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e[1] = '8'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Gordon Conference on Drinking Water DBPs approved for on-going status';
e[4] = 'Susan Richardson chaired a new Gordon Research Conference on Drinking Water DBPs in August. This meeting has now been approved as a regular Gordon Conference. The next one will be held in 2009 and will be chaired by Dr. Ben Blount from the CDC. The first conference this year was highly successful, with participants from 23 countries represented and new collaborations that have initiated from this meeting. Evaluations received were overwhelmingly positive, with most scoring this conference as the best one they attended this year.';
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if (index==4)
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e[1] = '8'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter attends sediment transport modeling meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will serve on the technical team overseeing the development of a sediment transport model of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site on January 8-10 in Seattle, WA.';
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if (index==3)
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e[1] = '8'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter participates in site visit';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will travel to Newport, RI, January 17-19 to participate in a Site visit to the Gould Island superfund site. While there he will attend a meeting with the EPA\’s Remedial Project Manager and the Potentially Responsible Party (Navy).';
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if (index==2)
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e[1] = '8'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter to attend Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will make two presentations titled “Modeling PCB Transport and Fate in Lake Hartwell, GA/SC” and “Effects of Equilibrium Partitioning Assumption on Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters” at the 4th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments on January 22-25 in Savannah, GA. Dr. Hayter will also participate in a panel discussion and chair a session.';
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if (index==1)
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e[0] = 'CREM Workshop Update';
e[4] = 'As of 1/5/07, the CREM Workshop being held in RTP January 30th through February 1st, has 91 registrants representing organizations across ORD, OPP, OWOW, OEI, OAQPS, OSWER and the Regions. Keynote speakers will include international experts and Dr. George Gray. The goals of the workshop are to:
Develop consensus on what is meant by integrated modeling/decision-making
To better understand the drivers and applicability of integrated modeling/decision making, (i.e., what is driving Agency to integration, what are the responses).
Provide an opportunity for EPA Offices to share experiences and perspectives on lessons learned and emerging modeling priorities.
Develop and prioritize a consolidated list of issues to address within the Agency on integrated modeling in the context of regulatory decision-making.
Create a vision and discuss development of a strategic plan for achieving integrated modeling/decision-making for EPA.';
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if (index==7)
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e[0] = 'Bob Ambrose to attend WASP workshop in Nicaragua';
e[4] = 'Ambrose will be traveling to Managua, Nicaragua, January 21-27, 2007, to conduct a WASP Training course with colleague Tim Wool of Region IV, Atlanta. The main goal of this workshop is to transfer knowledge and techniques for properly applying the WASP7.2 model to scientists and water quality engineers in Nicaragua who are charged with managing the recovery of Lake Managua from the discharge of raw sewage and other contaminants.';
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e[0] = 'Dr. Susan Richardson to attend conference in New Zealand';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson will travel to Wellington, New Zealand, February 2-13, 2007, to give an invited plenary lecture at the EnviroAnalysis Conference, and invited seminars at the New Zealand Ministry of Health, the New Zealand Ministry of the Environment, and the New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science & Research, Wellington, New Zealand. She will be speaking on Emerging Environmental Contaminants and Current Issues, which will cover new, emerging contaminants in the environment (including disinfection by-products, perfluorooactanoic acid, pharmaceuticals, algal toxins, and polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants). Susan will highlight EPA\'s leading-edge research in important environmental areas. ';
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if (index==9)
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e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp to make two presentations in Santa Fe';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp will be traveling to Santa Fe, February 3-11, 2007 to make two presentations at the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography. One presentation will provide new results on the effects of sediments and light on the aquatic fate and transport of Enterococcus, a widely used indicator of fecal contamination in recreational waters. This presentation will be part of a session that is highlighting microbial mortality in freshwater and marine systems. The other presentation focuses on recently completed research on the impact of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) photobleaching on UV attenuation near coral reefs in the Florida Keys.';
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if (index==8)
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e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'SSA Contract Awarded';
e[4] = 'Ms. Maria Tucker has been awarded a SSA Contract in support of communications at ERD, particularly in preparation for the ERD Peer Review scheduled to be held in August or September of 2007. Ms. Tucker completed a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and also holds bachelors and masters degrees in Human Geography. She has worked as a GIS intern and is knowledgeable in cartographic and GIS principles and terminology as applied to human ecology. Ms. Tucker is expected to begin her contract on January 29th, 2007.';
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e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver presents paper to Dispersed Oil Research Forum';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver is presenting "Movement of Oil Under Non-breaking Waves" based on a recently-published paper in the Marine Pollution Bulletin (Boufadel, Bechtel and Weaver, vol 52, 1056-1065) at the Dispersed Oil Research Forum February 1-2, 2006 in Red Bank, New Jersey. The meeting is sponsored by the Coastal Response Research Center in collaboration with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of New Hampshire. Chemical dispersing agents are one of several response tools available for use on oil slicks in the marine environment. The purpose of the forum is to review research on chemical dispersing agents that has been performed since the release of the National Research Council report "Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects" in 2005.';
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if (index==13)
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e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Susan Richardson invited to present talk at PitCon Conference';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson is presenting an invited talk titled “Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Achievements and Challenges With Mass Spectrometry” at a symposium held at the Pittsburgh Conference, February 26-28 in Chicago, Illinois.';
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if (index==12)
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e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Susan Richardson presenting paper at ACS Conference';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson will be attending and presenting at a special drinking water DBP symposium at the ACS Conference. The title of her presentation is “Chlorinated vs Chloraminated Drinking Water: Toxicity-Based Identification of Disinfection By-products Using ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS.” The conference is being held March 28-28 in Chicago, IL.';
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if (index==11)
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e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dermont Bouchard to attend conference in Gaithersburg, MD';
e[4] = 'Dr. Bouchard will be attending NIST conference on Characterization and Metrology of Nanomaterials being held March 25-28 in Gaithersburg, MD.';
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if (index==10)
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e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '1'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Shawn Matott to present talk at Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics';
e[4] = 'Dr. Matott will present a talk on Heuristic optimization and Algorithm Tuning Applied to Sorptive Barrier Design on February 20-24 in Costa Mesa, CA. The talk will be presented at the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Conference on Computational Science and Engineering and is part of a session entitled Optimization Applications in Porous Media Flow';
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if (index==17)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Poster presentations at the SP2 BOSC Review';
e[4] = 'The SP2 BOSC Review is being held in RTP February 7-8. Sandra Bird, Tim Collette, and Eric Weber will be attending. The following posters from ERD will be presented:
“Aquatic Ecosystems Exposure Modeling” Contributors are Lawrence Burns, Sandra Bird, Luis Suárez (NERL); and Ronald Parker (OPP/EFED)
“Development and Application of NMR-Based Metabolomics for Improving Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessments” Contributors are Tim Collette Drew Ekman, John Kenneke, Chris Mazur, Quincy Teng, David Bencic (NERL); Gerald Ankley (NHEERL)
“Simulating Metabolism to Enhance Effects Modeling Presenter” Contributors are J. Jones (NERL), R. Kolanczyk, P. Schmieder (NHEERL); O. Mekenyan (Cooperative Agreement – Bourgas University); A. Protzel (OPP)
“Designing Pesticide Metabolic Pathway/Degradate Databases for Registrant Submitted Health Effects/Ecological Effects Data” Contributors are R. Kolanczyk (NHEERL)J. Jones (NERL), O. Mekenyan (Cooperative Agreement-Bourgas University); A. Protzel; (NERL)G. Dannan, S. Abel (OPP); P. Schmieder (NHEERL)';
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Matthew Henderson to attend workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Henderson will attend a Perfluoroalkyl Acids and Related Chemistries: Toxicokinetics and Mode-of- Action Workshop, Society of Toxicology - Current Concepts in Toxicology workshop in Arlington, VA on February 14-16.';
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if (index==15)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Nick Loux presents paper to GSTA';
e[4] = 'In support of the EPA ERD environmental education program, Dr. Loux will be giving a presentation titled “Mercury in the Environment” at the 2007 Georgia Science Teacher\’s Conference scheduled for February 17 in Athens, GA.';
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if (index==19)
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e[1] = '12'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Eric Weber to present TQB Training';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weber will be traveling to Cincinnati February 21-22 to present TQB Training to MCEARD. While there he will also attend a NERL Division Director\’s Meeting.';
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if (index==18)
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e[1] = '12'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Candida West and Mac Long to attend ORD Manager\’s Workshop';
e[4] = 'Drs. West and Long will be attending the Second Annual ORD Managers\' Workshop from March 5-7, 2007 being held in Washington, DC.';
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if (index==21)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'James Kitchens makes presentation';
e[4] = 'On February 15th James Kitchens gave a presentation titled “The Science of Remediation, Abatement, and Decommissioning of Catastrophic (and Lesser) Events” at the Georgia Science Teachers Association 2007 Conference in Athens, Georgia.';
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if (index==20)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '2'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver to teach course';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver is teaching a course on "Modeling Contaminant Transport for LUST Sites" at EPA Region 8, in Denver, Colorado, February 21-22, 2007. Attendees are expected from the Regional Office, and the states of Utah, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. Dr. John Wilson of NRMRL in Ada will be presenting the microbiological component of the course. The course stresses fundamental fate and transport knowledge, basics of modeling, assessment of field conditions and review of modeling reports by agency personnel.';
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if (index==25)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'NRC Visit';
e[4] = 'The NRC Staff is scheduled to visit ERD Athens, March 15, 2007. Judith K. Nyquist, Program Administrator & Deputy Director; Connie Dawson, Fiscal Officer, Linda Sligh, Program Coordinator, and Mary-Sue McNeil, the EPA project officer for the ORD cooperative agreement with NRC, will be visiting ERD Athens, holding meetings with associates, advisors, administrative staff and managers, as well as a private meeting with the NRC Associates. In the morning, the three current Associates will make presentations on their NRC Associateship research. NRC Associates’ Research Presentations are:
Zhongfu Ge (Adviser: Frick): Modeling for Bacterial Transport and Integration of Near- and Far-field Models
Yong Jin Lee (Adviser: Molina): Application of DNA-based Molecular Techniques and Population Dynamics of Fecal Indicator Bacteria
Huichun Zhang (Adviser: Weber): Characterization of Predominant Reductants in Iron- and Sulfate-reducing and Methanogenic Sediments';
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if (index==24)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Matt Henderson to present poster';
e[4] = 'Dr. Henderson will be attending the 46th annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology to present a poster on the Comparative Mammalian Metabolism of 8-2 Fluorotelomer alcohol in Male, Female and Pregnant Mice in Charlotte, NC, March 24-29, 2007. He will also be attending workshops/training courses on The Biology and Toxicology of the Peri- and Post-Natal Development and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling for Risk Assessment Applications.';
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if (index==23)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = '19th Annual Tanks Conference Presentations';
e[4] = 'Mr. David Spidle and Dr. Jim Weaver will attend the 19th Annual Tanks Conference in San Antonio, Texas from March 5-7, 2007. ERD work related to assessing exposure from fuel releases to the environment will be presented. The presentations will include three posters: “Environmental Impacts from Lead Scavengers in Avgas and Gasoline” (Spidle, Weaver, Linda Exum, ERD, Dalizza Colón, ERD, and Steve Burton, EPA R4), “Impacts of Regulation on U.S. Gasoline Composition” (Weaver and Exum) and “Integrating Modeling into Plume Diving Assessment” (Weaver and Vikenti Gorokhovski, ERD-SEE) and one oral presentation Gasoline Composition (Weaver).';
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if (index==22)
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e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Publications, Presentations made by ERD scientists.';
e[4] = 'Journal / Peer Reviewed Journal:
Biers, E. J., R. G. Zepp, and M. A. Moran. The Role of Nitrogen in Chromophoric and Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter Formation. Marine Chemistry. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 103(1-2):46-60, (2007).
