United States Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Protection and 5upport Laboratory
Agency PO Sox 15027
Las Vegas NV S9114
October-December 1376
oEPA Fourth Quarter Report
Environmental
Monitoring and
Support Laboratory
Las Vegas
.A i
-------
FOURTH QUARTER REPORT
OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SUPPORT LABORATORY
LAS VEGAS
OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 1978
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SUPPORT LABORATORY
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114
-------
CONTENTS
Page
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING 1
MONITORING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 3
EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT 5
MONITORING 6
QUALITY ASSURANCE 8
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 9
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS 13
-------
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING
Phenol levels in human urine have been used in the past to quantitatively
measure exposure to benzene because benzene is converted to phenol by the
liver. The Laboratory has completed a series of studies to determine the
effect of lead on the ability of rat liver enzyme preparations to convert
benzene to phenol because humans may be simultaneously exposed to these
agents, both of which are present in gasoline.
Results from an in vitro study showed that the conversion of benzene to
phenol by rat liver homogenate is enhanced when very low concentrations of
lead nitrate are added to such preparations. However, increased
concentrations of lead nitrate inhibit this conversion.
In a second study, rats were exposed for 15 weeks to lead chloride in
their drinking water. After 6, 9, 12 and 15 weeks, a group of control and
lead-treated rats were sacrificed. Liver, bone, and blood samples from each
rat were obtained and are being prepared for lead analysis. Liver enzyme
homogenates were prepared from each rat and the ability of the homogenates to
convert benzene to phenol was examined. At the end of this study, a
statistically significant increase in the ability of liver enzyme preparations
to convert benzene to phenol was observed in lead-treated rats.
The results of these studies show it is possible that exposure to lead at
low levels could increase phenol excretion, whereas exposure at higher
concentrations could inhibit the conversion of benzene to phenol. Therefore,
monitoring urinary phenol as an index of benzene exposure in humans should be
used with caution because exposure to benzene in gasolines usually involves
simultaneous exposure to lead.
(Data source: Dr. J. A. Santolucito, Ext, 276)
In order to compare the biological availability of lead from auto exhaust
with that shown in results of lead-salt studies completed earlier, 36 rats
were fed dust collected from four different public schools in the Los Angeles
area. Ten rats were used as controls. The animals were housed in metabolism
cages and fed 1/2 gram of dust daily for 59 days. Urine and feces samples
were collected daily and composited by groups. Individual samples were
collected weekly. Tissue samples from the sacrificed animals are being
analyzed for lead and other pollutants.
(Data source: A. A. Mullen, Ext. 281)
1
-------
In efforts to identify critical routes of exposure to ubiquitous organic
and inorganic pollutants, the Laboratory is developing methods for assessing
the transformation of toxic chemicals mediated by biological and nonbiological
soil factors. Current studies are concerned with binding constants and
partitioning coefficients.
(Data source: Dr. G. B. Wiersma, Ext. 294)
The rates of uptake of inorganic and organic chemicals by plants are being
researched through the use of experimental microcosms. This project is aimed
at developing sampling methodology. Plans are to study carbon dioxide
management techniques and the phenomena and effects of oxygen and ethylene as
they are produced and utilized in the microcosms.
{Data source: Dr. J. C. McFarlane, Ext. 394)
In studies to develop an exposure monitoring methodology for precursors of
carcinogens, five commonly used carbamate pesticides were tested for their
ability to serve as precursors of nitrosamine biosynthesis. Of the five, the
dithi©carbamate, Ziram, was found to be most effective. Sodium thiocyanate
was found to tatalyze the biosynthesis of M-nitrosomorpholi ne and both
alphatocopherol and ascorbic acid were found to inhibit its biosynthesis.
(Data source: Dr. J. A. Santolucito, Ext. 276)
DOE REIMBURSABLE BIOLOGICAL MOfllTORIUG ACTIVITIES
The Laboratory continued operation of the Nevada Test Site experimental
farm in support of the Department of Energy. Activities included the roundup
of the Area 18 beef herd and the semiannual sacrifice and sampling of six
animals. Forty animals were deemed surplus and transferred to the University
of Nevada-Reno. All 1978 calves were transported to Area 15 for weaning and
branding. Samples were collected from 20 desert bighorn sheep through the
cooperation of licensed hunters. Other animals sampled during this period
include a feral horse, two chukkar, two golden eagles and a mule deer, whose
deaths were the result of accidents. The deer migration study was also
continued.
