United St.at.ps
Environmental Protection
Agency
Issue No. 22
March 7, 1983
Page 83
«EPA TIMES
A Publication for EPA Employees
Five Named to Key EPA Executive Posts
Courtney Riordan Lee M. Thomas Lee Verstandig Alfred M. Zuck Charles L. Dempsey
President Reagan has announced five major
appointments intended to strengthen the
management of EPA. The appointees are:
•	Dr. Courtney Riordan, a career EPA
scientist, naninated as Assistant Adminis-
trator for Research and Development.
•	Lee M. Thomas, an Associate Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
selected as Acting Assistant Administrator
for Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
•	Dr. Lee Verstandig, Assistant Secretary
of Governmental Affairs at the Department
of Transportation, chosen for Acting Assist-
ant Administrator for Governmental Affairs,
a new post at EPA.
•	Alfred M. Zuck, Labor Department Assistant
Secretary for Administration and Management,
named Acting Assistant Administrator for
Administration.
•	Charles Dempsey, Inspector General at the
Housing and Urban Affairs Department, ap-
pointed Acting EPA Inspector General.
EPA Administrator Anne McGill Burford
stated that "all of these moves were
announced by the President after my con-
sultation and concurrence. Vve at EPA are
working with the President to strengthen
the Agency, and (these) appointments will
work towards that end."
Referring to the recent resignations of
Dr. John Horton as Assistant Administrator
for Administration and Matthew N. Novick
as Inspector General, Mrs. Burford ccrrroented:
"I want to say that the resignations
accepted ... were from two loyal, dedicated
people. They stepped aside because of alle-
gations made against them that—in their
opinions—would leave a cloud hanging over
the Agency and their reputations.
"The President and I are determined to
reinstill the public's trust in a program
that is critical to the American people. I
assure you that we are as dedicated to that
goal as ever."
Dr. Riordan, who will succeed Dr. Stephen
Gage, has served as Acting Assistant Admini-
strator for Research and Development since
1981. Previously, he was Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Monitoring Systems
and Quality Assurance, in 1979-1981. He has
been with the Environmental Protection
Agency since 1971, serving in a wide variety
of key posts. Prior to his work at EPA,
Dr. Riordan was an instructor/assistant
professor in the Department of Policy
Planning and Regional Analysis at Cornell
University. He served in the United States
Army in 1955-1958.
Dr. Riordan graduated from Northeastern
University (B.S., 1963); Cornell University
(Ph.D., 1969); and George Washingtion Uni-
versity (J.D., 1979). He is married, has
three children, and resides in Fairfax,
Virginia. He was born July 4, 1937, in
Boston, Mass.
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EPA's Automated Data Processing Being Consolidated
EPA is now reaching its goal of bringing to-
gether all of its Automated Data Processing
functions at various headquarters and field
locations under a central office within the
Agency's Office of Administration.
By June consolidation of the various com-
puter and word processing operations used in
the automated data program should be complete,
according to EPA's Office of Administration.
Consolidation of this work is expected to
improve access and use of environmental data
and help control EPA's rising capital and
operating costs for data processing.
In 1981, the agency had approximately 370
ADP personnel scattered among 37 separate
staffs. There are seme 800 application
systems ranging from STORET (Storage and
Jack McCarthy to Head
Office Advising Industry
Jack P. McCarthy, former
vice president tor
regulatory affairs and
product safety at
Koppers Company, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, is the
new director of EPA's
Industry Assistance
Office of Toxic Substan-
ces.
The 56-year-old McCar-
thy succeeds Douglas
Bannermann, who resigned in December.
In the Industry Assistance post, McCarthy
will be responsible for providing manu-
facturers and others with technical advice
and other information that will help them
meet requirements of the Toxic Substance
Control Act (TSCA), the federal law reg-
ulating the manufacture, use and distri-
bution of chemicals.
McCarthy joined Koppers in 1947 and worked
in a succession of management positions in
marketing, purchasing, manufacturing, en-
vironmental issues, engineering and con-
struction. He earned a bachelor of science
degree in chemical engineering at Pennsyl-
vania State University and has done advanced
work at Harvard, Brookings Institute and
American University.
