[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5718]
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[Federal Register: March 11, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4848-9]
Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of conference.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Science and Technology and the Water Environment
Federation, co-sponsors, will hold the ``17th Annual Conference on
Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment'' to discuss all aspects of
environmental measurement. The conference is open to the public.
DATES: The conference will be held on May 3-5, 1994, from 8:30 am to
4:45 pm. On May 3, 1994, the first session will begin at 1 pm and last
until 5 pm.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Omni International Hotel,
777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conference arrangements are being
coordinated by the Water Environment Federation. For information on
registration, hotel rates, transportation, social events and
reservations call the Water Environment Federation Conference Service
Line at 1-800 666 0206 to receive a brochure. If you have technical
questions regarding the conference program please contact William
Telliard, Office of Science and Technology (Mail Code 4303), telephone
(202) 260-7120, fax (202) 260-7185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The conference is designed to bring together
commercial environmental laboratories, regulated industries, State and
Federal regulatory agencies, and consulting and contracting firms to
exchange state-of-the-art technical information on aquatic pollutant
measurement. Special Sessions will be held on EPA's studies of
alternative solvents to Freon 113 in the measurement of ``oil and
grease'', and the development of methods for the determination of trace
metals in ambient waters.
The session on Freon substitution will cover the results of EPA's
Phase II Study of the determination of ``oil and grease'' and ``total
petroleum hydrocarbons'' (TPHs). Freon replacement studies by the
American Petroleum Institute and the laundry industry will be
presented. The session will include updates on solid-phase extraction
techniques using cartridges and disks, and the determinations of ``oil
and grease'' and TPH by infra-red adsorption. The session will be
capped by discussion of the criteria that EPA will use in the selection
of alternate solvent(s) for Freon 113 and technique(s) in the oil and
grease test.
The session on trace metals determinations will cover EPA guidance
for sampling and analytical methods with associated QC to support the
determination of metals at EPA ambient water quality levels. The
session will include discussions of clean and ultra-clean techniques. A
case study of an environmental monitoring program establishing site-
specific water quality criteria for trace metals in the San Francisco
Bay will be presented. The session will also cover techniques for
determination of arsenic, selenium, and mercury at EPA and State
ambient water quality criteria levels.
Topics for the 17th annual conference will include: effects of
interferences in methods for cyanide, performance characteristic of
isotope dilution HRGC/LRMS method for volatiles, characterization of
non-purgeable organic halogen in river water adjacent to Kraft mill
discharge and micellular electrokinetic capillary chromatograpy. The
conference will include discussion on the setting of discharge
limitations and problems with EPA's method detection limit (MDL). EPA's
approach to performance-based methods and performance evaluation of
methods will be discussed. Additional subjects include EPA's approval
process for a nationwide alternate test procedure for pesticides, high-
speed system for biochemical oxygen demand, and false positives for
gasoline and diesel range organics from blowby in internal combustion
engines.
Dated: March 7, 1994.
Tudor Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 94-5718 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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