September 29, 1998
EPA-SAB-EC-98-012
Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Science Advisory Board (SAB) Award Recommendations for the 1997
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Science Advisory Board's (SAB) 1997 Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards (STAA) Subcommittee has completed its review of the nominations submitted by the
Agency for this year's awards program. As you are aware, the STAA program is sponsored by
the Office of Research and Development (ORD), which continues to do a creditable job in
soliciting and assembling these nominations. Each year (except for 1995 during the government-
wide shutdown) the Board convenes a special panel to review nominated papers published by
Agency researchers. Our recommendations for awards and further improvements in the STAA
program are discussed in the enclosed report.
The Agency solicited nominations in eleven categories this year: Control Systems &
Technology (CS), Ecology & Ecosystem Risk Assessment (EC), Health Effects & Health Risk
Assessment (HE), Monitoring & Measurement Methods (MM), Transport & Fate (TF), Review
Articles (RA), Risk Management and Policy Formulation (RM), Integrated Risk Management
(IR), Social Science Research (SS), Environmental Education (EE), and Environmental Trends
for Drivers of Future Risk (ET). The Agency submitted a total of 106 nominations from among
the first eight categories. Nominations were not submitted for the last three categories this year
(SS, EE, and ET). During its review, the Subcommittee combined several individual nominations
and re-categorized several others, reducing the final number of nominations to 104, of which 35
were recommended for an award. This included recommendations for awards in seven of the
eight categories for which nominations were submitted (all but category IR). For the third year,
an award was recommended in the Risk Management and Policy Formulation category. One
paper was submitted in the Integrated Risk Assessment category, and while an award was not
recommended, the Subcommittee was encouraged to see a nomination in this category and hopes
to see additional nominations in the future. In addition, the Subcommittee is recommending
nineteen papers for Honorable Mention. The authors recommended for awards this year are from
12 research laboratories within the Office of Research and Development.
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The Subcommittee continues to encourage the Agency to nominate peer-reviewed papers
from all programs and areas of scientific research because scientific and technological
achievements should not be limited to ORD or to EPA laboratories. The process of publishing
EPA scientific findings in peer reviewed journals enhances the rigor of the science and the
reputation of the Agency and its programs. Managers should encourage and provide the
opportunities for their program scientists and engineers to publish the data and technical analysis
which address aspects of the Agency's policies and regulations.
The Subcommittee noted with great disappointment, the lack of nominations from
Program areas other than ORD. With the exception of a single nomination from Region V, all of
the nominations submitted this year were from ORD. Nevertheless, the Subcommittee commends
the staff of ORD for administering the STAA program. The ORD staff has made significant
improvements in the program and the nomination packages that have improved the program and
facilitated the Subcommittee's review procedures. The Subcommittee strongly recommends that
ORD management continue to solicit participation of other Agency scientists and engineers as
part of the Agency's goals to improve its scientific underpinnings and peer review of regulatory
science. We recommend that ORD continue to announce this program early and that additional
efforts be made to advertise it more broadly next year to ensure greater participation by all
program areas of the Agency.
The Subcommittee continues to feel that the STAA program is an important mechanism
for recognizing and promoting high quality, peer-reviewed work published in top scientific and
technological journals. This is even more critical as Agency programs continue to improve their
overall commitment to, and compliance with your Peer Review Policy and the newly issued Peer
Review Handbook. Furthermore, it supports your emphasis on sound science forming the basis
for sound decisions.
We are pleased to have participated in this process once again and believe it is appropriate
for the Board to continue this annual review function. We would appreciate being informed of
the final disposition of awards. We look forward to serving the Agency again in this important
activity.
Sincerely,
/s/ /s/
Dr. Joan Daisey, Chair Dr. C. H. Ward, Chair
Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards Subcommittee
Science Advisory Board
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NOTICE
This report has been written as a part of the activities of the Science Advisory Board, a
public advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to the Administrator
and other officials of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Board is structured to provide
balanced expert assessment of scientific matters related to problems faced by the Agency. This
report has not been reviewed for approval by the Agency; and hence, the contents of this report
do not necessarily represent the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency or
other agencies in the Federal government. Mention of trade names or commercial products does
not constitute a recommendation for use.
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ABSTRACT
This report represents the conclusions and recommendations of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board regarding the 1997 EPA Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) program. The STAA Program is an Agency-wide
competition to promote and recognize scientific and technological achievements by EPA
employees, fostering a greater exposure of EPA research to the public. The Program was
initiated in 1980 and is managed by the Office of Research and Development (ORD).
The Agency submitted for review 106 nominations from the first eight of the eleven award
categories this year (Control Systems & Technology, Ecology & Ecosystem Risk Assessment,
Health Effects & Health Risk Assessment, Monitoring & Measurement Methods, Transport &
Fate, Review Articles, Risk Management and Policy Formulation, Integrated Risk Management,
Social Science Research, Environmental Education, and Environmental Trends for Drivers of
Future Risk). After review, the STAA Subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board revised the
number of nominations to 104. These nominations contained over 125 scientific and technical
papers. Of these, the Subcommittee recommended 36 nominations (35 percent of the
nominations) for awards at three levels and also recommended that nineteen additional papers be
recognized with Honorable Mention. The Subcommittee recommended awards for nominations
submitted by 12 ORD research laboratories. The Subcommittee encouraged the Agency to
continue support for the STAA program as a mechanism for recognizing and promoting high
quality research in support of the Agency's mission.
KEYWORDS: Awards, Scientific Achievements, Peer-Review
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
1997 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SUBCOMMITTEE ROSTER
August 27-28, 1998 Meeting
CHAIR
Dr. C. H. (Herb) Ward, Foyt Family Chair of Engineering, Director, Energy & Environmental
Systems Institute, Professor, Departments of Environmental Science & Engineering and
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX
MEMBERS/CONSULTANTS ATTENDING THE MEETING
Dr. Roger Cochran, Staff Toxicologist, Medical Toxicology Branch, Department of Pesticide
Regulation, California EPA, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Chair,
Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical School,
Rochester, NY
Dr. Richard T. Di Giulio, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University,
Durham, NC
Dr. Allan Legge, President, Biosphere Solutions, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. William Smith, Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University,
New Haven, CT
Dr. Michael Trehy, Senior Research Specialist, Solutia Inc., St. Louis, MO
Dr. Judith S. Weis, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark,
NJ
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. A. Robert Flaak, Designated Federal Officer, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA,
Washington, DC 20460
Mrs. Mary Winston, Management Assistant, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA,
Washington, DC 20460
in
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
2. INTRODUCTION 2
2.1 Request for Science Advisory Board (SAB) Review 2
2.2 Subcommittee Review Procedures 3
3. EVALUATION OF THE 1997 SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS 6
3.1 General Findings of the Subcommittee 6
3.2 STAA Program Administrative Recommendations 7
3.3 Award Recommendations 9
3.3.1 Level I Awards 10
3.3.2 Level II Awards 10
3.3.3 Level III Awards 10
3.3.4 Honorable Mention 10
APPENDICES
Appendix A - Re-Categorized Nominations A-l
Appendix B - Nominations Recommended for Awards B-l
TABLES
Table I - Example of how Initial Individual Reviewer Rankings are Compiled 4
Table II - Summary of 1997 Award Recommendations 9
IV
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Subcommittee of the Science
Advisory Board (SAB) reviewed and evaluated the 106 nominations for the 1997 program that
were submitted by EPA research laboratory directors and program office directors. After review,
the Subcommittee revised the number of nominations to 104 (including over 125 individual
scientific and technical papers). The Subcommittee met in Washington, DC, on August 27-28,
1998, to determine award recommendations.
