"The public wants clean air,
clean water, sensible use of
resources; no brown-outs and
no smog-outs, no products,
conveniences or services that
poison them slowly or quickly;
no beautiful high-sounding
claims by industry or Govern-
ment that are not backed by
solid performance; no short-
term gains and long-term
losses; no lame excuses;
NO NONSENSE."
August 1971
NO
NONSENSE!
PUBLISHED FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FROM
THE
ADMINISTRATOR
It is with great pleasure that I inau-
gurate this first issue of the EPA em-
ployee newsletter. I hope it will prove
to be an important forum for the exchange
of information about EPA and its people.
I encourage each of you to contribute
your thoughts and ideas about EPA to me.
In creating EPA we have experienced a
series of reorganizations which have af-
fected you and your work. Our goal for
EPA is an Agency that will approach envi-
ronmental problems from a total , function-
al viewpoint. The changes we have been
making hopefully will allow us to fulfill
our mandate, to develop and bring to fru-
ition EPA's long-range objectives. Our
goal is to make this Agency a responsive,
anticipatory arm of the government.
I think that this Agency has a real
chance to succeed, to achieve significant
and visible improvements in the quality of
our environment. It will require a team
effort and the enthusiasm of all EPA em-
ployees. The successes that we hope for,
many of which will be fully realized only
in the years ahead, will do much to re-
store our citizens' faith in their govern-
ment's ability to solve problems, a faith
which is vital if the difficulties facing
this country are to be resolved.
I hope we can all dedicate ourselves
to that effort, for I believe we can have
no higher calling.
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EPA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
One of the areas of greatest effort
since the creation of EPA has been the
attempt to find office space in Washington
and regional center cities adequate for
all EPA employees in the area. Adminis-
trator Ruckelshaus feels that Office loca-
tion is one of the best means of achieving
the unity of approach that was sought in
creating EPA.
Since announcement of the selection of
Waterside Mall in Southwest Washington,
D.C., to serve as EPA Headquarters, plans
have been developed to move employees into
their new offices by stages. The first
phase of the move will begin August 20
and will be complete by September 13, 1971
Five hundred fifty employees, most of
come to
whom now work at 1616 and 1626 K Street,
N.W., will be the first to move into
Waterside Mall.
The second phase of the move is sched-
uled for January 1972 and will affect an
additional 1,000 employees. These will
be drawn from among the the work force
now at Crystal Plaza; 5600 Fishers Lane;
1750 K Street, N.W.; 1129-20th Street,
N.W.; and 1835 K Street, N.W.
A third phase of the move will occur
in July 1972. All EPA headquarters
employees will at last be working in one
building complex at Waterside Mall.
The GSA lease for Waterside Mall include:
provision for 1,000 parking spaces for
employee cars and official vehicles. The
approximate ratio of employees to parking
spaces is 2 1/2 to one. Therefore, given
the anticipated number of employees who
will use public transportation, and those
who will participate in car pools, park-
ing should not be a problem. An adminis-
trative issuance will be published short-
ly which will outline the criteria to
be used in assigning parking spaces at
Waterside Mall. All assigned parking
spaces will be free to employees.
Future issues of No Nonsense will pro-
vide details concerning moving plans, ar-
rangements for transportation, and services
and facilities that will be available at
Waterside Mall.
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REGIONAL OFFICE SPACE
The Real Property and Space Management
staff of the Data and Support Systems
Division, working with GSA representatives,
has completed the acquisition of space to
accommodate the anticipated staffing of
each of the ten Regional Offices through
FY 1972.
The acquisition of approximately 400,
000 total sq. ft. for the ten regions
was a formidable task since the action
had to be started prior to an approved
regional organization and staffing chart
for each region. EPA's criteria was for
high quality space located in downtown
areas, easily accessible to official vis-
itors and the general public. Space ac-
quired ranges from the staid old Curtis
Building in Philadelphia across the street
from Independence Hall and beautifully
remodeled into first class office space,
to space in the Park Place Building in
Seattle. The Park Place Building setting
is one of the most unusual in the country:
a 21-story office tower rising from a
beautiful 4 1/2 acre park in the heart of
Seattle. The park will be built over the
freeway with a 45 ft. waterfall into what
is now the freeway median strip.
