Vol. 6, No. 1
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
January 1977
                  Cancer -

      An  Insidious  Disease

                  by:  Dorothy H. Rose

   A small boy drops out of school  at an early age;  a
middle-aged man quits work long before planned retire-
ment; a young woman gives up a promising career.   What
do these people have in common?  Unfortunately, a
disease - cancer.
   Cancer is one of the most important, costly, and
rapidly accelerating health problems in the U.S.  today.
In addition, occupational and environmental cancer con-
cerns have become increasingly prominent, particularly
in the last few years.
   The disease is not selective.  It attacks all  races
and ages and all animal species.
   How many deaths can be directly  attributed to
environmental causes is not known,  although it is
certain that health hazards have been introduced  by
people into their environment for centuries.
   The aqueducts of Rome brought the people not only
water but poisonous lead, which leached from the  lead
pipes into the drinking supply.
   Closer to the present, the "mad  hatters" of the
19th century suffered from neurological disorders
caused by inhalation of mercury used in treating  felts
and furs.
   Recent surveys in areas of high  liver cancer in
parts of Africa support earlier findings suggesting
that a mold, which forms on peanuts and other crops
under hot, humid storage conditions, may be a cancer
causing agent.
   The majority of known environmental carcinogens are
encountered at the work-place.  In  fact, the link
between cancer and chemicals was first detected among
workers;  in 1775, soot was singled  out as a causative
agent in  chimney sweeps" cancer.
   We are unable to identify with sufficient precision
the causes of cancer in humans and  it is unacceptable
to wait for additional cases of human cancer to give
us the scientific evidence we need.  Therefore, inves-
tigators are turning to laboratory  tests on animals  to
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                        PHS  Medal  Awarded
                            to  Jack  Farmer
                                    Jack  Farmer

                   Receiving awards is nothing  new to Jack Farmer, yet
                each time he is honored it is an exciting experience.
                In 1971,  Jack received the Silver Medal for Superior
                Service and  in 1973 he received the Bronze Medal for
                Commendable  Service.
                   At the sixth Honor Awards Ceremony in Washington,
                D.C., December 13, Jack was awarded the Public  Health
                Service Meritorious Service Medal.  The citation reads,
                "For sustained superior performance in producing high
                quality regulatory packages for national emission
                standards for hazardous pollutants and national per-
                formance standards for new sources."
                   In nominating Jack for  the medal, Eernie Steigerwald
                said, "Jack  has continued  to contribute significantly
                to this organization in producing high quality  regu-
                latory packages for national emission standards for
                hazardous pollutants and national performance standards
                for new sources.  His persistent efforts in dealing
                with review  groups and his capability in providing
                clear and concise written  and verbal justifications  in
                support of desired actions qualify him for a Meritorious
                Service Medal."

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CANCER... (Cont'd from page  1)
study the carcinogenic potential of chemicals.  Small
rodents such as mice,  hamsters, and rats are most
often used for study because they are biologically
closer to humans than other  animals.
   Researchers at EPA are devising tests that can
determine quickly whether air samples contain chemicals
that could cause cancer or genetic changes in humans.
Michael D. Waters, chief of  the biochemistry branch,
HERL/RTP, and Joellen Huisingh, a research chemist, are
working to develop some quick and relatively inexpensive
tests that can detect harmful environmental chemicals,
particularly in the air.  In testing chemicals that may
be toxic or cancer causing,  a battery of screening
tests is favored.  Research  here at EPA is also aimed at
increasing the sensitivity of existing screening tests
and adapting them for use with potentially harmful
environmental chemicals, including air samples and
pesticides.

   If the tests prove to be  valid models, they offer the
hope of reducing the two to  three-year testing time for
carcinogenic!ty to as little as one week, of reducing
the costs from many tens of  thousands of dollars to
perhaps less than $1,000 per compound, and thereby
increasing the number of chemicals that may be screened
before they are introduced into the environment.

   Screening methods currently under development,
involving human or bacterial cells grown in laboratory
test tubes or petri dishes offer the hope that rapid,
inexpensive indicators of the cancer-causing potential
of chemicals may soon be available.

