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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 5 FEBRUARY 1987
Pomp and Plaudits For The Best
Administrator Lee Thomas presents Deputy Administrator Jim
Barnes with the first annual A. lames Barnes Award for
Exemplary Leadership in Human Resource Management.
As Lee Thomas put it so
eloquently during the 16th
annual EPA Honor Awards
Ceremony January 8, for
more than a decade and a
half "the people of EPA
have exemplified the very
best in public service". In-
deed they have. And on
this special occasion, back-
ed by the distinctive sound
of the EPA Band and Chor-
us, 122 staffers were given
the encomia due them for
exceptional service to the
Agency and to the public.
Opening remarks were de-
livered by the ever-affable
Jim Barnes, followed by the
Administrator, who re-
minded us of the essential
role of EPA in American
society today and con-
gratulated the awardees on
the justifiably favorable im-
pression they have made on
the people of this country.
In a surprise gesture at
the end of the ceremony,
the Administrator cited
Barnes for his unswerving
dedication to the develop-
ment of human resources
and announced his inten-
tion to establish a per-
manent, annual A. James
Barnes Award for Ex-
emplary Leadership in Hu-
man Resource Management.
In all, 50 people were
recognized for solo accom-
plishment, plus 13 groups
comprising 72 individuals.
Distinguished Career
Awards went to Robert L.
Dixon, Director, Office of
Health Research, Office of
Research and Development,
in recognition of outstand-
ing service and dedicated
scientific leadership for
enhancement of the quality
of science; Warren H. Gil-
bertson, Auditor, Office of
Administration, Office of
Administration and Re-
sources Management,
acknowledging forty five
years of outstanding public
service in contract manage-
ment and auditing; Allan
Hirsch, Director, Office of
Federal Activities, Office of
External Affairs, for an out-
standing career as scientist
and manager exemplifying
the highest ideals of public
service; Robert B. Medz,
Senior Quality Assurance
Manager, Office of Acid
Deposition, Environmental
Monitoring and Quality
Assurance, Office of Re-
search and Development, in
recognition of a dis-
tinguished career as a re-
search leader highlighted by
substantial contribution to
the development of test pro-
cedures for the analysis of
water pollutants.
Distinguished Career
Awards went also to Leslie
G. McMillion, Hydrologist,
Environmental Monitoring
Systems Laboratory, Las
Vegas. NV, for outstanding
service and leadership in
the development of EPA's
research program in
groundwater monitoring;
Doris F. Paris, Research
Chemist, Environmental Re-
search Laboratory, Athens,
GA, in recognition of a dis-
tinguished career as a re-
search scientist dedicated to
developing quantitatively
predictive approaches to
biotransformation pro-
cesses; Richard E. Thomas,
Environmental Scientist,
Office of Municipal Pollu-
tion Control, Office of
Water, acknowledging an
outstanding career high-
lighted by significant con-
tributions to the under-
standing of land treatment
of wastewater, wastewater
reuse and groundwater pro-
tection; and Myron F. Tie-
mens, Deputy Director, Mu-
nicipal Facilities Division,
Office of Water, for superior
service throughout a career
distinguished by substantial
contributions to the nation's
water pollution control
efforts.
Gold Medals for Ex-
ceptional Service were
given to William J. Benoit,
Director, Office of Adminis-
tration, Office of Adminis-
tration and Resources Man-
agement, Cincinnati, OH, in
recognition of continuing
exceptional contributions in
the area of management and
administration; William R.
Diamond, Chief, Program
Development Branch, Per-
mits Division, Office of
Water Enforcement and Per-
mits, Office of Water, for
unusual initiative and
leadership related to the
National Pollutant Dis-
charge Elimination System
and General Pretreatment
Regulations programs;
James J. Ellington. Research
Chemist, Environmental Re-
search Laboratory, Athens,
GA, acknowledging inno-
vative technical leadership
in providing information es-
sential to implementing the
Land Disposal Decision
Rule.
Gold Medals for Ex-
ceptional Service also went
to Paul G. Keough, Deputy
Regional Administrator. Re-
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People
Robert Knox. EPA Ombudsman, was recently
spotlighted in the "Speaking of People" section of libonv
Magazine.
