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NEWS FOR AND ABOUT EPA EMPLOYEES
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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 23, 1983
The Best Year Yet for CFC at EPA
For the first time in EPA's history
employees have contributed more to
the Combined Federal Campaign than
the Agency goal.
At press time, over $166,000 has
been raised and contributions are still
coming in. This figure is $20,000
above the 1983 goal. Of perhaps great-
er significance, employee partici-
pation has reached a full 55 percent,
15 percent more than ever before.
This generosity of EPA
employees puts the Agency in the
forefront of federal offices in the
Washington campaign area.
Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus was
a member of the Campaign Cabinet
and Chairman of the EPA campaign.
He has expressed his pride in EPA
employees and his gratefulness for
their outstanding efforts.
About 300 keyworkers gave their
time and energy to ask their co-
workers to participate in this year's
campaign and ensure that everyone
had the opportunity to view the CFC
film. Assistant Administrator for Ad-
ministration and Resources Man-
agement Howard Messner (Vice Chair
of the campaign) praised these "very
special employees," saying that he
"enjoyed this campaign because of the
opportunity it gave me to meet them."

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People
40-Year length-of-service certificates awarded to: Robert
Flanagan, Office of Public Affairs . . . Florence H. Pop-
roch, Region 5.
30-Year length-of-service certificates awarded to: Wil-
liam T. Blair, Solid Waste and Emergency Response . . .
Honorable Spencer T. Nissen, Office of Administrative
Law Judges . . . George Smith, Region 5 . . . Albert J.
Erickson, Office of Water . . . Richard A. Newkirk. Pesti-
cides and Toxic Substances . . . Walter H. Preston, Re-
search and Development . . . and William A. Rosenkranz,
Research and Development.
Retirees at Headquarters: John P. Chase, 32 years, Ex-
ternal Affairs . . . Edward B. Brittin, 42 years, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances . . . Nicholas J. Dormer, 21 years,
Administration and Resources Management . . , Willam A.
Rosenkranz, 30 years, Research and Development.
The Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances presents
the second annual Dr. Joseph Seifter Memorial Award to
Mary F. Argus for her contribution to the improvement of
scientific decision making in OPTS.
Special Act Awards go to: Pamela Bassford, Research
and Development . . . Thomas Kelly, Rebecca Barclay,
Robert Furhman, Allen Jennings, Charles Kent and Jean
Caufield, Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation . . .
Kim R. Pearson, Office of General Counsel.
Quality Step Increases awarded to: Michael Dellarco,
Research and Development . . . Deborah R. McSwain. Air
and Radiation.
Continued Superior Performance Awards go to: Helen J.
Brunner, Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring . . .
John Schaum. Mary Cusato, Mary Grubic and Charles
Nauman, Research and Development.
Q&A: Electronic DIPS?
Q. The payroll computer keeps printing something
about "electronic funds transfer" on my pay stub. Can
you explain?
A. On December 6, the Departmental Integrated Personnel
Services (DIPS) System converted from the Federal Salary
Composite Check Program to Direct Deposit/Electronic
Funds Transfer (DD/EFT). As a result, those employees
whose pay had been mailed to financial institutions were
converted to DD/EFT which will transmit their pay electro-
nically. This system is more reliable, efficient and con-
venient than delivery of checks through the mail or at the
office.
Employees who wish to sign up for DD/EFT should com-
plete a Standard Form 1199a, Authorization for Deposit of
Federal Recurring Payments. For more information call
Robert Stenstrom or Maureen Nolan on 382-5122.
The EPA Times is published 24 times per year to provide
news and information for and about EPA employees. Readers
are encouraged to submit news of fellow employees, letters of
opinion, questions, comments, and suggestions to: Miles
Allen, Editor, The EPA Times, Office of Public Affairs (A-107).
Telephone 382-4371. Information selected for publication will
be edited as necessary in keeping with space available. All let-
ters of opinion must be signed and accompanied by sub-
mitter's office location and telephone number.
Don Clay presents Seifter Memorial Award to Mary Argus.
EEO at EPA
The following policy statement was issued by Administra-
tor Bill Ruckelshaus on the occasion of the appointment
of Nat Scurry to head the Office of Civil Rights.
"It is the policy of the Agency to provide equal opportu-
nity for all EPA employees, applicants, and beneficiaries
of programs we administer. Besides being the law, equal
opportunity is the right thing to do. At EPA, it is the re-
sponsibility of both management and staff to work together
to eliminate all practices that contribute to unlawful dis-
crimination in internal hiring and the delivery of services
in our programs and activities.
"In the area of employment, EPA is committed to a
strong affirmative action program that will identify and
correct serious under-representation of minorities, women,
and handicapped individuals in our workforce. During fis-
cal year 1984, EPA managers will participate in de-
veloping a plan and strategy which will target specific
occupations to focus our EEO activities. EPA will be hiring
a substantial number of new employees. In that regard,
EPA managers have identified expected vacancies in order
to develop a recruitment strategy that will result in in-
creased numbers of high quality minorities, women and
handicapped employees.