   The extent to which rising incidence of cancer is
attributable to man-made chemicals cannot be estimated
with any precision.  Some observed cancer undoubtedly
arises from natural sources  like radiation and asbestos,
but much of the remaining is probably associated with
carcinogenic agents produced by man.

   Occupational exposure to  asbestos with increased
lung cancer was first reported in the 1950's.  Again,
however, determination of the causative agent was
complicated by other factors like cigarette smoking.
Until recently, vinyl chloride, a gas used primarily in
the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride plastic, was also
used as a propellant for aerosol sprays.  In 1974, the
discovery of four cases of angiosarcoma of the liver
(an extremely rare cancer) among vinyl chloride workers
in a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, suggested that
vinyl chloride is a carcinogen.
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EPA'ers Share  Their  Christmas

   Christmas may  be over but there is still  a  warm glow
and this should be true especially for EPA'ers in the
Industrial  Environmental Research Laboratory,  the
Experimental Biology Division, and the Office  of
Administration.   Each group, in their own way, made
Christmas a little brighter for some needy family.
   The Experimental Biology Division sponsored a family
of seven.  This is the second year they have partici-
pated in the program and it looks like an annual event.
They made all the decorations for the Christmas tree as
well as providing the tree.  Colleen Nicholson, Merritt
Long, and Shawnee Benance coordinated the Christmas
collection which  included ten boxes of clothing and
toys, plus money  which was used to purchase additional
items along with  all the fixings for a Christmas dinner.
   The OA employees decided to give money in place of
Christmas cards this year.  Spearheading the effort was
Tena Pipkin and Opie Barnes.  Approximately $140 was
raised for an elderly Durham couple along with groceries
and canned goods.
   Long time participants in Christmas giving  are
employees in IERL.  For the fifth year in a row, they
have collected boxes of clothing and toys for a needy
family.  Every employee also contributed one dollar to
be used for new clothes, toys, and groceries.   Patricia
Sharpe and Jack Greene coordinated the effort along
with the valuable help of all the laboratory secre-
taries.
   As the Durham  Sun so aptly put it, "The bags and
boxes crowding EPA Offices at Christmas had little  to
do with pollution or air quality, but they did show a
concern for quality of life for needy families in
Durham."

Mis-Located  EPA-Owned  Property

   It is the responsibility of all government
employees to safeguard government owned property.
Our custodial officers do an excellent job of  keeping
track of the items in their areas, but they cannot
do it without your cooperation.  We ask that you do
your part in assisting the custodial officer in
keeping up with EPA owned property.  Should it be
necessary to relocate any capitalized property,
please coordinate such moves with the custodial
officer.  You don't need his blessing, just keep him
aware of such relocations.
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ESRL Holds Workshop  at RTP
   The U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency's Environ-
mental Sciences  Research Laboratory in Research Triangle
Park, North  Carolina,  is conducting a review of its
research program on halogenated air pollutants on
February 8 and 9.
   Leading researchers from across the country will be
involved, including the following who are noted for
their contributions to the theory of ozone depletion by
fluorocarbons-  Dr. F. S. Rowland of the University of
California at Irvine,  Dr. Paul Crutzen of the National
Center for Atmospheric Research, and Dr. Ralph Cicerone
of the University of Michigan.  Also, in attendance will
be noted photochemists Dr.  Jack G. Calvert of the Ohio
State University and Dr. James N. Pitts of the Univer-
sity of California at Riverside.
   The workshop will  cover  the state of knowledge of the
physical and chemical  properties of halogenated air
pollutants with particular  attention to their inter-
actions with stratospheric  ozone.  Progress  reports to
be presented will cover recent measurements  of halo-
genated pollutants in the upper and lower atmosphere,
laboratory studies of processes that remove  halogenated
pollutants from the atmosphere, and mathematical
descriptions  (or models) of the properties of the
pollutants in the atmosphere.
   The meetings will be held in the auditorium at  the
EPA  Office of Administration Building  (formerly  Beaumt
Building) in  Research Triangle  Park.   Dr. Philip L.
Hanst,  Senior Research Scientist with  EPA's  Environ-
mental  Sciences Research Laboratory,  is the  session
chairman.