Special Act Awards presented to. Frances Hanavan.
bcott Belcher, Adrenia Ward, Judy Lum, Patricia Hart,
Umis Golver, Mildred Bowlding, Lynn Brown, Joseph
Rauscher, Paulette Ellison, Martha Bryant, and Natika
George, Administration and Resources Management . . .
Margaret Hawkins, Jayne Ramsey, Charles Mitchell,
Scottie Schaeffer, and Gregory Grinder. Research and
Development . . Karen Reed, James Edward. Forrest
Crane, Rolf Hill. Kenneth Fischer, Lisa Friedman, Howard
Wilson, Carol Hudson-Jones, Jewell Morris, James
Edward, Deborah Taylor, Martha Peragine, Robert
Wayland, Kathleen MacKinnon, Jerry Schwartz, Elaine
Stanley, Steve Leifer, Craig Wolff. Douglas Cohen, Daniel
Berry, Stove Ncwburg Rinn, Lcc Tync, Phil Paparodis,
Maryann Fruelicli, Julin Cross. Deb Dobkowski. Karen
Clark, and Robert Mason, (Jttice ol the Administrator . . .
Walter Muelken, Michele Zenon, Roberta Heisler,
Maureen Lydon, Margaret Rostker, James Lamb, Edward
Brandt, and Barbara Pringle, Office of Pesticides and
Toxic Substances . . . Elizabeth Agle, Air and Radiation . . .
Martin Pinto, Alicia Moseley, Martin Pinto, Carl Jannette.
and Gerald McMillan, Office ol the Inspector General . . .
Jewel Freeman, Robert Koke, Michael Scott, and Dave
Ryan, External Affairs . . . Barry Elman, Policy, Planning,
and Evaluation . . . Richard Robinson, Renelle Rae, and
David Batson. Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.
Sustained Superior Performance Awards given to: Jane
Lovelace, Brenda Sauage, Deborah Good, Djuna Pring,
Linda Hilwig, Lynn Schoolfield, Wendy Grieder, Cecelia
Scott, Nelda Kaufman, Doris Hottinger, Helen Handon,
Shirley Smith, Dorothy Woodward, Elaine Rice, Stanley
Koehler, David Strother, Carmen Johnson, Nereid Maxiey,
Shirley Williams, John Santos, Thelma Beverly, Rosemary
Carroll, Daniel Levesque, William French, Donald Ricks,
Jennifer Williams, Linda Weathers, Kathleen Lake, Robert
Stewart, Elizabeth Wonkovich, Patricia Thorne, Yvonne
Countee, William Whitehouse. and Beverly White, Office
of the Administrator . . . Daniel Oliver, William Padgett,
Michael Scott, Christopher Hoff, Mary Rogers, Kathy
Mims, Joan Platten, Gwendolyn Brown, Linda Strachan,
Janice Sinclair, Ruth Robenolt, Christian Rice, Dorelta
Mitchum, Tanya Meekins, James Ingram, Tom Glover,
Susan Mulvaney, Clara Jonese, Barbara Brooks, Deane
Frantz, Toni Frazier, Patricia Gaskins, Judy Rohrer,
Priscilla Flattery, Denise Owens, Doris Fairley, Pearl
Young, Judy Troast, Charles Stark, Rosanna Ciupek,
Mary Hinton, Gregory Peck, Deborah Carson, Alexander
Williams, Kenneth Mattelholtz, Loudean Melvin, Dorothy
Langford, James Edwards, Gloria Hendrick, James
Edwards, and Deborah Lake, External Affairs . . . Linda
Thompson, Carol Jones. Darla Letourneau, Rebecca
Barclay, Linda Parker, Linda Long, Euyomse Harris, Peter
Rosenberg, Helen Morrison, and Jacqueline Cherry.
