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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 JANUARY 6, 1984
EPA Honors Outstanding Employees
The special accomplishments of 87
EPA employees were recognized at
the Agency's 12th annual Honor
Awards Ceremony on December 16.
At the assembly, Administrator Bill
Ruckelshaus spoke of his pride in the
personal achievements of those hon-
ored and in "their contribution to the
nation's quest for a better environ-
ment, and above all, because they
represent hundreds and hundreds of
the finest federal employees—those
who serve at the 40 or more EPA in-
stallations around the country."
Nicholas J. Dormer, an operating
accountant in the Office of Adminis-
tration and Resources Management at
Headquarters, received EPA's Dis-
tinguished Career Award "in recogni-
tion of his outstanding career in finan-
cial management and budgeting, span-
ning 41 years of dedicated public ser-
vice."
The Distinguished Career Award
was also awarded posthumously to
Robert T. Walsh, who made "major
contributions to air pollution control
technology." Walsh was a chemical
engineer for the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR) at Research Triangle
Park.
Gold Medals for exceptional service
went to: Donald G. Barnes, an en-
vironmental scientist for the Office of
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OP-
Nicholas ]. Dormer	Robert T. Walsh
Ruckelshaus congratulates Frank Freestone of the Mobile Incineration System
Development Team (left), and Anne Asbell of the U.S. v. Olin Litigation Team (right).
TS) at Headquarters, for "exceptional
achievement and leadership in de-
veloping, coordinating, and
articulating the Agency's investigation
and control of dioxin contamination"
. . . Dean F. Hill, a chemist for the
National Enforcement Investigations
Center in Denver, for "exceptional
achievement in developing, establish-
ing and maintaining a national tech-
nical assistance program for state pes-
ticide analytical laboratories". . . John
C. Wise, Deputy Regional Administra-
tor of Region 9, for "exceptional skill,
judgment and leadership in the man-
agement of major environmental pro-
grams."
Two groups of employees also re-
ceived Gold Medals: the U.S. v. Olin
Chemical Company; Inc. Litigation
Team, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring, Headquarters
and Region 4—Anne L. Asbell, David
C.	Batson, Edward S. Bender, Arthur
W. Ray, David F. Rogers and Howard
D.	Zeller—"in recognition of ex-
traordinary achievement in the Gov-
ernment's case against Olin Chemical
Co., Inc. resulting in a settlement of
exceptional precedential value . . .
The Mobil Incineration System De-
velopment Team, Office of Research
and Development (ORD), Edison
N.J.—John E. Brugger, Michael
Gruenfeld, Uwe Frank, Frank J.
Freestone, Ira Wilder and James J.
Yezzi, Jr.—"for exceptional achieve-
ment in the conception and
(Continued on back page.)
Donald G. Barnes
Dean F. Hill	John C. Wise

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People
Around EPA
Special Act Awards go to: Francoise Braiser, L. Law-
rence Graham, Gerald Kotas and John Atcheson, Office of
Water . . . Randall Bond, Research and Development.
Quality Step Increases awarded to: Dianne M. Forrest,
Office of the Inspector General . . . Esther DeLauder, De-
lores Valentine and Sandra Wells, Administration and Re-
sources Management . . . Beverly Farmaco, Research and
Development.
Continued Superior Performance Awards go to: Kath-
leen Greenwood, Solid Waste and Emergency Response . . .
Brian E. Tolle, Policy, Planning and Evaluation . . .
Theodore W. Firetog, Office of General Counsel . . . Sharon
E. Ellis, Carol A. Jenkins and Loretto Long, Administration
and Resources Management . . . Brenda Beitzell, Research
and Development.	Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus visits the renovated supply stwa
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 letters of opin-
ion must be signed and accompanied by submitter's office location and telephone number.
Congratulations on 40 years of federal service to:
Donald L. Winslow, Environmental Research Laboratory,
Rhode Island . . . Henrietta M. Moore, Region 3.
Congratulations on 30 years of federal service to:
Leonard W. Smith, Jr., Office of Administration, Cincinna-
ti, Ohio . . . Elijah L. Poole, Office of Administration . . .
Jack I. Lowe, Environmental Research Laboratory, Florida
. . . Pauline Louis, Region 2 . . . Alan Levin, Region 5 . . .
Ernest King, Jr., Region 5 . . . Edward J. Cowan, Region
10.
Retirees at Headquarters: Mae Morris-Chatman, 29
years, Civil Rights . . . Jean Durant, 31 years, External
Affairs.
The Instrument Society of America has presented the
Excellence in Documentation Award to Gordon C.
Ortman, a physical scientist at the Environmental
Monitoring Systems Laboratory in N.C. Ortman received
the award, sponsored by the IBM Corporation, for his
paper titled "Ozone Precursor Monitor for Investigating
Air Pollution."
The final decisions on attendence and leave during
hazardous weather conditions will be made by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management and announc^
through our personnel office and/or local radio and telev™
sion. The three types of leave situations used during such
conditions are: Early Dismissal—OPM may authorize dis-
missal of employees without charge to leave. Delayed
Arrival/Liberal Leave—Supervisors may grant a reason-
able amount of excused absence and employees may take
annual leave or leave without pay without first obtaining
permission. Closure—Employees will be granted excused
absence when conditions dictate that government offices
should be closed for the day.
The headquarters' supply store has been renovated (new
display cases, shelving and paint) and has instituted a new
"call-in and delivery" system. To use this system, obtain a
Supply Store Catalog from your program administrative
officer—instructions are on the inside front cover. Sugges-
tions on stock, operation or procedures are welcomed by
the store manager. Telephone 382-2135.
The history and content of the Federal Acquisition Reg-
ulations (FAR) are described in a new 30-minute
videotape. The FAR supercedes the Federal Procurement
Regulations on April 1, 1984. To arrange to view this film
call Tom Yates on 382-5020.
The new Senior Visiting Scientists program, established
to improve EPA science by attracting distinguished
visiting researchers to Agency laboratories, is well
underway. Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus has announced
that Dr. David V. Bates, of the University of British
Columbia, Dr. Raymond C. Loehr, of Cornell University
and Dr. John M. Neuhold, of Utah State, will soon begin
conducting environmental research in EPA's labs . . .
These three scientists were chosen by EPA but others will
be selected by the National Academy of Sciences.
Gordon C. Ortman

