I
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Issue No. 20
February 7, 1983
Page 77
&EFA TIMES
A PUBLICATION FOR EPA EMPLOYEES
Personnel
WEATHERING
THE WEATHER
Hie Office of Personnel Man-
agement (OPM) has developed
centralized procedures for
Headquarters employees to re-
duce serious traffic problems
in snow and other hazardous
weather conditions. OPM will
make the decision to close
agencies or to authorize
early dismissal or delayed
arrival in consultation with
the D.C. Mayor's Office. When
the decision is made during
work hours, OPM will tell
Personnel Directors and will
also inform the media. The
following OPM terms will be
used to define the emergency
condition and leave policy:
Early Dismissal: When weath-
er and street conditions are
expected to create hazardous
afternoon and evening traffic
conditions, agencies will be
authorized to dismiss employ-
ees, without charge to leave,
a specific number of hours in
advance of their normal quit-
ting time.
Delayed Arrival and Liberal
Leave: When weather con-
ditions make it desirable to
reduce or delay the flew of
morning traffic, supervisors
may grant a reasonable amount
of excused absence, without
charge to leave, to those
who report to work late be-
cause of commuting delays.
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EPA's Budget Continues At $3.6 Billion
The $3.66 billion fiscal 1984 budget proposed for EPA by
President Reagan is only slightly below the 1983 level of
$3.68 billion.
Major changes for 1984 are:
•	Spending for Superfund increases by 48 percent, up from
$210 million in 1983 to $310 million in 1984.
•	The Agency's operating budget decreases by 9 percent or
$91 million dollars—dropping from $1.04 billion to $949
million.
•	Construction grants continue at essentially the same
level as 1983—$2.4 billion.
•	Overall, there would be a reduction in permanent work-
years of 456, dropping from 9,125 in 1983 to 8,669 in 1984.
Joseph A. Cannon, EPA Associate Administrator for Policy
and Resource Management, said that the focus of EPA'S 1984
budget "is minimizing public health risks while at the
same time realizing economies in our day-to-day operations."
The proposed budget represents a decrease of six tenths
of one percent in funds and 5 percent in permanent work-
years frcm fiscal year 1983 appropriations. Cannon
noted that while the total funding request remains essen-
tially level, "substantial redirection has occurred in
program areas."
For example, the Agency's water quality research pro-
gram is being reduced $11.3 million primarily because
EPA's leadership believes industry should play a greater
role in fields such as wastewater treatment technology
research, because Great Lakes research projects have
been completed, and because the development of data to
support effluent guidelines has been finished.
In addition, exploratory research activities are being
shifted to the interdisciplinary program, the Chesapeake
Bay study will be completed in 1983 and the States can
now take over the Clean Lakes grant program which EPA
launched.
Normal attrition in employment is expected to facili-
tate the proposed drop in workyears, and there is no
planned reduction in force to reach the new personnel
totals, according to Associate Administrator Cannon.
The impact of the proposed budget on individual op-
erations programs is as follows:
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Two Directors Named
The appointment of two directors in EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Bnergency Response
was announced recently by Administrator Anne
M. Gorsuch at an employee awards ceremony.
Dr. John H. Skinner was named Director of
the Office of Solid Waste and Gene A. Lucero
as Director of Waste Programs Enforcement.
Both men had been acting directors since
July 1982. The appointments were disclosed
at a recent awards ceremony in the Depart-
mental Auditorium in Washington. A total of
85 employees were recognized for their work
on three national hazardous waste;' programs
administered by the Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response.
Senator Jennings Randolph (D.-W. Va. ), rank-
ing minority member of the Senate Committee
on the Environment and Public Works, was
guest speaker at the ceremony.
The awards were presented by Rita M.
Lavelle, Assistant Administrator for Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, who said "the
national hazardous waste program is one of
the nation's fastest moving programs. We
have made great progress in addressing the
problems of hazardous waste."
The 85 employees recognized at the ceremony
were:
Merit Pay Cash Bonus Award Recipients:
M. Susan Absher, Francis J. Biros, Brint
Bixler, Kathryn S. Bouve, Harry Butler,
Stephen Caldwell, Eileen Claussen, John
Connolly, Elizabeth Cotsworth, Hans Crump-
Weisner, Authur Day, Truett DeGeare, Stephen
Dorrler, Bruce Engelbert, Kevin G. Garrahan,
Terrance Grogan, Peter Guerrero, Penelope
Hansen, Bill Hanson, Cheryl Hawkins, Curtis
Haymore, Joyce Hay, Stephen Heare, John Hol-
loway, Francine Jacoff, John Heffelfinger,
William Kaschak, Barry Korb, Joseph Lafornara,
Alfred Lindsey, Stephen Lingle, James Louns-
bury, James Michael, Anthony M. Montrone, Sam
Morekas, Richard Nace, Paul Nadeau, Royal
Assistant Administrator Rita M. Lavelle
presents U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph
with an honorary EPA plaque and other
mementos at a recent awards ceremony for,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response employees
as Administrator Anne M. Gorsuch watches.