BUS SERVICE?
   Due to the prevailing energy situation, several
employees have requested that bus service be made
available from Raleigh and  Cary to the  Triangle.
   In 1973, bus service was  instituted  from  Raleigh to
Research Triangle Park, but  did not prove to be worth-
while to the bus company and, therefore, was stopped.
   Mr. Aaron Cruise of Trailway Bus Company  indicated
that  he would be glad to start bus service again if
enough employees are interested.
   The busses hold 46 people and would  have  to be
practically full both ways.   The cost  for a  round  trip
is $2.20.  Commutation tickets would also be available
for  10 one-way rides at $8.65.  The busses would leave
from the Raleigh bus station and travel  through  Cary
into  the Triangle, stopping at  Eastgate Shopping Center,
North Hills, and Crabtree  Valley.
   All employees who are interested  in  bus service,
please  contact the Public  Affairs  Office, ext. 2951.
EPA  Retirees
   Dave Hicks,  a  training  instructor with the Air Pollu-
tion Training Institute, CPDD/OAQPS, retired from
Federal service November 9,  1976.  Prior to his retire-
ment, he had been with  the government 33 years, and
specifically with EPA since  its  inception in 1970.
Dave has returned to Dunedin,  Florida, where he plans to
fish, swim, be with his children, and generally do as
little as possible.
   A. B. Arnold, an electronics  technician, ESRL/RTP,
retired September 27, 1976,  at the age of 70.  He had
been with the government  19  years.
   Fred and Ruth Biddy retired from  federal service
last October, and they are off and running in  their
new  "retirement" camper.   First  was  a shakedown trip to
Williamsburgh in late fall and then  off  to Florida for
some of the colder winter months.
   Fred was with the Emission Measurement Branch at
OAQPS while Ruth was a Personnel Management Specialist
in OA.  Both have been with  EPA  since its infant days.
   Before EPA, Fred served in the U.S. Army.   Ruth has
had  several tours of duty overseas,  first with the
Foreign Service  in London and later  in France  with the
Department of the Army.  And the travel  bug is still
strong.  With their new camper,  they expect to see a
lot  of the United States  with frequent stops back in
North  Carolina to keep up with old  friends.

EPA Unit Develops Air Monitoring Strategy:
Workshops Set for Four Cities This Month
   A proposed strategy to monitor the nation's air
pollution  has been developed by  the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency's advisory group, which will circulate
copies of  its draft  "air monitoring strategy document"
this month.  EPA's Standing Air  Monitoring  Work  Group,
chaired by  EPA Monitoring and Data  Analysis  Division
Chief Robert Neligan,  was set up in 1975 to  conduct a
comprehensive review of current  monitoring  techniques
and  to identify  priorities for future activities.
    Final strategy  document will  "serve as the  basis  for
monitoring  programs  to be implemented over  the next  five
years to further objectives of State Implementation
Plans," according  to Deputy EPA Administrator  John
Quarles.   To obtain  suggestions  from state  and local
officials,  EPA has  scheduled workshops on its  proposed
strategy on January  19, 21, 25,  and 27  in Louisville,
Ky., Dallas, Tex., Annapolis, Md.,  and  San  Francisco,
Calif.,  respectively.  Additional written comments
should be  sent to  Robert  Neligan, EPA Monitoring and
Data Analysis  Division, Research Triangle Park,  N.C.
27711.

