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From: Holman, Sheila [/O=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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Sent: 8/27/2017 11:18:40 PM
To: Young, Sarah [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group
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CC: Kritzer, Jamie [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group
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Subject: Re: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
Any update on these quotes?
MW
Sheila Holman
Assistant Secretary for Environment
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From: Young, Sarah
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:24 AM
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From: Kritzer, Jamie
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 8:40:14 AM
To: Young, Sarah
Subject: FW: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
Yes, please take a look at the copy and determine what's appropriate. Thank you.
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From: Young, Sarah
Sent: Thursday, August Z4 20178:31AM
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Subject: Fxvd: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
Let me know if you want my help
From: Matthews, Lisa
Sent: Thursday, August Z4 20178:09:42AM
To: Holman, Sheila
Cc: Young, Sarah
Subject: FW: quotes for two NC stories (deadline Aug 25 Noon)
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 JZ,JO171O:41AM
To: Holman, Sheila
Cc: Young, Sarah
Subject: quotes for two NC stories
Importance: High
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, NCState Highway and Public Works
Commission, NCDepartment ufEnvironmental Quality
Challenge: Mapping PFASlevels across anentire river basin
Resource: Methods development and laboratory analyses
Because ofconcerns about long -chain per-andpolyfluoroa|kylsubstances(PFAS)vvhichpeoiriintheemvinonment,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 Cape 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
(such as GenX) that came into production after the legacy PFASxvere phased out. Most recently, ORD researchers
showed conclusively that these new PFASvvere present in the drinking water in Wilmington, N[, which will assist the
state ofNorth Carolina in understanding exposures from PFAS.
Partners: NC Department of Environmental Quality, City of Charlotte, City of Raleigh
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focused onproviding recommendations, technical information, and
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potential solutions tothe wastewater industry, particularly in emergencies.
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whether and how to accept wastewater contaminated with pathogens (e.8. anthrax bacteria, Ebo|avirus) during an
emergency. EPA isalso in the process ofperforming research projects toaddress needs associated with POTVV
acceptance ofwastewater potentially contaminated with pathogens.
The forum was organized around the following questions: How dow/edeal with waste water contaminated with
biological agents such as Bacillus anthracis or Ebola virus? What is needed/required for utilities to accept bio-
contaminated wastewaters? What sorts of tests, protocols and regulatory guidance are needed? What is needed for
permit authorities in N[toguide/allow utilities to accept these wastes? How should these (tests, protocols and
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tests and protocols? What is needed to address concerns and issues raised by the public, wastewater workers and
operators? What are the data gaps 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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