(Data source: Dr. D. D. Smith, Ext. 281)
2
-------
MONITORING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
EXPOSURE MONITORING METHODOLOGY
To improve various aspects of monitoring systems design, the Laboratory is
developing statistical methods to analyze existing data bases and nonitoring
operational records. During this quarter, work was initiated on the
development of an algorithm for selecting the optimum number of sampling sites
in a network for monitoring air quality. Meteorological data are being
analyzed to verify, for carbon monoxide in St. Loui s, the alternative network
design methodology based on wind gradients (airflow).
(Data source: Dr. J. L. McElroy, Ext. 241)
Work was initiated on developing an updated emissions inventory of
hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen in the Las Vegas Valley for input to the
photochemical source-grid diffusion model . Concurrently, application tests of
the deterministic wind model are being conducted in the Valley. Additional
hydrocarbon data are required: supplemental measurements must be taken during
the oxidant season {spring and summer).
(Data source: Dr. J. J. Behar, Ext. 241)
GEOTHERMAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
The Laboratory is conducting studies to assess the actual and potential
environmental impacts of existing and potential geothermal energy resource
development. As part of this program, plant and animal studies are being
conducted in the known geothermal resource area (KGRA) around Roosevelt Hot
Springs, Utah. To date, plant and soil samples have been collected from 287
sites and prepared for analysis, with tissues and soi 1 extracts in the process
of analysis. Plant community/aerial photograph mapping has been completed and
soil and plant communities were identified.
The animal field investigations to select animal indicators as biological
monitors for geothermal resource development have been completed. Tissue
samples collected from the fauna in the KGRA have been assayed for elemental
concentrations, with assays for lead in bone, and arsenic in hair in process.
3
-------
These element concentration data are being entered on a Laboratory computer
program for data reduction along with small marxial population data previously
entered.
(Data source : K. W. Brown, Ext. 394)
Plant uptake studies using different concentrations of geothermal brines
were completed in laboratory greenhouse and environmental simulator
facilities. These studies included root exposures of various plant species
via hydroponic and soil applications. The movement of geothermal brines in
various soils was also documented.
(Data source: Dr. G. B. Uiersma, Ext. 394)
ENERGY-RELATED MONITORING
The Laboratory is participating in a comprehensive program to provide and
evaluate air and water quality data in the western areas of the U.S. that are
or will be most seriously impacted by present or projected energy-related
development activities.
In one of the energy-related projects, data are being analyzed from the
first 6 months of field measurements in the 14-station visibility monitoring
network, covering portions of the five states in the Four Corners area. A
Visibility Research Station has been set up at Canyonlands National Park to
test various visibility measurement methods. A comprehensive report on the
state-of-the-art of visibility monitoring technology is being prepared in
conjunction with this project.
Monitoring guidelines for fluidized bed combustion of coal are being
developed through a contractor. Environmental pollutants associated with the
various processes of fluidized bed combustion were identified and
characterized.
(Data source: Dr. D. N. McNeli s , Ext. 261)
Monitoring research is also being conducted on groundwater quality impacts
from oil shale developments and strip mining of western coal. Efforts
concerning strip mining have dealt with the design on monitoring programs for
three related areas: pollution problems concerned with population relocation,
active mines and mi nemouth electric power plants, and reclaimed mine sources.
Activities concerning oil shale emphasize the impacts of modified in situ
processes, including the identification and priority ranking of associated
pollutants and potential pollution sources.
(Data source: L . G . McMi11 ion, Ext. 241)
4
-------
EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES DEVELOPMENT
The Laboratory is evaluating use of an airborne laser fluorosensor to
remotely monitor surface waters for the concentration of chlorophyll in algae.
The system, presently installed in a Laboratory helicopter, uses a downward-
looking pulsed laser to excite fluorescence in the chlorophyl1-beari ng algae
present in varying concentrations in all natural surface waters. Extensive
laboratory tests were performed during this quarter to find a suitable set of
filters to isolate the Raman reference signal from water. This signal is used
to normalize the return fluorescence signal. Tests of the system in flight
will be conducted during the first quarter of calendar year 1979.