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Conferences,  Seminars,and
Speaking Engagements
   The Air Pollution Control Association will hold a
conference and exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
June 19-23, 1977.  Contact:  Daniel R. Stearn, APCA,
4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213.
   "Economic Growth with Environmental Quality" con-
ference will be held in Washington, D.C., January 23-25,
1977.  Contact:  John Adams, Environmental Industry
Council, 1825 K. Street, N.W., Suite 210, Washington,
D.C. 20006.
   The 32nd Annual Purdue Industrial Waste Conference
will be held May 10-12, 1977 in the Stewart Center,
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana.   Over 100
technical papers will be presented on various subjects
relating to industrial waste treatment.   Contact:
Prof. A. J. Steffen, 310 Civil  Engineering Building,
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
   January 31-February 2 are the dates and the Houston
Oaks Hotel, Houston, Texas is the site for the Cooling
Tower Institute's 1977 annual meeting.  Events will
include speeches on many cooling tower related subjects
such as basic technology, status reports on trends or
activities in the industry, and new technology or con-
cepts.  Contact:  CTI News, Cooling Tower Institute,
9030 N. Freeway, #216, Houston, Texas 77037.
   The Institute on Noise Control  announces the 13th
and 14th presentation of training  courses on noise con-
trol administration, noise reduction,  noise control  for
engine-powered equipment, and environmental noise
impact analysis February 14-18 and March 13-17, 1977 at
Orlando, Florida.  Contact:   Institute on Noise Control,
3456 Altonah Road, Bethleham, PA.  18017.
   The 30th Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine
and Biology will be held November 5-9,  1977 at the Los
Angeles Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.   Deadline for
receipt of abstracts is April 15, 1977.   Contact:
Ms. Patricia I. Horner, Suite 404, 4405  East-West  High-
way, Washington, D.C. 20014.
   On January 19, 1977, Liz Martin,  Public Affairs/OA,
presented an overview of EPA in North Carolina  to the
Durham Friendly City Sertoma Club.
   Clemson University is sponsoring a midwinter con-
ference on "Textile Wastewater Treatment and /*ir Pollu-
tion Control" at Hilton Head Island,  South Carolina,
January 19-21, 1977.  Contact:   Dr. Ralph D. Elliott,
Director, Professional Development, 112 Sirrine Hall,
Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.  29631.
   The American Association for the Advancement of
Science is holding its annual meeting,  February 20-25,
1977 in Denver, Colorado.  Among our EPA'ers partici-
pating in the meeting are Dr. Dave Shearer,  Dr. Jean
French, and Dr. Jack Durham.
    Wade Ponder, Senior Chemical Engineer,  IERL/RTP,
 will  present "SO- Control Technologies—Commercial
 Availabilities and Economics" at a seminar on  Status  of
 Air Pollution Control Technologies in Clemson,  S.C.,
 March 14, 1977.
    On March 27, 1977, S. Lamer, Mechanical  Engineer,
 IERL/RTP, will discuss the "Status of EPA Gas  Turbine
 Research and Development for NO  Control" at the  ASME
 Gas Turbine Conference in Philadelphia,  Pa.
    Robert Statnick, Research Chemist, IERL/RTP,  will
 discuss  "Source Sampling and Analysis" at the ASTM
 Conference  in San Francisco, Ca., October 2,  1977.
    IERL/RTP and the Fugitive Emissions Committee  of
 APCA will jointly sponsor the second "Symposium on
 Fugitive Emissions:  Measurement and Control"  on  May
 23-25,  1977 in Houston, Texas.  The objectives of the
 meeting are to support IERL/RTP efforts to provide
 industry the means to determine the impact of  fugitive
 emissions and to develop or evaluate control strategies,
 and to  promote the exchange of information among
 industrial, research, and government organizations.
   May 16-20, 1977 - Fourth International Clean Air
Congress, Tokyo, Japan.   Contact:   International Union
of Air Pollution Prevention Association, P. 0. Box
5457, Tokyo International,  Tokyo  100-31, Japan.
                                                             Max Samfield, Chemical Engineer, IERL/RTP,  will
                                                           discuss the ATMI Batea project at a textile seminar  in
                                                           Hilton head, S.C., March 1, 1977.
   Dale Denny,  Chief,  Chemical  Processes Branch, IERL/
RTP and Max Samfield will  attend an AATCC conference in
Atlanta, Ga.,  March  1,  1977.  Dale will discuss
"Estimating Future Air Pollution Requirements," and
Max will discuss  "Water Reuse in Textile Industry."
   The Department of Health,  Education, and Welfare is
sponsoring a course entitled  "Legal Aspects of the
Occupational Safety and  Health  0ct of 1970."  The
course is designed to familiarize the occupational
safety and health professional,  technician, or manager
with the fundamentals of the  legal aspects of the
Occupational Safety and  Health  Act of 1970.  The dates
are April 18-22,  1977, in Cincinnati, Ohio.  For
further information, contact-   Robert A. Taft Labor-
atories, NIOSH,  Div. of  Training & Manpower Development,
4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
  The CLEANER TIMES is published monthly by Public Affairs.
  Office of Administration, U S  Environmental Protection Agency.
  Research Triangle Park, N C 27711
  Liz Martin
  Dorothy Rose
  Elaine Hyman
        Editor
Assistant Editor
      Reporter
  Produced with the assistance  of the Word Processing Center,
  Graphics, Composition, Printing Sections, and Forms and Publica-
  tions Center, GSD

