[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17892-17893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9978]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5462-3]
Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment
AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of conference.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Science and Technology and the Water Environment
Federation, co-sponsors, will hold the ``19th Annual Conference on
Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment'' to discuss all aspects of
environmental measurement. The conference is open to the public. The
Water Environment Federation is sponsoring a Preconference Workshop on
Quality Based Laboratory Performance.
DATES: The conference will be held on May 15-16, 1996. On May 15, 1996,
the conference will begin at 8:30 am and last until 5:30 pm. On May 16,
1996, the conference will begin at 8:30 am and adjourn at 5:30 pm. The
Preconference Workshop on Quality Based Laboratory Performance will be
held on May 14, 1996, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Omni Waterside Hotel,
Norfolk, Virginia. The Preconference Workshop on Quality Based
Laboratory Performance will be held at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference and workshop arrangements
are being conducted by the Water Environment Federation. For
information on registration, hotel rates, transportation, social
events, and reservations call the Water Environment Federation at (800)
666-0206. 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: EPA's 19th 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.
A Preconference Workshop on Quality Based Laboratory Performance
will be presented by the Water Environment Federation's Laboratory
Practices Committee on Tuesday, May 14, 1996, at the Norfolk Waterside
Marriott, Norfolk, Virginia.
The program for the conference follows:
19th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment
Wednesday, May 15, 1996
8:30 a.m.--Opening Remarks
William Telliard, Director, Engineering and Analysis Division,
Analytical Methods Staff, Office of Science and Technology, Office of
Water, USEPA
8:40 a.m.--Introductory Remarks
Lenore Clesceri, Water Environment Federation
8:50 a.m.--Welcome
James Hanlon, Deputy Office Director, Office of Science and
Technology, USEPA
Regulatory Initiatives
9:00 a.m.--Streamlining Promulgation of Methods at 40 CFR Parts 136 and
141 Under Section 304(h) of the Clean Water Act and Section 1401(1)(D)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act
William Telliard, Director, Engineering and Analysis Division,
Analytical Methods Staff, Office of Science and Technology, Office of
Water, USEPA
Toxicity Testing
9:30 a.m.--The Acute Whole Effluent Toxicity of Storm Water From an
International Airport
Daniel Fisher, University of Maryland WREC
10:00 a.m.--Break
10:15 a.m.--West Coast WET Tests--Different Strokes for Different Folks
[[Page 17893]]
Gary Chapman, Paladin Water Quality Consulting
Microwave Assisted Solvent Extraction
10:45 a.m.--Abbreviated Microwave Assisted Extraction of Pesticides and
PCBs in Soils
Rick McMillan, USEPA Region 6 Laboratory
Solid Phase Extraction
11:15 a.m.--Optimizing Solid Phase Extraction for Oil and Grease and
Particulate Laden Samples
Margaret Raisglid, University of Arizona
11:45 a.m.--Lunch
Method Detection Limit Issues
1:00 p.m.--Alternative Minimum Level (AML): A Scientifically Sound and
Practical Approach to Compliance Limits
Ray Maddalone, TRW
1:30 p.m.--Application of an Alternative Minimum Level Determination
for Volatile Water Soluble Compounds in Pulp Mill Effluent using
Microdistillation (SW-846 Method 5031)
Alex Gholson, NCASI
2:00 p.m.--Evaluation of Alternative Detection Limit Concepts Using a
Common Database
Barry Eynon, SRI International
Field Studies
2.30 p.m.--Field Analysis: Effective Approach to Site Assessment and
Remediation
Ileana Rhodes, Shell Development Company
3:00 p.m.--Break
Biomarkers
3:15 p.m.--Use of a Human Cell Line Biomarker to Assess the Risk of
Dioxin-like Compounds
Jack Anderson, Columbia Analytical Services, Inc.
3:45 p.m.--Biomarkers of Environmental Contamination
Scott Steinert, Computer Sciences Corporation
Cyanide
4:15 p.m.--A Method Comparison and Evaluation for the Analysis of Weak
Acid Dissociable Cyanide
John Sebroski, Bayer Corporation
Great Lakes
4:45 p.m.--The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: Amalgam, Resin and
Dramamine
Marcia Kuehl, Grace Analytical
5:15 p.m.--Adjourn
Thursday, May 16, 1996
Organics
8:30 a.m.--The Semipermeable Membrane Device (SPMD)--Sampling Dissolved
Organic Contaminants
Carl Orazio, National Biological Service
9:00 a.m.--Determination of CDDs and CDFs at Part-per-quintillion
Levels Using a Cubic Meter Sample
Dale Rushneck, Interface, Inc.
9:30 a.m.--A Quantitative Immunoassay for Triazine Herbicides in
Drinking Water
Harry McCarty, SAIC
10:00 a.m.--Break
10:15 a.m.--Equilibrium Headspace: An Alternative to Purge and Trap for
Industrial Wastewater Analyses
Elaine Lemoine, The Perkin Elmer Corporation
10:45 a.m.--Toxaphene, and Its Occurrence in Large Lakes
John Kucklick, National Marine Fisheries Service
11:15 a.m.--Initial Validation of Method 1668: Toxic PCBs by HRGC/HRMS
Bruce Colby, Pacific Analytical, Inc.
11:45 a.m.--Lunch
1:00 p.m.--Analysis of Phenolic Acid Compounds in Calcareous Soils by
SW-846 Method 8270
Cary Jackson, Support Systems, Inc./Global Environmental Services
Trace Metals
1:30 p.m.--Expedited Delineation of Elemental Mercury (Hg) in Soils at
an Industrial Facility in South America
Thomas Lusardi, Keating Environmental Management, Inc.
2:00 p.m.--Analysis of Trace Metals in Complex Matrices
Howard Weinberg, University of North Carolina
2:30 p.m.--Applying Clean Metal Techniques to Real World Situations
Paul Boothe, Albion Environmental and TERL at Texas A&M University
3:00 p.m.--Break
3:15 p.m.--How Dirty Can an Acid Bath be and Still Meet ``Clean Metal''
Requirements
Eric Crecelius, Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
3:45 p.m.--Application of Clean Metals Techniques to Wastewater
Monitoring
Paula Hogg, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
4:15 p.m.--A Practical Approach to Permit-based Trace Metals Monitoring
Roger Stewart, Virginia DEQ
4:45 p.m.--A Common Sense Approach to Turning Your Metals Laboratory
into an Environment Where Clean Metals Analysis Can be Performed
Reliably
Jim Anderson, Commonwealth of Virginia/Division of Consolidated
Laboratories
5:15 p.m.--Adjourn.
Dated: April 17, 1996.
Tudor Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 96-9978 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P