[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8592-8593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4247]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7453-2]


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 Water's Office of Science and Technology, and 
Battelle will co-sponsor the ``26th 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 April 29-30, 2003. On 
April 29, 2003, the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 
5:30 p.m. A workshop on ``Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing to 
Support EPA's Final Rule'' will be presented from 3 to 5:30 p.m. On 
April 30, 2003, the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 5 
p.m. On May 1, 2003, a public meeting on ``Detection and Quantitation'' 
will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a one-hour break from 12 p.m. 
to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart 
Plaza Hotel, 350 North Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 60654.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference and workshop arrangements 
are being conducted by DynCorp Systems & Solutions LLC. For information 
on registration, conference fees, hotel rates, reservations, and 
transportation, please contact Jennifer Maglinao, by e-mail at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (703) 461-2137. If you 
have technical questions regarding the conference, workshop, or public 
meeting, please contact Marion Kelly by e-mail at [email protected] 
or by facsimile at (202) 566-1053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 26th 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 focusing on 
environmental water regulations, compliance monitoring, and related 
issues.
    The tentative program topics for the conference follow:

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

    Welcome and Opening Remarks.
    Update on Analytical Methods in EPA's Wastewater Programs.
    Pollutants to be Tested for in EPA's 2004 National Sewage Sludge 
Survey.
    E-Chem, AOAC-International's Methods Database.
    Automated Discrete Sample Analyses Applied to Standard 
Environmental Methods.
    Validation of Improved Methods for Fecal Coliforms and Salmonella 
in Biosolids.
    Determination of Cryptosporidium in Water Using Molecular Methods.
    Uncertainty in Microbiological Measurements.
    Workshop on ``Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing to Support 
EPA's Final Rule''.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2003

    Application of the 1600-series Methods to Monitor Trace Metal 
Levels in South Texas Estuaries.
    Determination of Mercury in Ice Cores to Track Earth's Activities.
    Application of EPA Method 1631, Revision E, to Routine Low-level 
Mercury Analyses.
    Determination of Arsenic and Selenium Species in Water with a 
Dynamic Reaction Cell and ICP/MS.
    Evaluation of Techniques for Reducing the Reporting Limit for 
Perchlorate to Sub-ppb Levels.
    Establishment of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for PCBs and 
Other Pollutants in Lakes and Estuaries.
    Effect of Various Means of Calculating Dioxin Toxic Equivalents for 
Non-detected PCB Congeners on Risk Assessment.
    A History of Nutrient Excursions Above Ambient Water Quality 
Criteria in the Great Lakes and Mitigation Strategies, including Total 
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Waste Load Allocations (WLAs).
    Determination of Alkylphenol Ethoxylates in Various Matrices.
    Determination of Pharmaceuticals Pollutants and Sterols in Water 
and Biosolids by HPLC/MS/MS.
    Determination of Brominated Organics, including PBDDs/PBDFs, PBDEs, 
and PBBs, in Multi-media Samples by GC/HRMS.

Thursday, May 1, 2003

    Public Meeting on EPA's Assessment of Detection and Quantitation 
Procedures Applied under the Clean Water Act.
    EPA's Office of Water recently completed an in-depth assessment of 
detection and quantitation limit concepts and their application under 
Clean Water Act programs. The Agency intends to make the results of 
this assessment available through a public notice to be published in 
the Federal Register in March 2003. EPA is sponsoring a public meeting 
to describe this assessment, present the findings, and discuss 
recommendations. Following presentations by EPA, the public is invited 
to present comments on the assessment.
    Time will be made available to interested parties who send in a 
formal request to comment by April 5, 2003. Requests must include the 
commenter's name, organization, address, telephone number, fax number 
(if applicable), and e-mail address (if applicable). Requests must be 
sent to: Jennifer Maglinao, DynCorp, 6101 Stevenson Ave., Alexandria, 
VA 22304-3540. Requests received by April 5, 2003, will be acknowledged 
and assigned a time slot. Commenters are requested to provide copies of 
any presentation materials for the public record, and for meeting 
participants. There is no registration fee to attend the public 
meeting. For questions, please call Jennifer Maglinao at (703) 461-
2137.
    This meeting/event will be held in a building which is accessible 
to persons using wheel chairs and scooters. If you wish to request that 
other arrangements be made because of your disability in order to 
enable you to participate or if you have questions about accessibility, 
please contact Jennifer Maglinao at (703) 461-2137 as soon as possible, 
but preferably no less than 5 business days before the event is 
scheduled.

    Dated: February 13, 2003.
Pamela Barr,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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