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            A  Microscopic  View
                   by:   Elaine Hyman

    How do you study particles  too  small  to  be seen by
 the naked eye?  A microscope.   Good  guess,  but what
 about particles less than .0004 micron*  to  1 micron in
 diameter, found in the air we  breathe?   A powerful
 microscope.   Right again, and  that is what  John Miller,
 Electron Microscopist, ESRL, has in  his  Electron
 Optical  Facility.   "	one powerful microscope:1'
    The recently installed Scanning Transmission Elec-
 tron Microscope (STEM) can magnify images up to one
 million  times the actual  size.
    The new STEM is used for morphological studies of
 stationary and mobile  source particulate emissions.
 Added capability includes compound species  identifi-
 cation by electron diffraction,  a  means of  identifying
 the compound  species of crystalline material or
 mixtures,  and elemental  identification by energy
 dispersive X-ray.
    STEM  is currently the  only instrument of its kind in
 use in the United  States.

 *(A micron--.000039  inches)
           John Miller  using STEM to study air
           particles.
... .Asbestos
How about breathing this?   Asbestos,  a  known carcinogen,
magnified some 20,000 times for  sample  analysis.  This
asbestos sample was taken  from the  now  demolished
Durham Hotel.
... .and Fly Ash
Or perhaps this?  Fly ash from a coal  fired  power
plant.   The fly ash which contains sulfur, a suspected
carcinogen, has been magnified some 500 times  for  sam-
ple analysis.

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Person-to-Person
   Ed Lillis, MDAD/OAQPS, has been appointed Chief of
the Air Management Technology Branch.   Ed  has been with
the Federal air program for almost ten years and brings
with him a  broad and varied background in  air quality
management  techniques.  His close association with the
State Implementation Plan activities and his compre-
hensive knowledge of the scientific and technical prob-
lems in achievement of the air quality standards will
provide the required experience and perception to carry
out the mission of the branch.  Congratulations, Ed!
                  oeoeeeeeeeeeeo
   Sam Colon-Velez, a computer systems analyst, formerly
with the National Center for Health Statistics, has
been appointed Section Chief, Data Processing Section,
National Air  Data Branch, MDAD/OAQPS.   Good luck, Sam!
                   aaoaoooooooom
   The EPA-RTP  Federal Women's Program (FWP)  last year
awarded Bonnie  Kirtz a plaque for her winning FWP logo.
Bonnie, a member of the Regional Services Staff, has
been notified by the United States Civil  Service
Commission that her logo is being considered  for adop-
tion as the logo for the national FWP.  Good  luck,
Bonnie!
   Whit Joyner, MDAD/OAQPS, our court jester,  tells us
he has been granted the diplomacy of Doctor of Meta-
physics, following the completion of extensive course
work in this field of philosophy.  What next,  Whit?
Personnel Corner
   The following awards were approved during December
1976:
QUALITY INCREASES:
William W.  Whelan - IERL       CONTINUED SUPERIOR
Douglas A.  Whitehouse - HERL   PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Donna W.  Wicker  - HERL         Martha A. Lawson -  ESRL
David G.  Lachapelle - IERL     Wa1ter R. Jones - OA/GSD
Zada N. Nelson - OAQPS
 New  Publication
       1977  Gas Mileage Guide
Dr.  Levy  Remains
at UNC  Another Year

   Dr. Burton Levy,  EPA's first Director of Adminis-
tration, has been at the  University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, since January 1976, teaching and doing
research in government administration and public sector
labor relations.   Dr. Levy will continue to teach and
do government research at the political science depart-
ment of UNC during 1977.  He will then move to EPA's
management staff in Washington, D.C.

   When Dr. Levy first came here in January 1972 as
EPA's Director of Administration, he made a concerted
effort to consolidate and improve all of the non-
scientific work of the 1200 persons, $100 million dollar
a year enterprise.

   In  addition to the day-to-day administration of EPA
locally, Dr. Levy directed several national projects
and studies for EPA.

