United States Information Resources EPA220-N-93-026
Environmental Protection Management July/August 1993
Agency (PM-211A)
oEPA The Catalyst
Information for Environmental Action
An Information Service for EPA HQ Staff from the Headquarters Library
COMING SOON ...
In September, you'll have access to a powerful new
source of information—the Headquarters Library Local Area
Network (LAN) and CD-ROM Tower. With access to a personal
computer and the EPA Headquarters Value Added Backbone
Service (VABS), you can spin into the Headquarters Library
without leaving your chair. Many of the Library's most
popular information services on CD-ROM will be accessible
via the LAN. Watch for more information on access and
orientation sessions. Get plugged into the Headquarters
Library. ~
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National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
CD-ROM Orientation
The next CD-ROM orientation session,
focusing on NTIS, is scheduled for Thursday,
August 26,1993 from 10-11 a.m. in the
Headquarters Library. The National
Technical Information Service database
contains citations and abstracts to technical
reports from both U.S. and non-U.S.
government sponsored research. The
database covers extensive information from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The database is menu driven, and
can be searched by author, title, journal title
or conference. There is a word/phrase index
which provides the most comprehensive
access to all subject terms and to individual
words found in NTIS. A subject heading
index is also available.
Since orientation participants will be
limited, please contact the Headquarters
Library Reference Desk at 202-260-5921 or
contact the Library via email Library.HQ to
reserve a spot for NTIS orientation. When
using email to reply, please include your
telephone number, mail code, office and
program. ~
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Audiovisual
Residuals
Prophets of Change
Exceptional managers at all levels are those
that bring the profit of change to organizations—
those that make innovation a part of the management
process. Below are videotapes in the EPA
Headquarters Library which focus on managers as
change-agents. Some discuss the process of
managing change, and some discuss characteristics
of innovative managers. All are available for you to
watch on our equipment in the Library
(202-260-5922) or to borrow (One day, with renewals
possible. Longer periods by request).
Managing Your Boss (The Harvard Business
Review Video Series No. 4) 1986, 32 minutes, with
discussion guide and article reprint.
Based on the article by John Gabarro and
John P. Kotter. Increased productivity and job
satisfaction hinges on subordinates managing their
relationships with bosses, as well as the traditional
downward boss-subordinate relationship. Use this
video tape to demonstrate, via case-study that
'managing up" is a leamable skill that contributes to
the well-being of boss, subordinate and organization.
The Middle Manager As innovator (The Harvard
Business Review Video Series) 34 minutes, with
discussion guide and article reprint.
Based on the article by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
Innovation cannot be restricted to the frontiers of an
organization. This program presents case studies of
Data General Corporation and New England
Telephone to illustrate general principles of
innovation and to bring the thought process into the
ranks of middle management, an extremely fertile,
untapped corps of idea generators.
Managing The Journey, Understanding And
Implementing Change (Blanchard Training and
Development) 1989, in two parts on one tape, 75
minutes, with Leader's Guide and Study Guide.
Prolific management video guru Ken Blanchard
presents his take on change management. He
examines the aspects of change and its effect on
people, and present s a behavioral model that can be
applied to change management. The video is meant
to be presented as part of an 8-hour long seminar.
Managers With Impact: Versatile and
Inconsistent (The Harvard Business Review Video
Series No. 3) 32 minutes, with discussion guide and
article reprint.
Based on the article by Wickham Skinner and Earl
Sasser. "Don't fall into a rut," is the message in this
tape—recognize that ever-present change means
each managerial circumstance must be diagnosed
individually and no one managerial style will fit all
circumstances. Skinner illuminates his point with a
case study of what he considers to be a prime
example of a manager with impact. ~
Journal Kernels
If during the hot summer months you
get the urge to take a break in the EPA
Headquarters Library, you may want to take
a peek at one of the journals listed below.