The senator was also given a Superfund site
cleanup hard hat similar to the one the
Administrator is holding.
Nadeau, David O'Brien, Maragaret Podolak,
James Poppiti, Arline Sheehan, Thomas Sheck-
ells, Harold Snyder, Elaine Stanley, Chris-
tina Stone, David Sussman, Henry Van Cleave,
Bruce Weddle, Nancy Willis, Jan Wine, and
Russel Wyer.
Special Achievement Cash Awards and
Quality Step Increase Recipents:
Robert Axelrad, James Bachmaier, Susan
Baldyga, Gloria Bobo, Karen Burgan, Michael
Burns, Alan Corson, Eugene Crumpler, Michael
Flynn, David Friedman, Glen Galen, Allen
Geswein, Douglas Henderson, Carole Holland,
Pamela Holt, Carol Lawson, Nancy Livingstone,
Edward Martin, James McAlister, Mark Mjoness^
Alessi Otte, B. June Price, Ralph Rizzo,
Kathy Robinson, Emily Sano, L. Aubrey Smith,
Sadie Smith, Matthew Strauss, Susan Tejada,
Claire Welty, Beverly Wester, and Deborah
Wolpe.
EPA Official Elected
Head of Chemical Group	
An EPA scientist,
Bushan Mandava, has been
voted President-Elect
of the Chemical Society
of Washington. Dr.
Mandava is a senior
science advisor to Dr.
John Todhunter, Assis-
tant Administrator for
Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
A former research
leader at the U.S.
Department of Agricul-
ture's laboratory
facilities in Beltsville, Md., Mandava
joined the Pesticides and Toxics Office in
November 1982. He received his doctor's
degree in chemistry from the Indian In-
stitute of Science in Bangalore, India.

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Davies Named to Key EPA Water Post
Frederic A. Eidsness,
Jr.,. EPA Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Water,
has announced the ap-
pointment of Tudor
Davies as Director of
Program Management and
Operations for the
Office of Water.
In commenting on
Davies' selection,
Eidsness praised both
his management skills
and his impressive
scientific background.
He said the appointment is another example
of this administration's commitment to the
importance of good science.
Davies has been Director of the EPA
Environmental Research Laboratory in Nar-
ragansett, R.I., where for three years he
directed a staff in research work relating
to the regulation of marine and estuarine
pollution.
Davies grew up in a mining valley in
South Wales and attended the University
of Wales where he was awarded a Ph.D in
Geology-Geochemistry in 1964.
He first came to the United States to
teach on the faculty of the University of
South Carolina, where he taught geology and
ecology and developed interdisciplinary pro-
grams in marine science from 1966-1972.
From 1972-1975 he was the Director of the
EPA laboratory at Grosse lie, Mich., in-
volved in a research project on the Great
Lakes to protect the ecosystem. In 1975
he became Deputy Director of the Environ-
mental Research Laboratory in Gulf Breeze,
Fla., where he managed an interdiscip-
linary research program on the effects of
toxic materials on estuarine and coastal
ecosystems.
Davies' projects covered a wide variety of
areas, including coordinating joint research
problems related to Kepone in the James
River, directing research on pollution prob-
lems of the Chesapeake Bay, and serving as
U.S. Chairman of the Working Group on the
Protection of Lakes and Estuaries under the
U.S.-U.S.S.R. Cooperative Agreement.
J&L Steel
Asked to Pay $100 Million	
The Justice Department, acting in behalf of
EPA, is seeking more than $100 million in
civil penalities from the Jones and Laughlin
Steel Corp. for air pollution violations at
five steel plants. J&L's parent company,
LTV Corp., and a subsidary, YoungstowA Sheet
and Tube Co., also were named in the contempt
of court motions.
The firms were cited for violating court
orders signed in .1981 requiring pollution
controls to be installed at plants in Pitts-
burgh; East Chicago, Ind.; Campbell, Ohio;
Cleveland, and Alliquippa, Pa.
Rules Exemption OK in
Hazardous Waste Emergencies
People taking emergency action to respond to
a discharge of hazardous waste are exempt
from requirements governing the treatment
and storage of such waste under a regulatory
change published in final form by EPA. Once
the emergency has ended, normal regulatory
requirements again apply.
