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NEWS FOR AND ABOUT EPA EMPLOYEES
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~	New Pay Schedule
~	Holiday Cheer
~	Awards Letter
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 7 JANUARY 23, 1985
Lectures Pay Off for Kids
Each year, EPA em-
ployees spend considerable
time communicating with
the public by writing arti-
cles for journals and giving
speeches to community and
business groups. This year,
there are four young people
who—although they may
never have had the pleasure
of reading our essays or
attending our lectures—are
very pleased with our con-
cern for communications.
Tina Gaston, Syed
Naseeruddin, David Mohr,
and Jeffrey Kaufman have
each received scholarships
from EPA.
The scholarships are
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Tina Gaston
funded by honoraria and
royalties offered to Agency
employees.
Two of the 1984-85
scholarship winners, are
from Region 4 families:
Syed Naseeruddin, whose
father is Syed Noorddin, a
Life Scientist (recently de-
ceased), and Tina Gaston,
whose mother is Betty Jo
Gaston of the Water Man-
agement Division.
Syed Naseeruddin is an
honor student at Georgia In-
stitute of Technology in
Atlanta majoring in a
Chemistry/Premed Program.
He plans to attend Emory
Medical School and special-

David Mohr
Jeffrey Kaufman
ize in the field of human
genetics. Tina Gaston is
now attending West Georgia
College in Carrollton, Geor-
gia.
Jeffrey Kaufman (son of
Sally Kaufman with the
Office of Policy and Man-
agement, Region 2) is now
at the University of Chica-
go, majoring in economics.
David Mohr (son of Jack
Mohr, Grants and Financial
Management Branch, Re-
gion 8) is at the Colorado
School of Mines, majoring
in mechanical engineering.
If you wish to obtain a
scholarship application for
next year, contact Charlotte
Englert in the Office of the
Administrator, mail code A-
100, telephone FTS 382-
7957. ~
Syed Naseeruddin
Barnes Named Acting
Deputy Administrator
A. James Barnes has been
named as Acting Deputy
Administrator of EPA.
Barnes has served as EPA's
General Counsel since 1983.
Before he joined EPA,
Barnes was General Counsel
for the Department of Agri-
culture from 1981 to 1983.
Between 1975 and 1981,
Barnes practiced law in
Washington, D.C. Barnes
first served with EPA as
Assistant to the Administra-
tor from 1970 till 1973.
Jack W. McGraw, who is
the Deputy Assistant Ad-
ministrator for the Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER), will
serve as Acting Assistant
Administrator of OSWER.
Gerald H. Yamada, EPA's
Deputy General Counsel,
will serve as Acting General
Counsel.
McGraw has served as
EPA's Deputy Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Solid Waste
since July 1983. Before he
A. fames Barnes
joined EPA, he served as
the Deputy Director for
Emergency Operations and
Assistant Associate Director
for Response Planning
Coordination at the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency.
Yamada, who has served
as EPA's Deputy General
Counsel for the last year,
joined EPA in 1977. Be-
tween 1974 and 1977,
Yamada was an attorney
with the Department of Jus-
tice. ~