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring . . . Alan Bogus,
Howard Hughes, Lisa Menno, Margaret White, Stephanie
Kimble, Pauline Dessaso, Kennetta Lyles-Callowan,
Christine Baughnan. and David Tanner. Office of the
Inspector General . . . Dorothy Wellington, John Warren,
William Smith, Kathleen Knox, Zenita Thompson, Paul
Campanette, Barnes Johnson, Arthur Koines, David
Adlere, Keith Hinman, David Lee, Judith Koontz,
Margaret Miller, Michelle Smith, Brett Snyder, Brenden,
Doyle, John Davidson, Stacey Katz, Philip Paparodis,
Susan Perlin, Rebecca Madison, Pamela Weems, Sylvi^
Mayo, Albert McGartland, Peter Caulkins, Eugene
Durman, Joel Schwartz, Judith Greenwald, Michael CoiTS^
Glen Anderson, James Titus, Renae Diggs, Lorraine
Butler, Florice Former, Lasne Krahl, Claudette David,
Deloris Swann, Delores Thompson, Williard Smith,
Michael Shelley, Eric Peterson, Robert Fegley, Penelope
Parker, Nanette Liepman, Richard Westlund, Elise
Kirlian, Bridgette Dent, Kathy Tyson, Vickie Reed, Paul
Murray, Kovonda Simon, Sandra Oden, Wilma Haney,
Sheri Johnson, David Robinson, John Wilson, Julie Kiser,
Susan Slodek, Cynthia Duskar, Beverly Thomas, William
Watt, Sharon Van Meter, William Garetz, Peter Triutt,
Dianne Fish, Robert Barles, Pamela Cooper, Garrette
Clark, Mai y Setnicai, Thomas Land, Cassandra Martin,
David Ziegler, Barbara Willis, Patricia Haman, Sherie
Vineski, Carol Deck, Anna Hachenbracht, Marilyn Stone,
Betty Walter, Irwin Auerbach, Carl D'Ruin, Eileen
Sheehan, James Zwerneman, Timothy Barry, Philip
Schwartz, John Harris, Ron Dexiter, Suzanne Welles,
Renee Moore, Barbara Britton, Glenda William, Timothy
Hunt, Lavora Holloway, Ronnie Levin Kenneth Adler,
Stephen Seidel. and Maria Tikoff, Policy. Planning and
Evaluation . . . Terrlyn Curry, Diane Greene, Cheryl Clark,
Leanne Gleason, Charles Collins, Rita Jones, Barbara
Ashton, Christine Bell, Betty Fontaine, Gladys Jones, Betty
Kelly, Jean Ewing, Loretto Long, Sheilia Hall, Barbara J.
Gudger, Brenda Brown, Lena Barbara, Arvella Brown,
Stephanie Love, Faith Samples, Arthur Bernard, Traci
Batts, Karen Christensen, Joan Clark, Zandra Kerns,
Cherie Barry, Amy Kearns. Carlton Burns, Betty Batts,
Connie Dwyer, Collen Baggett, Moncia Lawson, Ross
Hardter, Richard Johnson, James S. Keys, Gary
Fontaeyne, William Brabsch, Esther Delaudere, Barbara
Featherstone, Carol Cotton, Nellie Gales, Robert Farmer,
Myra Galberath, Phyllis Kozub, Patricia Kruger, Elaine
David, Bernard Fandel, Joyce Blake, Linda Garrison,
Elaine David, Lora Culver, Earl Brown, Diane Haston,
Miriam Cooper, Randall Bacon, Larry Green, Anthony
Andrella, Sheila Kelly, Sylvia Danley, Shirley Edwards,
Lynn Beasley, Nancy Barrere, Clestine Brown, Mark
Hague, Emiliee Luckett, Albert Brown, Brent Bohn,
Deborah Banks, Crete Johnson, Wayne Anthofer, Selma
Attidore, Martha Cook, Brenda Daly, Jacqueline Baldwin,
Michael Haley, James Home, Leslie Baldwin, Rebecca
Kennedy, Delia Gerace, Barbara Jones, Thomas Barth,
Wanda Gorman, Barbara Witcher, Eleanor Jones, Cheng
Yeng-Hung, Anthony Wolharst, Philip Cuny, Maria
Nanagfuez, Kohym Washington, Laurence Weinstock,
Janet Murphy, Felicia Deal, Lee Manning, Collen Boggert,
Bettie Bolts, Betty McCIaugherly, Connie Dwyer, Barbara
Lamborne, Evelyn Spicer, Yvette Smith, Marian Cooper,
Susan Weiner, Earl Brown, Arthur Sandler, Elizabeth
Means, Shawn Belk, Prudence Goforth, Saundra Drayton,
Diane Halston, Joanne Sulak, Alma Batts, Pamela Parker,
Sherry Kaschak, Rebecca Vidi, Ronald Bachand,
Elizabeth Craig, Paul Schwengels, Larry Blackwood, A
Ernestine Hall, Charlene Monroe, Elmira David, Kathla
Sheenan, Rosemary Wolfe, Octavia Wesley, David Basse^^1
and Pauline Dessaso. Administration and Resources
Management . . . Gina Costantino, Paul Horwitz, Valle
Nazar, David Mudarri, Margot Pyles, James DeMocker,

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Vivian Thomas, Ageline Holowka, Katherine Moore. John