The final rule was published in the
Federal Register January 19.
States Offered Stronger
Voice in Federal Aid
New procedures intended to give state and
local governments a larger role in the re-
view of federal assistance programs have
been proposed by EPA.
The proposed rule would implement Pre-
sident Reagan's executive order of July 14,
1982, on the intergovernmental review of
federal programs.
EPA programs that would be covered under
the new procedures include grants for air
pollution control; construction management
assistance; water quality management plan-
ning; state public water system supervision;
state underground water source protection;
hazardous waste management; and pesticide
enforcement, applicator certification and
training.

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BUDGET (continued)
Air program—$191 million and 1,350 per-
manent workyears, representing a decrease
of $21.3 million and 24 permanent workyears
from 1983.
Water quality—$151.4 million and 1,663
permanent workyears, a decrease of $64.6
million and 288 permanent workyears.
Drinking water—$66.4' million and 465
permanent workyears, a decline of $11.6
million and 6 permanent work years.
Hazardous waste—$110.1 million and 626
permanent workyears, a decrease of $6.4
million and 17 permanent workyears.
Pesticides—$52.7 million and 653 permanent
workyears, a decrease of $.2 million and
nine permanent workyears.
Radiation—$10.9 million and 127 permanent
workyears, no change in funding, but a reduc-
tion of 21 permanent workyears.
Tbxic Substances—$66.7 million and 606
permanent workyears, a decrease of $3 million
and 21 permanent workyears.
Energy—$23.5 million and 37 permanent
workyears, a decrease of $1.5 million but
no significant change in the workforce.
Management and support—$234.6 million and
2,117 workyears, no change in funding but a
reduction of 87 permanent workyears.
Research and development—$205.5 million
and 1,212 permanent workyears, a reduction
of $23.3 million and 137 permanent workyears.
Interdisciplinary (multidisciplinary
approaches to environmental problems, in-
cluding EPA's exploratory research core
program; research and development technical
information and liaison; National Environ-
mental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance; Federal
Agency compliance; enforcement policy and
operations; and technical support for legal
and enforcement counsel)—$41.3 million and
353 permanent workyears, an increase of
$17.4 million and 28 permanent workyears.
PERSONNEL (continued)	
Employees may likewise choose
to take a reasonable amount
of annual leave or leave with-
out pay without receiving ad-
vance supervisory approval.
Closure: When weather con-
ditions dictate that Govern-
ment offices should not open
for the day, employees will
be granted excused absence.
Regional Administrators and
directors of laboratories
and other field installations
have authority to excuse em-
ployees under their juris-
diction because of hazardous
weather and other emergency
conditions. The release of
EPA employees should be co-
ordinated with the release of
employees from other Federal
agencies in the vicinity, and
in accordance with procedures
established by the appropri-
ate Federal Executive Board
or other appropriate local
coordinating organization.
RELOCATION
ALLOWANCES
The General Services Admini-
stration has liberalized re-
gulations governing the trans-
portation and housing cost
reimbursement for government
employees in "permanent change
of station" status. The ap-
plication of the revised al-
lowances, which became effec-
tive October 1, 1982, is gov-
erned by the date the em-
ployee reports for duty at
the new official duty station.
The new regulations make
the following changes;
o Single employees will be re-
imbursed for shipment of up
to 11,000 pounds of household
goods (the same as married
employees), an increase fran
7,500 pounds.
• Household goods may be
stored for up to 180 days,
extended from 60 days.
o Mileage rates for trans-
portation have been increased
from 8, 10, 12, and 15 cents,
to 15, 17, 19, and 20 cents,
depending on the number of
members of the immediate
family traveling.
® Reimbursement for temporary
quarters has been increased
from 75% to 100% of an em-
ployee's per diem rate for
the first ten days. Re-
imbursement for dependents
remains unchanged at two-
thirds| of the employee's rate.
® Reimbursement for miscel-
laneous expenses for employ-
ees without families have
been raised from $100 to $350
and employees with families
from $200 to $700.
• Employees may now take
three years, rather than two,
to complete residence trans-
actions and still receive
reimbursement. In addition,
the government will now re-
imburse up to $15,00[0 for
expenses on the sale of a
house (increased from $8,000),
and $5,000 on the purchase
expenses of a new residence
(increased from $4,000).
Further information on the
new relocation allowances
may be obtained by contact-
ing Mamie Walker in the Finan-
cial Management Division on
382-5113.

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