"Equally important is EPA's policy of nondiscrimination
in federally assisted programs. This agency will not sub-
sidize unlawful discrimination. EPA has developed a com-
prehensive, consolidated civil rights regulation which,
when published, will form the basis of an aggressive civil
rights program agencywide.
"I have asked the Deputy Administrator, Alvin Aim, to
review the progress of these programs periodically by pro-
gram office, region and major laboratory. I am committed
to a substantive civil rights program and will hold all
managers accountable to program principles. The objec-
tives of EPA's Equal Opportunity activities must be made
an integral part of our Agency's programs. The support of
every EPA employee is critical to the success of an equal
opportunity program.
"I am strongly committed to this objective and I am de-
pending on all of you to achieve my personal goal of mak
ing EPA a model federal agency for equal opportunity."

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Around EPA
CFC Boxscore
The market-based interest rate for Series EE Savings
Bonds issued between November 1, 1983 and April 30,
1984 has increased to 9.38 percent. This is the third semi-
annual rate to take effect since variable rates were in-
troduced on November 1, 1982. To qualify for the variable
rate, bonds must be held at least five years. The minimum
rate on these bonds is 7.5 percent, compounded semi-
annually . . . Under the variable rate system, sales of
Series EE Bonds have increased by 29 percent while re-
demptions have declined . . . Employees interested in
obtaining savings bonds through payroll deduction should
complete Standard Form 1192 and submit it to their
payroll office.
Noncareer SES employees and certain Executive, Con-
gressional, and Presidential appointees who will be
covered by Social Security have until the end of December
to exercise their option to continue or terminate coverage
by the Civil Service Retirement System. Otherwise they
will be placed under a transitional system which reduces
deductions for Civil Service retirement to 1.3% of pay un-
til 1/1/86 or until a new retirement plan is established.
Once the option is chosen it cannot be changed. Questions
should be addressed to Judy Stagner on 382-3328.
The extension of open season for health insurance does
not effect the date new enrollments and changes become
effective—January 8, 1984 . . . Monday, December 26, and
Monday, January 2, are the official federal holidays . . .
The 1984 GS pay schedule sets the maximum payable sal-
ary at $66,000.
Agency Activities
Enforcement: Justice Department files suit against Shell
Oil Co. for nearly $1.9 billion in damage to the environ-
ment the government says was caused by Shell's pesticide
plant near Denver—the largest amount ever sought by a
federal agency for damages to natural resources ... A cost
recovery claim filed against Occidental Chemical asks $45
million to reimburse EPA and other federal agencies for
money spent to date on cleaning up Love Canal . . . EPA
issues a notice of violation to Philadelphia alleging
tampering with emission control devices on 131 city
police vehicles. The Agency asks penalties of $327,500 . . .
A similar notice against Greenville County in South Caro-
lina asks $630,000 in penalties because of 90 alleged in-
stances instances of using leaded gasoline in county vehi-
cles requiring unleaded fuel ... A complaint filed against
the Atlantic Richfield Co. of Philadelphia charges fuel
switching in 28 company vehicles. The court was asked to
impose a civil penalty of more than $330,000 ... In an-
other court suit, Lew Smith Muffler and Parts, Inc., of
Covington, Ky., is accused of removing catalytic converters
from 46 cars and enlarging gasoline filler inlets on seven
others. The complaint asks that the company pay
$132,500.
On Capitol Hill: Assistant Administrator Jack Ravan told
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries subcommittees that
the public comment period on ocean incineration of
hazardous wastes would be extended to January 31 to give
interested parties more time to examine information on
Office—Campaign Mgr.
Contributions
% of
Goal
Office of Administrator—Diane
Bazzle
$ 8100
114
General Counsel—Shirley Ross
7,162
148
Inspector General—Diana Hudson
3,040
126
Administration & Resource
Management—Mary McCaffery
32,191
133
Enforcement & Compliance
Monitoring—Matthew Amorello
6,713
179
Policy, Planning &
Evaluation—Dona DeLeon
11,594
171
External Affairs—Don Flattery
5,462
115
Water—Sharon Gascon
24,617
133
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response—Margie Russell
12,398
91
Air and Radiation—Saul Rosoff
9,628
107
Pesticides & Toxic
Substances—Marylouise Uhlig
35.173
84
Research and Development—Roger
Cortesi
10,219
114
TOTAL
$166,297
115
which tentative approval was based . . . Some 6,400 peo-
ple registered to attend public hearings on ocean in-
cineration in Texas and Alabama.
Other Activities: Administrator Bill Ruckleshaus speaks
to the Governors' Conference on the Chesapeake Bay,
hailing the regional agreement signed to coordinate
cleanup efforts and promising continued EPA support
through grants, technical assistance programs and federal
coordination efforts . . . Jacques Cousteau, who also ad-
dressed the meeting, visited the Agency and met with
Ruckleshaus prior to the conference . . . An 8-page
brochure designed to help consumers increase the efficien-
cy of wood burning stoves and reduce pollutant emissions
is available from the ORD Publications Office in Cincinna-
ti, telephone 684-7562. Headquarter's personnel may pick
up a copy from the Public Affairs Office.
