Vol 5, No. 7
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
July 1976
HELPING OTHERS AND YOURSELF
A five year old child sits in a wheel chair in the hospital, a steel
rod fastened to the chair with a bottle of liquid hanging from the rod
above the child's head. A tube leads from the bottle to his arm, where it
is taped securely. The child has leukemia. Drugs are slowly dripping into
his arm to fight the disease.
The child is smiling at
something his mother said. He
is not in pain. But the drugs
will interfere with his body's
ability to make blood platelets.
He needs the tiny, saucer-shaped
platelets so he will not bleed
internally.
This morning employees in
Durham and Research Triangle
Park gave blood at the Durham
Red Cross Center. Some of their
blood will go to this child.
The donors are helping the child
live for precious months or
years while researchers search
for a cure for leukemia.
Every day the Durham Red
Cross counts on citizens in the
community to donate blood--some
to be used immediately and some
to be stored for later use for
accident victims, in surgery, to fight shock.
Twice a month EPA employees are asked to give blood to meet the daily
quota for the hospitals in the area. The community counts on us. And in
return, we can feel good knowing we help make available the safest blood—
voluntarily donated—for ourselves and our neighbors.
When you are called to give, please say "yes."
Typhoon Pamela recently caused
severe damage on Guam and the islands
of Truk, Rota, and Saipan. The Amer-
ican National Red Cross has advised
us that approximately 14,000 families
have been affected by the ravages of
this storm and the estimated cost of
disaster relief is expected to exceed
$10 million. Also, recent floods in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Teton dam
break in Idaho have necessitated in-
creased commitments from the Re'l
Cross. Over 1,000 families are ex-
pected to need aid before the opera-
tion ends in Tulsa, and more than
5,000 families in Idaho are estimated
to have been affected by the Teton
dam break, which will result in Red
Cross expenditures exceeding $3.5
mil lion.
The Red Cross has mobilized its
full resources to assist the victims
of these tragic disasters. Because
these latest disasters come at a time
when Red Cross emergency funds have
been seriously depleted, it is neces-
sary for the Red Cross to appeal to
the American public for help in rais-
ing the needed funds through their
local Red Cross chapters.
Federal employees have always re-
sponded generously when they know the
need is great. The need is great
now! Please contact your local Red
Cross chapter and let them know you
wish to provide assistance for the
victims of these recent disasters.
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WHO'S UP FRONT
The three secretaries who are "Up
Front" for July are Brenda Foil, IPD/
IERL, Naomi Teasly, GSD/OA, and Ann
Asbill, KDAD/OAQPS.
is one of the more competent secre-
taries that it has been my pleasure
to work with. Hot only does she
handle her own job exceptionally
well, but she consistently is able
to find time and go out of her way to
help other people in the department.
She goes about all her work cheerful-
ly and is a true asset to EPA."
Brenda Foil
Brenda is secretary to Chick Craig,
Director, Industrial Processes Div-
ision, IERL. She is married and has
a very active two-year old, Jason.
She is a graduate of Durham High
School and Croft Business College.
Prior to her Government service,
Brenda was a secretary at General
Telephone Company of the Southeast.
Brenda started to work for the Govern-
ment in April 1969, in what was then
fiAPCA. In 1971 she transferred to
Control Systems Division (now IERL).
She is the IERL representative for
FWP, and a reporter for the Cleaner
Times. Her interests are gardening,
crocheting, spectator sports (foot-
ball and basketball), and she's an
avid Carolina fan. She also loves
animals and has three Basset Hounds.
In the absence of her boss, Chick
Craig, we asked Dale Denny, Chief,
Chemical Processes Branch, to tell
us something about Brenda. He said,
"I was really pleased to hear that
Brenda had been selected as "Secre-
tary of the Month" for ERC. Brenda
Naomi Teasly
Naomi is secretary to Don Hartman,
Director, General Services Division,
OA. She was born and raised in the
metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.
She graduated from McKinley High
School and attended Strayer Business
College. She is married and has two
children, Douglas, 10 and Monica, 9.
Naomi and her husband, Wilbert, moved
to North Carolina in 1971 to open and
operate a food service establishment
in Franklinton, N.C., but after two
years at it they decided to lease out
the business and Naomi returned to
Federal service. The family now re-
sides in Cary, N.C. Her hobbies in-
clude sewing and dress design. She
enjoys all sports, especially swim-
ming and tennis and she likes to go
camping and horseback riding. Her
plans for the future include an early
retirement and extensive travel
throughout the fifty states.
Don Hartman says, "Naomi has been
a pleasant addition to the division
since she started a little over a
year ago. Her desire to be helpful
has made a big impact on the service
capabilities of our office. She has
shown unusual initiative in numerous
complicated projects to which she was
assigned—and always came up smiling.
General Services is most fortunate to
have Naomi as part of the division
staff."
Ann Asbill
Ann is secretary to Joseph Tikvart,
Chief, Source Receptor Analysis
Branch, MDAD/OAQPS. She is a native
North Carolinean, born in Ellerbe,
N.C., and educated in the Ellerbe
schools. She received her secretari-
al training at Alamogordo Secretarial
School, Alamogordo, New Mexico, and
Fayetteville Tech in North Carolina.