Aerial multispectral scanner data and photographic imagery have been
collected with the Laboratory's remote sensing aircraft with partial support
from the Naval Oceanographic Research and Development Activity (TIORDA) Gulf
Loop Experiment near Panama City, Florida. This information was collected
coincident with satellite overflights and ground data collection by other
participati ng organizations. The data are to be used by the Laboratory to
examine spectral reflectance properties of water bodies and the intervening
atmosphere as input to remote sensing development such as measurement of
turbidity levels.
In addition to the use and refinement of aerial photograph interpretation
"keys" developed by other agencies, the Laboratory is developing keys specific
to environmental assessment. These keys are particular patterns, texture,
color differences, structures, or other characteristics on aerial photographs
that enable a trained photointerpreter to identify and characterize surface
situations or conditions. A sanitary landfill leachate detection/impact
interpretation key and harbor pollution source key have been completed and are
currently being evaluated. Development of the failing septic system keys has
opened a vigorous line of technical support activity. Programs using keys
developed at this Laboratory are presently active in Regions 3, 5 and 8, with
similar programs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in the
States of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine.
(Data source: Dr. D. N, McNeli s, Ext. 261}
5
-------
MONITORING
The Las Vegas Laboratory provided radiological safety support for all
nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site by the U.S. Department of
Energy during this quarter. This support included participation in the
Containment Evaluation Panel and the Test Controller's Advisory Panel
meetings, the use of aircraft for meteorological measurements and aerial
noni tori ng, and the deployment of mobile radiological monitoring personnel to
the off-site areas downwind of the projected wind trajectory path. No release
of radioactivity occurred as a result of tests conducted during this quarter.
Plans were formulated for compilating historical exposure assessments from
nuclear testing activities. Stored files and records were recovered and data
compilations will begin in March 1979.
Technical support was given to the florthern Marshal 1 Island Survey.
Thirteen atolls and islands were photographed and aerially surveyed for gamma
radiation, and samples were collected of water, marine organisms, soil, edible
crops, domestic animals, and native vegetation.
The Air Surveillance Network (ASH), consisting of 49 continuously
operating stations, was active during this period. Standby stations at 66
locations in states west of the Mississippi River were activated in December
to monitor for airborne radioactivity resulting from the atmospheric nuclear
test of December 14, 1978, by the People's Republic of China. All stations
continued to operate throughout the quarter. Preliminary analytical results
of selected air samples collected from the ASN indicated that the airborne
radioactivity from the Chinese test of December was below the minimum
detectable concentrations for individual radionuclides. However, after all
samples from the ASN for this quarter were analyzed, the fresh fission
products iodine-131 and barium-140 were detected at concentrations slightly
above detection limits at locations other than those selected for preliminary
reporting. The highest concentrations of these nuclides were 0.085 picocuries
per cubic meter (pCi/m^) at Sozeman, Montana, and 0.25 pCi/m^ at Provo,
Utah, respectively. Both these concentrations were <0.03 percent of the
maximum permissible concentration recommended by the National Committee on
Radiation Protection for continuous exposure of the general population.
The Noble Gas and Tritium Surveillance Network was continued with four
on-site and seven off-site stations in operation. Construction of a prototype
sampling system utilizing a cryogenic refrigerator to collect liquid air
samples is nearly complete. Preparations for field evaluation after its
completion are in process.
6
-------
The Milk Surveillance Network and the Dosimetry Network were operated as
usual. Routine quarterly milk samples were collected from 16 locations and
the quarterly exchange of thermoluminescent dosimeters used for monitoring
integrated ambient radiation exposure at 78 locations was completed.
Quarterly water samples were collected for the fourth time from the 12 new
wells at the Project Dribble site in Mississippi. These sampling wells are
used for monitoring subsurface tritium contamination caused previously by
post-shot drill-back and cleanup operations. Also, 31 monthly water samples
were collected at 11 sampling locations for the Long-Term Hydrological
Monitoring Program at the Nevada Test Site.
