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OF SCIENCE (£OLICY QUARTERLY
As spring emerges in Washington, OSP's
efforts continue to bloom across the Agen-
cy. Science Month at EPA kicked off with
the 2003 EPA Science Forum: Partnering
to Protect Human Health and the Environ-
ment. OSP staff worked double-time to
provide the oversight and management
support for this event. (See the lead article
for more details!) The FY05 research plan-
ning process is almost complete, reflecting
changes that have been implemented to
streamline the process.The biggest change
will be recognized later when the planning
process moves from an annual cycle to a
biennial one. OSP's support to the Program
Offices continues to increase as staff partic-
ipate in more document review in support
of the tiering process, analytic blueprints,
and other parts of the action (reg) devel-
opment process. We also are following
through on our commitments made at
the Atlanta meeting last September with
Regional Administrators.To highlight a few
items, we are nearing completion on the
pilot ORD science portal with Region 1,two
scientists are participating in the newly
established Regional Research Partnership
Program, and the RARE budget has been
doubled.
Happy Spring!
May 2003
EPI\ jdence Forum Draws Record Crowd
The second EPA-wide Science
Forum has received high marks
and is said to have been a resound-
ing success. EPA Science Forum
2003: Partnering to Protect Human
Health and the Environment, which
was held on May 5-7,2003, in the
Ronald Reagan Building in Wash-
ington, DC, drew a crowd of more
than 1,100 attendees, including
environmental professionals, aca-
demics, Agency stakeholders, and
others, who came to learn more
about the importance of promot-
ing science collaboration and mov-
ing the results of our scientific
efforts into action in the following
key areas:
• Year of Water: 30 Years of Progress
Through Partnerships
• Homeland Security
• Moving Science Into Action
• Emerging Technologies.
The Forum opened with plenary sessions
that featured a number of distinguished
speakers, who emphasized the impor-
tance of quality science within EPA and the
Agency's increased focus on incorporating
science into its regulatory and policy deci-
sions. These speakers also highlighted the
need for partnering with other agencies
and organizations to address the many
challenges that lie ahead in protecting
human health and the environment.
Monday,
May 5th
and
Tuesday,
May 6th
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More than 1,100 environmental professionals, Congres-
sional staffers, stakeholders, academics, and others
from across the country registered for the Forum.
Featured speakers included EPA Adminis-
trator Christine Todd Whitman and Deputy
Administrator Linda Fisher; ORD's Assistant
Administrator and EPA Science Advisor,
Paul Gilman; Region 4 Regional Adminis-
trator Jimmy Palmer; and the Chairman of
the White House Council on Environmental
QualityJamesConnaughton.Other plenary
speakers included representation from the
Department of Homeland Security; North
Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources; Mohawk Nation of
Akwesasne; National Geographic Society;
and the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars.
Forum continued on p. 2
What's Inside
Director
Office of Science Policy
EPA Science Forum Draws Record Crowd
Region/ORD Science Summit II
Streamlined ORD Planning Process
ORD/OPPTS Seminar Series
Linking EPA's Science to State Performance Partnerships
Prog ram Support
Regional Corner
ORD-Regional Partnerships
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Cooperative
Agreement Award
Staff Corner
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The first day of the Forum concluded with
poster presentations of more than 220
posters and an awards ceremony to honor
the recipients of the 2002 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Award.
The second and third days of the Forum were
devoted to breakout sessions for each of the
four key theme areas and included presen-
tations by EPA scientists and representatives
from our partnering organizations.
Inadditiontothespeakerandposterpresen-
tations,the Forum included exhibits which
highlighted the co-sponsoring EPA organi-
zations (Office of Research and Develop-
ment, Office of Water, Office of Solid Waste
and Emerging Response, and the Regions).
An EPA field equipment display in the court-
yard between the Ronald Reagan and Ariel
Rios buildings was as much an attraction to
Two of the 16 exhibitors at the 2003 Science Forum highlighting two of the forum themes—
Emerging Technologies and Year of Water.
participants as it was tourists who were pass-
ing through the area.
