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Whole Pond Filtered of Pesticide
An emergency team lead by EPA
experts recently cleaned up a New
Jersey pond contaminated with a
deadly herbicide that threatened to
get into local drinking water supplies
and the Delaware River.
Water in the pond, which covers
more than an acre near Clarksburg,
16 miles east of Trenton, had to be
pumped out and filtered to remove
the weed-killing chemical DNBP
(dinitrobutylphenol).
The filtering equipment, mounted
on a flatbed trailer and weighing 50
tons, was driven to the site from Mil-
waukee, Wise., where the Rexnord
Corp. had developed it under an
EPA contract for just such emer-
gencies.
"It was the first real-life test for
this equipment," said Paul Elliot,
EPA's on-the-scene coordinator.
Elliott works for Region II's Emer-
gency Response Branch, which is
headed by William Librizzi. Others
on the EPA emergency team in-
cluded Michael Polito, Richard
Dewling, David Andreassen, and Dr.
Joseph Lafornara, of the Industrial
Waste Treatment Research Labora-
tory. All are located at Edison, N.J.,
about 50 miles from Clarksburg.
Under their supervision, techni-
cians from the Rexnord firm
dammed the pond and pumped the
water through five filters. The first
two contained sand and powdered
coal; the last three contained three
tons each of activated carbon. The
cleaned water was then pumped
back into the pond as far away as
possible from the intake hose.
The operation took more than a
week, with the filtration unit
working 24 hours a day, before the
herbicide in the pond had been re-
duced to acceptable levels. Frequent
tests were made as the decontamina-
tion progressed, Elliot said. At the
end of the process, live fish were
placed in the pond with no ill effects.
Source of the contamination was
careless and excessive use of the
powerful herbicide to kill weeds at a
nearby restaurant's parking lot. The
owner apparently used about 25
gallons of the chemical full strength,
instead of diluting it 80-to-l with
water. Rains washed the herbicide
into the pond and promptly killed
several hundred fish. A nearby home
owner asked New Jersey officials for
permission to drain the pond, and
State officials notified EPA.
Agency research people at Edison
worked closely with the Region's
Emergency Response Branch in
assessing the hazard and planning
countermeasures.
First concern was the danger to
public health if the chemical should
get into ground water and wells in
the vicinity. The pond overlies the
Kirkwood sand formation, a major
aquifer (drinking water source) for
central New Jersey and shore areas.
Second concern was for possible
contamination of downstream lakes
and waterways, including the Dela-
ware River.
The team decided the health
hazard justified a heroic measure:
filtering the whole pond. The only
equipment capable of doing this was
more than 800 miles away in Mil-
waukee, where it had been built a
year ago as a demonstration unit.
Region II and Region V officials
cooperated in getting permission
from State governors and highway
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This trailer-mounted water treatment unit worked around the clock tor more
than a week to filter & deadly herbicide from a New Jersey pond. Large tanks
contain activated carbon. Bag at side holds water for periodic "backwash"
cleaning of first-stage sand filters. "I wish we had a fleet of these units all
around the country," says Joseph Lafornara of the Industrial Waste Treat-
ment Research Laboratory at Edison, NJ.
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Rats' Behavior Gauges Pollution
Can subtle changes in the
behavior of white rats help detect
environmental pollutants?
Some EPA scientists at Durham,
N.C., think they can, and a group in
the Agency's Experimental Biology
Laboratory, Dr. R. John Garner
director, are experimenting with rat
behavior as indicative of very low
levels of injurious substances.
More than 500 white rats are in-
volved in the tests now under way.
Dr. Lawrence Reiter, research
pharmacologist and leader of the be-
havioral study, said preliminary re-
sults showed rat behavior changes
might provide early and accurate
indications of environmental
contamination by lead, pesticides,
chemicals, as well as radiation
exposure at levels too low for detec-
tion by other biological tests.
