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RE: quotes for two NCstories (deadline Aug I5Noon)
Jamie Kritzer
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Subject: RE: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
Thanks. |donot want tomiss this deadline. VVehad promised her quotes inearly July for the July 17mE[05STEP
meeting in DC and missed that due tothe other priorities.
Sheila Holman
Assistant Secretary for the Environment
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From: Kritzer, Jamie
Sent: Thursday, August Z4 20178x40AM
To: Holman, Sheila
Subject: RE: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
Sheila,
Yes, I've got someone else working on these for Ms. Matthews.
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Jamie Kritzer
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Sent: Thursday, August Z4 20178:14AM
To: Kritzer, Jamieit
Subject: FVV:quotes for two NCstories (deadline Aug 25Noon)
Importance: High
Can you get me some quotes to consider later today? The quotes are needed by tomorrow. Thanks.
Sheila Holman
Assistant Secretary for the Environment
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From: Matthews, Lisa [mailto� Matthews. Lisa
Sent: Thursday, August 24 20178:10AK8
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Subject: FVV:quotes for two NCstories (deadline Aug 25Noon)
Importance: High
We'll need quotes by Friday noon (August 25) to make the hard copy document for next week's R4-ORD meeting. Hope
you'll be able to help us out. Thank you!
From: Matthews, Lisa
Sent: Tuesday, August 22,2U171O:4lAM
To: Holman, Sheila
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Subject: quotes for two NC stories
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Hi Sheila,
We are finalizing our new batch of stories this week for the R4 State Commissioners' meeting on August 30. Are you able
to provide a quote for the two NC stories?
Also do you know if Secretary Regan plans to attend?
Thank you,
Lisa
Lisa Matthews
Senior Advisor and State Liaison
US EPA Office of Research and Development
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Partners: Cape Fear Public Utility Authority; Town ofPittsboro,NC; Fayetteville, N[State Highway and Public Works
Commission, NCDepartment ofEnvironmental Quality
Challenge: Mapping PFASlevels across anentire river basin
Resource: Methods development and laboratory analyses
Because ofconcerns about long -chain pepandpolyfluoroa|kylsubstances(PFAS)vvhichpersistindheenWronment,their
use began being phased out in 2006. In 2007, EPA ORD began a first -ever effort in the U.S. to map PFAS levels in an
entire watershed, focusing on North Carolina's [ape Fear River Basin. This mapping effort demonstrated that there were
multiple sources of many different PFAS throughout the basin, suggesting that since the basin is a major drinking water
resource, it could potentially be responsible for human exposures to PFAS throughout the entire region. As part of this
effort, ORD also developed research based methods to measure PFAS in drinking water.
EPA ORD's PFAS research in the Cape Fear Basin has continued since the 2007 mapping effort, specifically focusing on
continued tracking of PFAS in surface and drinking water samples while discovering the emergence of novel PFAS using
high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) non -targeted analysis approaches. This work was highlighting the ongoing
presence not only of many of the old, legacy PFAS compounds (such as PFOS/PFOA), but also of a suite of new PFAS
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(such as Gen>A that came into production after the legacy PFA5w/ere phased out Most recently, 0RD researcher
showed conclusively that these new PFASvvere present in the drinking water in Wilmington, N(, which will assist the
state ufNorth Carolina in understanding exposures from PFAS.
Partners: N[Department ofEnvironmental Quality, City ofCharlotte, City ofRaleigh
Challenge: Acceptance of bio-contaminated waste water by Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs)
Resource: Technical support in the area of pathogens in wastewater infrastructure
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|n OctoberJO14, EPA held aforum on pathogens in wastewater
infrastructure for state and POTVV representatives. The forum
focused onproviding recommendations, technical information,
and potential solutions tothe wastewater industry, particularly in
emergencies.
EPA isinvestigating data needs inareas that, if filled, could assist
wastewater plant operators inmaking decisions about whether
and how toaccept wastewater contaminated with pathogens (e.8.
anthrax bacteria, Ebo|avirus) during an emergency. EPA is also in the process of performing research projects toaddress
needs associated with POTW acceptance of wastewater potentially contaminated with pathogens.
The forum was organized around the following questions: How dow/edeal with waste water contaminated with
biological agents such asBacillus onthnocborEbo|avirus? What isneeded/required for utilities toaccept bio'
contaminatedvvastew/aters?VVhatsortsoftests,protoco|sandre8u|atoryguidanceareneeded?VVhatisneededfor
permit authorities in NCtoguide/allow utilities to accept these wastes? How should these (tests, protocols and
re8u|atory8uidanoe)beded0nedurimp|emented?VVhoshuu|ddesi0nandeva|uatethese?Arethereuther"simp|er"
tests and protocols? What is needed to address concerns and issues raised by the public, wastewater workers and
operators? What are the data Baps and what type ofresearch is needed?
As a result of this forum, EPA and the Water Environment Research Foundation held a national workshop on the topic in
2016. In turn, this led to several research projects being planned and implemented to address the key research gaps and
needs brought upinthe workshop.
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