Timing of the availability of the space
was critical in all cities to accommodate
the rapid expansion of the agency and the
movement of personnel from Charlottesville
and Portland to Philadelphia and Seattle.
A close cooperative working relationship
between headquarters and regional staffs
of GSA and EPA was developed and main-
tained throughout the acquisition proce-
dures, and is directly responsible for
the success of the mission. Mr. Woody
Yaroch, Real Property and Space Management
Officer, represented the Agency in nego-
tiations with the GSA regional officials.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU. . .
The vitality and effectiveness of any
organization are determined in large mea-
sure by the personalities and abilities of
its managers. The EPA is especially for-
tunate in the number of able and well-
qualified persons serving as Assistant Ad-
ministrators, and in other positions of
responsibility. These brief biographical
notes give some indication of the wide
range of experience which has been brought
to bear in establishing and guiding the
initial efforts of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency.
Robert W. Fri. Deputy Administrator.
Mr. Fri, 36, graduated from Rice Univer-
sity, Phi Beta Kappa and from Harvard Uni-
versity, Graduate School of Business Ad-
ministration. He entered the U.S. Naval
Reserve after graduation and served in the
Navy until 1963. Mr. Fri became an Asso-
ciate-with McKinsey and Company, Inc., in
1963. He specialized with McKinsey in the
field of organization and management. He
became a Principal of McKinsey in 1968.
While with McKinsey, he was responsible
for directing the firm's management con-
sulting assignments in the public sector,
and has worked on projects with the Office
of Management and Budget, Treasury Depart-
ment, Commerce Department, Peace Corps and
Labor Department.
Thomas E.Carroll, Assistant Adminis-
trator for Planning and Management. Mr.
Carroll, 43, served as Executive Vice-Pres-
ident and Director of Evans Broadcasting
Corporation in New York prior to joining
EPA. At Evans he was responsible for the
construction, development and operation of
major market television broadcast enter-
prises.
David D. Domim'ck, Assistant Adminis-
trator for Categorical Programs. Mr.
Dominick, 34, is EPA's newest AA. We are
all familiar with Mr. Dominick, though,
from his service as Commissioner of the
Federal Water Quality Administration.
Prior to his EPA service, he served as
Legislative Assistant to Senator Clifford
Hansen of Wyoming.
Dr. Stanley M. Greenfield, Assistant
Administrator for Research and Monitoring.
Dr. Greenfield, 43, came to us from Rand
where he was Head of the Department of En-
vironmental Sciences and Manager of the
Rand program in Environmental Studies. He
has a B.A. in meteorology and physics from
New York University and his Ph.D. from
UCLA in meteorology.
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Donald M. Mosiman, Assistant Adminis-
trator for Media Programs. Mr. Mosiman,
41, came to EPA from Perene Leisure Inter-
nationa] , where he served as a business and
management consultant. Mr. Mosiman has
served as Deputy and Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Indiana.
John R. Quarles, Assistant Administra-
tor for Standards and Enforcement and Gen-
eral Counsel. Mr. Quarles, 36, served as
Assistant to the Secretary for Policy Plan-
ning and Research at the Department of the
Interior, prior to joining EPA. Before
that, he held the position of Assistant for
Environmental Planning to the Under Secre-
tary of Interior where he was responsible
for directing the Environmental Planning
Staff.
Fitzhugh Green, Associate Administrator
for International Affairs. Mr. Green, 54,
has served with the U.S. Information Agen-
cy as Deputy Director of USIA operations
in the Far East, and as Assistant to Sena-
tor Claiborne Pell in foreign affairs and
oceanology.