Rat behavior has long been used
in studies of drug effects, Reiter said,
and the behavior that is "normal"
for laboratory rats is well estab-
lished.
In several common behavioral
tests the effects of low doses of lead
and tritiated water fed to the rats
show up very quickly in measurable
ways. (Tritiated water contains
tritium, a radioactive form of
hydrogen.)
Dr. Lawrence Reiter adjusts videotaping equipment used in NERC-RTP
laboratory to record and analyze behavior of white rats, like the one on TV
monitor, left. Changes in rat behavior, Reiter believes, may give early and
accurate indications of the presence of very low levels of pollutants
Some of the tests are not
"behavior" in a non-scientific sense,
but rather the age at which a normal
rat matures: for instance, starting at
a loud noise (11 days), opening its
eyes (15 days), and landing on its feet
when dropped feet-up (18 days).
Others are the occurrence of spon-
taneous motions such as rearing.
Video Brings HQ Staff To Regions
Three new video-taped programs
on current EPA problems have been
sent to all Regional Offices. They are
designed to provide up-to-date
information and to permit head-
quarters specialists to be seen and
heard by EPA people in the field.
Topics covered are:
* Thermal effluent limitations and
exemptions—section 316a of the
Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, with William Jordan, Water
Programs, and Richard Browne,
trial counsel;
* Parking review programs—with
Dr. David Morell, until recently
acting director of transportation
and land use policy, and James
Sharp, counsel for the National
Realty Committee; and
* How many miles per gallon?—
Eric Stork and others discussing
the 1975 auto fuel economy ef-
fort.
Anne Blair, Office of Public Af-
fairs, arranges and moderates the
programs, which are produced by
William Gallogly, Audio Visual
Support, and distributed on video-
tape cassettes.
Farm editors of 200 radio stations
across the country recently got a
three-minute recorded feature in
which Dr. John V. Osmun, Pesticide
Programs, explained procedures for
certifying pesticide applicators. Ms.
Blair and Larry O'Neill produced
this tape.
turning, face-washing, etc.; patterns
or sequences of such motions; total
motor activity; and finally the effects
on the animal's learning and
memory.
Reiter is using time-lapse photog-
raphy and closed circuit TV record-
ing to help process and analyze the
rats' behavior. His colleague, George
Anderson, is working on ways to link
such automatic recording techniques
directly with a minicomputer so that
observations of rat behavior can be
stored on magnetic tape and
analyzed.
The "protocol," or detailed
statistical plan for the experiments,
was worked out by Dr. Daniel Cahill.'
The work is being coordinated with
other "biological indicators" of
pollutant effects: including
measurements of heart and liver
function, brain wave recordings, and
changes in weight and reproductive
activity.
Dr. John A. Santolucito, chief of
the Neurophysiology and Behavioral
Research Branch of the laboratory,
said this multidisciplinary approach
"may prove to be applicable to a
wide variety of other toxic agents."
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WHOLE POND
IS FILTERED
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departments to bring the heavy,
over-sized trailer rig to New Jersey. It
took two days of non-stop driving.
After filtering the pond, 90 cubic
yards of contaminated gravel was re-
moved from the parking lot and the
area flushed with water into a lined
pit. Then water in the pit was run
through the filtering unit.
Throughout the week-long
cleanup samples of pond water and
samples from nearby wells were
rushed to the Edison laboratory for
analysis. The State Department of
Environmental Protection
cooperated in this work. No well
contamination was found, however.
Total cost of the operation is ex-
pected to be about $40,000, which
will be paid for out of a Federal
revolving fund for controlling spills
of oil and hazardous materials. The
Coast Guard administers the fund.
Elliot said the emergency would
never have occurred if the restaurant
owner had read and followed the
herbicide's label directions. "It is
imperative to follow directions with
any chemical pesticide," he said.
$1,000 Award
To Tarzwell
The American Fisheries Society's
annual award for scientific achieve-
ment—$1,000 and a certificate—was
presented recently to Dr. Clarence
M. Tarzwell, former director of
EPA's National Marine Water
Quality Laboratory at Narragansett,
R.I.