She and her husband, Gene, who is
retired from the military, live in
the Walnut Hills area of Cary with
their three sons. Her civil service
career began in 1962 with the Army
at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. She
traveled with her husband during his
military career and worked on numer-
ous occasions for the Army and Air
Force. Her first civil service job
with a civilian agency was with EPA
and in August she will celebrate her
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PERSON - TO - PERSON
Leonard Mole, Biochemistry Branch/
Environmental Toxicology Division,
and his wife Pam, are the proud par-
ents of a baby girl, Caroline
Christina, 7 Ibs. 11 ozs., born
June 24.
EMSL welcomes two new members to
its staff: Mr. Harold Sauls, who
recently joined our Statistical and
Technical Analysis Branch, and Ms.
Nell Carras, who has assumed the
duties of Administrative Officer.
Judy Cannon, CMD/OA, gave birth to
an 8 Ib. 2 oz, boy, Wesley J.,
June 20.
Mr. A. B. Arnold, Emissions
Research Branch, ESRL/RTP, is in the
Intensive Care Unit at Watts Hospital.
Although he cannot have visitors at
present, he would like to hear from
his friends and associates.
Gail Drake, HERL/RTP, gave birth
to a son, 7 Ibs. 7 ozs, June 28.
The second annual carnival for
handicapped children was held at the
Dorton Arena on July 22. The City
of Raleigh's Recreation Department
coordinated the event and many others
in the community donated their time
and equipment to give handicapped
children an afternoon of fun. We
know of at least one EPA employee who
contributed substantially to the
affair. This employee insists on re-
maining anonymous. Though we can't
give direct credit, we would like to
recognize and commend all employees
who support their community—especial-
ly when it's for those who are less
fortunate.
A luncheon, June 9, at the Villa
Capri in Raleigh, honored Ms. Nancy
Cash, EMSL Administrative Officer,
who resigned to spend some time at
home in Creedmoor, N.C. Nancy plans
to pursue some of her hobbies, teach
music, and open her own gift shop.
Even though we'll miss her, we wish
her the best of luck in her new en-
deavors.
Gary McCutchen. ESED/OAQPS. has
recently been appointed to the Special
Interest Working Group on Triangle J
Council of Governments 208 Water Plan-
ning Study. Gary represents "Goals
for Gary," a citizen group active in
local Government affairs. The Re-
search Triangle area was the first in
the country to receive EPA's 208
Planning Grant. The Areawide Waste
Treatment Management Plan is designed
to deal with serious water pollution
problems that often plague urban
areas. Areawide planning considers a
lot more than just the waste treat-
ment aspects of the problem. Related
issues of concern include land use,
zoning, development, transportation
strategies, air quality and solid
waste management. Good luck, Gary.
That's a big job.
A farewell dinner was given in
honor of APTIC employees at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Halpin.
Employees of APTIC are seeking
careers elsewhere as services of
APTIC are being merged with another
activity of EPA. Best of luck to
Mary Rice and Phyllis Minton who are
now with EPA, Washington, D.C.
Mary Daniels, Biomedical Research
Brancn, HERL/RTP, gave birth to a
baby girl, Alison Rachel, 8 Ibs. 10
ozs. , June 30, 1976.
EPA'S GRAPHIC
DESIGN PROGRAM
Just about a year ago Chermayeff
and Geismar Associates were retained
by EPA to review existing EPA com-
munications and to develop new tools
and methods for improving the visual
identity of the Agency. This program
is part of a total Federal design
program being sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts. It
is estimated that savings to Federal
agencies will be between 12 and 15
percent in printing and design costs.
The cost to EPA for development of a
total design concept by Chermayeff
and Geismar Associates was $68,000.
Comments by EPA'ers have been
discussed with Mr. Chermayeff and he
is now incorporating these suggestions
into a final package. A decision on
a graphics approach and the possi-
bility of a new logo is expected in
the next month or two.
A slide program and accompanying
script are available from the Public
Affairs Office, ext. 2951, for those
of you who missed the formal pre-
sentations. _
QUALITY SALARY INCREASES - June 1976
Judith E. Cook - IERL
Conniesue B. Oldham - IERL
Betty M. Sorrell - EMSL
Myra K. Stewart - HERL
Frank F. McElroy - EMSL
Vinson L. Thompson - EMSL
C. Frederick Smith - EMSL
Kenneth A. Rehme - EMSL
Joanne Freeland - HERL
CONTINUED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE:
Bettie A. Haley - ESRL
(WHO'S UP cont'd from page 2)
fifth anniversary as secretary to Joe
Tikvart. However, Ann is not com-
mitted solely to her job. In addition
to managing a household of four males,
she is an active member and partici-
pant in the many functions of Cary's
First United Methodist Church. She
has had a variety of hobbies over the
years. Currently, the Asbill family
has the camping "bug" and have just
acquired a new travel trailer. The
remainder of the Bicentennial summer
week-ends will find the Asbills at
the shore or in the mountains.
