie
and Echo Viruses in Drinking Water
Abiotic Controls on Invasive Species and Biodiversity: Comparison of Forest and
Shrubland
Evaluation of Monoterpene Producing Plants for Phytoremediation of PCB and PAH
Contaminated Soils
Nanoscale Biopolymers with Tunable Properties for Improved Decontamination and
Recycling of Heavy Metals
Potential for Increased Bioavailability of Mercury in Selenium Contaminated Sites: Risk
Assessment and Ecological Effects
Evaluation and Minimization of Organic Aerosol Sampling Artifacts using Impactors and
Quartz Fiber Filter Denuders
Development and Application of a Mass Spectra- Volatility Database of Combustion and
Secondary Organic Aerosol Sources for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Nanostructured Porous Silicon and Luminescent Polysiloles as Chemical Sensors for
Carcinogenic Chromium(Vl) and Arsenic(V)
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Biomarkers, and Childhood Asthma
Advancing ATOFMS to a Quantitative Tool for Source Apportionment
ndividual Variability, Environmental Stressors, and Sampling Uncertainty in Wildlife
iisk Assessment
environmental Management Strategies and Corporate Performance: Identification and
Analysis of the Motivators of Regulated Entities' Environmental Behavior and
'erformance
Acute Cardiopulmonary Responses to Fine Particulate Pollution and Copollutant Oxidant
Gas in Los Angeles
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
^nry Gong
Selim M. Senkan
Ashok Mulchandani
Jaul J. Ziemann
Yushan Van
vlarylynn V. Yates
Thomas Meixner
David E. Crowley
Wilfred Chen
lohn T. Trumble
Dennis R. Fitz
Paul J. Ziemann
William C. Trogler
Hillary Klonoff-
Cohen
Kimberly A. Prather
Bruce E. Kendall
Magali A. Delmas
Henry Gong
INSTITUTION
Jniversity of California
Los Angeles
Jniversity of California
• Los Angeles
University of California
• Riverside
Jniversity of California
• Riverside
Jniversity of California
• Riverside
Jniversity of California
• Riverside
University of California
- Riverside
Jniversity of California
Riverside
University of California
• Riverside
University of California
- Riverside
University of California
- Riverside
University of California
• Riverside
University of California
• San Diego
University of California
• San Diego
University of California
• San Dieeo
University of California
• Santa Barbara
University of California
• Santa Barbara
University of Southern
California
GRANT
AMOUNT
$2,895,926
$356,000
$227,169
$84,1 1 1
$250,316
$321,784
$448,122
$393,135
$390,000
$199,802
$187,030
$409,922
$400,000
$750.000
$450,000
$426.954
$229,473
$613,894
PROJECT
PERIOD
August 1998-
luly 2003
May 2003-
April 2006
lune 2000-
May 2002
August 2000-
luly 2002
August 2000-
luly 2003
February 2000-
February 2002
My 2001-
lulv 2004
November 2001-
October 2004
February 2002-
lanuary 2005
March 2003-
February 2005
October 2003-
September 2005
August 2003-
August 2006
January 2002-
December 2004
October 2002-
September 2005
October 2003-
September 2006
September 2001-
August 2004
Fanuary 2002-
December 2004
March 2000-
March 2003
STATE
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
186
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
FELLOWSHIPS
U915349
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U915563
:el!ow
U915625
:ellow
GF9500231
Fellow
U9 15629
;ellow
GF9500260
Fellow
U9 15831
"ellow
U915756
Fellow
U9 15721
;ellow
U9 15482
Fellow
U9 15320
Fellow
GF9500332
'ellow
GF950776
Fellow
U9 15406
rellow
U915411
•ellow
J9 15548
:ellow
U915607
Fellow
U915644
Fellow
Atmospheric Measurements from Research Aircraft
Laboratory Studies of Tropospheric Ozone Formation: A Novel Technique for Probing
Volatile Organic Hydrocarbon Oxidation
Fhe Effect of Elevated Carbon Dioxide (CO2> Concentrations and Vegetation Mortality
on Mineral Weathering in Soils"
Localization of the Stress Response Among Tissues and Subcellular Compartments as a
Potential Reflection of Site -Specific Toxic Damage
Effects of Biological-Physical Interactions on Gene Flow in Marine Planktonic
Populations
Effects of Redox Zones on the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Saturated
Subsurface: Characterization and Simulation
rhe Use of Molecular and Biochemical Tools to Monitor Bioaugmented Microbial
Communities
Electrical Resistance Tomography to Quantify Subsurface Heterogeneity of
Hydrogeologic Parameters
Prescribed Burning Impacts on Riparian and Stream Environments
Controls on Denitrification and Ammonia Production in Constructed Wetlands Designed
for Nitrate Removal (NO3- > 1 mg L- 1 )
Merging Technical, Social, And Institutional Issues In Environmental Decision Making
Risk and the Structure of Vulnerability in the Rural South
Study of Molecular Basis for Pathogen Recognition and Signal Transduction Leading to
Disease Resistance in Plants
Negotiating Conservation: Peasants and Forest Conversion in the Buffer Zone of the
[ndio-Maiz Reserve, Nicaragua
Economic Reform, NGOs and Cranes in Russia and China
Modeling Regional Scale Ozone Sensitivity to Precursor Emissions with a Fuel-Based
Motor Vehicle Emission Inventory
Seed Banks and Prescribed Burns: Factors Affecting Successful Control of French
Broom and Restoration of Native Communities in Coastal California Grasslands
Understanding Barriers to the Use of Renewable Energy for Remote Electrification by
State Utilities in Thailand
Timothy M.
VanReken
Eva R. Garland
Jennie C. Stephens
Homer Ellison
Erica Goetze
Robert H. Abrams
Jeannine K. Larabee
Kamini Singha
Leah A. Rogers
Maia S. Fleming-
Singer
Louise L. Wells
William C. Boyd
Steven Paul Holzberg
Anne Larson
Vlelinda Kay Herrold
Linsey C. Marr
Janice M. Alexander
Christopher E.
Greacen
California Institute of
Technology
California Institute of
Technology
California Institute of
Technology
California State
University - Los
Angeles
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Stanford University
Stanford University
Stanford University
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
University of California
• Berkeley
$34,000
$66,587
$99,167
$23,796
$79,703
$34,000
$102,000
$102,000
$77,769
$26,408
$25,956
$26,900
$26,394
$27,138
$26,408
$73,958
$52,610
$78,115
September 1999-
September 2002
September 1999-
September 2002
September 1999-
September 2002
June 2000-
lune 2003
September 2000-
September 2003
August 2000-
August2003
May 1999-
May 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
September 1999-
September 2002
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
187
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U9 15762
Fellow
U915787
:ellow
U915761
:ellow
IJ91 5 768
[Fellow
JU915310
Fellow
GF9500964
Fellow
GF950I638
Fellow
GF9502453
[Fellow
Ll915372
Fellow
U915733
:ellow
U9 15592
;ellow
U915578
rellow
U9 15657
Fellow
U915810
rellow
GF9501896
rellow
U9 15462
:ellow
U9 15394
Fellow
U915399
Fellow
U915659
:ellow
ABSTRACT
The Political Ecology of Cloves in Minahasa, Indonesia: The Effect of Changing
Crediting Strategies on Land Management
Consequences of Altered Hydrologic Regimes on a California North Coast Meadow
Community
Political Ecology of Irrigation Management Transfer
Influence of Aggregate Versus Dispersed Live Tree Retention on an Arboreal Forage
Lichen
Superfund Implementation and Environmental Progress
Vlutational Spectrum of N-Nitrosodimethylamine in vitro and in vivo at Endogenous
Mammalian Marker Loci
Assessing the Economic Feasibility of Using Commercially Available Technology to
Remove Priority UV Absorbers From Wastewater
Physiological and Ecosystem Effects of Natural UV-B Radiation on Coastal Primary
Productivity
The Importance of Natural Enemies of Herbivores as Agents of Selection for Plant
Genotypes Within Species
Fitness Consequences of Developmental Exposure to Xenoestrogens in the Cliff Swallow
Effects of Climate Variation on Subalpine and Coastal Vegetation and Landscapes
Investigating Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) Population Structure Using Introns of
Conserved Nuclear Genes
Dsing Conservation Endocrinology To Assess the Risk of Local Extinction: A Case
Study of Malagasy Lemurs
Effects of Local and Regional Environmental Variation on Avian Community Dynamics
and Reproductive Success in a Shredded Landscape
Interleukin-1 Mediated Effects of Ozone in the Lung
Retinoic acid receptors RAR-beta and RAR-gamma
Children's Environmental Health in the 21st century: Bridging Science and Policy for
Improvements in the Americas
Importance of Competition and Facilitation in Structuring Ecological Communities
Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides in a Mexican Agricultural Community
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Lea M. Borkenhagen
Kenwyn B. Suttle
Katariina A.
Tuovinen
Thomas R. Rambo
Dorothy Daley
Kjista Dobo
Frank Loge
Terence Evens
Jennifer A. Rudgers
Peter L. Gibert
Charles T. Carlson
Carole A. Conway
Debra L. Durham
Melanie L. Truan
Alsion Pearson
Gloria Mao
Derek G. Shendell
K.atharyn E. Boyer
Guadalupe Chapa
INSTITUTION
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Berkeley
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
• Davis
University of California
- Davis
University of California
- Irvine
University of California
- Los Angeles
University of California
• Los Angeles
University of California
- Los Angeles
University of California
- Los Angeles
GRANT
AMOUNT
$85,443
$86,885
$94,268
$80,410
$26,497
$35,807
$26,422
$24,425
$26,066
$80,413
$0
$73,162
$84,152
$80,437
$37,350
$21,502
$34,000
$26,920
$80,621
PROJECT
PERIOD
May 2000-
May 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
September 2000-
September 2003
September 2000-
September 2003
September 1999-
September 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
August 1999-
August 2002
STATE
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
188
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
U9 15606
Fellow
U915566
Fellow
U9 15751
Fellow
U9 15753
Fellow
U9 15832
Fellow
U915612
Fellow
U915730
Fellow
U9 15786
Fellow
U9 15340
Fellow
ABSTRACT
Proximal and Distal Factors in Desert Annual Seed Germination
Characterization and Utilization of Instruments for Real Time Single Particle Analysis in
Laboratory and Field Measurements
ITie Role of Mycosporine-Like Ami no Acids (MAAs) in Harmful Bloom-Forming
Dinoflagellates: Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation, Vertical Mixing, and Nutrient
Availability
Modeling Vernal Pool Hydroperiod Over Space and Time
Adaptability of Biofilm Exopolymeric Substances to Hydrophobicity and Hydrophilicity
Maps of the Future: Multi-scale Precipitation Modeling and Forecasting
Effects of Contaminants on Immune Function in Seabirds
Seed Limitation in Native and Exotic Catchfly Silene Sp. Plants in Central California
Factors Controlling Methane-Oxidizer Ecology and The Efficiency of Methane
Dxidation in Flooded Soils
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Connie J,
Fotheringham
Sylvia H. Pastor
Elizabeth R. Frame
Christopher R. Pyke
Rachel E. Steinberger
Chris C. Funk
Vlyra E. Finkelstein
William H.
Satterthwaite
lenn Macalady
INSTITUTION
University of California
- Los Angeles
University of California
- Riverside
University of California
- San Diego
University of California
- Santa Barbara
University of California
• Santa Barbara
University of California
• Santa Barbara
University of California
• Santa Cruz
University of California
• Santa Cruz
University of California
at Davis
GRANT
AMOUNT
$79,411
$80,345
$79,247
$80,926
$77,989
$77,943
$78,628
$86,152
$26,497
PROJECT
PERIOD
September 1999-
September 2002
Tune 1999-
lune 2002
August 2000-
August 2003
September 2000-
September 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
September 1999-
September2002
September 2000-
September 2003
August 2000-
August 2003
STATE
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
SBIR PHASE II
68D03040
SBIR II
68D00277
SBIR II
68D02055
SBIR 11
Instrument Development for Real-Time Measurement of Particulate Concentration and
Primary Particle Size in Diesel Engine Exhaust Using a Novel Implementation of Laser-
Induced Incandescence
Recovery of Catalyst Vapors From Foundry Cold Box Core Machines
Combined Centrifugal Separator/Membrane Ultrafiltration System for Shipboard
Treatment of Bilge and Ballast Water
William D. Bachalo
J. G. Wijmans
Anurag Mairal
Artium Technologies
Inc.
Membrane Technology
and Research Inc.
vlembrane Technology
and Research Inc.
$224,985
$225,000
$225,000
May 2003-
April 2005
September 2000-
September 2002
lune 2002-
Iune2004
CA
CA
CA
SBIR PHASE I
68D02009
SBIR I
68D02010
SBIR I
68D02028
SBIR1
68D02032
SBIR I
The Application of MASC Technology to the Problem of Contaminant Monitoring for
the Water and Wastewater Industries
Instrument Development for Real-Time Measurement of Particulate Concentration and
Primary Particle Size in Diesel Engine Exhaust Using a Novel Implementation of Laser-
Induced Incandescence
Combinatorial Screening of High-Efficiency Catalysts for Large-Scale Production of
Pyrolytic Carbon Nanotubes
Development of Reliable, Cost-Effective Membrane Technology for Industrial
Wastewater Treatment
Cindy S. Orser
William D. Bachalo
Xiao Dong Xiang
Ingo Pinnau
Arete Associates
Artium Technologies
Inc.
Intematix Corporation
vlembrane Technology
and Research Inc.
$70,000
$69,992
$69,957
$70,000
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
April 2002-
September 2002
CA
CA
CA
CA
189
-------
Region 9 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
68D02034
SB1R1
68D02077
fcBIRI
ABSTRACT
A New Compact Portable Field Instrument for Continuous Real-Time Measurement of
Trace Organic Air Pollution Emissions Using Jet-REMPI Mass Spectrometry
A Small Direct Electromagnetic Valve Prototype Internal Combustion Engine
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Eli Margalith
Richard D. Ely
INSTITUTION
OPOTEK Inc.
SBE LLC
GRANT
AMOUNT
$69,995
$99,811
PROJECT
PERIOD
April 2002-
September 2002
October 2002-
luly 2003
STATE
CA
CA
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R828008
R829093
Grant
Integrating Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrity and Restoration Options with Watershed-
based Activities in the Tropical Pacific Islands and the Societal Costs of Poor Land-use
Practices
Habitat Degradation and Introduced Diseases Stress the Endangered Hawaii Akepa
Robert H. Richmond
Leonard A. Freed
University of Guam
University of Hawaii at
Honolulu
$795,249
5510,375
Unknown
July 2001-
June 2004
GU
HI
FELLOWSHIPS
U9 15375
•ellpw
U9 15626
[Fellow
RJ9 15750
(Fellow
Role of Oceanic Primary Production in Glacial-Interglacial Climate Change Based on an
Analysis of a Sediment Core Collected from the Gulf of Alaska (Pederson et al., 1994).
Management of Hawaiian Precious Corals Using Molecular Genetic Methods
Estrogens in Scleractinian Corals: Sources, Metabolism, and Physiological Activity
Marian B. Westley
Amy R. Baco-Taylor
Ann M. Tarrant
University of Hawaii at
Honolulu
University of Hawaii at
Honolulu
University of Hawaii al
Manoa
$31,957
$93,725
$91,048
luly 1999-
luly 2002
December 2000-
December 2003
HI
HI
HI
[STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R831086
(Grant
R827622E03
[Grant
R829800
Grant
R827622E02
Grant
R827622E01
Grant
Measurement, Modeling, and Analysis Methods for Airborne Carbonaceous Fine
Paniculate Matter (PM2.5)
The Fate and Transport of Perchlorate in a Contaminated Site in the Las Vegas Valley.
Part A: Investigation of the Influence of Biological Degradation and Sorption on the Fate
of Perchlorate. Part B: Modeling of the Transport of Perchlorate in the Las Vegas Wash.
Assessment of Natural Source (Geologic and Vegetation) Mercury Emissions:
Speciation, Mechanisms and Significance
Determining the Role of Plants and Soils in the Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury on
an Ecosystem Level
Fhe Nevada EPA-EPSCoR Program in the Fate, Transport and Cycling of Contaminants
in Arid/Semiarid Regions
FELLOWSHIPS
GF950I942 |A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Reverse Osmosis and Ion Exchange Technologies
rellow (on the Removal of the Bromide Ion
ludith C. Chow
lacimaria R. Batista
Vlae Sexauer Gustin
Vlae Sexauer Gustin
Klaus Stetzenbach
Eric Marchand
Desert Research
Institute
University of Nevada -
Las Vegas
University of Nevada -
Reno
University of Nevada -
Reno
University of Nevada -
Reno
University of Nevada -
Reno
$449,456
$158,502
$891,545
S253.798
$87,669
$23,623
luly 2003-
June 2006
August 1999-
August 2003
lanuary 2003-
December 2005
August 1999-
August 2003
August ] 999-
Auaust 2003
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
190
-------
Region 10 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
ABSTRACT
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
INSTITUTION
GRANT
AMOUNT
PROJECT
PERIOD
STATE
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R829425E01
Grant
R828158
Grant
R827683EOI
Grant
R827683E03
Grant
R827683E02
Grant
Boise Valley Inversion and Air Pollution Study
Fundamental and Applied Chemistry Relevant to the Use of Humic Acids
Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP) for Idaho
Detection of Pathogens in Drinking Water (SEER 2)
Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water (SEER 1)
Paul Dawson
Ray Von Wandruszka
Ronald L. Crawford
Carolyn J. Hovde
Bohach
Gregory Moller
Boise State
University'
University of
Idaho
University of
Idaho
University of
Idaho
University of
Idaho
$517,650
$188.697
$39,352
$238,548
$261,443
September 2002-
August 2004
July 2000-
June 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
FELLOWSHIPS
U915576
Fellow
Mesting Success of a Hawaiian Honeycreeper Along an Altitudinal Gradient of Culicine
Mosquitoes
Bonnie M. Nielsen
University of
Idaho
$40,366
August 1999-
August 2002
ID
STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R827639
Grant
R828309 v
R829096
Grant
R828772
Centers
R829610
Grant
R827960
Grant
R829498
Grant
R829483
Centers
R831046
Grant
R828179
Grant
Molecular Detection of Anaerobic Bacteria as Indicator Species for Fecal Pollution in Water
Regional Analysis of Net Ecosystem Productivity of Pacific Northwest Forests: Scaling
Methods, Validation and Results Across Major Forest Types and Age Classes
National Research Program on Design-Based/Model-Assisted Survey Methodology for
Aquatic Resources
Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center for Developing In-Situ Processes for
VOC Remediation in Groundwater and Soils
Reappraisal of the Welfare and Policy Implications of Environmental Taxation with
Preexisting Revenue-raising Taxes
Development of Object-Based Simulation Tools for Distributed Modular Ecological Modeling
A Biologically Driven National Classification Scheme for U.S. Streams and Rivers
Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center
Lifestyles and Cultural Practices of Tribal Populations And Risks from Toxic Substances in
the Environment
A New Application of the Fundamental Physics of Atmospheric Pressure lonization Mass
Spectrometry to Ozone and Fine Particulate Formation Mechanisms
(Catharine G. Field
B. E. Law
Don L. Stevens
Lewis Semprini
William K. Jaeger
John P. Bolte
AlanT. Herlihy
Kenneth J.
Williamson
Barbara L. Harper
Robert J. O'Brien
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Portland State
University
$223,829
$1,848,927
$2,989,884
$5,572,000
$99,062
$247,394
$747,541
$381,918
$449,970
$223,574
November 1999-
October 2002
hily 2000-
June 2003
October 2001-
October 2005
Fune 2001-
May 2006
February 2002-
lanuary 2005
October 1999-
September 2002
February 2002-
lanuary 2005
March 2002-
February 2004
August 2003-
luly 2006
July 2000-
lune 2002
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
191
-------
Region 10 STAR Grant and SBIR Award Projects
EPA ID
R831034
ABSTRACT
Oregon Business Decisions for Environmental Performance
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
David E. Ervin
INSTITUTION
Portland State
University
GRANT
AMOUNT
$251,973
PROJECT
PERIOD
October 2003-
September 2006
STATE
OR
FELLOWSHIPS
U91 5432
Fellow
bF9500795
GF9501078
Fellow
U915528
Fellow
U915529
:ellow
U9 15727
reljgw
U9 15530
;ellow
U9 15362
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Coral-algal Symbiosis: An Integrative Study Of The Establishment, Regulation, And
Environmentally-induced Breakdown Of The Partnership
Response to Water Protection Rule Changes in the Oregon Forest Practices Act:
Landowner/Operator Opinions and Streamside Conditions
Patterns of Change in Sapwood Conductivity and Leaf Area for Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
Vienziesii)
Population Genetics of a Vertebrate Community in a Patchy Environment
Multiple Stressors and Amphibian Population Declines
Fritrophic Effects of Potato Plant Antifeedants on Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Sources of Nutrient Input in an Urbanizing Oregon Watershed
Effects of Logging and Road Building on Hillslope Erosion, Stream Discharge, and Water
Quality
Jodi Schwarz
Anne Hairston
Rachel Spicer
Mollie K. Manier
Audrey C. Hatch
Christine A. Aimer
Kazuhiro Sonoda
Rebecca Kelly
Robinson Ambers
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Dregon State
University
Oregon State
University
Portland State
University
University of
Dregon
$34,000
$31,246
$45,558
$102,000
$101,925
$79,793
$86,365
$34,000
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lune 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
September 2000-
September 2002
August 1999-
August 2002
OR
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OR
OR
OR
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STAR GRANTS AND CENTERS
R827454
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R828044
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R828039
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R828608
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R828082
Grant
R829467
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R828825
JR827355
(Centers
Impact of Climate on the Lower Yakima River Basin
Bioavailability of Haloacetates in Human Subjects
Detection of Emerging Microbial Contaminants in Source and Finished Drinking Water with
DNA Microarrays
3evelopment of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD)
vlodel to Quantitate Biomarkers of Exposure for Organophosphate
insecticides
Carcinogenesis Modeling for Livers and Liver Tumors of Mice With DCA or TCA
Sioaccumulative Toxics in Native American Shellfish
Normative, Social, and Calculated Motivations for Compliance: Marine Facilities and Water
Pollution
Northwest Research Center for Paniculate Air Pollution and Health
Lance Vail
Irvin R. Schultz
Dan-ell P. Chandler
Charles Timchalk
Xingye Cherry Lei
Felix Anthony
Basabe
Peter J. May
lane Q. Koenig
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Swinomish Tribal
Community
University of
Washington
University of
Washington
$869,364
$524,928
$517,818
$733,174
$513,113
$1,170,389
$227,303
$8,288,977
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September 2000-
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March 2000-
March 2003
January 2001-
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February 2000-
February 2002
March 2002-
March 2006
June 2001-
June 2004
June 1999-
May 2004
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
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EPA ID
R826886
Centers
R829797
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R830954
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R827675
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ABSTRACT
CECEHDPR - University of Washington
nflow, Chemistry and Deposition of Mercury to the West Coast of the United States
Effect of Diesel Exhaust Paniculate Exposures on Endothelial Function in Humans: The Role
of Oxidative Stress
Application of Remotely-sensed Data To Regional Analysis and Assessment of Stream
Temperature in the Pacific Northwest
Saliva Bio-monitoring for Oroanophosphorus Pesticide Exposures in Children
Integrating Salmon Habitat Restoration and Flood Hazard Initiatives: Societal/ Biophysical
Estimators for the Cedar River and Implications for Regional Rivers
A Longitudinal Approach of Assessing Aggregate Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides
in Children
Dose-response of Nitrate and Other Methemoglobin Inducers on Methemoglobin Levels of
Infants
Endocrine Disrupters and Testis Development
Physiological Mechanisms of Estuarine Sediment Oxidation by Spartina Cordgrasses
Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Air Quality Using Multi-scale Modeling with the
MM5/SMOKE/CMAQ System
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Die Effects of Human Hunting on Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus Ursinus) Migration and
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Environmental Influences on Insect Flight Performance
Field Workers are a Population Who are Potentially at Risk of Elevated Exposure to Pesticides
JBIR PHASE II
58D01062
SBIR 11
Removal of Mercury and Other Heavy Metals of Industrial and Contaminated Site Waste
Waters by Organic Chelation, Coprecipitation and High-Efficiency Paniculate Removal
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Elaine Faustman
Daniel Jaffa
loel D. Kaufman
Stephen J. Burges
Richard Fenske
Robert C. Wissmar
Chensheng Lu
Jim VanDerslice
Michael K. Skinner
Raymond W. Lee
Brian Lamb
Michael A. Etnier
ICristine M. Bovy
Michael E. Dillon
EdDoran
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Washington State
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Washington
University of
Washington
Nicolas S. Bloom
Frontier
Geosciences Inc.
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WA
SBIR PHASE I
68D02025
SBIR I
A Portable Spectrometer for the Accurate Determination of Arsenic in Waters
Hakan Gurleyuk
Frontier
Geosciences Inc.
$70,000 r?12°°2-9nn9
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WA
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EPA ID
68D02090
SBIR I
ABSTRACT
Real-Time Multi- Parameter Analysis of Pollutants in Stormwater and Other Complex Analyte
Matrices Usine Electrospray lonization-Ion Mobility Spectroscopy
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
Thomas E. Coleman
INSTITUTION
dTEC Systems
L.L.C.
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AMOUNT
SI 00.000
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PERIOD
October 2002-
July 2003
STATE
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Site-Specific ORD Science
Assistance to the Regions
Superfund Site Support
Other Site Support
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Superfund Site Support
Cross-Regional
Support Via Technical Review Workgroup
ORD provides support to all regions through
the Technical Review Workgroup. This group
assists regional risk assessors in the
application of the Integrated Exposure Uptake
Biokinetic model for lead in children and to
the Combustion Technical Assistance Center.
(NCEA).
SITE Demonstrations One ORD goal is to
identify, demonstrate, assess and disseminate
information about innovative and alternative
environmental monitoring measurement and
characterization technologies, and innovative
and alternative remediation technologies. This
information is passed along to developers,
remediation site managers and regulators. It
fosters the development of lower cost
characterization and monitoring technologies
and remediation technologies for soil, soil
gas, sediment, surface water and groundwater.
The current list of regional needs for
characterization and monitoring includes
biosensors for chlorinated solvents,
geophysical techniques for the non-invasive
determination of dense non-aqueous phase
liquids (DNAPLs) in the subsurface,
technologies to determine water quality
parameters such as dissolved oxygen,
ecological sampling devices, and field
toxicity tests. A reassessment of regional
needs is planned in FY03 and selected
technologies/needs will be given high priority
in the selection of future SITE
demonstrations. Current priorities for
remediation technologies, which are revised
annually by a broad stakeholder group, focus
on sites that have contaminated sediments,
DNAPLs, and acid mine drainage, and
manufactured gas plants and pesticide sites.
Priority contaminants include chlorinated
solvents, PCBs, PAHs and metals. (NERL
and NRMRL)
• Region 1: The FY02 SITE Program is
conducting or completing field
demonstrations at three sites, all three of
which are designed to treat chlorinated
solvents in-situ.
