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Congress Accepts Ruckeishaus
Budget Increases for FY 1984
Joseph Padgett
EPA Engineer in Line
For Top Office in APCA
Joseph Padgett, an EPA engineer, has
been elected first vice president of the
Air Pollution Control Association
(APCA). He assumed office June 23 at
an APCA board meeting held in con-
junction with the group's 76th annual
meeting in Atlanta.
Padgett is director of EPA's Strat-
egies and Air Standards Division at
Research Triangle Park.
His election to the first vice pre-
sidency in worldwide balloting among
APCA's nearly 8,000 members means
he will automatically move up to
president of the association next June.
Founded in 1907 with headquarters
in Pittsburgh, Pa., APCA is a technical
and educational association devoted
to furthering the art and science of air
pollution control. Its members include
individuals in some 40 countries who
are professionally active in air pollu-
tion control in industry, science, re-
search or government and private
agencies.
Padgett has been active in APCA for
more than 10 years. He was a member
of the board of directors from 1978 to
1980 and a vice president in 1980 and
1981.
Congress has approved a $3.95 billion
budget for EPA in fiscal year 1984,
accepting new Administrator William
D. Ruckeishaus' request for $265.5
million in increases over the Adminis-
tration's earlier budget proposal.
The new budget figure includes sal-
ary money for up to 300 additional
workyears in the Superfund program
and up to 800 additional workyears in
other program areas.
The total appropriation provides
$1.1 billion for operations, $410 million
for Superfund and $2.43 billion for
construction grants.
Ruckeishaus' request for a 21 per-
cent increase in the Administration
spending proposal for operations and
Superfund in FY 1984 was outlined in
a letter June 13 to David A. Stockman,
director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
"Although these are substantial in-
creases," said Ruckeishaus, "I believe
they are necessary to fund an aggres-
sive environmental cleanup effort.
The Administrator said $100 mil-
lion of the additional $265.5 would be
directed toward "fundamentally
changing the pace and nature of the
operation of the Superfund program."
"These resources will allow us to
remove hazardous substances from
substantially more sites in 1984, and
to make rapid progress against our ul-
timate goal of cleaning up the most
hazardous sites," he explained. "The
additional resources also reflect our
policy of taking actions to initiate
cleanup immediately and to de-
termine who pays later."
The other $165.5 million requested
included $34.5 million earmarked for
salaries and expenses to fund the
additional 800 workyears in other
EPA programs, $100 million for
Abatement, Control and Compliance,
and $31 million for Research and De-
velopment.
"I believe the proposals I have re-
commended, coupled with flexibility,
will provide me with adequate re-
sources to do the job that the Presi-
dent wants done," Ruckeishaus said.
For the Agency as a whole, the re-
vised budget provides personnel
funds equivalent to 11,548 workyears
in fiscal 1984, compared to 10,448 in
the original Administration proposal
and 11,025 this fiscal year.
Artist at Las Vegas Lab
Up for Handicapped Award
Brian Spavin, a visual information
specialist at the Environmental
Monitoring Systems Laboratory in Las
Vegas, is EPA's nominee for Out-
standing Handicapped Federal Em-
ployee of the Year.
The purpose of the award is to rec-
ognize the contributions and achieve-
ments of physically and mentally dis-
abled employees. Nominees must
demonstrate job performance clearly
exceeding requirements in spite of
severely limiting physical or mental
factors, along with exhibiting courage
and initiative in overcoming such
handicaps.
In his job at the Las Vegas lab, Spa-
vin is responsible for the design and
production of illustrations and
artwork for the facility's printed mate-
rials, including posters, scientific re-
ports and publications. He developed
into a first-rate commercial artist after
undergoing extensive surgery and
physical therapy to overcome severe
physical handicaps.
Spavin also is active in community
affairs. He lectures at several Nevada
colleges, serves as president of the
Nevada Federal Employees Associa-
tion and is a past vice president of the
Vegas Valley Junior Chamber of Com-
merce.

