U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

            QUALITY CONTROL MATERIALS FOR AIR & WATER ANALYSIS
                                  3-3-78

 I.  Contact for 'Air Analysis Methodology and Quality Assurance:

          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
          Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (EMSL) -
            Research Triangle Park (RTP)
          Research Triangle Park, NC  27711
          (919)541-2196

     Contact for Water Analysis Methodology and Quality Assurance:

          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
          Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (EMSL) -
            Cincinnati
          Cincinnati, OH  45268
          (513)684-7301

     Contact for Region V •• Regional Quality Control Coordinator:

          Water - David A. Payne, Chief
                  Quality Assurance Office
                  Surveillance and Analysis Division
                  U 5. Environmental Protection Agency
                  536 South Clark Street
                  Chicago, Illinois  60605
                  (312)353-9351 or 9317

          Air   - Kendall Young
                  Quality Assurance Office
                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                  536 South Clark Street
                  Chicago, Illinois  60605
                  (312)353-9528

II.  Manuals:

     The following water analysis manuals are available free from Technology
     Transfer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268.
     Phone:  (513)684-7394; FTS: 684-7394

     Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, EPA, 1974.  (New
     edition in prepatation).

     Handbook for Analytical Quality Control in Water and Wastewater
     Laboratories, EPA, 1972.

     Handbook for Monitoring Industrial Wasvewater, EPA, 1973.

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A bibliography for  all available Technology Transfer  publications
is available  upon request.   See attached  copy  of Request  for
Technology  Transfer Information.  Your  Regional Quality Control
Coordinator also has a limited number of  the above  three  publications
for distribution.   It is best to order  the manuals  from Technology
Transfer  since further errata and corrections  can be  made through
their  centralized mailing lists.

EPA approved  test procedures for National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System  (NPDES) monitoring can be found  in the Federal
Register, Vol.  38,  No. 199,  pp. 28757-28760, October  16,  1973 as
40 CFR 136.   Amendments to 40 CFR 136,  promulgated  in the Federal
Register, Vol.  41,  No. 232,  pp. 52779-52786, December 1,  1976,
update references cited by the October  16, 1973 regulations and
specify additional  approved  test procedures.   The Federal Register,
Vol. 42, No.  12, pp. 3306-3307, January 18, 1977, correct three
errors appearing in the Amendments to 40  CFR 136 for  nickel,
nitrite, and  phenolics.  The Federal Register, Vol. 42, No. 139,
pp. 37205,  July 20,  1977, defines in more detail the  test procedure
used for suspended  solids during NPDES  monitoring.  See Attachment.

Sampling and  Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial
Effluents for Priority Pollutants, revised April 1977, is  in draft
form and can  be used for guidance.  It  is available,  on request,
from EMSL-Cincinnati, OH 45268, (513)684-7301  or FTS:  684-7301.

EPA approved  test procedures for the National  Interim Primary
Drinking Water  Regulations (NIPDWR) can be found in the Federal
Register, Vol.  40,  No. 248,  pp. 59565-59588, December  24,  1975,
as  part of  40 CFR 141.  Your Regional Quality  Control  Coordinator
should  be contacted for. the  current list  of alternate  test pro-
cedures approved for NIPDWR  chemical contaminant measurements, to
supplement  those cited by 40 CFR 141.   EPA's Office of Water Supply
will eventually publish them in the Federal Register.  Analytical
methodology for radioactivity measurements for the NIPDWR can be
found  in the  Federal Register, Vol. 41, No. 133, pp. 28401-28409,
July 9, 1976.