A field scale research project on steam
injection into fractured bedrock to recover
chlorinated solvents and petroleum
hydrocarbons is being conducted through a
collaborative effort by the Maine
Department of Environmental Protection,
Region 1, ORD SITE Program, and the
Loring AFB Conversion Agency.
• Region 2: The SITE Program completed a
GIS technology demonstration in FY02,
and will conduct a sediment washing
technology evaluation for PCBs in FY04.
OSP, NERL, and the region are designing
a SITE demonstration project with seven
commercial partners to develop a low cost,
rapid congener-specific dioxin analytical
methods. Sediments impacted by the
Diamond Alkali site are being used in the
demonstration.
• Region 3: The SITE Program completed
initial sampling and evaluation of an
innovative capping technology at Dover
AFB.
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Cross-Regional
• Region 4: The SITE Program completed
the demonstration of three different in-situ
DNAPL treatment technologies at the
NASA Cape Canaveral site, Launch
Complex 34. Two additional in situ
DNAPL treatment technologies were
initiated during FY02. The SITE
Monitoring and Measurement Technology
Program conducted a demonstration of
field portable analyzers capable of
determining mercury concentrations in
soils at the DOE Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. Five vendors participated in
the demonstration. The verification reports
are due in December 2003.
• Region 5: The SITE Program is conducting
four field demonstrations. Three
technologies are for sediment treatment,
and one technology is a phytoremediation
technique for metals treatment. Models
will be evaluated for multiple classes of
receiving waters. Where weaknesses are
identified during the model evaluation,
modules will be enhanced or created for
the top-ranked contaminated sediment fate
and transport models for major water
resource classes. Possibilities include
simulations for groundwater advective
flow under and through a cap, compressive
effects of adding additional mass to the
underlying sediments from a cap, natural
gas escaping from the organic compounds
in the sediments, and cap scour and
displacement.
• Region 6: The SITE Program completed
the demonstration of two in situ
biotreatment technologies for PCB-
contaminated soils for the Lower Colorado
River Authority in FY03. An in situ
treatment for a former dry cleaning facility
will be initiated in FY04.
• Region 7: The SITE Program is currently
planning a field demonstration of an
electrokinetics technology at Offutt AFB.
• Region 8: The SITE Program evaluated the
ability of the innovative technology, In
Situ Thermal Destruction (ISTD), to
remove contamination from soil in a pit, in
which distillation bottoms from the
production of hexachlorocyclopentadiene
was dumped, located in the South Plants
area of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
• Region 9: The SITE Program completed
one field demonstration for lead-
contaminated soils and has selected
technologies for an in-situ biological
treatment of PCB-contaminated sediment
in Pearl Harbor, HI. Another
demonstration of three different
technologies is currently being conducted
for acid mine drainage in California, and a
DNAPL recovery project has been initiated
at the F&B Site in Phoenix, AZ.
• Region 10: The SITE Program is currently
conducting an in-situ steam-enhanced
treatment technology demonstration for
chlorinated solvents at the Port of
Ridgefield, OR. Another field
demonstration for in situ sediment
treatment is planned for Whatcom
Waterway in Washington during FY03.
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Superfund Site Support
Cross-Regional
Remote Sensing Technical Support In FY
2003, ORD provided remote sensing support
to the region in the form of site-specific aerial
photo interpretation and emergency response
support for characterizing waste disposal sites
and associated activities/events. The
following is a summary of the number of
projects completed as part of this ORD
technical support effort for each region:
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
• Region
1:10 projects
2: 13 projects
3: 29 projects
4: 13 projects
5: 14 projects
6: 2 projects
7: 4 projects
8: none reported
9: 6 projects
10: 3 projects
Data Audits The regional RPM requested
that ORD provide assistance in reviewing
laboratory analytical documents and perform
a data audit on GC and GC/MS data from a
number of sites and laboratories from around
the United States to investigate potential fraud
issues. Sites include: Conoco/Culver City
(Hayden #2), Pemaco Maywood, Midway
Village, Williams AFB, Eglin AFB, and
Pukola Wood Treating. All audit reports have
been provided to the regions in addition to
several responses to requests for supplemental
information on the findings. (NERL)
Alternative Cover Assessment Project
(ACAP) ORD's multi-site work on the
alternative cover assessment project (ACAP)
has locations in Regions 4,5,7,8,9, and 10.
This work is to determine infiltration rates at
landfills and evaluate alternative cover
options. (NRMRL)
The Remediation Technoloeies
Development Forum Under the leadership of
the Technology Innovation Office, OSWER
has sites in Regions 2, 3, 5,6, 7, 9, and 10.
Work is progressing to determine
hydrocarbon degradation by
phytotechnologies using a standard protocol.
(NRMRL)
Monitored Natural Attenuation
(MNAVPerformance Monitoring Guidance
ORD and region staff have jointly completed
a guidance document on performance
monitoring. The guidance will enable state
and federal staff throughout the Nation to
better implement effective, accurate, and
consistent monitoring programs at such waste
sites. The publication will provide the
technical underpinning to an OSWER
Directive on MNA and will complement other
ORD publications on the same subject.
(OSP/NRMRL)
Contaminated Sediments ORD participated
in the Contaminated Sediment Technical
Advisory Group for Superfund. (NHEERL)
ORD worked on another 104 sites in FY03
that have not been reviewed at this time. The
ORD/ETSC FY 03 Annual Report provides a
listing of all technical support completed by
the Center for Superfund, RCRA (CA), and
Brownfields sites. (NRMRL)
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Region 1
Community Involvement Research ORD
funded a cooperative agreement with the
Social and Environmental Research Institute
(SERI) to work with regional staff to evaluate
three tools and approaches that can be used to
measure the effectiveness of community
involvement efforts. These tools will be tested
at one or more Superfund sites in Region 1. It
is planned that this partnership between ORD,
Region 1, and SERI will produce performance
metrics that can be applied to measure
community preferences for site cleanup
options and also measure the effectiveness of
community involvement processes. (NCEA)
Contaminated Sediment Modeling ORD
has provided advice on contaminated
sediment modeling in support of the
Housatonic River site cleanup efforts. This
includes advising the RPM and appropriate
modeling contractors on:
1. Significant sediment transport mechanisms
that affect the transport of sorbed PCBs,
e.g., bedload transport, settling;
2. Model grid needed to simulate both in-
bank and out-of-bank events for evaluation
of proposed remedial alternatives; and
3. Model development needed to simulate the
significant physico-chemical processes
affecting PCB transport. (NERL)
Review of Procedures and Methods Used to
Assess Superfund Site Data The regional
RPM requested that ORD provide assistance
in reviewing the statistical and data
assessment procedures and methods that are
being used to assess site data. Primary
pollutants of concern are PCBs. During FY02
a number of site documents were reviewed by
ORD and documented in a report titled
"Review of Alternative Methods Proposed by
GE for Calculating the Exposure Point
Concentrations (EPC) for the Housatonic
River Site, Pittsfield, MA." During FY03,
ORD provided Region 1 with a review of the
statistical approaches used to compute the
EPC terms for the Human Health and Risk
Assessment (HHRA) for the Housatonic/GE
River Site - Rest of River, and also provided
review comments on the statistical methods
used for calculating the exposure point
concentrations for the Housatonic River Site,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (NERL)
Contaminated Sediment Mass Fate and
Transport Models Evaluation This effort
will describe the currently available
sediment/contaminant fate and transport
models. The highest ranked models will be
evaluated for multiple classes of receiving
waters. Where weaknesses are identified
during the model evaluation, modules will be
enhanced or created for the top-ranked
contaminated sediment fate and transport
models for major water resource classes.
Possibilities include simulations for
groundwater advective flow under and
through a cap, compressive effects of adding
additional mass to the underlying sediments
from a cap, natural gas escaping from the
organic compounds in the sediments, and cap
scour and displacement. This work is one
component of ORD's research on
contaminated sediment transport and
chemical bioaccumulation modeling. (NERL)
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Region 1
Natural Attenuation Evaluation (Camp
Edwards/Otis Air Force Base, Cape Cod,
MA) The regional RPM requested ORD
provide assistance in evaluating the feasibility
of implementing natural attenuation. It is
being reviewed as the remedial remedy for
groundwater contamination at this site. ORD
has performed numerous reviews of
feasibility studies, fate and transport
measurements, and models. Additionally,
ORD has calculated soil screenings and
established conservative soil concentrations.
As a result of these activities, ORD has
produced the following documents: "Soil
Action Levels for Massachusetts Military
Reserve Northern Impact Area,"
"Contaminant of Concern Identification for
Demolition Area 1 Soil Operable Unit of the
Camp Edwards Impact Area, Massachusetts
Military Reservation, Cape Cod, MA,"
"Calculation of RDX Soil Cleanup Levels for
CS-19 Site at the Massachusetts Military
Reservation Using GSSCREEN," and
"Review of Responses (Dated 8-15-02) to
EPA Comments (6/19/02) on the Draft
Supplemental Background Investigation
Report Camp Edwards Impact Area
Groundwater Quality." (NERL)
Groundwater Models ORD reviewed aquifer
models that are and/or will be used to
determine appropriate remedial approaches
for the Savage Well Municipal Water Supply
in Milford, NH, and provided a report titled
"Summary of Technology Evaluation and
Formulation of Alternatives for the OK Tool
Site, Milford, NH". (NERL)
Statistical Review of Sampling and
Analysis Plan at the Army Materials
Technology Laboratory, Watertown, MA
The regional RPM requested that ORD
provide assistance in the statistical review of
the Army's sampling and analysis plan for the
subject site as part of the Baseline Ecological
Risk Assessment (BERA). The sampling plan
includes sediment sampling and analysis
along the Charles River. During FY03, ORD
commented on the statistical approaches
proposed by the Army on the AMTL
Superfund site and produced two reports titled
"Review of the Proposed Statistical
Hypotheses Testing Approach for the Army
Materials Testing Laboratory Superfund Site
in Watertown, MA," and "A Review of
Army's Sample Size Determination and
Power Analysis Approach of Army Materials
Testing Laboratory (AMTL) Site." (NERL)
Evaluating Trends in Groundwater
Contaminants The regional RPM requested
advice from ORD as to the application of
Mann-Kendall statistics in evaluating trends
in ground water contaminants. During FY03,
a letter report summarizing review comments
on the statistical approaches used to
determine trends in arsenic and various VOCs
in 41 groundwater monitoring wells within
the vicinity of the Dover Municipal Landfill
Superfund Site was developed and submitted
to the region. (NERL)
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Superftmd Site Support
Region 1
Review of a Proposed Sampling Plan ORD
reviewed the statistical portion of the Navy's
proposed sampling plan for determining
background concentrations of compounds of
potential concern at the Newport Naval
Superftmd Site to ascertain consistency with
EPA's 2002 guidance on determining
background concentrations. During FY03,
ORD reviewed the statistical approaches
proposed by the Navy in its Work Plan for
background soil investigation, Naval Station
Newport, Rhode Island. A letter report
summarizing the review comments on the
statistical approaches proposed in the Navy's
Work Plan was submitted to the region.
(NERL)
Fingerprinting Chemical Contamination.
Oiin Chemical. Wilmington MA QRD is
providing support to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts by employing high resolution
mass spectrometry to analyze ground water
samples to define a chemical fingerprint of
the contamination that originates at the
facility and differentiates it from other
contamination that originates from other
sources. These data can be used to assign
responsibility for the ground water
contamination. Support is also being provided
for groundwater modeling. (OSP/NERL)
Soil Venting System Assessment The ORD
Ground-Water Technical Support Center is
assessing the long-term effectiveness of a soil
venting system at the Picillo Farm Superfund
Site in Coventry, RI, which is probably the
most carefully scrutinized and monitored
venting system in the United States.
(NRMRL)
Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA)
Potential for Arsenic ORD has been
involved with Region 1 in assessing the
monitored natural attenuation (MNA)
potential for arsenic at the Industriplex
Superfund Site in Woburn, MA, for the past 3
years. These assessments, which will directly
assist the region in determining what actions
to take at the site to achieve cleanup goals,
have led to improved methods to characterize
sites for MNA for arsenic and new scientific
information regarding associations of arsenic
with different iron minerals. It is anticipated
that several publications will be produced as a
result of this effort. (NRMRL)
Biofilter Phyobed (BFPB) Technology ORD
provided technical support on the biofilter
phytobed (BFPB) technology at the Resolve
Superfund Site in North Dartmouth, MA. The
BFPB is an innovative technology that
involves pump and treat of ground water
containing chlorinated compounds at a
DNAPL site into an at-grade
phytoremediation treatment cell designed for
anaerobic and aerobic treatment. Pilot-scale
construction is underway. (NRMRL)
Modeling Effort Reviews ORD's Ground
Water Technical Support Center is reviewing
and commenting on ongoing modeling efforts
at the Dover Landfill Site in Dover, NH.
Future research related to evaluating
groundwater/surface water relationships is
planned. This will involve the installation of
temporary small diameter piezometers to
evaluate hydraulic head variations with depth
in the vicinity of a wetlands area and seeps
associated with the Cocheco River. (NRMRL)
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Region 1
Steam Injection Pilot Study The ORD
Ground-Water Technical Support Center is
providing technical support for a steam
injection pilot study to recover chlorinated
solvents from fractured bedrock and
overburden at the NIKE Superfund Site.
(NRMRL)
Review of Remediation Alternatives ORD
has worked with the RPM, the state, the Army
Corps of Engineers and several other groups
on various remedial alternatives for the
Elizabeth and Ely Mine Sites. A team of
outside experts in anaerobic and aerobic
treatment systems reviewed the sites for 2
days, discussing the pros and cons of semi-
passive remediation with the core team. This
expertise helps the team decide which
alternative may be the most feasible, and what
steps are necessary over the next 2 years to
implement them. (NRMRL)
Chemical Oxidation as a Remediation
Technology The Engineering Technical
Support Center (ETSC) provided engineering
and technical expertise on using chemical
oxidation as a remediation technology at the
Fisherville Mill site in Maine. This support
led to a site demonstration that is ongoing.
(NRMRL)
Dioxin Contamination Delineation ORD
provided technical assistance in the planning
and collection of cores to delineate the extent
of dioxin contamination in the
Woonasquatucket River, RI. (NHEERL)
Assistance on PCBs ORD provided
assistance to Region 1 in preparation of the
document" Guidance for Assessing Human
Health Risks from PCBs at Waste Sites."
Linda Birnbaum reviewed the draft document,
provided valuable input on the draft approach
for assessing risk posed by dioxin-like PCBs,
participated in a series of conference calls
with members of the PCB workgroup, and
provided information and resources
associated with rapid screening
methodologies for measuring total toxicity
equivalent quotients (TEQs). (NHEERL)
Operational and Long-Term Monitoring.
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site
During the last 15 years, ORD, in conjunction
with Region 1 and others, has developed and
participated in multiple operational and long-
term monitoring programs at this site. These
monitoring and associated research activities
have included, deployment of mussels,
subsequent chemical analysis of those
mussels in and around New Bedford Harbor
(PCB bioaccumulation), and a historical
assessment of New Bedford Harbor. This
research has produced state-of-art techniques,
enabling the region to effectively and safely
manage this $350 million remediation.
(NHEERL)
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Region 1
Estimating Extent of Contamination,
Solvents Recovery Service, Southington CT
ORD provided support to Region 1 regarding
the extent of DNAPL contamination for this
waste site, which has been estimated to be
between 50,000 and 200,000 cubic yards in
the overburden soil at the site. If the higher
estimates were sound, it would likely not be
feasible to conduct cleanup at a reasonable
cost; the lower-end estimates were favored by
EPA. Working with the responsible parties,
the region and ORD were able to agree on an
acceptable sampling program that would
resolve this issue. The data supported EPA's
lower estimate, which will allow the site to
move more quickly through the Superfund
process. (OSP/NRMRL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Reviewed a groundwater closure plan for
Union Chemical site in South Hope, ME.
ORD provided reviews of several
documents related to the closure plans for
Union Chemical. This work was completed
in FY02. (NERL)
• Conducting measurements of toxic
emissions from a New Hampshire landfill
used by children as a soccer field.
(NRMRL)
• Conducting on-site testing and evaluation
to determine air pathways of potential
pollutants at old Superfund sites.
(NRMRL)
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Will conduct field evaluations at
appropriate sites, and develop and design
operation and monitoring approaches for
landfill bioreactors. (NRMRL)
• Provided advice and technical support for
monitoring activities at multiple Superfund
sites throughout the region. (NHEERL)
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Region 2
Long Island Aquifer Gasoline Component
Fate and Transport Evaluation ORD lent
support to this project, which provides
information on contaminant behavior and for
the development of field data evaluation
approaches. This information is also used by
the state to develop improved site assessment
approaches. Some results have been
encapsulated into the online calculators at
http://www.epa.gov/athens/onsite. These
calculators have been used in many states,
regions, and the private sector. The ultimate
product is software, "Tools for Analysis of
Contaminated Sites (TACS)," that evaluates
data using a coordinated data management
system and suite of models. (NERL)
Review of a Pilot Test Report on
Accelerated Biological Treatment During
FY02, ORD was requested to technically
review a report titled "Pilot Test Report
Accelerated Biological Treatment Cardwell
Trucking Superfund Site Fairfield, NJ." In
response, ORD transmitted a preliminary
report titled "Summary of Major Comments
on the Pilot Test Report Accelerated
Biological Treatment Cardwell Trucking
Superfund Site Fairfield, NJ" to the regional
representative. Again, during FY03, ORD
was requested to review the most current data
set, compare it to the previous data, and
determine if there have been any significant
changes in biodegradation or if conditions for
biodegradation have improved. Preliminary
comments were sent to the region RPM.
(NERL)
Computation of the EPC Risk Term at
Cornell Dubilier Electronics in South
Plainfield. NJ ORD completed the necessary
statistical tests on site data and provided the
region with the report titled "Computation of
EPC Term for Risk Assessment" along with
other similar reports on specific compounds.
The work was completed in FY02. (NERL)
Review of a Suggested Creel/Angler Survey
ORD was requested to review a suggested
creel/angler survey at Diamond Alkali in
Newark, NJ and, in response, provided a letter
report titled "Review of the Revised
Creel/Angler Survey Plan for the Passaic
River Study Area Diamond Alakli Superfund
Site." Work was completed near the end of
FY02. (NERL)
Evaluation of Geostatistical Approaches
ORD was requested to evaluate the
geostatistical approaches used at the Milliard's
Creek/Sherwin Williams Superfund Site in
Gibbsboro, NJ. In FY02, ORD provided a
letter report containing comments on the
above approaches and made
recommendations for additional sampling
along Milliard's Creek and the surrounding
drainage area. The work was completed in
FY02. (NERL)
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Region 2
Determination of the Appropriateness of
the Bias Corrected Accelerated Bootstrap
Method The region requested that ORD
determine the appropriateness of use of the
Bias Corrected Accelerated (BCA) Bootstrap
Methods applied to data for the Chemical
Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. Superfund Site. Site
data are being used to compare the
performance of the BCA Bootstrap Method
with the various other Upper Confidence
Limit (UCL) computational methods as
incorporated in the ProUCL Version 2.1
software. The comparison is being performed
via Monte Carlo simulation experiments.
Three distributions have been considered:
normal, lognormal, and gamma. A simulation
program was developed to perform the
comparisons. Extensive simulation
experiments were conducted for the three
distributions. The results were graphed and a
detailed report was provided to the region.
For each of the three distributions considered,
it was concluded that the BCA Bootstrap
Method is not any better than the methods
(e.g., Bootstrap-t, Chebyshev UCL, etc.) that
are currently contained in the ProUCL
software. (NERL)
Review of the Upper Tolerance Limit
Approach The region requested that ORD
review the statistical portion of the U.S.
Army's proposed use of the Upper Tolerance
Limit approach to determine whether or not
chemicals are site related and to determine its
appropriateness for the actual site data. ORD
evaluated the use of the approach used by the
U.S. Army to determine background level
contaminant concentrations for the Middlesex
Sampling Plant Site. A letter report
summarizing review comments was submitted
to the region. (NERL)
Review of Engineering Performance
Standards The region requested the
assistance of ORD in reviewing the statistical
portions of EPA's "Preliminary Draft
Engineering Performance Standards for the
Hudson River PCBs Site." During FY02,
ORD conducted an initial review of the
"Hudson River Natural Resources Damage
Assessment Floodplain Soil and Biota
Screening Sampling Report" along with four
data files. Maps were reviewed to identify
potential floodplain sampling areas
downstream from the source location. ORD
prepared a report summarizing reviewer
comments on the statistical portions in the
first two volumes of the "Draft Engineering
Performance Standards for the Hudson River
PCBs Site." During FY03, ORD developed
the sampling plan for the 12-mile flood plain
area stretching from Fort Edward to
Schyulerville, NY, for the Hudson River Site.
The software package, DqoPro, developed by
Radian International LLC, was used to
determine the sample sizes and grid spacing
to identify a hot spot of specified shape
(circular) and size (length of the radius).
(NERL)
Statistical Data Analysis, Peter Cooper
Corporation. Gowanda Site The region
requested that ORD statistically analyze data
provided for the Gowanda Site to determine if
the arsenic levels are consistent with the
USGS background data for the Eastern United
States. Upper tolerance limits were computed
using the regional data file. ORD provided the
region a letter report summarizing the upper
tolerance limit computations and conclusions.
(NERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 2
Statistical Data Analysis, Seneca Army
Depot ORD was requested to statistically
analyze data (arsenic and lead) for the site to:
determine if the levels are above background;
compute the "power" of the analysis to
determine if Type I and Type II error rates are
consistent with EPA guidelines; and review
the statistical methods used by the Army for
consistency with EPA guidelines. A statistical
analysis was performed using the background
and site data that was collected after the
confirmatory removal action performed at the
Seneca Farm Tank Site. Site versus
background comparisons were conducted for
arsenic, mercury, and zinc. Parametric and
non-parametric statistical methods were used
to perform background versus site
comparisons. The statistical software
package, MINITAB was used to compare site
versus background populations. A letter
report summarizing the results and
conclusions was generated and delivered to
the region. (NERL)
Technical Review of Statistical Analysis
and Risk Evaluation, Shenandoah Road
Groundwater Site The region requested that
ORD conduct a technical review of the
document "Statistical Analysis and Risk
Evaluation of Background Arsenic
Concentrations." This document is a
comparison of arsenic concentrations in soils
at the source area with soils that were not
impacted by the release of PCE. A review was
conducted of the statistical methods used for
the evaluation of background arsenic
concentrations at the 7 East Hook Road
Property on the Shenandoah Road
Groundwater Contamination Superftmd Site.
A letter report was provided to the region
titled "Review of the Statistical Analysis for
Background Arsenic Concentrations
Shenandoah Road Groundwater
Contamination Superfund Site." All statistical
methods used were adequate for the intended
purpose of comparing arsenic concentrations
in impacted areas and unimpacted areas of the
site. (NERL)
Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid f DNAPL)
Treatment at Active Manufacturing
Building ORD is working with Region 2 to
determine the optimal treatment technique for
a dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL)
source located under an active manufacturing
building at the Olean Site, south of Buffalo,
NY. This project led to a DNAPL recovery
under an active manufacturing building in
Region 9. ORD has actively worked on the
Olean site for 9 years. (NRMRL)
Injection-Extraction Soil Venting. Solvent
Savers Site ORD has actively worked on this
site for 6 years, assisting Region 2 in
assessing the performance of an injection-
extraction soil venting project. A 3-D
interpolation was used to distinguish
reduction, rather than homogenization, for the
injection-extraction nature of the system.
(NRMRL)
Bridgeport Rental and Oil Services ORD
has completed reviews and comments on the
work being conducted at this site. ORD has
recently completed a favorable review of
three technologies used in treatability studies
to determine if they are feasible for remedial
use at the site. If designed properly, these
smaller studies could provide a lower cost
study than conducting a much larger and more
expensive study. (NRMRL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 2
Development and Review of a Microcosm
Workplan ORD assisted in the development
and review of a microcosm workplan for the
Lipari Landfill, NJ. The landfill gas and soil
flushing program at the Lipari landfill appears
to be effectively removing all of the
chlorinated volatile contaminants of concern
except bis(2-chloroethyl)ether (BCEE).
Region 2 is investigating bioremediation to
further reduce the BCEE concentrations in
order to meet the stringent cleanup goal for
BCEE. ORD is working with Region 2 and
USAGE to develop a workplan for
biodegradation studies for BCEE under
aerobic and anaerobic and saturated and
unsaturated conditions. (NRMRL)
Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Boricua Wood ORD has been working with
Region 2 at the Boricua Wood site in Puerto
Rico to remediate the soil and investigate
possible groundwater contamination.
Currently, ORD is working with the regions
to remediate over 20 different wood treater
sites contaminated with creosol, PAHs,
arsenic and other materials. At this site, early
planning and treatability studies will assist in
determining the most feasible remediation
technology. (NRMRL)
Remediation of a PCB-contaminatcd Site
In November 2003, ORD was asked to assist
Region 2 in decisions regarding the cleanup
of a PCB-contaminated site where the cleanup
will increase PCB exposures during the
remediation process. Of specific concern to
the region were issues related to: the use of an
Rfd, or cancer slope factor, based on oral
exposure, when the major concern is
inhalation exposure; and the exposure risk to
children. (NHEERL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Conducting ongoing phytotechnology
work on Kin-buc Landfill Superfund Site
in Edison, NJ. (NRMRL)
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Conducting field evaluations at appropriate
sites, and developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
• Reviewed Hudson River Superfund Site
performance standards document.
(NHEERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 3
Sampling of VOC Contaminated Soils
Sampling of soils contaminated with volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted in
Region 3 at the Boarheads Farm Superfund
Site in Upper Black Eddy, PA. Samples were
collected for multiple experiments. Data will
be provided to all parties involved upon
completion of quality assurance review and
validation. (NERL)
Assessment of Background Concentration
Calculation Methods, Andrews Air Force
Base The region has requested ORD assess
the methods used by the Air Force for
calculation of background concentrations of
compounds of concern for:
1. Compliance with existing EPA guidance
for calculation of background
concentrations, and
2. Computational and technical accuracy of
the statistical calculations.
ORD was also requested to review two
groundwater data sets and determine if they
should be combined as recommended by the
Air Force. Additionally, ORD was asked to
perform a statistical analysis of the
background and site data and compare its
results to the results obtained by the Air
Force, and to make recommendations for
additional statistical analyses or sampling
(background or site) if indicated from the
analysis. A letter report was developed by
ORD that evaluated the statistical
methodologies used by the Air Force in the
evaluation base wide soil and groundwater
monitoring background datasets. Region 3
and the Air Force are currently evaluating the
findings and recommendations in this report.
(NERL)
Review of a Plan for Groundwater Data
Evaluation, Langlev Air Force Base ORD
provided assistance in the review of the long-
term plan for Langley and the "Conceptual
Work Plan for the Evaluation of Groundwater
Data." These reviews were conducted via two
separate tasks: Task 1, Statistical Evaluation
and Task 2, Geochemical / Groundwater
Evaluation. ORD produced two reports titled
"Review of Regression Analysis for Surface
Water vs. Sediment Contaminants and Human
Health Risk Assessment of Langley Air Force
Base IRP Site OT-56 Arsenic and Old
Wastes" and "Review Comments on
Conceptual Work Plan for the Evaluation of
Groundwater Data, Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia." Following the Air Force's revision
of the conceptual work plan, ORD provided
the region with additional recommendations.
