Technical Program Direction to: Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, Pollution Fate Research Program and Water Contaminants Characterization Res. Program, Southeast Water Lab., Athens, Ga. I am looking forward to visiting each of our offices, laboratories and field sites and to meeting as many as possible of you individually. Ours is an exciting taskthe monitoring and assessment of pollution levels across the country in air, in water and on the land, the exploration and development of new concepts for identifying, tracing, evaluating and understanding environmental pollution and the development and testing of new concepts for the protection of our environment from the many pollutional insults it now faces as well as the as-yet unrecognized or unknown insults which the future may bring. Our challenge is to meet the short- and mid-range research and monitoring needs of the Agency with a highly mission-oriented program which must and will be closely meshed with the other operating arms of EPA while at the same time we must recognize and meet the longer-range needs which exist, perhaps, only at the horizon of our knowledge. My best wishes to each of you. STANLEY M. GREENFIELD. DISTRIBUTION LIST Deputy Asst. Administrator for Monitoring Deputy Asst. Administrator for Program Operations Deputy Asst. Administrator for Research and Environmental Assessment Acting Chief, Air Pollution Research Acting Chief, Air Pollution Science and Technology Office Acting Chief, Pesticides Research Acting Chief, Radiation Research Acting Chief, Solid Wastes Research Acting Chief, Water Quality Research Director, Gulf Breeze Laboratory (Pesticides) Director, Perrine Primate Laboratory (Pesticides) Director, Eastern Environmental Radiation Laboratory (Radiation) Director, Western Environmental Research Laboratory (Radiation) Chief, Planning and Resources Office (Water) Regional Research and Development Representatives, Regions I-X (Water) Director, Division of Applied Science and Technology (Water) Chief, Research and Development Branch, Hudson-Delaware Basins Office (Water) Chief, Waste Treatment Research Program, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Mine Drainage Pollution Control Research Activities, Robert A. Taft Water Research Center (Water) Chief, Norton Field Site (Water) Chief, Treatment and Control Research Program, Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center (Water) Chief, Firebaugh Field Site (Water) Chief, Industrial and Agricultural Pollution Control Research Program Southeast Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Division of Process Research and Development (Water) Chief, Alaska Village Demonstration Project, Alaska Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Cold Climate Research Program, Alaska Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Biological Treatment Research Program, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Contracts and Grants Activity, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Muncipal Treatment Research Program, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Physical-Chemical Treatment Research Program, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Treatment Optimization Research Program, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Ultimate Disposal Research Program, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Virology Research Section, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Waste Identification and Analysis Section, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory (Water) Chief, Blue Plains Pilot Plant (Water) Chief, Pomona Field Site (Water) Chief, Water Quality Control Research Program, Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center (Water) Director, Division of Water Quality Research (Water) Director, National Marine Water Quality Laboratory (Water) Chief, Bears Bluff Field Station (Water) Director, National Water Quality Laboratory (Water) Chief, Newtown Field Site (Water) Chief, Western Fish Toxicology Field Site (Water) Chief, National Coastal Pollution Research Program, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, National Eutrophication Research Program, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, National Thermal Pollution Research Program, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Shagawa Lake Project (Water) Director, Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, Robert A. Taft Water Research Center (Water) Chief, Ground Water Pollution Research Program, Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center (Water) Chief, Pollution Fate Research Program, Southeast Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Water Contaminants Characterization Research Program, Southeast Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Consolidated Laboratory Services, Alaska Water Laboratory (Water) Chief, Consolidated Laboratory Services, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Alaska Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Pacific Northwest Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center (Water) Director, Southeast Water Laboratory (Water) Director, Hudson-Delaware Basins Office (Water) Interim Regional Coordinator, Regions I-X Regional Director, Water Quality Office, Mid-Atlantic Region COPIES TO Administrator Asst. Administrator for Planning and Management Asst. Administrator for Enforcement and General Counsel Asst. Administrator for Media Programs Asst. Administrator for Categorical Programs Deputy Asst. Administrator for Administration Deputy Asst. Administrator for Planning and Evaluation Deputy Asst. Administrator for Resources Management Deputy Asst. Administrator for Air Programs Deputy Asst. Administrator for Water Programs Deputy Asst. Administrator for Pesticides Programs Deputy Asst. Administrator for Radiation Programs Deputy Asst. Administrator for Solid Waste Management Programs Attachment lc SUMMARY STATEMENT ON EPA RESEARCH LABORATORIES The current intramural laboratory research capability in the Environmental Protection Agency consists of 36 separate research laboratory facilities located in 18 different states. Six of these laboratories are scheduled to be consolidated within the air quality programs at the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and at Ann Arbor in Michigan. After the consolidation EPA will have 30 separate research laboratory facilities. These facilities range from major research laboratories with up to 184 thousands of square feet of space to research field sites with 3000 square feet of laboratory space. There is a total of 1.18 million square feet of space within these facilities for research and development activities. These laboratories are staffed by 1,109 research, development, and demonstration professional and 838 non-professional persons. The professional personnel represent about 59 disciplines and specialties including the physical and biological sciences, agricultural sciences, medical and veterinary sciences, economics, social sciences, engineering disciplines, etc. In addition to the research facilities mentioned above, the EPA has 38 operational and regional laboratories whose missions at times include research type activities. These laboratories have a total of 0.53 million square feet of space and are staffed by 853 positions. Approximately 1.3 million square feet of additional laboratory space will become available for long-term research when the National Center for Toxicological Research at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, becomes operational. This facility will be jointly occupied and operated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. Attached is a Compendium of the research facilities of the Environmental Protection Agency with a brief statement of the laboratory program and information pertaining to the size of the laboratory and the size and composition of the staff of each. |