Dr. Tarzwell headed the labora-
tory from 1965 to 1972, under EPA
and its predecessor agency, the
Federal Water Quality Administra-
tion. From then until his retirement
last June he was a senior research
advisor.
The award was presented at the
society's annual meeting in Hawaii.
Dr. Tarzwell lives in Wakefield, R.I.
Volunteer Gardeners' Crops
Help in Radioactivity Studies
How do you measure the effects of
radioactivity on crops near a nuclear
weapons testing site if nobody grows
vegetables there?
Jack Vandervort, project officer
for the Radiation Monitoring
Branch at NERC-Las Vegas, faced
this problem when the EPA labora-
tory was asked last year to determine
the amounts of certain radioactive
isotopes in different types of seed
crops, vegetables, and fruit around
the Atomic Energy Commission's
Nevada Test Site.
Vandervort had to enlist the help
of 25 citizens living in the desert
communities and ranches, and he
used his own garden and orchard in
the Pahrump Valley.
Mrs. Minnie Sharp planted
carrots in her garden at Nyala and
sacrificed her whole crop so that
Donald James, monitor in her zone,
could have a big enough sample to
analyze.
Bill Lowe, living in retirement in
Tonopah, did not plan to plant many
carrots until Harold Peer, his zone
monitor, supplied the seed.
Del Stewart, a rancher in the tiny
town of Hiko, refused to accept full
payment for his samples of sweet
corn, onions, and chard.
The laboratory is analyzing the
fruits and vegetables for strontium-
90, iron-55, and radioactive isotopes
that emit gamma radiation to estab-
lish baseline levels for food crops in
southern Nevada. So far no samples
have been found with radiation levels
higher than the natural background.
TRAIN MEETS MINNOWS—Administrator Russell E. Train, right,
inspects salmon minnow troughs on a visit this summer to the Western Fish
Toxicology Station, Corvallls, Ore., which does research on the effects on fish
of metallic and other pollutants and air supersaturation. Also pictured are
Dr. Ronald R. Carton, station chief, foreground, and Randolph C. Arndt,
special assistant to Mr. Train.
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Alaska Levies
For Pollution:
An alert and aggressive State
pollution control agency has chalked
up the largest penalty ever assessed
in a water pollution case.
Investigations by the Alaska
Department of Environmental
Conservation led to criminal fines
and civil penalties totalling $429,000
against the Collier Carbon and
Chemical Corp., of Kenai. Collier
Carbon is a subsidiary of Union Oil
Co. of California, Los Angeles.
The firm did not contest a
criminal information charging it
with 110 counts of excessive am-
monia discharges into Cook Inlet
and 19 counts of filing false reports
with the Alaska department. A
Superior Court judge in Kenai as-
sessed fines of $1000 for each count
and the firm agreed to pay an addi-
tional $300,000 in civil penalties.
Investigations began last April 2
when a sanitary engineer with the
state agency, Deena Henkins, at-
tended an EPA hearing at which the
Collier firm sought less stringent
permit conditions due to increased
production of liquid ammonia and
urea-pellet fertilizer at its Kenai
plant.
Ms. Henkins determined that data
submitted at that hearing indicated
the firm was actually discharging
amounts in excess of those reported
to the department. Monthly reports
had been required by the State of
Alaska since 1971 when a discharge
Big Penalty
$429,000
of ammonia greater than that
authorized by a Refuse Act permit
was detected.
On the basis of Ms. Henkins' find-
ings, Max Brewer, commissioner of
the Alaska Department of Environ-
mental Conservation, and the At-
torney General of Alaska authorized
a seizure of company records.
Investigators found two sets of
records at the plant. One set re-
flected the actual effluent content
and amounts while a second set con-
tained falsified data for submission
to the state.
EPA Region X officials applauded
the actions of the Court and the
Alaska pollution abatement agency.
