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Gary Chapman, Paladin Water

Quality Consulting

Microwave Assisted Solvent Extraction

10:45 a.m.—Abbreviated Microwave

Assisted Extraction of Pesticides

and PCBs in Soils

Rick McMillan, USEPA Region 6

Laboratory

Solid Phase Extraction

11:15 a.m.—Optimizing Solid Phase

Extraction for Oil and Grease and

Particulate Laden Samples

Margaret Raisglid, University of

Arizona

11:45 a.m.—Lunch

Method Detection Limit Issues

1:00 p.m.—Alternative Minimum Level

(AML): A Scientifically Sound and

Practical Approach to Compliance

Limits

Ray Maddalone, TRW

1:30 p.m.—Application of an

Alternative Minimum Level

Determination for Volatile Water

Soluble Compounds in Pulp Mill

Effluent using Microdistillation

(SW–846 Method 5031)

Alex Gholson, NCASI

2:00 p.m.—Evaluation of Alternative

Detection Limit Concepts Using a

Common Database

Barry Eynon, SRI International

Field Studies

2.30 p.m.—Field Analysis: Effective

Approach to Site Assessment and

Remediation

Ileana Rhodes, Shell Development

Company

3:00 p.m.—Break

Biomarkers

3:15 p.m.—Use of a Human Cell Line

Biomarker to Assess the Risk of

Dioxin-like Compounds

Jack Anderson, Columbia Analytical

Services, Inc.

3:45 p.m.—Biomarkers of

Environmental Contamination

Scott Steinert, Computer Sciences

Corporation

Cyanide

4:15 p.m.—A Method Comparison and

Evaluation for the Analysis of Weak

Acid Dissociable Cyanide

John Sebroski, Bayer Corporation

Great Lakes

4:45 p.m.—The Lake Michigan Mass

Balance Study: Amalgam, Resin and

Dramamine

Marcia Kuehl, Grace Analytical

5:15 p.m.—Adjourn

Thursday, May 16, 1996

Organics

8:30 a.m.—The Semipermeable

Membrane Device (SPMD)—

Sampling Dissolved Organic

Contaminants

Carl Orazio, National Biological

Service

9:00 a.m.—Determination of CDDs and

CDFs at Part-per-quintillion Levels

Using a Cubic Meter Sample

Dale Rushneck, Interface, Inc.

9:30 a.m.—A Quantitative Immunoassay

for Triazine Herbicides in Drinking

Water

Harry McCarty, SAIC

10:00 a.m.—Break

10:15 a.m.—Equilibrium Headspace: An

Alternative to Purge and Trap for

Industrial Wastewater Analyses

Elaine Lemoine, The Perkin Elmer

Corporation

10:45 a.m.—Toxaphene, and Its

Occurrence in Large Lakes

John Kucklick, National Marine

Fisheries Service

11:15 a.m.—Initial Validation of Method

1668: Toxic PCBs by HRGC/HRMS

Bruce Colby, Pacific Analytical, Inc.

11:45 a.m.—Lunch

1:00 p.m.—Analysis of Phenolic Acid

Compounds in Calcareous Soils by

SW–846 Method 8270

Cary Jackson, Support Systems, Inc./

Global Environmental Services

Trace Metals

1:30 p.m.—Expedited Delineation of

Elemental Mercury (Hg) in Soils at

an Industrial Facility in South

America

Thomas Lusardi, Keating

Environmental Management, Inc.

2:00 p.m.—Analysis of Trace Metals in

Complex Matrices

Howard Weinberg, University of North

Carolina

2:30 p.m.—Applying Clean Metal

Techniques to Real World

Situations

Paul Boothe, Albion Environmental

and TERL at Texas A&M University

3:00 p.m.—Break

3:15 p.m.—How Dirty Can an Acid Bath

be and Still Meet ‘‘Clean Metal’’

Requirements

Eric Crecelius, Battelle Marine

Sciences Laboratory

3:45 p.m.—Application of Clean Metals

Techniques to Wastewater

Monitoring

Paula Hogg, Hampton Roads

Sanitation District

4:15 p.m.—A Practical Approach to

Permit-based Trace Metals

Monitoring

Roger Stewart, Virginia DEQ

4:45 p.m.—A Common Sense Approach

to Turning Your Metals Laboratory

into an Environment Where Clean

Metals Analysis Can be Performed

Reliably

Jim Anderson, Commonwealth of

Virginia/Division of Consolidated

Laboratories

5:15 p.m.—Adjourn.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Tudor Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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Workshop Announcement; Call for

Papers: Analysis of Issues Related to

Next Steps on Climate Change

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Negotiations under the

Framework Convention on Climate

Change (FCCC) are underway to address

possible actions under the Berlin

Mandate. These discussions are

scheduled to reach a conclusion at the

Third Meeting of the Parties which is

planned for Fall of 1997. To provide

input on a wide range of analytical

issues related to these negotiations, the

Departments of Agriculture, Commerce,

Energy, and State, and the

Environmental Protection Agency are

hosting a workshop on June 6–7 in the

Washington, D.C. area.