Both The Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Finished Waters by the Purage
and Trap Method, EPA, EMSL-Cincinnati,  September 9, 1977, and The
Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water by Liquid/Liquid
Extraction,  EPA, EMSL-Cincinnati,  September 8, 1977, have been
proposed by 40  CFR  141.25 as reference methods for trihalomethanes
in drinking water by the Federal Register, Vol. 43, No. 28,
pp. 5755-5780, February 9,  1978.   The two methods are available,
on request,  from:

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              Criteria and Standards  Division
              Office of Drinking Water (WH-550)
              Environmental Protection Agency
              Washington,  D.C.   20460

 Interim test  procedures for pentachlorophenol,  chlorinated  organic
 compounds,  and  pesticides,  promulgated by 40 CFR Fart  136 for  NPDES
 Monitoring, and by  40 CFR Part  141 for the  NIPDWR,  are available
 from EMSL-Cincinnati upon request.

 The  general pesticide analysis  manual:

 Analysis of Pesticide Residues  in Human and Environmental Samples,
 EPA, 1974,

 and  a quality control manual:

 Manual  for Analytical Quality Control  for Pesticides in Human  and
 Environmental Media,  EPA,  EPA-600/1-76-017,  February 1976,

 are  available upon  request  from:

              U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
              Quality Assurance  Section, Analytical  Chemistry Branch
              Environmental  Toxicology  Division, MD//69
              Health Effects Laboratory
              Research Triangle  Park, NC  27711
              (919)549-8411   Ext. 2563

 A laboratory  instruction manual, designed for a municipal treatment
 plant operator  or a technician  who is  required  to monitor effluent
 discharges under a  NPDES permit, has been prepared by  EPA's National
 Training Center.  The manual is  designed for the analyst with  little
 or no experience in wastewater  analysis or flow measurement to
 determine BOD^, pH,  fecal coliforms, and open channel  flow.  The
 manual  is Self-Monitoring Procedures:  Basic Parameters for Municipal
 Effluents - Student  Reference Manual,  EPA, Water Program Operations,
 EPA-430/1-74-008.   NTIS Accession No.  PB 243 417/AS, $8.75 per copy.
 A limited number of  copies  are  available free to public agencies.

 Region V, EPA has been a source  for the' following sediment analysis
 manual:

 Chemistry Laboratory Manual - Bottom Sediments, Great Lakes Region
 Committee on Analytical Methods, Federal Water Quality Administration,
 December 1969.

This manual has never received official sanction by U.S. EPA.  The
manual has been a source of analytical methodology, if used judiciously,
 for assessing the quality of dredge material from the Great Lakes.
The manual's supply has been depleted within Region V.   You may
order the manual from NTIS using NTIS Accession No. PB 215 192,
 $5.50/copy.  NTIS is described below.

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Ecological Evolution of Proposed Discharge of Dredged or Fill
Material into Navigable Waters: Interim -Guidance for Implementation
of Section 404(b)(l) of Public Law 92-500 (Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of  1972), Miscellaneous Paper D-76-17, Environmental
Effects Laboratory, 1976, is a manual to provide interim guidance
(analytical methodology included) for the evaluation of proposed
discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.  The
manual can be obtained  from:

             Department of the Army
             Waterways Experiment Station
             Corps of Engineers
             P.O. Box 631
             Vicksburg, Mississippi  39180

The following biology manuals provides EPA's official aquatic
biology and bioassay methodologies:

Biological Field and Laboratory Methods for Measuring the Quality
of Surface Water and Effluent*, EPA, EPA-670/73-001, July 1973.
NTIS Accession No. PB 227 183, $12.50/copy.

Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents to Aquatic
Organisms, EPA-600/4-78-012, January 1978.

They are available from Aquatic Biology Section, EMSL-Cincinnati,
EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268.

Limited quantities of Handbook for Evaluation Water Bacteriological
Laboratories^ EPA, EPA-670/9-75-006, August 1975, are available
free from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development, Technical Information Staff, Cincinnati, OH 45268,
or from Mr. E.E. Geldreich, MERL-Cincinnati, EPA, Cincinnati, OH
45268.  The handbook can also be purchased from NTIS using NTIS
Accession No. PB 247 145/AS, $7.50/copy.