Henderson, W. M., E. J. Weber, S. E. Duirk, J. W. Washington, and M. A. Smith. Quantification of Fluorotelomer-Based Chemicals in Mammalian Matrices By Monitoring Perfluoroalkyl Chain Fragments With GC/MS. Journal of Chromatography B. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 846(1-2):155-161, (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17000139
Henderson, W. M. and M. A. Smith. Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorononanoic Acid in Fetal and Neonatal Mice Following in Utero Exposure to 8-2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol. Toxicological Sciences. Society of Toxicology, 95(2):452-461, (2007). http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/2/452
Johnston, J. M. Diversity Surfaces and Species Wave Fronts in a Soil Microarthropod Assemblage: Adding the Dimension of Time. Pedobiologia. Elsevier Science, New York, NY, 50(6):527-533, (2007).
Krasner, S. W., H. S. Weinberg, S. D. Richardson, S. J. Pastor, R. Chinn, M. J. Sclimenti, G. D. Onstad, and A. D. Thruston, Jr. Occurrence of A New Generation of Disinfection By-Products. Environmental Science & Technology. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 40(23):7175-7185, (2006). http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/es060353j
Muellner, M. G., E. D. Wagner, K. McCalla, S. D. Richardson, Y. Woo, and M. J. Plewa. Haloacetonitriles Vs. Regulated Haloacetic Acids: Are Nitrogen Containing DBPS More Toxic? Environmental Science & Technology. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 41(2):645-651, (2007). http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/supporting_information.page?in_manuscript=es0617441
EPA Published Proceedings:
U.S. EPA. Symposium in Italy: Fish Physiology, Toxicology, and Water Quality. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium, Capri, ITALY, April 24 - 28, 2006. C.J. Brauner, K. Suvajdzic, G. Nilsson, and D.J.Randall (ed.), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/010, 2007. http://www.epa.gov/athens/publications/reports/EPA600R07010_9th_Fish_Symposium.pdf
Upcoming Presentations (March - April)
Presented at 58th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago, IL, February 25 - March 02, 2007.
Richardson, S. D. Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Achievements and Challenges with Mass Spectrometry.
Presented at American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25 - 29, 2007.
Bodin, N., H. S. Weinberg, S. W. Krasner, S. D. Richardson, J. G. Pressman, T. F. Speth, R. J. Miltner, and J. E. Simmons. Methodological Approach for Measuring Priority DBPS in Reverse Osmosis Concentrated Drinking Water.
Richardson, S. D., F. G. Crumley, M. J. Plewa, E. D. Wagner, T. H. Mize, P. Angel, R. Orlando, L. Williamson, and M. G. Bartlett. Chlorinated Vs. Chloraminated Drinking Water: Toxicity-Based Identification of Disinfection By-Products Using ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS.
Presented at Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, GA, March 27 - 29, 2007.
Bourne, R. and B. Rashleigh. Trend Analysis of Water Quality Monitoring Data for Cobb County, Georgia.
Kominoski, J. S., B. J. Mattson, B. Rashleigh, and S. L. Eggert. Using Multiple Long-Term Chemical and Biological Indicators to Assess Stream Health in the Upper Oconee River Watershed.
Mohamoud, Y. M. and L. M. Prieto. Application of the HSPF Model to the South Fork of the Broad River Watershed in Northeastern Georgia.
Schroer, K., D. M. Endale, C. T. Stevens, J. W. Washington, and V. Nzengung. Fluxes of Fixed Nitrogen Species Contributed by Two Adjacent Wetland Streams with Different Flow-Source Terms in Watkinsville, Georgia.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS (by date)
Teng, Q., D. R. Ekman, T. W. Collette, G. T. Ankley, K. M. Jensen, M. D. Kahl, and D. L. Villeneuve. Metabolomic Studies of Endocrine Disruption in Small Fish Models. Presented at 48th ENC Conference, Daytona, FL, April 22 - 27, 2007.
New Version of EXPRESS (v1.03) - EXPRESS (EXAMS - PRZM Exposure Simulation Shell) is designed to facilitate a rapid and consistent assessment of aquatic pesticide exposure on a variety of crops. This version adds an ability to produce PRZM time-series files for detailed analysis and uses system metabolism test, rather than biodegradation, for Tier II inputs. http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/swater/express/index.htm
Helping Green Turtles Through Water Quality Assessment of Their Critical Habitat - In the summer of 2005, Dr. Marirosa Molina, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecosystems Research Division in Athens, Georgia, joined forces with researchers from the University of Georgia?s (UGA) School of Veterinary Medicine to investigate the spread of the disease in the green turtles of Puerto del Manglar Bay in the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. The project is locally sponsored by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (PRDNR) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. While the UGA researchers study the pathology of the disease itself, Dr. Molina is evaluating the quality of the bay water, because water pollution might be promoting the spread of the disease in the turtles. http://www.epa.gov/athens/research/field/culebra/index.html';
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e[0] = 'Dr. Marirosa Molina travels to Puerto Rico to support water quality analysis in bays with endangered species';
e[4] = 'Dr. Molina will join efforts with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, US Fish and Wildlife, and the University of Georgia\'s Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine from March 14-24, 2007 to study possible environmental stressors promoting the spread of fibropapillomatosis in Green Turtles. The disease, which causes tumors in turtles, seems to be spreading in one of the feeding habitats of the turtle. This coastal habitat is increasingly affected by anthropogenic contaminants. Dr Molina will perform sampling for water quality analysis, including fecal indicator counts, DNA analysis for human fecal exposure, and N15 isotope analysis to determine the level of exposure of the habitat to the various stressors.';
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if (index==27)
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e[0] = 'Dr. Molina to make presentation at GWRC';
e[4] = 'Dr. Molina will present a paper titled: "Comparison of Enterococcal Clusters in Impacted Stream Using a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Procedure" at the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference to be held March 27-29, at the University of Georgia. Her co-authors in the paper are Dr. Mike Cyterski, Julie Maimes, Jared Fisher and Bonita Johnson from SESD, Region 4.';
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if (index==26)
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e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver to make presentation to Association for Environmental Health and Soils West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver is a co-presenter of a workshop on "Tools for Supporting Cleanup and Closure Decisions at Petroleum Release Sites" at the 17th annual Association for Environmental Health and Soils West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water in San Diego, California, March 19-22, 2007. Dr Weaver\'s presentation will focus on the use of EPA\'s on-line tools for assessment of subsurface transport of petroleum hydrocarbons (http://www.epa.gov/athens/onsite). The presentation will describe through specific examples from field sites, how the use of these tools can be integrated directly into site assessment and cleanup decision making.';
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if (index==32)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'D4EM meets at ERD';
e[4] = 'On March 13, 2007 the team of developers for "Data for Environmental Modeling (D4EM)" convened at ERD to discuss current status and future plans. The D4EM team has been working to complete a comprehensive demonstration of automating the entire data collection and organization task related to executing the 3MRA watershed and surface water modules within FRAMES. Team members from RTI, International (Jo Ellen Brandmeyer, Laura Wilson, Aaron Parks), Aqua Terra Consultants (Jack Kittle, Mark Gray), and Idaho State University (Dan Ames) met with Gerry Laniak, Kurt Wolfe, and Rajbir Parmar of ERD.';
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if (index==31)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Scientist-to-Scientist meeting to be held on March 29 at ERD';
e[4] = 'The focus of the meeting will be to discuss the potential for collaboration between our metabolomics/metabolism program with the PBPK program at HEASD. Separate meetings will be scheduled for community exposure/risk research, spatial modeling and exposure reconstruction. This is the beginning of the development of the Implementation Plan for LTG1 under SP2.';
}
if (index==30)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Gene Stroup to visit ERD';
e[4] = 'Gene Stroup will meet with ERD Branch Chiefs to discuss his role on the NERL staff on March 20. He will also present a seminar on March 21 to ERD staff titled “Understanding EPA\’s Regulatory Development Process and NERL\’s Scientific Advisory Role.”';
}
if (index==29)
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e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '3'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Stephen Kraemer travels to San Diego March 16-20';
e[4] = 'Dr. Kraemer will meet with Orange County Water District, CA on March 16 on source water modeling of public water supply wells. He will also meet with Region 9 RARE team (including Matt Small) at AEHS San Diego on March 19.';
}
if (index==34)
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e[0] = 'Dr. Dalizza Colón presents seminar in Puerto Rico';
e[4] = 'Dr. Colón gave an invited seminar at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico as part of the Research Center for Minority Institutions (RCMI) seminar series on March 12. The title of the talk was “Reductive Transformation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic Systems”. During her visit, Dr. Colón had the opportunity to meet with various professors and the director of the RCMI program.';
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if (index==33)
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e[4] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver was a co-presenter of a workshop on "Tools for Supporting Cleanup and Closure Decisions at Petroleum Release Sites" at the 17th annual Association for Environmental Health and Soils West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water in San Diego, California, March 19-22, 2007. Dr Weaver\'s presentation focused on the use of EPA\'s on-line tools for assessment of subsurface transport of petroleum hydrocarbons (http://www.epa.gov/athens/onsite). The presentation described, through specific examples from field sites, how the use of these tools can be integrated directly into site assessment and cleanup decision making.';
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if (index==37)
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e[0] = 'Dr. Richardson presents at ACS Conference';
e[4] = 'Susan Richardson presented a talk entitled, Chlorinated vs. Chloraminated Drinking Water: Toxicity-Based Identification of DBPs Using ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS, at a special symposium on drinking water disinfection by-products held at the ACS Conference, March 26-29, 2007.';