The STAA review program is a long-standing partnership between the Agency and the
Science Advisory Board. Each year since 1980 Agency scientists and engineers submit nominated
scientific papers through an internal Agency review process managed by the Office of Research
and Development (ORD). (Note: The Agency did not conduct the STAA Program during 1995
when there was a government-wide shutdown.) This review process ensures that the best
scientific papers are submitted to the SAB for evaluation in the awards process. The SAB
convenes an experienced group of scientists and engineers who meet in a closed meeting to
review and evaluate the nominations. The SAB review panel produces a set of award
recommendations which ORD uses in preparing the actual awards.
This year, the Subcommittee recommended 36 nominations for awards and recommended
that nineteen additional papers be recognized with Honorable Mention. The Subcommittee
applied the evaluation criteria evenly across all nomination categories, without attempting to
ensure equal numbers or percentages of awards in each category. The Subcommittee
recommended awards for nominations from 12 ORD research laboratories.
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2. INTRODUCTION
2.1 Request for Science Advisory Board (SAB) Review
At the request of the Office of Research and Development (ORD), the Science Advisory
Board convened a subcommittee to review and evaluate scientific and technological papers
published in peer-reviewed journals by EPA authors and nominated for the 1997 EPA Scientific
and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) program. The STAA Subcommittee was asked
to evaluate nominated papers for awards based on the rules developed by ORD. In January 1998,
the Office of Research and Development (ORD) provided the SAB with copies of 106
nominations (later reduced to 104 nominations by the Subcommittee), and the 1997 STAA
Nomination Procedures and Guidelines, which describe the award levels, eligibility criteria
(including the minimum EPA contribution and employer status of the principal author), and the
criteria the SAB should use to evaluate the nominations. Although there are eleven nomination
categories, ORD only received nominations in eight categories this year. ORD grouped the
papers into these eight categories of science and technology1, and screened the papers for
conformance with the nomination guidelines. No nominations were submitted in the other three
categories this year.2
As described in the 1997 STAA Nomination Procedures and Guidelines, the SAB was asked
to recommend papers for each of three Levels of Award.
a) Level I awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an exceptionally
high-quality research or technological effort with national significance. These
awards recognize the initiation or general revision of scientific/technological
principles or procedures, or highly significant improvement in the value of a
device, activity, program, or service to the public. It must be at least of national
significance or have high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The
nomination must be of far reaching consequences and recognizable as a major
scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study. The cash
award for this level is $5,000 divided among the EPA eligible authors, based on
their individual level of effort as defined in the nomination.
b) Level II awards - are for nominees who have accomplished a notably excellent
research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a
lesser degree, than those described under Level I. It must have timely
These categories are: Control Systems & Technology (CS), Ecology & Ecosystem Risk Assessment (EC), Health Effects &
Health Risk Assessment (HE), Monitoring & Measurement Methods (MM), Transport & Fate (TF), Review Articles (RA), Risk
Management and Policy Formulation (RM), and Integrated Risk Management (IR).
These categories are: Social Science Research, Environmental Education, and Environmental Trends for Drivers of Future
Risk.
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consequences and contribute as an important scientific/technological achievement
within its discipline or field of study. The cash award for this level is $2,500
divided among the EPA eligible authors, based on their individual level of effort as
defined in the nomination.
c) Level III awards - are for nominees who have accomplished an unusually notable
research or technological effort. The nomination can be for a substantial revision
or modification of a scientific/technological principle or procedure, or an important
improvement to the value of a device, activity, program ,or service to the public.
Research for this award must relate to a mission or organizational component of
the EPA, or significantly affect a relevant area of science/technology. The cash
award for this level is $1,000 divided among the EPA eligible authors, based on
their individual level of effort as defined in the nomination.
d) Honorable Mention - The Subcommittee has also added a fourth non-cash level
award for nominations which are noteworthy but which do not warrant a Level I,
II or III award. Honorable Mention applies to nominations that: (1) may not quite
reach the level described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of
research that the Subcommittee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of
research that the Subcommittees feels is too preliminary to warrant an award
recommendation (yet).
2.2 Subcommittee Review Procedures
The Review Panel was convened as an ad hoc subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board
(SAB). Membership included a significant number of returning STAA panelists; consequently,
the level of experience with the process matched the level of scientific and technical expertise. In
addition, many panelists hold editorial positions on highly regarded scientific journals.
Copies of all nominations/papers and the award program guidelines and nomination
evaluation criteria were provided to Subcommittee members in advance of the review meeting.
Subcommittee members selected nominations/papers to review based on their expertise, being
sure to select, when appropriate, papers from across all nomination categories. Typically, each
member choose at least 30 nominations to review. Members were encouraged to include
nominations from areas outside of their own expertise as well as areas with which they were more
familiar. As part of the evaluation, Subcommittee members were also asked to rank their own
expertise in the field of science and technology addressed by each paper they selected for review.
These rankings were considered by the Subcommittee during the evaluation of each paper. Each
paper was reviewed by at least two (and usually more - often by five or six) qualified
Subcommittee members and then presented to the full Subcommittee and discussed during the
review and evaluation meeting that was held in Washington, DC on August 27-28, 1998. Papers
judged to merit an award at some level were reviewed a second time by the Subcommittee, and in
some cases, a third time, to ensure that a complete evaluation had been made. Papers that were
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initially not recommended for an award were also re-reviewed to determine if the nomination
might merit either an Honorable Mention or numerical award.
In reviewing the papers, the Subcommittee members qualitatively considered evaluation
criteria factors such as: the overall impact of the nominated paper(s) on scientific knowledge or
technology relevant to environmental issues; the level of effort; the creativity, originality,
initiative, and problem solving ability of the researchers; the beneficial impacts of the
accomplishments and the recognition of the results outside the Agency; the extent to which an
Agency function, mission, program, activity, or service is improved; and the nature and extent of
the peer review, including the stature of the journal.3
Prior to the review and evaluation meeting, Subcommittee members forwarded the results of
their review to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the Subcommittee. The initial ranking
along with the self-professed expertise of each reviewer for that particular nomination was
compiled by the DFO in a tabular format (see Table I for an example) and then used at the review
and evaluation meeting to help focus the discussion on each individual nomination. Initial
individual rankings were subject to change based on discussions at the review and evaluation
meeting. The final ranking agreed to at that meeting is a consensus ranking. The
Table I - Example of how Initial Individual Reviewer Rankings are Compiled
(Data for illustration purposes only)
Nomination
Number
HE9999
EC9999
RA9999
Title of
Nomination
Risk Assessment:
Trinitrochicken
wire
Ecological Impacts
of Trinitrochicken
wire
Trinitrochicken
wire - A Review
Reviewer
Name
Dr. Smith
Dr. Jones
Dr. Adams
Dr. Smith
Dr. Jones
Dr. Adams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Black
Dr. Green
Dr. Smith
Dr. Jackson
Dr. White
Expertise *
2
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
3
2
1
Initial
Ranking
NR
m
NR
NR
m
m
m
i
i
i
n
NR
Final Ranking
(at meeting)
NR
m
I
* Expertise levels are rated as follows: 1 = not related to major discipline of reviewer; 2 = general
knowledge of research area; 3 = general knowledge of active research; and 4 = specific area of active
research. NR = Not Recommended for an award.