The microbiology handbook and many of the following ambient air
analysis manuals can be purchased,  being sure to use the NTIS
Accession No.'s, and EPA report titles and number from:

             National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
             U.S. Deparment of Commerce
             5285 Port Royal Road
             Springfield,  VA  22161

Checks or money orders are made payable to NTIS.  Purchase orders
require an additional $5.00 service charge.

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 The original reference methods for the determination of suspended
 particulates, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide,
 photochemical oxidants, and hydrocarbons corrected for methane
 for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
 were promulgated as 42 CFR Part 410 in the Federal Register,
 Vol. 36, No. 84, p. 8186, April 30, 1971, Appendices A through
 F,  and were recodified as 40 CFR Part 50 in the Federal Register,
 Vol. 37, p. 22384, November 25, 1971, Appendices A through F.

 Regulations concerning EPA approval of specific instruments as
 designated reference or equivalent methods for sulfur dioxide,
 carbon monoxide, and photochemical oxidants were promulgated as
 40  CFR Parts 50, 51, and 53 in the Federal Register, Vol.  40,
 No. 33, p. 7041, February 18, 1975.  Typographical corrections
 to  this regulation are found in the Federal Register of April  25,
 1975.   Continuous monitoring instruments, purchased after  February
 18, 1976, are required to be Designated Reference or Equivalent
 Methods if they are to be used for monitoring National Ambient
 Air Quality Standards for these three parameters.  Instruments
 not designated as Reference cr Equivalent Methods may not  be used
 to  monitor these standards after Febraury 18, 1980.  These
 regulations, Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent
 Methods,  supersede all or part of the original reference methods
 of  42  CFR 410 for these three parameters.

 Reference and Equivalent Methods for Nitrogen Dioxide were promulgated
 in  the Federal Register, December 1, 1976, Vol.  41, No.  232,
 pp. 52686-52695.  Continuous monitoring instruments for nitrogen
 dioxide,  purchased after December 1, 1977, are required to be
 designated reference or equivalent methods if they are to  be used
 for National Ambient Air Quality Standards.   Instruments not so
 designated may not be used for this monitoring after December  1,
 1979.   Manual methods which are Designated Equivalent Methods  for
 NC>2 were promulgated on Wednesday,  December 14,  1977,  Federal
 Register, Vol. 42,  No.  240, pp.  62971 and 62972.   The methods
 designated are,  (1)  EQN-1277-026,  Sodium Afsenite Method for the
 Determination of Nitrogen Dioxide  in the Atmosphere,  (2) EQN-1277-027,
 Sodium Arsenite  Method for the Determination of Nitrogen Dioxide
 in  the Atmosphere - Technioon II Automated Analysis System,  and
 (3) EQN-1277-028,  TGS-ANAS Method for the Determination of Nitrogen
 Dioxide in the Atmosphere.   Procedures are available from  Department
 E,  EMSL-RTP, USEPA,  Research Triangle Park,  NC 27711.   Any manual
 method for nitrogen dioxide,  other than Designated Equivalent
 Methods,  may not be used for monitoring of air standards after
 December 1,  1977.

 See also, Technical  Assistance Document for the  Chemiluminescence
.Measurement of Nitrogen Dioxide,  EPA 600/4-75-003,  December  1975.

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 Miscellaneous Amendaments  to the above "Reference and  Equivalent
 Methods" of February 18,  1975,  were  promulgated  in the Federal
 Register, Vol.  41,  No.  53, p.  11251, March 17,  1976.   These
 regulations include provision  for modifications  of reference,
 equivalent, or alternative methods by users.

 An updated List of Designated Reference and Equivalent Methods  is
 maintained in Region V, EPA by the Air Surveillance Branch -
 Phone  (312)353-2303 and by the Quality Assurance Office - Phone
 (312)353-9528.