Leonard A. Miller, director of
enforcement for the Northwest
regional office, echoed the sentiment
of Assistant District Attorney
Charles Merriner, who prosecuted
the case.
"This conviction will help deter
other polluters who may be tempted
to cut corners with the law," Miller
said, "Honest monitoring and
reporting of effluent discharges is
essential if any permit program—
state or Federal—is going to work.
Alaska has set a good example for all
of us."
Miller added that active state
involvement coupled with EPA's dis-
charge permit program is ensuring
progress in the national pollution
abatement effort.
Health Group Will Honor Russell Train
Russell E. Train, EPA adminis-
trator, has been chosen to receive
one of the first Community Service
Awards of the District of Columbia
Lung Association, which works to
prevent and control lung disease and
air pollution in the Capital City area.
The awards were scheduled to be
presented at an association dinner in
Washington Nov. 12, with William
D. Ruckelshaus, former EPA
administrator, as guest speaker.
Deputy Administrator John R.
Quarles Jr. was slated to accept the
award in Mr. Train's absence.
Others honored by the association
for their work on behalf of the com-
munity's health and welfare were
Superior Court Judge H. Carl
Moultrie; Dr. J, Winthrop Peabody
Sr., noted chest physician; and Jerry
Wurf, president of the American
Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees.
Aubrey P. AltshuIIer
RTP Scientist
Picked for $3,000
Chemistry Award
Aubrey P. AltshuIIer, director of
the Division of Chemistry and
Physics at NERC-Research Triangle
Park, N.D., will receive the Ameri-
can Chemical Society's $3,000
Award for Pollution Control at the
Society's annual meeting in Phila-
delphia next April.
Dr. AltshuIIer is nationally recog-
nized for his work in smog abate-
ment research. He organized the first
systematic effort to build a scientific
information base needed to develop
methods for controlling photo-
chemical air pollution, according to
the Society. He also developed the
"Altshuller reactivity scale,"
describing the varying degrees with
which different hydrocarbon com-
pounds tend to react in air to form
photochemical oxidants.
The pollution control award was
established in 1971 by the Monsanto
Company to recognize and encour-
age research in this field.
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Appointments
Clifford V. Smith, administrator
of EPA's Region X Office, Seattle.
Dr. Smith had been deputy adminis-
trator of Region I, Boston, and be-
fore joining the Agency in 1971 he
was an associate professor of civil
and environmental engineering at
the City University of New York.
Elizabeth M. Martin, director of
public affairs, for all EPA installa-
tions in North Carolina, including
NERC-RTP, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, and Office
of Administration. Mrs. Martin had
been public information officer for
the City of Durham, N.C.
Alan F. Burch, consultant to the
administrator on labor matters, an
unpaid post. Mr. Burch is director of
safety and accident prevention for
the International Union of
Operating Engineers.
William P. Davis, chief of the
Bears Bluff Field Station, Johns
Island, S.C., a component of NERC-
Corvallis. Dr. Davis had been direc-
tor of the Smithsonian Institution's
Mediterranean Biological and
Oceanographic Center in Tunisia.
John O. Hidinger, director, Office
of Transportation and Land Use
Policy, a new post under the as-
sistant administrator for air and
waste management. Hidinger will
work closely with the Land Use
Policy Office which Administrator
Train has announced he will estab-
lish. A civil engineer, Hidinger had
previously served in the Delaware
Department of Highways and with
regional planning groups in Dela-
ware and Pennysylvania.
Inside EPA, published for all
employees of the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency, welcomes contributed
articles, photos, and letters of
general interest.
Printed on recycled paper.
Van V. Trumbull, editor
Office of Public Affairs [A-107]
Room W230, EPA
Washington, D.C. 20460
Tel. (202) 755-0872
—photo by Don Moran
Thousands of pieces of mail coming into EPA's headquarters in Washington
each day are sorted on this machine faster than four people can do it by
hand. Overhead is a chart listing 96 different EPA offices, each with a two-
digit code the operators soon leam by heart. Operator shown is Charles Reid.