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if (index==36)
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e[0] = 'Several EPA researchers attended the Georgia Water Resources Conference';
e[4] = 'Drs. Brenda Rashleigh, Marirosa Molina, Yusuf Mohamound, and Caroline Stevens attended this conference. It is a collaborative effort to bring together people interested in Georgia\'s water resources to exchange information. In 2007, the conference drew over 600 attendees and supported seven scientific and policy tracks for presentations, as well as several featured keynote speakers. EPA presentations covered topics including microbial source tracking, trend analysis for water quality data, and applications of hydrologic modeling.';
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e[1] = '2'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Dermont Bouchard attended the NIST';
e[4] = 'Conference on the Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics in Gaithersburg, MD March 27-29. Presentations at the Conference focused on the characterization and measurement challenges faced by the electronics industry as integrated circuits continue to decrease in size. Insights on potential nanomaterials\' applications in the next generation of integrated circuits and the analytical techniques used to characterize these nanomaterials were particularly relevant.';
}
if (index==40)
{
e[1] = '9'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ORD Scientists to Participate in Fish Toxicogenomics Workshop';
e[4] = 'The UK National Environment Research Council (NERC) through the The University of Birmingham is sponsoring a workshop in Aveiro, Portugal, May 24-26, entitled "Fish Toxicogenomics: Advancing Practical Implementation". Invited scientists from around the world will meet to identify needs and develop experimental projects to focus NERC funding to support the application of genomics to ecological risk assessment. Specific topical areas to be addressed include: (1) bioinformatics, (2) transcriptomics, (3) metabolomics and (4) data interpretation (toxic vs. compensatory responses). Three ORD scientists, Drs. Gerald Ankley (NHEERL), Tim Collette (NERL) and William H. Benson (NHEERL and Office of the Sceince Advisor) are among the approximately 40 invitees to the workshop, as are two scientists receiving funding from EPA via the STAR program and an Interagency Agreement, Drs. Nancy Denslow (University of Florida) and Ann Miracle (Pacific Northwest Laboratories, DOE), respectively. For more information contact G. Ankley (218 529-5147), T. Collette (706 355-8211) or W. Benson (850 934-9208).';
}
if (index==39)
{
e[1] = '9'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Wayne Garrison sited for most citations by EFT';
e[4] = 'Dr. Garrison\’s article, “Probing the Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides”, published in Environmental Science & Technology is being featured on the ACS Publications website http://pubs.acs.org/journals/esthag/promo/most/most_cited/2006.html as a 2006 Most-Cited Article based on citation data obtained from Thomson ISI. 2006 Most-Cited Articles are articles published in 2006 receiving the most citations in the same year. ACS Publications recognizes these articles as research of immediate interest.';
}
if (index==38)
{
e[1] = '9'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Candida West and Jim Bellah attend Training Conference';
e[4] = 'West and Bellah attended the ORD SHEM/EMS Training Conference held April 3-5 in Research Triangle Park, NC.';
}
if (index==45)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Chris Knightes invited to participate in EPA Water Quality Modeling Meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Knightes\’ presentation will include ERD\'s mercury modeling efforts, where projects have been applied, and where the ERD program is currently heading. Most participants are engineers and scientists in state agencies that use models and other quantitative techniques in support of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). This is the fourth annual meeting, and offers agency modelers a unique opportunity to connect with colleagues, describe their work, and share new ideas. The meeting will be held on May 7-9 in Hood River, Oregon.';
}
if (index==44)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. John M. Johnston to attended SP2 LTG2 planning meeting in Las Vegas';
e[4] = 'On April 16, Dr. Johnston attended the meeting to discuss ongoing research in the SP2 LTG2 and identify compatible NERL research that could be integrated to form a cross-lab program. In addition to Dr. Johnston, participants include Bill Russo, Tim Gleason and Anne Fairbrother from NHEERL; Ross Highsmith and Dan Heggem from NERL.';
}
if (index==43)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter to attend CSTAG meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will be attending the Contaminated Sediments Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG) meeting on the Upper Columbia River Superfund Site on April 23-26 in Spokane, WA.';
}
if (index==42)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Marirosa Molina travels to Brazil';
e[4] = 'On April 11-24 Dr. Molina will perform DNA analyses to characterize the microbial community with an emphasis on CO oxidizers in tropical savannas. This project supports the second phase of the LBA Project. In addition, she will be attending a workshop to finalize a synthesis paper on the Impacts of Agriculture on Trace Gas Emissions. ';
}
if (index==41)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Marirosa Molina invited to present talk in Puerto Rico';
e[4] = 'Dr. Molina will present a talk titled “Application of Enterococci to Detect and Track Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters” as part of the 7th CECIA-UIPR Potable Water Symposium, to be held at Universidad Interamericana, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, April 25-29. This symposium targets a highly diverse audience that includes engineers, members of the academia, technical/regulatory staff and other community stakeholders. The purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum to help decrease the gap between the regulatory and stakeholder communities. ';
}
if (index==50)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Dalizza Colón invited to present talk in Puerto Rico';
e[4] = 'Dr. Colón presented a talk titled “Transformation of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Systems” as part of the 7th CECIA-IAUPR Potable Water Symposium, held at Inter American University, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, April 26-27. The symposium is a forum in which NGOs, agencies, and institutions partner with the Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research of Inter American University of Puerto Rico (CECIA-IAUPR) to offer a complete overview of scientific and regulatory emerging issues. Dr. Colón\’s presentation brought an additional perspective in the area of watershed contamination and the importance of considering the watershed as an asset for the production of safe drinking water.';
}
if (index==49)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Walt Frick to provide Virtual Beach Training';
e[4] = 'Dr. Frick will provide training to Colleen McDermott, a graduate student and possibly others in the use of Virtual Beach on May 1-2 in Oshkosh, WI.';
}
if (index==48)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Marirosa Molina will meet with colleagues';
e[4] = 'Dr. Molina will meet with colleagues from WSWRD, NRMRL to develop a collaborative research 5 year plan in the area of microbial source tracking (MST). The meeting, sponsored by WSWRD, will be held on May 9-10 in Cincinnati, OH.';
}
if (index==47)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Brent Eischen, Budget Team Lead, and Van Anderson, Budget Analyst, will be visiting ERD April 30 – May 2';
e[4] = 'The purpose of the visit is to meet with ERD management, Research Council and ERD staff.';
}
if (index==46)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Lek Kadeli, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management, and Mike Moore, Program Analyst, will be visiting ERD on May 3';
e[4] = 'Their visit will include a meeting with the Senior Staff, a lab tour, an all-hands meeting, a visit of our Coop Site and a visit to Region IV.';
}
if (index==52)
{
e[1] = '30'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Elin Ulrich, research chemist at HEASD/RTP, will visit ERD from Monday, April 23 through Friday, May 11';
e[4] = 'Her objectives are to work with analytical chemists and particular analytical instruments to become familiar with techniques we use for analysis of pesticides, especially the enantiomer separation and environmental analysis of chiral pesticides. Dr. Ulrich has worked in this area for several years, beginning with her doctoral work in environmental chemistry and mass spectroscopy with Dr. Ronald Hites at Indiana University. She worked in similar areas as a postdoc with the USGS, and then as a term postdoc at HEASD. She became a federal employee there about 3 years ago, and is now setting up a laboratory for analysis of pesticides and other pollutants associated with children\'s exposure scenarios in the home and school.';
}
if (index==51)
{
e[1] = '30'; e[2] = '4'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Publications, Upcoming Presentations, Recent Web site Additions';
e[4] = '
Journal / Peer Reviewed Journal:
Ge, Z. and W. E. Frick. Some Statistical Issues Related to Multiple Linear Regression Modeling of Beach Bacteria Concentrations. Environmental Research. Academic Press Incorporated, Orlando, FL, 103(3):358-364, (2007).
Henderson, W. M., E. J. Weber, S. E. Duirk, J. W. Washington, and M. A. Smith. Quantification of Fluorotelomer-Based Chemicals in Mammalian Matrices by Monitoring Perfluoroalkyl Chain Fragments with GC/MS. Journal of Chromatography B. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 846(1-2):155-161, (2007).
Henderson, W. M. And M. A. Smith. Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorononanoic Acid in Fetal and Neonatal Mice Following in Utero Exposure to 8-2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol. Toxicological Sciences. Society of Toxicology, 95(2):452-461, (2007).
Knightes, C. D. and R. B. Ambrose. Evaluating Regional Predictive Capacity of a Process-Based Mercury Exposure Model, Regional-Mercury Cycling Model (R-MCM), Applied To 91 Vermont and New Hampshire Lakes and Ponds, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, 26(4):807-815, (2007).
Rashleigh, B. and D. L. Deangelis. Conditions for Coexistence of Freshwater Mussel Species Via Partitioning of Fish Host Resources. Ecological Modeling. Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 201(2):171-178, (2007).
Wang, W., O. C. Zafiriou, I. Y. Chan, R. G. Zepp, and N. V. Blough. Production of Hydrated Electrons from Photoionization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters. Environmental Science & Technology. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 41(5):1601-1607, (2007)
Wong, C. S., U. Pakdeesusuk, J. A. Morrissey, C. M. Lee, J. T. Coates, A. W. Garrison, S. A. Mabury, C. H. Marvin, and D. C. Muir. Enantiomeric Composition of Chiral Polychlorinated Biphenyl Atropisomers in Dated Sediment Cores. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, 26(2):254-263, (2007).
Zepp, R. G., D. J. Erickson Iii, N. D. Paul, and B. Sulzberger. Interactive Effects of Solar UV Radiation and Climate Change on Biogeochemical Cycling. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 6(3):286-300, (2007).
