United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Issue No. 5
July 5, 1982
Pa.ge 17
EPA TIMES
A PUBLICATION FOR
EPA EMPLOYEES.
Personnel
EPA Employees Honored
ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES
When Congress returns from
its July 4th recess, it
will be considering per-
manent legislation to
permit Federal agencies to
continue compressed work
weeks and other varieties
of flexible work alter-
natives to the fixed 40-hour
week or 8-hour day.
EPA, like many other Federal
agencies, has been experi-
menting with four-day work
weeks, 9-hour work days,
and maxi-flex programs in
a number of its facilities
as authorized under the
Federal Employees' Flexible
and Compressed Work Sched-
ules Act of 1978, which
approved a three-year
experimental opportunity.
The experiment, which
Congress later extended
will end on July 24 unless
new legislation is passed.
Under bills pending inCongress,
Federal agencies could have
a 90-day period after passage
during which they could
unilaterally terminate any
existing alternative work
schedule program authorized
under the experiment.
Flexible work schedules which
predate the existence of the
present law --such as the
Headquarters' flexitime pro-
gram of 8-hour days and pre-
arranged fixed schedules--are
unaffected by this Congres-
sional debate and pending
legislation.The EPA Personnel
Office will keep employees
apprised of Congressional
progress and of any sched-
ule changes that might be
required by new legislation.
Anne M. Gorsuch, EPA Administrator, aided by Carolyn Dottery
(center), Headquarters Personnel secretary, presents an
Administrator's Award for Excellence to Christina Denmark,
a clerk in the Office of Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Anne M. Gorsuch, EPA Administrator, recently presented awards
to outstanding Agency employees and thanked them "for the
contribution that you have made to a cleaner, healthier
America this year." The presentation was made at EPA's 1982
employees honor awards ceremony
"We ^re here today," Mrs. Gorsuch said, "to honor those
whose performance over the course of the year has enabled
the work of environmental protection to proceed more
smoothly than in the past, to achieve greater savings for
the American people, and--above a 11 — to provide the caliber
of environmental results that will make this nation a better
place for future generations."
The Administrator said that she is "very proud" of the many
Agency employees who have helped further EPA's new programs.
She also said that "the dedication and talents of people in
our regional offices have impressed me whenever I have
traveled around the country."
"Such people are the core of our greatest resource—one that
will remain vital to EPA and the American people as we
confront the challenges of the coming year."
Reviewing the progress that has been made since the
inception of EPA, Administrator Gorsuch said:
"Over the course of its first 12 years, EPA has been instrumental
in changing the environmental thinking of the American people.
Today, nearly all citizens are aware of the importance of
environmental concerns and the problems that we face."
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REGIONAL PROFILES		
(This is another in a series of profiles of the Agency regional offices
and laboratories that EPA TIMES is presenting.)
A Report on Region 4
By Regional Administrator
Charles R. Jeter
The Atlanta Regional Office of EPA works
with the eight Southeastern States of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida,
Alabama and Mississippi to achieve a
common goal of safeguarding the health
of the people and protecting the natural
environment. Since the South is one of
the fastest growing areas in the Nation,
this responsibility is increasing.
States can make better, more responsive
environmental decisions when applying
national program rules within their own
borders, and EPA's Region 4 has been a
leader in delegating national programs
to States. The Region is committed to
providing the States with maximum
responsibility to manage major portions
of air, land and water programs. As a
result of this partnership, the Region
has a very effective enforcement program
resulting in a high level of source
compliance. The totals for the eight
States in the Region in Calendar Year
1981 were 1,961 enforcement actions,
including 684 involving penalities
amounting to $2,511,858. In addition to
the delegation of programs to State
governments, Region 4 has been a leader
in dealing with the problems of
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
Superfund
Twenty-three sites in the Atlanta Region
were included in EPA's initial list of
National Priority Sites and work is
continuing on developing data for hazard
ranking at approximately 200 sites for
possible inclusion on the 400-site
National Priority List. Federal removal
actions have taken place at four sites.