Graham W. McGowan, Director of Congress-
ional Affairs. Mr. McGowan, 52, has served
as General Counsel to the Electronic In-
dustries Assn., and as Staff Counsel to
the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee.
Thomas T. Hart, Acting Director of
Public Affairs. Mr. Hart, 44, came to EPA
from the Public Broadcasting Environment
Center, where he served as Deputy Execu-
tive Director.
Norn's W. Sydnor, Director of the
Office of Equal Opportunity. Mr. Sydnor,
30, served as Director of the Office of
Environmental Activities in the Water
Quality Office, and as a Manpower Devel-
opment Officer for the Federal Water Qual-
ity Administration.
EPA wants to publish on recycled paper,
whenever possible. The Joint Committee on
Printing is currently reviewing specifica-
tions for paper stocks used by all Federal
agencies, with a view toward increased use
of those papers containing recycled fibers.
No Nonsense will be published on recycled
paper when it is available.
MANAGEMENT
INTERN
PROGRAM
ANNOUNCED
Mr. Howard M. Messner, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Administration and Chair-
man of the Management Intern Committee,
has recently announced the selection of
10 outstanding individuals to participate
in EPA's first management intern program.
This important program will serve as a
source of highly qualified and broadly
trained management personnel with agency-
wide perspective who will be available for
management and professional positions
throughout the Agency. Traditionally,
management interns have advanced rapidly
in the Federal Service.
The 1-year program consists of a series
of four varied but integrated intensive
training assignments across operating
Agency lines. In addition to rotational
assignments, interns will also attend
seminars, Civil Service Commission courses,
and will be encouraged to enroll in grad-
uate course work at local colleges and
universities.
The EPA Management Intern Committee,
consisting of Howard Messner, Ed Rhodes,
Charlie Swift, Ray Pugh, and Bob Kelly,
selected the following 10 interns for the
1971 program:
Andrew M. Caraker
George Washington University
Holly A. Carroll
St. John's College
Kerrigan G. Clough
Central Michigan University
Joseph P. Foran EPA
Judith A. Kammins EPA
Robert L. Mitchell EPA
Joseph C. Montgomery
Antioch College
Wayne C. Savage
University of Utah
Thomas W. Viers EPA
Joan L. Werner EPA
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CHANGES IN EFFLUENT GUIDELINES-SETTING
The effort to develop uniform National
effluent guidelines, to be applied to in-
dustries discharging wastes to interstate
waterways, has encountered unexpected
technical difficulties. These difficulties
have required modification of the original
approach to the guidelines-setting proce-
dure.
Basically, effluent guidelines to be
applied to individual industrial facili-
ties will be determined by the appropriate
EPA Regional Administrator, rather than by
Nationally applicable guidelines. Vary-
ing characteristics of receiving bodies of
water, such as size and aeration rates,
together with variations in size and dis-
charge volumes of industrial facilities
within a given industry, necessitated the
change. In order to have taken all of
these factors into account, National
guidelines would necessarily have been so
broad and non-specific as to leave the
plant manager uncertain as to the steps
he should take. On such terms, it seems
likely that even the most conscientious
industry would be inhibited from making
a large investment in pollution control
equipment, lest it later be determined
inadequate.
Mr. Ruckelshaus candidly acknowledged
difficulties in developing National ef-
fluent guidelines at a news conference
on July 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C. He
has emphasized that the change in procedure
for granting industrial discharge permits
--with wide discretion left to EPA Re-
gional Offices--should not be con-
strued as a retreat from the strong
Agency position in favor of maintaining
high water quality standards. Mr.
Ruckelshaus has insisted that EPA will
not approve an industrial permit unless
the Agency is assured that 1} appli-
cable State water quality standards have
been correctly applied; 2) the indus-
try's effluent is given at least secon-
dary treatment or its equivalent where
the standard requires this; 3) there is
the strictest adherence to a long-stand-
ing policy that high quality waters will
remain high in quality and will suffer no
degradation.