Book Chapters:
Erturk, A., R. B. Ambrose, and B. Rashleigh. Case Study: Dieldrin Attack in Dalyan Lagoon. Chapter 5, I.E. Gonenc, V. Koutitonsky, B. Rashleigh, J.P. Wolflin and R.B. Ambrose, Jr. (ed.), Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources. Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, 331-400, (2007)
Rashleigh, B. Assessment of Lake Ecosystem Response To Toxic Events With the Aquatox Model. Chapter 2, I.E. Gonenc, V. Koutitonsky, B. Rashleigh, J.P. Wolflin, and R.B. Ambrose, Jr. (ed.), Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources. Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, 293-299, (2007).
EPA Published Proceedings:
U.S. EPA. Symposium in Italy: Fish Physiology, Toxicology, and Water Quality. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium, Capri, ITALY, April 24 - 28, 2006. C.J. Brauner, K. Suvajdzic, G. Nilsson, and D.J.Randall (ed.), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/010, 2007.
Published Reports:
Presented at Seventh CECIA-IAU Biennial Symposium on Potable Water Issues in Puerto Rico, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, April 26 - 27, 2007.
Molina, M. Application of Enterococci to Detect and Track Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters.
Colón, D. Transformation of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Systems.
Presented at EcoSummit 2007, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, May 22 - 27, 2007.
Johnston, J. M., G. F. Laniak, and R. B. Ambrose. Ecosystem Services and Beyond: Integration of Ecosystems and Multimedia Exposure Modeling for Environmental Protection.
Presented at SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, May 20 - 24, 2007.
Teng, Q., D. R. Ekman, T. W. Collette, G. T. Ankley, K. M. Jensen, M. D. Kahl, and D. L. Villeneuve. NMR-Based Metabolomic Studies of Endocrine Disruption in Small Fish Models.
Mekenyan, O., W. J. Jones, R. C. Kolanczyk, and P. K. Schmieder. Design and Performance of a Xenobiotic Metabolism Database Manager for Metabolic Simulator Enhancement and Chemical Risk Analysis.
Collette, T. W., D. R. Ekman, Q. Teng, D. C. Bencic, J. M. Lazorchak, R. Wang, M. Breen, R. Conolly, N. Denslow, K. Watanabe, E. Perkins, D. L. Villeneuve, and G. T. Ankley. Meeting In Portugal: Linkage of Exposure and Effects Using Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics in Small Fish Models.
Presented at International Science Forum on Computational Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC, May 21 - 23, 2007.
Collette, T. W., D. R. Ekman, A. W. Garrison, W. M. Henderson, and Q. Teng. Application of Metabolomics for Improving Ecological Exposure and Risk Assessments.
Kenneke, J. F., W. M. Henderson, A. W. Garrison, S. Ritger, And C. S. Mazur. Application of Advanced In Vitro Techniques to Measure, Understand and Predict the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Xenobiotic Metabolism.
Presented at American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 21 - 25, 2007.
Budinoff, C. R., J. D. Willis, And M. Molina. Assessing the Diversity of Enterococcus Sp. from Nonpoint Sources Using AFLP and BOX-PCR.
Lee, Y. J., M. Molina, J. W. Santo-Domingo, O. C. Shanks, and M. J. Cyterski. Molecular Tracking Fecal Contamination In Surface Waters: 16S RDNA Versus Metagenomics Approaches.
Presented at International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 50th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, University Park, PA, May 28 - June 01, 2007.
Frick, W. E. And Z. Ge. Nowcasting and Forecasting Beach Bacteria Concentration Using the EPA Virtual Beach Software.
Ge, Z. and W. E. Frick. Introduction to a Combined Multiple Linear Regression and Arma Modeling Approach for Beach Bacteria Prediction.
Presented at North American Benthological Society Meeting, Columbia, SC, June 03 - 07, 2007.
Fritz, K. M., S. Fulton, B. R. Johnson, C. Barton, J. Jack, D. Word, and R. A. Burke. Do Post-Mining Constructed Channels Replace Functional Attributes of Headwater Streams?
Rashleigh, B. Nestedness In Riverine Freshwater Mussel Communities.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS (by date)
Teng, Q., D. R. Ekman, T. W. Collette, G. T. Ankley, K. M. Jensen, M. D. Kahl, and D. L. Villeneuve. Metabolomic Studies Of Endocrine Disruption in Small Fish Models. Presented at 48th ENC Conference, Daytona, FL, April 22 - 27, 2007.
Wolfe, K. L., R. S. Parmar, G. F. Laniak, D. P. Ames, M. H. Gray, A. Parks, and L. Wilson. Data For Environmental Modeling (D4EM). Presented at International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, May 22 - 25, 2007.
Frick, W. E. and Z. Ge. Meeting In Mexico: Nowcasting and Forecasting Beach Bacteria Concentration Using EPA\'S Virtual Beach Software. Presented at AGU 2007 Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22 - 25, 2007.
Duirk, S. E., L. M. Desetto, and T. W. Collette. Organophosphate Pesticide Degradation Pathways During Drinking Water Treatment. Presented at Micropol and Ecohazard 2007 5th IWA Specialized Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants/Hazardous Substances in Water, Frankfurt, Germany, June 17 - 20, 2007.
Recent Web site Additions (February 27, 2007 - April 16, 2007)
Estimated and Projected Impervious Cover in the Southeastern United States - this page contains links to shape and associated GIS files with estimated (year 2000) and projected (2010 to 2030 depending on data available by state) impervious cover as percent of total area for the 8 U.S. Southeastern states by 12 or 14 Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC).
QUAL2K - minor update from version 2.04 to 2.07. QUAL2K (or Q2K) is a river and stream water quality model that is intended to represent a modernized version of the QUAL2E (or Q2E) model (Brown and Barnwell 1987).
Impacts of Regulation on U.S. Gasoline Composition - 2007 National Tanks Conference Poster
Business Opportunities with ERD http://www.epa.gov/athens/opportunities/business.html';
}
if (index==54)
{
e[1] = '7'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Eric Weber to chair session at International Science Forum';
e[4] = 'Dr. Eric Weber will chair the session “Predicting the Environmental Fate and Transport of Chemical Contaminants” at the International Science Forum for Computational Toxicology, being held at RTP on May 21-23, 2007. Dr. Weber also serves on the Scientific Organizing Committee for the Forum.';
}
if (index==53)
{
e[1] = '7'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Nick Ashbolt to visit ERD, May 8-9';
e[4] = 'Dr. Ashbolt, Title 42 Scientist from MCEARD will be visiting ERD on May 8-9. Dr Ashbolt is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati and in January 2007 took a position as Title-42 Senior Research Microbiologist with the National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA Cincinnati. While in Athens, he will present a seminar titled “Watershed pathogens: fate, transport & risk assessment,” visit with management and scientists, as well tour the facilities and laboratories';
}
if (index==56)
{
e[1] = '14'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[4] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter will attend a sediment transport model meeting for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site in Seattle from May 14, 2007 to May 16, 2007.';
}
if (index==55)
{
e[1] = '14'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[4] = 'Drs. Said Hilal, Matt Henderson, John Kenneke, and Mr. Chris Mazur will be attending and presenting at the 2007 International Computational Toxicology Forum at RTP from May 21, 2007 to May 23, 2007.';;
}
if (index==63)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'McDonald Morrison, Contracting Officer from RTP, will visit ERD on May 22 & 23, 2007';
e[4] = 'He will review ERD\'s facility management contract with Native Energy & Technology, Inc. and plans to visit with Harvey Holm (COR); Rick Pittman (alternate COR); Jonathan Pollard (on-site contract manager); and with one contractor to be determined. While here, he also plans to give a briefing to all scientists and other interested persons regarding student services contracts, sharing ideas to make searches for students more successful.';
}
if (index==62)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Quincy Teng & Tim Collette will be attending the 17th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe meeting in Oporto, Portugal, May 20-24';
e[4] = 'Dr. Quincy Teng\'s attendance at the SETAC Europe Meeting 2007 will help to increase EPA\'s presence in the field of environmental metabolomics and promote ERD\'s role in this area both within and outside the agency. Dr. Teng will be making a presentation titled "Environmental Quality Assessment using Gene Expression” in the “omics” session, demonstrating ERD\'s activities in this important area of environmental metabolomics. Metabolomics has become a major focus for EPA in recent years for the assessment of chemical exposures as part of ORD\'s Computational Toxicology Program. Dr. Teng is an internationally recognized expert in NMR spectroscopy and has worked in this field for several years.';
}
if (index==61)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Tim Collette will participate in the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) International Opportunity Workshop "Fish Toxicogenomics: Advancing Practical Implementation" in Aveiro, Portugal';
e[4] = 'At this international meeting held immediately after the SETAC meeting, Dr. Collette will present results on the “Linkage of Exposure and Effects using Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics in Small Fish Models” in a session entitled “Systems biology in the environment: Integration of molecular and traditional ecosystem measurements for understanding stressor impact”. This presentation will cover the collaborative work of Dr. Collette and about 15 other colleagues from various government and academic labs that form a research team on computational toxicological using small fish models.';
}
if (index==60)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Marirosa Molina will be participating in American Society for Microbiology General 107th Meeting held in Toronto, Canada, May 21-25';
e[4] = 'Dr. Molina will be presenting a paper titled "Assessing the Diversity of Enterococcus sp. from Nonpoint Sources using AFLP and BOX-PCR". Dr. Molina is also presenting a poster on behalf of Yong Lee, NRC, et al titled: "Molecular Tracking Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters: 16S rDNA versus Metagenomics Approaches".';
}
if (index==59)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Walter Frick will be participating in American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25';
e[4] = 'In 2006 Virtual Beach software was tested successfully with data from Huntington Beach, Ohio and a paper describing that work has been submitted for publication (Frick and Ge 2007. Nowcasting and forecasting concentrations of biological contaminants at beaches: Case study with E. coli. Environ. Sci. & Tech. In review). Dr. Frick will present the results of the work and hold discussions with scientists to further test the approach at other beaches in the U.S. or possessions in summer 2007.';
}
if (index==58)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Kurt Wolfe is participating in International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS) 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-25';
e[4] = 'Wolfe will present a paper titled "Data for Environmental Modeling". Data for Environmental Modeling (D4EM) is a collaborative effort to develop a set of open source components used to facilitate site specific environmental modeling by enabling model developers to programmatically populate model input datasets with environmental data available from disparate data sources. Wolfe is the lead software developer for the D4EM project and an expert on designing and integrating large scale environmental modeling systems. He will work with collaborators from Idaho State University to extend D4EM capabilities as well as participate in the exchange of technical information obtained during the D4EM project.';
}
if (index==57)
{
e[1] = '21'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. John M. Johnston participating in EcoSummit 2007';
e[4] = 'Dr. Johnston will travel to Beijing, China, May 19-26 to present “EcoSystem Services and Beyond: Integration of EcoSystem Science and Multimedia Exposure Modeling for Environmental Protection.” The EcoSummit will focus on integrative aspects of all ecological science and its application under the general theme of "Ecological Complexity and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for 21 Century\'s Ecology".';
}
if (index==65)
{
e[1] = '28'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Wayne Garrison recognized for most-cited article';
e[4] = 'An article by Dr. Wayne Garrison, NERL-Athens, Probing the Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides, published in Environmental Science & Technology is being featured on the ACS Publications web site as a 2006 most-cited article (based on citation data obtained from Thomson ISI).';
}
if (index==64)
{
e[1] = '28'; e[2] = '5'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD FY 2006 NERL Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards';
e[4] = '(ERD scientists in italics)
Level II Award
Transport and Fate
Anssi V. Vahatalo and Richard G. Zepp
Photochemical Mineralization of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen to Ammonium in the Baltic Seas. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(18):6985-6992 (2005).
