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[FR Doc No: 94-5718]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of conference.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Science and Technology and the Water Environment 
Federation, co-sponsors, will hold the ``17th Annual Conference on 
Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment'' to discuss all aspects of 
environmental measurement. The conference is open to the public.

DATES: The conference will be held on May 3-5, 1994, from 8:30 am to 
4:45 pm. On May 3, 1994, the first session will begin at 1 pm and last 
until 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Omni International Hotel, 
777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference arrangements are being 
coordinated by the Water Environment Federation. For information on 
registration, hotel rates, transportation, social events and 
reservations call the Water Environment Federation Conference Service 
Line at 1-800 666 0206 to receive a brochure. If you have technical 
questions regarding the conference program please contact William 
Telliard, Office of Science and Technology (Mail Code 4303), telephone 
(202) 260-7120, fax (202) 260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The conference is designed to bring together 
commercial environmental laboratories, regulated industries, State and 
Federal regulatory agencies, and consulting and contracting firms to 
exchange state-of-the-art technical information on aquatic pollutant 
measurement. Special Sessions will be held on EPA's studies of 
alternative solvents to Freon 113 in the measurement of ``oil and 
grease'', and the development of methods for the determination of trace 
metals in ambient waters.
    The session on Freon substitution will cover the results of EPA's 
Phase II Study of the determination of ``oil and grease'' and ``total 
petroleum hydrocarbons'' (TPHs). Freon replacement studies by the 
American Petroleum Institute and the laundry industry will be 
presented. The session will include updates on solid-phase extraction 
techniques using cartridges and disks, and the determinations of ``oil 
and grease'' and TPH by infra-red adsorption. The session will be 
capped by discussion of the criteria that EPA will use in the selection 
of alternate solvent(s) for Freon 113 and technique(s) in the oil and 
grease test.
    The session on trace metals determinations will cover EPA guidance 
for sampling and analytical methods with associated QC to support the 
determination of metals at EPA ambient water quality levels. The 
session will include discussions of clean and ultra-clean techniques. A 
case study of an environmental monitoring program establishing site-
specific water quality criteria for trace metals in the San Francisco 
Bay will be presented. The session will also cover techniques for 
determination of arsenic, selenium, and mercury at EPA and State 
ambient water quality criteria levels.
    Topics for the 17th annual conference will include: effects of 
interferences in methods for cyanide, performance characteristic of 
isotope dilution HRGC/LRMS method for volatiles, characterization of 
non-purgeable organic halogen in river water adjacent to Kraft mill 
discharge and micellular electrokinetic capillary chromatograpy. The 
conference will include discussion on the setting of discharge 
limitations and problems with EPA's method detection limit (MDL). EPA's 
approach to performance-based methods and performance evaluation of 
methods will be discussed. Additional subjects include EPA's approval 
process for a nationwide alternate test procedure for pesticides, high-
speed system for biochemical oxygen demand, and false positives for 
gasoline and diesel range organics from blowby in internal combustion 
engines.

    Dated: March 7, 1994.
Tudor Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 94-5718 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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