   Here at EPA, Dr.  Levy  began an internship program
for students of administration from UNC and IICCU, a
public school environmental education and careers pro-
gram for students and teachers in the RTP area, and
supported a library  science internship program for
graduate students at UNC.  He worked very closely with
the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and was
instrumental in tripling  the number of black employees
in the Office of Administration.

   Commenting on  his official  departure from the post
of Director of Administration, Dr.  Levy said,  "Working
and living in the Triangle area for the past five years
has been a highlight of my family's life.   I am due to
retire on Thanksgiving Day in 1999 and we intend to
build  a  small house  in Chapel  Hill  so that we can have
it at  the turn of the century."
                    Policy of Neutrality Towards  Union  Membership  Reiterated
   You are all  probably aware that EPA-RTP employees
have been represented by AFGE Local 3347 since  that
organization  gained exclusive recognition status through
secret ballot election in 1972.  However, you may be
unaware of the  Federal Government's policy of neutrality
with respect  to membership in a labor organization.
   Simply stated, Federal Government (and EPA)  policy
is that union membership is the free choice of  each
employee; the encouragement or discouragement of union
membership by an agency is strictly prohibited.  E. 0.
11491, as amended,  states:  "Each employee of the
executive branch of the Federal Government has the
right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal,
to form, join, and  assist a labor organization or to
refrain from any such  activity, and each employee shall
be protected in the exercise of this right."
   Thus, it is the  policy of EPA and the entire Federal
Government that you be free to make your own choice with
respect to union membership.

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Learning Opportunities
Course-
Content:
Dates:
Location:
Cost:
Registration:
Procedures:
Course:
Content:
Dates:
Time:
Cost:
Credit:

Location:
Registration:
Procedures:
First Aid,  Evacuation for Field  Personnel
Emphasis will  be on self-help  and small
team reaction  to emergencies occurring
while employees are not adjacent to or
within the  reaction time of industrial or
government  emergency treatment centers.
June 21-25, 1977
Classroom I, Environmental  Research
Center, Highway 54, Research Triangle
Park, N.C.
$25.00
January 3 - May 20, 1977
Through the Personnel Management Division,
Administrative Building, Research Tri-
angle Park, N.C., for Federal  employees.
Nonfederal  employees are also  eligible.
a.  Federally sponsored
b.  Self sponsored
Agency sponsored - Submit OF  170 through
appropriate management channels.
Self sponsored - Submit OF 170 directly
to Leona Colglazier, Registrar (MD-29),
EPA, Research Triangle Park,  N.C. 27711.
Technical  Writing
The study will  emphasize practical
writing, short  reports,  memorandums,
letters.  Each  session has  been planned
to present basic concepts with examples,
discussions, exercises,  and short writing
projects, which will  emphasize applica-
tion of communication principles.
March 10, 15, 17, 1977
8:30 - 4:30
$100.00
Continuing Education Units  (CEU's) will
be given for this course.
Classroom No. I, ERC
January 3 - January 31,  1977
Same as listed above.
Just for the  Asking -
    EPA  Administrator Russell E. Train's recent speech
 "Energy,  Equity, and Environment:  Confronting the
 Global  Concerns of the Rest of the Century," given at
 the Los Angeles World Affairs Forum, December 16, 1976,
 is available  from the Public Affairs Office.
North Carolina Energy
Conservation  Plan
   On December  22, 1975, the Energy Policy  and Conser-
vation Act was  enacted  by Congress.  Part C of Title
III of that Act provides for the establishment of a
framework within «ihich  the States and Federal Govern-
ments may work  in partnership to develop and implement
comprehensive plans.
   For states that participate, conservation goals are
to be established calling for a projected reduction in
energy consumption for  each state by 1980.   Federal
guidelines stipulate  that the state plan must include
the following items:
   1.  Mandatory lighting standards for nonfederal
       public buildings;
   2.  Programs to encourage car pooling and public
       transporation;
   3.  Energy standards and policies to govern state
       procurement;
   4.  Mandatory thermal-efficiency and insulation
       standards for  new and renovated buildings; and
   5.  A traffic law  permitting a right turn at  red
       lights,  after  stopping, to the "maximum extent
       feasible." This is seen as saving  fuel.
   The State of N.C.'s  Energy Division has  been  inves-
tigating additional energy conservation alternatives
including those which apply to the five mandatory areas.
   The Plan must be completed by March 1,  1977,  but
first public input  is necessary.  The following  public
session will be held  in order to inform citizens,  local
government officials, educators, industry,  and  business-
men as to the federal requirements in developing the  Plan
and the work that is  presently being done in the Energy
Division.
   10:00 a.m. January 25,  1977, at the Public Service
Gas Company, 1720 Hillsborpugh Street, Raleigh.  N.C.	
FARMER ... (Cont'd.  from  Page  1)
    As Chief, Standards Development Branch,  Emission
 Standards and  Engineering Division,  OAQPS,  Jack has been
 challenged  with highly controversial  and complex issues,
 the resolution of which has established precedence for
 future standards of  performance and  hazardous pollutant
 regulations.   His performance continues to demonstrate
 his high degree of initiative and ability.   He continues
 to demonstrate a willingness to accept greater respon-
 sibilities  and a deep  concern that the standards pro-
 mulgated by EPA are  technically and economically justi-
 fied and thoroughly  tested by an objective analysis.
    We would like to  add our congratulations to Jack
 Farmer for a job "well done."