The Library has added these serials to its
collection this fiscal year. Each of these will
hopefully take your mind off the heat for at
least a little while:
PC Week. This journal which calls itself "the
national newspaper of corporate computing,"
chronicles news items in the computer business,
keeping up with industry giants like Microsoft, Apple,
and IBM. (weekly; Holdings: 1989-1990 scattered
holdings, April 1993—-present)
Inside EPA's Clean Air Report. When
Shakespeare visited the Library two months ago (see
May/June 1993 Catalyst), he just missed catching
this newsletter put out by Inside Washington
Publishers, (the same people who print Inside EPA 's
Weekly Report). Compiled are breaking news stories
on the Clean Air Act and U.S. air policy, (weekly;
Holdings: May 1993—present)
MacWorld. An increasingly popular item on our
shelves, this journal delves into the realm of the
Apple Macintosh computer with news of new
advances in the Macintosh like the Quadra 800 or
MasterWord 5.1 and departments like "How To/Quick
Tips" and "How To/Getting Started." (monthly;
Holdings: February 1989-November 1992, July
1993—present)
Total Quality Environmental Management. This
journal examines the growing world of environmental
management, looking not only at how major
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corporations like Lockheed and Union Carbide deal
with this subject but also how the new administration
is dealing with its environmental agenda and
environmental management in other countries,
(quarterly; Holdings: Spring 1993—present.)
The heat waves may come and go but
the Headquarters Library will always be there to
provide information on topics covered not only in
these journals but in the hundreds of other
journals the Library subscribes to. For more
information, stop by the Library or call
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Legislative
Library
IMP!
As we go to
press, the forecast for
the Department of
Environmental Protection
(DEP) cabinet legislation is uncertain. On May 4
the Senate passed S.171, Senator Glenn's
(D-OH) cabinet bill, with amendments. Issues
among the amendments were comparative risk
analysis, environmental justice, Tribal affairs,
regulatory costs/benefit analysis, and assistance
for small business and small governmental
jurisdictions. The vote was 79-15. We are now
waiting for Representative Conyers (D-MI), in
the House, to introduce his version of this
legislation. Once the House passes the final
version of their bill, a conference will be held to
work out the differences between the House and
Senate. This legislation still has a long way to
go. Please call the Legislative Library for
current updates and stop by if you need copies
of this legislation or a history of actions.
The Legislative Library daily summary of
the Congressional Record is now available on
email. If you would like to quickly receive the
latest information on what is happening in
Congress, please call and ask to receive this
service.
— Joan Platten (A-103)
Legislative Librarian
Room 2439 Mall
202-260-5425 ~
Author,
Author!
Agency employees recently published books
and articles. The author and title of one
published work is listed below:
Walker, John D., Executive Director, TSCA
Interagency Testing Committee (TS-792).
"Review of Ecological Effects and
Bioconcentration Testing Recommended by
the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee
and Implemented by EPA Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act: Chemicals, Tests,
and Methods." Environmental Toxicology
and Risk Assessment, ASTM STP 1179.
Wayne G. Landis, Jane S. Hughes and
Michael A. Lewis, eds. , Philadelphia, PA:
American Society for Testing and Materials,
1993, pp. 92-115.
If you have written or edited a journal
article or book, please let us know by
sending the information to us at The
Catalyst, PM-211A or email Library.HQ. ~
Conferences, Meetings,
Symposiums, Workshops
This is a selected list of meetings and
conferences chosen for their potential
interest to EPA staff. If EPA staff wish to
have an EPA-sponsored event listed here,
please forward the information to The
Catalyst, HQ Library, 401 M St., PM-211 A,
Washington, DC 20460 or email Library.HQ.
The EMF Controversy and Reducing Field
Exposures. July 29-30,1993, Gainesville, VA. The
first electromagnetic field (EMF) reduction
conference. Sponsored by Interference Control
Technologies, Inc. For more information contact:
Robert Fitzgerald, Interference Control Technologies,
Inc., Route 3, Box 2000D, Gainesville, VA 22065 or
call 1 -800-241-4EMC, ext. 116 or fax 703-347-5813.
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Advanced Emission Measurement Workshop
August 2-3, 1993, Chicago, IL Sponsored by the Air
& Waste Management Association and the US EPA
Emission Measurement Technical Information
Center (EMTIC). For more information contact : Air &
Waste Management Association, P.O. Box 2861,
Pittsburgh, PA 15230 or call 412-232-3444 or fax
412-232-3450.
HELP (Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill
Performance) Modeling Workshop for Landfill
Design & Evaluation. August 9-11, 1993,
Milwaukee, Wl. Sponsored by the University of
Wisconsin Center for Continuing Engineering
Education. For more information contact: Stephen J.