During FY03, ORD provided the region with
its comments on "Draft Report for the
Geochemical Evaluation of Groundwater
Data for the ERP Site OT-64, Langley AFB."
(NERL)
Review of a Feasibility Study. Quantico.
Marine Corps Combat and Development
Command ORD was requested to review the
Feasibility Study for Site 4 - Old Landfill site
at the Marine Corps Combat and
Development Center. In response to this
request, ORD provided the region with a
review of "Feasibility Study for Site 4 - Old
Landfill site at the Marine Corps Combat and
Development Center (MCCDC) Quantico,
Virginia." The review focused on aspects of
the report related to groundwater modeling.
(NERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 3
Determination of Statistical Differences,
Occidental Chemical ORD was asked to
determine if a statistical difference exists
between the concentrations of compounds of
potential concern in borings from four onsite
lagoons and site background values. Lagoon
versus background comparisons were
performed using a two-sample parametric test
as well as a non-parametric Wilcoxon Rank
Sum Test. It was observed that for most of the
chemicals of potential concern (except for
some metals), the lagoon average
concentrations were significantly greater than
the respective background average
concentrations. ORD produced a letter report
summarizing all results, summary statistics,
and conclusions titled "Lagoons Versus
Background Comparisons, Occidental
Chemical." The region also requested ORD
perform a comparison of background
concentrations versus four lagoon
concentrations for the two chemicals of
potential concern (bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
and thallium) found at the Occidental
Chemical Superfund Site. This comparison
was performed using the statistical software
package, MINITAB. ORD produced a letter
report summarizing its computations and
conclusions. (NERL)
Dioxin Investigation. Standard Chlorine of
Delaware ORD developed a two-phase
sampling plan for investigating dioxin in soils
and sediments at the Standard Chlorine of
Delaware Superfund Site. The region recently
completed the Phase 1 study and has asked
ORD to review the results and if appropriate,
make detailed recommendations for a Phase 2
sampling and analysis plan/design. ORD is
analyzing the results of the Phase 1 study and
will prepare the Phase 2 plan. (NERL)
Statistical Data Analysis, Rodale
Manufacturing Site ORD was requested to
statistically analyze data (6-7 metals) for the
site to determine if the levels are above
background. Raw background data were
provided by the region, which also identified
which of the 22 wells could be considered as
background wells. ORD performed an initial
review of the quarterly monitoring inorganic
data collected from several onsite, side
gradient, and downgradient wells at the
Rodale Superfund Site. Additional reviews
will be scheduled when information is
received regarding the site well map and some
of the wells at the Rodale Superfund Site.
(NERL)
Assistance in Computing the UCL-
concentration Term for Risk Assessments,
Sharon Steel ORD provided a systematic and
standardized approach for computing the
UCL-concentration term for risk assessments.
This effort involved updating the ProUCL
program by: including tests of normal and
lognormality, and lognormally distributed
data sets; and including a 99% Chebychev
inequality based upon minimum variance
unbiased estimates. ORD provided this
program, the "User's Guide Program
ProUCL," "Background and a Brief
Description of the Program ProUCL," and the
"Installation Guide Program ProUCL" to the
region. ProUCL Version 2.1 was peer-
reviewed and distributed. Additional changes
were made to the guidance document and an
additional CD was produced and delivered.
This version is now available from the ORD
website. (NERL)
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Region 3
Technical Support for the Valmont TCE
Site ORD was requested to perform several
tasks related to the site:
1. Evaluate, compare, and analyze
contaminate analytical data from
underground (soil, soil gas, and ground
water) and indoor air concentrations as a
result of vapor intrusion into nearby
residences,
2. Review statistical portions of a document
prepared by NUS titled: "Engineering
Evaluation / Cost Analysis for
Contaminated VOC Soils, Valmont TCE
Site, West Hazleton, PA,
3. Review the discriminant analysis approach
proposed by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and
4. Review statistical portions of the site RIFS
when available.
ORD analyzed data provided by the region to
evaluate the correlation of contaminants
between soil gas data and indoor air data
(measured as separate basement and first floor
samples), and produced a summary report
provided to the region titled "Correlation and
Association Analyses for Soil Gas Versus
Basement Air: Round 2 (PADEP) Data Soil
Gas Versus Basement Air: Round 3 (EPA)
Data First Floor Versus Basement Air: Round
3 (EPA) Data Valmont TCE Site, West
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania."
(NERL)
Spring Valley FUDS Site Technical
Support ORD has been providing technical
support to the Spring Valley Formerly Used
Defense Site (FUDS) removal effort in
northwest Washington, DC. Historical aerial
photographs and GIS technical support have
been critical in identifying new areas of
arsenic contamination and buried chemical
weapons and chemical weapons agents that
were the result of research conducted at
American University during World War 1.
(NERL)
Aerial Photo Interpretation Training Aerial
photo interpretation training was provided to
EPA Region 3 staff involved in the FUDS
Program. Two ORD and one Region 3 remote
sensing scientists traveled to Williamsburg,
VA in order to offer this 1-day training at the
FUDS semi-annual meeting. The basics of
aerial photo interpretation were covered and
the students were given hands-on exercises
using stereoscopes and other photo
interpretation equipment. The exercises were
designed to focus on specific FUDS-related
issues. (NERL)
Steam Injection Treatability Studies The
ORD Ground-Water Technical Support
Center currently is involved in discussions for
performing steam injection treatability studies
at the SCD/Metachem Superfund Site.
(NRMRL)
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Region 3
City of Philadelphia Water Pollution
Control Facility Sludge Ponds ORD has
been assisting the City of Philadelphia study
its closed sludge lagoons, a CERCLIS site
adjacent to an old Superfund smelting site.
The goal is to reclaim part of the land and
lagoons and re-use the site for industrial
development. ORD sent a team to sample and
analyze the lagoons and has been working
with the region to possibly eliminate a
hazardous pile of slag (~ 120,000 cubic yards)
by using it to solidify and stabilize the sludge
and bury it in a monolith on the site of the
lagoons. A treatability study will be
conducted in FY 04 to see if there is a
formulation of using the waste materials with
cement to bind the active chemicals and
stabilize the waste material. If this can be
accomplished, the combined cost of removing
the sludge and slag (~ $12-13 million) could
be cut in half, and re-development could take
place on the site under the Brownfields
program. (NRMRL)
DNAPL Removal in Weathered Bedrock.
Pittsburgh. PA ORD and Region 3
supervised a PRP and contractor installed
field-scale soil vapor extraction installation.
Data from the SVE installation indicated the
presence of a previously unknown extensive
DNAPL source in the landfill, soil and
weathered bedrock portions of the site. ORD,
Region 3, USAGE, PRPs and contractors are
working to delineate and remediate the
DNAPL. (NRMRL)
Landfill Gas Extraction, Keystone, PA At
the suggestion of the PRPs and their
contractors, Region 3 and ORD supervised
the design and construction of an enhanced
landfill gas-extraction removal system from a
former landfill north of Baltimore, MD.
Rather than installing an impermeable RCRA
cap, ORD and Region 3 allowed the PRPs and
their contractors to install a more permeable
cap with a more aggressive landfill gas
removal system. System startup was May 28.
ORD and Region 3 are working with the
PRPs to optimize the system. An innovative
technology (PneuLog) was used to focus the
extraction process on VOC removal and
prevent air intrusion into the landfill.
(NRMRL)
Bioventing Studies For the past 6 years,
ORD has studied the bioventing system at the
Delaware Sand & Gravel Site, near New
Castle, DE. A 3-D interpolation was used to
distinguish reduction, rather than
homogenization, for the injection-extraction
nature of the system. Soil sampling indicates
that the soil concentrations are not reducing at
the rates observed in the vapor and aqueous
phases. (NRMRL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 3
Pump-and-Treat Remediation Systems
Evaluation The 2001 Superfund Reforms
Strategy committed to optimizing the
performance of Superfund-financed ground
water pump-and-treat systems. ORD was
asked to take the lead in evaluating
Greenwood Chemical ($400,000 annual
O&M costs) and Haverstown ($1,000,000)
projects, which are the two highest cost
pump-and-treat sites in Region 3. Although
the sites have different contaminants and
locations (urban vs. rural), the treatment
systems are similar. Following visits to both
sites and discussions with site personnel, it
appears that one potential cost savings is the
elimination of very expensive UV oxidation
lamps, as the upstream chemical oxidation
process appears sufficient to reduce
contaminant concentrations to acceptable
levels. A draft report will be completed this
year that may reveal other cost savings as
well. (OSP)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Extensive technical assistance on Welsh
Rd. landfill to determine technical
feasibility of ET cover on Superfund site.
(NRMRL)
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Conducting field evaluations at appropriate
sites, and developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 4
Toxaphene Aging Research ORD initiated a
research project to assess whether the aging of
toxaphene changes the genotoxicity
characteristics of commercial technical
toxaphene (CTT) in soils. Based on initial
findings that toxaphene was bioavailable to
the organisms present in the soil and resulted
in the degradation of toxaphene, it was
decided to initiate a second phase. The
followup phase involves the identification of
the biodegradation products
(anaerobic/aerobic conditions) of CTT in soil
under laboratory conditions. These results
will be contrasted with those isolated from
fish found at the site of sediment
contamination in Region 4 using GC-MS.
Subsequently, the toxicity associated with
these biodegradation products will be
assessed in terms of mutagenicity using the
Ames Salmonella test. (NCEA)
Groundwater Treatment Working with
Region 4 staff, ORD reviewed and
commented on two groundwater treatment
proposals for Florida's Tower Chemical site
that were the subject of a Congressional
inquiry. Much of the groundwater
contamination is unidentified, so the potential
risk assessment options were reviewed.
Onsite toxicity testing of the complex mixture
was recommended as well as QSAR for
estimating possible toxicity of chemicals
related to those already identified. Based on
this information, predictions were made for
20 different toxic endpoints (cancer/non-
cancer) and for log P using the
TOPKAT/QSAR model. Many of these
endpoints (cancer, mutagenicity,
developmental, ORD effects, etc.) are
qualitative in nature and based on probability,
while many of the other endpoints are
quantitative in nature (e.g., LD50, LOAEL).
Such predictions should ultimately help in the
prioritization of chemicals present in site
wells, especially those not found in the IRIS
Database. (NCEA/ NRMRL/OSP)
Demonstration and Testing of
Contaminated Sediment Mass Fate and
Transport Mode A 3-D sediment and PCB
transport and fate model is being developed
for Lake Hartwell, a 56,000-acre reservoir at
the headwaters of the Savannah River. The
Sangamo Weston Superfund site is located on
Twelve Mile Creek, a tributary on the Seneca
River branch of Hartwell. This application
will serve as a test of the model's abilities to
simulate the long-term (multi-year) transport
of contaminated sediments in a reservoir, and
enable a performance evaluation of the
remediation method (Monitored Natural
Recovery) implemented for the PCB
contamination in Lake Hartwell. This work is
one component of ORD's research on
contaminated sediment transport and
chemical bioaccumulation modeling. (NERL)
Review of Recovery Efforts at Mallory
Capacitor Superfund Site The regional
RPM requested that ORD provide assistance
in reviewing the efforts of the groundwater
recovery system and to investigate other
approaches for enhancing the recovery of
PCBs and TCE in groundwater at the site. The
review was conducted and a letter report titled
"Comments and Recommendations Regarding
the Performance of Groundwater Remediation
Activities at the Mallory Capacitor Site,
Waynesboro, TN" was delivered to the
region. (NERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 4
Remediation Technology Testing, Distler
Brickyard Superfund Site ORD tested an
innovative remediation technology called
chitin-fracing technology at this site. The new
innovation involved the creation of highly
permeable sand and electron donor (chitin)-
filled fractures in the subsurface to increase
the permeability of the formation and provide
an electron donor for anaerobic reductive
dechlorination of chlorinated solvents. Based
on the positive and encouraging results
obtained from the Phase I test, a Phase II
proposal was prepared that would provide up
to $500K to the site over a period of
approximately 2 years. It is expected that the
Phase II work would represent the majority of
the implementation of the final groundwater
remedy. The primary role of ORD was to
design the site characterization strategy and
develop the monitoring approach to gather
data that would be used to assess the
remediation technology. (NERL)
Data Set Review. Roanoke River
Superfund Site ORD conducted an extensive
review of the organic data from the site,
focusing on dioxins, furans, and tentatively
identified compounds (TICs). A number of
letter reports were prepared concerning the
TICs, the most recent of which is titled
"Dioxin-Furan's fingerprinting of POTW
Monitoring Data from the Lower Roanoke
Basin." ORD also provided three sets of
comments on the dioxin analyses to the
region. (NERL)
Contaminated Sediment Mass Fate and
Transport Models Evaluation This effort
will describe the currently available
sediment/contaminant fate and transport
models. The highest ranked models will be
evaluated for multiple classes of receiving
waters. Where weaknesses are identified
during the model evaluation, modules will be
enhanced or created for the top-ranked
contaminated sediment fate and transport
models for major water resource classes.
Possibilities include simulations for
groundwater advective flow under and
through a cap, compressive effects of adding
additional mass to the underlying sediments
from a cap, natural gas escaping from the
organic compounds in the sediments, and cap
scour and displacement. One potential Region
4 demonstration site is Lake Hartwell, a
56,000-acre reservoir at the headwaters of the
Savannah River. The Sangamo Weston
Superfund site is located on Twelve Mile
Creek, a tributary on the Seneca River branch
of Hartwell. Application of the refined
modeling framework would:
1. Be an excellent test of the upgraded
models' abilities to simulate the long-term
(1-10 years) transport of contaminated
sediments in a reservoir, and
2. Enable a performance evaluation by the
upgraded models of remediation methods
proposed for the PCB contamination in
Lake Hartwell. (NERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 4
Identification of the Contamination Source.
Nocatee Hull Creosote Superfund Site The
regional RPM requested that ORD provide
assistance in applying its "fingerprinting"
technique to identify the source of
contamination in the Oak Creek area adjacent
to the Nocatee Hull Creosote Superfund Site.
The initial assessment indicates that a portion
of the off-site creosote contamination may be
attributed to past activities on the Nocatee
site. A final report discussing the FALCON
Technique and the assessment of Nocatee site
conditions was delivered to the region.
(NERL/OSP)
Emissions Source Testing ORD will test an
oil-fired boiler, a coal-fired boiler and a
municipal incinerator to determine emissions
in Tampa, FL. This testing will also support
the State of Florida and Region 4 by assisting
in the development of receptor modeling
source signatures. (NRMRL)
Hexavalent Chromium Source Treatment
ORD is currently exploring the use of a
reductant it has developed to treat hexavalent
chromium source areas and dissolved phase
groundwater plumes at the Macalloy
Corporation Superfund Site in Charleston,
SC. To date, two pilot studies have been
completed. ORD is also reporting and
interpreting the results from chemical analysis
and toxicity testing of sediments from
Shipyard Creek. (NRMRL/NHEERL)
Evaluation of Impacted Groundwater
Treatment The ORD Ground-Water
Technical Support Center has installed a pilot
scale iron-compost permeable reactive barrier
to evaluate treatment of impacted
groundwater prior to its discharge into the
tidal marsh at the Columbia Nitrogen
Superfund Site in Charleston, SC. ORD
scientists are currently monitoring the
performance of the reactive barrier.
(NRMRL)
Field Characterization to Evaluate
Remedies for the Camilla Wood Treating
Site ORD is planning a joint effort with
Region 4 to conduct field characterization
activities to evaluate and ultimately select a
remedy in FY03. Expert technical support and
equipment will be provided by ORD in a
timely manner to expedite the project and
save costs. (NRMRL)
Lead and Arsenic Remediation Efforts
ETSC has continued to provide assistance to
the region and State of Alabama on Woolfolk
Chemical, a closed pesticide formulator that
contaminated part of the city and surrounding
area with lead and arsenic. Poor monitoring
and disposal practices in the early 1900s led
to discharges through water and air of metals
to adjoining property. ETSC has been
involved in the study and remediation phases
for over 4 years. (NRMRL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 4
Landfill Bioreactor Field-Testing ORD is
participating in a multi-year cooperative
research project in which landfill bioreactors
will be field-tested at an operating landfill in
Louisville, KY. Building on previous ORD
research, this project will allow direct
observation of two methods of bioreactor
systems. The first is a retrofitted anaerobic
system using nitrified leachate injection. The
second method utilizes a sequential approach
where the waste is first degraded in a brief
aerobic stage followed by anaerobic
conditions. (NRMRL)
Remediation Site Characterization The
ORD Engineering Technical Support Center
played a lead role in assisting the RPM with
site characterization of the Camilla site. ORD
sent a team from the Cincinnati and Ada
NRMRL labs to assist in the determination
and extent of the ground water from this site,
and will follow with suggested remediation
alternatives. ORD assisted the Regional
Project Manager (RPM) and the Region 4 site
contractor in developing a site plan and the
utilization of ORD Geoprobes for providing
borings to determine depth and extent of
contamination. (NRMRL)
C-Sparge Ozonation Process at an
Unpermitted Landfill After investigating
pressure response and chlorinated compound
destruction from the field pilot, ORD and
Region 4 approved of the design of the C-
Sparge ozonization process at the Rochester
Site near Greenville, SC. Startup for the field
scale system was October 2002. The first year
of data indicates that the VOC plume has
shrunk by over 70%. The project appears to
be able to be completed within the 2-year
period originally planned. (NRMRL)
Detoxification of PCB-Contaminated Soil
ORD is participating with Region 4 and North
Carolina in the detoxification of the PCB-
contaminated soil disposed of in the Warren
County Landfill. Using the Base Catalyzed
Decomposition (BCD) process, the state has
elected to dig up and treat approximately
40,000 cubic yards of soil from its TOSCA-
approved landfill. ORD generated the work
plan, the health and safety plan and the QAPP
for this project. Stack and air sampling and
analysis for the TOSCA certification of the
BCD process and technical oversight of this
final remediation project will also be provided
by ORD. SITE evaluation was completed in
FY03. (NRMRL)
Solidification/Stabilization of Wastes. MRI
Site. FL ORD will assist in determining if
solidification/stabilization of wastes continues
to achieve its goals (DQOs-Data Quality
Objectives) after 5 or more years. As part of
the 5-year review of the MRI site in Florida,
ORD will drill into the monolith that was
constructed to determine if the wastes are still
encased in the concrete and whether or not
they are leaching. This request has developed
into technical support in other regions to
insure that the solidification/ stabilization
remedy is a long-term solution. Several other
sites with similar remedies completed over 5
years ago will also be sampled and analyzed.
(NRMRL)
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Region 4
Brunswick Wood Preserving ORD is
providing intensive expert technical support
during the development of an innovative
proposed remedy and ROD for the Brunswick
Wood Preserving site in Georgia. The remedy
includes use of solidification and
stabilization. This creates a cap combined
with two calcium-based clay slurry walls to
contain the source areas. Work has started
towards using and testing in situ chemical
oxidation to treat a pentachloro-phenol plume.
ORD will be participating as a technical
resource in reviewing the process of
remediation. (NRMRL)
PCB Effect Consultation ORD is lending
consultation to Region 4 on the effects of
PCBs at the Solutia Superfund Site in
Anniston, AL. ORD is offering guidance
regarding its expertise on the PCB ecological
effects endpoints for setting remediation
plans. (NHEERL)
Treating Acidic Mining Waste Process
Water, Piney Point, FL An abandoned
gypsum/fertilizer facility near Tampa Bay,
with 600 million gallons of untreated, highly
acidic process water in seven major
impoundments, was in danger of flooding
because of excessive rains. The facility
needed to drastically reduce the volume of
waste water before the 2003 hurricane season;
region staff were concerned with a proposal
for ocean dumping without adequate
information on any other options available for
that volume of contaminated water. ORD
recommendations and technology review
allowed the region to recommend ocean
dumping on a one-time basis, with process
improvements to prevent such buildups on
site in the future. (OSP)
Regional Reuse Workplans ORD worked
with the Regional Land Reuse Team in
developing the overall Region Reuse
Workplan. ORD was responsible for
developing a section of the report titled
"Facilitating Innovative Technical Solutions."
Development of this section included
preparing a list of ongoing activities in the
region using innovative technologies that
support reuse, which allowed the region to
address the need for state of the science in
investigation and remediation in site reuse
and providing not only adequate remediation
but potentially reduced costs as well. The
workplan is being used by other regions as a
model for their workplan development. (OSP)
PCB Migration, General Electric, Rome
GA ORD has been asked to provide technical
expert support for a site that is expected to
move into long-term litigation. An
ORD/region workgroup has met on a number
of occasions to address issues of PCB
migration, including technical, legal and
administrative areas. A number of
hydrological options, including
phytoremediation, are being considered
should levels of PCBs be found suspended in
ground water and discharging to local creeks.
(OSP/NRMRL)
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Region 4
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Investigated pressure response and
chlorinated compound destruction from the
field-pilot, and now field-scale, C-Sparge
ozonization process at the Rochester Site
near Greenville, SC. (NRMRL)
• Providing assistance for the Sangamo
Weston/Lake Hartwell Superfund Site.
(NRMRL)
• Determining air pathways of potential
pollutants at old Superfund sites. One site
is in Ohio, and the evaluation will be
similar to those being done in Region 1.
(NRMRL)
• Established ACAP test plot on a federal
facility in Albany, GA. (NRMRL)
• Conducting a 3-year project to determine
comparative effectiveness of landfill
covers. (NRMRL)
• Conducted training in Chattanooga for
regional, state and local staffs on
phytoremediation. (NRMRL)
• Providing ongoing technical assistance on
two sites in Charleston, SC. (NRMRL)
• Developing approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Will soon be conducting field evaluations
at appropriate sites, and developing design,
operation and monitoring approaches for
landfill bioreactors. (NRMRL)
• Providing consultation for the
Weyerhauser Superfund Site. (NHEERL)
• Reviewed papers and provided technical
guidance on selection of study for TCDD
TRY. (NHEERL)
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Region 5
Community Involvement / Environmental
Justice Research ORD funded a cooperative
agreement with Michigan State University to
work with regional staff to develop better
approaches to involve ordinary (non-
affiliated), socially-disadvantaged, and
economically-disadvantaged citizens in the
cleanup decision-making process. These
approaches will be tested at one or more
Superfund sites in Region 5. It is expected
that this partnership between ORD, Region 5,
and Michigan State will produce a journal
article and/or practitioner's guide on how to
best use public issue forums to empower
disadvantaged communities to participate
more effectively in the site cleanup process.
(NCEA)
Evaluating the Integrity of a Physical
Containment System ORD is providing
technical assistance in evaluating the integrity
of the physical containment system (slurry
wall) at the Velsico/Michigan Chemical
Superfund Site in St. Louis, MI. Portions of
the site have been instrumented with pressure
transducers to characterize hydraulic head
responses within the containment system to
external stimuli (e.g., dewatering of adjacent
source removal cells in the Pine River).
(NRMRL)
Bioremediation Efforts ORD has provided
detailed reviews and comments on the
bioremediation of material at the Crane Naval
Reserve Center, a federal facility in Region 5.
The military has been using a more biological
alternative to dispose of explosives and other
ordnance. ETSC staff and its contractor have
reviewed the progress reports on the on-going
reviews and data on toxicity from the process.
(NRMRL)
Chemical and Biological Treatment, East
Chicago, IN ORD is currently participating in
a cooperative agreement with Fisheries and
Oceans-Canada and its subcontractor,
Washington University, St. Louis, to
investigate the treatability of the highly
contaminated Indiana Harbor Canal. A
combination of chemical and biological
treatment would be used to destroy the high
levels of weathered crude and refined oil
contaminating the harbor. A QA plan has
been written and endorsed and preliminary
experiments on reactions of peroxide and
contaminants, along with Microtox toxicity
assays, have begun. (NRMRL)
Chlorinated VOCs_RemQyal_at .the
National Sanitary Landfill ORD and Region
5 witnessed and approved a laboratory study
on the removal of chlorinated VOCs from
landfill soil and debris. A field-scale project,
"In-situ and Pile Aeration of Chlorinated
VOC Landfill Soils and Debris at the
Valleycrest Site, OH" was completed on
surface piles in 2002. An in situ project was
initiated in 2003. (NRMRL)
PAH Toxicity Consultation ORD scientists
provided technical consultation to scientists
from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
and Region 5, regarding methods for
assessing ecological risks from photo-
activated toxicity of PAHs at multiple
Superfund sites. (NHEERL)
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Region 5
PCB Settlement and Sedimentation
Remediation EPA and ORD were charged
with the facilitation and implementation of
the mathematical modeling goals for
predictive forecasts to be used in the Lower
Fox River/Green Bay Mass Balance study.
ORD was influential in all aspects of the 10-
year study to satisfy the needs of the
modeling construct. Superfund required
extensive documentation regarding specific
elements of the study. An additional report,
summarizing all aspects of the study, is being
produced. (NHEERL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Working with the region to develop risk
management options for underground
storage tank sites contaminated with
oxygenates. (NRMRL)
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
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Region 6
Statistical Data Analysis, Many Diversified
Interests Manufacturing Site ORD is
conducting an exploratory statistical analysis
of soil data recently collected at the site. The
RPM is interested in data analyses that might
show a pattern of aerial deposition of lead
from the foundry and distinguish between
potential sources of lead (foundry, lead paint,
and automobile-related lead), and is very
interested in determining the various sources
of lead contamination in the area around the
site. One technique that has been successful in
the past is the use of the scanning electron
microscope to characterize the morphology of
individual lead (or lead-containing) particles.
ORD has evaluated inorganic data provided
by Region 6 to determine the relationship
between the offsite background area, the
onsite grounds, and the offsite residential
area. A second data set with lead, chromium,
and molybdenum concentrations and their
ratios (all depths combined) was also
reviewed. ORD produced a letter report
summarizing the summary statistics for the
three populations and conclusions based upon
those statistics, and is continuing to evaluate
the applicability of light and scanning
electron microscopic analysis of the samples
to assist in source apportionment for the lead
contamination. (NERL)
Mountain Creek Lake Sediment
Background Analysis The region has asked
ORD to review and evaluate the approaches
and statistical techniques used in the report
"Technical Memorandum - Sediment
Background Study for Mountain Creek Lake,
Dallas, Texas." ORD provided review
comments on the statistical approaches used
by the Navy for the sediment background -.
study for the Mountain Creek Lake Superfund
Site, and reviewed a document entitled,
"Technical Review of Sediment Background
Study for Mountain Creek Lake (MCL),"
prepared by the State of Texas. A letter report
summarizing review comments on the
statistical portions of the sediment
background study was submitted to the
region. (NERL)
Review of Site Documents, Sol Lynn
Industrial Transformer Site The RPM
requested that ORD provide assistance in
reviewing site documents and possible
modeling of subsurface contaminants. In
FY02, ORD reviewed a number of documents
and provided initial comments and
recommendations to the RPM, a list of
technologies that may be useful at the Sol
Lynn Site, and information about dissolved
oxygen (DO) measurements. ORD also
reviewed and provided comments on the
amended work plan (particularly on the fate
and transport modeling issues), reviewed and
provided comments and suggestions
pertaining to the "Supplemental RI/FS
Study," provided information on the required
groundwater modeling parameters, and
reviewed the "Field Sampling and the Data
Management Plans." ORD is currently
conducting subsurface modeling for the
region. Additional data (i.e., well survey and
water level data) were used to update the
preliminary groundwater flow model. ORD
performed a groundwater modeling analysis
and produced a preliminary report on the Sol
Lynn groundwater modeling results. (NERL)
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Region 6
Natural Attenuation Process Identification
ORD will identify the processes that control
natural attenuation at CAH solvent spill sites.