The Industrial Assistance Office was
established at the direction of Congress to
facilitate the exchange of information be-
tween government regulators and the in-
dustrial ccrmiunity.
Retrieval of Water Related Data), EMS
(Financial Management System), ORDIS (Office
of Research and Development Information
Systems), SAROAD (Storage and Retrieval of
Aercmetric Data) to PPIS (Pesticide Product
Information System).
The principal advantage of this de-central-
ized arrangement was that it ensured respon-
siveness to the short-term ADP needs of in-
dividual programs. However, it also resulted
in extensive duplication of effort. In the
past, EPA regions, labs and programs have
often gone their separate ways in buying
and using ADP equipment and facilities. As
a result, information stored in one EPA
system is often not readily available to
individuals using other systems. Also,
there have been instances in which one EPA
program would invest substantial suns to
build automated systems and data bases that
were already available (at least in part)
in other agency programs. Consolidation is
being carried out to correct such duplica-
tion.
The consolidated ADP organization will be
responsible for:
•	Developing policies for the acquisition
and use of ADP equipment, facilities and
services.
•	Developing, enhancing, maintaining and
operating all general purpose computers,
associated operating systems and data
trangnission facilities required to meet
the needs of the programs and regions.
Anne McGill Burford, EPA Administrator, said,
"I expect the consolidated ADP office to be
fully established and all transfers of the
staff and functions to be completed no later
than June 1983. This will be accomplished
in a way that does not delay Agency projects
or disrupt any operation."
Job Openings
An announcement on job openings with EPA is
being distributed to all employees. This is
part of a program to help fill position vacan-
cies by recruiting staff from within the Agency.
The announcement tells how to apply for
these jobs. For additional information,
visit the Mobility Coordinator office in Room
2111 in Waterside Mall or phone 8/382-7067.
The new program on intra-agency transfers was
set up because of Agency-wide limitations
hiring outside EPA.

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STORET Team Helps Clean Water
Members ot the STORET team at work include (fran left) Sam Conger, Louis Hoeiman,
Lee Manning, Ann DeTemple, Charles Tobin, Tan Dewald, and Phil Lindenstruth.
Under the able direction of 19-year veteran
Sam Conger, a branch chief in the water
program, a staff of thirteen people operate
EPA's oldest and largest on-line canputer
system called STORET (Storage and Retrieval
'of Water Related Data). They help users to
store, retrieve, and analyze sampling data
on the guality of the nation's waterways.
This dedicated staff of 13 handle 900 users
fran the federal, state and local government
agencies at 225 locations across the country.
Their 9-line telephone is ringing most of
the time, but they manage to handle their
job efficiently.
The job of keeping the nation's waters
clean is easier for water quality managers
and analysts because of STORET. The biggest
advantage is that it helps officials identify
problem areas, set priorities and standards
and perform wasteload allocations. Informa-
mation caning in fran federal, state and
local government users in the U.S. and parts
of Canada helps in establishing water quality
standards and evaluating the results of
these efforts.
The STORET system was created as a result
of federal legislation enacted in the early
1960s. Conger, Chief of the Data Processing
and User Assistance Branch, and Clarence
Tutweiler, Chief of the Information Access
(Section within the branch, developed the
system in 1964 when they were working togeth-
er at the Public Health Service. Initially,
its data and analytical programs processed
information fran approximately 140 sampling
locations.
The system is continually upgraded to
support new legislative^requirements. Now,
STORET users can draw upon information fran
more than 500,000 collection points located
on nearly all of the rivers, lakes, streams,
and other waterways in the United States.
Water quality analysts throughout the country
are just as likely to be feeding into the
EPA's IBM/370 main canputer center in Raleigh,
N.C., as they are to be retrieving data fran
it.
With this bank of current information, users
can track the condition of water quality in
a particular river from state to state. For
instance, if a large concentration of a pol-
lutant suddenly appeared in a river, STORET
could be used to determine if there was an
increased concentration of that pollutant 50
miles up or downstream.
According to Sam Conger, "Because our users
have found STORET to be a valuable tool for
their ongoing pollution control activities,
we get more current and accurate information
for national assessments."