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People
Retired: James Walker, 31 years, Office of the Adminis-
trator . . . Helen Weaver, 28 years, and Carl Odell, 25
years, Water . . . Henry Washington, 35 years, Sarah
Kadec, 20 years, and Robert Cailens, 20 years, Administra-
tion and Resources Management . . . Dolores Gregory, 26
years, International Activities . . . Alan Moghissi, 21 years,
Research and Development.
Congratulations to Francis Middleton, now retired, who
has been presented with one of the highest awards which
the Japanese government can confer on a foreigner: the
Third Order of the Sacred Treasure. On November 29,
1984, Japanese Ambassador Y'oshio^Okawara presented
Middleton with the award'for distinguished service to the
Japanese people and their country in improving their en-
vironment. For 8 years, Middleton was Co-Chairman of the
U.S.-Japan Bilateral Agreement for Wastewater Treatment
Technology.
Letters
... a means for Agency employees to communicate to other employees
whatever messages of criticism, praise, opinion, or explanation they so de-
sire. Brevity and constructive suggestions are encouraged, obscenity and
rudeness are disallowed. Letters ivill be published as space allows and may
be edited for clarity and conciseness. No attempt is made by the oditor to
confirm any data presented by correspondents and the opinions oxproccod
should not be tnlfen tn represent Agpnry portions, unless signed by tho
head nf the appropriate offirp All letters must be signed and accompanied
by submitter's office location and telephone number
Dear Editor,
Your publication contains names of EPA award recip-
ients. Would not it be wonderful if you printed the follow-
ing information?
1.	Dollar amounts associated with each award.
2.	Average award amounts for headquarters employees.
3.	Average award amounts for regional employees.
4.	Percentage of headquarters employees receiving
awards.
5.	Percentage of regional employees receiving awards.
6.	Budgeted amounts available for awards.
7.	Complete, rather than selective, lists of awards recip-
ients.
8.	Names of EPA employees hired outside of normal
channels to pay political favors.
Sincerely,
Peter J. Kelly
Region 5
It would indeed be wonderful to publish a more com-
plete list of award recipients. However, we have not been
"selective"—all names sent to this paper are printed. (Our
attempts to encourage the submissions of such data by re-
gional and laboratory personnel offices have met with
scant success.) It would probably not be so wonderful to
publish dollar amounts; we are more concerned with
recognizing excellence than with pricing it. Your queries
concerning award amounts and percentages have
prompted a plan to publish an "Agency Snapshot" on the
entire awards process. Look for it in the near future. Your
last question, we assume, is rhetorical. ~
Quality Step Increases awarded to: Carolyn Dickens,
Susan Brewer, Barbara Royster, Joseph Eastman, and
Christine Thomas, Administration and Resources Manaetj-
ment . . . Doreen Hill, Christopher Nelson, Neal NelsoiiT
Robert Sullivan, and Valle Nazar, Air and Radiation .
Mary Hood, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
Special Act Award presented to: Jennifer Levesque, Ad-
ministration and Resources Management . . . Allen Jen-
nings, John Thillman, and Robert Barles, Policy, Planning
and Evaluation . . . Rose Henderson, You-Yen Yang,
Elmiria Davis, and Albert Shehadi, Air and Radiation.
Continued Superior Performance Awards to: Sheri
Johnson, Fiora Jarrett, Patricia Little, Valerie Martin,
Loretta Marzetti, Sylvia Stewart, John Wilson, and Sharon
VanMeter, Policy, Planning and Evaluation . . . John
LaRock, John Gile, James Neiheisel, and Phyllis An-
derson, Air and Radiation . . . William Sipple, External
Affairs . . . Kellye Jones, Delta Perira, Karen Reed, and
Silvia Saracco, Administration and Resources Man-
agement. ~
Around EPA
Two satellite offices of EPA's Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada, have opened in
the Nevada communities of Tonopah and Pioche. They
field offices of the Laboratory's Nuclear Radiation Asse^
ment Division, which provides off-site radiation monitor-
ing and public safety operations for the federal nuclear
weapons testing program.
A Bicycle-to-Work Seminar will be held for interested
headquarters employees on Thursday, February 7, from
noon until 1 p.m., in room 2431 of Waterside Mall. Atten-
dees will view a videotape on bicycle commuting skills
and be able to talk with experienced riders.
A conference on "Receptor Methods for Source
Apportionment—Real World Issues and Applications" will
be held by the Air Pollution Control Association on March
13-14, 1985 at the Williamsburg Hospitality House, Wil-
liamsburg, Virginia. The conference will address issues
associated with the use of ambient samples to infer the
sources of particulate matter and other pollutants. For
more information, write John McGovern, P.O. Box 2861,
Pittsburgh, PA 15230, or call (412) 621-1090.
A call for papers has been circulated for the "Inter-
national Environment & Safety" Conference September
16—19, 1985. For more information write to: The Organis-
ers, International Environment & Safety, Labmate Limited,
Newgate, Sandpit Lane, St. Albans, Herts. AL4 OBS, Eng-
land.
A three-day "Loss Prevention Symposium" will be fea-
tured at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers'
95th National Meeting in Houston, Texas on March 24-28.
More than 25 speakers, including several from other coi^
tries, will present papers. For more information write to™
G.F. Chiffriller, American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
345 East 47th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017, or call 212-
705-7324. ~