Joe Tikvart has this to say about
Ann. "Ann has two attributes which
all good secretaries should possess
but only the exceptional, such as
Ann, use on a day-to-day basis.
First, she maintains high standards
for the quality and appearances of
all Branch communications. She is
sensitive to the choice of words,
possesses a keen eye for the mis-
spelled word or the omitted
punctuation mark, and skillfully
uses all the modern secretarial aids
to develop crisp, error-free written
communications. Second, she under-
stands and appreciates the functions
of the Source Receptor Analysis
Branch and the activities and
priorities of myself and other key
personnel. Her good judgment and
intuition concerning my needs enables
her to correctly decide whether or
not to interrupt a conference, to
make an appointment or to redistri-
bute the typing workload. Best of
all, Ann performs these tasks with
skill, grace, and good humor. In
short, she is a pleasure to work with
and makes my job much easier than it
would be without her."
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BICENTENNIAL FACT
TWO CENTURIES OF INDEPENDENCE
COMMEMORATED
Parades and pageants, prayers and
picnics, bell-ringing, candle light-
ing and fireworks commemorated two
centuries of independence, and usher-
ed in the nation's third century over
Independence Week-end 1976.
Across the nation and around the
world, people paused to note a spe-
cial moment in the history of the
world's oldest, continuously existing
republic.
"To Americans, it meant that the
blueprints of the nation—the Decla-
ration of Independence, the Constitu-
tion, and the Bill of Rights—still
served them well. To foreigners, it
meant that the 200-year-old experi-
ment in self-government continued to
stand as a beacon of freedom."
That was the opinion of John W.
Warner, Administrator of the American
Revolution Bicentennial Administra-
tion (AREA), the Federal Agency es-
tablished to stimulate and encourage
participation in the Bicentennial.
Citizen participation was great
in almost every community from coast
to coast, in each of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico and Territories
of Guam, American Samoa and the Vir-
gin Islands.
A simultaneous, nationwide ringing
of bells on July 4th heralded the
country's entrance into its third
century.
Communities, churches, schools,
fire departments, universities, and
individuals were asked by the AREA
to toll bells and carillons in con-
junction with the ringing of the lib-
erty Bell 1n Philadelphia at
2:00 p.m. (EOT). The time selected
was exactly 200 years from the pre-
cise moment that the Liberty Bell
proclaimed the independence of the
new nation.
Joan Currin started off the July
4th celebrations in the right spirit-
adding fun and color to the Direc-
tor's Office in EMSL. Joan's sister-
in-law made her the "colonial" dress
and cap for Christmas along with a
promise that Joan would wear it for
our country's birthday. Thanks for
adding to the 1976 spirit, Joan!
CONFERENCES &
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
The 28th Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry and Applied
Spectroscopy will be held at the
Cleveland Convention Center, Cleve-
land, Ohio, February 28-March 4, 1977.
Deadline for submission of abstracts
is September 15, 1976.
The Association of Official Ana-
lytical Chemists will hold its 2nd
Annual Spring Workshop May 4-6, 1977,
at Stouffer's Inn, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The 90th Annual Meeting will be held
October 18-21, at the Marriott Hotel,
Twin Bridges, Washington, D.C.
Richard Stern, Chief, Process
Technology Branch, IERL/RTP, will
address the 69th Annual Meeting of
the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers on the subject of "Flue
Gas Treatment for NO and Simultane-
ous SO /NO Control,11 in Chicago,
Illinois, November 28-December 2.
A National AEROS meeting has been
scheduled at the University of Colo-
rado, Boulder, Colorado, on
August 17-20, by the National Air
Data Branch, OAQPS. Region VIII will
serve as hosts. The agenda will focus
on presentations by the AEROS con-
tacts and personnel of NADB in regard
to status of systems and review of
current plans and activities.
EPA REPORTS
AIR GETTING CLEANER
The EPA, in its annual report to
Congress on "Progress in the Preven-
tion and Control of Air Pollution in
1975," said that the nation's air
quality continues to improve, but
much remains to be accomplished. The
report was compiled by EPA'ers in
OAQPS.
Highlights of the report include:
- Year-round average levels of sulfur
dioxide (S02) and particulate matter
continue to decline.
- Of the approximately 20,000 major
stationary sources of pollution, 82%
now comply with emission limits or
are meeting compliance schedules.
- Nearly 600 enforcement actions were
initiated against stationary sources.
This was more legal actions than in
the three previous years combined.
- More than 18,000 gasoline service
stations were inspected to ensure
that unleaded fuel is being sold.
Only 160 samples were found to be in
violation.
- EPA monitored approximately 1.18
million vehicles which had been vol-
untarily recalled by automobile manu-
facturers for emission-related de-
fects.
- State and local funds for air pol-
lution progress increased approximate-
ly 20% ($17 million) over FY 74
levels, and Federal support during
this period increased by 2% (1.6 mil-
lion).
The editors of the "Cleaner Times"
wish to apologize for omitting
the following EPA student employ-
ees from the list of NCCU graduates
in the June issue:
Andrea Purvis
Linda Lanier
Daryl Mason
Robert Davis
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