As the major opening event to Environ-
mental Science Month,the Forum wasa tre-
mendous success. For more on the Forum,
please be sure to check out the Web site in
the next few weeks where the proceedings
will be posted for your reading pleasure at:
www.epa.gov/ord/scienceforum.
Congratulations to all the OSP staff who
made the event possible! n
There were more than 220 posters pre-
The Homeland Security Planning Session, one of the four key Forum topics, was well sented at the Fourm covering a broad range
attended. of environmental topics.
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Region/ORD Sdence Summit II
Dr. Paul Gilman, Dr. William Farland, and
Michael Brown met with the Deputy Regional
Administrators on January 15 in Washington,
DC, to continue their discussions started at
the first Regional/ORD Science Summit last
September on ways to enhance the ORD/
Regional partnership and build science capa-
bilities in the Regions. Dr. Gilman reported
on ORD's progress to address several of the
actions identified at the first Science Summit,
including activities which will enable Regional
scientists to access more easily ORD research
products and scientists, the new Regional
Research Partnership Program, efforts to
establish a new Forum on Environmental
Monitoring to address Regional monitoring
methods issues, and the role of the Agency
Science Advisor as an advocate for Regional
science programs.
ORD is working with Region 1 to pilot an
ORD Science Portal that will serve as a
"Region-centric" gateway into ORD. The
intranet application will include links to
ORD science-related databases (i.e., Bio-
sketch and the Environmental Informa-
tion Management System), ORD research
strategies and research plans, and ORD
environmental models (ModelsS) and
databases (ECOTOX). While the applica-
tion is essentially complete, there are a
few minor issues to be resolved in the very
near future. A demonstration then will be
provided to Dr. Gilman.
At the meeting, Dr. Gilman distributed
copies of a memo announcing the Regional
Research Partnership Program. The goal of
thisprogram istoestablish linkages between
Regional and ORD scientists, promote pro-
fessional development for scientists in the
Regions, and augment Regional science
capabilities. Each Region is invited to select
one participant per year to work directly
with ORD scientists at an ORD laboratory on
a research project of mutual interest to both
parties.These 3 to 6 month details will begin
this summer. Currently, there are two scien-
tists participating in the program.
Bill Muszynski, Deputy Regional Adminis-
trator in Region 1, agreed to co-chair with
RamonaTrovato,a Forum on Environmental
Monitoring.This new Science Policy Council
Forum is charged with ensuring the scientific
validity of monitoring data and will work to
promote consistency and consensus within
the Agency on monitoring issues.
Lastly, Dr. Gilman reiterated his offer to play
whatever kind of Regional science prog ram
advocacy role needed by the Regions. As
ERA's Science Advisor, Dr. Gilman shared
his vision of an EPA community in which
science and policy are interwoven toward
a comprehensive view of science and
research, including the science conducted
within the Regions. Subsequent to the
meeting, the Deputy Regional Administra-
tors have accepted Dr. Gilman's offer and
will be looking for him to represent some
of their science program interests to the
EPA Administrator. D
Streamlined ORD Manning Pro
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ORD has implemented several changes to
streamline the research planning process.
These changes are intended to signifi-
cantly reduce the time burden involved in
research planning, while retaining a focus
on delivering the highest quality science to
the Agency.
ORD research planning is driven by multi-
year plans (MYPs).The MYPs serve as tools
to plan the direction of ORD's research
program, communicate within ORD and
with others,and help ensure the relevance,
quality, and performance of our research.
Multi-year planning allows ORD to consider
the future strategic direction of the Agency
and how research can best contribute to
the Agency's mission of protecting human
health and the environment.
Using the MYP, Research Coordination
Teams (RCTs) work with our Program and
Regional Office customers to identify the
highest priority research and where the
research program described in the MYP
can be adjusted, if necessary. The RCTs
carefully review each MYP to prioritize
annual performance goals (APGs). Those
APGs identified as being the least critical to
achieving the long-term goals set forth in
the plan are placed in a contingency pool
for future evaluation by the ORD Executive
Council if changes are needed to accom-
modate new work or adjust resources in
the budget process.