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Credit Union  Receives Award            EPA  Employee  Receives Award
   The Federal  Credit  Union of Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina,  has  earned a National Credit Union
Administration  (NCUA)  Thrift Honor Award for its suc-
cess in stimulating  savings among small savers,  accord-
ing to Bernard  M.  Ganzfried, Regional Director,  NCUA
Region III (Atlanta).
   The Credit Union  attained a monthly growth rate  of
2 percent in accounts  under $20,000.  According  to
Ganzfried, this  rate of growth was well above the
average for Federal  Credit Unions of similar size.
   On October 31,  1976, the Credit Union had 1,914
members with total savings of $2,750,759.
   The Credit Union  was chartered in 1968.
   John P. Creason,  EPA, HERL, is President of the
Credit Union and Velnia B. Gray, EPA, CMD,  serves as
its Treasurer.   Mary W. Pollard is the Office Manager
and other staff  members are Feggy Clements, Gladys
Adams, and Wanda Stone.
   The National  Credit Union Administration charters,
supervises, and  insures over 12,800 Federal credit
unions in the United States.  It conducts  the Thrift
Honor Award program  to provide an incentive for
Federal credit  union officials to encourage members
with small accounts  to include regular savings as part
of their family  financial management plan.
CANCER...  (Cont'd.  from Page 2)
   Despite the huge amount of money which is  poured
into research each year, how and why cancers  develop is
still an enigma to many scientists and physicians.
Hopefully  within the next decade, or less,  this  puzzle
wi11 be solved.
(Portions  of this article have been excerpted
from CEQ's 6th annual report)
f'lS-LOCATED... (Cont'd.  from Page 2)
   In addition to safeguarding government property,
personal property should also be protected.   Purses,
wallets, and other valuable personal  property should
be kept in a safe place.  When it is  necessary to
leave the  office, lab, warehouse, etc., make  sure
personal property is secure.
   Forewarned is forearmed.
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Dr.  James  R. Hammerle
   Dr. James R.  Hammerle, Chief, National  Air Data
Branch, MDAD/OAQPS,  recently received EPA's Bronze
Medal for Commendable  Service "in recognition for
leadership,  creativity, and technical contribution  to
international  cooperation and the application of modern
engineering  and  systems management to the  solution  of
air pollution  control  problems."
   This award  was  presented as a result of Dr.
Hanunerle's intensive efforts in organizing and  initi-
ating the multi-national NATO Committee on the
Challenges of  a  Modern Society "Air Pollution Pilot
Study."  This  necessitated negotiations with the Federal
Republic of  Germany  and 15 other foreign countries  and
resulted in  a  two-year project which has assembled
foreign experts  from many countries for technical
meetings both  in Europe and the U.S.  Hammerle  presided
at most of these meetings and hosted the September  1976
U.S.  meeting.  His responsibilities also included pre-
sentation of regular reports to the NATO/CCMS Plenary
at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
   Hammerle  is also  the recipient of the faculty-student
"Good Apple" service award from East Gary  Junior High
School, and  is rather  well known as the director and
founder of the popular 40-piece "Little German  Band"
and its 20 member German folk dance group.

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