Level III Award
Environmental Futures
Tracy L. Whitehead, Behjatolah Monzavi-Karbassi, and Thomas Kieber-Emmons
H-NMR-Based Metabonomics Analysis of Ser Differentiates Between Mammary Tumor-Bearing Mice and Healthy Controls. Metabolomics, 1(4) (2005).
Application of In Vitro NMR Spectroscopy and 1H-NMR Metabonomics to Breast Cancer Characterization and Detection. Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, 47:165-174 (2005).
Integrated Risk Assessment
Justin Babendreier and Karl J. Castleton
Investigating Uncertainty and Sensitivity in Integrated, Multimedia Environmental Models: Tools for FRAMES-3MRA. Environmental Modeling and Software. 20(8):1043-1055 (2005).
Transport and Fate
Robert Ambrose, Jr., Ioannis X. Tsiros, and Timothy A. Wool
Modeling Mercury Fluxes and Concentrations in a Georgia Watershed Receiving Atmospheric Deposition Load from Direct and Indirect Sources. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 55(5):547-558 (2005).
Transport and Fate
Christopher S. Mazur, Nelson L. Wolfe, and Christopher F. Hoehamer
Purification and Partial Characterization of an Acid Phosphatase from Spirodela Oligorrhiza and it Affinity for Selected Organophosphate Pesticides. Journal of Agriculture and Food chemistry. 53:90-97 (2005).
Honorable Mention Award
Ecological Research
Richard G. Zepp, Erick R. Stabenau, Erich Bartels, and Rod G. Zika
Role of the Seagrass Thalassia tetudinum as a Source of Chromosphoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Coastal South Florida. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 282-59-72 (2004).
Monitoring and Measurement Methods
A. Wayne Garrison, W. Jack Jones, Jessica L. Jarman, and Lorrie A. Howell
Application of Capillary Electrophoresis to Study the Enantioselective Transformation of Five Chiral Pesticides in Aerobic Soil Slurries. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 53(16):6175-6182 (2005)
Walter E. Frick, Anne C. Sigleo, Calvin W. Mordy, and Phyllis Stabeno
Nitrate Variability along the Oregon Coast: Estuarine-Coastal Exchange. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 64:211-222 (2005)
Review Articles
Richard G. Zepp
Solar UVR and Aquatic Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulfur and Metals Cycles. UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems. E.W. Helbling and H. Zagarest (Eds.), Royal Society of chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp:137-183 (2003).
Transport and Fate
Drew R. Ekman, Nelson L. Wolfe, and Jeffrey F. D. Dean
Gene Expression Changes in Arabidopsis Thaliana Seedling Roots Exposed to the Munition Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,2,3-triazine, Environmental Science and Technology. 39(16): 6313-6320 (2005).';
}
if (index==67)
{
e[1] = '4'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp travels Florida ';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp will travel to Mote Marine Lab on May 28-June 5 to participate in planned research activities on enterococci in subtropical near- coastal waters (canals) of the Florida Keys.'
}
if (index==66)
{
e[1] = '4'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Tim Collette invited speaker at Metabolomics Society Meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Collette will be attending the annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society held in Manchester, United Kingdom, on June 11-14. At this international meeting, Dr. Collette will present an invited lecture on “Metabolomics in Small Fish Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessments” in a session entitled “Environmental Metabolomics”. Also, he will meet and plan research with other leaders in the field of environmental metabolomics. ';
}
if (index==70)
{
e[1] = '11'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Eric Weber detailed to OSP';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weber, Acting Director of ERD has accepted a detail assignment as the Acting Director, Office of Science Policy effective June 17, 2007. Tom Pierce, Chief of the Air Surface Processes Modeling Branch, AMD will be detailed to ERD. The temporary assignment of a NOAA employee to serve as the Acting Director of ERD will foster a greater integration of the modeling research capabilities between the two divisions.';
}
if (index==69)
{
e[1] = '11'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver to contribute to Congressional Report';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver has been asked to contribute to a congressionally-required report on the health effects of alternatives to the gasoline additive methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). The report was mandated by Section 1505 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and is due to Congress this August. Dr. Weaver\’s contribution will address characteristics of gasoline that contribute to exposure in drinking water drawn from ground waters. Specifically this will include summarizing gasoline requirements that bear on ground water contamination, describing current and recent compositional data from ERD, EPA and industry sources, reviewing literature on interphase partitioning and transport in aquifers. The information necessary for this work comes from Dr. Weaver\’s ongoing research on leaking underground storage tank and oil spill problems.';
}
if (index==68)
{
e[1] = '11'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp attends ORD/OW workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp will be attending the ORD/OW Workshop to Assess Research Planning for Water Quality Criteria for Pathogens on June 12-13 in Washington, DC.';
}
if (index==74)
{
e[1] = '18'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Tom Purucker makes presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Purucker presented "Environmental consequences of land use change: accounting for complexity with agent-based models" at the Annual Conference of the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences June 6-9 at Emory University on Atlanta.';
}
if (index==72)
{
e[1] = '18'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Susan Richardson and Dr. Stephen Duirk attend conference';
e[4] = 'Drs. Richardson and Duirk are attending the 5th IWA Specialised Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants/Hazardous Substances in Water in Frankfurt, Germany June 17-20. Dr. Duirk will be presenting a seminar titled “Organophosphorus (OP) Pesticide Degradation Pathways During Drinking Water Treatment.”
Dr. Richardson is serving on the Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee of this conference and will chair a session, as well as giving a presentation. There will be sessions on environmental chemistry, wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, potable reuse technologies, toxicity and risk assessment, and regulations and management.';
}
if (index==72)
{
e[1] = '18'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Roger Burke to make presentation at Gordon Conference';
e[4] = 'Dr. Burke will be making a poster presentation titled “Carbon Concentrations and Export in Georgia Piedmont Headwater Streams” at the Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology, and Geochemistry held in New London, NH on July 8-13.';
}
if (index==71)
{
e[1] = '18'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Wayne Garrison to make presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Garrison will attend the 19th International Symposium on Chirality in San Diego July 8-12 and present the keynote lecture for a session on Biological Chirality titled "Fate and Effects of the Enantiomers of Chiral Environmental Pollutants".';
}
if (index==76)
{
e[1] = '25'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Terri Burrell will be visiting ERD to discuss theAdministrative Efficiencies Project on June 26';
e[4] = 'She will meet with POS, Senior Staff and have an All Hands meeting for all employees.';
}
if (index==75)
{
e[1] = '25'; e[2] = '6'; e[3] = '2007';
e[4] = 'Recent Publications (April 1 - June 18, 2007)
Journal / Peer Reviewed Journal:
Brown, S., L. Saito, C. D. Knightes, and M. Gustin. Calibration and Evaluation of a Mercury Model for a Western Stream and Constructed Wetland. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Springer, New York, NY, 182(1-4):275-290, (2007).
Knightes, C. D. and R. B. Ambrose. Evaluating Regional Predictive Capacity of a Process-Based Mercury Exposure Model, Regional-Mercury Cycling Model (R-MCM), Applied to 91 Vermont and New Hampshire Lakes and Ponds, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, 26(4):807-815, (2007).
Tillman, F. and J. W. Weaver. Temporal Moisture Content Variability Beneath and External to a Building and the Potential Effects on Vapor Intrusion Risk Assessment. Science of the Total Environment. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 379(1):1-15, (2007).
Washington, J. W., J. J. Ellington, T. Jenkins, and J. J. Evans. Analysis of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Soils: Detection and Quantitation Issues at Low Concentrations. Journal of Chromatography A. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 1154(1-2):111-120, (2007).
Whiteside, T. S., S. H. Hilal, and L. A. Carreira. Estimation of Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis Rate Constants. II. Acid and General Base Catalyzed Hydrolysis. QSAR & Combinatorial Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Indianapolis, IN, 26(5):587-595, (2007).
Book Chapter:
Erturk, A., R. B. Ambrose, and B. Rashleigh. Case Study: Dieldrin Attack in Dalyan Lagoon. Chapter 17, I.E. Gonenc, V. Koutitonsky, B. Rashleigh, J.P. Wolflin and R.B. Ambrose, Jr. (ed.), Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources. Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, 329-386, (2007).
Rashleigh, B. Assessment of Lake Ecosystem Response to Toxic Events with the AQUATOX Model. Chapter 14, I.E. Gonenc, V. Koutitonsky, B. Rashleigh, J.P. Wolflin, and R.B. Ambrose, Jr. (ed.), Assessment of the Fate and Effects of Toxic Agents on Water Resources. Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, 291-297, (2007).
Published Report:
Burns, L. A., L. A. Suarez, and L. M. Prieto. United States Meteorological Data - Daily and Hourly Files to Support Predictive Exposure Modeling. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/053 (NTIS PB2007-110161), 2007.
Chirality 2007 - 19th International Symposium on Chirality, San Diego, CA, July 08 - 11, 2007
Garrison, A. W. Fate and Effects of the Enantiomers of Chiral Environmental Pollutants.
Ulrich, E. M., T. Cummings, A. W. Garrison, and M. K. Morgan. Chiral Methods and Analysis of PCB 95 and CIS -Permethrin in Environmental Samples from the CTEPP Study.
234th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19 - 23, 2007.