Scott, Program Director at 414-227-3115 or Barbara
Duchow, Program Assistant at 414-227-3116 or
1 -800-638-1828 or fax 414-227-3146.
Federal Acquisition Process. August 23 24,1993,
Washington, DC. Course number 212-17.
Sponsored by the US General Services
Administration. For more information contact: GSA
Interagency Training Center, P.O. Box 15608,
Arlington, VA 22215-0608 or call 703-557-0986.
EPRI/EPA/DOE1993 SO2 Control Symposium.
August 24-27, 1993, Boston, MA. Cosponsored by
US EPA. For more information contact: Brian K.
Gullett, Air and Energy Research Laboratory
(AEERL) at 919-541-1534.
Dr. Deming's Plan for Action to Optimize Service
Organizations—from Theory to Practice.
September 21-22,1993, Alexandria, VA. Sponsored
by Quality Enhancement Seminars, Inc. For more
information contact: Quality Enhancement Seminars,
Inc., 1081 Westwood Blvd., Ste. 217, Los Angeles,
CA 90024 or call 310-824-9623 or tax
310-824-7170.
International Symposium on the Ecological
Effects of Arctic Airborne Contaminants. October
4-8,1993, Reykjavik, Iceland. Cosponsored by US
EPA. The Offices involved are the Office of
Research and Development and the Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program. For more
information contact: Dr. Dixon Landers,
Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR at
503-754-4427.
SESOIL (Seasonal Soil Compartment Model)
Modeling Workshop. October 6-7,1993,
Milwaukee, Wl. Sponsored by the University of
Wisconsin Center for Continuing Engineering
Education. For more information contact: Stephen J.
Scott, Program Director at 414-227-3115 or Barbara
Duchow, Program Assistant at 414-227-3116 or
1 -800-638-1828 or fax 414-227-3146.
3rd International Conference on Waste
Management in the Chemical and Petrochemical
Industries. October 20-23, 1993, Salvador, Brazil.
Cosponsored by US EPA. For more information
contact: Jim Bridges, Risk Reduction Engineering
Laboratory (RREL), 513-569-7683.
Global Change: A New Direction for Decision
Making. October 27-28, 1993, Washington, DC.
Sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute
of Michigan (ERIM), National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. For more information
contact: ERIM/Global Change Conference, P.O. Box
134001, Ann Arbor, Ml 48113-4001 or call
313-994-1200 ext. 3234 or fax 313-994-5123 or
Internet wallman@vaxb.erim.org.
Lead Tech '93. October 27-29, 1993, Washington,
DC. Sponsored by nine organizations, including IAQ
Publications, Inc., The Alliance to End Childhood
Lead Poisoning, Consumer Federal of America and
The Environmental Information Association. For
more information contact: IAQ Publications, Inc.,
4520 East-West Highway, Ste. 610, Bethesda, MD
20814 or call 301 -913-0115 or fax 301 -913-0119.
Coastal Zone Canada '94. September 20-23,1994,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Call for papers.
Sponsored by 22 agencies, including Environment
Canada, Canadian Coast Guard and Nova Scotia
Department of the Environment. The theme of the
conference is: "Cooperation in the Coastal Zone."
Abstracts of no longer than 300 words should be
submitted to: CZC '94 Conference Secretariat,
Bedford Institute ot Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4A2 or call
902-429-9497 or fax 902-429-9491. ~
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Information Access Branch.
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s^e0 United States EPA/IMSD
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Info Page: Rain Forests
Brazil seeks new bonds: Convert foreign
debt into investments in environmental
protection projects. The New York Times.
August 29, 1991, p. C4(N) col. 4.
Castner, James L. Pay your respects to the
rainforest: Fascinating and fast-
disappearing, tropical forests are worth
saving—and seeing. Sierra. March-April
1990, Vol. 75, pp. 82-84.
Dold, Catherine Tropical forests found
more valuable for medicine than other
uses: Harvesting medicinal plants more
economically feasible than clear cutting
forests. The New York Times. April 28,
1992, p. B8(N), p. C4(L) col. 1.
Forgive debt, finance nature: Latin
America encouraged to conserve tropical
forests in exchange for forgiveness of
international debts. The New York Times.