These criteria are discussed more fully in section VII ofthe1997 Nomination Procedures and Guidelinesprovided to the
Subcommittee by the Agency.
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examples given in Table I are illustrative. All nominations receiving a recommendation for a
Level I, II or III award or an Honorable Mention are listed in Appendix B.
The Subcommittee met on August 27-28, 1998, in Washington, DC in a closed session due
to the discussions of individual performance and potential cash awards. Consistent with the
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and the Government in
the Sunshine Act (5 USC 552(b)(c)(2) and (c)(6)), this closed meeting was announced in a
Federal Register4 notice signed by the EPA Administrator. All Subcommittee members were
present at the meeting. The Subcommittee developed preliminary ratings for papers in each
category, including discussion of each nominated paper. The Subcommittee made note of papers
that had been incorrectly categorized, so that the final report recommendations would accurately
reflect the subject areas of the nominated papers (see Appendix A). After completing all
preliminary evaluations, the Subcommittee revisited the recommendations category by category to
resolve any final issues and ensure consistency in applying the award criteria across categories.
This Subcommittee report was reviewed and approved by the SAB's Executive Committee
(EC) at its September 11, 1998 public teleconference meeting in Washington, DC. At that
meeting, the Subcommittee report, less the actual award recommendations (Appendix B), was
made available to the EC and the interested public.
4 63(155) Federal Register43175, August 12, 1998.
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3. EVALUATION OF THE 1997 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
3.1 General Findings of the Subcommittee
The Subcommittee felt that the overall quality of the papers nominated this year was
comparable to previous years. The Agency should continue to focus on improving the quality of
its in-house research. The STAA program is an important mechanism for recognizing and
promoting high quality, peer-reviewed work published in top scientific and technological journals.
The authors whose papers were recommended for awards this year represent 12 ORD research
laboratories. The Subcommittee recommends that ORD continue to request the submission of
nominations early, and that ORD advertise the program more aggressively, so that Regional and
Program offices have adequate time to prepare their nominations. The lack of nominations from
outside of ORD was a great disappointment to the Subcommittee this year and contrasts poorly to
last year when there were more non-ORD submissions. While we recognize that most of the in-
house research is conducted by ORD scientists in ORD laboratories, we want to encourage, and
want the submission process to encourage, submissions from outside of ORD.
The Subcommittee also encourages the Agency to continue to broaden the scope of
nominated papers and to promote multi-disciplinary research and those that directly support risk
management and policy decisions. In evaluating nominations for awards, the Subcommittee
looked for papers with well-developed hypotheses, good sampling or experimental design, and
where the theoretical basis is verified by field validation or through testing of a model. We also
looked for innovative applications of theories from other disciplines and collaborations of
interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers. In addition, the Subcommittee encourages the
submission of nominations which address exposure assessment.
In order to evaluate papers that present incremental results in a series of published works, the
Subcommittee recommends that the nomination guidelines prepared by ORD explicitly require
discussion of related research published previously by the lead author(s), including information on
any STAA awards given. When possible, and within the limitations suggested in Section 3.2a))
on page 7, nominations should include all papers in a series, providing they are within the time
limit. This would allow a series of incremental studies to be evaluated for an award as a package.
The 1997 STAA program represents the third time that the STAA Subcommittee has
recommended a paper in the Risk Management and Policy Formulation category for an award.
The Subcommittee hopes to see more peer reviewed papers nominated in the Risk Management
and Policy Formulation category next year, as this is an important area of research for the
Agency. In addition, one paper was submitted in the Integrated Risk Assessment category, and
while an award was not recommended, the Subcommittee was encouraged to see a nomination in
this category and hopes to see additional nominations in the future. The Subcommittee feels that
the process of converting Agency policy analysis and the technical foundations of its rule making
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into scientific articles for peer review is essential to maintain the quality in its science. This is also
an important way to improve the Agency's reputation for scientific achievement. Laboratory
directors and program managers should encourage the authors of policy formulation papers and
regulatory impact analyses to develop technical articles for peer reviewed literature.
The focus of nominated papers should be on investigation and the creation of new technology
and scientific and technical knowledge and information, rather that the reporting and
communication of existing information, such as describing environmental regulations or current
methods for pollution control. While such papers are extremely valuable and important for the
agency, and the articles may be well-written and effective, they do not really fit within the purview
of achievements in science and technology. The STAA Program is designed to recognize
accomplishments in science and technology, hence, nominations in these fields and others should
be focused on the new and significant scientific knowledge developed by the Agency in these
fields.
Finally, the Subcommittee believes that the STAA program provides one view of the
technical and scientific progress that the Agency is making in various areas of research. This
year's activities represent strengths in a variety of technological assessments, analytical
measurements, and in certain areas of human health effects research.
3.2 STAA Program Administrative Recommendations
The Subcommittee commends the staff of ORD for administering the STAA program. The
staff has made significant improvements in the program and the nomination packages that have
facilitated the Subcommittee's review procedures. The Subcommittee recommends that ORD
management continue to solicit participation of other Agency scientists and engineers as part of
the Agency's goals to improve its scientific underpinnings and peer review of regulatory science.
The following recommendations are directed to the ORD staff and managers that work with the
STAA program, and to the authors of the nominated papers. Some of these recommendations
reiterate earlier recommendations of the Subcommittee, but are included here for emphasis.
a) This year, one of the nominations contained ten individual papers. The reviewers
found this excessive and request that no more than three relevant papers (part of a
set or series) be included as part of the nomination. Where appropriate, additional
materials may be included, such as copies of previously published background
work.
b) Work that is nominated should be published within the past three years, although
the work might actually have been completed within the past five years. (This is
now reflected in the 1997 ORD STAA Program guidance and should continue.)
c) Review articles (Category RA) should continue to include a synthesis and an
analysis, not just a summary of relevant literature. This recommendation was also
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made by the Subcommittee last year. It is clear from the number of Review
Articles that garnered awards this year (62%) that the quality of these papers has
greatly improved.
d) Although a paper should stand on its own merits, work should be published in
journals that are relevant to the field of work. Publishing sound scientific work in
an inappropriate or second-rate journal weakens the nomination. In addition, peer
review of conference or workshop proceedings or chapters in books is often
considered less rigorous than the peer review process used by first-rate journals.
e) Regarding the application form itself - the section on "Justification" has 8
numbered sections for information relevant to the author or the nomination. The
Subcommittee would like to see more emphasis on the merits of the nomination
(#2), the significance or impact of the research (#3), the relevance of the scientific
contribution (#4); and the extent to which environmental protection has been
strengthened (#5), and less on the individual nominee's accomplishments (#1). We
suggest that appropriate levels of evidence be given for each, but that in aggregate,
the total should not exceed two typewritten pages.
f) Since such an interest has been taken concerning the Peer Review activities at
EPA, and considering that EPA has an established Peer Review Policy and a Peer
Review Handbook for guidance, the Subcommittee would like to see a strong
statement in the application package (item #8 of the section on Justification) that
reflects the degree to which the nominated paper(s) have gone through peer
review. Some of the statements with this year's nominations have been weak in
this regard.
g) To reduce privacy concerns, the Subcommittee requests that the nominations
submitted for review not contain the authors social security number.