Kenneke, J. F., C. S. Mazur, and A. W. Garrison. Enantioselective Formation of the Triazole Fungicide Triadimenol from Triadimefon in Mammal and Fish Hepatic Microsomes.
Zhang, H. and E. J. Weber. Elucidating the Role of Electron Transfer Mediators in Reductive Transformations in Natural Sediments.
Other Presentations (ordered by date)
Richardson, S. D. Meeting in Switzerland: Emerging Environmental Contaminants and Current Issues. Presented at Seminar at EAWAG (Switzerland), Agroscope (Switzerland) and German Federal Environmental Agency, Debendorf, Switzerland, June 19 - 27, 2007.
Molina, M., Z. Ge, R. G. Zepp, and W. E. Frick. Virtual Beach: Nowcasting and Forecasting Beach Bacteria Concentrations, Theory and Hands-On Training. Presented at Coastal Zone 07 Conference, Portland, OR, July 22 - 26, 2007.
Recent Web Site Additions (April 17, 2007 - June 21, 2007)
Dr. Wayne Garrison\’s, article entitled "Probing the Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides" that was published in Environmental Science and Technology (EST) is featured on the ACS Publications website as one of its most-cited articles based on citation data obtained from Thomson ISI. 2006 Most-Cited Articles are articles published in 2006 receiving the most citations in the same year. ACS Publications recognizes these articles as research of particular interest to the environmental science community. Citation: Arthur W. Garrison, Probing the Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides, Environmental Science and Technology; 2006; 40(1) pp 16 - 23.
United States Meteorological Data: Daily and Hourly Files to Support Predictive Exposure Modeling (PDF) (397pp, 2M) - ORD numerical models for pesticide exposure include a model of spray drift (AgDisp), a cropland pesticide persistence model (PRZM), a surface water exposure model (EXAMS), and a model of fish bioaccumulation (BASS). A unified climatological database for these models has been assembled from several National Weather Service (NWS) datasets, including Solar and Meteorological Surface Observation Network (SAMSON) data for 1961-1990 (versions 1.0 and 1.1), combined with NWS precipitation and evaporation data. Together these NWS products provide coordinated access to solar radiation, sky cover, temperature, relative humidity, station atmospheric pressure, wind direction and speed, and precipitation. The resulting hourly and daily weather parameters provide a unified dataset for use in coordinated exposure modeling.
The Watershed and Water Quality Modeling Technical Support Center is offering an introductory course on water quality modeling featuring the Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP). The course will be offered July 23-27, 2007, in Atlanta, GA. The course is free of charge and is being offered on a first-come/ first-serve basis. For additional information or to register for the workshop, please contact Tim Wool at 404-562-9260 or wool.tim@epa.gov. More information on the workshop and the WASP model can be found at http://www.epa.gov/athens/wwqtsc/html/training.html.';
}
if (index==77)
{
e[1] = '2'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter to attend quarterly project meeting July 10-12 in Annapolis, MD.';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter is one of three review panel members for the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office and the Corp of Engineers Baltimore District study entitled “Evaluation of Suspended Solids Transport and of Living Resource Interactions in the Chesapeake Bay System”.';
}
if (index==76)
{
e[1] = '2'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Stephen Kraemer participates in workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Kraemer participated in the Headwaters Forum and Workshop in Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 27. The workshop featured a briefing by Brian Frazer, EPA\’s chief of the Wetlands and Aquatic Resources Regulatory Branch, on the EPA and Corp of Engineers guidance on Clean Water Act definition of navigable waters in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling on headwater streams and "significant nexus" to navigable waters. Dr. Kraemer also met with Dr. Henk Haitjema of Indiana University to discuss recent advances in analytic element modeling of regional ground water flow.';
}
if (index==78)
{
e[1] = '9'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Candida West and Maria Tucker to visit RTP July 17-18';
e[4] = 'Dr. West will be meeting with Jewel Morris to discuss the ERD Business Plan. Maria Tucker will be meeting with the RTP communications staff.';
}
if (index==81)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Kyle McKay to give seminar July 16';
e[4] = 'Kyle McKay, Independent Contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory will present a seminar titled “What\’s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doing in Athens, Georgia?”'
}
if (index==80)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Thomas Pierce, Acting Director, to attend meeting in Denver';
e[4] = 'Pierce has been invited to attend the Ecological Research Planning (ERP) meeting held in Denver July 30-August 3.';
}
if (index==79)
{
e[1] = '16'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Thomas Pierce to attend workshop in RTP';
e[4] = 'Pierce, co-chair of NERL\’s Air Research Implementation Plan Steering Committee, will be participating in a scientist-to-scientist workshop in RTP during July 23-26.';
}
if (index==84)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Michael J. Plewa to present seminar';
e[4] = 'Dr. Plewa, University Scholar and Professor of Genetics, University of Illinois will present a seminar titled “Integrating Analytical Biology and Analytical Chemistry of Emerging Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products” July 25 at ERD.'
}
if (index==83)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Wayne Garrison and Craig Barber to attend NERL/SP2 meeting';
e[4] = 'Drs. Garrison and Barber will be attending the NERL/SP2 Implantation Planning Committee meeting held in RTP on July 31-August 2.';
}
if (index==82)
{
e[1] = '23'; e[2] = '7'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Managers to attend leadership training';
e[4] = 'Dr. Mac Long, Dr. Candida West and Cathy Murphy will be attending the Facilitative Leadership Seminar in RTP on August 18-24.';
}
if (index==88)
{
e[1] = '6'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Wayne Garrison and John Kenneke to attend American Chemical Society Meeting';
e[4] = 'Drs. Garrison and Kenneke will be attending the Fall National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA on August 19-23. Dr. Garrison has organized a symposium on Modern Chiral Agrochemicals: the Importance of Enantioselectivitiy in Fate and Effects for August 22. Dr. Kenneke will make a presentation at the symposium entitled “Enantioselective formation of the triazole fungicide triadimenol from triadimefon in mammal and fish hepatic microsomes.”';
}
if (index==87)
{
e[1] = '6'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp to present web seminar to NIEHS';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp is giving a web seminar at the request of NIEHS entitled "Factors Influencing Fate and Transport of Selected Nanomaterials in Water and Land". The seminar will be given at 2:30 p.m. on August 16.';
}
if (index==86)
{
e[1] = '6'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'TQB Training';
e[4] = 'Drs. Eric Weber and Fred Hauchman will be conducting TQB training August 13 at ERD';
}
if (index==85)
{
e[1] = '6'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Peer Review';
e[4] = 'The ERD Peer Review will be held August 14-16. The Peer Review Panel will consist of Dr. David A. Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. David L. Sedlak, University of California; Dr. Amelia K. Ward, University of Alabama; Dr. Mitchell J. Small, Carnegie Mellon; and Dr. Thomas Meixner, University of Arizona.';
}
if (index==91)
{
e[1] = '20'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Susan Richardson selected as the 2008 recipient of the ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology';
e[4] = 'The award will be presented at the Society’s meeting in New Orleans, LA on April 8, 2008.';
}
if (index==90)
{
e[1] = '20'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Richard Zepp, Ryan Jones, and Zhongfu Ge participate in beach study';
e[4] = 'Drs. Zepp, Jones and Ge traveled to Fairhope, AL to participate in epidemiological studies at the beach on Mobile Bay. They set equipment that provided automated measurements of descriptive variables that can be used for predictive modeling of fecal indicator microorganisms at the beach (temperature, turbidity, salinity, chlorophyll, underwater and above water uv/visible light, currents.)';
}
if (index==89)
{
e[1] = '20'; e[2] = '8'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = '2006 ORD Honor Award Recipients from ERD';
e[4] = 'Bronze Medal
ERD Aquatic Ecosystem Team
For sustained, responsive support to internal and external clients by developing integrated monitoring and modeling solutions for informed environmental decision making in the Mid-Atlantic Highland.
Dr. M. Craig Barber
Dr. Michael J. Cyterski
Dr. John M. Johnston
Dr. Yusuf M. Mohamoud
Dr. Rajbir S. Parmar
Dr. Brenda Rashleigh
Conazole Research Team
For an outstanding multidisciplinary effort that developed and implemented an approach to identifying and characterizing toxicity pathways of conazoles and related environmental agents.
Drew Ekman
Management Multi-Year Plan Goal 1
In recognition of the outstanding contributions toward achieving excellent administrative support and for providing the analytical basis for the ORD Administrative Efficiencies Project (AEP).
Dr. Harvey Holm
Exceptional/Outstanding ORD Technical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices
Earl J. Hayter
For extensive contaminated sediment model development, guidance, technical assistance and sustained training provided to the Agency at high priority contaminated sites nationwide.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Management Team
For outstanding service to the Program Offices and Regions in providing valuable tools and expertise to address the nation\’s leaking underground storage tank sites.
Linda Exum
Lourdes Prieto
David Spidle
Jim Weaver';
}
if (index==95)
{
e[1] = '3'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Justin Babendreier travel to Ft. Collins, CO';
e[4] = 'Dr. Babendreier will serve as an expert panelist for review of the Object Modeling System (OMS) framework on September 4-7. On September 7-12, Dr. Babendreier will be attending the OMS Training workshop.';
}
if (index==94)
{
e[1] = '3'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Tim Collette, Matt Henderson, Quincy Teng, and Drew Ekman travel to Cincinnati, Ohio';
e[4] = 'Drs. Collette, Henderson, Teng and Ekman will be attending the Comp Tox Small Fish Meeting being held September 9-11. Drs. Collette and Henderson will also be attending NERL Exposure Reconstruction Workshop held on September 12-14.';
}
if (index==93)
{
e[1] = '3'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Dermont Bouchard to attend workshop in Gaithersburg, MD';
e[4] = 'Dr. Bouchard will be attending a workshop on Standards for Environmental, Health, and Safety needs for Engineered Nanomaterial at the NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory September 11-14.';
}
if (index==92)
{
e[1] = '3'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Nick Loux to attend conference in Washington, DC'
e[4] = 'Dr. Loux will be attending the Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference being held in Washington, DC, September 24-26.';
}
if (index==99)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. John M. Johnston attends modeling workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Johnston attended the USGS Modeling Framework (OMS) Evaluation and Workshop held at Fort Collins, CO, September 7-12.';
}
if (index==98)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter attends modeling meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter attended a modeling-related meeting at the request of the Lower Passaic River RPM in Mahwah, NJ, September 10-12.';
}
if (index==97)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter to make presentation in Brest, France';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will give a presentation titled “Modeling Wave-Induced Entrainment of Mud in Newnans Lake, Florida” at the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes being held in Brest, France, September 23-29.';
}
if (index==96)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Nick Loux appointed contact to the OECD Steering Group';
e[4] = 'Dr. Loux has been appointed to be the US contact to the OECD Steering Group 4 Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials and will participate in a nanomaterial meeting being held in Ispra, Italy, September 30 to October 5.';
}
if (index==101)
{
e[1] = '17'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver makes presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver will be presenting "Legacy of Gasoline Constituents on Ground Water" to the 18th annual Underground Storage Tank Assessment and Remediation Conference sponsored by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in Montgomery Alabama on September 18-19. While in Alabama, Dr Weaver will participate with ADEM in field sampling for old leaded gasoline that still remains in the ground. Old leaded gasoline has been linked to the persistence of ethylene dibromide (EDB) in contaminated ground water. EDB was used to prevent precipitation of lead on engine components, but is a more potentent carcinogen than benzene, another common gasoline constituent and carcinogen.';
}
if (index==100)
{
e[1] = '17'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Recent Publications and Upcoming Presentations';
e[4] = 'Journal / Peer Reviewed Journal:
Tillman, F. and J. W. Weaver. Temporal Moisture Content Variability Beneath and External to a Building and the Potential Effects on Vapor Intrusion Risk Assessment. Science of the Total Environment. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 379(1):1-15, (2007)
Kraemer, S. R. Analytic Element Ground Water Modeling as a Research Program (1980-2006). Ground Water. National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH, 45(4):402-408, (2007).