(Data source: E. W. Bretthauer, Ext. 342)
7
-------
QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Laboratory conducts a nationwide interlaboratory comparison quality
assurance program to help assure that environmental data produced by federal,
state, local, and private laboratories are compatible, accurate, and legally
defensible. Approximately 1,000 samples of various environmental media {milk,
water, air, food, soil, and gases) containing known activity levels of various
radionuclides were distributed to the 180 participating laboratories for
analyses. The precision and accuracy of their radioactivity measurements were
assessed and reports were sent to the participants at monthly or quarterly
intervals. Also, a second "laboratory performance evaluation study (blind
sample) was prepared and distributed in support of the National Interim
Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
At the request of Regions I and 2, onsite laboratory evaluations were
conducted and reports of findings prepared for five state laboratories. Also,
at the request of Region 4, assistance was provided in the evaluation of a
radiation laboratory in Kentucky,
{Data source: A. N. Jarvis, Ext. 381)
8
-------
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
On request of the Office of Toxic Substances, the Laboratory completed a
search and procurement of government agency archival aerial photography for 51
industrial facilities. The photographic data will be reproduced and used as
base maps for Agency planning in monitoring industrial facilities producing
toxic substances. The enlargement of photographs at various scales will
continue into the first quarter of calendar year 1979.
A project was initiated to acquire light aircraft sensor pod (ENVIRO-POD)
and contractor support aerial photography of hazardous waste disposal sites.
The information, as requested by the Office of Solid Waste, will be furnished
in the form of photography, map overlays, briefing visual aids, and narrative
interpretations, supplemented with other government reports and data.
On request of the Bureau of Reclamation through Region 8, aerial
multispectral scanner and photography flights are being conducted to locate
small seeps and saltwater springs in the temperature range of 13° C to 18° C
at a site in Colorado.
The Laboratory performed a demonstration project using remote sensing
applications techniques to support development and implementation of marine
discharge regulations on request of the Water Program Operations Office. Two
test sites in Boston Harbor were used to demonstrate aerial photography and
multispectral scanning in mapping differences in turbidity, temperature, and
marine discharges from municipal outfalls.
At the request of the Oil and Special Materials Control Division (OSMCD)
of the Office of Water and Waste Management, in cooperation with Region 4, the
Laboratory provided emergency response support in collecting and analyzing
aerial photography of a train wreck near Princeton, Kentucky. The train,
carrying vinyl chloride, chlorine, sodium chlorate, amyl chloride, and
hydrogen peroxide, had derailed.
Also on request of the OSMCD, flights were conducted in support of the
Spill Prevention Control and Counter-measures Program. These services entailed
imagery-collection flights and delivery of annotated photographs and maps and
a detailed written report. These projects were to:
• inventory and inspect selected oil fields in the
Allegheny National Forest near Warren, Pennsylvania.
9
-------
• inventory and inspect Aneth Oil Fields near Bluff,
Utah, and the San Juan River.
• locate and document oil spilling into the Farmington Bay Bird
Refuge near Famington, Utah. (It was estimated that 3,000
barrels of oil had escaped from a rupture in a pipeline before
the flow could be restrained or diverted.)
• locate and document oil spilling into the Red River and Big
Rock Coulee from production areas near Cut Bank, Montana.
• collect and analyze color infrared photography of oil-affected
mangroves and marsh areas in East Tampa Bay in support of an
environmental assessment of the area following an oil spill
that occurred in October 1378.
Remote sensing projects conducted for EPA Regional Offices are listed
below by Region. Those indicated by an asterisk(*) were initiated during this
quarter or are continuing, all others having been completed. All projects
entailed the acquisition, processing, interpretation, and delivery of data
collected from aerial platforms. The resultant data were presented in the
form of color and infrared photography, map sheets, annotated overlays or
other imagery displays, and detailed narrative reports, as requested by the
Region.
REGION 3
Aerial imagery was acquired with use of the ENVIRO-POD, processed and
interpreted, and provided along with technical briefings to the U.S.
Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in support of litigation
involving four mushroom-growing farms in Chester County. The material
furnished was instrumental in proving effluent violations.
Thermal scanning was used to determine if various power plants in
Pennsylvania, Mew Jersey, and the Washington, D.C., area are in compliance
with the thermal limitations imposed in their National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permits. These limitations are state thermal water
quality standards applied outside designated mixing zones. The report
furnished included photographs of thermal plumes and isothermal data depicted
on scaled illustrations of the receiving stream.
REGION 4
* Photographic and multispectral scanner data of selected sites were
collected for the Region Enforcement Division. These sites are presently
controversial and enforcement action is anticipated. Baseline data will also
be collected along the coastline where permit and enforcement action is
expected.
10
-------
Aerial photographs collected over Everglades City, Florida, were
comprehensi vely analyzed in support of Enforcement Division litigation. Photo
mosaics were compiled with annotated overlays and an analysis report of
drainage patterns was furnished, including identifiction of vegetation types.