Machine Helps Sort Mail
At Washington Offices
A hard-working addition to EPA's
Washington headquarters is a
Ziptronic mail sorting machine that
can flip letters into any of a hundred
different boxes when a skilled
operator reads their codes or
addresses and taps two buttons.
Paul G. Ceresini, chief of the
General Services Branch, said the
machine has greatly speeded the
sorting of incoming mail addressed
to EPA in Washington, where as
many as 10,000 separate pieces come
in on an average day.
Since the 20-foot-long monster has
been installed in the headquarters
mailroom last December, Ceresini
said, visitors have come to see it from
many Federal agencies—the
Pentagon, the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, and even the White House.
The mail code numbers adopted
for all EPA's Washington offices at
the same time were designed to take
advantage of mechanized sorting
equipment, Ceresini said, although
they have other administrative ad-
vantages as well.
Skilled operators on the mail room
staff soon learn the code numbers
and can sort mail at nearly 4,000
pieces per hour.
The operator sits on a stool at one
end of the machine, and an array of
letters advances toward him. When
he pushes two buttons numbered
from 0 to 99, pneumatic and
mechanical devices pluck the letter
off the pile and zip it to the pigeon-
hole with that number. The ma-
chine's controls are electronic.
However, all package mail and
large envelopes must still be sorted
by hand.
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Riding Herd on New Coal Plants
How will new coal-fired power
plants in the Northwest affect soils,
vegetation, and wildlife?
EPA's National Ecological Re-
search Laboratory at Corvallis, Ore.,
has launched a long-term research
project to monitor the environmental
impact of new power plants being
built to burn strip-mined, low-sulfur
coal never before mined on a large
scale because it is remote from the
centers of power consumption.
Dr. Norman R. Glass, laboratory
director, said the study has been
started before the plants go into
operation so that the Agency's scien-
tists can get good "before" and
"after" data and help guide the
power developments "with the least
possible adverse effect on the quality
of life."
The project is part of the labora-
tory's Animal Ecology Branch, Dr.
Allen Letbhn, chief. The study
team, headed by Dr. Robert Lewis,
will work in the area of Colstrip. in
southeastern Montana, where five
power companies are jointly building
two 330-megawatt generating units.
The first is scheduled to begin
operation next June, the second unit
in 1976. Two 700-megawatt plants
are planned for 1978 and 1979. Coal
for the plants will be obtained from
nearby strip mines which will be re-
stored after extraction of the coal to
meet Montana and Federal require-
ments for environmental protection.
The EPA scientists are establish-
ing fixed monitoring stations, some
as far as 60 miles from the plant site,
and they are using a trailer labora-
tory that can be moved to different
places as the needs of the study
require.
Chemist Tim Cail sets up an instrument for sampling airborne particulates.
In the background is the mobile laboratory.
The project will have had a full
year for the gathering of "baseline"
information—conditions existing
before the power plant starts
operation—Dr. Glass said. There-
after it will detect and measure
changes attributable to the plants as
they come "on line."
The study will be divided into
three areas:
1. Field observations of plants
and animals in the area, weather
conditions, air and water quality,
and any changes in plant and animal
populations that might be attributed
to strip mining, power production,
water use, human activity, etc.
2. Establishment of small plots
for close observation of plant and
animal communities.
Women Engineers Meet in Dallas
Four women from EPA's Region
VI attended the 24th national
convention of the Society of Women
Engineers held in Dallas, Texas, in
the summer.
They included Mildred Smith,
Office of Research and Develop-
ment; Gwendolyn Albert, Water
Supply and Standards Section; and
Susan Umshler and Sheila Jones,
student engineers working for the
summer on the Agency's Youth
Advisory Board.
Arthur Busch, regional adminis-
trator, spoke at one of the technical
sessions on the topic, "Environ-
mental Management—the NOW
Frontier."