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Crispinn Perez
Region 2's Perez Named
Federal Secretary of Year
Crispina Perez, executive secretary to
the Deputy Regional Administrator of
Region 2, has been named Secretary of
the Year by the Federal Executive
Board in New York City.
Mrs. Perez was cited for individual
accomplishments, including her role
in the organization of EPA's National
Secretarial Council, which she chairs;
the creation of a regional EPA Secret-
ary's Guide, now being used by other
EPA regional offices as a model for
the development of their own man-
uals; and conceiving and planning a
series of secretarial training work-
shops.
In addition, she was commended
for sustaining the high standard of
performance "which characterizes the
service of secretaries of the federal
service."
EPA Regional Administrator Jac-
queline Schafer said in nominating
Mrs. Perez that "Chris is a wonderful
example of how an excellent secretary
can affect the productivity and job sat-
isfaction of other secretaries through-
out the organization."
"She possesses a natural enthusiasm
and dedication to her work, her Agen-
cy and her co-workers," Miss Schafer
added. "Her unusually long string of
accomplishments —be it work on the
Love Canal crisis or coordinating
Secretary's Week—is worthy of
recognition."
Mrs. Perez is participating in a col-
lege program leading toward an Asso-
ciate in Arts degree. She has encour-
aged other women in government
service to take advantage of
government-supported educational
opportunities and has counseled them
on financial aid and course options.
The Federal Executive Board, in
conjunction with its affiliate, the
Federal Business Association, pre-
sented the award June 17 at a lunch-
eon at Governor's Island in New York
City.
It was the first time a Secretary of
the Year was recognized as part of the
Board's annual awards program. Other
award categories were Executive Man-
ager, Employee and Supervisor of the
Year, and community service.
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Patricia M. Neuschatz
ORD's Patricia Neuschatz
Receives Merit Certificate
Patricia M. Neuschatz, program op-
erations officer for the Office of En-
vironmental Processes and Effects Re-
search, has been issued a certificate oi
merit by the William A. Jump Memo-
rial Foundation in recognition of her
outstanding accomplishments and
special contributions to the efficiency
and prestige of public service.
Mrs. Neuschatz was EPA's nominee
for the highly prestigious William A.
Jump Memorial Award.
She was cited for creative man-
agement in developing a review sys-
tem geared toward gaining maximum
utilization of resources, and for her
superior leadership qualities.
Mrs. Neuschatz has worked in the
Office of Research and Development
for nearly 11 years. She directs the
budgeting for major research programs
and the program analyses activities
three headquarters divisions and
seven field laboratories. During her
career, Mrs. Neuschatz has earned
several performance awards, including
a Bronze Medal for Meritorious Serv-
ice in 1981.
12 Accepted for First
SES Candidate Program
Twelve employees have been chosen
from six EPA components to partici-
pate in the Agency's first one-year
SES candidate development program.
They are Timothy Fields and Wil-
liam Franklin of the Office of Air,
Noise and Radiation; Terrell Hunt,
Larry Reid and Margaret Stasikowski
of the Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances; Steven Lingle, of the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response; Carol Reeverts, of the Office
of Water; Richard Cocozza, Carol
Finch, William Hedling and Paul Mar-
tin, of the Office of Administration,
and Robert Knox, of the Office of the
Administrator.
The development program openec®
with a three-day Orientation Institute
where the speakers included Alvin
Aim, Acting Deputy Administrator;
Howard Messner, who is to be nomin-
ated as Assistant Administrator for
Administration; Col. Leslie Denend,
Deputy Assistant Director for Eco-
nomic Affairs at the White House, and
Richard Cavanaugh, a contributor to
the book Search for Excellence.
Applicants for the SES development
program were rated and ranked by an
Executive Resources Board sub-
committee comprised of Donald Clay,
Acting Assistant Administrator for
Pesticides and Toxic Substances;
Ronald Brand, Deputy Associate
Administrator for Policy and Resource
Management; Richard Dewling, Re-
gion 2 Deputy Administrator; John
Floeter, Region 6 Assistant Adminis-
trator for Management, and Gerald
Yamada, Deputy General Counsel.