 A revised version of the calibration procedure  for the reference
 method for photochemical oxidants can be found  in the  April 14,
 1975,  memo from EMSL-RTP entitled Clarification  of Reference
 Method for Photochemical Oxidants.   This memo is available from
 your Regional Quality Control  Coordinator.

 EPA is considering  proposal of certain amendments to 40 CFR 50
 Appendix D to change the calibration procedure  for photochemical
.oxidants.   This is  outlined in the Federal  Register, Vol.  41,
 No. 195,  pp.  44049-44057.   An  interim policy for calibration of
 ozone  monitors  is discussed.

 See also,  Evaluation of 1  Percent Neutral Buffered Potassium
 Iodide Procedure for Calibration of  Ozone Monitors, EPA 600/4-77-005,
 January 1977, NTIS  Accession Number  PB 267  985.

 Standards for Performance  for  New Stationary Sources,  Revision  to
 Reference Method 1-8, was  promulgated Thursday,  August 18,  1977 and
 published in Federal Register,  Vol.  42,  No. 160,  pp. 41754-41789.

 Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rules for Lead Ambient
 Air Quality Standard was published in Federal Register,  Vol. 42,
 No. 240,  Wednesday,  December 14,  1977.   This proposal  is expected
 to  be  promulgated in June  1978,  pp.  63076-63094.   A Reference
 Method is  proposed.

 Guidance  for the Future use of NASN,  OAQPS  No. 1.2-075,  EPA pro-
 vides  information about the TSP Hi-Vol site selection  and  filter
 submissions.  This  is available from QAO, Region V, upon request.

 Guidance  for the selection of automated  methods  for measuring
 hydrocarbons  may be  found  in the  Environmental Monitoring  Series
 document  Guidelines  for Determining  Performance  Characteristics
 of Automated Methods of Measuring Nitrogen  Dioxide and Hydrocarbons
 Corrected for Methane,  EPA, EPA-650/4-74-018.  NTIS Accession No.
 PB  238 092/AS.   $3.75/copy.

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 See also, Evaluation of the EPA Reference Method for the Measurement
 of Non-Methane Hydrocarbons - Final Report, EPA 600/4-77-033,
 June  1977.

 Two pertinent analytical methodology reports  from EMSL-RTP are:

 Effect of Temperature on Stability of Sulfur  Dioxide Sample Collected
 by the Reference Method, EPA, EPA-600/4-76-024, May 1976.  NTIS
 Accession No. PB 253 778/AS.  $4.00/copy.

 Measurement of Atmospheric Sulfates: Evaluation of the Methylthymol
 Blue Method, EPA, EPA-600/4-76-015, March 1976.  NTIS Accession
 No. PB 253 349/AS.  $4.00/copy.

 The following quality assurance handbooks

 Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution  Measurement Systesm -
 Volume I - Principles,  EPA, EPA-600/9-76-005, March 1976

 Volume II, Ambient Air  Specific Methods, EPA  600/4-77-027a..
 May 1977

 are available free of charge to air monitoring personnel from your
 Regional Quality Control Coordinator or from:

             Environmental Protection Agency
             EMSL-RTP,  Quality Assurance Branch (MD//77)
             Research Triangle Park, NC  27711

 The Distribution Record Card attached to Volumes I or II should be
 completed so that updates can be provided by  EMSL-RTP.  EMSL-RTP
 plans to use these handbooks as a central point for communications
 of quality assurance recommendations.

 The following valuable  air analysis manuals,  if in stock, are
 available free to qualified public supported  air monitoring agencies
 by contacting the U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution
 Technical Information Center, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
 (919)549-8411, Ext. 2752; FTS 629-2711.  If unavailable please
 utilize NTIS.

 Quality Control Practices in Processing Air Pollution Samples, EPA,
 1973.  APTD-1132.  NTIS Accession No. PB 230  890/AS.  $6.25/copy.