3. Laboratory studies to deter-
mine whether changes observed in
the field and in ecosystem samples
are caused by air pollution or other
environmental effects of the power
plants.
The mobile laboratory is fitted
with instruments and other equip-
ment worth more than $80,000.
Without leaving the trailer the
project scientists can measure air
and water pollutants, analyze soils,
record wind speed and direction,
temperature, humidity, and solar
radiation. On board is a mini-
computer that can automatically
record and store instrument
readings—and also hand-typed
data—on magnetic tape for later
analysis in the Corvallis laboratory's
computer.
The study is expected to cost
about $780,000 through the current
fiscal year, and it will be four years
before all the data are evaluated and
the final report written. However,
interim reports will be issued
periodically, Dr. Glass said.
Other members of the power plant
ecology study team include Dr.
Martin Morton, Larry John Doe,
Timothy Cail, Alex March, Arthur
Vallier, and James Miller.
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Ms. Swift Heads
Interagency
Women's Board
Charlie Killian Swift, EPA's
women's program coordinator, was
recently elected chairwoman of the
newly organized Federal Women's
Interagency Board. The board is
made up of women's program
leaders from all cabinet-level depart-
ments and independent agencies in
the Washington, D.C. area.
Board members meet monthly to
review Civil Service Commission
policies concerning equal employ-
ment opportunity; make
recommendations on ways to en-
hance the status of women in the
Federal Government; and exchange
information on mutual problems
and successes relating to the Federal
women's program.
Water Treatment Workshops
Held at Demonstration Sites
EPA-supported wastewater
demonstration treatment projects
were the sites of two recent workshop
meetings to acquaint regional people
and a number of State officials with
the latest practical research
information in this field.
The sessions were sponsored
jointly by NERC-Cincinnati and by
the Office of Research and Develop-
ment's Municipal Pollution Control
Division, which is headed by William
Rosenkranz.
The first workshop was held Aug.
20-22 at Logan, Utah, where EPA
has two projects under way at the
campus of Utah State University to
demonstrate various methods of up-
grading wastewater ponds and
lagoons to meet secondary treatment
standards. Nearly 70 persons at-
—photo by Ernest Bucci
TOASTMASTERS RECEIVE CHARTER—The Toastmasters Club at
EPA's Washington headquarters recently received its official charter from
Toastmasters International. The club, which helps members improve their
public speaking abilities, meets every Tuesday at noon in Room 3805. Shown
above (1-r) are the Club's new officers, Bill Hubble, educational vice presi-
dent; Donna Kuroda, administrative vice president; Don Ellison, president;
Lora Valentiner, secretary-treasurer; and John Settle, retiring president.
Those interested hi joining or learning more about the Club can drop by any
Tuesday, or call Don Ellison at x52972.
tended, representing every EPA
Regional Office, 13 States, the
Alaskan Air Command and the
Corps of Engineers.
The second workshop, which was
expected to attract about the same
number of EPA and State pollution
control officials, was held Oct. 30-31
at Wyoming, Mich., where the
Agency is supporting a project to
demonstrate and test various
methods of wastewater disinfection.
James Basilico and Edward Opatken
of the Municipal Pollution Control
Division were in charge of this work-
shop.
THIS NECKTIE
IS DANGEROUS
People should not wear flea
collars.
The plastic neckbands sold for
use on dogs or cats contain
organophosphate insecticides that
can be absorbed through the skin
or inhaled and cause allergic
reactions in humans, according to
Jake Mackenzie, of Region IX
Pesticide Programs Office, San
Francisco.
Mackenzie issued the warning
last month after noting an in-
creasing use of flea collars by San
Franciscans. He said he did not
know whether the collars were
being worn as a fad or for the
serious purpose of ridding the
wearer of fleas, which seem to
thrive in San Francisco's mild
climate.
The best remedies are personal
sanitation and good house-
keeping, he said, and, if neces-
sary, the use of registered
products to control fleas in the
home.
