[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13758-13759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7163-8]


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 ``25th 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 7-9, 2002. On May 7, 
2002, the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. A 
workshop on ``Surviving a Laboratory Audit'' will be presented from 
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    On May 8, 2002, the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4:15 p.m. On May 9, 2002, the conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 
adjourn at 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Sheraton Norfolk 
Waterside Hotel, 777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510.

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 Andrea 
Grew, Battelle, at (781) 952-5290 or by facsimile at (781) 934-2124.
    If you need special accommodations at this meeting, including 
wheelchair access, you should contact Andrea Grew, Battelle, at least 
five business days prior to the meeting so that we can make appropriate 
arrangements. If you have technical questions regarding the conference 
or workshop programs, please contact Marion Kelly, e-mail: 
[email protected], (202) 566-1045 or by facsimile at (202) 566-1053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ``25th 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 agenda for the conference follows:

Tuesday, May 7, 2002

Welcome and Status of Office of Water Activities
    8:45 a.m.  Welcome--Robert G. Beimer, Battelle
    9:00 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, Field Techniques
    9:45 a.m.  Comparison of Field Collection Techniques and Filtration 
Procedures for Determination of Chlorophyll in Ambient Waters--R.E. 
Stewart, D.H. Smith, and T.Y. Du, Virginia Department of Environmental 
Quality
    10:15 a.m.  Break

Bacteriological Tracking

    10:30 a.m.  Microbial Source Tracking: Principles and Practice--
Mansour Samadpour, University of Washington
    11:00 a.m.  Source Tracking of Bacteria: A Case Study--Ward 
Staubitz, U.S. Geological Survey Site Investigation
    11:30 a.m. The Destruction of the World Trade Center and PCBs, 
PBDEs, PCDD/Fs, PBDD/Fs, and Chlorinated Biphenylenes in Water, 
Sediment, and Sewage Sludge--Simon Litten, New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation; D. McChesney, U.S. EPA Region II; and Brian 
Fowler and M.C. Hamilton, Axys Analytical Services
    12:00  Noon--Lunch

Workshop

    1:30 p.m.--5:00 p.m.  Surviving a Laboratory Audit--U.S. EPA Staff: 
Nancy Wentworth, Office of Research and Development, Quality Assurance 
Division; Joseph Slayton, U.S. EPA Region III, Environmental Science 
Center; U.S. EPA Drinking Water Representative; Steve Baker, State of 
Arizona
    5:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Organics Analysis

    8:45 a.m.  Determination of the Congener Distribution in Aroclors 
to the Sub-ppm Level--Coreen Hamilton, Katherine Kaye, and Brian 
Fowler, Axys Analytical Services
    9:15 a.m.  Application of Aroclor Toxicity Equivalents to Historic 
Aroclor Data and to Non-detects--Andy Beliveau, U.S. EPA Region I
    9:45 a.m.  Navigating EPA's Alternate Test Procedure for 
Development of an Alternate Chlorophenolics Procedure: Process and 
Results--Diana Cook, Glenn Wilson, and Michelle Wrabel, National 
Council for Air and Stream Improvement
    10:00 a.m.  Break
    10:15 a.m.  Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: An Emerging 
Environmental Problem--Mehran Alaee, Canadian Center for Inland Waters
    10:45 a.m.  Polybrominated diphenyl ethers by Gas Chromatography 
with an Electron Capture Detector--Robert Rieck, U.S. EPA Region X, 
Manchester Laboratory
    11:15 a.m.  Polybrominated diphenyl ethers by HRGC/HRMS--Coreen 
Hamilton, Brian Fowler, and Louis Haviland, Axys Analytical Services
    11:45 a.m. Lunch

Sample Preservation and Holding Times

    1:00 p.m.  Study Supporting Extension of the Unpreserved Mercury 
Holding Time to 28 Days-- Mark Bruce, Scott Irwin, and Patrick O'Meara, 
Severn Trent Laboratory, Canton, Ohio
    1:30 p.m.  Effect of Freezing on Concentrations of Classical 
Pollutants--Khouane Ditthavong, U.S. EPA Office of Science & 
Technology, Engineering and Analysis Division
    2:00 p.m.  Effect of Starting Temperature, Ice Placement, and Other 
Variables on Length of Time that Samples Remain Below 4  deg.C in a 
Picnic Cooler--William Telliard, U.S. EPA Office of Science & 
Technology, Engineering and Analysis Division
    2:30 p.m.  Break

Metals Analysis

    2:45 p.m.  Determination of Arsenic Species in Fish and Their 
Impact on Fish Advisories-- Eric Crecelius, Margaret O'Neill, and Tim 
Fortman, Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
    3:15 p.m. Results of the Interlaboratory Validation of EPA Method 
245.7: Mercury in Water by Cold-vapor Atomic Fluorescence--

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Maria Gomez-Taylor, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology, 
Engineering and Analysis Division

Bioassay

    3:45 p.m.  Comparison of Results of Determination of Dioxin-like 
Toxicity by Cell-line Bioassays and HRGC/HRMS--Harry McCarty, DynCorp 
Information & Enterprise Technology, Inc.
    4:15 p.m.  Adjourn
    5:30 p.m.  Conference Reception

Thursday, May 9, 2002

Whole Effluent Toxicity

    8:30 a.m.  Grading on a Curve: How to Use Laboratory Control Charts 
and Other QA/QC Data to Interpret Toxicity Test Results--Tim Moore, 
Risk Sciences; and Jim Pletl, Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Microbiological Methods

    9:00 a.m.  Interlaboratory Validation of EPA Method 1605 for 
Aeromonas in Water--Misty Pope, Ken Miller, Kevin Connell, Jessica 
Pulz, Chris Maynard, Ben Meadows, and Kyle May, DynCorp Information & 
Enterprise Technology, Inc.; and Mary Ann Feige, U.S. EPA Office of 
Ground Water and Drinking Water Technical Support Center, Cincinnati
    9:30 a.m.  Are Current Microbiological Method Holding Times 
Meaningful? An Assessment of the Stability of Multiple Pathogens in 
Wastewater at Multiple Times and Temperatures--Robin Oshiro, U.S. EPA 
Office of Science and Technology, Engineering and Analysis Division; 
and Misty Pope, Kevin Connell, Jessica Pulz, Ken Miller, and Yildiz 
Chambers, DynCorp Information & Enterprise Technology, Inc.
    10:00 a.m.  Break
    10:15 a.m.  Special Session: Demonstration of E. coli and 
Enterococci Methods Proposed by EPA for Use in Recreational Water 
Monitoring--Robin Oshiro, U.S. EPA Office of Science and Technology, 
Engineering and Analysis Division
    12:00  Noon--Adjourn

    Dated: March 19, 2002.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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