The Program and Regional Office members
of the media-specific RCTs have the lead
role in identifying their problem-driven
research priorities. They prepare a short
statement summarizing the highest prior-
ity research addressing their needs across
all assigned MYPs.This statement identifies
the major areas or activities that the Pro-
gram and Regions found critical to accom-
plishing their mission. Using the MYPs and
the priorities identified, they then identify
APGs for the contingency pool.
For multimedia or core research, the Multi-
Media RCT coordinates the identification
of research priorities by the RCT planning
workgroups for each MYP. These work-
groups include representatives from ORD
and across the Agency.
The biggest change in the planning pro-
cess will not be felt until later—the use of
a biennial rather than an annual cycle for
research planning. The revision of MYPs
and the development of a contingency
pool (conducted annually in the past) will
be conducted during alternate years in the
future.This alternating schedule should sig-
nificantly reduce the time spent in program
planning, while allowing greater time for
communicating results, improving integra-
tion, and ensuring a focus on the highest
priority science. Q
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ORD/OPPTS Seminar Series
January 15,2003—The Agricultural Health
Study/Pesticide Exposure Study: Study
Design,Status,and Preliminary Results
Authors: Drs. Kent Thomas and Linda Shel-
don,Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sci-
ences Division, National Exposure Research
Laboratory (NERL)
The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) is a
collaborative effort between the National
Cancer Institute, the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, and the
U.S. EPA to quantify cancer and non-cancer
health risks in the agricultural community
and to study the relationship between
agricultural exposures and disease. The
AHS is a large prospective epidemiological
cohort study in the states of Iowa and North
Carolina. Enrollment of more than 89,000
private pesticide applicators and spouses
was completed in December 1997. NERL is
leading the AHS Pesticide Exposure Study
(AHS/PES) to directly measure exposures
resulting from the agricultural use of 2,4-D
and chlorpyrifos for a subset of applicators
in the AHS cohort.
Results from this study will be used to:
(1) assessand refine AHS exposure classifica-
tion algorithms to improve the power of the
epidemiological study, thereby improving
the utility of the overall study to EPA and
other agencies; (2) provide current farm
applicator and farm family exposure mea-
surement and exposure factor information;
and (3) provide information that can be
used for exposure reduction education for
farmers and others in the agricultural com-
munity. The PowerPoint slides of this pre-
sentation can be viewed on the intranet at
http://intranet.ord.epa.gov:9876/develop
ment/RCT/PestToxRCT.nsf/1 d97341 defl e5
7d185256a5c006ee712/de64 ad9f2d9ff5a6
85256c85006d54da?OpenDocument.
February 12,2003—Exposure to Pesticide
Mixtures and Age-Related Immunotoxic Risk
Author: Dr. Femi Adeshina, Ph.D., National
Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
Linking EPA's Science to State Performance
Partnerships
This year, EPA is piloting Performance
Partnership efforts that include scientists
representing its Office of Research and
Development (ORD). The National Environ-
mental Performance Partnership System
has improved communications between
EPA and state environmental agencies by
fostering more frequent discussions be-
tween state commissioners and Regional
Administrators, and by beginning to break
down organizational and media-program
barriers in both EPA Regional Offices and
state agencies. Increased joint planning and
priority-setting have focused state and EPA
Regional Office efforts on achieving results,
increased worksharing,greaterfunding flex-
ibility, and reduced low-value oversight and
reporting. EPA anticipates that participation
by ORD in these EPA/state communications
will catalyze a mutual understanding of state
science needs and create opportunities for
EPA to more effectively target its existing
science tools and information to meet these
needs. Insight gained by EPA also will guide
its ongoing research and development
programs (and resulting future tools). Addi-
tionally, when identifying science-related
activities planned in a state for the respec-
tive agreement period,opportunities will be
targeted for collaboration among the par-
ticipants. Success of the pilots will determine
expansion of the concept in future years. •
Traditionally, toxicity testing and mechanis-
tic research have been focused on single
chemicals, though humans are actually
exposed to chemical mixtures present in
environmental media. Also, it is well known
that children and infants may be more
susceptible than adults to environmental
toxicants because of their under-devel-
oped immune- and antioxidant-defense
and drug metabolizing (mixed function
oxidase [MFO]) systems. The widespread
use of pesticides increases the likelihood
of human and animal exposure to multiple
pesticides either concurrently or sequen-
tially in a lifetime.This may result in syner-
gistic, additive, or inhibitory adverse effects
mainly because one can affect the metabo-
lism of the others.