At three other locations, privately
funded removal actions have been
negotiated. The removal action at Bluff
Road in Columbia, South Carolina, was
one of the first major voluntary
cleanup actions. The Walcott Chemical
site, an abandoned warehouse in
Greenville, Mississippi, has been
cleaned up by the Illinois Central
Gulf Railroad.
As part of the Regional effort to encour-
age the States to assume responsibi1ity
for site cleanup, EPA has entered into
cooperative agreements with Georgia for
the cleanup of the Luminous Processes
facility in Athens, Georgia, and with
North Carolina for the cleanup of PCB-
contaminated roadsides. Both of these
projects are expected to be completed
this summer. The Athens, Georgia,
location is the only radioactive site in
the Nation to be cleaned up using Super-
fund monies. The North Carolina PCB
cleanup, involving $2.5 million of
Superfund monies, is one of the largest
single expenditures.
State Delegation
The Region is particularly proud of the
record of its delegations to the States.
Six of the eight States in the Region
operate the national wastewater discharge
permit program and eight States have the
major responsibi1ity for the drinking
water program and pesticides enforce-
ment. All eight States have been granted
interim authorizations to carry out
certain provisions of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and
portions of other Federal programs.
The EPA Times is published every two weeks by EPA's Office of Public Affairs, A-107
Washington, D.C., 20460, to provide current information for all Agency employees.
It is printed on paper with three ring holes so that it can be filed in a binder
for future reference.

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Honors Award Ceremony
EPA Administrator Anne M. Gorsuch and Assistant Administrator John Horton descended from
platform at EPA Awards Ceremony to present an Administrator's Award for Excellence to
Linda Carroll, a multiple sclerosis victim who is a communications management specialist
in the Office of Administration at Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Cannon Names Staff
Joseph A. Cannon, Associate
Administrator for Policy
and Resource Management,
has announced the appoint-
ment of C. Ronald Smith as
Director of the Office of
Standards and Regulations
and Richard D. Morgenstern
as Director of the Office
of Policy Analysis.
to U.S. Senator John Tower
of Texas from 1976 to
1980. As Director of the
Office of Standards and
Regulations, Smith is
responsible for,managing
and evaluating the devel-
opment process for Agency
standards, regulations and
guide!ines.
economic research organiza-
tion in Washington, D.C.
He also served as Senior
Legislative Assistant to
U.S. Senator J. Bennett
Johnston of Louisiana and
as Deputy Assistant
Director for Energy,
Natural Resources and the
Environment for the Con-
gressional Budget Office.
As Director of the Office
of Policy Analysis, Dr.
Morgenstern is responsible
for conducting economic
evaluations of Agency
programs, policies,
standards and regulations.
He is also responsible for
evaluating Agency policies
affecting energy develop-
ment, facilities and use.
Prior to his appointment,
Smith served as the Associate
Manager of Regulatory
Affairs for the Diamond
Shamrock Corporation,
based in Dallas, Texas.
Smith has a law degree
from Southern Methodist
University and a B.A. in
Political Science from
George Washington
University. He served as
Senior Legislative Counsel
Dr. Morgenstern brings to
EPA an extensive back-
ground in economic issues.
He is a graduate of Oberlin
College, has a Doctorate
in Economics from the
University of Michigan and
has taught economics at
Queens College--the City
University of New York.
He was previously director
of the Energy Program at
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The names of the EPA employees who
received awards at the ceremony are:
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD
A. D. Sido - Special Assistant to
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement,
National Enforcement, Investigations
Center, Denver, Colorado
INDIVIDUAL GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE:
John Little - Deputy Regional Admin-
istrator, Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Joseph Seifter: Senior Medical
Advisor, Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, Washington, D.C. (posthumously)
GROUP GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE:
Thomas Dahl and Carroll Wills - NEIC
Hazardous Waste Case Development Team,
National Enforcement Investigations
Center, Denver, Colorado
Henry Longest, Joan Koval ic, Gerald
Yamada, Joseph Retzer, and Charles Mooar
- Work Group for Legislative and Regula-
tory Reform of the Construction Grants
Program, Offices of Water and General
Counsel, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Cotruvo, Will 1am Lappenbusch,
Krishan Khanna, Penelope Fenner-Crisp
and Edward Ohanian - Health Effects
Advisory Group, Office of Water, Wash , D.C.