The Subcommittee again noted that nominating laboratories and program offices appear to
have different screening procedures for selecting nominations for the STAA program. The
Subcommittee encourages ORD to provide guidance to all EPA laboratories and program offices
regarding the criteria for selecting nominees to the STAA program. The Subcommittee
recommends that the STAA nomination form include information on the total number of peer-
reviewed publications produced by the nominating organization during the nomination year and
during the preceding two years. The total number of publications screened for submission to the
STAA program should also be identified along with the total number submitted. It was not clear
to the Subcommittee if the nominations submitted to the SAB were a subset of all nominations
received by ORD or if the SAB received all of the nominations to review.
Finally, the Subcommittee again urges the Agency to publicize the names of the award
winning scientists and engineers and their papers both within the Agency and outside the Agency
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in a variety of ways. For example, the Agency should announce these winners by placing the title
and abstract of their papers, along with the source of the paper, on the Agency's Website. The
Agency should also develop press releases or letters from the Administrator that are targeted
toward the journal that published the articles, professional society newsletters, and local
newspapers in the vicinity of the scientist/engineer's research facility.
3.3 Award Recommendations
The EPA authors recommended for awards include scientists and engineers from 12 EPA
research laboratories. Awards were recommended for seven of the eleven nomination categories,
and for seven of the eight categories for which nominations were submitted. A total of 36
nominations were recommended for awards. A summary of the distribution of award
recommendations among categories is presented in Table II. There were originally 106
nominations with over 125 individual papers submitted. The Subcommittee combined several
individual nominations and re-categorized several others, reducing the final number of
nominations to 104, of which 55 were recommended for an award (36) or honorable mention
(19). Re-categorized nominations are identified in Appendix A. The full list of award
recommendations is contained in Appendix B. Eligible authors are noted in boldface in Appendix
B. The percentage figure following their names reflects their individual level of effort on a given
nomination as provided by EPA.
TABLE II - Summary of 1997 Award Recommendations
Nomination Categories *
Control Systems & Technology
Ecology, Ecosystem Risk Assessment &
Protection
Health Effects, Health Risk Assessment
Monitoring & Measurement Methods
Transport and Fate
Review Articles
Risk Management & Policy
Formulation
Integrated Risk Assessment
TOTALS:
#
Nom,
12
20
25
13
14
13
6
1
104
Award Levels
I
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
II
1
4
2
0
2
2
0
0
11
III
4
1
4
4
4
4
1
0
22
Tot
5
5
7
4
6
8
1
0
36
%
42%
25%
28%
31%
43%
62%
17%
0
35%
Hon.
Men.
3
6
6
2
1
1
0
0
19
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* Categories listed in the "1997 Nomination Procedures and Guidelines." Nominations were not submitted
to the SAB in the following categories: Social Science Research, Environmental Education, and
Environmental Trends for Drivers of Future Risk.
3.3.1 Level I Awards
Three Level I awards were recommended to a total of seven scientists and engineers in three
EPA research laboratories. One award was recommended to scientists and engineers in the
National Exposure Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC. One award was
recommended to scientists and engineers in the National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC. One award was recommended to scientists
and engineers in the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Corvallis,
OR. Please see page B-l of Appendix B for details.
3.3.2 Level II Awards
Eleven Level II awards were recommended to a total of 17 scientists and engineers
representing eight EPA research laboratories. Please see pages B-2 through B-6 of Appendix B
for details.
3.3.3 Level III Awards
Twenty-one Level III awards were recommended a total of 45 scientists and engineers
representing eight EPA research laboratories. Please see pages B-7 through B-13 of Appendix B
for details.
3.3.4 Honorable Mention
Nineteen nominations were judged as being worthy of an Honorable Mention. These
included 50 scientists and engineers from nine EPA research laboratories. Please see pages B-14
through B-l 9 of Appendix B for details.
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Appendix A - Re-Categorized Nominations
Original
Nomination Number(s)
EC0014
HE0051
MM0005
MM0017
EC0045
EC0092
EC0094
New
Category
Review Article (RA)
Review Article (RA)
Review Article (RA)
Combined into a single
Nomination in EC
Combined into a single
Nomination; no change in
Remarks
Review Paper
Review Paper
Review Paper
Related
Related
Category
A-l
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Appendix B - Nominations Recommended for Awards
This Appendix identifies the 36 nominations recommended for Level I, II, and III awards and
the 19 nominations recommended for an Honorable Mention. This Appendix is divided into four
parts. The first part (page B-l) provides information on the Level I award recommendations.
The second part (pages B-2 to B-6) provides information on the Level II award
recommendations. The third part (pages B-7 to B-13) provides information on the Level III
award recommendations. The fourth part (pages B-14 to B-19) provides information on the
Honorable Mention recommendations.
The first column (Nom. #) gives the nomination number as provided by EPA in the original
submission. The second column (Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers) provides the full
title and citation of all papers submitted as part of a given nomination. The third column
(Authors and Nominating Organization) provides the name(s) of the EPA eligible authors (in
boldface type) along with their level of effort (percentage) on the nomination. The primary
nominating organization is also listed. Finally, ineligible authors (non-EPA) are also listed for
completeness. The fourth column (Recommended Award Level) indicates which award is
recommended (Level I, II, or III or Honorable Mention). The last column (Suggested Citation
from Nominating Organization) reflects the language of the citation that was provided to the
Subcommittee by the Agency. These are not Subcommittee citations.
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United States Science Advisory EPA-SAB-EC-98-012
Environmental Board (1400) September 1998
C
AN SAB REPORT:
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 1
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGK
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (STAA)
NOMINATIONS
PREPARED BY THE SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWA
(STAA) SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SCIEN
ADVISORY BOARD (SAB)
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Appendix B -
FY1997 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)
Nominations Recommended for Awards
Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award ($5,000) - Total of three
HE0099
Discriminant analysis indicates a single
sperm protein (SP22) is predictive of
fertility following exposure to epididymal
toxicants (Journal of Andrology,
18(2):139-150, 1997)
Dr. Gary R. Klinefelter (64%)
Dr. John W. Laskey (12%)
Janet Ferrell (8%)
Juan D. Suarez (8%)
Naomi L. Roberts (8%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
LEVEL I
A novel sperm protein (SP22) predicts the fertility o
sperm.
RA0090
Hydrochemistry of forested catchments
(Annual Review of Earth and Planetary
Sciences, 25:23-59, 1997)
Dr. M. Robbins Church (100%)
NHEERL
Corvallis, OR
LEVEL I
For outstanding contributions to the review and
synthesis of wide-ranging multi-disciplinary
scientific advances in the field of watershed
hydrochemistry
RA0096
Sampling organic chemicals in air
(Principles of Environment Sampling,
American Chemical Society Washington,
DC 1996)
Dr. Robert G. Lewis (75%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park. NC
(Ineligible author: Dr. Sydney M.
Gordon)
LEVEL I
For significant contributions to the understanding o
the science of air pollution monitoring through the
comprehensive review and interpretation of air
sampling methodology for organic chemicals.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award ($2,500) - Total of eleven
CS0068
Base-catalyzed destruction of PCBS new
donors, new transfer agents/catalysts
(Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Research, 36(5):1580-1585,1997)
Dr. F. K. Kawahara (50%)
NRMRL
Cincinnati, OH
(Ineligible author: Dr. P. M.