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Step-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
GS- 1
$ 8,980
$ 9,279
$ 9,578
$ 9,876
$10,175
$10,350
$10,646
$10,942
$10,955
$11,232
2
10,097
10,337
10,671
10,955
11,078
11,404
11,730
12,056
12,382
12,708
3
11,017
11,384
11,751
12,118
12,485
12,852
13,219
13,586
13,953
14,320
4
12,367
12,779
13,191
13,603
14,015
14,427
14,839
15,251
15,663
16,075
5
13,837
14,298
14,759
15,220
15,681
16,142
16,603
17,064
17,525
17,986
6
15,423
15,937
16,451
16,965
17,479
17,993
18,507
19,021
19,535
20,049
7
17,138
17,709
18,280
18,851
19,422
19,993
20,564
21,135
21,706
22,277
8
18,981
19,614
20,247
20,880
21,513
22,146
22,779
23,412
24,045
24,678
9
20,965
21,664
22,363
23,062
23,761
24,460
25,159
25,858
26,557
27,256
10
23,088
23,858
24,628
25,398
26,168
26,938
27,708
28,478
29,248
30,018
11
25,366
26,212
27,058
27,904
28,750
29,596
30,442
31,288
32,134
32,980
12
30,402
31,415
32,428
33,441
34,454
35,467
36,480
37,493
38,506
39,519
13
36,152
37,357
38,562
39,767
40,972
42,177
43,382
44,587
45,792
46,997
14
42,722
44,146
45,570
46,994
48,418
49,842
51,266
52,690
54,114
55,538
15
50,252
51,927
53,602
55,277
56,952
58,627
60,302
61,977
63,652
65,327
16
58,938
60,903
62.868
64,833
66,798
68,763
70,728
72,693
74,658

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69,042
71,343
73,644
75,945
78,246





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In most cases the maximum salary payable is $66,000.
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Executive Schedule
Level I	$82,900
Level II 	 72,200
Level III 	 70,800
Level IV 	 69,600
Level V 	 66,000
SES
ES-1			$58,938
ES-2		 61,292
ES-3		 63,646
ES-4		 66,000
ES-5		 67,800
ES-6		 69,600
Agency Activities
Dioxin Strategy: Deputy Administrator Alvin Aim an-
nounces the Agency's national strategy for dealing with
dixoin contamination at a news conference December 15.
Aim called the strategy "a comprehensive, coordinated
approach for addressing a complex and persistent problem
. . . Joe Cannon, AA for Air and Radiation, announces the
Agency's decision to regulate fugitive benzene emissions
from petroleum refineries, chemical manufacturing plants,
and coke by-product recovery plants . . . EPA initiates a
180-day review of 1,3-Butadiene, a substance used in the
manufacture of synthetic rubber and certain plastics, to de-
termine if it should be regulated. Lab tests showed the
substance causes cancer in rats and mice . . . The Agency's
policy for carrying out its responsibilities in enforcing the
U.S. Custom Service's chemical substances import rule is
published in the Federal Register December 13.
Delaware the "first state" again: Delaware becomes the
first state in the nation to receive final federal authoriza-
tion under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to
implement its hazardous waste management program.
Phe authorization "signals a new era for this country as
the states and the federal government move jointly to
assure that the hazardous wastes our society produces are
effectively controlled," Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus de-
clares.
Two firms receive contracts totaling some $79 million
to handle emergency response actions at hazardous waste
sites in Region 4 (Hazardous Waste Technology Service,
Atlanta) and Regions 6 through 10 (Environmental
Emergency Services, Portland, Ore.) . . . Regulation
covering certification of pesticide applicators goes into
effect as 60-day period for Congressional review under
FIFRA expires.
On Capitol Hill: The absence of law enforcement powers
hampers the ability of EPA investigators to enforce the
criminal provisions of environmental statutes, Courtney
M. Price, AA for Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring,
tells a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. The re-
quested deputation would give investigators the right to
bear arms, make arrests, execute search warrants and take
other enforcement actions . . . Gene Lucero, Director of
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement, OSWER, details
circumstances that led to court-approved settlement for
surface cleanup at the Seymour Recycling Corp. site in In-
diana. The agreement was "in the public interest . . . and
the best deal the government could have obtained given
the history, circumstances and complexities surrounding
the Seymour case."

