[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13993-13994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7082]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6313-2]


Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and 
Technology will co-sponsor, along with Battelle, the ``22nd 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 annual conference will be held on June 2-3, 1999. On June 2, 
1999 the conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On 
June 3, 1999 the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 4:15 
p.m.
    On June 4, 1999 a workshop sponsored by Horizon Technology, Inc. 
will be held in addition to the conference. The workshop topic and 
program times are: Implementation of EPA Method 1664 for Oil and Grease 
Testing Workshop, June 4, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza 
Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference and workshop arrangements 
are being arranged by Battelle. For information on registration, hotel 
rates, transportation, social events, and reservations call the 
Battelle coordinator, Lynn McLeod, at (781) 952-5381. If you have 
technical questions regarding the conference program, contact the EPA 
coordinator, Cindy Simbanin, at (202) 260-5019 or by facsimile at (202) 
260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 22nd Annual Conference on Analysis of 
Pollutants in the Environment is designed to bring together 
representatives of regulated industries, commercial environmental 
laboratories, state and federal regulators, and environmental 
consultants and contractors to discuss all aspects of environmental 
measurement with a particular focus on analytical methods and related 
issues.
    The draft program for the conference follows:

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Welcome and Status of EPA Office of Water Activities

8:30 am  Welcome--Carlton Hunt, Battelle
8:45 am  U.S. EPA's Office of Water Activities--James Hanlon, U.S. EPA 
Office of Science & Technology
 9:00 am  U.S. EPA's Wastewater Analytical Program Activities--William 
Telliard, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology
9:30 am  U.S. EPA's Drinking Water Analytical Program Activities--
Richard Reding, U.S. EPA Technical Support Center

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10:00 am  Break

Cryptosporidium

10:15 am  Validating and Implementing Method 1622 to Monitor for 
Protozoa in Surface Water--Kevin Connell, DynCorp, Inc. Information & 
Enterprise Technology
10:45 am  Development of Methods for Determination of Cryptosporidium 
in Wastewater and Sewage--Zia Bukhari, Clancy Environmental 
Consultants, Inc.

Inorganics

11:15 am  Total Cyanide by Flow Injection, UV Digestion, and 
Amperometric Detection--Mike Straka, OI Analytical
11:45 am  Lunch
1:15 pm  Analytical Challenges with Determination of Perchlorate in 
Environmental Matrices--Andrew Eaton, Montgomery-Watson Laboratories

National Fish Study

1:45 pm  U.S. EPA's National Study of Chemical Residues in Lake Fish 
Tissue--Jane Farris, U.S. EPA Health & Ecological Criteria Division

Organics

2:15 pm  Extraction and Cleanup Procedures Used In the Columbia River 
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Study--Robert Rieck, U.S. EPA Manchester 
Laboratory
2:45 pm  Break
3:00 pm  Low Detection Limit Methods for the Determination of VOCs in 
Air and Water as Applied in the USGS National Water Quality Assessment 
(NAWQA) Program--J. F. Pankow, Oregon State University
3:30 pm  CDD/CDF Patterns in Industrial Discharges--Dale Rushneck, 
Interface, Inc.
4:00 pm  Stability of VOC and SVOC Analytes in Environmental Samples--
O.R. West, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:30 pm  Drugs in Sewage Treatment Plant Effluents in Canada and 
Germany--Chris Metcalfe, Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent 
University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
5:00 pm  Adjourn

Thursday, June 3, 1999

Detection and Quantitation

8:45 am  Detectability of Semi-Volatile Pollutants by GCMS with 
Software Thresholds ``On and Off''--Bruce Colby, Pacific Analytical, 
Inc.

Whole-Effluent Toxicity (WET)

9:15 am  Procedures for Identifying Probable False Positives in Whole 
Effluent Toxicity Data--Timothy F. Moore, Risk Sciences
9:45 am  QC of WET Methods--(Speaker to be announced)
10:15 am  Break
10:30 am  A State's Perspective on WET Methods--(Speaker to be 
announced)
11:00 am  U.S. EPA's Position on WET Methods--Stephen Sweeney, U.S. EPA 
Office of General Counsel

Metals

11:30 am  Mercury in the Environment and Selection of Appropriate 
Analytical Methods for Monitoring Needs--Anna Rule, Hampton Roads 
Sanitation District
12 Noon  Lunch
1:30 pm  A Critical Need for the New Millennium: Reliable U.S. EPA-
Approved Trace Metals Speciation Methods--Nicolas Bloom, Frontier 
Geosciences, Inc.
2:00 pm  Direct Speciation of Selenium and Other Metalloids in Aqueous 
Samples--Implications for Research and Remediation--D. Wallschlaeger, 
Frontier Geosciences, Inc.
2:30 pm  Determination of Hydride-Forming Elements at U.S. EPA Ambient 
Water Quality Criteria Levels by Hydride Generation and Graphite 
Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry--Khouane Ditthavong, U.S. 
EPA Office of Science & Technology
3:00 pm  Break
3:15 pm  Supplementary Effluent Data and Regulatory Status of U.S. EPA 
Method 1631: Mercury by Purge and Trap, Desorption, and Atomic 
Fluorescence--Maria Gomez-Taylor, U.S. EPA Office of Science & 
Technology
3:45 pm  Application of ICP/MS Technology for Trace Metals Analysis--
Paula Hogg, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
4:15 pm  Closing Remarks

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
James Hanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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