The overall goal is to link the mechanistic
(toxicodynamic) data obtained from this
research to available physiologically based
toxicokinetic (PBTK) models, and conduct
simulations of the effects in whole ani-
mals. Such a complete biologically based
toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic (TK-TD) model
then can be used for conducting age-related
risk assessment of exposure to chemical
mixtures. The PowerPoint slides of this pre-
sentation are available at http://intranet.ord.
epa.gov:9876/development/RCT/Pest
ToxRCT.nsf/1 d97341 defl e57d185256a5cO
06ee712/6a368f3077b2a2c985256cc6006
6bdaO?OpenDocument.
March 26,2003—Hazard Characterization
for Organic Fluorochemicals: Reproductive
and Developmental Toxicity of Perfluorooc-
tane Sulfonate in Laboratory Rodents
Author: Dr. Christopher Lau, Reproductive
Toxicology Division, National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Lab-oratory
(NHEERL)
Since 1950, a host of organic fluorochemi-
cals has increasingly been used fora variety
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of household and industrial applications.
These include the surfactant coatings for
fabrics and paper products, fire-fighting
foams, electronic etching baths, and insec-
ticides. Concerns for the potential human
health risks of these types of chemicals had
been minimal until recent documentation
of the extensive distribution and persis-
tence in both humans and wildlife of per-
fluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS),the primary
degradation product of a widely-used class
of sulfonyl-based fluorochemicals that was
primarily manufactured by 3M.
In the last 2-3 years, some new information,
mostly derived from rodent and monkey
studies,came to light that suggested poten-
tial systemic toxicity of PFOS. In particular,
the perinatal period during development
appears to be quite sensitive to the adverse
effects of the fluorochemical. Because of
the wide distribution of PFOS, its persistent
nature and its potential toxicities,the chem-
ical was withdrawn from the commercial
market by 3M in 2000, and production
was halted by the end of 2002. However,
to date, the product is still readily available
from other overseas manufacturers. More
importantly, alternative fluorochemicals
or re-formulation of PFOS with shorter
carbon chain products have emerged in
the commercial market. At present, little to
no information is available concerning the
environmental distribution and adverse
health effect potentials of these substitut-
ing organic fluorochemicals.
In the past 2 years, a team of researchers
from NHEERL has worked closely with
scientists at OPPT, 3M, and academia to
investigate the reproductive and develop-
mental toxicity of PFOS.
Because of its unique physicochemical
properties, its pervasive distribution and its
persistent nature, the organic fluorochemi-
cals represent a novel class of environmen-
tal contaminant that is quite distinguishable
from the classical persistent organic pollut-
ants (POP). The findings should provide
OPPTS with a sound scientific foundation
for potential regulatory action on this
class of chemicals. PowerPoint slides of
this presentation are available at http:
//intranet.ord. epa.gov:9876/development/
RCT/PestTox RCT.nsf/1 d97341 defl e57d185
256a5c006ee712/5ad80ceec84b01188525
6cef0043c7c2?OpenDocument.
For more information on the Seminar
Series, contact Greg Susanke at 202-564-
9945 or susanke.greg@epa.gov. n
Program Support
OSP's Program Support Staff has been busy
lately. Over the past few months, they have
reviewed and commented on eight ana-
lytic blueprints, seven of which are related
to the Office of Air and Radiation's residual
risk program.They also reviewed and com-
mented on the Office of Pollution Preven-
tion and Toxic Substance's (OPPTS) risk
assessments for pentachlorophenol, chro-
mated copper arsenate,and creosote. Staff
provided scientific support in the develop-
ment of fact sheets and briefs on the Clear
Skies program impacts to children's health
and asthma; residential vermiculite insula-
tion; and revisions to the effluent limitation
guideline program.
With Program Support Staff input, ORD
concurred on the Advanced Notice of Pro-
posed Rule-Making and interim policy on
human studies, concurred without com-
ments on the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations for the Arsenic Rule,con-
curred with comment on the Office of Solid
Waste's Shoptowels (rags and wipes) Rule,
and concurred with comment on the Office
of Water's Notice of Proposed Rule-Making
Guidelines for Establishing Procedures for
the Analysis of Pollutants: Procedures for
Detection and Quantitation.