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Environmental News
A selection of noteworthy lines chosen from the 300-400 newspaper and
magazine articles on environmental matters which we receive every two
weeks.
Natural gas is already being recovered from about 30
garbage landfills but ... it has been a technological strug-
gle to separate the desired methane from the carbon di-
oxide that is also present in the gas . . . Membranes—
which are thin films—allow the carbon dioxide to pass
through and escape while retaining the methane . . . [At
a] site near Portland, the new technology is being used for
the first time on a commercial basis . . . the gas produced
is of very high quality—about 950 BTUs per cubic foot,
compared with the 1,000 BTUs generally obtained from
gas in natural wells."—The New York Times, 12/6.
"Seeping methane gas triggered the second explosion in
4 days in a dormitory complex at the Lorton Reformatory
yesterday, critically burning an inmate and forcing the
evacuation of nearly 400 prisoners. The gas seeped in . . .
apparently through sewer lines and telephone cables from
a nearby 300-acre landfill."—The Washington Post, 12/7.
"The British government, rejecting complaints from
Scandinavian countries and West Germany regarding acid
rain fallout, will resist attempts by the European Economic
Community to impose air pollution controls on power
generating plants in Britain. In a significant hardening of
the British position on acid rain, a government spokesman
said there is insufficient scientific evidence to justify
tough measures aimed at curbing British air pollution,
which many environmental groups claim is the source of
river and forest pollution throughout much of Northern
Europe."—Boston Globe, 12/9.
"Gypsy moths may soon face a new enemy, an im-
ported Japanese fungus that the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture plans to field test next spring. 'In Japan, the fungus
sweeps through gypsy moths like a disease epidemic until
the moth population simply collapses,' according to
Richard Soper, the insect pathologist in charge of the
project. . . 'We don't really think there's any danger' that
the fungus could harm species other than gypsy moths,
said Soper."—Boston Globe, 12/9.
"Hereford, Texas—This Texas panhandle community is
the cattle feed-lot capital of the world, and one of the
things that happens when 25 pounds of grain go into a
cow each day is that 10 pounds of manure come out—each
day. Over the years, dozens of manure mountains have
popped up next to the feed lots . . . Construction is set to
begin in March on an $80 million power plant that will
convert the manure into electricity ... At capacity, the
two cow-power plants will give Austin, a growing city uf
400,000, 5 percent of its electric supply . . . The citizens of
Hereford are tickled by the idea that their manure is going
to be shipped through power lines to the state capital.
'People send all kinds of strange things down to Austin,'
said Dudley Bayne, the city manager. 'The only thing we
regret is we're sending ours in such a nice finished
form.'"—Washington Post. ~
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 themselves and of fellow employees, letters of opinion,
questions, comments, and suggestions to: Miles Allen, Editor, The EPA
Times, Office of Public Affairs (A-107). Telephone 382-4359. Information
selected for publication will be edited as necessary in keeping with
space available.
Step-
1
GS- 1
$09,339
2
10,501
3
11,458
4
12,862
5
14,390
6
16,040
7
17,824
8
19,740
9
21,804
10
24,011
11
26,381
12
31,619
13
37,599
14
44,430
15
52,262
16
61,296
17
71,840
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January 198^>
Pay Schedule
For Federal White Collar Workers
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
$09,650
$09,961
$10,271
$10,582
$10,764
$11,071
$11,380
$11,393
$11,686
10,750
11,097
11,393
11,521
11,860
12,199
12,538
12,877
13,216
11,840
12,222
12,604
12,986
13,368
13,750
14,132
14,514
14,896
13,291
13,720
14,149
14,578
15,007
15,436
15,865
16,294
16,723
14,870
15,350
15,830
16,310
16,790
17,270
17,750
18,230
18,710
16,575
17,110
17,645
18,180
18,715
19,250
19,785
20,320
20,855
18,418
19,012
19,606
20,200
20,794
21,388
21,982
22,576
23,170
20,398
21,056
21,714
22,372
23,030
23,688
24,346
25,004
25,662
22,531
23,258
23,985
24,712
25,439
26,166
26,893
27,620
28,347
24,811
25,611
26,411
27,211
28,011
28,811
29,611
30,411
31,211
27,260
28,139
29,018
29,897
30,776
31,655
32,534
33,413
34,292
32,673
33,727
34,781
35,835
36,889
37,943
38,997
40,051
41,105
38,852
40,105
41,358
42,611
43,864
45,117
46,370
47,623
48,876
45,911
47,392
48,873
50,354
51,835
53,316
54,797
56,278
57,759
54,004
55,746
57,488
59,230
60,972
62,714
64,456
66,198
67,940
63,339
65,382
67,425
69,468
71,511
73,554
75,597
77,640