Flea collars are registered by
EPA for use on furry animals
only. Even so, Mackenzie said,
some pets have got sick from
using them.
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30 Win College Scholarships
Thirty sons and daughters of EPA
employees throughout the country
are attending college this year with
the help of the EPA Scholarship
Fund. Twelve of the awards were re-
newals of scholarships awarded last
year. Stipends range from $100 to
$450 and come from a fund made up
of donations in lieu of honoraria and
fees for speeches and magazine
articles by Agency officials.
The winners' names, schools, and
parents' names—by Agency loca-
tion—are:
Headquarters, Washington—
Debra Beasley, Michigan State
University, and Walter Beasley,
York College, Pa. Their mother is
Mrs. Alma Beasley, Office of Re-
search and Development.
Debra Sue Kaplan, University of
Maryland, daughter of Mrs. Beatrice
Kaplan.
Emmett McLane III, University of
Virginia, son of Mrs. Helen McLane.
Betty Ann Ripple, University of
Maryland, daughter of Mrs. Betty S.
Ripple.
Tedi Wright, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, daughter of Mrs. Jean
Wright.
NERC-Cincinnati—James Davis,
Brigham Young University, ward of
Oliver Love.
Thomas Gehring, University of
Cincinnati, son of Robert Gehring.
Theodore Jones, Xavier Univer-
sity, son of John Jones.
Jeffrey and Thomas Kamphake,
University of Cincinnati, sons of
Lawrence Kamphake.
Newell S. Mastin, Brigham Young
University, son of Newell J. Mastin.
Eileen McGowan, College of Mt.
St. Joseph, daughter of Mrs. Anne
McGowan.
Mary Susan Piepmeyer, University
of Cincinnati, daughter of Mrs. Vir-
ginia Piepmeyer.
NERC-Corvallis—Lynne Mac-
Donald, Oregon College of Educa-
tion, daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Mac-
Donald.
From the Center's laboratory at
West Kingston, R.I., Karen Soper,
University of Rhode Island,
daughter of Albert Soper.
NERC-Las Vegas—Karen
Leavett, Brigham Young University,
daughter of Verr Leavitt.
Barbara Rizzardi, Stanford
University, daughter of Charles
Rizzardi.
NERC-Research Triangle Park—
Serrell Hevenor, Asbury College, son
of Hazel Hevenor.
Alice Terry, University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, daughter of
Abbie Terry.
Region III, Philadelphia,
Wheeling, W. Va., office—Susan
Wilmoth, Ohio University, daughter
of Benton Wilmoth.
Region V, Chicago—Walter
Kocal, Jr., Western Illinois Univer-
sity, son of Walter Kocal.
Richard Kovell, University of
Illinois, son of Ann Kovell.
Field Office, Evansville, Ind.,
Ginaloretta Regalbuto, Loyola
University, New Orleans, daughter
of Constantine Regalbuto.
Region VI, Dallas—Russell
Anthony, University of Texas, son of
Ernest Anthony.
Kurt Olsen, Texas A. & M.
University, son of Agnes Olsen.
Region VI Houston Facility,
Teresa Stankis, University of Texas,
daughter of Glenn Stankis.
Region VII, Kansas City-
Jacqueline Crank, Penn Valley Com-
munity College, daughter of Jean
Hartman.
Mary Jo Poskin, University of
Missouri, daughter of Joseph Poskin.
Mobile Source Pollution Control,
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Ellen Macocha,
Michigan State University, daughter
of Matthew Macocha.
Scholarships are available to
children of career employees and are
determined by a five-man board of
trustees, based on academic per-
formance, need, and available funds.
INSPECTING EPA EXHIBIT at the recent meeting in Denver of the Water
Pollution Control Federation are, from left, Jack Green, Region VIII
administrator; Robert Crowe technology transfer director; Administrator
Russell E. Train, who addressed the convention; and James Smith, NERC-
Cincinnati.
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