As a result of the Administrator's Task Force
recommendations, ORD has been desig-
nated a core office in EPA's Action Develop-
ment Process.This means that ORD now is
required to participate in the development
of most Tier 1 and 2 activities, which trans-
lates into more activity for the Program
Support Staff. In the past few months, OSP
staff were engaged in the following Tier
2 activities: the National Primary Drink-
ing Water Regulations-Revisions to the
Total Coliform Monitoring and Analytical
Requirements and Additional Distribution
System Requirements; the Revisions to the
Effluent Limitation Guideline Program; the
Endangered Species and Pesticide Regula-
tion; and EPA's Small Business Strategy. We
also are participating in the development
of 13 new EPA Tier 3 activities.
Finally, OSP gave two additional presenta-
tions of its training course, "ORD's Role in
the Agency's Action Development Pro-
cess." The sessions were held February 5,
in Athens, GA, and April 2, in Ada, OK. OSP
is planning to provide two or three more
live sessions and is investigating options
for virtual training. Keep checking the
OSP intranet site, http://intranet.epa.gov/
ospintra/features/osptrain.htm, for the lat-
est course announcements and registra-
tion information.
OSP Quarterly
Contributing Writers
• Kathleen Graham • John Miller
• Anthony Grimm • Ruth Partridge
• Megan Grogard • Anita Street
• David Klauder • Greg Susanke
• Jeff Morris • PaulZielinski
For more information on the OSP Quarterly,
contact Sarah Bauer at 202-564-3267 or
bauer.sarah@epa.gov
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ORD-Regional Partnerships
The Regional Applied Research Effort
(RARE) Program can be used to address
any type of issue or problem that a Region
identifies as a high-priority research need
and for which ORD has the necessary exper-
tise and capability to address. Each year,
resources (now $2M) are divided equally
among the Regions, and each Region is
responsible for nominating the particular
research project(s) to be funded with these
resources, which are directed to an ORD
Laboratory with expertise to pursue the
research. For example, several years ago,
Region 7 utilized its RARE resources to fund
a National Risk Management Research Lab-
oratory (NRMRL)-sponsored project, which
provided emissions data that were used by
the Region to require emission controls on
charcoal kilns in Missouri. In 2001 and 2002,
Region 5 also collaborated with NRMRL
under the RARE Program to conduct studies
that showed that methyl tertiary butyl ether
(MTBE) plumes at leaking underground
storage tank (LUST) sites were "diving"
below monitoring well networks that were
designed to detect petroleum contamina-
tion near the surface, which was important
data for the design of the Region's monitor-
ing programs at these sites.
Projects under the Regional Methods (RM)
Program are limited to measurement-related
problems that the Regions face when imple-
menting Agency programs and for which
near-term solutions are neededThe Regions
are invited to identify their most critical
methods problems, and priority is given to
addressing those whose solutions will have
the widest applicability and/or greatest
impact nationally. Project prioritization
and selection under the RM Program is
done collectively by the Regional Science
and Technology (RS&T) Directors, with re-
sources (now $600K per year) directed
to the appropriate ORD Laboratory with
capability to pursue the project. For exam-
ple, under ORD's RM Program, Regions
requested that NHEERL develop a quan-
titative index of excessive sedimentation
to assess the overall condition of aquatic
communities in surface waters. The states
needed a practical, time-efficient tool that
relies on a minimum of quantitative field
measurements but delivers a clear picture
of excessive sedimentation. In Region 3,
this protocol has been used to investigate
sedimentation problems related to streams
impacted by both mountaintop/valley fill
and longwall coal mining. By next year,
Region 10 will have more than 1,000 sites
collecting quantitative physical habitat data,
including sedimentation,as part of its states'
surface water monitoring programs.