Michalakos)
LEVEL II
For research in the use of hydrogen transfer agents
and catalysts to improve base-catalyzed destruction.
EC0022
1. Trophic analysis of ruffe
(Gymnocephalus cernuus) and white
perch (Morone americana) in a lake
superior food web, using stable isotope
techniques (Journal of Great Lakes
Research, 22(2):436-443,1996)
2. Analysis of a lake superior coastal
food web with stable isotope techniques
(Limnology and Oceanography,
41(1):136-146, 1996)
Dr. Michael E. Sierszen (50%)
Dr. Janet R. Keough (40%)
NHEERL
Duluth, MN
(Ineligible author: Ms. Cynthia A.
Hagley)
LEVEL II
Analyses of great lakes coastal food webs.
EC0026
Effects of moisture and burning on soil-
atmosphere exchange of trace carbon
gases in a southern african savanna
(Journal of Geophysical Research,
101(D19):23,699-23,706,1996)
Dr. Richard G. Zepp (40%)
Dr. Roger A. Burke (35%)
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible authors: Dr. William L.
Miller, Dr. Dirk A. B. Parsons and
Dr. Mary C. Scholes)
LEVEL II
Fire and moisture effect on savanna soil fluxes of
radiatively and chemically-important trace gases.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
EC0041
Temporal and spatial variability in water
quality of wetlands in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN metropolitan
area: implications for monitoring
strategies and designs (Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 40(1): 11-
40,1996)
Dr. Naomi Detenbeck (75%)
NHEERL
Duluth, MN
(Ineligible authors: Ms. Debra L.
Taylor, Ms. Ann Lima and Ms.
Cynthia Hagley)
LEVEL II
Development of efficient monitoring strategies for
wetlands.
EC0044
Responses of embryonic and larval
inland silversides, Menidia beryllina, to
a water-soluable fraction formed during
biodegradation of artificially weathered
alaska north slope crude oil (Archives of
Environmental Contamination and
Toxicology, 31:410-419, 1996)
Dr. D. P. Middaugh (40%)
Dr. P. J. Chapman (40%)
NHEERL
Gulf Breeze, FL
(Ineligible author: Mr. M. E.
Shelton)
LEVEL II
For discovery of de novo compounds during
biodegradation of alaskan north slope oil and
quantifying teratogenic effects of these compounds
in fish embryos.
HE0054
1. Computer simulations of human lung
structures for medical applications
(Computers in Biology and Medicine,
25(5):431-446, 1995)
2. Computer model of human lung
morphology to complement SPECT
analyses (Journal of Bio-Medical
Computing, 40:5-16,1995)
3. Three-dimensional description of
pulmonary deposition of inhaled aerosol
using data from multimodality imaging
(Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 37:873-
877,1995)
Dr. Ted Martonen (37%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Y. Yang, D.
Hwang, Dr. J. Fleming, Mr. P
Halson, Ms. E. Moore, Dr. J.
Conway, Dr. M. Nassim, Mr. A.
Bailey, Dr. S. Holgate and Dr. A.
Hashish)
LEVEL II
Supercomputer models of human lungs for health
effects studies.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0104
1. Mutation spectra of glu-p-1 in
salmonella: induction of hotspot
frameshifts and site-specific base
substitutions (Environmental and
Molecular Mutagenesis, 24:11-22,1994)
2. Mutation spectrum of a binary
mixture of mutagens (methapyrilene and
sodium azide) in strain TA1535 of
Salmonella (Mutation Research, 323:35-
39, 1994)
3. Complex framshift mutations
mediated by plasmid pKMlOl:
mutational mechanisms deduced from 4-
Aminobiphenyl-induced mutation
spectra in Salmonella (Genetics,
136:731-746, 1994)
4. Mutation spectra in salmonella of
complex mixtures: comparison of urban
air to benzo [a]pyrene (Environmental
and Molecular Mutagenesis, 24:262-
275,1994)
5. Dichloroacetic acid and related
compounds: induction of prophage in E.
coli and mutagencity and mutation
spectra in salmonella TA100
(Mutagenesis, 9:429-437, 1994)
6. Mutation spectra insalmonella of
sunlight, white fluorescent light, and
light from tanning salon beds: induction
of tandem mutations and role on DNA
repair (Mutation Research, 327:131-149,
1995)
Dr. David M. DeMarini (36%)
Ms. Melissa L. Shelton (36%)
Ms. Kathleen Patterson (1%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Amal Abu-
Shakra, Dr. John Ashby, Dr.
Douglas A. Bell, Ms. Carolyn F.
Felton, Dr. Siegfried Knasmuller,
Dr. Jessie G. Levine, Ms. Erica
Perry, Dr. Roel Schaaper and Dr.
Leon F. Stankowski Jr.)
LEVEL II
For elucidating molecular features of the salmonella
assay and mutation spectra of complex envio.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0104
7. Mutagencity and mutation spectra of
2-acetylaminofluorene at frameshift and
base-substitution alleles in four DNA
repair backgrounds of salmonella
(Mutation Research, 327:75-86, 1995)
8. Mutation spectrum of cigarette
smoke condensate in salmonella:
comparison to mutations in smoking-
associated tumors (Carcinogenesis,
16(10):2535-2542, 1995)
9. Mutation spectra in salmonella of
chlorinated, chloraminated, or ozonated
drinking water extracts: comparison to
MX (Environmental and Molecular
Mutagenesis, 26:270-285, 1995)
10. Mutation spectra of chemical
fractions of a complex mixture: role of
nitroarenes in the mutagenic specificity
of municipal waste incinerator emissions
(Mutation Research, 349:1-20, 1996)
RA0053
Corrosion and solubility of lead in
drinking water (Internal Corrosion of
Water Distribution Systems, AWWA
Research Foundation 1996)
Mr. Michael R. Schock (80%)
NRMRL
Cincinnati, OH
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Ivo Wagner
and Dr. Roger Oliphant)
LEVEL II
New research, critical review and evaluation of
information, and synthesis of guidance for the
control of lead in drinking water.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
RA0087
Root biomass allocation in the world's
upland forests (Oecologia, 111(1): 1-11,
1997)
Mr. Michael A. Cairns (45%)
NHEERL
Corvallis, OR
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Sandra
Brown, Ms. Eileen H. Helmer and
Mr. Greg Baumgardner)
LEVEL II
For providing useful tools to estimate below ground
forest biomass and demonstrating that the primary
determinants of root mass are above ground
biomass, latitude and tree age.
TF0010
Enrichment of marine sediment colloids
with poly chlorinated biphenyls: trends
resulting from PCB solubility and
chlorination (Environmental Science
and Technology, 30(8):2556-2566, 1996)
Dr. Robert Burgess (90%)
NHEERL
Narragansett, RI
(Ineligible authors: Mr. Richard
McKinney and Mr. William A.
Brown)
LEVEL II
Geochemistry of marine sediment colloids and
PCBs.
TF0046
Estimation of trends in atmospheric
concentration of sulfate in the
northeastern united states (Journal of Air
and Waste Management, 46:621-630,
1996)
Dr. Jack H. Shreffler (70%)
Dr. H. Michael Barnes, Jr. (30%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
LEVEL II
This award is presented for a statistical analysis
corroborating a reduction in sulfur emissions by
detecting a downward trend in sulfate in the
atmosphere over the eastern U.S.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
Nominations Recommended for a Level III Award ($1,000) - Total of twenty-two
CS0003
Reliability of surrogates for determining
cryptosporidium removal (Journal of
American Water Works Association,
89(5):90-100, 1997)
Ms. Sylvan Y. Li (30%)
Dr. James A. Goodrich (30%)
Mr. James H. Owens (10%)
Dr. Frank W. Schaefer, III (10%)
Dr. Robert M. Clark (10%)
NRMRL
Cincinnati, OH
(Ineligible author: Dr. Gene E.