The Agency is now in the process
of identifying additional de-
velopmental assignments and in-
terviewing finalists for the program.
For more information about the S.
candidate program, call Ken Wright at
382-3356.

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New Grievance System
For Some EPA Employees
A new grievance system covering non-
^)argailling unit employees is now in
Pperation. The new system, es-
tablished by EPA Order 3110.8, in-
corporates recent changes in Office of
Personnel Management regulations
and is designed to improve the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of grievance
processing within the Agency.
Under the system, the Administra-
tor or Deputy Administrator, the
Assistant, Associate and Regional
Administrators, and the Inspector
General serve as Deciding Officials
and make the final Agency decisions
on grievances within their areas of
responsibility.
Deciding Officials may appoint Fact
Finders to look into cases were the
circumstances are unclear or in dis-
pute. The Fact Finders then report
their findings to the Deciding Official.
Bargaining unit employees who are
not now included in a negotiated
grievance system will continue to be
covered under the administrative sys-
tem established by EPA Order
3110.7 A.
For additional information, get in
touch with the personnel office at
headquarters or in the regions.
Region 6 Public Affairs Officer Eddie Lee
'left) receives plaque from William
hlfeld, EPA Director of Public Affairs, in
.ecognition of his service to the Agency.
Lee retired July 8 after 16 years of gov-
ernment service in Dallas and Ada, Ok la.
Lee Thomas Confirmed; Messner,
Schulhof Chosen for EPA Posts
Lee M. Thomas	Howard M. Messner	SamueJ A. SchuJhof
Lee M. Thomas has been confirmed
by the Senate as EPA's Assistant
Administrator for Solid Waste and
Emergency Response. He had filled
that job on an acting basis since Feb-
ruary 24 and was formally nominated
to the position by President Reagan
June 7.
The President also announced the
nomination of Howard M. Messner to
be Assistant Administrator for Ad-
ministration, an office where he
served as deputy from 1971 to 1975.
And, in another appointment,
Samuel A. Schulhof, who had been
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Administration, was named by Admi-
nistrator William D. Ruckelshaus to
the newly created post of Associate
Administrator for Regional Op-
erations.
Thomas is the first new Assistant
Administrator to be confirmed since
Ruckelshaus returned as head of EPA.
The 39-year-old government executive
came to EPA from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
where he was Associate Director in
charge of state and local programs and
support from 1981 to 1983. Thomas
served in a number of posts in the
South Carolina state government ear-
lier.
A native of Ridgeway, S.C., Thomas
received a bachelor degree in psychol-
ogy from the University of the South
in 1967 and a master's degree in
education from the University of
South Carolina in 1970.
Messner, the designee for Assistant
Administrator for Administration, had
been Controller of the Department of
Energy since March. During his 23
years of federal service, Messner also
has served as Assistant Director for
Management Improvement and
Evaluation at the Office of Man-
agement and Budget (1977-83), and
Assistant Director of Management Pro-
grams at the Congressional Budget
Office (1975-77).
Messner, who is 45, earned a bache-
lor's degree from Antioch College and
a master of arts degree from the
Graduate School of Government, Uni-
versity of Massachusetts. He received
the William A. Jump Memorial Award
for distinguished service in public ad-
ministration in 1971.
In the new job of Associate Admi-
nistrator for Regional Operations,
Schulhof will serve as an 'honest
broker" between the field and head-
quarters in planning and operational
matters.
Before joining EPA in December
1981, Schulhof was assistant director
of recruitment and communications at
ACTION. Previously, Schulhof was
president and chief operating officer
of Wander Sales in West Elizabeth,
Pa., from 1979 to 1981, and a princip-
al member of the Hay group, a human
resources consulting firm in Washing-
ton, D.C., from 1975 to 1979. He was 6
staff assistant to the President and
later a deputy special assistant in the
White House from 1973 to 1975.