A novel Regional Research Partnership
(RRP) Program is being implemented this
year to provide short-term training oppor-
tunities (3-6 months) for Regional staff to
work directly with scientists at ORD Labo-
ratories. RRP Program goals are to estab-
lish a formal professional development
opportunity for Regional technical staff,
foster long-term relationships between
ORD and Regional staff, and focus on
near-term Regional science issues. ORD
will pay per diem expenses and round-
trip fare to and from the ORD Labora-
tory, participating Laboratories will cover
Laboratory and other incidental expenses,
and the Regions will continue to fully fund
the salaries of Regional participants in the
program. D
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection Cooperative Agreement Award
Earlier this month, ORD awarded a coopera-
tive agreement to the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)
to further it's efforts to develop capabilities
to to conduct environmental forecasting at
the regional and watershed scales. PA DEP
has devised a new cross-media approach to
planning and priority-setting-the Enviro-
mental Futures Planning Process (EFP2). For
the first time, DEP is involving stakeholders
in its internal planning process. By using this
new approach, PA DEP hopes to measure
true environmental conditions using 17 envi-
ronmental indicators. Some these indicators
are experimental and will require extensive
development of methods of measurement
and baseline information before they can
be applied. In addition to the indicators,the
department intends to develop models and
other tools to help predict the interrelation-
ships between individual DEP activities
and environmental conditions. In part, DEP
hopes to answer the question: How effective
are we in carrying out our mission to protect
Pennsylvania's air, land and water?
The EFP2 was borne of a larger effort, the
21 st Century Environment Commission,cre-
ated by then GovernorTom Ridge. The com-
mission recommended that DEP change its
resources allocation process and place more
of an emphasis on results rather than activi-
ties. Environmental Futures Planning imple-
ments that recommendation and addresses
performance and connects management of
the department to improving the environ-
ment.
In addition, the findings of this project
could generate data and information that
could be used by EPA may the potential to
be applied to different regions and varying
scales. DEP also believes that local land use
planners may find these tools can assist
them in understanding the environmental
consequences of local land use policies
and regional growth plans.
To read more about this project, visit
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/hosting/efp2/
defaulthtm or contact Anita Street at 202-
332-0637 or street.anita@epa.gov D
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TAFF CORNER
May 2003
New OSP Director Named
Assistant Administrator Paul Gilman
announced with pleasure that Kevin Y
Teichman had been confirmed by the
Office of Personnel Management as the
Director, Office of Science Policy effec-
tive March 9th. Kevin had served as the
Acting Director of OSP since July 2002.
Congratulations Kevin!
Jeff Morris is serving as the Acting Associ-
ate Director for Science through Septem-
ber 6th. His duties include, among other
responsibilities, supervising OSP's five
Media Managers and working closely
with the OSP Program Support and Plan-
ning Staffs. In addition to ably fulfilling
these responsibilities, Jeff's experiences
as OSP's Cross-Program Staff Chief are
being drawn upon to promote even
greater collaboration across all of OSP to
seamlessly meet the needs of our many
customers.
Jackie McQueen served as the Acting
Cross-Program Staff Chief, and James
Avery served as the Pesticides/Toxics
Media Manager through May 9th.
Currently, Paul Zielinski is serving as
the Acting Cross-Program Staff Chief,
Mary (Mimi) Dannel is serving as the
Acting Planning Staff Chief, and Mojgan
(Maggie) Javdan is serving as the Water
Theme Planner through August 15th.
Welcome to Our New Folks
Katie Warwick joined the Air Media
Team on the Program Support Staff on
January 21 st. Katie has a B.S. in Environ-
mental Conservation from the University
of New Hampshire. She served on a full-
time internship for the Special Assistant
to the Office of Air and Radiation's Senior
Science Advisor and comes to us from
EPA's Outstanding Scholar Program.
Rochelle Perry,although not new to OSP,
competed for and was selected to serve
in an Upward Mobility Program Analyst
position on the Administration and Spe-
cial Projects Team effective February 9th.
Congratulations Rochelle!