Willeke)
LEVEL III
Research identifying a reliable surrogate and
protocol for evaluating Cryptospordium removal
from drinking water.
CS0058
Evaluating plant performance and
endospores (Journal American Water
Works Association, 88(9):122-130,1996)
Dr. Eugene W. Rice (24%)
Mr. Kim R. Fox (19%)
Mr. Darren A. Lytle (19%)
Mr. Cliford H. Johnson (19%)
Mr. Richard J. Miltner (19%)
NRMRL
Cincinnati, OH
LEVEL III
Microbial surrogate technique for measuring water
treatment plant performance.
CS0065
Thermal treatment of 1,2,3,4-
tetrachloridibenzo-p-dioxin by reaction
with Ca-based sorbents at 23-300 C
(Environmental Science and Technology,
31(7):1855-1862, 1997)
Dr. Brian K. Gullet (80%).
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Mr. David
Natschke and Mr. Kevin Bruce)
LEVEL III
Research into the chemical fate of toxic, chlorinatec
organics in air pollution control systems.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
CS0072
Waste and sorbent parameters affecting
mechanisms of transient emissions from
rotary kiln incineration (Combustion
Science and Technology, 116-117:499-
515,1996)
Dr. Paul M. Lemieux (40%)
Dr. William P. Linak (30%)
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible author: Dr. Jost O. L.
Wendt)
LEVEL III
For investigation into waste and sorbent parameters
affecting mechanisms of transient emissions from
rotary kiln incineration.
EC0045
(Combined
with
MM0017)
1. Laboratory effects of microcosm size
and the pesticide chlorpyrifos on benthic
macroinvertebtate colonization of soft
estuarine sediments (Marine
Environmental Research, 43(4) :243-263,
1997)
2. Macrobenthic community
colonization and communtiy
development in dredged material
disposal habitats off coastal louisiana
(Environmental Pollution, 96(2): 141-
154, 1997)
Dr. David A. Flemer (40%)
Mr. James C. Moore (10%)
NHEERL
Gulf Breeze, FL
(Ineligible authors: Ms. Barbara F.
Ruth and Dr. Charles M. Bundrick)
Dr. David A. Flemer (50%)
NHEERL
Gulf Breeze, FL
(Ineligible authors: Ms. Barbara F.
Ruth, Dr. Charles M. Bundrick and
Dr. Gary R. Gaston)
LEVEL III
For contributions into the development of laboratory
methods of assessing the effects of pesticides on
community-level benthic attributes.
For contributions into the development of field
methods for assessing the effects of dredge disposal
waste on macrobenthic communities.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0024
1. Assessment of regional deposition of
inhaled particles in human lungs by
serial bolus delivery method (Journal of
Applied Physiology, 81(5):2203-2213,
1996)
2. Comparative measurement of lung
deposition of inhaled fine particles in
normal subjects and patients with
obstructive airway disease (American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care
Medicine, 155:899-905, 1997)
Dr. Chong S. Kim (70%)
Dr. Timothy M. Gerrity (5%)
Ms. Paulette Dewitt (5%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Shu-Chieh
Hu and Dr. Thomas C. Kang)
LEVEL III
Lung dosimetry of inhaled particles in normals and
patients with obstructive airway disease.
HE0029
Prediction of ozone-induced FEV1
changes: effects of concentration,
duration and ventilation (American
Jouurnal of Respiratory and Critical Care
Medicine, 156(3):715-722, 1997)
Dr. William F. McDonnell (35%)
Dr. Elston Seal, Jr. (15%)
Dr. Howard R Kehrl (10%)
Mr. Lawrence J. Folinsbee (10%)
Dr. Donald H. Horstman (10%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Paul W.
Stewart, Dr. marjo V. Smith and Dr.
Solange Andreoni)
LEVEL III
For mathematical modeling of ozone exposure-
response relationships in humans.
HE0062
1. Concentration-time relationships for
the effects of inhaled tricholoethylene on
signal detection behavior in rats
(Fundamental and Applied Toxicology,
36:30-38, 1997)
2. The ototoxicity of trichloroethylene:
extrapolation and relevance of high-
concentration, short duration animal
exposure data (Fundamental and Applied
Toxicology, 38:101-106, 1997)
Dr. Philip J. Bushnell (50%)
Dr. Kevin M. Crofton (45%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible author: Mr. Xiaotong
Zhao)
LEVEL III
For research to increase the accurancy of temporal
extrapolation in assessing the risk of neurotoxicity
from volatile organic compounds.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0106
1. HSP70-2 is part of the synaptonemal
complex in mouse and hamster
spermatocytes (Chromosoma,
104(6):414-421, 1996)
2. Targeted gene disruption of Hsp70-2
results in failed meiosis, germ cell
apoptosis, and male infertility
(Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, USA 93(8):3264-3268, 1996)
Dr. James W. Allen (20%)
Dr. David J. Dix (20%)
Ms. Barbara W. Collins (20%)
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. B.A.
Merrick, Dr. C. He, Dr. J.K. Selkirk,
Ms. P. Poorman-Allen, Dr. M.E.
Dresser, Dr. E.M. Eddy, Dr. C.
Mori, Ms. N. Nakamura and Ms. E.
H. Goulding)
LEVEL III
Meiotic mechanisms dependent on a unique heat
shock protein.
MM0035
Simultaneous determination of
ionization constants and isoelectric
points of 12 hydroxy-s-triazines by
capillary zone electophoresis and
capillary isoelectric focusing (Analytical
Chemistry,
69(13):2559-2566, 1997)
Dr. Arthur W. Garrison (35%)
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Philippe
Schmitt, Dr. Thomas Poiger and Dr.
Rupert Simon)
LEVEL III
For application of new technique to measure
parameters that determine the mobilities of ionizabl
environmental pollutants.
MM0043
Characterizing dissolved oxygen
conditions in estuarine environments
(Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, 45:319-328, 1997)
Dr. J. Kevin Summers (75%)
NHEERL
Gulf Breeze, FL
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Stephen B.
Weisberg, Ms. Jingyee Kou, Sr. A.
Fredrick Holland, Ms. Virginia D.
Engle, Dr. Denise L. Breitber, and
Dr. Robert J. Diaz)
LEVEL III
For contributions in the area of rigorous field
testing, evaluations and characterizations of
indicators of dissolved oxygen as a component of
ecological condition of estuarine ecosytems.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
MM077
1. Determination of bromate in drinking
waters by ion chromatography with
inductively coupled plasma mass
spectometric detection (Journal of
Chromatgraphy, 753(2) :261-267, 1996)
2. Determination of bromate in the
presence of brominated haloacetic acids
by ion chromatography with inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometric
detection (Environmental Science and
Technology, 31(7):2059-2063, 1997)
Dr. John T. Creed (50%)
Ms. Carol Brockhoff (40%)
NERL
Cincinnati, OH
(Ineligible author: Dr. Matthew
Magnuson)
LEVEL III
Bromate determination in drinking water in the
presence of brominated haloacetic acids by IC-ICP-
MS.
