[Federal Register: February 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 36)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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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
jennifer.maglinao@DynCorp.com 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 kelly.marion@epa.gov
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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