July 16, 1991, p. A14(N), p. A18(L), col. 1.
Gradwohl, Judith. Saving
the tropical forests.
Washington, DC: Island
Press, 1988.
DS414.T76G73 1988
Hair, Jay D. Global unity
for local action: Global
effort is needed to stop
tropical forest destruction.
International Wildlife. Nov.-Dec. 1990, pp. 26.
Harrigan, Stephen. Trouble in paradise:
Hawaii, America's Eden, is on the road to
environmental devastation. Life. May
1992, Vol. 15, pp. 30-38.
Hodgin, Deanna. Seeking V
cures in the jungle: Rain
forests as sources of
medicinal plants for the
pharmaceutical industry. Insight. October
7, 1991, pp. 30-32.
Huber, Peter. Biodiversity vs.
bioengineering? Rain forest preservation.
Forbes. October 26, 1992, p. 266.
Jukofsky, Diane. Medicinal plant research
leads scientists to rain forests. Drug
Topics. April 22, 1991, Vol. 135, pp. 26-29.
Katzman, Martin T. Tropical forest
preservation using economic incentives.
Bioscience. December 1990, pp. 827-833.
Kaufman, Wallace. Rain forests: Proving
their worth. American Forests. Nov.-Dec.
1991, Vol. 97, p. 59.
Killian, Linda. Dead effort: Wherein we
learn of yet another move to save the rain
forests. Or do we? Forbes, June 24,1991,
Vol. 147, p. 96.
Linden, Eugene. Good intentions, woeful
results: How an ambitious environmental
program ended up damaging the tropical
rainforests. Time. April 1,1991, pp. 48-50.
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Lipske, Michael, el al. Racing to save the
hot spots of life: Rain forests which harbor
rich species of plants and animals.
National Wildlife. April-May 1992, Vol. 30,
pp. 40-50.
Mathewson, William. Saving the rain
forests: Sir James Goldsmith's plan. The
Wall Street Journal. March 27, 1990, p. A17,
col. 1.
Merewood, Anne. The tropical
pharmacy: As the rain forest
vanishes, so may our chance to
cure cancer and AIDS. Health.
Dec.-Jan. 1990, pp. 46-49.
&
Moshavi, Sharon. Rain forest debate still
far from over. Journal of Commerce and
Commercial. May 7, 1990, Vol. 384, p. 9A.
O'Neill, Catherine. How rain forests help
you: Children's guide to importance of
preserving tropical rain forests.
Washington Post, May 5, 1992, p. WH22,
col. 1.
Pollack, Andrew. More incentives to save
vanishing rain forests: Natural areas as a
source of drugs for pharmaceutical
companies. The New York Times. March 5,
1992, p. C10(N), p. D9(L), col. 4.
Rain forest regeneration and management.
Paris: UNESCO, 1990.
INTL DS247.R35 1990
Roberts, Leslie. Ranking the rain forests:
Surveys to help decide which to protect—
Rapid Assessment Program. Science.
March 29, 1991, pp. 1559-1561.
Shukla, J., et al. Amazon
deforestation and climate
change. Science. March 16,
1990, Vol. 247, pp. 1322-1326.
Spare that tree: Tropical timber.
The Economist. November 14, 1992.
Vol. 325, p. 40.
Stammer, Larry B. Rain forests
disappearing 50% quicker than feared.
Los Angeles Times. June 8, 1990, p. A1,
col. 5.
Technologies to sustain
tropical forest resources and ^
biological diversity:
Combined summaries. Washington, DC :
Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology
Assessment, 1992. INTL QK938.R34T3 1992
Trouble in paradise: Rainforests at risk.
Colonial Homes. February 1993, Vol. 19,
p. 48.
Warner, Edward. Ecotourism:
New hope for rainforests?
American Forests. March-April
1991, Vol. 97, pp. 37-45.
Rain forests may yield disease cures:
Pharmaceuticals from South Africa. USA
Today (Magazine). June 1991, Vol. 119,
p. 5.
Reproductive ecology of tropical forest
plants. Paris: UNESCO, 1990.
INTL QK938.R34R47 1990
The preceding list of documents may help
provide answers to some questions about
rain forests. EPA Headquarters staff can
borrow these items through the Headquarters
Library. ~
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