&EPA United States Information Resources March/April 1994 Environmental Protection Management EPA220-N-94-019 Agency (3404) The Catalyst Information for Environmental Action An Information Service for EPA HQ Staff from the Headquarters Library BNA's Environment Library CD-ROM Orientation Learn to use a powerful tool for searching environmental statutes and regulations: BNA's Environment Library on CD. Sign up to attend an orientation session to be held Tuesday, May 3 at 10am in the Headquarters Library. You'll find the full-text of CFR Title 40 and other environmentally-related CFR titles, the text of proposed regulations, selected EPA guidance documents, environmental titles of the U.S. Code and selected state laws and regulations. Search from your desk! If you are connected to a LAN at Waterside Mall, you may be able to access BNA's Environment Library directly from your office. Call the Headquarters Library at 202-260-5921 to get login instructions and a users manual. ~ AGRICOLA CD-ROM Orientation AGRICOLA is the database of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) now available on CD-ROM at the EPA Headquarters Library. The database provides bibliographic information and abstracts for journal literature and monographs on agriculture and related subjects (including environmental topics ranging from pesticide use to groundwater pollution) from around the world. Learn how to use AGRICOLA at a CD-ROM demonstration on Tuesday, May 10,1994 from 10-11 a.m. in the Headquarters Library. Call 202-260-5921 to sign up. ~ Four for All-in-One !!!! Reauthorization Update To keep current with the reauthorization of the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts, sign up for a weekly update through All-in-One. The Reauthorization Update is sent via All-in-One every Friday and intended for EPA employees. Contact Ann Walsh, Water Librarian, contractor, at 202-260-8670, or send an All-in-One request to WALSH.ANN.<» April 20th Is International Special Librarians Day: Building a Better World with Information Earth Day !$ April 22 EPA Headquarters Library (3404) WSM2904 202-260-5922 RacycM/Racydabl* Print*) on paper that content at least 50% rtcycM fiber ------- Superfund Update The Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection has begun a service on All-in-One to keep EPA employees informed on the latest news concerning Superfund Reauthorization. The weekly installments cover articles in newspapers and journals. A summary of the articles follows the citations. If you wish to be added to the distribution list for this service, contact Fabienne McGovern, cor,factor and Hazardous Waste Superfund Collection Reference Librarian at 202-260-5934 or send an All-in-One message to: MCGOVERN.FABIENNE. ~ organizations. If you are interested in receiving Earth Link please send an All-in-One message to LIBRARY-INFOTERRA. Please call 202-260-5927 if you have any questions about this or any of INFOTERRA's other services to EPA staff. ~ Author, Author! Agency employees recently published books and articles. The authors and titles of published works are listed below: Envio-Nezvsbrief Every day the EPA Headquarters Library produces Enviro-Newsbrief, a summary of news affecting EPA, distributed through All-in-One. Summaries of accounts from daily newspapers and environmental current awareness services keep you abreast of developments in reauthorization of environmental statutes, the EPA Cabinet bill, changes to the regulatory review process, new presidential proclamations, and more. Email the library at LIBRARY-HQ or call 202-260-5921 to have the bulletin appear daily in your email box. ~ EarthLink Interested in international environmental issues? INFOTERRA now produces EarthLink, an electronic news service distributed via All-ln-One. EarthLink is a monthly update providing international news of interest to EPA staff, with particular attention given to the activities of international These authors have contributed to the same document. It is Biomarkers of Human Exposure to Pesticides, ACS Symposium Series 542, M.A. Saleh, J.N. Blancato, and C.H. Nauman, Eds., Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1994. The page numbers of each chapter will follow each title: Cash, Gordon G., Technical Programs Branch, Chemical Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7404), "Correlations of Molecular Connectivity Indices with Toxicities of Organic Nitriles," pp. 65-75. Dary, Curtis C., Blancato, Jerry N., Exposure Assessment Research Division, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV and Cash, Gordon G., Technical Programs Branch, Chemical Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7404), are three of seven authors listed for "Dermal Absorption and Disposition of Formulations of Malathion in Sprague—Dawley Rats and Humans," pp. 231-263. If you have written or edited a journal article or book, please let us know by sending the information to us at The Catalyst, 3404 or email LIBRARY-HQ. ~ THE CATALYST MARCH/APRIL 1994 PAGE 2 ------- Conferences, Meetings, Symposiums, Workshops This is a selected list of meetings arid 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, EPA HQ Library, 401 M St., SW, 3404, Washington, DC 20460 or email LIBRARY-HQ. U.S. EPA Green Lights Lighting Upgrade Workshops. April 26-28, Cleveland, OH; June 21-23, Freeport, ME; and June 29-July 1, Dallas, TX. Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation. For more information contact: Green Lights Lighting Services Group, 6202J, or fax 202-828-6766. Water Quality Standards Academy. May 2-6, Sacramento, CA; May 16-May 20, Atlanta, GA; and August 22-26, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water. For more information contact: Michelle Vuotto, Dynamac Corporation, 2275 Research Blvd., Ste. 500, Rockville, MD 20862 or call 301-417-6090 or fax 301 -417-9801. Symposium, 5th Forum on Innovative Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies: Domestic and International. May 3-5, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. For more information contact: Dr. Thomas R. DeKay at 703-308-8798. Second Annual NALGEP Conference. June 1-3, 1994, Washington, DC. Hosted by the National Association of Local Government Environment Professionals. June 2—Lunch keynote address by Robert Perciasepe, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water and June 3— EPA Administrator Carol Browner is the invited speaker. For more information contact: Sandra Garbrecht at NALGEP, 1350 New York Avenue, NW-Ste. 1100, Washington, DC 20005 or call 202-638-6254. First Annual International Environmental Computing and Information Technology '94. June 7-10,1994, Arlington, VA. Sponsored by World Computer Graphics Foundation, Society of Logistics Engineers and American Water Resources Association. Program Chairman, Dr. James J. Reisa of the National Academy of Sciences and Vice-Chairman Dr. David W. Moody of the U.S. Geological Survey. Opening address June 8 by Al Gore, United States Vice President. For more information contact: Environmental Technology'94, 5201 Leesburg Pike-Ste. 201, Falls Church, VA 22041 or call 703-578-0301 or fax 703-578-3386. Symposium, Sixth Annual Symposium on Bioremediatlon of Hazardous Wastes: Research, Development, and Field Evaluations. June 28-30, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Research Information. For more information contact: Fran Kremer at 513-569-7346. ~ THE CATALYST MARCH/APRIL 1994 PAGE 3 ------- United States Environmental Protection Agency (3404) Washington, DC 20460 Official Business Penalty for Private Use $300 US EPA Headquarters and Chemical Libraries EPA West Bldg Room 3340 Mailcode 3404T 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20004 202-566-0556 THE CATALYST MARCH/APRIL 1994 PAGE 4 ------- |