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Home My WebLink AboutDEQ-CFW_00009628Region 4 State Commissioners' Visit EPA Main Building, Room C2z2 109 T.NKAlexander Drive Durham, North Carolina 27709 8100arn Meet inlobby mf EPA Main Building Lisa Matthews, Senior Advisor and State Liaison, U3EPA Office o/Research and Deve/opnventkJRCV 8:15 am Welcome and Introductions Chris Robbins, US EPA ORD Ken Lapierre, US EPA Region 4 Sheila Holman, NC DEQ 8:30 am EPA RTP Science and Technical Capabilities Overview Jennifer Orme-Zovoleto, Director, US EPA ORD National Exposure Research Laboratory 8:50ann States Perspectives/Topics of Interest States present will informally talk about some of the big problemslissues they are facing uswell usany related science needs. Kentucky DEP North Carolina DE{} South Carolina DHEC Tennessee DEC Virginia DE{} 10:00 am Break 10:25anm 9FAS State perspective (Sheila Holman, NCDEC) States will tee upbsuesfor the topic sessions, and /fpossible, give examples from their stote'sexperiences. EPA research on analytical methods, toxicity & treatment technologies (Tim Buckley) Roundtable discussion 21:00 am Emerging/Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants: Public Drinking Water Consumers' Concerns State perspective (Myra Reece, 8CDHEC) EPA Office of Water update (Eric Burneson via video -teleconference and Greg Carroll) Roundtable discussion 11:30ann V0|dfires/Contro|ed8urns State perspective (Elaine Boyd, TNDEC) EPA research (\NayneCascio) Roundtable discussion 12:00 pm Working Lunch Order in sandwiches 12:30 prn Algal Blooms State perspective (Sheila Holman, NC DEC) EPA research — early warning systems (Blake Schaeffer) Roundtable discussion 1x00pnm Building and Lab Tour (Meet inlobby ofEPA Main Building) Kelly Witter, ORD National Exposure Research Laboratory 1:00 Walk to High Bay Pointing out Building Highlights Matt Poit and Greg Eades, Office of Administration Resources Management-RTP 1:10 Decontamination Technologies Research Laboratory (COMMANDER), High Bay Shown Ryon, ORDNational Homeland Security Research Center 1:30 Walk to Building D 2:35 Method Development Laboratory, DZ8SAand D27O Mo/kStrynor, ORDNational Exposure Research Laboratory 2:55 Walk toBuilding B 2:05 Drinking Water Laboratory, BS66 Jane Ellen Simmons, YusuphoSeyand Tony McDonald, ORDNational Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory 2:25 Leave Building B and walk back to C114 2:40pno Air Sensor Technology State perspective (Aaron Keadey,KYDEP) EPA research (Gayle Hagler) Roundtable discussion 3:15 pm Recap today's discussion Chris Robbins, US EPA ORI 3:30pm States' visit to Village Green station (Durham Public Library) Gayle Hagler, ORDNational Exposure Research Laboratory Building Highlights EPA in Research Triangle Park is the largest facility ever built by the Agency and that over 2,000 prufesdona|svvorkinthesestate'ofthearttad|idesthatserveauamode|forsafe,hea|thyand environmental ly-sustainable business operations. The campus includes over 1.2 million square feet of office, laboratory, computer and conference spaces. Surrounding the buildings are lUacres ofdedicated open space, including woods, meadows, marshes and alake. Decontamination Technologies Research Laboratory The Decontamination Technologies Research Laboratory (DKTL), part ufOR[Ys National Homeland Security Research Center, is equipped with specialized glove boxes, custom -fabricated spray chambers, and decontamination equipment designed for applied studies on and development of cleanup approaches to chemical, biological or radiological contamination. All on -site work uses surrogates for actual agents, including non-pathogenic spores in the case of anthrax and non -radioactive material for radiological studies. The largest of the specialized chambers within DTRL is the Consequence Management and Decontamination Evaluation Room (COMMANDER), an 800 cubic foot stainless steel room contained within an outer enclosure. COMMANDER is capable of containing non-pathogenic (BSL- 2)or8anismsand8aseouschemica|s;itisequippedxvitha36Ucubicfootair|ockm/ithdecontaminabon shower toallow for access during testing while minimizing the potential for confounding cross - contamination inthesurroundin8|abspace.[urrenteffortsin[OMK4ANDERinc|udetheaoeomentof decontamination options and sampling methods for indoor environments, e.g., an office contaminated with anthrax. Method Development Laboratory The Method Development Lab specializes in the analysis oforganic chemical contaminants in biological and environmental samples. Through the use of high resolution mass spectrometry, we are able to both perform targeted routine analysis as well as non -targeted and suspect screening analysis in real samples (water, soil, dust serum and urine). Both targeted/screening analyses are critical in ongoing studies for monitoring for known ana|ytesaswell asdiscovery ofnovel ana|ytes. Drinking Water Laboratory The Drinking Water Lab studies the effects of chemical mixtures. We have developed broadly applicable tools to predict the toxicity of mixtures and to determine those chemicals or chemical subsets within a mixture that are drivingtoxicity/risk. For water, we have developed novel, reproducible methods for concentration and disinfection of water that retain volatiles and is scalable to desired volumes. We have also developed new ways to deliver mixtures containing vo|ad|esto experimental animals that minimizes volatile loss, keeps the water cold and in the dark to maximize chemical stability, and reduces waste. Village Green Project The Village Green Project is a community -based activity to demonstrate the capabilities of new real-time monitoring technology for residents and citizen scientists to learn about local air quality. The goal of the project is to provide the public and communities with information previously not available about their local air quality and engage communities in air pollution awareness. A pilot station in Durham, N[ has demonstrated the system's ability to monitor several common air pollutants in real-time and make the data available online and by smartphone. The Village Green Project is expanding to other communities across the U.S. to evaluate the station's operation under different weather conditions and to increase awareness of this new community -based air quality monitoring system developed by EPA. The solar and wind powered station is park bench structure with instruments that provide minute'to'minuteair measurements for ozone, particle pollution and weather conditions.