Schakenbach, Robert Marshall, Mary Cunninigham,
•en Cantor, Myra Cypser, Maria Douglass, Louis
p, Sylvia Jones, Acquanetta Delaney, Sally Farrell,
n Bell, Jacqueline Welkerson, Elizabeth Bailey, Linda
Brewer, and Sharon Payne, Air and Radiation . . . Norma
Musselman, Judy Theisen, Betty Overton, Linda Bailey,
Theresa Konoza, Sandra Baucom, Michael Dellarco, Delia
Ferguson, Laurie, Charles Post, James Shackeford, Morris
Altsachuler, Ronald Cullember, Richard Frank, Mary
Gundlach, Linda Jackson, Shirley Lucas, Judy Cannon,
Pastricia Cox, Mary Bolten, Robert Lee, Virginia Hahn,
Priscilla Tillery, Wade Talbot, Gerald Rausa, George
Williams, Clifford Moore, Rebecca Parrott, Lyn
Pennington, Deborah Martin, Linda Bell, Clyde Bishop,
Alvin Edwards, Cheryl Graham Alfred Galli, Constance
Crowe, Diane Haston, Mable Agnew, Anne Brent, Robert
Torla, Karen Zalusky, Melvin Wallace, Barbara Taylor,
Margaret Stuart, King Zee, Ronald Thomas, Mark Dow,
Bernard Smale, Tammy Boulware, Brenda Washington,
Susan Street, Sam Zakhari, Joanne Martin, Ralph Wright,
Bewanda Alweander, Joan Blake, Jane Kim, Diane Rains,
Willa Garner, James Roelofs, Dallas Wright, Everette
Greer, Gloria Brown, Louvenia Sellers, Susan Lewis, Ruth
Wilkerson, Elizabeth Smith, Dorothy Cook, Sephanie
Kaiser, Ingrid Sunzenauer, Stephen Palmateer, Jean
Frane, Rebecca Cool, Judith Loranger, Dennis Edwards,
Mark Segal, John Keitzke, Minerva Corsey, James Willis,
Raymond Locke, Richard LaShier, Wanda Woodburn,
•Walker, Lynn Delpire, Letitia Tahan, Carol Glasgow,
Schmidt, Donald Sadowsky, Clementine Quarles,
Boyd, Richard Hefter, Evelyn Marcus, Edith
Sterrett, Carol Parker, Christen Bashor, Pamela Vieira,
Linda Lyon, James Yowell, Jacqueline Knight, Carl Gable,
William Carey, Delores Grahaml, Phillip Hutton, Delores
Hensderson, Jossie HoIIingsworth, Doretha Hillsman,
Carol Stangel, Kristallo Pappajohn, Calvin Corley, Robert
Esworthy, Gary Ballard, Karen Flagstad, Wendy Butler,
Yvonne Elliot, Lela Sykes, Dana Pillit, Jane Mitchell,
Deborah Sisco, Hoht Jamerson, Mark Bustin, Janice
Berson, Joann Jefferies, Evelyn Melvin, Christine Gillis,
Danny McDaniel, Beverly Williamson, Gerald Garner, Leo
Schweer, Norma Williams, Jean Depaulis, Lynda Garland,
Sandra Cooper, Janette Petty, Doris Dyson, Anthony
Cheatham, Rebecca Jones, William Rabert, Darlene
Oliver, Richard Clements, Lois Dicker, Ingrid Meyer,
Catherine Roman, JoAnne Folks, Terry O'Bryan, Samuel
Sasnett, Carolyn Grandson, Justine Schaeffer, David
Williams, Richard Sigman, Joni Repasch, Lois Riley,
Anna Richardson, Julie Tankersley, Debra Harper, Lorenz
Rhomberg, Jared Flood, Anita Nickens, Patricia Miller,
Patricia Scoville, Cheryl Scott, Eleanor Kittrell, Timothy
Knutson, Sarah Shapley, James Walters, Ginger Scoggins,
Dorothy Home, Robert Frederick, Mary Frankenberry,
Barrett Fountos, Paulette Grimes, Joseph Davia, Joyce
Williams, Evelyn Marcus, Masrk Segal, Kathleen
Kennedy, John Rigby, Richard Wormell, Grenda Morris,
Diana Locke, Kin Wong, Michelle Paul, Peter Tong,
•da Kover, Michael Cimono, Elaine Francis, Kathleen
|Llin, Pasul Tobin, Vanessa Vu, Myron Ottley, Mary
s, Paul Bickart, Monica Chatmon, Glenn Williams,
Sylvia Curtis, Vivian Turner, Gerard Vorbach, Vivian
Hart, Sharon Banks, Willie Wheeler, Raymond Alwood,
Gail Hall, Rae Carruth, Steven Hassur, Vince Nabholz,
Susan Olinger, Alicia Brown, Paul Hayes, Jane Rissler,
Julie Du, Yvonne Stancil, Roberta Ward, Hollis Call,
Katherine Devine, Mary Cushmac, Anne Hollander,
Dennis Leaf, Mary Miller, Denise Adams, Kerry Dearfield,
and Bruce Sidwell, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. ~
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'••• More changes occurring at the top in two of our	^
?, Regions. Region 6 welcomed new Regional	s
ij Administrator. Robert Layton. an aeronautical	^
engineer with his own engineering company.