This work will consist of site characterization
studies at TCE plume locations at Galena
AFB, Alaska, and Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
The studies will help determine the specific
site conditions that will allow complete
natural biological degradation of chlorinated
solvents to ethene and those conditions that
do not permit any, or only partial,
dechlorination to dichlorothene. The presence
of Dehalococcoides bacteria will also be
determined at each site. (NRMRL)
Texarkana , North Calvacade, and
Texwood Sites ORD has assisted the RPMs,
the region, and the state with several wood
treater sites in Texas. For many years, ORD
has been helping review the remediation
needs and the treatability test studies for the
Texarakana site. Two rounds of formulations
for the stabilization of waste material have
been completed, and a third round is
scheduled for November and December 2003
for the Texwood site. ORD has also been
supporting efforts at the North Calvacade site
near Houston, Texas. A meeting between the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
and EPA was held in April 2003 to discuss a
joining investigation and possible remedies.
In August, EPA sent a staff team and
Geoprobes to assist in characterizing both the
soil and groundwater plume. (NRMRL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Conducted "Introduction to
Phytoremediation" course in Austin, TX.
(NRMRL)
• Developing approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
• Provided research support for diagnosing
causes of toxicity in Bayou Verdine
sediments. (NHEERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 7
Modeling Ground Deposition Rates,
Omaha Lead The regional RPM requested
that ORD provide assistance in modeling
ground deposition rates relative to air
contaminant concentrations. ORD reviewed
site and metallurgical data deposition and
produced an initial model. This model
included plots of relative annual wet and dry
deposition rates from the 180' "Black Stack"
covering the periods 1984 through 1990.
ORD's final report, "Dispersion Modeling of
Atmospheric Deposition Patterns Around the
ASARCO Omaha Lead Refinery" was sent to
the RPM. Followup work included comparing
the modeling results with a map of actual soil
concentrations, and producing geostatistical
support by kriging soil lead concentrations on
and in the vicinity of the smelter.
Additionally, ORD produced maps and
associated overlays. (NERL)
Modeling Wind Suspension and Downwind
Contamination Transport, Eagle Picher
Site The regional RPM requested that ORD
provide assistance in modeling wind
suspension and downwind transport of
contamination from specific point sources.
During FY02, ORD reviewed meteorological
data and emission release points from the
facility. Building and emissions data were run
through the Building Profile Input Program
(BPIP) that is a prerequisite for running the
Industrial Source Code (ISC) program. Wet
deposition data were used to calculate wet
deposition rates. During FY03, ORD
completed the analysis from the site and
provided the region with a preliminary
progress report on the predicted patterns for a
1-year of release from the lead processing
facility in Joplin, MO. (NERL)
Solvent Evaporation Testing Clandestine
manufacturing of methamphetamine (an
illegal drug) in homes poses a serious heath
and safety threat to innocent children, public
officers, emergency responders and
individuals who are manufacturing the drug.
Large volumes of toxic solvents are used so
there is a risk of exposure to hazardous
chemicals. Per request from Region 7, ORD
performed eight solvent evaporation tests in
the Indoor Air Quality Test House in Gary,
NC. The solvents tested included toluene,
acetone and naphtha (also called Colman
fuel). The final results were provided to the
region following data quality review. The test
results are being used in the region's
Quantitative Risk Assessment to estimate the
potential health risk(s) associated with
exposure to chemicals used during the
production of methamphetamine. (NRMRL)
Evaluation of Recently Developed Push
Probe Sensors Probe sensors are being
developed and improved by an Air Force
contractor that will distinguish between
BTEX components and detect CAHs such as
TCE. ORD is conducting field-testing to
correlate sensor responses with TPH and TCE
meters. More tests have been scheduled for
Offutt AFB, Nebraska and King Salmon
AFB, Alaska. (NRMRL)
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Region 7
Soil-Pb Evaluation ORD continues its
involvement with Region 7 and other
researchers to evaluate soil-Pb site-specific
bioavailability and alteration of soil-Pb
bioavailability by in situ treatment techniques.
This work is expanding to address issues of
ecosystem risk of soil-Pb. (NRMRL)
Soil Vapor Extraction ORD is currently
monitoring soil vapor extraction performance
conducted under an active manufacturing site
at the Coleman Site, Wichita, KS. Work at
this site has been going on for 5 years.
(NRMRL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 8
Contaminated Sediment Modeling ORD is
providing technical assistance to the Milltown
Reservoir RPM in evaluating the modeling
study (proposed by the PRPs) of scour and
transport of arsenic contaminated sediments
in the reservoir during and after removal of
the Milltown dam. (NERL)
Characterization of Contaminated Soils,
Eureka Mills Site The RPM requested that
ORD provide assistance in utilizing XRF
technologies for characterizing soils
contaminated with lead and arsenic. ORD
provided the region with the draft report titled
"Wavelength and Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Fluorescence - A Brief Technology
Comparison," and participated in data quality
assessment of the XRF analysis and in the
finalization of the wavelength and energy
dispersive XRF report. (NERL)
Field Pilot Test of In Situ Permeable
Reactive Barrier Technology ORD is
engaged in a cooperative project with Region
8 and ASARCO to conduct a field pilot test of
in situ permeable reactive barrier (PRB)
technology for the remediation of arsenic in
ground water at the Asarco Superfund Site in
E. Helena, MT. This site is an old smelter site
where there are high levels of arsenic
endangering public water supplies. This was
the first field test of PRBs for arsenic.
Researchers are also analyzing mine waste
samples from the Asarco site for solid phase
speciation of arsenic and
desorption/dissolution of As and other trace
metals. A goal of the project is to enhance
understanding of the environmental chemistry
of arsenic. (NRMRL)
In-Situ Biological Degradation ORD has
worked with Region 8 to install soil fractures
and conduct treatability studies for in-situ
biological degradation. The aim of the
research is to improve understanding of As
chemistry as it relates to the mobilization of
As in the environment. Work at the site in
Ronan, MT, has been completed, and data is
being shared with the regional offices. Several
papers have already been written on interim
project data. ORD equipment and personnel
worked at the site under regional sponsorship.
(NRMRL)
Ten Mile Creek Basin Mine Remediation
Efforts ORD has assisted with remediation
efforts at several mine sites within the region.
In September and October of 2002 ORD
assisted in the design and construction of
sulfate-reducing bioreactor designed to be a
passive (no power) system for treating
leachate from the Luttrell Repository. ORD
will spend the next several years monitoring
and tweaking the system, and insuring that the
treatment meets the discharge requirements of
the State of Montana. At another site in this
Ten Mile Creek Basin, ORD designed and
worked with Region 8 to construct an
elongated bioreactor underneath a constructed
wetlands. This project was a joint
collaboration between EPA and USAGE, and
was featured on National Public Radio as an
example of how Government agencies can
work together on issues and problems. The
Peerless-Jenny wetlands is a demonstration
area combining two passive treatment
processes to eliminate metals (iron, zinc,
others) from mine waste and raise the pH.
When leaving the site, the goal is to have the
water at drinking water quality. (NRMRL)
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Region 8
Site Characterization at the Rico-
Argentine Mine Site ORD assisted Region 8
in securing preliminary site information on
areas at and near the abandoned mine site in
Rico, Colorado. Material (ore, waste rock and
tailings) from mining in the area had been
disposed of in many areas, contaminating soil
and water. The town is approximately 25
miles from the mountain resort town of
Telluride, Colorado, and development in this
area has been increasing. ORD took X-ray
Diffraction readings for metals (XRF) and in
areas with high readings for arsenic, lead or
mercury, confirmatory samples were taken
and shipped to the ORD Lab in Cincinnati for
analysis. ETSC has been assisting Region 8
on future work at the site. (NRMRL)
Water and Sediment Sampling and
Analysis ORD assisted Region 8 with
sampling and analysis of water and sediments
from North Clear Creek, an area that has been
affected by over 100 years of mining in the
Rocky Mountains. EPA and the Colorado
School of Mines conducted additional
ecological studies and sampling. ORD staff
assisted in the planning, development and
actual field work for the study. Work will
continue into FY 04. (NRMRL)
Remediation Efforts at the Lowry Landfill
ORD continues to provide support to the
Lowry Landfill remediation efforts. This area
was once part of a Federal Facility (Lowry
AFB), but is being remediated for re-
development. This particular area is a former
tire pile area that will be cleaned and capped
with an ET cover. (NRMRL)
Consultation on Toxicitv of Major Ions to
Aquatic Biota ORD scientists provided
consultation to Region 8 Superfund staff
regarding the assessment of major ion toxicity
at a site where treated mine water was being
released into a stream. (NHEERL)
TRV Development ORD assisted in the
development of TRVs for use in screening
level risk assessments at Superfund sites.
Literature searches were conducted and
evaluations of test result quality were
presented in peer-reviewed publications for
various chemicals including lead, nickel,
selenium, vanadium, copper, chromium,
cadmium, beryllium, barium, dieldrin, DDT,
pentachlorophenol and arsenic. (NHEERL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Designed a monitoring plan for Superfund
site in Laramie, WY. (NRMRL)
• Completed another field demonstration for
treatment of acid mine drainage
contamination. (NRMRL)
• Developing approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
• Provided expert consultation to Region 8
staff on approaches to assessing health
risks of asbestos at a major Superfund site.
(NHEERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 9
Sampling of VOC Contaminated Soils
Sampling of soils contaminated with volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted in
Region 9 at the Mare Island Naval Station in
Vallejo, CA. This work was conducted in
conjunction with the U.S. Navy, Region 9,
and the CA Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC). Samples were collected for
multiple experiments. Data will be provided
to all parties involved upon completion of
quality assurance review and validation.
(NERL)
Audit of GC and GC/MS Laboratory Data,
Aerojet General Corporation in Rancho
Cordora, CA The region requested that ORD
assist in the audit of GC and GC/MS
laboratory data, provide analytical protocol
assessments, and review Aerojet analytical
SOPs. As part of one of the audits, ORD
reviewed results from another commercial
laboratory to determine the validity of its
NDMA analysis. The laboratory method
detection limit and the corresponding
practical quantitation limit for NDMA in a
water matrix were calculated and the lab
results were verified as acceptable. ORD
completed the review of the Aerojet SOPs and
found them to be acceptable. (NERL)
Technical Assistance, Palos Verdes Shelf
Superfund Site ORD is providing technical
assistance to the Palos Verdes (PV) Shelf
Superfund Site RPM on issues related to the
proposed modeling of the transport of
contaminated sediments on the shelf, as
governed by tides, baroclinic- and wind-
induced circulation, and wave- and soliton-
induced resuspension and transport of existing
contaminated sediments and clean sediments
in proposed caps. (NERL)
Development of a Geophysical Pilot Study,
Casmalia Disposal Site The region requested
that ORD provide a geophysical expert to
assist in developing a geophysical pilot study
to determine if there is a depression in the toe
of the Pesticides/Solvent (P/S) landfill on the
Casmalia site. Support will include: expert
advice to the EPA RPM, assessment of
proposed geophysical approach, review of
technical geophysical survey science plans,
site visits to observe the implementation of
the geophysical survey pilot and acquisition
of data, and review of pilot survey results and
conclusions. (NERL)
Data Audit, McClellan Air Force Base
Region 9 requested a hard copy and data tape
audit of data from the Sacramento Division of
STL Laboratory (formerly Quanterra or
Radian) in support of the OIG review of
analytical samples collected at the McClellan
AFB Site. ORD conducted a preliminary
review of the data for the two client samples,
accompanying standards, and QC samples to
evaluate the hard copy and electronic data for
completeness, and to estimate the effort
required to accomplish the audit. As a result
of these efforts, ORD produced a letter report
titled "Preliminary Assessment of Hard Copy
and Electronic Data from Severn Trent
Services/Los Angeles (formerly Quanterra
Laboratories) for McClellan AFB Superfund
Site, March 13,2003." (NERL)
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Region 9
Evaluation of a Soil Gas Monitoring Effort,
Motorola The RPM requested ORD's
assistance in evaluating a soil gas monitoring
effort and characterizing site organic
contaminants. ORD reviewed numerous site
documents and provided comments. The
overall assessment is that the site is probably
not a significant contributor to the
groundwater contamination. (NERL)
Purity Oil - Audit of Data from EMAX
Laboratories The region requested that ORD
assess the conformance of the data packages
to the applicable methods, good laboratory
practices, and commonly accepted standards
of industry performance and protocols.
Specifically, the audits focused on possible
laboratory causes or deficiencies that might
account for wide divergences between
reported data results and the data results that
were expected at the site based on field tests
and observations on previous analyses.
During FY03, ORD provided a preliminary
review of the data submitted by EMAX
Laboratories, which included the assessment
of one volatile organic compound (VOC) and
one polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) data
package to verify the presence and
acceptability of calibration standards and QC
samples, and the general evaluation of 33 data
sets from 4 sample delivery groups (SDGs) to
estimate the effort required to accomplish an
audit of each SDG. Additionally, ORD
delivered an audit report on mercury by Cold
Vapor Atomic Absorption (CVAA), metals
by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy
(ICP), and pH data from each of the four
SDGs, which included an overview of
laboratory performance and primary findings
as well as detailed audit comments by SDG
and by analytical method. (NERL)
Review of Ambient Air Monitoring Plans,
Phoenix 19th Avenue Landfill The region
requested that ORD provide assistance in
reviewing ambient air monitoring and
monitoring plans. ORD reviewed volumes 1
and 2 of the Ambient Air Monitoring Program
Report and the Ambient Air Monitoring Plan,
and, in response to the review, produced the
report titled "INEEL Review Comments on
the Ambient Air Monitoring Program Report
for the 19th Avenue Landfill- Phase II."
Additionally, ORD provided information on
Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrometry (FTIR) technology, at the
request of the region. (NERL)
Steam Injection Treatabilitv Study ORD
participated in a steam injection treatability
study for the McCormick & Baxter Superfund
site in Stockton, CA. This former wood
treatment facility has an estimated 1 million
gallons of creosote and other wood treating
wastes in the subsurface, extending to a depth
greater than 200 feet. The treatability study
showed that steam injection can effectively
recover 70 to 99 percent of the creosote
contaminants, depending on the composition
of the creosote and the texture of the soil. In
addition, it was shown that oxidation of
creosote components can occur at the
temperatures achieved during steam injection
remediation. (NRMRL)
Thermal Remediation Treatabilitv Study
ORD is planning a thermal remediation
treatability study for the Montrose Superfund
Site in Torrance, CA. The treatability study
will evaluate the use of steam injection or
electrical heating to remediate DNAPLs from
contaminated site soils. This research project
will begin this fall with the collection of
contaminated soil samples. (NRMRL)
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Region 9
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
Enhanced Bioremediation of MTBE in
Groundwater Performance A field
investigation at a site located in Port
Hueneme, CA, near Los Angeles, was
conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of
enhanced bioremediation of MTBE in
groundwater. Working with Region 9, the
state of California and the U.S. Department of
Defense, ORD designed, constructed and
operated the 30-month investigation. It was
completed in March 2002, and the final report
is in preparation. (NRMRL)
Groundwater Phytoremediation Treatment
ORD is providing support to the
phytoremediation treatment unit at the Del
Monte Superfund Site in Oahu, HI. Pesticide
contaminated groundwater from a perched
aquifer is pumped into the phytoremediation
treatment unit. Bench- and pilot-scale
treatability studies support the selection of
this technology as the final remedy.
(NRMRL)
Mine Site Treatment Evaluations ORD is
conducting chemical analyses to determine if
certain remedial technologies can be used at
the Rio Tinto, Yerington Anaconda,
Leviathan and Colorado Hill mine sites. A
demonstration project is being conducted to
compare various chemical and biological
semi-passive treatments such as biphasic
treatment, lime lagoons, sulfide-reducing
bioreactors and aerobic polishers to treat acid
mine drainage. (NRMRL)
Monitored Natural Attenuation Remedies
ORD was called in to the Cooper Drum site to
help assess the applicability of enhanced
bioremediation and monitored natural
attenuation (MNA) remedies, and to review
the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
(RI/FS). (NRMRL)
Remediation Efforts at Region 9 Mine Sites
ORD has continued working with several
Region 9 staff members on the Yerington,
Sulfur Bank, Leviathan and Rio Tinto mines.
Over 30 reviews were completed on work
plans and designs for remediation at these
sites, and a SITE demonstration continued at
the Leviathan site for four different semi- and
passive treatment systems. One of the most
modern alcohol-enhanced bioreactors for
eliminating metals from surface water was
constructed and went online in 2003. This
state-of-the art reactor will provide EPA with
some of its first well-documented data sets on
this type of treatment technology. The Rio
Tinto technical work group consists of seven
different Government agencies, four chemical
companies and the Sho-Pai Tribe and the
State of Nevada. This mine site presently
pollutes both surface and ground water, and is
being characterized by the potentially-
responsible PRP. The most newsworthy mine
site in Nevada is the Yerington Anaconda
site. ORD has been assisting on this site for
about 4 years. Technical meetings have
yielded no characterization work plan that the
study group can agree upon. (NRMRL)
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Region 9
Pilot Test on the Effectiveness of Resin
Adsorption for Off-gas Treatment
Community concerns prevent the installation
of a thermal oxidation off-gas treatment
system and are postponing the startup of a soil
vapor extraction project at the Del Amo Site
in CA. ORD and Region 9 investigated the
effectiveness of using a resin to remove high
concentrations of chlorinated VOCs in high
humidity SVE off-gas. The resin appears to
be effective in removing VOCs under high
humidity conditions, but the overall economic
impact of the project is reduced because the
recovered liquid does not have sufficient
purity or quantity for resale. (NRMRL)
Vapor Intrusion Issues at a Former
Manufacturing Site ORD and Region 9
sampled the ambient, indoor and soil gas at
the Pemaco Site in CA several times in 2002
and 2003 and found VOC concentrations
higher than Region 9 risk-based numbers. The
soil gas and ambient air were also found to
have higher than recommended VOC
concentrations. The region is evaluating the
necessity of performing subslab remediation
at homes surrounding the site. (NRMRL)
Investigation of Vapor Intrusion ORD and
Region 9 developed a workplan to sample the
ambient, indoor and soil gas for homes
surrounding the BKK Landfill Site in CA
suspected to have vapor intrusion from
subsurface migrating landfill gas and
groundwater plumes. (NRMRL)
Emerging Scientific Issues for Superfund
ORD participated in the planning and
execution of an NIEHS conference with the
University of California titled "Emerging
Scientific Issues for Superfund." ORD
provided presenters and chaired some
sessions, including a workshop titled
"Technology: Closing the Gap Between
Development and Application." The
conference provided the EPA-funded
researchers a rare opportunity to present their
research results to the end users of EPA
research, the RPMs in the regions. The
workshop also provided the researchers and
the RPMs an opportunity to make a clear
connection between Superfund Program
research needs and EPA-funded NIEHS
research products, which will benefit the
program in the future. (OSP)
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Region 9
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Continuing to provide active support for
Edwards Air Force Base. (NRMRL)
• Provided input on soil cleanup levels for
arsenic and associated excavation levels at
Valley Wood. (NRMRL)
• Monitoring performance and closure
criteria of several soil venting projects at
the Tucson International Airport Site,
Tucson, AZ. (NRMRL)
• Estimating the volume of LNAPL, natural
attenuation and electron acceptor mass
balance at Williams AFB Superfund Site,
Phoenix, AZ. (NRMRL)
• Conducted field evaluations on in situ and
ex situ treatment technologies for
treatment of MTBE at the source and the
wellhead. (NRMRL)
• Conducted "Introduction to
Phytoremediation" course in San Diego,
CA. (NRMRL)
• Worked with regional and state personnel
on approval criteria for ET covers in
Southern California. (NRMRL)
• Coordinated work with the region, state
and University of Hawaii in response to
heptachlor accumulation in garden and
crop plants. (NRMRL)
• Coordinating a team of ORD and Region 9
scientists to measure indoor air quality of
residential housing located within 50 feet
of BKK, a former landfill near Los
Angeles. (NRMRL)
• Developing an approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
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Region 10
Bunker Hill Superfund Site Remediation
ORD provides support to Region 10 with the
evaluation of remediation efforts at the
Bunker Hill Superfund site. In FY 2000, a
Symposium on Remediation Effectiveness
was held at Coeur d'Alene, ID. The
proceedings appeared in January 2003 as a
special issue of Science of the Total
Environment. Continued remediation
evaluation is being provided in anticipation of
an NAS review of the site. (NCEA)
Technical Assistance to the Lower
Duwamish Waterway ORD is providing
technical assistance to the Lower Duwamish
Waterway RPM on issues related to the
modeling performed by the PRPs' contractors
and the PRP proposed workplan for the Phase
2 Remedial Investigation. A 3-D transport and
fate model of the Lower Duwamish
Waterway and Elliot Bay is also being
developed. This application will serve as
another test of the model's abilities to
simulate the long-term (multi-year) transport
of contaminated sediments in a salt-wedge
estuary, and enable a performance evaluation
(to be potentially performed in the future) of
the yet-to-be-proposed remediation measures
for the contamination sediments in the Lower
Duwamish. This work is one component of
ORD's research on contaminated sediment
transport and chemical bioaccumulation
modeling. (NERL)
Review of a Statistical Sampling and Risk
Assessment Methodology. Camp
Bonncvillc (UXO) The region requested that
ORD provide assistance in reviewing the
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Statistical
Sampling and Risk Assessment Methodology.
This methodology was developed for
conducting engineering/cost analysis and
UXO investigations for various ordnance and
explosives located on Formerly Used Defense
Sites (FUDS). ORD provided reviews of a
number of site documents and data and
created a database for further analysis. A
number of simulations for assessing the Army
methodology/models (i.e., UXO Calculator)
were completed. A report titled "Interim
Evaluation of US Army Corps of Engineers
Statistical UXO Sampling and
Characterization Methodologies" was
completed and delivered to the region and
OSWER. This report was prepared as a draft
final and distributed for addition review. ORD
completed a number of statistical tests
pertaining to the characterization of UXO, the
results of which were delivered in two reports
titled "Summary of Recent Results on Site
Stats Evaluation Performed After the August
9-10 Partnership Meeting Between USAGE
and EPA NERL-Las Vegas" and "UXO
Samples and Characterization Using Indicator
Kriging - An Alternative Approach for
Estimating Probabilities of Finding UXO
Items." (NERL)
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Superfund Site Support
Region 10
Steam Injection Treatability Study A steam
injection treatability study was recently
completed for the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor
Superfund site. This former wood treatment
facility has an estimated 1 million gallons of
creosote and other wood treating wastes in the
subsurface, which were flowing into Puget
Sound and Eagle Harbor. The treatability
study showed that steam injection can
effectively recover 70 to 99 percent of the
creosote contaminants, depending on the
composition of the creosote and the texture of
the soil. In addition, it was shown that
oxidation of creosote components can occur
at the temperatures achieved during steam
injection remediation. The ORD study
evaluated microbial diversity and activity
prior to and after steaming. Samples were
analyzed for 19 PAH compounds and
prepared for phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA)
analysis, which assesses microbial diversity,
biomass, and metabolic activity. Data
interpretation is in process for preparation of a
draft report. (NRMRL)
Coeur d'Alene Site Study One of the most
focused projects for ORD in the technical
support area in FY03 was the
Congressionally-mandated earmark for the
study of the Coeur d'Alene site in Region 10's
State of Idaho. Congress asked for a study to
be completed by the National Academies of
Science, and for the principal study center to
be in the Land Remediation Pollution Control
Division. A scope of work and contract were
developed, and NAS selected 18 peer
reviewers for the subject document. This
group will review the study and interview all
sides of the issue to determine if the original
studies were the scientific research to be
done, and that the provided data is complete
and non-biased. The study is scheduled for
completion in Fall 2005. (NRMRL)
Trophic Transfer of Bioaccumulative
Contaminants Modeling ORD provided
technical consultation to Region 10 scientists
regarding approaches for assessing and
modeling trophic transfer of bioaccumulative
contaminants at the Lower Duwanish River,
Portland Harbor, and Mid-Columbia River
Superfund sites. (NHEERL)
Other Superfund Site support includes:
• Continuing active support for East Gate
Disposal Yard, Ft. Lewis Army Reserve.
(NRMRL)
• Working at Eagle Harbor site to evaluate
capping effectiveness for PAH-
contaminated sediments. (NRMRL)
• Developing approach to incorporate
bioavailability in site-specific risk
assessments and treatment performance.
(NRMRL)
• Field evaluations at appropriate sites, and
developing design, operation and
monitoring approaches for landfill
bioreactors. (NRMRL)
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Cross-Regional
Riverine Biological Integrity Research
ORD has funded a grant with the University
of Tennessee to determine the economic value
of riverine biological integrity in the Clinch
Valley of southwest Virginia and northeast
Tennessee in Regions 3 and 4. Researchers
have completed a set of surveys in which
valley residents indicated the kinds of
regional economic trade-offs they would be
willing to make to improve stream biological
quality. The survey results are being
analyzed. (NCEA)
Air Quality Modeling ORD assists the
regions with their air quality monitoring
activities by communicating information
regarding newly available tools and
techniques. These tools are used by states and
regional planning organizations in preparing
their implementation plans for 8-hour ozone,
PM2.5, regional haze, and air toxic programs
including mercury. Additionally, ORD
provides support to air quality forecasting
programs for predicting air quality episodes
and health advisories. This information is
helpful to the regions in their efforts to
comply with air quality standards and address
air quality issues. (NERL)
Training Courses for Brownflelds and
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks ORD
presented workshops on modeling transport
and transformation of subsurface
contaminants for two national meetings on
Brownfields and leaking underground storage
tank sites. These workshops addressed
approaches to modeling, data requirements
and uncertainties in model results. Special
emphasis was placed on approaches to
evaluating model reports submitted to state
agency personnel. (NERL)
First National Environmental Health
Survey of Childcare Centers This
collaborative effort between ORD, HUD, and
CPSC collected and analyzed measurements
of pesticide residues in childcare centers
nationwide. Data analyses are currently
underway to evaluate pesticide use patterns
and distributions. EPA and HUD will publish
results in reports and journal manuscripts.
(NERL)
North American Landscape
Characterization Program (NALC) This is
a multi-agency project with USGS EROS
Data Center and NASA to assemble Landsat
data sets from the early 1970s, mid-1980s,
and early 1990s to conduct historical
landscape change analyses. The data have and
continue to be used in landscape change
analyses being conducted in Regions 2-10.