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Dale S. Bryson	Robert W. Del linger
development of the EPA Mobile
Incineration System."
Recipients of Silver Medals for su-
perior service: Dale S. Bryson, Deputy
Director of the Water Division, Region
5 . . . Robert W. Dellinger, environ-
mental engineer, Office of Water
(OW), Headquarters . . . Philip M,
Wong, site project officer, Region 10.
Group recipients of Silver Medals:
the Quality Assurance team—John A.
Winter and William L. Budde—ORD,
Cincinnati . . . the 301 (h) Task
Force—Ronald DeCesare and Donald
J. Baumgartner—OW, Headquarters
and ORD Newport, Oregon . . . the
Minor Crop Tolerance Group—Carl I.
Grable and Richard D. Schmitt—
OPTS, . . . the OWRS Dioxin Team—
Alexander McBride, Michael W. Sli-
mak and Christopher Grundler—OW
. . . the Receptor Modeling Team—
Robert K. Stevens, Thomas G. Dzu-
bay, Charles W. Lewis and Robert W.
Shaw—ORD, Research Triangle Park
. . . the Dallas Lead Smelter Study
Team—Allyn M. Davis, Paul Richitt,
James Mullens, Kenneth Brown,
Walter W. Kovalick, Richard Hill,
Joseph Carra and Sandra D. Lee—
OPTS; ORD, Las Vegas; and Region 6 .
Philip M. Wong	Jerry Ray Saunders
. . the State-Federal Relations Team—
Shelley Allen, Gerald A. Emison,
Charles Kent, Eleanor McCann, A.
Stanley Meiburg, Katherine Probst,
Joseph Retzer, Shirley Staton and
John Thillmann—Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Headquar-
ters . . . The Environmental Response
Team—Harry L. Allen, Robert W.
Cibulskis, J. Stephen Dorrler, John M.
Gilbert, Joseph P. LaFornara, Royal J.
Nadeau, George Prince, Thomas C.
Sell, Rod Turpin, Michael Urban and
Andre P. Zownir—Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
(OSWER), Headquarters . . . the Lead
Phasedown Rulemaking Group—
James Caldwell, Ralph Colleli, Gerald
Gleason, Samuel Gutter, Robert Ken-
ney, Richard Kozlowski, Marilyn
McCall, Barry Nussbaum, Joel
Schwartz, George Sugiyama and
Robert Weissman—OAR.
Recipients of the Administrator's
Award for Excellence "for exceptional
contribution to the accomplishment of
the EPA mission": Cynthia Arthur,
secretary, Region 9 . . .Paulette R. Bal-
lard, secretary, OW . . . Patricia A.
Crouse, secretary-stenographer, Region
3 . . . Mark Satterwhite, environmen-
Linda B. Wilbur Cynthia Arthur
tal protection assistant, Region 6 . . .
Vicki H. Tsuhako, technical informa-
tion specialist, Region 9 . . . Leslie A.
Vassallo, secretary, Region 3 . . .
Robert E. Mosley, physical science
technician, Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory (EMSL), Las Vegas
. . . Edward H. Compton. physical sci-
ence technician, EMSL, Las Vegas
The Trudy A. Speciner Awards for
"outstanding contribution by a non-
supervisory professional employee"
were presented to: Jerry Ray Saun-
ders, environmental scientist, Region
6 . . . Linda B. Wilbur, environmental
protection specialist, OW.
Public Health Service Meritorious
Service Medals for "exemplary per-
formance of duty" were recieved by:
Dr. Robert M. Clark, Chief, Cost of i
Technology Activities, ORD, Cincin-
nati . . . Richard A Coddington, Dep-
uty Director, Water Management Divi-
sion, Region 9 . . . Thomas C. Curran,
mathematical statistician, OAR, Re-
search Triangle Park . . . Richard E.
Reavis, Chief, Program Support
Branch, Water Management Division,
Region 9 . . . Thomas J. Sorg, Chief,
Inorganic and Particulate Contaminant
Control Section, ORD, Cincinnati.
Paulette R. Ballard
Edward H. Compton
Vicki H. Tsuhako
Thomas C. Curron
Richard E. Reavis
Patricia A. Crouse Mark Satterwhite
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Dr. Robert M. Clark Richard Coddington
Leslie A. Vassallo

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