Photoanalysts participated in pre-trial conferences.
REGION 5
Remote sensing techniques were used to characterize the environment of the
Nettle Lake area of Williams County, Ohio. The work was in support of
environmental impact statement preparation involving construction of a
wastewater collection and treatment system. Color aerial photographs of the
lake were collected and used as a common base map for displaying existing
environmental components. Overlays displayed the following categories of
information: water drainage, vegetation type and extent of cover, existing
land use, political boundaries, soil types and location, significant geologic
formations, groundwater location, potential flood-prone zones, types and
habitat location of rare and endangered wildlife species, and the area
topography. Components that have common or mutual relationships were combined
on a single overlay for convenience in future analysis. A narrative text was
also furnished, identifying significant features or characteristics.
REGION 6
* Aerial photographic data are being collected to document surface water
drainage through a uranium mill near Marquez, and to update photographic
coverage of a uranium mill and adjacent open-pit mines near Moquino, New
Mexico.
Remote sensing techniques were applied to delineate the "bottomland" and
measure acreages in the Cache River Basin in central Arkansas for an inventory
being prepared by the Region.
REGION 7
Separate technical reports for the spring and summer seasons, including
duplicate copies of aerial imagery, were prepared to detect seeps and springs
which allow groundwater to surface and drain into the Cedar River in Iowa.
Two industrial sites were also surveyed in this project to determine if waste
pond seepage was reaching the river.
Photographic data were collected to complete a Regional land-use study of
Soldier Creek Basin near Kansas City, Kansas. The Space Technology Center,
University of Kansas, wil1 interpret the film to identify 1 and uses, land
cover, erosion sites and land treatment practices.
11
-------
REGION 8
Color infrared photography of federal oil shale lease tracts and other oil
shale properties was acquired to complement available photographic coverage of
the areas in the Western Energy Program.
REGION 10
Remote sensing methods were used to evaluate water quality and hydraulic
characteristics of marinas in the Pacific Northwest. Data on temperature,
chlorophyll a^ oil and grease, and Rhodamine WT dye were used to establish
guidelines for review of construction permits. The data delivered include
maps of each parameter.
(Data source : Dr. D. N. HcNel i s, Ext. 261)
CONSULTATION
On request of Regional and other EPA offices, consultation services are
routinely provided by Laboratory technical and scientific personnel . During
this quarter Laboratory representatives provided the following services:
Reviewed "Alternative for Management of Atchafalaya Basin,"
a report to be presented at public meetings; and assisted
in preparation of an Atchafalaya Basin public information
brochure and a notice, "Announcement of Public Meetings to
Discuss Management Alternatives of the Atchafalaya Basin.''
These services were provided in conjunction with sampling
and evaluation services being provided by the Laboratory as
part of an interagency study of environmental management
problems in the Atchafalaya, Louisiana, Basin.
Remote Sensing Division representatives attended the EPA
Environmental Impact Statement Preparers Conference held in
San Antonio, Texas, November 14 through 17, 1978. Aerial
photo interpretation and digital image analysis methods used
as alternatives to ground survey work were presented. Included
were surveying areas for failing septic tanks and analysis
through computerized digital integration of environmentally
significant parameters such as land use, topography, soils,
rainfall, and population density.
12
-------
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
PROJECT REPORTS
DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN INDIANA LAKES, by F. A. Morris, et al .,
V. W. Lambou, project officer. EPA-600/3-78-078, August 1978.
TRACE ELEMENTS IN SOIL AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT, by G. B.
Wiersma and A. B. Crockett. EPA-600/3-78-079, August 1978.
TESTS OF THE DUAL DIFFERENTIAL RADIOMETER UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS, by R. W.
Thomas. EPA-600/4-78-045, August 1978.
MERCURY, LEAD} ARSENIC, AND CADMIUM IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE: THE NEED FOR
ADEQUATE STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS, by Werner F. Beckert.
EPA-600/4-78-051, August 1978.
DEVELOPMENT OF A POLLUTANT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR BIOSPHERE RESERVES, by
G. B. Wiersma, et al . EPA-600/4-78-052, September 1978.
CARBON MONOXIDE NETWORK DESIGN METHODOLOGY—APPLICATION IN THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY, by J. L. McElroy, et al . EPA-600/4-78-053, September 1978.
AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS OF A COPPER SMELTER PLUME IN MONTANA: The Anaconda
Company, Anaconda, Montana, October 1 - December 9, 1976; by F. G. Johnson, et
al. EPA-600/4-78-054, September 1978.
GROUND-BASED SULFUR DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS WITHIN A COPPER SMELTER PLUME—
ANACONDAj MONTANA, by J. J. van Ee. EPA-600/4-78-055 , September 1978.
EVALUATING THE SAMPLING FREQUENCIES OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS
by D. S. Gilmore, project officer. EPA-600/7-78-169, August 1978.
AUTOMATED IN SITU WATER QUALITY SENSOR WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 14-15, 1978.
EPA-600/9-78-034, October 1978.
13
-------
PAPERS PRESENTED
METEOROLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, by G. B. Morgan, T. R. Hauser,
0. G. Ballinger. Presented by Erich Bretthauer at the 1978 Symposium of the
National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Washington, D .C., October 4,
1978.
A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CAMERA POD, THE ENVIRO-POD, by Gordon E. Howard, Jr.
Presented at the American Society of Photogrammetry, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
October 15-21, 1978.
MULTISPECTRAL SCANNING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, by David N. McNelis
and Robert W. Landers. Presented at the Water and Wastewater Symposium,
Miami, Florida. November 12-16, 1978.
REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REIMBURSABLE WORK
ANIMAL INVESTIGATION PROGRAM 1976 ANNUAL REPORT; NEVADA TEST SITE AND
VICINITY, by D. D. Smith, et al. EMSL-LV-0539-20.
AGRONOMIC PRACTICES OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE EXPERIMENTAL DAIRY FARM FROM
1974 THROUGH 1977, by E. M. Daley. EMSL-LV-0539-21.
METABOLISM OF AMERICIUM-241 IN DAIRY ANIMALS, by W. W. Sutton, et al .
EMSL-LV-0539-22.
14
-------
Director
G.B. Morgan
Deputy Director
Di. R.E. Stanley
Information
Services Staff
G.S. Douglas
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
P.O. Box 15027 • 944 East Harmon • Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
Telephone (702)736-2969 • FTS 695-2969
Tenant Organizations
Office of Program
Management
and Support
W.E. Pelrie
Branches:
General Services
M. Carpenter
Computer Services
G. Allison
Facilities and
Engineering Services
R. Coulter
Health and
Safety Staff
Dr. M.E. Kaye
Monitoring Systems
Design and
Analysis Staff
D.B. Gilmore. Actg.
Monitoring Systems
Research and
Development Division
Or. J. A. Santolucito
Branches:
Methods Development
and Analytical Support
Or. E. Meier
Quality Assurance
A Jarvis
Pollutant Pathways
Or. G Wiersma
Exposure/Dose
Assessment
Dr. G. Poller
Farm and Animal
Investigation
Or. 0. Smith
Monitoring Operations
Division
E W. firetihauer
Branches:
Water and land
Quality
V. Larabou
Air Quality
R. Snelliity
Environmental
Radiation
W. Bliss, Actg
Aircraft Operations
C. Dropp
Remote Sensing
Division
Or. O N. McNelis
Branches:
Remote Sensing
Operations
H. Landers
Remote Monitoring
Methods
J. Echert
Environmental
Photographic
Interpretation
Complex
V. Webb
Office of Radiation
Programs,
Las Vegas Facility
D.W. Hendricks
Regional Services
Staff
R.E. Jaquish
Las Vegas
Accounting Office
i.A. Demers
Personnel Office
Las Vegas
A. Sandoval, Jr.
Region IX
Las Vegas Unit
R. Cummins
Office for Civil
Rights
M. Woods
-------
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Environmental Monitoring
and Support Laboratory
P O. 8on 15027
Las Vegas NV 89114
Officat Business
Penalty for Private Usa
$300
EPA REGION V, LIBRARY
230 SOUTH DEARBORN* ROOM 1417
516
Postage and
Fees Paid
Environmental
Protection
Agency
EPA 335
First Class
Mail
CHICAGO, II *0604
If your rttfrm* )« incorrect pi«aa« cfts-ngt on th# <6o«*
latwi; l««r olf; *nd r#tum ta EM *t>ov* *ddr**c,
if GO not d«*lr* ig conllnu* rtcrtvmg |hl»t»cniC*J report
«fl«. CHECK HERS Q t**r oft libd, mms return it lo tP»
a.bovt idtirvft*.
------- |