(NERL)
National Workshop on the Bioassessment
and Monitoring of Large Rivers The Office
of Water hosted a week-long series of
workshops in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho entitled
"National Biological Assessment and Criteria
Workshop." As a result of the research the
ORD has been conducting, the Office of
Water (OW) requested that ORD scientists
serve as the course leads for two half-day
workshops on large rivers. Over 60
individuals representing state agencies and
tribes attended each workshop.The workshop
trained resource biologists from states, tribes
and other entities on the Clean Water Act
requirements and implementation of 305b and
303d reporting. (NERL/NCEA/NHEERL)
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Cross-Regional
Mixing Zone Modeling Technical Support
to the Regions NPDES permit and 301(h)
Secondary Treatment Waiver permit
applicants and writers rely heavily on mixing
zone models in designing and assessing
outfall structures and performance. The EPA
Visual Plumes software is designed to help
clients meet mixing zone regulatory
requirements. Interesting recent applications
include: designing new thermal discharge
structures (Potrero Power Plant, San
Francisco; Region 9); assessing background
tidal pollutant buildup of concentration in a
tidal estuary (Salisbury, Maryland; Region 3);
establishing Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
produced water guidelines (Region 9);
predicting temperature exposure for salmon
recovery efforts on the Columbia River
(Region 10); developing plans for the safe
ultimate disposal of caustic soda from a
sunken barge (Florida, Region 4); and
establishing the likely origin of bacterial
concentration on beaches (Huntington Beach,
Orange County, CA; Region 9). Visual
Plumes training courses have been given in
Alaska, California, Georgia, Oregon and
Washington. The models have been
distributed to at least 47 states and 55
countries. (NERL)
Children's Total Exposure to Persistent
Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic
Pollutants (CTEPP) Study This ORD-
sponsored study, conducted in Ohio and
North Carolina, involves measurements of
children's potential exposures to persistent
pollutants in homes and childcare centers. The
field measurements and sample analyses have
been completed, and data analyses and
reporting are ongoing. Results will be
provided in reports, manuscripts, and in a
publicly-accessible database. (NERL)
Exposure Assessment Support for Wasp6
ORD is working with the regions on the
testing, refinement, training and support of
Wasp6, the Windows-based version of EPA's
standard Water Quality Analysis Simulation
Program. Regional/ORD scientists have given
three Wasp6 courses over the past year at
different regional offices (Denver, Chicago,
and Atlanta). (NERL)
Input to Exposure Models ORD's
University Partnership Program utilizes
region-specific data from California (Region
9), New Jersey (Region 2), Pennsylvania
(Region 3), etc., in building modules for
SHEDS and for MENTOR source-to-dose
exposure models. (NERL)
Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) EPSCoR
is a joint program with EPA and 20 states and
territories. The program supports the
development of the states' science,
technology and environmental education
resources through partnerships with state
universities, industry, government and federal
research and development. ORD funds
EPSCoR programs in Alabama, Alaska,
Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
and Puerto Rico. (NERL)
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Cross-Regional
Large River Bioassessment and Monitoring
Methods Comparison and Development
This project compares the results derived
from using several large river sampling
methods that reflect those in common use for
collecting assessment information on algae,
benthic macroinvertebrate, fish assemblages,
and physical habitat features. The primary
goal of the project is to provide information
that resource managers can use to make
informed decisions on the selection of
scientifically robust, yet efficient, methods
that meet assessment endpoints. Multiple
manuscripts have been submitted on work
that has been completed. (NERL)
Landscape Investigations of Small Water
Bodies in the Mid-West The goal of this
research project is to develop data sets of
landscape and physical characteristics
existing in and around small water bodies in
the Mid-western United States that will be of
use in determining the vulnerability of small
water bodies to pesticide and other forms on
non-point source pollution. The results will
assist the regions and states in targeting those
water bodies at greatest risk to pollution.
(NERL)
Agricultural Health Study/Personal
Exposure Study In a collaborative effort with
the NCI, NIEHS, and NIOSH, ORD is
conducting exposure measurement substudies
within a large prospective epidemiological
study of health in the agricultural community.
The ORD substudies are measuring exposures
to applied pesticides for a subset of farmers.
Data will be used to evaluate exposure
classification procedures used in the large
study and identify and evaluate key factors
affecting farmer exposures. (NERL)
Landscape Model Development (Mid-
Atlantic United States) This ORD project
includes empirical studies quantifying the
relationships between landscape conditions
within riparian zones and across watersheds,
as well as water quality, stream biota, and the
quality of breeding bird habitats. The models
developed from these studies are applied to
the assessment of historical landscape change
to determine how landscape changes have
affected water resources and bird habitats.
The models are also used to evaluate future
landscape change scenarios being formulated
by the Regional Vulnerability Assessment
Program (ReVA). This work supports the
ongoing MAIA Integrated Assessment in
Region 3 and parts of Regions 2 and 4. The
models will also assist Region 3 in targeting
streams most likely to exceed TMDL
thresholds for nutrients and sediment.
(NERL)
Atmospheric Ecosystem Stressor Pattern
and Trend Analysis Data collected from the
EPA Clean Air Status and Trends Network
(CASTNet) is being analyzed to document
observable changes in environmental stressors
associated with emissions reductions required
by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
(CAAA). CASTNet sampling sites are located
in every region except Region 7. Analysis of
the data focuses on acid deposition, S and N
precursor emissions, concentrations, dry
deposition, wet deposition, cloud deposition
and total deposition. These data indicate that
there have been significant reductions in
atmospheric sulfur stressor and no detectable
change in nitrogen stressors since the
establishment of the CAAA. (NERL)
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Cross-Regional
Pollution Prevention In August 2001, ORD
published, "An Organizational Guide to
Pollution Prevention" (EPA/625/R-01/003).
In conjunction with this new document, it is
sponsoring a series of interactive workshops
(one per region) based on the principles and
concepts produced in the guide. ORD works
with each region to customize the workshops,
addressing region-specific concerns and
issues. Other pollution prevention tools
developed by ORD are also on display.
(NRMRL)
Evaluating the Fate of Contaminants in
Sediments and Biota of Wetlands
Constructed for Wastewater Treatment
The focus of this study is to evaluate the
assimilative capacity of wetlands constructed
for dual role wastewater treatment/restored
wetland habitat to chemical stressors entering
the system. The data from this study will be
utilized by managers and stakeholders to
evaluate where these dual role systems are
appropriate to use and where these systems
are currently working with no problems. It
will also help evaluate where systems
currently in place are developing potentially
long-term contaminant problems that will
negatively impact their suitability to provide
high-quality wetland habitat and effective
wastewater treatment. This study is being
conducted in three regions: North Carolina
(Region 4), Missouri (Region 7), and
Wyoming (Region 8). (NRMRL)
Open-Burning Emissions Examinations
ORD, working with Regions 9 and 10, is
examining emissions, particularly of dioxins
and furans, from open burning. Sources
studied in this effort include agricultural
residue open burning (e.g., wheat straw, sugar
cane, and rice hulls) and forest fires. In
addition, ORD representatives are currently
on OSWER's backyard burning workgroup,
which is working with regional, state and
tribal authorities to develop policies and
programs to reduce the occurrence of open
burning of household waste in barrels. This
burning has been shown by ORD research
activities to be a major source of dioxins and
furans. (NRMRL)
UST/LUST National Conference
Presentations ORD scientists made
presentations at the 15th Annual UST/LUST
National Conference in San Francisco in
March 2003. This conference provides
technology transfer for regional staff for the
UST program. Platform presentations
included "When is Monitored Natural
Attenuation (MNA) appropriate for methyl-
tert-butyl-ether (MTBE)? How should an
MNA remedy be implemented?" and
"Biodegradation of Ethanol from Gasoline
Releases & Its Effects on Benzene, Toluene,
and Zylene (BTEX) Biodegradation," and
"Influence of Stratigraphy on a Diving MTBE
Plume and Its Characterization: A Case
Study." Poster presentations included
"Analytical Methods for Fuel Oxygenates"
and "TBA in Ground Water from the Natural
Biodegradation of MTBE." (NRMRL)
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Cross-Regional
Technology Transfer Workshops In 2001,
ORD held workshops in Newport, OR, and
Moss Landing, CA, at the requests of Regions
9 and 10, to discuss the approaches used in
the Western Pilot and the technology transfer
to the regions and states (Washington, Oregon
and California). This technology transfer
examined the development of sampling and
response designs, analysis approaches, and
reporting. ORD will sponsor three Regional
Technology Transfer Seminars on the
intrusion of vapors from soil or groundwater
sources into indoor air. The seminars will
introduce new EPA guidance and provide
state-of-the-science information about
important technical issues to regulators and
decision-makers. (NRMRL)
Evaluation of Recently Developed Push
Probe Sensors Under the direction of ORD,
probe sensors are being developed and
improved by an Air Force contractor that will
distinguish between BTEX components and
will detect CAHs such as TCE. Field testing
is being conducted to correlate sensors
responses with TPH and TCE meters and
have been scheduled for Offutt AFB,
Nebraska (Region 7) and King Salmon AFB,
Alaska (Region 10). (NRMRL)
ECOTOX Support ORD provided support in
conducting hundreds of searches, retrieving
data and interpreting ecological effect results
presented in ORD's ECOTOX database for
use in regional risk assessments and permit
reviews. (NHEERL)
305(b) Reporting ORD provided states with
survey designs, indicators, and tools for
interpreting probabilistic monitoring through
the EMAP program. These methods and tools
provide an efficient, scientifically sound
approach for monitoring "all waters of the
states" as required by section 305(b) of the
Clean Water Act. (NHEERL)
Bioassessment/Biocriteria Workshop ORD
supported the regional and Office of Water
National Workshop on bioassessment and
biocriteria through participation on the
planning committee and by providing
instructors for several of the instructional
modules on index construction and defining
reference conditions. (NHEERL)
National Fish Tissue Survey
ORD supported the regions and Office of
Water in the National Lake Fish Tissue
survey by providing survey design support
and collaborating on design refinements.
(NHEERL)
Invasive species ORD served as chair of the
Nonindigenous Species Working Group,
EPA's ad hoc invasive species group that has
active regional participation. (NHEERL)
Pesticide Risk Assessment ORD participated
in regional agriculture/pesticide technical
workgroup monthly teleconferences, to
provide updates and technical expertise on
herbicide risk assessment and biotechnology
issues. (NHEERL)
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Cross-Regional
Biological Advisory Committee (BAG)
ORD served as Chair and as a member of the
Biological Advisory Committee, which has
representatives from numerous offices within
the Agency including: all regional offices,
ORD laboratories, The Office of Water (OW),
the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER), the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS), the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI), the Office of Science
Policy (OSP). BAG members exchange
technical information and expertise regarding
biological methods and ecological issues
important to the Agency. Through this
exchange, the BAG enhances cross-agency
collaboration for the development and
implementation of biological methods and
ecological assessment techniques. BAG also
facilitates the regional methods research
priorities related to biological research.
(NHEERL)
Development of Partnerships in Assessing
Great Rivers ORD is working with regional
offices and the states to develop EMAP
approaches for determining the condition of
the upper Mississippi River system, including
the Missouri River, the upper Mississippi, and
Ohio Rivers, to assure that the outcomes are
supportive of region, state, and tribal needs.
(NHEERL)
Regional Risk Assessors Annual
Conference (RRAC) Dr. John Rockett gave a
platform presentation at the conference, held
at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia on April 28-
May 2, 2003, entitled "Genomics and
Proteomics: New Toxicity Testing," as a part
of the session on "New Directions in Risk
Assessment." The presentation highlighted
some of the major techniques used in
toxicogenomic research and discussed how, in
the future, data derived from such studies
might be used in the risk assessment process.
(NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Briefed the regional laboratory directors on
the requirements of Executive Order 13112
on invasive species in regards to the use of
non-native species in laboratory and field
bioassays. (NHEERL)
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Region 1
Macroinvertebrate Index Development
ORD, in conjunction with the State of New
Hampshire, is developing a multi-metric
index for macroinvertebrates. The index will
help monitor the biological condition of state
streams. (NERL)
Mercury Exposure Research in Vermont
Working through a cooperative agreement
with the Vermont Agency of Natural
Resources, ORD is researching the impacts of
atmospheric deposition and lake watershed
processes on mercury exposure of fish and
piscivorus wildlife in New England lakes.
ORD staff is testing a process-based mercury
fate model and evaluating its predictive
performance on the set of 91 lakes sampled.
(NERL)
Mercury Exposure Research ORD is
working with the Ecological Risk Assessment
Support Center (ERASC) in developing the
data requirements and software for deriving
site-specific contaminated sediment
remediation goals protective of wildlife. A
description of data needs and list of water
body characteristics were developed, and
have been useful supplements to the sampling
and modeling efforts. Process and tool design
are in progress. (NERL)
Determination of the Causes of Biological
Impairment The Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection and ORD scientists
determined the cause of biological
impairment in the Willimantic River near
Stafford Springs, CT. An illicit discharge was
located and rerouted. Biological condition
improved, but an additional analysis
identified elevated temperature and altered
food sources associated with old mill dams as
a potential impediment to attaining even
better biological condition. This
determination is a valuable example of how
adaptive management and methods in eco-
epidemiology are useful for completing
TMDLs. (NERL/NCEA)
New Hampshire Landfill Measurements
ORD completed measurements and calculated
emissions flux rates for a landfill in New
Hampshire in response to a request from the
region and state for data on fugitive emissions
to determine potential exposure to those
accessing the site. The recreational use of this
site is being expanded to include soccer
fields. ORD used open-path Fourier
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (OP-FTIR)
to characterize methane and hazardous air
pollutant emissions and to identify potential
"hot spots" at this site. Vertical scans were
conducted in conjunction with radial scans to
determine the mass flux rates coming from
these sites. The results of this field study have
been compiled into a report and sent to
Region 1 personnel. (NRMRL)
Innovative Technology Field Evaluations
ORD is participating in a collaborative effort
to set up field evaluations of innovative
technologies associated with small mobile
packaged treatment systems. The region is
currently searching for potential sites for an
upcoming evaluation using an advanced
oxidation process to remove contaminants
from drinking water sources. (NRMRL)
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Partnership to Develop an Energy Demand
Model ORD partnered with NESCAUM in
the development of the Northeast Regional
MARKAL Model. It will be used with input
from state air directors and energy planners to
better evaluate technologies and management
strategies for multi-pollutant management
policies. This work supports the NESCAUM
and the New England states' efforts to better
understand the implications of technological
change on regional air emissions,
emphasizing on the transportation and energy
sectors. A Region 1 employee has been
"trained" on the use of MARKAL and the
generation of databases. Additional project
expansion outreach efforts are ongoing to
Region 5 and the Charlotte Metro Area with
an Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards (OAQPS) project. (NRMRL)
Research Plan Development and
Implementation (Connecticut River) ORD
is currently working through various EPA
programs, regions and the Connecticut River
Airshed-Watershed Consortium to assist in
various research projects regarding the
Connecticut River basin. The group will
conduct an interdisciplinary research program
to define various resource management
options for solving long-term degradation and
pollution problems in the river. Additionally,
ORD is providing support with the
development of research plans on nutrient and
pathogen non-point sources, rooftop runoff
control and street sweeping in the Connecticut
River watershed. (NRMRL)
Water Treatment Testing and Field Studies
ORD, in partnership with the University of
New Hampshire (UNH) Water Treatment
Technology Assistance Center, will conduct
testing of two Separmatic Fluid Systems DE
filter package systems. The systems' goal is
to remove cryptosporidium from drinking
water at a UNH site. ORD recently conducted
a field study of the Pall Corporation's
Microfiltration Microza 4UFD40004-45,
LGV3L Package Plant for particulate and
microbial control in drinking water at
Manchester, NH. (NRMRL)
Evaluation of MTBE and Perchloroethane
(PCE) Control Technologies ORD is
providing technical support to Region 1 in an
evaluation of control technologies for MTBE
and PCE. These evaluations will support the
region in its lawsuit against the Mass Water
Resources Authority (MWRA). ORD
personnel will serve as instructors for a
required drinking water treatment operator
course as part of the region's outreach and
monitoring activities for promulgated rules
and regulations. (NRMRL)
Estuary Evaluation ORD is assisting in the
evaluation of nutrient loading to estuaries.
Together, ORD and Region 1 are modeling
the effects of that loading in the context of the
National Estuary Program. (NHEERL)
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Long Island Sound Study Support ORD is
currently assisting in Long Island Sound's
"Site Designation Study." Specific support
includes quantifying macrophage aggregate
area in the spleens of winter flounder (as a
marker of PAH pollution and disease), and
reviewing the physical oceanography Quality
Assurance Project Plan for this project.
(NHEERL)
Hydrolab Technical Equipment and
Guidance Per request from Region 1, ORD
provided Hydrolab equipment and technical
guidance via an RLA to the Wood Pawcatuck
Watershed Association. Work is continuing
into FY04. (NHEERL)
Sediment Evaluation Tools ORD trained
regional personnel in synthesis and
interpretation of sediment profile image data
for use in assessing the effects of sediment
contamination within the region. (NHEERL)
Technical Information Management ORD
provided the information management tools
and techniques to Region 1 for its use in
managing and interpreting coastal monitoring
data. (NHEERL)
Coastal Wetland Assessment ORD scientists
are working with Region 1 to develop a three-
tiered approach to assess the condition of
coastal wetlands in the northeastern USA. In
support of this project, ORD is contributing
approaches for developing survey designs,
indicators and interpretation tools. (NHEERL)
New England Stream Monitoring ORD is
providing probability-based monitoring
designs for streams, lakes, and ponds for the
New England area and for each of the six
states. When implemented, these monitoring
approaches will provide information that can
be used for the state 305(b) reports, an overall
assessment of New England fresh water
systems, and evaluating the success of
environmental protection activities in assuring
these waters meet their designated uses.
(NHEERL)
Coastal Monitoring ORD provided survey
design, indicator selection and assessment
approaches to help support the Gulf of Maine
Council in developing a comprehensive
coastal monitoring program for the Gulf of
Maine. (NHEERL)
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Assistance ORD provided information to the
TMDL Coordinator on the use of diagnostic
tools to determine causes of stream/estuary
impairment. (NHEERL)
Marine Dissolved Oxygen Standard ORD
provided technical assistance for the
development of the State of Maine's Marine
Dissolved Oxygen Standard. ORD provided
regional staff with recruitment model runs
and laboratory and literature data
interpretation specifically related to potential
cold water modifications to EPA's existing
saltwater DO criteria. (NHEERL)
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Region 1
Dredge Material Impacts ORD assisted in
design and implementation of a cruise on the
OSV Anderson to study the change in
sediment structure and impacts on benthic
organism resulting from the disposal of
dredge material in Rhode Island Sound.
(NHEERL)
Dredging Research Efforts ORD
coordinated research efforts on the effects of
dredging in Narragansett Bay. Such efforts
included the development of a research plan,
sampling strategy, and approaches for
interpreting results. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Participated in a workshop to assess
chemical contamination associated with
the Boston Harbor Outfall. (NHEERL)
• Supported the Coastal America/Northeast
Region with the Hix Bridge Restoration
Project for the development of a feasibility
remediation plan. (NHEERL)
• Participated in the Long Island Sound
Technical Advisory Committee, which
provides advice on technical issues related
to research and monitoring. (NHEERL)
• Participated in and acted as lead for the
Long Island Sound Subcommittee on Food
Web, which provides advice on scientific
issues relating to the effects of pollution of
food webs in Long Island Sound.
(NHEERL)
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Region 2
ORD's Response to the World Trade
Center Disaster ORD activities included
monitoring and modeling the fire and debris
plume, conducting a study on the
toxicological effects of fine particulate matter,
and evaluating the public's risk resulting from
environmental pollution as a result of the
WTC.
Following are more detailed overviews of the
major efforts undertaken by ORD:
Sampling was conducted of the dust and air at
various locations surrounding the WTC
disaster site. Dust samples were analyzed for
metals, dioxins and furans. Air samples were
analyzed for metals, semi-volatiles, volatiles,
dioxins and furans. These analyses examined
the potential extent of the fire and debris
plume. (NERL with laboratory support
provided by Region 7 and NRMRL)
The plume of dust and burning debris from
the WTC is currently being reconstructed in
wind tunnel simulations and computer models
to estimate, and possibly predict, the levels of
contaminants that were present in the air
immediately following the towers' collapse.
Monitoring and meteorological data will be
used to estimate exposures. (NERL and
collaboration with the Environmental and
Occupational Health Sciences Institute)
The fine fraction (< 2.5 micrometers) of
settled dust from the collapse of the WTC
towers was examined in laboratory studies to
determine the toxicological and possible
health effects related to inhalation of the dust.
Samples of the settled dust were isolated and
administered to mice to assess lung
inflammation and other health endpoints.
(NHEERL)
ORD analyzed dust from New York City for a
series of chlorinated substances including
chlorinated biphenylenes. QSAR predictions
were conducted, which suggested that the
chemicals would have dioxin-like toxicities,
but with much less potencies than TCDD.
(NHEERL)
Available air monitoring data collected by
EPA, the State of NY and city agencies were
evaluated to assess potential short- and long-
term health effects arising from exposure to
contaminants originating from the WTC. In
this risk assessment, air monitoring data were
compared to existing health benchmarks and
typical urban concentrations to determine the
impact of WTC emissions. (NCEA)
Additional Support Provided by ORD in
the World Trade Center Response:
ORD provided the following additional
assistance to the Agency and Region 2:
• Prepared fact sheets on PM health effects
of Lower Manhattan and NYC area for
posting on EPA public web site.
• Assisting Region 2 with siting of air
pollution monitors in Lower Manhattan to
augment data collection for risk evaluation
of air emissions from Ground Zero.
(NERL)
• Providing advice on health benchmarks
used as criteria for evaluating potential
hazardous exposures to air pollutants in
lower Manhattan area. (NCEA)
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• Providing preliminary evaluation of then
available air pollution monitoring data to
ascertain if air pollution values for
paniculate matter, its sub-constituents
(e.g., lead, other metals, dioxin, etc.), or
other volatile organic compounds
exceeded:
1. Typical background levels for
NYC/other urban areas; or
2. Health benchmark values indicative of
increased health risk for chronic
exposure effects. (NCEA)
Efforts Following the World Trade Center
Response:
• ORD scientists arranged and held a
workshop to discuss issues associated with
environmental monitoring, modeling and
risk assessment of air pollutants that may
arise in future national emergencies and
disasters. Participants were invited
throughout EPA, other federal agencies,
and universities.
(NERL/NCEA/NHEERL/NRMRL)
• ORD scientists have recently submitted a
series of articles for a special edition of the
Air and Waste Management's
Environmental Manager magazine for their
February 2004 edition which will
summarize ORD's activities in the WTC
response and Homeland Security. It will
contain articles on:
1. Environmental Research in Response to
9/11 and Homeland Security: Efforts
Underway at the U.S. EPA's Office of
Research and Development,
2. Atmospheric Transport And Diffusion
Modeling Systems for Effective
Emergency Response,
3. Air Pollution Measurements in the
Vicinity of the World Trade Center
Made by U.S. EPA-ORD,
4. Modeling Air Pollution from the
Collapse of the World Trade Center and
Potential Impact on Human Exposures,
5. Wind Tunnel Simulation of Flow and
Pollutant Dispersal Around the World
Trade Center Site, and
6. Assessment of Inhalation Exposures
and Potential Health Risks that Resulted
from the Collapse of the World Trade
Center Towers.
(NERL/NCEA/NHEERL)
Collaboration on Assessment and Modeling
of Long Island Gasoline Release Sites ORD
is collaborating with the State of New York
on the assessment and modeling of several
sites that are contaminated with petroleum
hydrocarbons and methyl-tert butyl ether
(MTBE). The work addresses site
characterization issues, transport and
transformation of MTBE, ground
water/surface water interactions, and
innovative approaches to assessment of these
sites. (NERL)
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Region 2
Evaluation of Reduced Sediment Volume
Toxicity Test Procedures Using the Marine
Amphipod ORD has collaborated with
Region 2's Edison Laboratory in the
development of a miniaturized marine
sediment test. The method was published in
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry:
Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 2372-2377, 2002. During
the past 20 years, the role of sediment toxicity
tests has expanded from testing of primarily
dredged material to risk assessment,
decontamination technologies, large-scale
regional sediment-quality assessments, and
toxicity identification evaluations. Sediment
toxicity tests are needed that can provide
reliable data using less sediment and smaller
test chambers, thus utilizing resources more
efficiently. In 2002, a round robin was
conducted with five participating laboratories.
Results have been put into a manuscript to be
submitted to ET&C. (NERL)
Effect of land-cover change on nutrient
export Urban sprawl is one of the serious
environmental issues facing the State of New
Jersey (crssa.Rutgers.edu). One of the many
environmental consequences of increased
urbanization is increased variance in nitrogen
and phosphorus export. Increase variance
makes it more difficult to attain
environmental goals because of increased
sensitivity to exogenous factors. Rutgers
University has been funded by the State of
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, EPA, and NSF to monitor and
study land-cover dynamics. ORD has assisted
Rutgers by using their land-cover change data
to identify the 14-digit watersheds where
land-cover change has significantly changed
the annual variance nitrogen and phosphorus
export. Modeling results indicated that 32
watersheds had statistically significant
increases in the variance of N loads as a result
of land-cover conversions over the period
1986 to 1995. (NERL)
Connecticut River Airshed-Watershed
Consortium ORD has initiated research to
study and quantify the long-term fate of
pollutants in the Connecticut River Basin, in
coordination with Paul Rassmussen, Office of
Air, EPA Washington and the Connecticut
River Airshed-Watershed Consortium
(CRAWC), a group of environmental research
faculty from the four land-grant universities
in the four states which share the Connecticut
River Basin. The strength of this arrangement
is in the combined resources and technical
expertise of the projects participants. The
consortium will conduct an interdisciplinary
research program to define various resource
management options for solving long-term
degradation problems. (NRMRL)
New York Harbor TMDL Pathogens
Workgroup ORD provides key technical
advice to this workgroup. For example, it
provided indicator die-off data, which
supports the development of the Harbor's
receiving-water quality model for pathogens.
(NRMRL)
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Region 2
ORD Activities in Puerto Rico
• ORD and the University of Puerto Rico
(UPR)'s Department of Civil Engineering,
at the Mayaguez Campus, are working
together to set up field evaluations of
innovative technologies for the
removal/destruction of contaminants from
drinking water sources. The UPR is
currently conducting research to evaluate
the operation, performance, cost, and
reliability of an advanced oxidation
process (AOP) package treatment plant for
small water systems for the
removal/destruction of MTBE from ground
water. Specifically, this research
investigates potential contaminant-removal
interference caused by chemical species
present in groundwater systems used to
serve small rural communities in Puerto
Rico. The research also evaluates the effect
of these interfering species on the cost and
performance of the AOP technology (a
combination of ozone and UV) in the
destruction of MTBE. (NRMRL)
• ORD, in partnership with Region 2, the
Caribbean Environmental Protection
Division, and UPR's Department of Civil
Engineering, developed and submitted a
research proposal for the Regional Applied
Research Effort (RARE) Program. The
goal of this 2-year research project is to
find a solution to the problem of filtration
for small rural communities receiving
water from surface sources in Puerto
Rico,so they can reduce their risks for
water-borne diseases and comply with the
SWTR. The proposed work is an
integrated network approach that includes:
watershed management, innovative water
filtration technologies (such as bag and
cartridge filtration or modular SSFs), real-
time remote source water monitoring
through Remote Telemetry Systems
(RTS), and water treatment monitoring and
control through circuit riders assisted by
RTS. (NRMRL)
• ORD launched a study in September 2003
to determine the relationships between
landscape composition/pattern and stream
physical/biological condition in Puerto
Rico. This study was initiated in response
to a request from Region 2 to develop
spatial models relating landscape condition
at multiple scales with observed conditions
in streams. The goal of the study is to help
local officials understand the probable
causes of stream conditions and to help
identify a set of management alternatives
to improve and/or protect conditions. This
project will also involve technology
transfer of GIS approaches to model
stream quality to Region 2 staff. (NERL)
• The 8th Drinking Water/Wastewater
Seminar was held in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
During this seminar, ORD presented a
synopsis of the technical support it
provides in Puerto Rico in relation to small
drinking water systems, remote
monitoring, and small community water
quality control in Puerto Rico. Project
status, programs and specific research
projects were discussed. (NRMRL)
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Region 2
• ORD assisted in the assessment of the
ecological condition of San Juan Harbor,
Puerto Rico through the conduct of all
laboratory processing associated with
sediment and water samples collected in
the survey. Sediment attributes included
sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity,
sediment grain size, sediment total organic
carbon content and benthic community
analyses. Water attributes included the
nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorus.