Richardson, S. D. Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues: 2007 Review. Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 79(12):4295-4324, (2007).
Presentations (September - December 31, 2007):
Presented at Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Eco Science Team Meeting and Synthesis Workshop, Salvador, Brazil, September 28 - 30, 2007
Fernandes, E., M. Bustamante, A. Kozovits, and R. G. Zepp. Regional Emissions of Nitric Oxide (NO) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Agroecosystems in Central West Region, Brazil.
Potter, C., M. Bustamante, S. Kloster, V. Genovese, L. Ferreira, A. Huerte, R. Cosme, R. Nemani, and R. G. Zepp. Modeling the Effects of Climate and Land Use Change on Carbon and Trace Gas Budgets over the Amazon Region Using NASA Satellite Products.
Presented at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 03 - 07, 2007.
Bodin, N., H. S. Weinberg, S. W. Krasner, S. D. Richardson, J. G. Pressman, T. F. Speth, R. J. Miltner, and J. E. Simmons. Meeting in Charlotte: Methods for the Analysis of Priority DBPS in RO-Concentrated Drinking Water.
Chinn, R., T. Lee, S. Krasner, M. Dale, S. D. Richardson, J. G. Pressman, T. F. Speth, R. J. Miltner, and J. E. Simmons. Meeting in Charlotte: Solid-Phase Extraction of 35 DBPS with Analysis by GC/ECD and GC/MS.
Presented at 2007 Water Quality Technology Conference, Charlotte, NC, November 04 - 08, 2007.
Bodin, N., H. S. Weinberg, S. W. Krasner, S. D. Richardson, J. G. Pressman, T. F. Speth, R. J. Miltner, and J. E. Simmons. Meeting in Charlotte: Methods for the Analysis of Priority DBPS in RO-Concentrated Drinking Water.
Chinn, R., T. Lee, S. Krasner, M. Dale, S. D. Richardson, J. G. Pressman, T. F. Speth, R. J. Miltner, and J. E. Simmons. Meeting in Charlotte: Solid-Phase Extraction of 35 DBPS with Analysis by GC/ECD and GC/MS.
Presented at Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, November 11 - 15, 2007.
Barber, M. C., W. R. Munns, Jr., and B. Rashleigh. A Review of Bioaccumulation Modeling Approaches for Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Ekman, D. R., T. W. Collette, Q. Teng, G. T. Ankley, D. Martinovic, K. M. Jensen, and D. L. Villeneuve. Metabolomics as a Tool for Discriminating Among Adaptive, Compensatory, and Toxic Responses upon Exposure of Small Fish to EDCS.
Frick, W. E. and Z. Ge. Bacterial Mortality Due to Solar Radiation, Comparing Experimental and Statistical Evidence.
Overmyer, J. P., J. F. Kenneke, C. S. Mazur, J. K. Avants, A. W. Garrison, M. Delorenzo, and P. Key. Using Chirality to Inform the Metabolism of Triadimefon to Triadimenol: a Cross-Species Examination.
Rashleigh, B., M. C. Barber, and D. M. Walters. Forecasts and Sensitivity of PCB Bioaccumulation in Fish of Lake Hartwell, South Carolina
Zepp, R. G., R. Jones, J. Willis, M. J. Cyterski, and M. Molina. Predictive Modeling of Light-Induced Mortality of Enterococci Faecalis in Recreational Waters.
Zhang, H. and E. J. Weber. Identifying Indicators of Reactivity for Chemical Reductants in Anoxic and Anaerobic Sediments.
Other Presentations (ordered by date)
Richardson, S. D., F. G. Crumley, F. Fasano, M. J. Plewa, E. D. Wagner, T. H. Mize, P. Angel, R. Orlando, L. N. Williamson, and M. G. Bartlett. Meeting in China: Chlorinated vs. Chloraminated Drinking Water: Toxicity-Based Identification of Disinfection By-Products Using ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS. Presented at Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXV, Xiamen, China, September 23 - 27, 2007.
Richardson, S. D. Meeting in China: Emerging Environmental Contaminants and Current Issues. Presented at Seminars at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Chinese Academy of Science; and Beijing University, Beijing, China, September 24 - 28, 2007.
Hayter, E. J., M. Jain, and A. J. Mehta. Modeling Wave-Induced Entrainment of Mud in Newnans Lake, Florida. Presented at INTERCOH \'07- 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes, Brest, France, September 25 - 28, 2007.
Bouchard, D. Measurement of Nanoparticles in Water. Presented at 80th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, San Diego, CA, October 13 - 17, 2007.
Frick, W. E. and Z. Ge. Using Hydrographic Data and the EPA Virtual Beach Model to Test Predictions of Beach Bacteria Concentrations. Presented at ERF 2007, Providence, RI, November 04 - 08, 2007.
Mazur, C. S. and J. F. Kenneke. Cross-Species Comparison of Conazole Fungicide Metabolites Using Rat and Rainbow Trout (Onchorhynchus Mykiss) Hepatic Microsomes and Purified Human Cytochrome P450 3A4. Presented at 8th International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Sendai, Japan, October 09 - 12, 2007.';
}
if (index==109)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter to attend workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will attend a Holston River modeling meeting at the PRP\’s modeling contractor\’s office at the request of the R3 RPM the Saltville Waste Disposal Ponds October 3-5 in Montvale, NJ.';
}
if (index==108)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Walter Frick to teach training course';
e[4] = 'Dr. Frick will be teaching a Visual Plumes Training Course on October 9-11 at the Washington State Department of Ecology in Olympia/Lace, WA.';
}
if (index==107)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Cissy Ma to attend training course';
e[4] = 'Dr. Cissy Ma will be attending a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D) training course to support nanomaterial research being held October 9-12 in Piscattaway, NJ.';
}
if (index==106)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Tom Purucker to attend course';
e[4] = 'Dr. Purucker will be attending a short course on Bayesian Maximum Entropy applications and conference of International Society of Exposure Analysis on October 13-16 in RTP.';
}
if (index==105)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Chris Knightes to make presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Knightes will attend and give a presentation at the 17th annual Conference on the International Society of Exposure Analysis held in Durham, NC on October 14-18. The title of his presentation is “Human-Ecosystem Interactions: The Case of Mercury.”';
}
if (index==104)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Brenda Rashleigh to teach course';
e[4] = 'Dr. Rashleigh will teach an EPA Advance Methods for GIS workshop for the Nature Conservancy on October 15-19 in RTP.';
}
if (index==103)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Cathy Murphy and Sue Campbell to give briefing';
e[4] = 'Ms. Murphy and Ms. Campbell will present Administrative Efficiencies Project (AEP) clerical briefing to the ORD Management Council in RTP on October 3.';
}
if (index==102)
{
e[1] = '24'; e[2] = '9'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp attend workshop in Brazil';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp attended the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) Eco Science Team Meeting and Synthesis Workshop at the University of Brasilia, Salvador Da Bahia, Brazil on September 24-29. Dr. Zepp shared results with other LBA participants about his studies of the effects of land use and climate changes on nutrient and carbon dynamics in water basins of the cerrado of central Brazil. He also attended a workshop for the exchange of scientific information obtained during the LBA project and for continuation of efforts towards integration and synthesis of LBA scientific results.';
}
if (index==112)
{
e[1] = '1'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Susan Richardson travels to Hong Kong, Beijing, and Xiamen, China';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson gave an invited presentation at the 35th Colloquium Spectroscopicum International Conference, held September 20-30 in Xiamen, China. This was an international spectroscopy conference that emphasized environmental analysis and nanomaterials. Dr. Richardson was an invited speaker and presented her research on "Chlorinated vs. Chloraminated Drinking Water: Toxicity-Based Identification of Disinfection By-Products Using ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS".