MM0095
Ambient air concentations of fine (PM2 5)
manganese in united states national
parks and in California and Canadian
cities: the possible impact of adding
MMT to unleaded gasoline (Journal of
Air and Waste Management Association,
47(2):642-652, 1997)
Dr. Lance A. Wallace (50%)
Mr. Terrence Slonecker (50%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
LEVEL III
For estimating background contributions of soil to
airborne fine manganese, in preparation for
determining the impact of adding MMT to unleadec
gasoline.
RA0005
(Formerly
MM0005)
Determination of total organic emissions
from hazardous waste combustors
(Analytical Chemistry, 68(1):156-161,
1996)
Dr. Larry D. Johnson (100%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
Level III
For contribution to decrease in uncertainties in site
specific assessments of hazardous waste combustors
through elucidation of the theory of total organic
emissions methodology.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
RA0011
Human exposure and body burden for
chloroform and other trihalomethanes
(Critical Reviews in Environmental
Science & Technology, 27(2): 113-194,
1997)
Dr. Lance A. Wallace (100%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
LEVEL III
For providing a comprehensive review of human
exposure to chloroform through all important
pathways.
RA0027
Reactive oxygen species in natural
waters (Active Oxygen in Chemistry,
2(8):280-333, 1995)
Dr. Richard G. Zepp (50%)
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible author: Dr. Neil Blough)
LEVEL III
Reactive oxygen species in natural waters.
RA0042
Scientific basis for the voc reactivity
issues raised by section 183(e) of the
clean air act amendments of 1990
(Journal of Air and Waste Management
Association, 30(5): 1680-1686, 1996)
Dr. Basil Dimitiades (100%)
NERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
LEVEL III
For selecting, reviewing and analyzing relevant,
complex scientific evidence, and interpreting it in
terms of scientific bases used by the environmental
protection agency to develop law-required consume:
and commercial product emission control
policies/strategies for ambient ozone reduction.
RM0081
Estimate of methane emissions from the
U.S. natural gas industry (Chemosphere,
35(6):1365-1390, 1997)
Dr. David A. Kirchgessner (80%)
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Mr. Robert A.
Lott, Mr. R. Michael Cowgill and
Mr. Matthew R. Harrison)
LEVEL III
In recognition of contributions to the study of
emissions of green house gases.
TF0031
Propagation of uncertainity through
geochemical code calculations
(Geochumica et Cosmochmica Acta,
60(19):3551-3568, 1996
Mr. Gerrard F. Laniak (30%)
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible authors: Dr. LJ. Criscenti
and Dr. R.L. Erickson)
LEVEL III
For developing innovative methods for predicting
environmental fate with uncertainty analyses.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
TF0034
Factors controlling regioselectivity in the
reduction of polynitroaroamtics in
aqueous solution (Environmental Science
and Technology, 30(10):3028-3038,
1996)
Dr. Eric J. Weber (30%)
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible authors: Ms. Susan E.
Barrows, Dr. Christopher J. Cramer,
Dr. Donald G. Truhlar and Dr.
Michael Elovitz)
LEVEL III
For the use of computational chemistry in predictin
the regioselectivity in the reduction of
polynitroaromatics.
TF0064
Biogenic isoprene emission: model
evaluation in a southeastern united states
bottomland deciduous forest (Journal of
Geophysical Research, 102(D 15): 18,889-
18,901, 1997)
Mr. Christopher D. Geron (50%)
Mr. Robert R. Arnts (30%)
Dr. Joseph E. Sickles II (5%)
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Alex
Guenther, Dr. Thomas Sharkey, Eric
Singsaas, Peter Vanderveer, Dr.
Daline Nie and Dr. Tad Kleindienst)
LEVEL III
Biogenic emission inventory system II model
validation.
TF0080
1. Risk assessment methodology for
karst aquifers: (1) estimating karst
conduit-flow parameters (Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 47(1): 1-21,
1997)
2. Risk assessment methodology for
karst aquifers: (2) solute-transport
modeling (Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment, 47(l):23-37, 1997)
Dr. Malcolm S. Field (95%)
NCEA
Washington, D.C.
(Ineligible author: Dr. Stephen G.
Nash)
LEVEL III
Scientific and technological achievement for
pioneering a new risk assessment methodology for
contaminated sites in karst terranes.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
Nominations Recommended for Honorable Mention - Total of nineteen
CS0038
The possible role of indoor radon
reduction systems in back-drafting
residential combustion appliances
(Indoor Air, 7(3):206-214, 1997)
Dr. Bruce Henschel
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
HONORABLE
MENTION
Analysis explaining when radon reduction systems
might cause residential back-drafting, in support of
ORIA.
CS0056
Test results for fuel cell operation on
landfill gas (Energy-The International
Journal, 22(8):777-786, 1997)
Dr. Ronald J. Spiegel
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Mr. J. C.
Trocciola and Mr. J. L. Preston)
HONORABLE
MENTION
In recognition of the development of a fuel cell
power generator for landfills.
CS0082
Formation and destruction of hexavalent
chromium in a laboratory swirl flame
incinerator (Combust. Sci. and Tech.,
116-117:479-498, 1996)
Dr. William P. Linak
Mr. Jeffery V. Ryan
NRMRL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible author: Dr. Jost O. L.
Wendt)
HONORABLE
MENTION
For research developing a novel control technology
for minimizing hexavalent chromium emissions.
EC0002
The effects of elevated metals on benthic
community metabolism in a rocky
mountain stream (Environmental
Pollution, 92(2): 183-190, 1997)
Dr. Brian H. Hill
Dr. James M. Lazorchak
Dr. Frank H. McCormick
Mr. W. Thomas Willingham
NERL
Cincinnati, OH
HONORABLE
MENTION
For advances in the application of indicators of
ecosystems function in the analysis of disturbances
to streams.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
EC0007
Dermal absorption of three waterborne
chloroethanes in rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) and channel
catfish (Ictalums punctatus)
(Fundamental and Applied Toxicology,
31(0094):218-228, 1996)
A physiologically base toxicolinetic
model for dermal absorption of organic
chemicals by fish (Fundamental and
Applied Toxicology, 31(0095):229-242,
1996)
Dr. James M. Mckim
Dr. John W. Nichols
Mr. Gregory J. Lien
Mr. Alex D. Hoffman
Ms. Gertrude N. Stokes
NHEERL
Duluth, MN
(Ineligible authors: Ms. Sharon L.
Bertelsen, Ms. Carol A. Gallinat and
Ms. Colleen M. Elonen)
HONORABLE
MENTION
An in vivo study of the mechanisms controlling the
dermal exchange surface of fish for use in predictivi
toxicity models.
EC0008
Fate and effects of the herbicide atrazine
in flow through wetland mesocosms
(Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, 15(6):937-946, 1996)
Dr. Naomi Detenbeck
Mr. Roger Hermanutz
Ms. Kathleen Allen
NHEERL
Duluth, MN
(Ineligible author: Dr. Michael
Swift)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Evaluation of the interactive effects of an herbicide
(atrizine) and primary limiting factors on wetland
ecosystems.
