[Federal Register: March 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 55)] [Notices] [Page 13993-13994] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr23mr99-72] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6313-2] Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology will co-sponsor, along with Battelle, the ``22nd 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 June 2-3, 1999. On June 2, 1999 the conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On June 3, 1999 the conference will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 4:15 p.m. On June 4, 1999 a workshop sponsored by Horizon Technology, Inc. will be held in addition to the conference. The workshop topic and program times are: Implementation of EPA Method 1664 for Oil and Grease Testing Workshop, June 4, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference and workshop arrangements are being arranged by Battelle. For information on registration, hotel rates, transportation, social events, and reservations call the Battelle coordinator, Lynn McLeod, at (781) 952-5381. If you have technical questions regarding the conference program, contact the EPA coordinator, Cindy Simbanin, at (202) 260-5019 or by facsimile at (202) 260-7185. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 22nd 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. The draft program for the conference follows: Wednesday, June 2, 1999 Welcome and Status of EPA Office of Water Activities 8:30 am Welcome--Carlton Hunt, Battelle 8:45 am U.S. EPA's Office of Water Activities--James Hanlon, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology 9:00 am U.S. EPA's Wastewater Analytical Program Activities--William Telliard, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology 9:30 am U.S. EPA's Drinking Water Analytical Program Activities-- Richard Reding, U.S. EPA Technical Support Center [[Page 13994]] 10:00 am Break Cryptosporidium 10:15 am Validating and Implementing Method 1622 to Monitor for Protozoa in Surface Water--Kevin Connell, DynCorp, Inc. Information & Enterprise Technology 10:45 am Development of Methods for Determination of Cryptosporidium in Wastewater and Sewage--Zia Bukhari, Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. Inorganics 11:15 am Total Cyanide by Flow Injection, UV Digestion, and Amperometric Detection--Mike Straka, OI Analytical 11:45 am Lunch 1:15 pm Analytical Challenges with Determination of Perchlorate in Environmental Matrices--Andrew Eaton, Montgomery-Watson Laboratories National Fish Study 1:45 pm U.S. EPA's National Study of Chemical Residues in Lake Fish Tissue--Jane Farris, U.S. EPA Health & Ecological Criteria Division Organics 2:15 pm Extraction and Cleanup Procedures Used In the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Study--Robert Rieck, U.S. EPA Manchester Laboratory 2:45 pm Break 3:00 pm Low Detection Limit Methods for the Determination of VOCs in Air and Water as Applied in the USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program--J. F. Pankow, Oregon State University 3:30 pm CDD/CDF Patterns in Industrial Discharges--Dale Rushneck, Interface, Inc. 4:00 pm Stability of VOC and SVOC Analytes in Environmental Samples-- O.R. West, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4:30 pm Drugs in Sewage Treatment Plant Effluents in Canada and Germany--Chris Metcalfe, Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada 5:00 pm Adjourn Thursday, June 3, 1999 Detection and Quantitation 8:45 am Detectability of Semi-Volatile Pollutants by GCMS with Software Thresholds ``On and Off''--Bruce Colby, Pacific Analytical, Inc. Whole-Effluent Toxicity (WET) 9:15 am Procedures for Identifying Probable False Positives in Whole Effluent Toxicity Data--Timothy F. Moore, Risk Sciences 9:45 am QC of WET Methods--(Speaker to be announced) 10:15 am Break 10:30 am A State's Perspective on WET Methods--(Speaker to be announced) 11:00 am U.S. EPA's Position on WET Methods--Stephen Sweeney, U.S. EPA Office of General Counsel Metals 11:30 am Mercury in the Environment and Selection of Appropriate Analytical Methods for Monitoring Needs--Anna Rule, Hampton Roads Sanitation District 12 Noon Lunch 1:30 pm A Critical Need for the New Millennium: Reliable U.S. EPA- Approved Trace Metals Speciation Methods--Nicolas Bloom, Frontier Geosciences, Inc. 2:00 pm Direct Speciation of Selenium and Other Metalloids in Aqueous Samples--Implications for Research and Remediation--D. Wallschlaeger, Frontier Geosciences, Inc. 2:30 pm Determination of Hydride-Forming Elements at U.S. EPA Ambient Water Quality Criteria Levels by Hydride Generation and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry--Khouane Ditthavong, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology 3:00 pm Break 3:15 pm Supplementary Effluent Data and Regulatory Status of U.S. EPA Method 1631: Mercury by Purge and Trap, Desorption, and Atomic Fluorescence--Maria Gomez-Taylor, U.S. EPA Office of Science & Technology 3:45 pm Application of ICP/MS Technology for Trace Metals Analysis-- Paula Hogg, Hampton Roads Sanitation District 4:15 pm Closing Remarks Dated: March 12, 1999. James Hanlon, Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology. [FR Doc. 99-7082 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P