Ariel Iglesias joined OSP's Regional Sci-
ence Program on March 10th and serves
as the Region 2 Science Liaison. Since
beginning his career with EPA in 1993 as
a student aide in the Director's Office of
the Region 2 Caribbean Environmental
Protection Division, he has served as the
Project Officer for the Performance Part-
nership Grants with the Puerto Rico Envi-
ronmental Quality Board and the Virgin
Islands Department of Planning & Natural
Resources, served as a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit
writer, coordinated the water quality
assessment program in Puerto Rico, and
served as Special Assistant to the Acting
Regional Administrator in 2001. He holds
a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and cur-
rently is pursuing an advanced degree in
Physical Chemistry at the University of
Puerto Rico.
Elsie Sunderland joined the Cross-Cut-
ting Initiatives Team of the Cross Program
Staff on April 7th. She is serving in a Post-
Doctoral position and is supporting activi-
ties related to the Council for Regulatory
Environmental Modeling (CREM), a cross-
Agency institution established to promote
consistency and consensus among envi-
ronmental model developers and users.
Elsie has a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicol-
ogy from Simon Fraser University, and a
B.S.in Environmental Sciences from McGill
University.
Kathryn Gallagher has been serving on a
detail assignment with the Cross Program
Staff working on Science Policy Council
(SPC) activities since February 10th.On April
21st, Kathryn permanently joined the staff
after successfully competing for a vacant
position. She has a Ph.D. in Marine Science
from the College of William and Mary, and
a B.S. in Biology from San Francisco State
University. She comes to OSP from Region
3's Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
Details/Training
Assignments
Jose Labiosa joined OSP on a detail starting
February 10th to work with the SPC Staff.
Jose comes to OSP from OSWER's Office of
Solid Waste.
Troy Stuckey joined OSP on a detail
assignment starting February 24th to
work with our Regional team. Troy is
serving as a Regional Science Correspon-
dent and is responsible for assisting the
Regional Science Liaisons (RSLs) in the
promotion of science "events"or"happen-
ings" within the Regions, and promoting
ORD-Regional scientific partnerships as
addressing important topics of cross-
Regional interest.Troy comes to OSP from
Region 6's Multimedia Planning and Per-
mitting Section.
Congratulations to Award
Recipients!
Congratulations to the following OSP
staff who recently received awards:
Claudia Walters received the Suzanne E.
Olive National EEO Award for her efforts
on the ORD Tribal Grants Team.
Ed Bender received a Silver Medal for
his efforts on the ORD Cumulative Risk
Assessment Technical Panel.
Megan Grogard and Greg Susanke
received the EPA Unsung Heroes Award.
The following OSP staff received the OSP
Customer Service Peer Recognition Award:
• Donna Witherspoon
• Robin Clarke
• Heather Harris
• Jon Josephs
• Members of the Diversity Action
Plan Workgroup (James Avery, James
Dunn, Robert Fegley, Sarah Bauer,
Ma ryellenRadzikowski,Heather Harris,
Ruth Partridge, Susan Peterson)
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Crossword Puzzle
Across
1. Held May 5-7
4. The place or site where a plant or
animal naturally lives and grows
6. Year of
9. to Protect Human Health and
the Environment
10. A mandatory program to reduce
emissions of S02,NOx,and mercury
14. Released in the Hart Senate Office
Building
15. Field equipment on display at the
Forum
18. pla nts a re a sou rce of S02, N0x,
and mercury emissions
20. A community and its environment
functioning as an ecological unit in
nature
22. Bug killer
24. One of the"omics"
25. assessment
27. NCER's extramural grants program
28. ORD Science will serve as
"Region-centric" gateway to ORD
29. Pesticide Exposure Study
30. Office of 7 analytic blueprints reviewed
by OSP Program Support Staff
32. Chromated copper
33. toxicology is emerging
Down
1. One of the four key topics of the 2003
Science Forum
2. Paul Gilman's new role
3. Regional Applied Research Effort
4. ORD's newest Center
5. Regional Vulnerability Assessment
7. Superfund is one of its programs
8. ORD/OPPTS Series
9. There were 233 at the Forum
11. OSWER's vehicle was on display at
the Forum
12. Awards distributed at Forum
13. Gas additive of environmental
concern
16. Regional Coordination Teams
17. OSP reviewed and commented on
its risk assessment
19. Pesticide Study
21. Regional/ORD Science II
23. Waterborne
26. Agricultural Study
29. Pentachloro
31. Underground storage tank problem
Solution to the February Puzzle
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