Consolidation of the ADP (Automated Data
Processing) operations within EPA will take
place between now and June, when the STORET
team will move frcm the water program
to the Office of Administration under the
direction of the Assistant Administrator
for Administration. Conger feels that this
new format will help to avoid duplication,
that career opportunities will be greatly
broadened within the new consolidated struc-
ture, and that the continuity of high quality
service will continue uninterrupted.

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APPOINTMENTS (continued)
Thomas has served as Associate Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(State and Local Programs and Support),
since 1981. Thomas managed all disaster
relief efforts at the Agency and is Chairman
of the President's Task Force on Times
Beach, Missouri.
Previously, Thonas was Director, Office
of Public Safety, Governor's Office, South
Carolina, in 1972-1978; Research Analyst,
South Carolina Department of Corrections,
in 1970-1971; and Probation Officer, Richland
County, South Carolina, in 1968-1970.
Thcmas graduated from the University of
the South (B.A.) and the University of South
Carolina (M.Ed.). He has two children and
resides in Ridgeway, South Carolina. He
was born June 13, 1944, in South Carolina.
Dr. Verstandig had served as Assistant
Secretary for Goveratienf^l Affairs, Depart-
ment of Transportation since 1981. He was
Administrative Assistant and Legislative
Director to Senator John H. Chafee in
1977-1981; Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs and Dean of Political Affairs for
Special Studies at Brown University in 1970-
1977; Professor of History and Political
Science at Roger Williams College in 1963-
1970 and served as department chairman in
1965-1967.
Dr. Verstandig graduated fron Franklin and
Marshall College, the University of Tennessee,
and Brown University. He has authored num-
erous articles and books on government, pol-
itical history, education, and public policy.
He was born September 11, 1937, in Memphis,
Tennessee, and resides in Washington, D.C.
Zuck, who will succeed Dr. Horton at EPA,
had served as Assistant Secretary ofc Labor
for Administration and Management since
1977. Zuck served as Acting Secretary of
Labor during the transition in 1981 and
Executive Director, Ccmmission on Executive,
Legislative and Judicial Salaries, in 1980.
He was Comptroller for the Department of
Labor in 1975-1977; Director, Administration
and Management, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor, in
1970-1975; Director, Office of Evaluation
Employment and Training Administration, in
1968-1970; -and Director, Federal Programs,
President's Council on Youth Opportunity, in
1967-1968. He served in other positions at
the Department of Labor beginning in 1958.
Zuck was the recipient of the Presidential
Distinguished Executive Rank Award in 1980,
the Distinguished Career Service Award in
1974, and the William A. Jump Memorial Award
in 1974. He is a member of the Board of
Visitors, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
He graduated from Franklin and Marshall
College (B.A., 1957) and Maxwell School of
Syracuse University (M.A., 1958). He is
married, has two children, and resides in
Vienna, Virginia. He was born August 27,
1934, in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania.
Dempsey, who succeeds Matthew N. Novick,
has served as Inspector General, Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development,
since 1977. He is a member of the Associa-
tion of Federal Investigators and served
as its national president in 1977. He
is the recipient of the HUD Distinguished
Service Award (1980) and the HUD Outstanding
Achievement Award (1978).
Contract Deadlines	
Cutoff dates for processing contract proposals
in 1983 have been established by the Pro-
curement and Contracts Management Division.
The cutoff dates by which procurement
actions must be submitted to the division
are:
Type of Procurement	Cutoff Dates
A.	All contracts, except ex-	April 30
tension of existing service
contracts (see B below).
B.	Extension of existing	June 30
service contracts which
expire on Sept. 30.
C.	All small purchases (pur-	Sept. 1
chase orders under $10,000)
except as noted below.
D.	Small purchase of lease	June 30
renewal or maintenance
agreement on equipment.
The procurement division also requires that
contract proposals for 85 percent of the
funds available to each allowance holder be
submitted on or before April 30. Some ex-
ceptions to the above deadlines may be
granted in emergency or special circum-
stances. Questions will be answered by
your servicing procurement office or Tan
Yates, the contracts services representative
(382-5020) .
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 EPA employees. It is
punched with three holes for binding for future reference.

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