It should be noted that continued
effort is being made to resolve the dif-
ficulties in developing National effluent
guidelines. When they do become available
the guidelines will be used by regional
offices in reviewing industrial permit
applications.
WATER POLLUTION
ABATEMENT ACTIONS
DECEMBER 3, 1970 - JU]\E 30, 1971
One of the hallmarks of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency is its willing-
ness to bring enforcement actions to halt
violation of pollution laws. To date3
over 80 enforcement actions have been taken
against cities and industries. The follow-
ing summary indicates the scope and effect
of EPA's resort to legal means to help
abate water pollution.
On December 10, 1970, at the National
Conference of Mayors in Atlanta, Georgia,
the EPA Administrator, one week in office,
served 180-day notices on 3 major cities -
Detroit, Cleveland, and Atlanta - to halt
violations of Federal-State Water Quality
Standards or face the possibility of court
action. Despite complaints by the Mayors
that it was the lack of promised Federal
funds which was holding back their efforts
the notices stood.
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In June, the Administrator announced in
a press release that agreements had been
reached between EPA and the three cities,
calling for expenditures of $1.2 billion
to curb the pollution of "dying" Lake Erie
and Georgia's Chattachoochee River, termed
"an open sewer." Detroit and Cleveland,
Lake Erie's two largest polluters will en-
gage in a $1 billion, six-year program to
halt the dumping of sewage and reduce the
discharges of phosphorous, the nutrient
which spurs algal growth in the Lake. At-
lanta, as a result of raising its sewage
rates by approximately 50 percent, is now
in a position to take bids for the first
two sewage treatment plants to cost approx-
imately $62 million in local and Federal
funds, and to be constructed within a peri-
od of two and a half years.
Issuance of 180-day notices, affecting
both industry and cities, was used first by
the Department of Interior, which issued
a total of 10 notices before relinquishing
its powers to the EPA. Since December 1970,
the EPA has brought twelve such actions.
The other major enforcement weapon used
by EPA has been the referral of industrial
pollution cases to the Justice Department
for prosecution under the Rivers and Harbors
Act of 1899, commonly known as the Refuse
Act. Since EPA was formed, 26 cases have
been referred to Justice which has either
obtained injunctions to prohibit the offen-
sive discharge or has brought criminal
prosecution and sought penalties in the
form of fines. An additional 28 Refuse Act
cases have been instituted in this period
by the Justice Department, or by the U.S.
Attorneys throughout the country, with
technical assistance from EPA's regional
offices.
In addition to the two enforcement
techniques already mentioned, the Agency
continues to hold Enforcement Conferences.
The Federal Government and the States
continuous to the body of water under
consideration, come together to outline
the problems and any progress which has
been made toward abatement. As a result
of this meeting, a schedule is set up for
alleviating the polluting conditions.
This schedule then becomes subject to
enforcement by issuance of 180-day no-
tices. Fourteen Enforcement Conference
actions have been initiated since the
formation of EPA.
EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers are now engaged in administering an
ambitious cleanup program known as the
Refuse Act Permit Program which Mr.
Ruckelshaus said is the nation's first
coordinated attack on the water pollution
problems of industry. Every industry
which discharges material into navigable
waters or their tributaries must provide
data on these discharges to the Corps of
Engineers in order to obtain a permit.
The original deadline for filing in-
formation concerning waste discharges was
July 1. A ninety-day extension was
granted in May for certain of the data
requirements, due to difficulty in de-
veloping all of the information necessary.
In most cases, the required data will
include 14 characteristics such as rate
of flow, temperature of the water, solids
and nutrients, and the presence or ab-
sence of as many as 51 other pollutants.
Permits for discharges will be issued
upon agreement by EPA and the States that
the quality of the receiving water will
be protected. Penalties for those who
do not comply can be either civil, with
an injunction to cease the discharge en-
tirely until the quality is improved; or
criminal, with a fine of up to $2,500.
Future abatement actions in the areas
of water, air, and other environmental
fields will be reported as they are ini-
tiated by EPA.
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