 Guidelines for Development of a Quality Assurance Program — Reference
Method for Continuous Measurement of Carbon Monoxide in the
Atmosphere, EPA-R4-73-028a.  NTIS Accession No. PB 222 512.
 $5.25/copy.

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      Guidelines for Development of a Quality Assurance Program — Reference
      Method for the Determination of Suspended Particulates in the
      Atmosphere (High Volume Method), EPA-R4-73-028b.  NTIS Accession
      No. PB 223 051.  $5.75/copy.

      Guidelines for Development of a Quality Assurance Program — Reference
      Method for Measurement of Photochemical Oxidants, EPA-R4-73-028c.
      NTIS Accession No. PB 222 336.  $5.25/copy.

      Guidelines for Development of a Quality Assurance Program — Reference
      Method for the Determination of Sulfur Dioxide in the Atmosphere,
      EPA-R4-73-028d.  NTIS Accession No. PB 226 486.  $5.75/copy.

III.  Dissemination of Information:

                   Analytical Quality Control Newsletter
                   Joseph B. Anderson, Editor
                   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   EMSL-Cincinnati
                   Cincinnati, OH  45268

      Contact Mr. Anderson to be placed on mailing list.  The Newsletter
      publishes methodology and quality control articles from all areas
      of EPA.  Contacts within EPA for further information are given with
      each article.  A request for addition to the Newsletter's mailing
      list is attached.

 IV.  EPA Interlaboratory Testing Programs:

           Water Methodology Assessment and Quality Control Samples

                   John A. Winter
                   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   EMSL-Cincinnati
                   Cincinnati, OH  45268

           Interlaboratory Audits for Ambient Air Analysis

                   Steven M. Bromberg
                   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   EMSL-RTP, QAB (MD//77)
                   Research Triangle Park, NC  27711

           Interlaboratory Audits for Air Sources

                   Bob Denney
                   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                   EMSL-RTP, QAB (MD//77)
                   Research Triangle Park, NC  27711

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 V.  Interlaboratory Audits for Ambient Air Analysis

     Twice per year the Quality Assurance Branch, EMSL-RTP, provides
     interlaboratory audits (unknowns) to air-monitoring programs for
     the following ambient air tests:

     1.   sulfur dioxide bubbler solutions

     2.   nitrogen dioxide bubbler solutions

     3.   carbon monoxide continuous monitors

     4.   sulfate and nitrate on filter paper

     5.   lead on filter paper

     Once per year the following interlaboratory audit is provided:

     1.   calibration of Hi-Vol flow rate

     Contact your Regional Quality Control Coordinator to participate.

VI.  EPA Quality Control Samples

     Quality Control samples,  prepared by EMSL-Cincinnati, can be obtained
     free, either from your Regional Quality Control Coordinator or
     from EMSL-Cincinnati,  These samples are sent as concentrates to
     each user with "true values" provided in a sealed envelope.  They
     provide an independent check on the calibration accuracy of a
     laboratory's methodologies.  Except for the LAS samples, they are
     not meant to replace a laboratory's calibration standards - only
     to periodically audit laboratory accuracy.  The samples are
     applicable to both water pollution and water supply laboratories.
     Quality Control samples currently available are:

     1.   NTA - Nitriloacetic Acid - Four Concentration Levels

     2.   LAS - Linear Alkylate Sulfonate

     3.   Trace Metals - Al, As, Be, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, tin,
          Mi, Se, V, and Zn - Three Concentration Levels

     A.   Demand - BOD, COD, TOC - Two Concentration Levels

     5.   Nutrients - ammonia, nitrate, orthophosphate, Kjeldahl nitrogen,
          and total phosphorus - Two Concentration Levels

     6.   Minerals - pH, conductance, dissolved solids (180°C), alkalinity,
          chloride, sulfate, fluoride, calcium, magnesium, hardness,
          sodium, and potassium - Two Concentration Levels

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 7.   Chlorophyll, Spectrophotometric Analysis •- One Concentration
      Level