Schulhof, 41, earned a bachelor of
science degree in business administra-
tion at C.W. Post College, Long Island
University.

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Ruckelshaus Picks Appointees
To Fill Top lobs in 4 Regions
Michael R. DeJand
Thomas P. Eichler
John G. Welles
Ernesto B. Barnes
Four new regional administrators have
been appointed by EPA Administrator
William D. Ruckelshaus.
They are Michael R. Deland, Region
1 (Boston); Thomas P. Eichler, Region
3 (Philadelphia); John G. Welles, Re-
gion 8 (Denver); and Ernesta Ballard
Barnes, Region 10 (Seattle).
Deland, a consultant for Environ-
mental Research and Technology, Inc.,
Concord, Mass., previously served
with EPA from 1971 to 1976. He
started with the Agency as a staff
attorney, headed the legal review sec-
tion in 1972 and 1973, and was chief
of EPA's enforcement branch from
November 1973 to July 1976. In the
latter post, he was in charge of pre-
paring all enforcement actions brought
by EPA in New England.
Deland received a bachelor of arts
degree from Harvard College in 1963
and a law degree from Boston College
in 1969.
Eichler, the new Region 3 adminis-
trator, has been Director of the Divi-
sion of Environmental Control in
Delaware since 1979. He administered
state programs dealing with air and
water quality, solid and hazardous
wastes, wetlands, coastal mangement
and land use planning.
Before taking the Delaware job,
Eichler was with the New York State
Department of Environmental Con-
servation from 1973 to 1979. He holds
master's degrees in public administra-
tion and political science from the
State University of New York and
earned an undergraduate degree in
Mrs. Barnes moved into the admi-
nistrator's job in Region 10 after five
years with the Seattle Trust and Sav-
ings Bank, where she was branch
administrator responsible for retail
banking activities. She was director of
public service for the Municipality of
Metropolitan Seattle from 1976 to
1978 and served as budget director at
the University of Washington from
1974 to 1976.
Mrs. Barnes received a bachelor of
arts in religious thought from the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1967 and
later studied religious thought at Ox-
ford University in England. She re-
ceived a master's degree in business
administration from Harvard Univer-
sity in 1970.
New Edition of Extramural
Activity Report Published
A new edition of the Extramural
Activity Report is now available from
the Office of Toxic Integration.
The report, published twice a year,
is intended to help coordinate toxics-
related contracts, grants, interagency
agreements and cooperative agree-
ments. Activities are catalogued by
function under such topic headings as
health effects, environmental effects,
exposure, risk, industrial and eco-
nomic studies.
Walter W. Kovalick Jr., acting di-
rector of the Chemical Coordination
Staff, which develops the 100-page
compilation, said the Agency bad no
mechanism prior to publication of this
political science at Syracuse Univer-
sity.
Welles comes to the Region 8 post
from the Colorado School of Mines,
where he has been vice president in
charge of planning and public affairs
since 1974. He headed the Industrial
Economics Division of the University
of Denver Research Institute from
1956 to 1974 and was a consultant tjg
the Secretariat of the United Nation^
Conference on the Human Environ-
ment in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1971
and 1972.
Welles received an engineering de-
gree from Yale University in 1946 and
a master's in business administration
from Philadelphia's Wharton School
of Finance and Commerce in 1949.
report to tell program offices whether
planned information gathering efforts
on chemicals and industries over-
lapped activities planned by other
components.
"The Extramural Activity Report
provides information on projects in
the early planning stages as well as
those already under way," Kovalick
said.
The authors hope that substantial
cost savings will accrue as more peo-
ple throughout the Agency learn about
the report and begin using it to elimi-
nate duplication of effort.
Those interested in obtaining a cor**
should contact Peter Bahor (382-
3406), Joanne LaBaw (382-3395) or
Arnie Edelman (382-2249) of the Che-
mical Coordination Staff.

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