74,197
76,590
78,983
81,376





In most caccc the maximum salary payable is $60,700.

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Agency Activities
A series of Congressionally mandated studies on Agency
experience with the nation's hazardous waste cleanup law,
required under Section 301 of CERCLA, has been sent to
Congress. Based on the reported findings, EPA will submit
a list of recommended changes to Congress this year,
when Congress begins considering reauthorization of the
Superfund Act.
Procedures set up outlining how owners of ethylene di-
bromide (EDB) pesticide stocks can claim indemnification
payments and request the Agency's help in disposing of
the remaining stocks of EDB soil, grain, and grain milling
pesticide products. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), requires EPA to make in-
demnification payments to any person who suffers eco-
nomic loss as a result of pesticide cancellation and sus-
pension actions taken by the Agency. Under FIFRA, own-
ers of pesticide stocks may also ask for EPA's help in dis-
posing of pesticides whose registration was cancelled or
suspended.
Revocation of tolerances for residues of the pesticide
benzene hexachloride proposed. In their place, action
levels are recommended to reduce dietary exposure. In
addition, the Agency is recommending revised action
levels to replace existing action levels that were set in oast,
years to cover residues occurring in commodities for
which tolerances were never established.
Regulation of the management of dioxin-containing
wastes announced. The dioxin wastes will be added to the
list of wastes subject to the hazardous waste management
standards of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA).
Regulation issued controlling a number of hazardous
waste recycling practices not now covered by hazardous
waste management regulations. The new rule gives the
Agency authority to control management of waste burned
as fuel, waste spread on land as a dust suppressant,
accummulated waste that no one expects to recycle, and
certain wastes that are reclaimed. The new rule will make
about 2,600 companies which generate hazardous waste
subject to additional waste management requirements
under RCRA. ~
Singing of A "Bright" Christmas
Over 400 headquarters employees gathered in the concourse of
Waterside Ma 11 to share the Christmas spirit through music and
song.
The EPA "Thrown Together Choir" and accompanist Mary
Mclnnis herald the holiday season.
While Henry Washington directs the choir, Reed
MacGregor (son of EPA employee Gay MacGregor)
confers with Santa in front of RuckeJshaus, AJm,
and Thomas.
I'm Dreaming of a New Building
By popular demand, we present the song voted "Most Unlikely to
Have an Effect" at the EPA Holiday Program. Lyrics by the
"Thrown Together" Choir. To the tune of Bing's best.
I'm dreaming of a new building
With every office move I make.
Where we all have windows
And EPA knows
The elevators will not break.
I'm dreaming of gourmet fast food
With every hamburger I bite
I'll get down on my knees
If you would build please
A cafeteria for employees.
I'm dreaming of a new building
With every office move I make.
May your days be spacious and light
And may all your offices be bright.

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