 8.   Chlorophyll, Fluorotnetric Analysis - Three Concentration Levels

 9.   PCB's - Arochlors 1254 and 1016

10.   Non-Filterable Residue (Suspended Solids) - Three Concentration
      Levels

11.   Petroleum Hydrocarbons (For Characterization) - two crude
      oils* #2 fuel oil and Bunker C

12.   Volatile Organics - nine volatile hologenated hydrocarbons
      Including the trihalomethanes - Two Concentration Levels

 Quality Control samples for new parameters will be announced in the
 AQC Newsletter.  Quality Control samples for specific water supply
 parameters and maximum contaminant levels are in preparation.

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   fcULES AND  REGULATIONS
  TKlo 40— Protection of tho Environment

     CHAPTER I— ENVIRONMENTAL
         PROTECTION AGENCY
              (FRL7C5-1)
    SUBCHAPTCR 0— WATER PROGRAMS
 PART 136— GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
   TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS
   OF POLLUTANTS
        Amendment; Correction
 AGENCY:  Environmental  Protection
 Agency.

 ACTION: Correction of final rule.
 SUMMARY:  This notice  corrects '.he
 amendments  to  40 CFR  136 (§1363.
 Table 1)  which were  published on De-
 cember  1. 197G in the FEDERAL REGISTER
 (41 FR  52780) by reinstating the post-
 filtration  washing option for  total sus-
 pended  residue measurements. On page
 $2784, for parameter number  LOG. Tot.il
 Suspended Residue, add in  the column
 titled "Method." a new line which reads*
 •Class fiber filtration. 103-105'C.  post-
jcashing of residue." and opposite thts
entry in the column titled  "Other Ap-
 proved  Methods." the page and  foot-
note designation ":'537." On pace 52735
add a new footnote 27 to read: "" Stand-
ard Methods for  the Examination  of
Water and Wastewater.  13th Edition.
 C197D."
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20. 1977.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT:
  Robert B. Medz. Office of Monitoring
  and Technical  Support. RD-CSO. 401
  (A St.. SW.. Washington.  D.C. 20460.
  302-426-4727.
              STEPHEN J. GEORGE.
      Acting Assistant Administrator
        /or Research  and  Develop-
        RULES AND REGULATIONS

   Title 40—Protection of Environment
     CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL
         PROTECTION AGENCY
     SUBCHAPTCR O—WATER PROGRAMS
 PART 136—GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING
   TEST PROCEDURES FOR  THE  ANAL-
   YSIS  OF POLLUTANTS
  Amendment of Regulations; Corrections
   In FR  Doc. 76-35032  appearing  at
pages 52780 to 5278G in the FtntRAL REG-
ISTER of Wednesday. December 1. 1978.
the following changes should be made:
§ 136.3   lAmomlcd]
  1. On  Page 52783. for parameter num-
ber 62. Nirkcl—Total, add "232" to the
page references in the column under the
14th edition of Standard Methods op-
posite the  colonmcirlc method designa-
tion.

   2. On page 52784. for parameter num-
 ber  89. change the parameter  designa-
 tion from "Nitrate" to "Nitrite."
   3. On page 52784. for parameter num-
 ber 96. Phenols, delete the present meth-
 od designation. '^'olorimotric. (4AAP>."
 and replace it with the method  designa-
 tion. "Distillation followed by colonmct-
 rlc.  (4AAP)"; delete the page reference
 in the column under the 14th edition of
 Standard  Methods, "582." and replace
 it with page number "574".
  Dated: January 10.1977.