Dr. Richardson also presented invited seminars and meet with researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the premier government scientific research organization in China. Dr. Guibing Jiang, who was host to Dr. Richardson at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and at Beijing University, is a deputy director at one of the CAS laboratories and is a leading researcher in China on persistent organic pollutant (POP) research. Dr. Jiang is also an associate editor of the journal, Environmental Science & Technology (Asian Editor). Seminars at these institutions highlighted EPA’s leading edge research.';
}
if (index==111)
{
e[1] = '1'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Richard Zepp travels to Penang, Malaysia';
e[4] = 'Dr. Zepp attended the Panel Meeting of the UNEP Committee of Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion held in Penang, Malaysia on August 22-30. The purpose for this meeting was to participate in the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) meeting as a panel member and lead author of a special assessment of recent findings on the interactive effects of ozone depletion and climate change on human health and the environment.';
}
if (index==117)
{
e[1] = '1'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Chris Mazur travels to Sendai, Japan';
e[4] = 'Dr. Mazur will be attending the 8th International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) Meeting in Sendai, Japan on October 9-12. This is the annual meeting for ISSX, whose mission is studying the metabolism and disposition of foreign chemicals in biological systems. Dr. Mazur will present a poster entitled “Cross-species comparison of conazole fungicide metabolites using rat and rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) hepatic microsomes and purified human CYP 3A4”.';
}
if (index==116)
{
e[1] = '15'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Susan Richardson recognized for most accessed article';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson\’s article titled “Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues” was one of the top three most-accessed Analytical Chemistry articles during the second quarter of 2007.';
}
if (index==115)
{
e[1] = '15'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Candida West and Richard Zepp visit Cincinnati';
e[4] = 'Drs. West and Zepp were in Cincinnati October 10-12 to attend an ORD Beaches Planning Meeting.';
}
if (index==114)
{
e[1] = '15'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Jim Weaver visits Cincinnati';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weaver attended the ORD Brownfields/Sustainable Land Recycling Team meeting held in Cincinnati on October 10-11. He presented information on ERD research related to these areas (evaulation of models, vapor intrusion and on-line calculators for site assessments) and discussed possible collaboration focused on uses of the ERD Field Research Annex. While there, he and Dr. Candida West visited the NRMRL Experimental Stream Facility.';
}
if (index==113)
{
e[1] = '15'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Candida West and Chris Knightes attend meeting in RTP';
e[4] = 'Drs. West and Knightes attended the 17th annual Conference of the International Society in Exposure Assessment held in RTP on October 14-18. In addition, Dr. Knightes will give a presentation titled, “Human-Ecosystem Interactions: The Case of Mercury.”';
}
if (index==121)
{
e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Brenda Rashleigh travels to Turkey';
e[4] = 'Dr. Rashleigh attended the NATO CCMS Pilot Study 5 Workshop on Sustainable Use and Development of Watersheds for Human Security and Peace on October 22-26 in Istanbul, Turkey. This important workshop provides a unique opportunity for international experts to discuss in detail different aspects and innovations for most efficient watershed management, to transfer know-how in this field as practiced in various countries, and to learn about the most advanced tools used for watershed management.';
}
if (index==120)
{
e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. John M. Johnston presents Facilitative Training';
e[4] = 'Dr. Johnston was invited to be a Facilitative Trainer for the ORD Office of Human Resources (OHR) Excellence in Supervision (EIS) course for new supervisors held October 21-26 in Washington, DC.';
}
if (index==119)
{
e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Eric Weber to attend ORD Division Directors\’ Meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weber will be attending the ORD Division Directors\’ Meeting being held Oct 30-Nov 1 in RTP.';
}
if (index==118)
{
e[1] = '22'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Candida West attends Facilitation Skills Training';
e[4] = 'Dr. West will be attending the Facilitation Skill Training class being held on Oct 24-26 in Washington, DC.';
}
if (index==126)
{
e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Brenda Rashleigh invited to give presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Rashleigh gave an invited presentation entitled “Using the Aquatox Model Characterization of PCB Bioaccumulation in the Lake Hartwell Foodweb” to the Environmental Science Department of Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, on October 29.';
}
if (index==125)
{
e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Walter Frick gives presentation';
e[4] = 'Dr. Frick will be giving an oral presentation entitled “Use of hydrographic data and the EPA virtual Beach model to test predictions of beach bacteria concentrations” to the Estuarine Research Federation in Providence, RI, on November 4-8.';
}
if (index==124)
{
e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'NERL Special Achievement Awards Ceremony';
e[4] = 'Dr. Harvey Holm will be attending and receiving an Award for “Goal 2 – Be a High Performing Organization” at the Ceremony held in RTP on November 6. Dr. Eric Weber and Cathy Murphy will be attending. Dr. Jack Jones, unable to attend the ceremony, will be receiving an Award for “Community Service”.';
}
if (index==123)
{
e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Justin Babendreier to attend debriefing';
e[4] = 'Dr. Babendreier will be attending debriefing meetings with OSW staff on the (WMPC) Waste Minimization Priority Chemical Study, as well as other meetings with the OSW staff and management in Washington, DC, on November 7-9.';
}
if (index==122)
{
e[1] = '29'; e[2] = '10'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Chris Knightes invited to attend workshop';
e[4] = 'Dr. Knightes will be participating in a workshop on the Ecological Effects of Air Pollution Control Strategies in Washington, DC, November 7-9. He was invited by the Heinz Center to discuss metrics of measuring ecological effects of air pollution control strategies.';
}
if (index==128)
{
e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Justin Babendreier invited to participate in Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Video Conference';
e[4] = 'Dr. Babendreier has been asked to give a presentation/discussion during the “Integrated Modeling for Decision-Making” slot for the EPA/EU Conference being held November 6 in Washington, DC.';
}
if (index==127)
{
e[1] = '5'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD announces opening for Environmental Multimedia Modeler (Interdisciplinary Scientist/Engineer – GS14/15)';
e[4] = 'The preferred candidate will have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in environmental or chemical engineering, hydrology, ecology, mathematics or a closely related field. Qualified applicants should possess (1) extensive experience in mathematical modeling, algorithm development and proficiency in a variety of computer programming languages and architectures, including GIS; (2) a demonstrated ability to lead innovative research teams that have informed real world decisions; and, (3) a history of significant publications in internationally-recognized journals. This is an interdisciplinary position that can be filled at the GS-14 or GS-15 level as either a Physical Scientist or Mathematician. Applications will be accepted November 5, 2007, through January 4, 2008. For qualification and application details, visit www.usajobs.gov. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Additional information may be found at';
e[5] = 'http://www.epa.gov/athens';
}
if (index==132)
{
e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Scientists attend SETAC Meeting';
e[4] = 'Drs. Craig Barber, Richard Zepp, Brenda Rashleigh, Judy Zhang and Drew Ekman will be attending the annual SETAC meeting being held in Milwaukee, WI on November 11-14. Dr. Zepp will be making a presentation titled “Predictive Modeling of Light-Induced Mortality of Enterococci faecalis in Recreational Waters.” Dr. Zhang will be making a presentation titled "Identifying Indicators of Reactivity for Chemical Reductants in Anoxic and Anaerobic Sediments". On November 14, Drs. Zepp, Marirosa Molina and Richard Whitman (USGS) will chair a session on "Biological Contamination of Great Lakes and Marine Coastal Beaches: Sources, Fate, Monitoring, and Predictive Modeling." Drs. Rashleigh and Barber will chair a session on bioaccumulation modeling.';
}
if (index==131)
{
e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'ERD Scientists attend workshop';
e[4] = 'Drs. John Johnston, Kurt Wolfe, Tom Purucker, Rajbir Parmar, Shawn Matott and Daniel McGarvey will be attending a modeling workshop at the Gund Institute, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. They will be discussing aspects of ecosystem services modeling and valuation and supporting framework technology. The workshop is intended to create a foundation for collaboration between EPA and the Gund Institute, supporting the goals of the Ecological Research Program. EPA researchers will receive an in-depth briefing on the MIMES framework, and 3MRA/FRAMES and D4EM will be demonstrated for researchers at Gund. http://www.uvm.edu/giee/mimesdevelopers/2007/10/29/mimesepa-meeting/'
}
if (index==130)
{
e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Gerry Laniak participates in workshop';
e[4] = 'Gerry Laniak is traveling to RTP and Rockville, Maryland, November 12-16 to participate in a workshop for FRAMES and D4EM and a CREM meeting with SPC Council. ';
}
if (index==129)
{
e[1] = '19'; e[2] = '11'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Steve Kraemer, Chris Knightes, and Robert Ambrose attend meeting in Atlanta';
e[4] = 'Kraemer, Knightes and Ambrose attended the ERP ORD planning meeting to discuss the planning and business aspects of the ERP. The meeting was held November 14-15 in Atlanta hosted by Region 4.';
}
if (index==138)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Drs. Rajbir Parmar and Kurt Wolfe make presentation to Office of Water';
e[4] = 'Drs. Parmar and Wolfe will demonstrate FRAMES and D4EM to OW December 5-6 in Washington, DC. While there he will meet with Jim Carleton (OW), STORET team and Aqua Terra Consultants to resolve issues regarding inclusion of modernized STORET data in D4EM.';
}
if (index==137)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Earl Hayter attends meeting';
e[4] = 'Dr. Hayter will attend a sediment transport modeling meeting for the Lower Duwamish Superfund Site on December 10-12 in Seattle, WA.';
}
if (index==136)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'O\’Niell Tedrow attends meeting';
e[4] = 'O\'Niell visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, TN, on November 28-29, 2007, to attend a scientific demonstration of single-wall nanotube imaging using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), with subsequent elemental analysis using energy dispersive x-ray (EDX).';
}
if (index==135)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Eric Weber, Frank Stancil, John Johnston and Gerry Laniak attend meeting';
e[4] = 'Weber, Stancil, Johnston, and Laniak will be meeting with Rick Linthurst, Rochelle Araujo, and Deb Mangis to discuss modeling needs of the Ecosystems Research Program (ERP) in RTP on December 10.';
}
if (index==134)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Eric Weber attends meetings in RTP';
e[4] = 'Dr. Weber will be participating in the NERL BOSC review meeting on December 11 in RTP as well as the NERL Managers Meeting on December 12 in RTP.';
}
if (index==133)
{
e[1] = '10'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Susan Richardson’s article most accessed';
e[4] = 'Dr. Richardson\’s article, "Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues ", published in Analytical Chemistry is being featured on the ACS Publications website, http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/most_accessed/index.html as a Most-Accessed Article for the third-quarter of 2007. Most-Accessed Articles listed are based on article web view data collected following COUNTER-compliant ACS Usage Reports.';
}
if (index==140)
{
e[1] = '17'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Brenda Rashleigh participates in Science Fellow Program';
e[4] = 'Dr. Rashleigh will travel to Pretoria, South Africa January 1 through February 17, 2008 to participate in the Science Fellows Program.';
}
if (index==139)
{
e[1] = '17'; e[2] = '12'; e[3] = '2007';
e[0] = 'Dr. Nick Loux chairs Workgroup';
e[4] = 'Dr. Loux will attend and chair the ORD OSP OPPTS Physical Chemistry Workgroup to assess the applicability of existing OPPTS harmonized test guidelines to manufactured nanomaterials held in RTP, January 7-10, 2008. ';
}
return e;
}
//add methods to the prototype
Highlight.prototype.getSize = Highlight_getSize;
Highlight.prototype.getFeaturedHighlight = Highlight_getFeaturedHighlight;