[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10886-10887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4117]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6945-6]


Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of conference.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Science and Technology and Battelle, co-
sponsors, will hold the ``24th 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 May 8-10, 2001. On May 8, 
2001, the conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. On 
May 9, 2001, the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 5 
p.m.
    On May 10, 2001, a workshop on detection/quantitation will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Renaissance Portsmouth 
Hotel, 425 Water Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference and workshop arrangements 
are being conducted by Battelle. For information on registration, hotel 
rates, transportation, social events, and reservations call Chantal 
Keleher, Battelle, at (781) 952-5303. If you have technical questions 
regarding the conference or workshop programs, please contact Marion 
Kelly, e-mail: [email protected] or by facsimile at (202) 260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 24th 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, municipal water and 
wastewater laboratories, and environmental consultants and contractors 
to discuss all aspects of environmental measurement with a particular 
focus on environmental water regulations, compliance monitoring, and 
related issues.
    The draft program for the conference follows:

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

Welcome and Status of Office of Water Activities
8:45 a.m. Welcome--Robert G. Beimer, Battelle-Duxbury Operations
9 a.m. Opening Remarks--William Telliard, U.S. EPA Office of Science & 
Technology, Engineering and Analysis Division
9:15 a.m. Office of Water Activities--James Hanlon, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA Office of Water
Performance-Based Measurements
9:45 a.m. Implementation of Performance-based Measurements by the 
Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board within the National 
Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference--Harry I. Gearhart, 
DuPont
10:15 a.m. Break
Trace Metals
10:30 a.m. Water Column Complexation and Speciation of Copper, Zinc, 
and Cadmium and Their Benthic Fluxes in the Elizabeth River, Virginia--
John R. Donat and David J. Burdige, Old Dominion University
11 a.m. A Comparison of Modified EPA Method 245.6 (CVAA) and EPA Method 
1631B, Attachment 1 (CVAF) for Determination of Mercury in Tissue--
Brenda Lasorsa, MaryAnn Deuth, and Eric Crecelius, Battelle--Marine 
Sciences Laboratory
11:30 a.m. Effects of Bottle Material (Glass or Teflon) and Sample 
Holding Time on Determination of Mercury at Low Part-per-trillion 
Levels using EPA Method 1631--Beverly H. van Buuren, Nicolas S. Bloom, 
and Philip I. Kilner, Frontier Geosciences
12 p.m. Lunch
Workshop
1:30 p.m. ``Hands-on'' Workshop for Sampling Trace Metals, Including 
Mercury--U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology Staff and DynCorp 
Information & Enterprise Technology Staff. Presentations and a training 
video will be followed by a ``hands-on'' demo
3 p.m. ``Hands-on'' Demo for Sampling Trace Metals, Including Mercury 
Workshop participants will collect an aqueous sample using the ``clean 
hands/dirty hands'' technique and an operational continuous-flow 
sampler as described in EPA's trace metals methods. Please bring 
appropriate clothing and be prepared to get dirty. Participants will be 
divided into groups of 12 for the 30 minute ``hands-on'' demo. The demo 
sessions will continue on Wednesday, May 9, from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. 
Participants registering for May 8 sessions only, will be accommodated 
in a ``hands-on'' demo session on this date
5:30 p.m. Conference Reception

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Microbiologicals
8:45 a.m. Validation of Methods for Cryptosporidium, Giardia, 
Coliphages, Aeromonas, and Salmonella to Support Regulations for Water 
and Biosolids--Kevin Connell, Misty Pope, Jennifer Scheller, and 
Jessica Pulz, DynCorp Information & Enterprise Technology
9:15 a.m. New Methods for Protozoa in Wastewater--Jennifer Clancy, CEC
9:45 a.m. The Influence of Extended Sample Holding Times on Fecal 
Coliform Bacteria Counts--Donald H. Smith, Roger E. Stewart, II; and 
Deborah C. Paul; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

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10 a.m. Break
Organics
10:15 a.m. High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Method for Determination 
of Organo-chlorine and Organo-phosphate Pesticides in Water at the 
Part-per-quadrillion Level--Brian Fowler, Steve Kennedy, and Coreen 
Hamilton, Axys Analytical Services
10:45 a.m. Field Analyses for Rapid Sediment Characterization: XRF for 
Metal Contaminants, UVF and Immunoassays for Organic Contaminants, and 
QwikSed as a Screening Bioassay--J. Leather, D. Lapota, V. Kirtay, G. 
Rosen, J. Guerrero, B. Ayers, and S. Apitz, Space and Naval Warfare 
Systems Center
New Developments
11:15 a.m. Determination of Perfluorooctanyl Sulfonates at Trace Levels 
in Water--Kirsten J. Hansen, Lisa A. Dick, and Harold O. Johnson, 3M
11:45 a.m. Lunch
Concurrent Workshops
1 p.m. Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing Workshop--U.S. EPA Office 
of Science & Technology Staff and DynCorp Information & Enterprise 
Technology Staff The WET workshop will address recent developments in 
WET testing, including overviews of new EPA guidance documents and the 
results of EPA's WET Inter-laboratory Variability Studies. The workshop 
also will present perspectives on the WET program from State and 
Regional permitting authorities, commercial laboratories, and 
permittees
1:30 p.m. ``Hands-on'' Demo for Sampling Trace Metals, Including 
Mercury--U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology Staff and DynCorp 
Information & Enterprise Technology Staff
5 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday, May 10, 2001

Workshop
8:30 a.m. Detection/Quantitation Workshop--U.S. EPA Office of Science & 
Technology Staff. This workshop will address alternate approaches to 
detection and quantitation. Speakers will include representatives from 
EPA, Standard Methods, the Association of Official Analytical Chemists 
(AOAC International), and the American Society for Testing and 
Materials (ASTM)
12 p.m. Adjourn

    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Geoffrey Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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