Speaking Out: "Ultimately, it is the citizens of these
states—the major beneficiaries of a healthy bay—who must
.. .accept a major portion of the cost of increased pollution
control expenditures, they must control agricultural runoff
and various discharges into the rivers and streams that
feed the bay, and they must at every turn think about the
consequences of their own individual actions. Local gov-
ernments will have to play a more active role in remedial
efforts."—Administrator Bill Ruckleshaus at the Gov-
ernors' Conference on the Chesapeake Bay, George Mason
University, Virginia.

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Ayres Appointed to Head Region 9
Judith E. Avres of San Francisco has
been named Administrator of Region
9.
Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus an-
nounced the appointment November
16, saying that Ayres "brings to this
position a background of exceptional
breadth and depth in the environmen-
tal field."
Since 1978, Ayres has operated her
own consulting firm dealing with en-
ergy and environmental issues rel-
ated to program planning, natural re-
sources economics, environmental
mediation, marine policy, and the
analysis of environmental legislation
and regulations.
Ayres worked for the Department of
Interior from 1971 tu 1978. Her posi-
tions there included communications
director of the Joint Federal State
Land Use Planning Commission in
Anchorage, and head of the public
affairs office of the National Park Ser-
vice in Alaska. She served on the
North Pacific Fisheries Management
Council advisory committee from
1976-1977, and has lectured at nation-
al and international conferences on
natural resources management.
After receiving her B.A. in zoology
and physiology (and an equivalent de4
gree in English) from Miami Univer-
sity of Ohio, Ayres did graduate work
in archeology at Leeds University in
England. The following year she stud-
ied Japanese art, politics and religion
in Tokyo and, in 1980, she earned her
Master of Public Administration de-
gree at Harvard.
Ayres enjoys a variety of interests
including classical music, rowing,
skiing, and scuba diving. She lives in
the San Francisco Liay area with her
husband, John W. Burke III, and their
daughter.
Procurement Personnel Honored
Ten EPA employees and a Denver
contractor were honored recently for
their contributions to small, dis-
advantaged, minority and women's
businesses.
They were recipients of the first an-
nual EPA Administrator's awards pre-
sented in recognition of furthering the
agency's socio-economic objectives.
Deputy Administrator Alvin Aim,
who presided at the awards ceremony,
said he was "pleased to report that the
agency has met or exceeded all of its
major socio-economic procurement
goals negotiated with the Small Busi-
ness Administration since the incep-
tion of the program. In addition, we
hope to step up our minority pro-
curements in the coming year to meet
the objectives of the President's Ex-
ecutive Order to further minority busi-
ness development."
Primary responsibility for the feder-
al government's socio-economic pro-
grams rests with the Small Business
Administration, the Department of
Commerce and the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, whose repre-
sentatives attended the award cere-
monies. EPA's program is carried out
by its Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization office headed by John
Ropes.
Of the $353 million in direct pro-
curement contracts awarded by EPA
in fiscal year 1983, approximately 35
percent or $127 million went to small,
disadvantaged, minority and women's
businesses.
Honored in the ceremonies on
November 29 were:
•	Elissa Speizman, Brigitte Manzke,
Nancy Sullivan, Vincent Kelly, An-
nette Myers and Janusz Porosilo of
the Region 5 contracts and pro-
curement unit headquartered in Chi-
cago. During FY 1983, 100 percent
($1,837,000) of Superfund contract
dollars obligated went to small busi-
nesses. In addition, 60 percent of Su-
perfund dollars and 22.5 percent of
combined Superfund and non-
Superfund dollars went to small dis-
advantaged businesses.
•	Matthew Robbins, James Favors
and Sheila Cook of the Region 4
minority business enterprise staff in
Atlanta were honored for assisting in
promoting over $31 million in awards
to minority and women sub-
contractors—12 percent of the total
funds contracted in FY 83.
•	Frank J. Rzasa, deputy director of
the Contracts Management Division at
Research Triangle Park, was cited for
outstanding individual accomplish-
ments. Through his efforts, research
and development awards to small and
disadvantaged businesses increased
from $1 million in FY 73 to $7.2 mil-
lion in 1983,
•	CH2 Hill, a Denver contracting
firm awarded an $89 million contract
to conduct four years of remedial in-
vestigations and feasibility studies at
hazardous waste sites west of the Mis-
sissippi River, committed 60 percent
of subcontracted dollars to small busi-
ness firms in 1983 instead of the 30
percent set as a goal in its sub-
contracting plan. Small disadvantaged
businesses received 35 percent of the
work rather than the 10 percent origi-
nally specified.
Alvin Aim with Frank Rzasa	James Favors, Matthew Robbins and	Aim with Elissa Speizman
and John Ropes	Shield Cook of Region 4. with Aim	of Region 5

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