The purpose of the workshop is to

provide a forum to share and discuss

information on analytical issues to help

inform U.S. policymakers and the

interested public as we move forward in

negotiations concerning possible next

steps under the Berlin Mandate.

The workshop will focus on analysis

of the key issues identified in the Berlin

Mandate. These issues are:

• the elaboration of policies and

measures,

• the setting of quantified emissions

limitation and reduction objectives, and

• actions to advance the

implementation of existing

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Parties not included in Annex 1.

This workshop provides an

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present the interim results of their

ongoing analyses related to the

economic and environmental impacts of

issues arising in the context of these

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The workshop also offers an

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at the workshop should submit an

abstract of no more than one page to the

conference organizer identified below.

Abstracts should be received by April

29th and submitters will be notified if

their paper has been accepted for

presentation by May 6th. All papers

should focus on analytical issues related

to the issues described above. Papers

will be selected on the basis of their

relevance to the workshop topics, the

availability of time, and the need for

presentations in each of the three areas

identified in the mandate.

For information about attending the

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paper for the meeting, please call (703)

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DATES: The conference will be held June

6–7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeremy Symons, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, NW,

Mail Code 6202J, Washington, DC

20460.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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April 17, 1996.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

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approval for the following public

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

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comply with a collection of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

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control number. Questions concerning

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expiration dates should be directed to

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Communications Commission, (202)

418–0217.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0054.

Expiration Date: 2/28/99.

Title: Application for Exemption from

Ship Radio Station Requirements FCC

Form 820.

Estimated Annual Burden: 233 hours

annual burden; average 1 hour and 10

minutes per respondent; 200

respondents.

Description: FCC Rules require this

collection of information when

exemptions from radio provisions of

statute; treaty or international agreement

are requested. The data is used by the

examiners to determine the applicants

qualifications for the requested

exemption.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0541.

Expiration Date: 2/28/99.

Title: Transmittal Sheet for Phase 2

Cellular Applications for Unserved

Areas.

Form: FCC Form 464–A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,660 total

annual hours; average 10 minutes per

respondent; 10,000 respondents.

Description: The information is used

by the Commission to determine

whether the applicant is qualified

legally, technically, and financially to

be licensed as a cellular operator.

Without the information the

Commission could not determine

whether to issue licenses to the

applicants that provide

telecommunications services to the

public. The transmittal sheet facilitates

application intake and other processing

functions. The applicant must certify on

the form that the application is

complete in every respect and contains

all the required information.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0321.

Expiration Date: 2/28/99.

Title: Sampling systems for Antenna

Monitors - Section 73.68.

Estimated Annual Burden: 200 total

annual hours; average 2 hours per

respondent; 100 respondents.

Description: Section 73.68(b) requires

that licensees of existing AM broadcast

stations with antenna monitor sampling

systems, meeting the performance

standards specified in the rules may file

informal request for approval of their

sampling systems. Section 73.68(d)

requires that a request for modification

of the station license be submitted by

the FCC when the antenna sampling

system is modified or components of the

the sampling system are replaced. The

data is used by staff to maintain

complete technical information

regarding licensees to insure that the

sampling system is in full compliance

with the rules and will not cause

interference to other facilities.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0175.

Expiration Date: 2/28/99.

Title: Station Main Studio Location

Section 73.1125.

Estimated Annual Burden: 68 total

annual hours; average 30 minutes per

respondent; 135 respondents.

Description: Section 73.1125 requires

AM, FM or TV licensees to locate their

main studio at any point within the

station’s principal community contours.

If the station relocates its main studio

the licensee is required to notify the

Commission. This notice assures that

the station is located within the

principal community contours and

notifies FCC of the change in mailing

address.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0160.

Expiration Date: 2/28/99.

Title: Directional Antenna Monitoring

Points - Section 73.158.

Form: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 320 total

annual hours; average 4 hours per

respondent; 80 respondents.

Description: Section 73.158 requires

licensees of AM radio stations using a

directional antenna system to file an

informal application to modify their

station license for changes in field

monitoring point and for routing

description to each. It also requires

licensees to file a request for a corrected

station license when the descriptive

routing to reach any of the monitoring

points is no longer correct. The data is

used by FCC staff to alleviate electro

magnetic interference and issue a new

license.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Railway Co. v. Port of Long Beach;

Filing of Complaint and Assignment

Notice is given that a complaint filed

by Southern Pacific Transportation

Company and The Atchison, Topeka

and Santa Fe Railway Company

(‘‘Complainants’’) against Port of Long

Beach (‘‘Respondent’’) was served April

17, 1996. Complainants allege that

Respondent has violated section

10(d)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46

U.S.C. app 1709(d)(1), in connection

with a new item in Respondent’s tariff

that imposes an access charge for use of

Port owned rail tracks, contrary to

provisions of existing agreements

between Complainants and the City of

Long Beach.