(NHEERL)
• ORD worked jointly with Region 2 to
design and implement monitoring surveys
to assess the condition of coastal waters for
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The
survey designs were completed in
September 2003. ORD will participate in
the execution of the surveys in 2004.
(NHEERL)
TMDLs for Acid Deposition ORD provided
support for Region 2's project on developing
TMDLs for acidic deposition for the State of
New York. Support included review and
consultation guidance for the project's
implementation, and a review of data and
documents specific for the region. (NHEERL)
Numerical Criteria for Assessing Dredged
Material Bioaccumulation Tests ORD
assisted in developing scientifically
defensible, risk-based guidelines for
evaluating dredged material. This effort was
pre-empted by 9/11, but is expected to resume
in the future. (NHEERL)
Peer Review of Lake Ontario Toxics
Modeling ORD participated in the peer
review of the Lake Ontario Toxics Transport
and Fate Model (LOTOXII). Model theory,
approach, and application were reviewed.
Modeling elements included hydrodynamics,
sediment cycling, atmospheric cycling, water
quality, and food chain. The transport and fate
model was also reviewed with regard to
specific forecasts of PCB concentrations in
adult Lake Ontario lake trout. (NHEERL)
Chlorinated Biphenylenes Toxicitv
Consultation ORD analyzed dust from New
York City for a series of chlorinated
substances including chlorinated
biphenylenes. QSAR predictions were
conducted, which suggested that the
chemicals would have dioxin-like toxicities,
but with much less potencies than TCDD.
(NHEERL)
Indicator Development ORD is assisting in
the validation of an epibenthic index by
comparing this new index to the EMAP
benthic index and developing statistical
models to relate the indices to land use, water
quality and sediment quality. These indicators
will be used to monitor the condition of
coastal waters, and the models will help
identify causes of impairment when
designated uses are not met. (NHEERL)
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Region 2
Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment
(MAIA) ORD, through MAIA, directly
supports a large effort that extends from
Regions 2-4, but primarily focuses on Region
3. Program implementation is the shared
responsibility of ORD and Region 3. ORD's
leadership in the northeast National Coastal
Assessment Program, although directed at
individual states, is of great interest to
Regions 1,2, and 3. Regional managers have
been involved in every stage of this effort,
from the initial meetings through data
assessment and reporting. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Served as an active participant in the
administrative consent order against NYC
regarding the issue of filtering its source
water. (NRMRL)
• Assisting in the development of the MAIA
Environmental Health Initiative.
(NHEERL)
• Participating in the Long Island Sound
Technical Advisory Committee which
provides advice on technical issues related
to research and monitoring. (NHEERL)
• Participating in and acting as lead for the
Long Island Sound Subcommittee on Food
Web, which provides advice on scientific
issues relating to the effects of pollution of
food webs in Long Island Sound.
(NHEERL)
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Region 3
Estimating Impervious Surfaces Across the
Mid-Atlantic Region and Evaluating the
Effect of Increases in Impervious Surfaces
on Stream Flow This ORD study includes
empirical quantification of the relationships
between high-resolution mapped impervious
surface coverages and satellite-derived
estimates of impervious surfaces and urban
development. The models developed from
this study will be applied to the assessment of
historical landscape change to help determine
how landscape changes have affected water
resources and streamflow. This work supports
the ongoing MAIA Integrated Assessment
being conducted in Region 3. The models will
also assist state and local units of government
and non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in
targeting streams most likely to be impacted
by development and to exceed TMDL
thresholds for nutrients and sediment.
(NERL)
Factors Influencing Nitrogen Loadings to
Mid-Atlantic Streams at Multiple Scales
This ORD project involves the analysis of
approximately 600 watersheds across the
Mid-Atlantic region. Aspects of these
analyses include the evaluation of the relative
importance of atmospheric nitrate deposition
and landscape composition/pattern at
watershed and riparian zone scales.
Regression Tree analysis is used to determine
relationships. The results will be reported in a
book on scaling, and a user-friendly
application of the model will be developed for
use by Region 3 staff and ORD. (NERL)
Aquatic Impacts Study of Mountaintop
Mining and Valley Fill Practices, West
Virginia ORD assisted Region 3 in the
analysis and interpretation offish,
macroinvcrtebrate, water chemistry and
habitat data. This work aided in the evaluation
of the potential impacts of mountaintop
mining and valley fill practices on the
biological integrity of streams in West
Virginia. The results of this project were
compiled into a report which was delivered to
the EIS Steering Committee. (NERL)
Development of the Delaware Estuary PCS
model Several ORD scientists are currently
serving on an expert panel that oversees the
development of the Delaware Estuary PCB
Model. This model will be used in TMDL
development. (NERL)
Mixing Zone Modeling Technical Support
ORD provided assistance on the use of EPA's
Visual Plumes software for assessing
background tidal pollutant buildup of
concentration in a tidal estuary in Salisbury,
Maryland. (NERL)
Assessment of 305B Reporting Segments of
the Ohio River ORD and the Ohio River
Sanitation Commission are working together
to compare assessments of the condition of
fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages. This
information was gathered from a variety of
sources including sites selected with the
EMAP probability design, and sites that have
been the subject of a long-term intensive
monitoring survey conducted at four
navigational pools located in the upper Ohio
River. (NERL)
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Region 3
Indicators of Ecological Integrity for the
Ohio River ORD, in collaboration with
ORSANCO, other state and federal agencies,
and academia, is developing basin-scale
multi-metric indices to assess the condition of
the Ohio River based on characteristics offish
and macroinvertebrate populations. As a
result of this project, a journal article entitled
"Development of a Multimetric Index for
Assessing the Biological Condition of the
Ohio River," was published in Transactions of
the American Fisheries Society, 132:791-808,
2003. (NERL)
Canaan Valley Watershed Management
Restoration of riparian zones and acid mine
drainage remediation are being applied to
stressed watersheds in the Highlands. ORD is
applying fate/transport and aquatic
community models to provide management
input for restoration activities. (NERL)
Regional Vulnerability Assessment
Program (ReVA) ORD provides support to
Region 3 through the ReVA program.
• The ReVA program has made available to
Region 3 analysts a web-based
Environmental Decision Toolkit (EOT)
that provides maps of regional condition
and vulnerability. The EOT is being used
to support regional strategic planning,
particularly in support of Region 3's goals
of healthy populations, watershed health,
and responsible development. Analyses
completed through the EDT were
incorporated into Region 3's State of the
Region Report. (NERL)
• ORD, through the ReVA program, has
provided support for documentation and
further development of a decision support
tool developed by Region 3's Air
Protection Division. The Multi-criteria
Integrated Resource Assessment (MIRA)
tool allows a transparent assessment of
decision criteria to support decision-
making with regard to implementation of
air quality standards. ReVA is providing
resources to complete needed
documentation of this tool, and is working
with Region 3 staff to incorporate spatial
coverages representing ecological
sensitivities to air pollution. (NERL)
• ORD, through ReVA, is analyzing the
cumulative impacts of projected
distributions of the major drivers of change
for the Mid-Atlantic region. Projections
into the next 20 years are being analyzed
for changes in pollution and pollutants
(e.g. Clear Skies and changes in non-point
source pollution in water), land use
change, spread of non-indigenous species,
resource extraction, and climate change.
This analysis is expected to be complete in
December 2003. (NERL)
• ORD, through the ReVA program, has
established partnerships with two state
government agencies and one local agency
to demonstrate applications of ReVA's risk
assessment approach and evaluation of
alternative future policy scenarios. ReVA
is working with the Maryland Department
of Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection,
and the Baltimore County Department of
Environmental Protection. Customized
versions of ReVA's EDT are being
developed along with alternative future
scenarios as specified by the client.
(NERL)
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Region 3
Overview for the Use of State-of-the-Art
Molecular Biology Techniques ORD
prepared an overview to regional scientists on
the use of state-of-the-art molecular biology
methods as a tool in diagnosing aquatic
exposure of specific contaminants in fish.
(NERL)
Brownfields GIS Support Working with
local watershed associations, in cooperation
with DOI, Office of Surface Mining and
Reclamation, ORD provided formal Arcview
GIS Training and Field Technical Support to
several Abandoned Mine Land watersheds to
aid in their attempt to secure Brownfields
grants for redevelopment. These watersheds
include the Kelley's Creek Watershed, and
the North Fork of the Black Water River
Watershed, both located in West Virginia.
(NERL)
Washington Aqueduct Permit Renewal
Support ORD provided significant review
and input into the deliberations associated
with the renewal of the NPDES permit for the
Washington Aqueduct, the major drinking
water supplier for the District of Columbia.
The results of a Region 3 contractor-prepared
study on the potential impacts of the
Washington Aqueduct on organisms in the
Potomac River were criticized by several
external parties. An ORD toxicologist,
fisheries biologists, and a sediment modeler
readily offered their services, responding to
the quick turnaround times needed by Region
3. Their input proved very valuable in
responding to criticisms, providing a range of
suggestions for improving the permit, and
making it potentially more acceptable to the
concerned parties. (NERL)
Stream Water Quality Survey Design
Evaluated A journal article describing the
Landscape Indicators for Pesticides Study -
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Streams (LIPS-MACS)
study design was published in the journal of
the American Water Resources Association
(AWRA) in August 2003. "Application of a
Multipurpose Unequal Probability Stream
Survey in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain" was
selected as the "Article of the Month" and
published in its entirety on the AWRA web
page: http://www.awra.org/jawra/
articles.html. The article discusses an
innovative, weighted probabalistic survey
design developed by a team comprised of
scientists from ORD and the U.S. Geological
Survey. This type of survey design can be
used by states and federal agencies to select
representative streams for characterization.
This work filled critical gaps in stream
condition data for Region 3. Previous efforts
by EMAP have not included coastal first
order streams. (NERL)
Landscape and Air Quality Research
Working with the U.S. Geological Survey and
George Washington University, ORD
initiated a pilot to determine the relationship
between landscape characteristics and ground
level ozone formation in the Washington D.C.
Ozone non- attainment area. (NERL)
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Region 3
Landscape Indicators for Mid-Atlantic
Coastal Streams Pesticides Study ORD, in
collaboration with the USGS, has put forth an
extensive effort to develop models linking
spatial landscape data to pesticide loadings
into first order streams of Mid-Atlantic
Region coastal streams. The project involves
a probability sample of first order streams to
estimate their physical, chemical and
biological condition. These models provide a
way to evaluate streams at risk for pesticides,
which fills a significant data gap in stream
monitoring in Regions 3 and 4. (NERL)
Neighborhood Air Toxics Modeling ORD
and Region 3 air quality modelers are
collaborating to develop a methodology to be
used by the city of Philadelphia in its air
toxics assessments. This methodology would
serve as a prototype for air toxics assessments
and applications in other regions and
metropolitan entities. The approach would
utilize modeling results from the Community
Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model,
which would simulate atmospheric chemistry
transformations. As a result of this effort,
Region 3 will gain the information regarding
the contribution of secondary chemistry on
local and regional scales in the Philadelphia
area. This investigation will utilize the
ISCST3 model results, made available from
Region 3, which will lead to additional
understandings of the nature and extent of
spatial and temporal variability of air toxic
concentrations. These results will also be used
in conducting exposure assessments. From
such advances, the goal of modeling air toxic
concentrations and exposures at the
neighborhood scale will be significantly
enhanced. (NERL)
Land Cover Methods Development
Research ORD has established a "Virtual
Field Reference Database (VFRDB)" for the
Neuse River Basin (NRB), which extends
from south-central Virginia (Region 3) to the
Pamlico Sound in North Carolina (Region 4).
This database consists of detailed satellite
imagery-based land cover data and long-term
intensive field measurement sites. The
VFRDB will be used to:
1. Develop new phenology-based satellite
image analysis methods for the rapid
characterization of land-cover condition
and change from regional to national
scales;
2. Evaluate the relative accuracy of the new
NASA-EOS MODIS Leaf Area Index
(LAI) measurements for regional scale
application with landscape process models
(e.g., biogenic emissions); and
3. Advance the development of the next
generation of spatially explicit landscape
process-based models to provide a
predictive modeling capability for
important ecosystem processes (e.g.,
nutrients, sedimentation, pathogens, etc.).
(NERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 3
Environmental Valuation Method;
Economics for Ecological Restoration ORD
assists the Canaan Valley Institute and Region
3 with the prioritization of ecological
restoration projects in the Mid-Atlantic
Highlands using non-market valuation
methodologies. On-going workshops bring
together ecologists and economists from CVI,
Region 3, and ORD. A draft proposal,
describing the methods and nuances of non-
market valuation, has been prepared and the
identification of an appropriate scale for
initial analysis is pending. (NRMRL)
Ecosystem Restoration Effects ORD is
working in coordination with Baltimore
County's Department of Environmental
Protection and Resource Management to
evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of
stream restoration on water quality and nitrate
removal. Minebank Run, a small stream in
Baltimore, MD, will be restored to improve
geomorphic stability. Restoration will include
reshaping stream banks to reconnect the
stream channel to the flood plain, stream bank
reinforcement, reconstructing stream meander
features and riffle zones, and re-establishing
riparian plant communities. (NRMRL)
Water Distribution System Monitoring
ORD implemented corrective action related to
Coliform sp. violations in the Washington DC
Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) water
distribution system. As a result, a web-based
remote monitoring system was set up on the
system through a collaborative effort with
WASA and the region. (NRMRL)
Endangered Species Location and
Biological Data Tracking ORD participates
in a cooperative effort with Region 3 known
as the multi-jurisdictional database (MJD).
This tracking effort, which focuses on
securing access to specific location and
biological data of threatened and endangered
species, will track the information that
currently resides within State Heritage
Programs and other sources within each
individual state. (NRMRL)
Cooperative Arsenic Treatment
Technology Studies ORD, The Drinking
Water Systems Center, NSF International, and
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PA-DEP), have
announced cooperative arsenic treatment
technology studies. The Environmental
Technology Verification (ETV) Program
testing is expected to begin in early FY03,
and will include three Pennsylvania
community water systems that have arsenic in
their source water exceeding the new 10 ppb
MCL and that appear to be representative of
other small communities. Vendors committed
to participating include ADI International,
Inc., Tetra Process Technologies, Subsidiary
of Severn Trent Services, Water Remediation
Technology LLC (WRT) and Kinetico
Incorporated with Alcan Chemicals.
(NRMRL)
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Region 3
Enhancing the Application of Regional
Vulnerability Assessment Information to
Improve Environmental Decision-Making
in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands; Restoration
Plus ORD and CVI researchers will work
together to support the development of the
technical, social, and economic capacity
throughout the Mid-Atlantic Highlands region
to prioritize and implement effective stream
restoration. Specific tasks to be undertaken
include the implementation of the Mid-
Atlantic Highlands Action Plan and the
creation of a Mid-Atlantic Highlands
Ecological Restoration Prioritization
Framework. The goals of this project are to;
foster local decision making in support of
sustainable resource use and management in
the Mid-Atlantic Highlands; develop tools to
assist communities in prioritizing and solving
their environmental problems, including
restoration actions that meet stakeholder
needs; develop and improve protocols for the
measurement of restoration effectiveness and
appropriateness; and, demonstrate how
restorations are an example of sustainable
projects that connect environmental
improvements with improved economic and
community health. (NRMRL)
Technical Support for Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Site The ORD
Ground-Water Technical Support Center
provided technical assistance to UST
technical experts concerning the leaking
underground storage tank at the Chevron UST
Site in Chillum, MD. ORD is providing its
expertise in monitoring for vapors from
residual gasoline and in the biodegradation of
vapors in the saturated zone. (NRMRL)
Updated Optimization Study and Plan to
Address Groundwater Conditions in the
Vicinity of the Army Creek and Delaware
Sand & Gravel Landfills and Protect the
Llangollen Water Supply, New Castle,
Delaware ORD provided technical support to
this project, which focuses on the issue of
whether or not active bioremediation of the
aquifer will degrade bis(2-chloroethyl) ether
contamination. Little is known about the
behavior of this contaminant. ORD is
preparing to conduct a laboratory microcosm
study to determine the treatability of bis (2-
chloroethyl) ether at this site. (NRMRL)
Performance Partnership Agreements
(PPA) ORD entered into formal Performance
Partnership Agreements with the states of
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia through the
PPA program with Region 3. As the national
realization of EMAP's coastal program, the
National Coastal Assessment (NCA) has
partnered with Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia to assess the condition of the
estuarine resources of the state. (NHEERL)
Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment
(MAIA) ORD, through MAIA, directly
supports a large effort that extends from
Regions 2-4, but primarily focuses on Region
3. Program implementation is the shared
responsibility of ORD and Region 3. ORD's
leadership in the northeast National Coastal
Assessment Program, although directed at
individual states, is of great interest to
Regions 1, 2, and 3. Regional managers have
been involved in every stage of this effort,
from the initial meetings through data
assessment and reporting. (NHEERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 3
Exposure to Pfiesteria; Its Prey and
Predators to Metals and Pesticides. ORD
developed a cooperative agreement with NC
State University, at the request of Region 3, to
evaluate the impact of agricultural-runoff
pollutants at environmental concentrations on
pfiesteria and its algal prey and zooplankton
predators. The pollutants were three ethylene
(bis) dithiocarbamate (EBDC) fungicides,
copper, and zinc. The results of the evaluation
indicated that exposure selectively reduced
prey densities; suggesting pfiesteria might
seek alternative prey, such as fish. The results
also indicated that overall predation pressure
on pfiesteria was reduced, suggesting
pfiesteria density could increase. Mixtures of
EBDCs and metals, particularly copper, had
synergistic effects on mortality and morbidity.
Ken Hudnell. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Training to Region 3 on the use of
common multivariate ordination methods
used in interpreting biological data was
completed. (NERL)
• Developing an HPLC method to
distinguish the nonylphenol isomers of
greatest concern for endocrine disruption
(EDC) activity. (NERL)
• Provided support on indicators for habitat
and bedded sediment criteria. (NHEERL)
• Assisted in planning and presenting at a
workshop on probabilistic monitoring and
assessment for Water Division personnel.
(NHEERL)
• Initiated a comparability study to
demonstrate a proof of concept on
integrating the results from three states'
biological indicator assessments.
(NHEERL)
• Participated in developing the MAIA
environmental health initiative. (NHEERL)
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Region 4
Mercury Model Development Region 4 has
sampled several watersheds in Georgia for
TMDL development. These sampling data
will be used to extend and test the Watershed
Characterization System Mercury Model,
which was developed by ORD and Region 4
for watershed fate and transformation of
mercury species. Work this year has focused
on the refinement of the model scale and its
mercury transport and fate algorithms.
(NERL)
Impervious Cover Research ORD is
developing and testing an impervious cover
indicator by watershed and then applying the
methodology to 12-digit Hydrologic Unit
Codes (HUCs) in Region 4. An "at-risk from
development" watershed coverage is also
being produced for the region. (NERL)
Evaluation of Relationships between
Landscape Composition and Pattern and
Stream Conditions in Selected Areas of
Region 4 This ORD project was initiated in
July 2003 to develop landscape models that
target streams that are most vulnerable to
nonpoint source pollution. These models will
be used by to conduct a region-wide
ecological vulnerability assessment. The
ultimate goal of this project is to provide
Region 4 with user-friendly models and tools
to assess the vulnerability of aquatic
resources. (NERL)
The Regional Vulnerability and
Assessment (ReVA) Program
• The ReVA program is working in
conjunction with OAQPS and other
federal, state, and local agencies to develop
a strategy that integrates components of air
and water quality with transportation,
energy, land use and economic
development in the Charlotte/Rockhill
area. The Sustainable Environment for
Quality of Life (SEQL) Study and ReVA
programs are working directly with
decision makers and clients in conducting
an area-wide multi-metric environmental
vulnerability assessment. (NERL)
• The ReVA program is partnering with
Region 4 to assess the vulnerability of
human and ecological populations to
atmospheric toxics (e.g. mercury and
ozone). This assessment will build upon
work completed by the region in the
development of the Southeastern
Ecological Framework by mapping habitat
areas for species that are sensitive to these
toxics. Continuing into 2008, this work
will be extended to other resources and
stressors. (NERL)
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Region 4
Nutrient Export Estimates for the SEOL
Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life
(SEQL) is a consortium of state and local
governments that is concerned with managing
urban growth in the metropolitan region of
Charlotte, NC. Charlotte is located on the
border between North Carolina and South
Carolina, and pressures imposed by urban
growth around Charlotte potentially impact
more rural localities downstream in South
Carolina. Downstream affects of urban
growth on water quality are a major focus of
SEQL. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loads
were estimated using water quality models for
14-digit watersheds and provided to SEQL.
Modeling results will be used to help develop
land-use management strategies, and identify
areas for restoration and preservation.
(NERL)
Nutrient Export Estimates for Pensacola
Bay Excessive nitrogen (N) input has been
cited as a factor contributing to anoxic and
hypoxic coastal waters. ORD has been
charged with developing estimates of N loads
into Pensacola Bay, Florida and neighboring
waters. Estimates of N loads by eight-digit
watersheds are being used to quantify N loads
to Pensacola Bay and further assist in
developing management strategies. (NERL)
Mainstem Green River Monitoring of the
Conservation Reserve Enhancement
Program ORD, with the Kentucky
Department of Environmental Protection, is
working to develop, test and implement
practical field methods to collect data on
algae, invertebrates, fish and physical habitat.
The field methods will be used in a statewide
biomonitoring program and to determine
restoration activity benefits in the upper
Green River basin. (NERL)
Watershed Field Research ORD is involved
in a cooperative field data collection project
with Region 4's Science and Ecosystem
Support and Water Management Divisions in
Athens and Atlanta, GA. The project, being
conducted in the South Fork Broad River
Watershed in the Savannah River Basin,
consists of intensive storm event stream
sampling. It is anticipated that this project
will:
1. Develop sampling protocols to measure the
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of
bedload and suspended sediment, nutrients
(nitrate, ammonia, ortho and total
phosphorus), and pathogens (fecal
coliforms, E. coli and enterococci); and
2. Create a comprehensive database to
develop, field test, and apply mathematical
models and protocols for calculating the
TMDL in this watershed and its tributaries.
In 1998, the State of Georgia listed the South
Fork Broad River Watershed as biologically
impaired (i.e. 303(d) list), but the source of
contamination was unknown. Six stream sites
have been instrumented with specialized
monitoring equipment (three sites with
cableway systems) for collecting data before,
during and after storm events. (NERL)
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Region 4
Liaison with the Gulf of Mexico Program
An ORD scientist serves as the ORD Liaison
to the Gulf of Mexico Program. In that
capacity, he provides support activities in
Regions 4 & 6 by:
• Representing the Gulf program at state and
federal task forces meetings,
• Representing the Gulf program on
Louisiana Coastal Assessment,
• Serving on the University of Alabama's
technical advisory board for national
estuary program (Mobile Bay),
• Participating with U.S. Navy
Oceanographic and Meteorologic
operational support unit located at the
Stennis Space Center on joint cooperative
work for model development,
• Serving as lead for nitrogen modeling for
the Gulf Nutrient Task force which has
members from Regions 3,4 and 6,
• Interacting with Corps of Engineers New
Orleans district on model development,
• Representing the Gulf program for
environmental security issues,
• Representing the Gulf program as a
member of NASA's remote imaging
environmental program located at Stennis
Space Center,
• Serving as Project Officer for the Gulf of
Mexico program for offshore
hydrodynamic and water quality model
development, and
• Participating in Gulf comprehensive
meetings with members from Region 4 and
Region 5. (NERL)
South Carolina TMDL Case Study ORD
developed a first-of-its-kind model and
assessment methodology that produces a map
with probabilities of small watersheds having
streams that exceed TMDL threshold values
for Fecal Coliforms. The result of this study is
a powerful statistical approach that can be
used to evaluate probabilities of exceeding
TMDL thresholds across an entire state. The
model can also be used to estimate
exceedence in unsampled areas. The study
was conducted in South Carolina and supports
Region 4's TMDL Program. (NERL)
Analytical Tools Interface for Landscape
Assessments (ATtlLA) ORD has been
developing a user-friendly GIS interface that
permits the regions and other EPA offices to
calculate a range of landscape metrics and
simple models whose outputs relate to water
and terrestrial resource conditions. The tool
allows the user to conduct these assessments
at multiple scales for many different types of
natural (e.g., ecoregion) and political (e.g.,
counties) units. Although developed to
support Region 4 activities, the tools are
being widely used by the other regions, other
federal agencies, states and universities (in
support of academic studies). ATtlLA is
continually being upgraded to include new
metrics and simple models; it will formally be
released in January 2004. (NERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 4
Vertical Atmospheric Profile of Mercury
Species over South Florida Two aircraft
sampling campaigns were conducted in
January and June of 2000. These campaigns:
1. Evaluated the potential for long-range
transport and deposition of inorganic
reactive gaseous mercury species to South
Florida; and
2. Identified vertical gradients in the marine-
free troposphere that would suggest a
natural mechanism for the rapid oxidation
of elemental gaseous mercury.
The data analysis and meteorological
modeling are still in progress. (NERL)
Longitudinal Children's Exposure Study
This ORD-sponsored study is a collaborative
effort with CDC and the Duval County Health
Department, scheduled to start in 2004. It will
evaluate very young children's aggregate
exposures to current-use pesticides and
selected phthalates in their homes.
Environmental measurements will also be
collected on selected polybrominated
diphenyl ethers and perfluorinated
compounds. This study will generate much
needed exposure factor data for risk
assessments conducted by the EPA and the
scientific community. (NERL)
Children's Total Exposure to Persistent
Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic
Pollutants (CTEPP) Study This ORD-
sponsored study in Ohio and North Carolina
involves measurements of children's potential
exposures to persistent pollutants in homes
and childcare centers. The field measurements
and sample analyses have been completed.
Data analyses and reporting are in progress.