*	Region 8 bid farewell to their Regional
j Administrator, John Welles, who departed the end	s?
"¦)' of January to become Executive Director of the	r
"'J Denver Museum of Natural History. Alexandra	*
Smith, Deputy Regional Administrator, will be	^
3	Acting Regional Administrator . . . Region 10	;
personnel had another successful holiday raising	-r
4	$2500 for a local food bank through a charity	JS
3	auction at their annual Christmas Party. What a	i>
great idea ... If you liked the recent Grammy	k
¦' Award nominees. Michael Henderson of Region 4	=
4	helped make the selection. Henderson, the
*	Superfund Community Relations Coordinator, is a	£
voting member of the National Academy of	jf
^ Recording, Arts, and Sciences, which makes the	^
annual nominee award selections. He holds
degress in Journalism and Commercial
-J Music/Recording and combines them in his spare	lu
time to write feature articles and record reviews in	yr
^ "Performance" and "Goldmine Magazine." He also	|
3 writes poetry and will be published later this year	^
in the "American Poetry Association's Anthology."	£
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Correction: The cutline under the photograph of the
Waterside pest management team (January issue)
could be interpreted to indicate that Mvra Cypser
and Elaine Suriano were representatives of NFFE.
In fact, they are not members of the union.

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Pomp and Plaudits For The Best (Continued from front.)
gion 1, for outstanding ini-
tiative and leadership in the
development and manage-
ment of the EPA Human
Resources Council; Suzanne
E. Olive, Director, Dis-
crimination Complaints
Program, Office of Civil
Rights, in recognition of
outstanding service in im-
proving the Agency's proc-
essing of discrimination
complaints; William H. Pel-
tier III, Aquatic Biologist,
Environmental Services Di-
vision, Regipn 4, for out-
standing leadership and
achievements in the Region
4 and EPA toxicity testing
program; and Robert E.
Walline, Environmental En-
gineer, Water Management
Division, Region 8,
acknowledging exceptional
initiative and leadership in
the development of the
national program on mining
wastes.
The Administrator's
Award for Excellence
acknowledging exceptional
contributions to the accom-
plishment of the EPA mis-
sion was presented to Mary
Georgene Boiling, Secretary,
Office of Solid Waste,
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response;
Robert L. Bond, Administra-
tive Officer, Management
Division, Region 6; Anne D.
Brent, Secretary, Office of
Exploratory Research,
Office of Research and De-
velopment; Jeannine J.
Brown, Environmental Pro-
tection Assistant, Water Di-
vision, Region 10; Robert H.
Cato, Secretary, Office of
Policy and Management,
Region 9; Lynda L. Cook,
Secretary, Office of Ad-
ministration, Cincinnati,
OH; Ann M. Dunn, Office
Manager, Office of the Re-
gional Administrator, Re-
gion 10; and Glenda A.
Farmer, Secretary, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Office
of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
The Trudy A. Speciner
Award was presented to
Elizabeth A. Rhoads, En-
vironmental Engineer, En-
vironmental Services Divi-
sion, Region 3, for outstand-
ing contribution by a non-
supervisory professional
employee.