Michael Levin, John Hoffman, StevenSeide I,
Ivan Tether, John Palmisano, Leo Stander,
and Wi11i am Pedersen, Jr. -Emissions Trading
Project, Offices of Policy and Resource
Management & General Counsel, Washington,
D.C.; Office of Air, Noise and Radiation,
Research'Triangle Park, North Carolina
Adelle Mitchell, Dwight Hoenig, William
Honker, Marion Chandler, and Julie Coston -
Underground Tnjection Contra! DeTegation
Group, Water Mngt.Div., Region 6, Dal las, Texas
INDIVIDUAL SILVER MEDAL FOR SUPERIOR SERVICE:
John Bachmann - Environmental Engineer,
Office of Air Noise and Radiation,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Paul Britton - Statistician, Environ-
mental Monitoring and Support Labora-
tory, Cincinnati, Ohio
Stanley Laskowski - Director, Environmental
Services Div., Region 3, Philadelphia, Pa.
Carlton Layne - Consumer Safety Officer,
Region 4, Lakeland, Florida
Stephen Luftig - Chief, Planning and
Evaluation Branch, Region 2, New York,N.Y.
Steven Newburg-Rinn - Chief, Test Rules
Development BrancTiT Office of Pesticides
and Toxic Substances, Washington, D.C.
John Seitz - Supervisory Environmental
Protection Specialist, Office of Pesti-
cides and Toxic Substances, Washington,D.C.
Kathleen Taimi - Environmental Engineer,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, Washington, D.C.
L. Michael Watkins - Personnel Officer,
Office of Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio
Vernard Webb - Chief, Environmental Photo-
graphic Interpretation Center, Environmental
Monitoring Systems Lab , Las Vegas, Nevada
GROUP SILVER MEDAL FOR SUPERIOR SERVICE:
i:rnst Hall, Edward Dulaney, J. Daniel Berry,
Gary Amendola, Terry Oda. Alexander McBride,
Richard Healy, Narindar Kumar, Robert Raucher,
and Robert Greene - Iron and Steel Team,
Off ices aF~Water, Legal and Enforcement
Counsel, and Policy and Resource Management,
Washington, D.C.; Region 3, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and Region 5, Chicago, Illinois
G_era_l_d_ Emison, Wi I I iam Garetz, Casey Garrett,
Luther Garrett, Joan LaRock, James McCormick,
Jonathan Patton, Shirley Staton, and E Is ie
Windsor - Administrator's Management Account-
ability System Project Team, Off ice of Pol icy
arid Resource Management, Washington, D.C.
ADM INISTRATOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE:
Augustine Accurso - Clerk-Typist,
Region 7, Kansas City, Missouri
Ann Brash - Correspondence Clerk, Office of
Public Affairs, Region 5, Chicago, Illinois
L inda Carro 11 - Communications Management
Specialist, Office of Administration,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Christina Denmark - Personnel Clerk,
Office of Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio
Anders Denson - General Supply Specialist,
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Rebecca Pacheco - Administrative
ClerlT, National Enforcement Investiga-
tions Center, Denver, Colorado
Debra yjjlarj - Environmental Protection
Specialist, Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, Washington, D.C.
Paul Wernsing - Biological Laboratory
Technician, Health Effects Research
Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio
E1aine Williams - Secretary, Financial
Management Division, Office of Fiscal
and Contracts Management, Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Grady Helms - Chief, Control Programs
Operations Branch, Office of Air, Noise and
Radiation, Research Triangle Park, N. C.
Anyone seeking additional information about the
awards can ask for a copy of the 1982 Honor
Awards Ceremony brochure which is being
distributed to EPA Personnel Offices in the
field as well as at Headquarters.

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