Results of the study will be made available in
reports, manuscripts, and a publicly-
accessible database. (NERL)
Organotin Research Support ORD provided
technical support to the State of South
Carolina when the state suspected an
organotin manufacturing plant was
responsible for a major fish kill in one of its
streams and the poisoning of a municipal
wastewater treatment plant. Research work
was completed in 2002. However, an ORD
scientist was asked in early 2003 to serve as
an expert witness at upcoming criminal trials
against the responsible company. (NERL)
Tampa Exposure Study A pilot field study
was performed in Tampa, FL to evaluate
methods for estimating exposures of
asthmatic children to air pollutants. Data from
this study will be used to determine the
impact of sources upon personal and
residential settings for this susceptible
subpopulation and evaluate new
methodologies for the collection of high
priority pollutant measurements. Laboratory
analyses and data validation are continuing.
(NERL)
Environmental Risk and Impact in
Communities of Color and Economically
Disadvantaged Communities This project
will assess environmental exposures by
collecting community-specific data to
evaluate linkages between exposures and
health outcomes in a local community. The
project will also develop the research
infrastructure and expertise in the
Environmental Science Program at North
Carolina Central University (NCCU) under a
Congressional Earma. (NERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 4
Land Cover Methods Development
Research ORD has established a "Virtual
Field Reference Database (VFRDB)" for the
Neuse River Basin (NRB), which extends
from south-central Virginia (Region 3) to the
Pamlico Sound in North Carolina (Region 4).
This database consists of detailed satellite
imagery-based land cover data and long-term
intensive field measurement sites. The
VFRDB will be used to:
1. Develop new phenology-based satellite
image analysis methods for the rapid
characterization of land-cover condition
and change from regional to national
scales;
2. Evaluate the relative accuracy of the new
NASA-EOS MODIS Leaf Area Index
(LAI) measurements for regional scale
application with landscape process models
(e.g., biogenic emissions); and,
3. Advance the development of the next
generation of spatially explicit landscape
process-based models to provide a
predictive modeling capability for
important ecosystem processes (e.g.,
nutrients, sedimentation, pathogens, etc.,).
(NERL)
Sustainable Environment for Quality of
Life This project is a joint effort of OAQPS,
NERL, Centralina Council of Governments,
Catawba Regional Council of Government,
and Region 4 to provide a body of evidence
that is needed to defend decisions on future
land use changes, smart growth, and
environmental restoration activities. (NERL)
Landscape Indicators for Mid-Atlantic
Coastal Streams Pesticides Study ORD, in
collaboration with the USGS, has put forth an
extensive effort to develop models linking
spatial landscape data to pesticide loadings
into first order streams of Mid-Atlantic
Region coastal streams. The project involves
a probability sample of first order streams to
estimate their physical, chemical and
biological condition. These models provide a
way to evaluate streams at risk for pesticides,
which fills a significant data gap in stream
monitoring in Regions 3 and 4. (NERL)
Fine Particulate Matter (PM) Sampling
ORD is collaborating with the State of
Florida's Bay Regional Atmospheric
Chemistry Experiment (BRACE) Program, on
sampling fine particulate matter (PM)
emissions from a 450 MW oil-fired power
plant in St. Petersburg, FL. Sampling will be
conducted in February 2004. Negotiations are
also underway between the Florida
Department of Environment and a large coal-
fired utility in Tampa to perform similar
testing following the oil boiler tests. Results
will produce updated source signatures for
fine PM for these two types of major emitting
sources that will allow the state and region to
better apportion ambient fine PM in the
Tampa Bay area to the responsible sources.
(NRMRL)
Contaminated Groundwater Evaluation
ORD is assisting in the evaluation of DOE's
proposed approach to determine whether the
contaminated ground water on the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory site poses significant
potential risks to occupants in buildings
constructed or modified in the future for
commercial or residential use. (NRMRL)
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Region 4
Assessing Nitrogen Cycling Mechanisms to
Evaluate Riparian Zone Restoration
Effectiveness ORD researchers are
investigating the results of multiple
restoration technologies and practices as they
impact the retention and release of nitrogen in
riparian zones in southern Appalachia
(western North Carolina). The project
incorporates cost benefit analysis to establish
the water quality and habitat improvements
realized as compared to costs associated with
riparian zone restoration activity costs.
(NRMRL)
An Investigation of Environmental
Processes Affecting Monitored Natural
Recovery A team of ORD scientists and
engineers will cooperate in an ongoing
evaluation of monitored natural recovery
(MNR) of PCB-contaminated sediments in
the Lake Hartwell (SC) ecosystem over the
next year. (NRMRL/NERL)
Effect of Concentrated Animal Feed
Operations (CAFOS) on Groundwater
Quality ORD researchers have been working
with Region 4 personnel to evaluate the
impact of swine Concentrated Animal Feed
Operations (CAFOs) on groundwater quality.
Collaboration on this effort has helped Region
4 implement specific enforcement actions for
one of these facilities. It has also allowed
access to information required for assessing
environmental impacts to groundwater and
adjacent wetlands. (NRMRL)
Dissolved Oxygen Criteria ORD provided
technical assistance for recalculation of
dissolved oxygen criteria related to
development of a site-specific criteria for
Savannah Harbor, Georgia. (NHEERL)
Effects of Phosphorus Additions to the
Everglades ORD participated in a
cooperative agreement with regional staff and
the South Florida Water Management District
to assess the ecological effects of proposed
phosphorus reductions in South Florida.
(NHEERL)
Monitoring Activities of Coral Reef
Condition in Florida Keys ORD conducted
joint monitoring and research activities with
Region 4 in the Upper and Lower Florida
Keys and the Dry Tortugas in 2002 and 2003,
in which ORD addressed disease condition
and the relationship of disease occurrence
with changes in water quality. In 2003, the
scope of the survey was redirected to the
examination of the condition of coral reefs,
including disease incidence. (NHEERL)
Technical Consultation Evaluation of
Causes of Major Bird Kill ORD reviewed a
technical assessment of the possible causes of
a major bird kill in Lake Apopka, FL, where
pesticides such as toxaphene and other
chlorinated hydrocarbons from historical
usages were suspected as the cause.
(NHEERL)
Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment
(MAIA) ORD, through MAIA, directly
supports a large effort that extends from
Regions 2-4, but primarily focuses on Region
3. Program implementation is the shared
responsibility of ORD and Region 3. ORD's
leadership in the northeast National Coastal
Assessment Program, although directed at
individual states, is of great interest to
Regions 1,2, and 3. Regional managers have
been involved in every stage of this effort,
from the initial meetings through data
assessment and reporting. (NHEERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 4
Hypoxia Cruises to Assess the Changing
Extent of the COM Hypoxia Zone
Beginning in the winter of 2002, ORD
initiated research cruises conducted from
EPA's RV Anderson to assess the extent and
properties of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic
zone on a seasonal basis. The cruises have
been conducted jointly with personnel from
Regions 4 and 6. The effort is designed to
provide the required information necessary to
develop a water quality model for the area.
The cruises and model development address
key needs of the Hypoxia Action Plan. The
Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by an
Interagency Task Force based on findings of
the CENR Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as mandated
by Public Law 105-383. OW serves as the
Chair of the Federal Task Force, which has
been charged with implementation of the
Hypoxia Action Plan. (NHEERL)
Collaborative Efforts Supporting Hypoxia
Action Plan Goals ORD hosted a meeting
with Regions 4, 5, 6 and 7, OW, and GMPO
to discuss development of a consensus
modeling framework and other collaborative
efforts targeting Hypoxia Action Plan goals.
These goals include:
1. Reducing the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone
to <5000 square kilometers by year 2015;
2. Restoring and protecting the waters of the
31 states and tribal lands within the
Mississippi River Basin; and
3. Improving the communities and economic
conditions across the Basin.
The Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by
an Interagency Task Force based on findings
of the CENR Integrated Assessment of
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as
mandated by Public Law 105-383.
(NHEERL)
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Region 4
Other Site Support includes:
• Assistance to the State of Mississippi in
the development of a statewide
biomonitoring program for large rivers was
completed. (NERL)
• Assistance was provided on the utilization
of the EPA Visual Plumes software to look
at plunging plumes resulting from shipping
activities. (NERL)
• Assisting in determining air pathways of
potential pollutants at old superfund sites,
one of which is in Ohio. The evaluation.
will be similar to those being conducted in
Region l.(NRMRL)
• Provided technical assistance in restarting
drinking water treatment plants after a
hurricane disaster in North Carolina.
(NRMRL)
Participated in a field study of the
Osmonics PS 150 Ozone System for
microbial control in drinking water at a site
in Minneapolis, MN. The study was
completed in FY02. (NRMRL)
Established projects to evaluate the ability
of TVA's Reciprocating Wetland system
to treat CAFO wastewater, to be conducted
with the Tennessee Valley Authority's
Environmental Research Center in Muscle
Shoals, AL. (NRMRL)
Provided survey design, indicators, and
assessment tools in support of probabilistic
monitoring efforts in Florida and South
Carolina. (NHEERL)
ORD provided support for ecoregion
development within several states of
Region 4. (NHEERL)
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Region 5
Stream Biological Integrity Research in
Central Ohio ORD has funded a grant with
Miami University to determine the economic
value of stream biological integrity in the Big
Darby Creek watershed in central Ohio.
Researchers have completed a survey in
which Ohio residents indicated their
willingness to pay for less-impactful
development scenarios, and are currently
examining the influence of biological
integrity on real estate values in the
watershed. (NCEA)
Biological Impairment Workshop The
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
requested training in determining causes of
biological impairment using the EPA Stressor
Identification Guidance. In response, ORD
provided a 2-day workshop customized for
Minnesota using data for the Groundhouse
River outside of Hinkley, MN.
(NERL/NCEA)
Great Lakes Basin Vegetation Change
Analysis This project includes historical land
cover and change detection methods
development and a comprehensive assessment
of landscape changes across the Great Lakes
Basin. This is a "first-of-its-kind" study
incorporating the U.S. and Canadian portions
of the Basin and is a collaborative effort with
the Canadian Center for Remote Sensing. In a
Region 5 survey, the project was the highest
priority regarding landscape analysis. The
results will help the region and the Great
Lakes Program Office evaluate the magnitude
and direction of landscape change going on
across the Basin and help interpret risks of
observed change on water resource
conditions. A seamless coverage of land cover
from the early 1990s is now available for the
entire Basin. (NERL)
Training on Modeling Transport from
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites
ORD conducted a 2-day training course for
the State of Illinois on modeling leaking
underground storage tank releases, including
methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). The course
addressed issues of conceptual site model
development, adequacy of site
characterization data, background on models,
and approaches to the evaluation of case
studies. (NERL)
Development of an On-line Calculator
Working with the State of Wisconsin, ORD
developed an on-line calculator to assess
vertical gradients in ground water to add to
previously existing calculators for site
assessment calculations (see
http://www.epa.gov/athens/onsite). (NERL)
Visual Plumes PDSW: The Midwest Power
Company Report This project used the
Visual Plumes PDSW to assess a Midwest
Power Company Report describing the sizes
and interaction of the Joliet #9 and Joliet #29
power plant plumes that discharge from
opposite sides of the Des Plaines River near
Chicago, for the purpose of determining if the
two plumes interact and cause an exceedence
in permit limitation. (NERL)
Mercury Air Emissions from the Olin
Chlor-Alkali Plant ORD collaborated with
Region 5 to measure inorganic reactive
gaseous mercury species being emitted from
the cell building, monitor ambient mercury
species at "upwind" and "downwind"
locations, and model the near-field
atmospheric mercury deposition contribution
from the plant. (NERL)
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Great Lakes Basin Indicator Development
This project involves development of
landscape level indicators for the Great Lakes
National Program Office (GLNPO). Funding
was provided by GLNPO to develop spatially
explicit indicators of non-point source
pollution across the Basin. Project results will
assist Region 5 in its efforts to assess
environmental conditions across the entire
region. (NERL)
Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands ORD is
developing remote sensing and spatial
analysis methods using new remote sensing
imagery to detect the presence and potential
impact of invasive exotic species in
ecologically sensitive Great Lakes Coastal
Wetlands. This project directly supports
Region 5's need for such analysis methods.
(NERL)
Landscape Investigations of Small Water
Bodies in the Mid-West ORD has initiated a
research project to develop landscape and
physical characteristics in and around small
water bodies in the midwestern United States
to aid in the determination of the vulnerability
of small water bodies to pesticide and other
forms on non-point source pollution. The
results of this research will assist the region
and states in targeting those water bodies at
greatest risk to pollution. (NERL)
Pilot Study to Explore Merging of Web-
based Assessment Technologies ORD.
through ReVA, is initiating a pilot study with
Region 5 to explore linking web-based
assessment tools and data bases. Region 5 has
developed an intranet tool that is used to
support reporting on the state of the
environment, and has applied for a RARE
grant to explore linking this intranet tool and
its supporting data to ReVA's Environmental
Decision Toolkit (EDT). ORD is providing
additional support to explore the possibility of
developing a web service that will enable the
EDT to be used by multiple regions without
having to develop regional-specific versions.
(NERL)
The Detroit Exposure and Aerosol
Research Study (DEARS) ORD has
collaborated with the local state air
monitoring group (Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality) in planning a large
exposure measurement study scheduled to
begin in summer 2004. This 3-year study will
involve particulate matter and related air
toxics measurements for a proposed
population of 120 participants. Close
collaboration with MDEQ and will be used to
leverage resources to achieve the project
objectives. (NERL)
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Identification of Critical Ecosystems ORD
is participating in a project to develop a
verified GIS methodology that can identify
areas supporting critical, healthy ecosystems
at a regional level. Once developed, this
methodology can be used in Region 5 to
support environmental protection and
restoration efforts, and can be exported to
other regions to identify areas of critical
ecosystems throughout the United States.
Quick assessment protocols were drafted at a
development meeting held in Chicago in June
2003. The draft form of the proposals will be
converted into Standard Operating Procedures
in accordance with ORD's Quality
Assurance/Quality Control guidelines by
early spring 2004. These SOPs will be used in
summer 2004 to collect field data, which will
be used to verify the GIS composite model in
fall 2004. A completed methodology package
(SOPs and GIS composite map methodology)
is expected by mid-2005. (NERL/NRMRL)
Test Protocol/Plan Development ORD will
be developing test protocol/plans for the
evaluation of commercial-ready point-of-use
drinking water treatment devices. The tests
will be conducted at the NSF International
Laboratory in Ann Arbor, MI. This effort
focuses on homeland security issues and
potential terrorist contamination of water
supplies. (NRMRL)
Ultrafiltration Module Evaluation ORD is
conducting a field evaluation of the Polymem
UF 120 S2 Ultrafiltration Membrane Module
for particulate and microbial control in
drinking water at a site in Green Bay, WI.
Evaluation completion is expected in mid
FY03. (NRMRL)
Progress Indicators and End Points to
Guide Urban Stream Restoration Efforts
ORD is participating in a joint project with
the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
(NEORSD) pertaining to progress indicators
and end points to guide urban stream
restoration efforts. The NEORSD is
leveraging ORD funding with 319 funding
from Ohio EPA to develop guidelines.
(NRMRL)
Package Plant Technology Evaluations
ORD is collaborating with Region 5 and the
Indiana Department of Environmental
Monitoring (IDEM) to conduct package plant
technology evaluations on various water
supplies contaminated with low
concentrations of MTBE. An elementary
school in Southwestern Indiana has been
identified as a possible demonstration site.
(NRMRL)
Ecosystem Classification ORD is working
with Region 5 to assemble regional ecosystem
data and develop a classification system,
which will include the development of
community-level diagnostic indicators related
to nutrient impairments in streams, to support
the creation of regional nutrient criteria.
(NHEERL)
Lake Michigan - State of the Lake
Conference ORD presented mathematical
modeling results of the Lake Michigan Mass
Balance Study. The presentation focused on
PCBs, including lake-wide data and modeling
forecasts, which suggested that PCBs will
continue to decrease in lake trout populations
over the next several decades, resulting in the
relaxation offish consumption advisories.
(NHEERL)
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Lake Michigan Lakcwidc Management
Plan (LaMP) ORD has been working with
Region 5; the Great Lakes National Program
Office; the states of Michigan, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Indiana; the First Nations, other
federal groups, and the public and private
sectors to provide information for the Lake
Michigan LaMP. The LaMPs for each of the
five Great Lakes are updated every 2 years
and will be issued in Spring 2004. ORD will
be providing the lake-wide system mass
balances for nutrients, atrazine, and PCBs,
and forecasts of future conditions under
differing contaminant loading scenarios.
(NHEERL)
Lake Michigan - Regional Diagnostic
Indicators Case Study ORD is collaborating
with Region 5, STAR grant researchers from
Michigan State University and the University
of Michigan, and the Michigan Departments
of Environmental Quality and Natural
Resources, to diagnose causes of ecological
impairment in Lake Michigan's tributaries,
coastal wetlands, and near shore
environments. The goal of this collaboration
is to link stressor-response relationships
across broad spatial scales. Development of
this integrated framework linking watersheds
to receiving waters will aid states in
diagnosing causes of impairment and in
meeting their TMDL requirements.
(NHEERL)
Sediment Toxicitv ORD interpreted
historical AVS and metals data, conducted
chemical analysis, and reported and
interpreted AVS/SEM concentrations in
Tuscarawus River sediment samples collected
by the PPG Barberton Ohio facility.
(NHEERL)
Consultation on Assessing Health Risks of
Asbestos ORD scientists provided expert
consultation and a presentation at a high
visibility public meeting regarding
approaches to assessing the health risks of
using mine wastes containing asbestos-like
minerals as commercial aggregate.
(NHEERL)
Collaborative Efforts Supporting Hypoxia
Action Plan Goals ORD hosted a meeting
with Regions 4, 5, 6 and 7, OW, and GMPO
to discuss development of a consensus
modeling framework and other collaborative
efforts targeting Hypoxia Action Plan goals.
These goals include:
1. Reducing the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone
to <5000 square kilometers by year 2015;
2. Restoring and protecting the waters of the
31 states and tribal lands within the
Mississippi River Basin; and
3. Improving the communities and economic
conditions across the Basin.
The Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by
an Interagency Task Force based on findings
of the CENR Integrated Assessment of
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as
mandated by Public Law 105-383. OW serves
as the Chair of the Federal Task Force, which
has been charged with implementation of the
Hypoxia Action Plan. (NHEERL)
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Region 5
Health Risk of Airborne Manganese in
Marietta, OH At the request of Region 5,
ORD reviewed air monitoring data collected
over several years in Marietta, OH, and
commented on the potential human-health
risk from environmental manganese exposure.
Results of the review indicated that the mean
airborne manganese concentration was
approximately six-fold above the reference
concentration (RfC) for manganese, and
above levels associated with sub clinical
neurologic effects in a previous ORD study of
healthy adults. ORD developed a protocol for
investigating exposure and effect
relationships across age groups in Marietta,
consulted with Region 5 on potential
enforcement action, and is assisting in the
Region 5-led Residual Risk Assessment for
manganese. Additionally, ORD consulted
with Region 5, Ohio agencies, and
CDC/ATSDR regarding further assessments
of the situation and informing the community.
(NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Provided a briefing to regional staff
involved in implementing the new arsenic
MCL and participated in the certification
of treatment plant operators by providing
its expertise at recent training courses.
(NRMRL)
• Provided technical comments to David
Petrovski on a sediment capping document
produced through a contract between
Region 5 and the Corps of Engineers,
Waterways Experiment Station. (NRMRL)
• Provided technical assistance to scientists
in the Illinois EPA in developing water
quality standards for sulfate. (NHEERL)
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Region 6
Comparison of Sediment Elutriate Acute
and Chronic Toxicity Testing with
Ceriodaphnia and Fathead Minnows with
Bulk Sediment Tests Using Hyalella Azteca
and Chironomus Tentans ORD is
cooperating with Region 6 and the NERL -
Cincinnati laboratory to compare elutriate
toxicity tests with standard EPA bulk
sediment tests. This comparison will aid
Region 6 in evaluating the sensitivity and
efficiency of its elutriate testing, which is
presently conducted for sediments under the
ambient toxicity testing program (TOXNET).
The objectives of this research are to:
1. Compare survival and reproductive effects
of Ceriodaphnia and fathead minnows in
elutriates with survival and growth in
Hyalella and Chironomus; and
1. Assess the relative efficiency of both types
of methods.
The results of the elutriate and bulk sediment
tests will be tabulated in a spreadsheet and
statistically compared. The final report,
including all data and statistical comparisons,
which will primarily be prepared by the
Cincinnati lab, will be a collaborative effort
between the Cincinnati and Houston labs and
Region 6. (NERL)
Liaison with the Gulf of Mexico Program
An ORD scientist serves as the ORD Liaison
to the Gulf of Mexico Program. In that
capacity, he provides support activities in
Regions 4 & 6 by:
• Representing the Gulf program at state and
federal task forces meetings,
• Representing the Gulf program on
Louisiana Coastal Assessment,
• Serving on the University of Alabama's
technical advisory board for national
estuary program (Mobile Bay),
• Participating with U.S. Navy
Oceanographic and Meteorologic
operational support unit located at the
Stennis Space Center on joint cooperative
work for model development,
• Serving as lead for nitrogen modeling for
the Gulf Nutrient Task force which has
members from Regions 3,4 and 6,
• Interacting with Corps of Engineers New
Orleans district on model development,
• Representing the Gulf program for
environmental security issues,
• Serving as panel member for NOAA on
hypoxia reduction,
• Representing the Gulf program as a
member of NASA's remote imaging
environmental program located at Stennis
Space Center,
• Serving as Project Officer for the Gulf of
Mexico program for offshore
hydrodynamic and water quality model
development, and
• Participating in Gulf comprehensive
meetings with members from Regions 4
and 5. (NERL)
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White River Basin Ecological and Habitat
Vulnerability Assessment Landscape metrics
are being applied to the White River Basin
with a special emphasis on reviewing
landscape changes and how those changes
could affect wildlife habitat. Changes could
include man-made conversions to the
riverbed. As a result of this assessment, an
EPA report and CD have been produced and a
journal article on the results is under
development. (NERL)
Estimating the Ecological/Hydrologic
Functions and Related Values of Isolated
Waters/Wetlands In an effort to clarify the
scope of "Waters of the United States"
protected by the Clean Water Act and to
address the results of the Supreme Court's
decision in "Solid Waste Agency of Northern
Cook County," ORD proposes using a
"landscape approach" to assess the
ecological/hydrologic functions and related
human values of isolated non-navigable intra-
state waters. ORD's approach will be to
integrate remote-sensing data, GIS data,
existing field data, and a priori knowledge of
isolated waters/wetlands to estimate their
extent and ecological/hydrologic functions.
The initial effort will be conducted on coastal
wetlands within Region 6. (NERL)
Nitrogen loads and Land-cover
Relationships, Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia
Region 6 has been tasked with estimating
nitrogen loads by eight-digit watershed for
Lower Mississippi drainage basin. ORD has
assisted Region 6 by implementing models
relating land-cover composition to nitrogen
export for the approximately 70 watersheds in
the Lower Mississippi. Results indicated that
about 25 watersheds (35%) contributed loads
in excess of 7kg/ha/yr, about the maximum
load expected for homogeneously-forested
watersheds. Region 6 will present these
results to the Lower Mississippi Sub-Basin
Committee, which is developing a Hypoxia
Action Plan. (NERL)
Protocols and Decision Support Tool
Development for Assessing Watershed
System Assimilative Capacity (SAC) ORD
is evaluating the assimilative capacity of a
large reservoir system to an array of
commonly encountered stressors potentially
impacting the system. This effort supports
risk based ecosystem management/restoration
practices. The project data will be used in the
development of a Decision Support System,
which may be used as a model for managing
large reservoir type systems. This support
system would allow managers and
stakeholders to balance the desired goods and
services from these systems with the
potentially increasing stresses impacting the
system. (NRMRL)
Small Water System Modular Plant
Concept ORD initiated communications with
a small utility in South Texas and Region 6 to
discuss a proposed small water system
modular (SWSM) plant concept. This
innovative approach can improve
performance and reliability while reducing the
cost of operating small water systems. The
SWSM approach will be demonstrated in
Region 6. (NRMRL)
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Effect of Concentrated Animal Feed
Operations (CAFOS) on Ground Water
Quality ORD researchers have been working
with Region 6 personnel to evaluate the
impact of swine Concentrated Animal Feed
Operations (CAFOs) on ground water quality.
Collaboration in this effort has helped Region
6 implement specific enforcement actions for
one of these facilities, and has allowed access
to information required for assessing
environmental impacts to ground water and
adjacent wetlands. (NRMRL)
EMAP Tech Transfer Workshop Region 6
hosted an EMAP Tech Transfer Workshop in
Dallas, which was attended by state
environmental protection agency
representatives from TX, LA, OK, AR as well
as Region 6 staff. ORD led the tech transfer
discussions, bridging the gap between the
conceptual design of state monitoring
programs and the practical implementation
and use of the data collected to:
1. Improve 305(b) reporting on the condition
of coastal waters,
2. Assess the condition of coastal waters over
time to examine the success of
environmental management, and
3. Identify waters at risk and stressors of
concern.
Region 6 continues to be supportive of EMAP
efforts to help states improve 305(b)
reporting. (NHEERL)
Sediment Toxicitv Test Methods Using the
Bivalve Mulinia Lateralis ORD is
developing SOPs for the laboratory culture of
Mulinia and standardized brood stock sources
that will lead to Region 6-sponsored round-
robin test method evaluations. The Biological
Advisory Committee (BAG) has provided
additional support for this activity as part of
their process. (NHEERL)
Training in Microbiological Techniques
ORD provided training for Region 6 staff on
techniques developed at ORD to assess
microbiological conditions and evaluate
sources of microbial contamination. The
training included the identification of the
source of fecal indicator bacteria in water
bodies using antibiotic resistance analysis, a
successful technique for determining the
source of bacteria in surface waters.
(NHEERL)
Development of Survey Design for Region
6, Texas and Texas Coastal Bend Bays
National Estuaries Program (NEP) ORD
collaborated with Region 6, Texas Parks and
Wildlife, and the Texas Coastal Bend Bays
NEP representatives to develop survey
designs for assessing the condition of coastal
waters for the Texas Coastal Bend Bays
region. The survey designs were completed in
March 2002 and March 2003. The 2004
design will be completed in March 2004.
(NHEERL)
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Region 6
Hypoxia Cruises to Assess the Changing
Extent of the COM Hypoxia Zone
Beginning in the winter of 2002, ORD
initiated research cruises conducted from
EPA's RV Anderson to assess the extent and
properties of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic
zone on a seasonal basis. The cruises have
been conducted jointly with personnel from
Regions 4 and 6. The effort is designed to
provide the required information necessary to
develop a water quality model for the area.
The cruises and model development address
key needs of the Hypoxia Action Plan. The
Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by an
Interagency Task Force based on findings of
the CENR Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as mandated
by Public Law 105-383. OW serves as the
Chair of the Federal Task Force, which has
been charged with implementation of the
Hypoxia Action Plan. (NHEERL)
Collaborative Efforts Supporting Hvpoxia
Action Plan Goals ORD hosted a meeting
with Regions 4,5,6 and 7, OW, and GMPO
to discuss development of a consensus
modeling framework and other collaborative
efforts targeting Hypoxia Action Plan goals.
These goals include:
1. Reducing the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone
to <5000 square kilometers by year 2015;
2. Restoring and protecting the waters of the
31 states and tribal lands within the
Mississippi River Basin; and
3. Improving the communities and economic
conditions across the Basin.
The Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by
an Interagency Task Force based on findings
of the CENR Integrated Assessment of
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as
mandated by Public Law 105-383. OW serves
as the Chair of the Federal Task Force, which
has been charged with implementation of the
Hypoxia Action Plan. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Provided expert assistance for the
treatment and control of arsenic.
(NRMRL)
• Provided support via Region 6 for
ecoregional development in Texas, which
began Level 4 ecoregion development for
Arkansas and Oklahoma. (NHEERL)
• Provided EMAP data analysis workshop
for streams and estuaries. (NHEERL)
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Region 7
Determining Strategies for Environmental
Conflict Resolution ORD has funded a grant
with the University of Nebraska to help
determine strategies to resolve conflicts
regarding the supply of water necessary to
meet the needs of endangered and other
species in the Platte River. Researchers
conducted public surveys in WY, CO and NE
to determine interest group knowledge and
preferences. Game theory was used to devise
policy solutions that would have the greatest
likelihood of success. The final report is
available. (NCEA)
Brownfields Research Pilot Working with
the City of Des Moines, Drake University and
the EPA Brownfields Coordinator, ORD
developed a pilot methodology to provide and
city-wide inventory of potential Brownfields
sites using fieldwork, GIS, and remote
sensing technology. (NERL)
Small-Community Wastewater Treatment
Systems Projects ORD established several
joint projects pertaining to small-community
wastewater treatment systems. "Advanced
Monitoring of Constructed Wetlands
Performance in Nebraska," was conducted
with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and
"Application of Biological Aerated Filters to
Meet NPDES Ammonia Limits for Small
Communities," was conducted with Iowa
State University. (NRMRL)
Review of Proposed Site-Specific Water
Quality Criterion for Ammonia ORD
reviewed studies and provided comments and
suggestions on the laboratory and field study
conducted by a municipal discharger, in
support of the discharger's application for a
site-specific adjustment to the applicable
water quality criterion for ammonia.
(NHEERL)
Implementing Probability-Based
Monitoring Design Within Nebraska's
Rotating Basin Assessment Plan This ORD
project was established through a cooperative
agreement between Region 7 and the
Nebraska Department of Environmental
Quality. The project will investigate the
applicability of both the EMAP probabilistic
sampling design and the Region 7 REMAP
sampling and analytical methodologies to
assess the status and detect changes of various
stream resource parameters. (NHEERL)
Probabilistic Monitoring for Aquatic
Systems ORD provided expert advice on the
information and approaches necessary to
develop biocriteria, habitat indicators, and
analysis from regional EMAP survey results.
(NHEERL)
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Collaborative Efforts Supporting Hypoxia
Action Plan Goals ORD hosted a meeting
with Regions 4, 5, 6 and 7, OW, and GMPO
to discuss development of a consensus
modeling framework and other collaborative
efforts targeting Hypoxia Action Plan goals.
These goals include:
1. Reducing the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone
to <5000 square kilometers by year 2015;
2. Restoring and protecting the waters of the
31 states and tribal lands within the
Mississippi River Basin; and
3. Improving the communities and economic
conditions across the Basin.
The Hypoxia Action Plan was developed by
an Interagency Task Force based on findings
of the CENR Integrated Assessment of
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as
mandated by Public Law 105-383. OW serves
as the Chair of the Federal Task Force, which
has been charged with implementation of the
Hypoxia Action Plan. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Conducted an agricultural health study
collecting measurements from a cohort of
90,000 fanners and families in Iowa. The
project will continue through 2008.
(NERL)
• Participated in a recent Region 7 workshop
on water treatment and distribution system
problems. (NRMRL)
• Provided consultation to Region 7
scientists regarding the potential for
bioaccumulation of PCBs in walleye at a
riverine site. (NHEERL)
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Region 8
Aquatic Ecological Analysis ORD
conducted an analysis for its project entitled,
"Linkages between aquatic ecological
assessments conducted at different levels of
biological organization: individual,
population, and community." The project
utilized a data set from a REMAP study
conducted in the metal mining belt of the
Southern Rockies ecoregion in Colorado. The
analysis compared community metrics for
macroinvertebrates and fish between sites in
the data set that exceeded water or sediment
quality criteria for Cd, Cu, Pb or Zn or
exhibited toxicity in surface water or
sediment bioassays, and sites that did not
exceed metals criteria or exhibit toxicity. A
number of community metrics, which are
community-level measurement endpoints,
were found to be significantly reduced at the
sites identified as impacted. These results
were based on criteria or toxicity testing,
which are individual-level measurement
endpoints. The manuscript describing these
analyses has been tentatively accepted for
publication in the journal, Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry. (NCEA)
Methylmercury Source Characterization
and Risk (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal
Lands) ORD is assisting Region 8 with
biological sampling of algae and fishes. It is
applying the Mercury Model to evaluate
watershed loadings and transformation of
mercury responsible for elevated levels (of
human health concern) of MeHg in managed
ponds and lakes. (NERL)
Indoor Air Methods Development This task
originated as a request from the Regional
Administrator for Region 8 in October 2000,
for review of a monitoring method used by
the Colorado Department of Public Health
and the Environment (CDPHE). ORD
reviewed the CDPHE method and is
developing EPA guidance on methods to
determine the concentration of toxic vapors in
buildings near contaminated groundwater. A
written guidance is being prepared in
response to the request with an emphasis on
more sensitive vapor detection. This same
guidance will be extended for application to
the target compound list for the National Air
Toxics Assessment (NATA) program, a
trends network of interest to many of the
regions. (NERL)
Southwest Regional GAP Analysis Project
This multi-agency project is the first to
conduct GAP biodiversity analysis at a
regional scale, encompassing the five-state
area of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah,
and Colorado. The project involves creating a
single landcover map for the entire area using
a new national land cover classification
system. Distribution models will be
developed for all vertebrate species (exclusive
offish) inhabiting the region. A land
stewardship coverage will also be created
reflecting the degree of biodiversity
protection throughout the region. These
products will become available at the end of
2004, and will provide land managers and
regional policy and decision-makers the basis
to evaluate biodiversity protection at a
regional scale. (NERL)
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Landscape Assessment of the Western
United States Landscape assessments of
ecological condition at many scales will be
part of a combined study between ORD,
regions, states and tribes. Landscape metrics
will be tested for use as landscape indicators,
which will be applied to complete ecological
assessments of watersheds, states and regions,
concluding with a west-wide assessment of
condition (Regions 8, 9, and 10).
(NERL/NHEERL)
Western Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (EMAP) ORD, in
collaboration with Regions 8, 9, and 10,
helped design the EMAP Western Pilot. It
supports those regional offices and states for
monitoring design, analysis, indicator
evaluation and reference conditions via
EMAP-West. This project also provides
support to regional bioassessment
workgroups, co-authored the "Field
Operations Manual for Streams
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program Surface Waters: Western Pilot Study
Field Operations Manual for Wadeable
Streams," and provided expert assistance in
indicators for fish, fish tissue and
macroinvertebrates. For the fish tissue
contaminant indicator, ORD is analyzing 11
inorganic contaminants, 22 organic
contaminants and 22 congeners of PCBs
(three toxic coplanar compounds) in two
target fish categories and assisting in the
assessment of the results. (NERL/NHEERL)
Technical Support to 21M2 Program ORD
conducted field test measurements at two
Brownfields sites in Colorado, as part of the
technical support that ORD is providing to
OSWER's Monitoring and Measurement for
the 21st Century Initiative, or 21M2.
Measurements were conducted at two
Colorado landfills (Ft. Collins, Colorado
Springs) that are under investigation for
potential recreational use. Technologies
including open-path Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy (OP-FTIR), UV
(ultraviolet) Differential Optical Absorption
Spectroscopy (DOAS), and tunable diode
lasers (TDLs), were used to determine the
location of any potential "hot spots" and the
mass flux rates using a multiple-beam
configuration for both radial and vertical
scans. Region 8 and the Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment will use the
project data to make decisions regarding the
potential recreational use of these
Brownfields sites. (NRMRL)
Work Group for Construction Standard
ORD is serving on a work group, at the
request of Region 8, to develop a new ASTM
Construction Standard to prevent the entry of
hazardous and toxic chemicals into buildings
to be constructed on reclaimed and
contaminated lands, particularly those lands
resulting from the Brownfields Program.
(NRMRL)
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Other Site Support
Region 8
PM Sampling Project ORD, in collaboration
with NASA, FAA, and the U.S. Air Force
Arnold Engineering Development Center, will
conduct sampling of fine PM and air toxics
emissions from a commercial jet aircraft
engine in April 2004. This project is partially
funded by a Region 9 RARE project, "Fine
Particle Emissions Study." (NRMRL)
Upper Missouri River Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program This
ORD project will provide unbiased,
statistically sound and policy-relevant
assessments of the ecological condition of the
nation's Great Rivers. The project employs a
probabilistic design that produces unbiased
estimates of resource conditions with a known
level of statistical confidence. Program goals
include the development and testing of
sampling designs for monitoring great river
resources; and provisioning of data to Region
8 and other stakeholders to help inform
decision-making for 404 permitting, 305(b)
reporting, National environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), and TMDL development.
(NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Assisted Region 8 in running the PBPK
model for vinyl chloride from February -
April 2003. (NCEA)
• Provided technical assistance on a recent
water-borne disease outbreak in Wyoming,
and provided consultation on a riverbank
filtration project in Casper, Wyoming.
(NRMRL)
• Participated in a project to develop
guidance on the application of bag and
cartridge filtration technologies for small
system compliance with the LT1ESWTR.
(NRMRL)
• Collaborated with regional staff to develop
a handbook entitled, "Small Drinking
Water System Handbook - A Guide to
'Packaged' Filtration and Disinfection
Technologies with Remote Monitoring and
Control Tools." (NRMRL)
• Provided support for ecoregion
development and regional bioassessment
workgroups. (NHEERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 9
Gasoline Health and Exposure Studies
ORD is involved in an ongoing evaluation of
legally required health and exposure studies
on baseline gasoline and oxygenated
gasolines (with MTBE, ethanol, and other
additives). After these studies are completed,
a health assessment document will be
prepared. (NCEA)
Regional Science Exchange on Long Term
Management of Residual Hydrocarbon
Contamination Region 9 and ORD are
collaborating on a laboratory and modeling
study of the long-term behavior of soil
contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons.
This work will address approaches to analyze
contaminants and the leaching behavior of
fuels in soils. (NERL)
Mixing Zone Modeling Technical Support
and Training ORD provided assistance in
using EPA Visual Plumes software for
designing new thermal discharge structures
(Potrero power plant, San Francisco);
establishing the likely origin of bacterial
concentration on beaches (Huntington Beach,
Orange County, CA); analyzing pollution in a
tidal channel in Los Angeles, and the
performance of the Hyperion municipal
outfall and the Exxon-Mobil Torrance Lateral
outfall. (NERL)
Washoe County. Nevada Washoe County
Department of Water Resources requested
assistance from ORD regarding the detection
of chemical markers [pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (PPCPs)] of sewage
intrusion into groundwater resources. (NERL)
Rangeland Assessment for the South Fork
Band of the TeMoak Western Shoeshone
Tribe ORD is developing rangeland
landscape indicators of ecological condition
using indicators developed as part of the
Western EMAP Landscapes Group. The tribe
will use this assessment information to
develop a rangeland restoration program. This
work also includes continued environmental
technical support to the South Fork Band.
(NERL)
Improving EPA Method 314.0 for
Measurement of Perchlorate in High
Salinity Waters The Office of Water is
providing assistance to develop procedures
for making EPA Method 314.0 applicable to
waters with high total dissolved solids. EPA
Method 314.0 uses ion chromatography to
separate perchlorate from the common anions
chloride, sulfate and carbonate, followed by
conductivity detection. Due to the
chromatographic tailing of high
concentrations of the common anions into the
retention time of perchlorate, sample dilution,
clean-up and pre-concentration are being
explored so that the method might be applied
to saline waters. (NERL)
Perchlorate Measurement Development
ORD is developing a portable method to
measure perchlorate in water. This method
will be used by tribal governments to detect
and measure the levels of perchlorate in
sources of potable water. (NERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 9
Distribution of Airborne Agricultural
Contaminants in the Sierra Nevada,
California ORD is conducting a study to
identify temporal and spatial patterns of
airborne contaminants in aquatic media that
have been transported from agricultural lands
in the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. The study will evaluate
associations between the distribution of
contaminants in the mountains, population
declines of an amphibian, and chemical
application patterns in the Central Valley.
(NERL)
Southwest Regional GAP Analysis Project
This multi-agency project is the first to
conduct GAP biodiversity analysis at a
regional scale, encompassing the five-state
area of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah,
and Colorado. The project involves creating a
single landcover map for the entire area using
a new national land cover classification
system. Distribution models will be
developed for all vertebrate species (exclusive
offish) inhabiting the region. Land
stewardship coverage will also be created
reflecting the degree of biodiversity
protection throughout the region. These
products will become available at the end of
2004, and will provide land managers and
regional policy and decision-makers the basis
to evaluate biodiversity protection at a
regional scale. (NERL)
Western Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (EMAP) ORD, in
collaboration with Regions 8, 9, and 10,
helped design the EMAP Western Pilot. It
supports those regional offices and states for
monitoring design, analysis, indicator
evaluation and reference conditions via
EMAP-West. This project also provides
support to regional bioassessment
workgroups, co-authored the "Field
Operations Manual for Streams
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program Surface Waters: Western Pilot Study
Field Operations Manual for Wadeable
Streams," and provided expert assistance in
indicators for fish, fish tissue and
macroinvertebrates. For the fish tissue
contaminant indicator, ORD is analyzing 11
inorganic contaminants, 22 organic
contaminants and 22 congeners of PCBs
(three toxic coplanar compounds) in two
target fish categories and assisting in the
assessment of the results. (NERL/NHEERL)
Training in the Use of State-of-the-Art
Molecular Biology Techniques ORD
prepared and taught a training course to
regional scientists on the use of state-of-the-
art molecular biology methods. These
methods take advantage of the advances in
genome science and provide indicators of
cellular changes in relation to exposures of
fish to specific contaminants. (NERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 9
Automated Geospatial Watershed
Assessment (AGWA) A joint effort between
ORD and the Agricultural Research Service
in Tucson, AZ, was initiated to develop a
GIS-based, landscape assessment tool to
evaluate the consequences of land cover
change on stream flow and sedimentation.
Although the results of the project will
support Region 9's TMDL Program, the
software tool should prove valuable to a
number of regions conducting TMDL
assessments. Additionally, because the tool
utilizes the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT) model, the results may help augment
the capabilities of the Better Assessment
Science Integrating Point and Non-point
Sources (BASINS3) developed by the EPA
Office of Water. A data browser and copies of
the AGWA and ATtlLA models were
released in October 2003 on CD. (NERL)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Landscape Assessment of the Western
United States Landscape assessments of
ecological condition at many scales will be
part of a combined study between ORD,
regions, states and tribes. Landscape metrics
will be tested for use as landscape indicators,
which will be applied to complete ecological
assessments of watersheds, states and regions,
concluding with a west-wide assessment of
condition (Regions 8, 9, and 10).
(NERL/NHEERL)
Source Signature Development ORD is
conducting an aircraft engine test to develop a
source signature. The source signature will be
used by a modeler selected by Region 9 to
conduct an analysis of emissions at Los
Angeles International airport. (NRMRL)
Great Basin Ecosystem Management
(GBEM) Project for Maintaining and
Restoring Riparian Ecosystem Integrity
ORD's GBEM research team is examining
the potential use of stream and riparian
ecosystem restoration and management
practices to slow the rate of channel incision
and the loss of the meadow complexes. The
development of viable restoration programs
requires a sound understanding of the
interactions between the geomorphic,
hydrologic and biotic processes operating
along the riparian corridors. The primary
objective of this investigation is to build on
existing data to fully define these interactions.
Once this objective has been accomplished,
the results are to be used to develop
management options that can be applied to
mitigate the current impacts of channel
incision on the riparian ecosystems,
particularly those within wet meadow
complexes for this site near Austin, NV, as
well as other similar areas. (NRMRL)
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Other Site Support
Region 9
Water Quality Evaluation ORD is
coordinating with small communities and
Region 9 to evaluate the water treatment
disinfectant process to destroy and/or
inactivate pathogenic organisms. This study
will evaluate subsequent water quality
problems associated with chloramination in a
distribution system. (NRMRL)
Drinking Water Field Studies ORD
conducted field studies on two UV microbial
inactivation technologies for drinking water in
FY02 at the Aqua 2000 Research Center in
San Diego, CA. The systems tested were:
1. Trojan Technologies, Inc., UVSwift
Ultraviolet System Model 4L12; and
2. Atlantic Ultraviolet Corporation Megatron
Unit, Model M250. (NRMRL)
Biological Techniques and Small Systems
Technology Training ORD conducted three
training sessions (lecture/discussion) on the
use of molecular biology techniques,
including a discussion on microbial source
tracking, and provided technical assistance to
Region 9 on small-system technology
selection and evaluation for Saipan.
Additionally, a presentation was given at the
region-sponsored 21st Annual Pacific Islands
Environmental Conference. ORD will also be
conducting a field evaluation of a low-
pressure membrane separation system for
particulate and microbial removal from
drinking water. (NRMRL)
Verification Testing of the US Filter
3M10C ORD testing of this microfiltration
package unit will be conducted at the Aqua
2000 Research Center in San Diego, CA.
Additional membrane products may be
evaluated at the site later in FY03. (NRMRL)
Small Fish Toxicity Assessment of "Reuse
Water" ORD is currently serving on an
advisory panel for the Water Environment
Research Foundation (WERF) grant funded to
UC-Davis and Orange County Water District
to investigate use offish to monitor the
quality of water used for recharging drinking
water sources in Orange County, CA.
(NHEERL)
Survey Design Development QRD
developed a survey design, working with
Region 9 Monitoring and Assessment Office
and State of Hawaii representatives, to assess
the condition of Hawaiian coastal waters.
(NHEERL)
Risk Assessment to Piscivorous Wildlife
from Methyl Mercury in California ORD
reviewed two technical risk assessments of
piscivorous birds from methyl mercury in
diets from Clear Lake and Cache Creek
watershed in California regarding the
development of a technical basis for setting
mercury criteria values. (NHEERL)
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Other Site Support
Region 9
Incorporating Mysid Two-Generation
Bioassay into Monitoring Activities
Discussions are underway between ORD and
Region 9's Regional Science Liaison
regarding protocols for the marine mysid,
Americamysis bahia, two-generation
bioassay. The development of this bioassay
has provided important tools for examining
multi-generational effects of endocrine
disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on reproductive
success in marine invertebrates. Region 9 has
received several inquiries from California
State agencies concerned about EDCs in their
waters. Current discussions focus on the
technical feasibility of incorporating this test
methodology into existing state monitoring
activities. (NHEERL)
Development of Survey Design for Region
9 and Mamala Bay, Hawaii ORD
collaborated with Region 9's Monitoring and
Assessment Office, and state representatives
to develop a survey design to assess the
condition of Mamala Bay, Hawaii.
(NHEERL)
Development of Survey Design for Region
9 and South Oahu Beaches ORD
collaborated with Region 9's Monitoring and
Assessment Office and state representatives to
develop a survey design to assess the
condition of beaches along the southern shore
of Oahu, Hawaii. (NHEERL)
Development of Survey Design for Region
9 and American Samoa ORD collaborated
with Region 9, the National Park Service and
American Samoa EPA representatives to
develop a survey design to assess the
condition of coastal waters for the territory of
American Samoa. (NHEERL)
Development and Execution of Survey
Design for Region 9, Office of Water and
Morro Bay National Estuaries Program
(NEP) ORD collaborated with Region 9,
Office of Water, and the Morro Bay NEP
representatives to develop and execute a
survey design to assess the condition of
coastal waters for the Morro Bay region.
(NHEERL)
Development of RARE Proposal on
Brominated Flame Retardants in Breast
Milk and Possible Genetic Polymorphisms
Explaining Range of Exposures ORD is
providing scientific leadership to a
cooperative project under development
between Region 9 and the State of California
involving the measurement of brominated
flame retardants (BFRs) in breast milk. Plans
are being made to measure the BFRs in house
dust as well. In addition, genotyping of the
women will be done to look for an association
between levels of BRFs and specific genes
involved in their elimination. (NHEERL)
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Region 9
Brominated Flame Retardants and
Alternatives in Furniture Meeting Region 9
organized a series of meetings on the use of
and alternatives to brominated flame
retardants (BRFs). Representatives from
many of the regions, several program offices,
industry, NGO groups, and academia
participated in these meetings. ORD served
on the organizing committee and gave
presentations at both meetings. The first
meeting, focusing on BRFs in electronics,
was held in the fall. The second meeting,
focusing on BRFs in furniture, was held in
April 2003. The purpose of these meetings
was to communicate the benefits of flame
retardants, the potential risks from existing
products, and the potential for new
alternatives. (NHEERL)
Other Site Support includes:
• Provided background information relative
to the arsenic problem in Fallen, NM, prior
to enforcement action. (NRMRL)
• Conducted analysis and prepared reports
on coastal assessment results from
monitoring the coasts of California.
(NHEERL)
• Provided research support for diagnosing
causes of toxicity in the San Francisco Bay
watershed sediments within a TMDL
context. (NHEERL)
• Provided support to regional bioassessment
workgroups. (NHEERL)
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Region 10
Mercury Exposure Study of an
Asian/Pacific Islander Community in
Western Washington The Washington State
Department of Health and ORD's Las Vegas
laboratory will collaborate in this exposure
study to analyze hair samples for both total
mercury and methyl mercury. (NERL)
Development of Arsenic Speciation
Methods for Seafoods ORD developed a
method for the extraction and separation of
arsenic in seafood. This technology is being
transferred to the Region 10 laboratory.
Duplicate samples were analyzed by both labs
in FY03 in order to evaluate the effectiveness
of the technology transfer. The goal is to
provide the region with the analytical
capability to speciate arsenic in seafood and
to help the region conduct studies to evaluate
their exposure to arsenic from seafood.
(NERL)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Landscape Assessment of the Western
United States Landscape assessments of
ecological condition at many scales will be
part of a combined study between ORD,
regions, states and tribes. Landscape metrics
will be tested for use as landscape indicators,
which will be applied to complete ecological
assessments of watersheds, states and regions,
concluding with a west-wide assessment of
condition (Regions 8,9, and 10).
(NERL/NHEERL)
Western Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (EMAP) ORD, in
collaboration with Regions 8, 9, and 10,
helped design the EMAP Western Pilot. It
supports those regional offices and states for
monitoring design, analysis, indicator
evaluation and reference conditions via
EMAP-West. This project also provides
support to regional bioassessment
workgroups, co-authored the "Field
Operations Manual for Streams
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program Surface Waters: Western Pilot Study
Field Operations Manual for Wadeable
Streams," and provided expert assistance in
indicators for fish, fish tissue and
macroinvertebrates. For the fish tissue
contaminant indicator, ORD is analyzing 11
inorganic contaminants, 22 organic
contaminants and 22 congeners of PCBs
(three toxic coplanar compounds) in two
target fish categories and assisting in the
assessment of the results. (NERL/NHEERL)
Mixing Zone Modeling Technical Support
and Training ORD provided assistance on
the use of EPA's Visual Plumes software for
predicting temperature exposure for salmon
recovery efforts on the Columbia River in
Region 10, and provided training courses on
the use of the software in Alaska, Oregon, and
Washington. (NERL)
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Region 10
Arsenic Removal Evaluations ORD and the
University of Alaska at Anchorage (UAA), an
EPA Technology Technical Assistance
Center, have plans for upcoming arsenic
removal evaluations. Three sites were
identified for possible testing of arsenic
small-systems technologies. Testing is
expected to begin in early FY03. A request
for arsenic treatment technologies remains
open for sites in Alaska. (NRMRL)
Consultation and Workshop Presentation
for PCS Modeling in Puget Sound ORD
scientist provided expert consultation and a
keynote address at a Region 10-sponsored
public workshop on modeling the fate,
transport, and bioaccumulation of PCBs in
Puget Sound. (NHEERL)
Consultation on Site-Specific Water
Quality Criteria Development for Metals
ORD provided consultation on the
development of Water-Effect Ratios (WERs)
for metals for two dischargers in Region 10.
ORD assisted the region, state, discharger and
contractor with the design and analysis of the
work for one of the WERs and assisted the
region and state in the review and resolution
of issues regarding the other. (NHEERL)
Genomics and Proteomics Seminar Series
ORD scientists and managers gave
presentations in this series of seminars. The
goal of this Region 10 seminar program is to
educate the regional scientists on new
approaches being used in both human and
ecological risk assessment. (NHEERL)
Mary's River Watershed Council QRD
provided technical support to the Region 10-
funded project, "Action Planning for Mary's
River Watershed Council (MRWC)", to
identify priority areas for
protection/restoration within the Mary's River
watershed, Oregon. ORD scientists
participated in numerous planning meetings,
developed conceptual models to guide
prioritization planning, provided GIS and
other data derived from the Willamette Basin
alternative futures analysis as the basis for
identifying priority areas, and conducted
selected GIS analyses to demonstrate the
analysis process. (NHEERL)
Arsenic Exposure Study, Washington State
Region 10 has requested assistance from
ORD in conducting a study on the local
population of the Port Gamble S'Klallam
Tribe, in response to the tribe's request for
assistance in understanding their exposures to
arsenic from both food and water. A previous
study has suggested that locally harvested
shellfish, which are a component of their diet,
contain large amounts of arsenic. The local
drinking water may also contribute to arsenic
exposures. Biological specimens will be
collected and analyzed to evaluate biomarkers
of arsenic exposure. Food and water
evaluations will also be conducted to
determine if they are sources of arsenic
exposure. (NHEERL)
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Region 10
Other Site Support includes:
• Provided on-site technical assistance to
several communities in Portland, OR, on
corrosion-related problems and ways to
mitigate the impacts. (NRMRL)
• Collaborated with Region 10 and state
representatives to develop a survey design
to assess the condition of coastal waters for
the southern region of Alaska. (NHEERL)
• Assisted in identifying and compiling
regional issues related to invasive species
for the Western Regional Panel of the
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
(ANSTF). (NHEERL)
• Participated in seminar series on
biotechnology and its applications by
providing a presentation on plant biotech
and gene flow risk assessments.
(NHEERL)
• Provided technical assistance for
development of a site-specific dissolved
oxygen criterion for Ward's Cove Alaska.
(NHEERL)
• Provided support to regional bioassessment
workgroups. (NHEERL)
• Conducted analyses and produced reports
on coastal assessment results from
monitoring the coasts of Washington and
Oregon. (NHEERL)
• Led the planning and implementation of a
2002 intertidal assessment and a 2003
continental shelf Coastal EMAP
assessment effort. (NHEERL)
• Assisted in developing cost estimates for a
Columbia River EMAP sampling and for
Columbia River research summary.
(NHEERL)
• Arranged regional staff participation in the
2003 EMAP continental shelf cruise.
(NHEERL)
• Reviewed the Oregon Water Temperature
Standard Rule Promulgation for Office of
Science Policy, Office of Water, and
Region 10. (NHEERL)
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