              WILSON K.TALLEY.
        Assistant Administrator lor
          Research and Development.
   |FR Doe.77-1453 Filed l-17-77;8:45 »m|
          1977.
  IFRDoc.77-20768 Filed 7-19-77:8:45 unj

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            The Bridge Between Research and Use
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                        JANUARY 197S
RELOCATION OF OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

flM November 3-  1975-  the EPA Technology
Ura Transfer Program was physically relocated
from  Washington,  D.C.,  to Cincinnati.  Ohio.
This  relocation  involves  no  changes  in  the
functions or responsibilities of the program, and
all  Technology Transfer  activities  (seminars,
publications, etc.) will continue as in the past.
  All correspondence  directed to Technology
Transfer should be forwarded to:
     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
     Technology Transfer
     Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Individuals on the Technology Transfer staff can
be reached at 513-684-4404.
  An up-to-date  request sheet  for Technology
Transfer  publications is  attached for your con-
venience. Note that six semitechnical brochures
(No.  5001  through  5006) have  been deleted
from  this request sheet. A new publication has
been  developed  to  replace  all  of  these six
documents  and will  be  available  very  shortly.
Information contained  in  this one publication
will be the latest available on all viable alterna-
tive wastewater treatment systems. As with the
six  publications being replaced,  this publication
is intended  for use by other than design-oriented
personnel and is also written in a  semitechnical
tone.  Those of you who have requested anv one
of  publications  5001-5006  will automatically
receive the new publication when it becomes
available.
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                     REQUEST FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATERIAL
     The publications listed on this form are the only ones available through the Office of Technology Transfer.     <

          Please send me the following publications at no charge. {Check appropriate boxes;
PROCESS DESIGN MANUALS

D Phosphorus Removal (Oct. 1971)	1001
D Carbon Adsorption (Oct. 1973)  	1002
O Suspended Solids Removal (Jan. 1975)	1003
D Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment
   Plants (Oct. 1974)	1004
O Sulfide Control in Sanitary Sewerage Systems
   (Oct. 1974)	1005
O Sludge Treatment and Disposal (Oct. 1974)  	1006
O Nitrogen Control (Oct. 1975)	1007

TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORTS

D Recycling Zinc in Viscose Rayon Plants	2001
D Color Removal from Kraft Pulping
   Effluent by Lime Addition	2002
O Pollution Abatement in » Copper Wire Mill	2003
O First Interim Report on EPA Alkali SO.
   Scrubbing Test Facility	-2004
O Dry Caustic Peeling of Peaches  	2005
O Pollution Abatement in a Brewing Facility	2006
O SO, Scrubbing and Sulfunc Acid
   Production Via Magnesia Scrubbing 	2007
D Second Interim Report on EPA
   Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility	2008
D Magnesium Carbonate Process for
   Water Treatment	.2009

HANDBOOKS

D Analytical Quality Control in Water
   and Wastewater Laboratories 	6001
D Monitoring Industrial Wastewaier	6002
O Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water
   and Wastes 	-6003
        MUNICIPAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS

        C] Upgrading Lagoons	4001
        D Physicol-Chemicat Treatment 	4002
        D Oxygen Activated Sludge 	4003
        O Nifrificalion/Oenitrificauon	.4004
        Q Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment
          Facilities-Case Historic	4003
        C Flow Equalization	4006
        D Wastewater Filtration	4007
        O Physical-Chemical Nitrogen Removal	4008
        C Air Pollution Aspects of Sludge
          Incineration 	40C9
        BROCHURES

        D Seattle. Washington METRO	SOC7
        Hi Wastewater Purification at Lake Tahoe	5008
        D Indian Creek Reservoir	  5009
        G Richardson. Texas	5010
        INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS

        O Upgrading Poultry Processing Facilities
          to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols I   	3001
        O Upgrading Metal Finishing Facilities
          to Reduce Pollution 12 Vois.i	3002
        G Upgrading Meat Packing Fzcilitiet
          to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols I   	3003
        G Upgrading Textile Operation*
          to Reduce Pollution (2 Volt.)	3004
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         ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AGENCY

         NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER
METHODS DEVELOPMENT and QUALITY ASSURANCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
              CINCINNATI , OHIO  49268
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                                                    October 1973
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