EC0012
Effects of light intensity on the
phototoxicity of fluoranthene to benthic
macroinvertebrate (Environmental
Science and Technology, 29(11):2828-
2833, 1995)
Evaluation of models for predicting the
phototoxic potency of poly cyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (Aquatic
Toxicology, 37(1):37-50, 1997)
Dr. Gerald T. Ankley
Dr. Russell J. Erickson
Mr. Gary L. Phipps
Mr. Vincent R. Mattson
Ms. Barbara R. Sheedy
Ms. Patricia A. Kosian
NHEERL
Duluth, MN
(Ineligible author: Ms. Julie S. Cox)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Models for predicting the phototoxic of poly cyclic
hydrocarbons.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
EC0091
Spatial uncertainty analysis: propagation
of onterpolation errors in spatial
distributed models (Ecological Modeling,
91:21-229, 1996)
Dr. Donald L. Phillips
NHEERL
Corvallis, OR
(Ineligible author: Dr. Danny G.
Marks)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Spatial uncertainty analysis: propagation of
interpolation errors in spatially distributed models.
EC0092
(Combined
with EC0094)
1. Allocation of carbon in mycorrhizal
Pinus ponderosa seedlings exposed to
ozone (New Phytologist, 131:471-480,
1995)
2. Lifetime and temporal occurrence of
ectomycorrhizae on ponderose pine
(Pinus ponder so sa laws.) Seedlings
grown under varied atmospheric CO2
and nitrogen levels (Plant and Soil,
189:275-287, 1997)
Dr. Christian P. Andersen
Dr. Paul Rygiewicz
NHEERL
Corvallis, OR
Dr. Paul T. Rygiewicz
Dr. David T. Tingey
NHEERL
Corvallis, OR
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Mark G.
Johnson, Dr. Lisa M. Ganio and Ms.
Majorie J. Storm)
HONORABLE
MENTION
For results leading to a better mechanistic
understanding of ozone effects on rhizosphere
processes.
For research leading to a better understanding on
mycorrhizae in the cycling of carbon through
forested systems.
HE0040
Inflammation and cell damage induced
by repeated exposure of humans to ozone
(Inhalation Toxicology, 9:211-235,
1997)
Dr. Robert B. Devlin
Dr. Lawrence J. Folinsbee
Dr. Gary Hatch
Dr. Hillel S. Koren
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Frank
Biscardi, Dr. Mark Robbins, Dr.
Susanne Becker and Dr. Michael
Madden)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Health effects of repeated exposure of humans to
ozone.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0061
Pesticide appliers, biocides and birth
defects in rural Minnesota
(Environmental Health Perspectives,
104(4):394-399, 1996)
Ms. Dina M. Schreinemachers
Dr. Jack Griffith
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Vincent F.
Gary and Ms. Mary E. Harkins)
HONORABLE
MENTION
A significant contribution to the understanding of
the potential effects of environmental exposure to
pesticides.
HE0070
Selection of models for assessing dose-
response relationships for particle-
induced lung cancer (Inhalation
Toxicology, 8:159-278, 1996)
Dr. Chao W. Chen
NCEA
Washington, DC
(Ineligible author: Dr. Gunter
Oberdorster)
HONORABLE
MENTION
The nominees have made a significant and timely
contribution to the improvement of EPA risk
assessment, by developing an innovative procedure
and demonstrating how biological information can
be incorporated into dose-response modeling.
HE0086
Characterization of the MDCK cell line
for screening neurotoxicants
(Neurotoxicology, 17(2):433-444, 1996)
Cell culture models of interspecies
selectivity to organophosphorus
insecticides (Neurotoxicology,
18(l):283-298, 1997)
Acetylcholinesterase and neuropathy
target esterase inhibitions in
neuroblastoma cells to distinguish
organophosphorus compounds causing
acute and delayed neurotoxicity
(Fundamental and Applied Toxicology,
38:55-63, 1997)
Dr. Bellina Veronesi
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Marion
Enrich, Dr. Jan Krzysztof, Dr.
Marga Oortgiesen, Dr. Heather
Durham, Dr. Marion Enrich, and Dr.
Linda Correll)
HONORABLE
MENTION
This award is given in recognition of federally
sponsored research that focused on developing and
implementing cell culture models to identify and
address the mechanism of action of putative
neurotoxicants.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
HE0097
Nucleoside-mediated mitigation of 5-
fluorouracil-induced toxicity in
synchronized murine erythroleukemic
cells (Toxicology and Applied
Pharmacology, 146:29-39, 1997
Mr. Kenneth H. Elstein
Dr. M. Leonard Mole
Dr. Woodrow Setzer
Dr. Robert M. Zucker
Dr. Robert J. Kavlock
Dr. John Rogers
Dr. Christopher Lau
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
HONORABLE
MENTION
A new mechanism for the exogenous mitigation of
5-fluorouracil-induced toxicity.
HE0101
Carbendazim (mbc) disrupts oocyte
spindle function and induces aneuploidy
in hamsters exposed during fertilization
(meiosis II) (Molecular Reproduction
and Development, 42:200-209, 1995)
Acute exposure of female hamsters to
carbendazim (mbc) during meiosis
results in aneuploid oocytes with
subsequent arrest of embryonic cleavage
and implantation (Reproductive
Toxicology, 10(3): 183-189, 1996)
Use of fungicide carbendazim as a model
compound to determine the impact of
acute chemical exposure during oocyte
maturation and fertilization on
pregnancy outcome in the hamster
(Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology,
114:225-231, 1992)
Dr. Sally D. Perreault
Ms. Susan C. Jeffay
Mr. Randy R. Barbee
NHEERL
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Ineligible authors: Dr. KurtZuelke
and Dr. Bisharah Libbus)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Mechanisms of oocyte and zygote toxicity produced
by acute exposure to a model fungicide: Implication
for female reproductive risk assessment.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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Nom. #
Titles and Citations of
Submitted Papers
Authors* and Nominating
Organization
Recommended
Award Level
Suggested Citation from Nominating
Organization (SAB Comments in paren.)
MM0018
Normalization of metal concentrations in
estuarine sediments from the gulf of
Mexico (Estuaries, 19(3):581-594, 1996)
Dr. J. Kevin Summers
NHEERL
Gulfbrezze, FL
(Ineligible authors: Dr. Terry L.
Wade and Ms. Virginia D. Engle)
HONORABLE
MENTION
For contributions in the area of development of fielc
analytical and statistical approaches for the
assessment of estuarine ecosystem condition.
MM0057
Multi-layer sampling in conventional
monitoring wells for improved
estimation of vertical contaminant
distributions and mass (Journal of
Contaminant Hydrology, 25:85-111,
1997)
Dr. Robert Puls
Ms. Cynthia J. Paul
NRMRL
Ada, OK
HONORABLE
MENTION
Improved methods for high resolution discrete
interval chemical monitoring in water and
watersheds.
RA0025
Predicting environmental fate parameters
with infrared spectroscopy (Trend in
Analytical Chemistry 16(l):24-37, 1997)
Dr. Timothy W. Collette
NERL
Athens, GA
HONORABLE
MENTION
For developing an innovative method for predicting
environmental fate with spectroscopy.
TF0049
Off-target deposition of pesticides from
agricultural aerial spray applications
(Journal of Environmental Quality,
25(5):1095-1104, 1996)
Ms. Sandra L. Bird
NERL
Athens, GA
(Ineligible authors: Mr. David M.
Esterly)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Analysis of off-target deposition of pesticides from
agricultural aerial spray applications.
* NOTE: The percentages given after each name represent the percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination .
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