PHS Meritorious Service
Medals were given to
Charles F. Costa, Environ-
mental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory, Office of Re-
search and Development,
Las Vegas, NV, for out-
standing achievements in
developing and directing
offsite radiation monitoring
activities; Darrell B. Harris,
Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory, Office
of Research and Develop-
ment, RTP, NC in recogni-
tion of exemplary service in
planning and directing an
innovative research pro-
gram leading to significant
advances in the measure-
ment of particulate pollu-
tants; George B. Martin, Air
and Energy Engineering Re-
search Laboratory, Office of
Research and Development,
RTP, NC for outstanding ac-
complishment in planning
and directing successful re-
search of control technology
for NOx and SOx emissions
from stationary sources;
James H. Southerland,
Office of Air Quality Plan-
ning and Standards,
Durham, NC, acknowledg-
ing outstanding achieve-
ments in air quality man-
agement, notably the de-
velopment of emission fac-
tors and emission inventory
guidance; and Gale A.
Wright, Waste Management
Division, Region 7, for out-
standing leadership in the
areas of Public Water Sup-
ply, Air Pollution Control
and control of abandoned
hazardous waste sites.
Gold Medals for Ex-
ceptional Service were pre-
sented to the following
members of the Radon Ac-
tion Team, representing the
Offices of Air and
Radiation; Policy, Planning
and Evaluation; Research
and Development; and Re-
gions 2 and 3 for outstand-
ing achievement in the de-
velopment and implementa-
tion of the national strategy
for assessing and mitigating
health problems due to in-
door radon exposure:
Stephany J. DeScisciolo,
Melinda ). Ronca-Battista,
William E. Belanger, Paul J.
Magno, Alfred B. Craig, Eu-
gene C. Durman, H. Michael
Mardis, Larainne G. Koehler
and D. Bruce Henschel.
Gold Medals for Ex-
ceptional Service were also
given to Ingrid M. Sunze-
nauer and Margaret A. Rost-
ker of the Diazinon Special
Review Team of the Office
of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, for outstanding
achievement in developing
the methodology for a high-
quality ecological risk
assessment and Special Re-
view presentation for the
pesticide diazinon. Gold
medals were awarded as
well to the Superfund
Reauthorization Task Force
of the Offices of Solid
Waste and Emergency Re-
sponse, General Counsel,
Enforcement and Com-
pliance Monitoring, the Ad-
ministrator, Policy. Plan-
ning and Evaluation, and
Pesticides and Toxic Sub-
stances for outstanding
leadership and professional
competence in designing,
developing and coordinat-
ing comprehensive legisla-
tion to reauthorize the Su-
perfund Program, compris-
Around EPA
ing Douglas A. Cohen,
Maryann B. Froehlich, ).
Daniel Berry, jerry M.
Schwartz, John F. CrosM
Elaine G. Stanley, Karei*
Clark, Kathleen M. Mackiiv
non, Robert J. Mason, D.
Craig Wolff, Steven L. Leif-
er and Steven D. Newburg-
Rinn.
Gold medals for Ex-
ceptional Service were pre-
sented in addition to the
Hazardous Groundwater
Team, of the Offices of
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response and Enforcement
and Compliance Monitor-
ing, for outstanding leader-
ship and significant techni-
cal contributions to the
Hazardous Waste Ground-
Water Task Force. Team
members were Anthony M.
Montrone and Donald C.
Gipe. And gold medals
were awarded to the Cher-
nobyl Incident Team of the
Offices of Air and Radiation
and External Affairs, for ex-
traordinary service to th^|
nation in assessing and^H
communicating the worlnH
wide effects of the nuclear
catastrophe at Chernobyl.
Members included Sheldon
Meyers, David E. janes, Jr.,
David L. Cohen, J. William
Gunter, Jr., H. Michael Mar-
dis, Harry W. Calley. Jr.,
Charles R. Porter, John J.
Kasper, and Christian H.
Rice. ~
EPA observed Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday
with a Federal holiday on January 19. In addition, the
Office of Civil Rights held a showing of the movie
"King" starring Paul Winfield as Martin Luther King,
Jr. The four-hour film was shown in two parts in the
EPA Training Center Auditorium. Over 300 attended
the 2-day showing, which was coordinated by Ken
Cones. ~
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