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EPA LISTS JUNE 1975 NEWS RELEASES
Following is a list of the news releases issued by the
Environmental Protection Agency during the month of June 1975.
The releases are listed chronologically, by exact title.
A capsule description of the information contained in
each release is given, along with the last name of the indi-
vidual who may be contacted for further information. Unless
otherwise noted, the telephone number to call is (202) 755-0344.
Copies of the news releases may be obtained by calling this
number, or by writing to the EPA News Services Division, Room
329, West Tower, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW. , Washing-
ton, D.C. 20460.
/ June 2 — QUARLES STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL POLLUTION CONTROL
¦ EFFORT -- The Deputy Administrator stresses need for a coordi-
nated international effort to control pollution in a speech
before a multinational Seminar on Environmental Pollution in
Brasilia, Brazil, sponsored by the Pan American Health Organi-
zation. (Acly)
June 3 -- EPA TO ESTABLISH NOISE TEST FACILITY — EPA will use
an area in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
Plum Brook Research Center near Sandusky, Ohio, to conduct
noise emission tests in connection with enforcement of new
noise control regulations. (Robinson)
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June 5 — MASSACHUSETTS MAN NAMED AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR --
Nathan Chandler, Former Commissioner of Agriculture for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, named by the EPA Administrator
as a consultant for agriculture. (O'Neill)
June 10 — EPA STUDIES HUMAN EXPOSURE TO OZONE — EPA awards a
$102,957 contract to Stanford University's School of Medicine
to study the behavioral and psychological effects on humans of
low level exposures to ozone. (Robinson)
June 10 — EPA GRANTS $658 MILLION IN MAY FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANT CONSTRUCTION — May awards for the construction of sewage
treatment facilities in municipalities total $658 million,
bringing the three-month period award total (March through May)
to $1,068 billion. (Niles)
June 10 — EPA TEAM TO REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IN POLAND --
A three-member team of EPA officials takes part in a joint United
States-Polish evaluation of environmental research programs
conducted in five Polish cities. (Lawson 202-755-0413)
June 11 — VICTOR J. KIMM NAMED DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR WATER SUPPLY AT EPA -- Train announces new post for Kimm,
previously Deputy Director of the Office of Planning and Evalua-
tion. (Acly)
June 12 — EPA PUBLISHES SEMI-ANNUAL AWARD LISTING OF ITS GRANTS
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS — Two-volume listing of grants assistance y7
awards made during the first half of Fiscal Year 1975 now avail-
able . (Wiener)
•June 12 — EPA HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSALS TO CHANGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM — Four public hearings held
in June in Atlanta, Kansas City, San Francisco and Washington,
D.C., to discuss several issues relating to the grant program
for construction of municipal sewage treatment facilities.
(Niles)
June 12 — QUARLES PROJECTS INCREASES IN COST OF DRINKING WATER —
Deputy Administrator says that costly measures to ensure the
safety of public water supplies will be required to carry olit
the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. (Acly)
June 13 — EPA MAKES AVAILABLE ITS COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR APRIL 1975 — List of environmental impact
statements upon which the EPA commented during April available
to the public. (Wiener)
June 13 — CHEMICAL WASTES DISPOSAL DEMONSTRATION FOR MINNEAPOLIS-
ST. PAUL -- EPA announces a demonstration project designed to
illustrate industrial disposal of chemical wastes without risk
of contaminating drinking water supplies and the environment.
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June 13 — EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD ON DREDGING DISPOSAL
GUIDELINES — EPA extends comment period to June 30 on guide-
lines proposed May 6 governing the issuance of permits by the
Army Corps of Engineers for the discharge in water of dredged
or fill material. (Niles)
June 17 -- EPA REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON SAFE DRINKING WATER
PROGRAMS -- EPA report to Congress detailing EPA programs to
identify the sources, nature, and extent of contamination of
the nation's drinking water by potentially cancer-causing
materials. (Robinson)
June 17 — PESTICIDES RESEARCH CONTRACT AWARDED — EPA-National
Bureau of Standards joint award of a $300,000 contract to
A. D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, to investigate
Federal incentives for stimulating private industry research
into new pest control techniques. (O'Neill)
June 17 — EPA PESTICIDE LABORATORY SERVICES PAMPHLET AVAILABLE —
A pamphlet titled "Pesticide Examination Services" now available
lists the biological and chemical test capabilities of EPA labs
and field operations in Beltsville, Maryland, Corvallis, Oregon
and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (O'Neill)
June 23 — EPA TASK FORCE URGES TIGHTENED PROCEDURES, MORE STAFF
TO EXPEDITE $18 BILLION CONSTRUCTION GRANTS OBLIGATION —
Administrator receives and approves recommendations of a Special
Task Force which will make important changes in EPA procedures
for administering the water pollution construction grant program.
(Wiener)
June 24 — EPA STUDY IN OCCOQUAN AREA TO SHED LIGHT ON ORGANICS,
VIRUSES IN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM — Announcement of an 18-month
study of health-related substances including organic chemicals
and virus levels in the Occoquan basin and water service area
of Northern Virginia. (Niles)
June 27 — GERBER NAMED EPA ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR R&D — Carl Reed Gerber, formerly a consultant in the R & D
Office, named Associate Assistant Administrator for R&D.
(Robinson)
June 30 — EPA INDEFINITELY SUSPENDS PARKING-RELATED PROVISIONS
OF INDIRECT SOURCE REGULATIONS — EPA suspends indefinitely those
portions of the "indirect source" air quality regulations that
require the pre-construction review of parking-related facilities.
(Lawson 202-755-0413)
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