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DisposJ1
Safety
Incorporated
Henry Lancaster
Division of Solid Waste Management
NCDEHNR
512 North Salisbury St., #1425
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Lancaster:
November 30, 1995
It was a pleasure talking with you yesterday. As we discussed, Disposal Safety
Incorporated would like to placed on the list of technical experts that could be considered to
perform specific tasks for the Working Group. Also, if the Working Group decided it needs
to reopen its search for the position of Science Advisor, we would be happy to submit a
proposal.
As you requested, I am sending you information which describes both Disposal
Safety's technical qualifications and its experience working with community groups. We
combine expertise in soil contamination, ground-water contamination, and environmental
chemistry with a commitment to working with community groups.
We also maintain close ties with other individuals whose areas of expertise
compliment those of Disposal Safety and are available to work with us for specific projects.
Resumes from two such individuals, Dr. James Johnson, Jr., and Dr. John Young, are
enclosed. Dr. Johnson is Dean of Engineering at Howard University and an expert on
landfill processes and hazardous waste. For the past three years, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Ross
(President of Disposal Safety) have served together on the National Academy of Sciences'
Committee on Buried and Tank Waste. Dr. John Young of the Hampshire Research Institute
is an expert in risk assessment and toxicology and has worked with us on numerous
Technical Assistance Grants.
Please call if you have any questions or would like to discuss our qualifications in
more depth.
Encl.
1 660 L Street NW, Suite 5 1 0
Washington, DC 20036
[phone]
Steven Amter
Senior Hydrogeologist
Disposal
Safety
Incorporated
DISPOSAL SAFETY IN CORPORA TED
Disposal Safety Incorporated is a ground-water consulting firm which specializes in evaluating
current and potential contamination by hazardous chemical and radioactive wastes .
Experience with the physical, chemical , and quantitative methods of hydrogeology is Disposal
Safety's strength. The company believes that a thorough understanding of the geological, chemical, and
physical controls on ground-water and contaminant movement on a site-specific basis provides the
soundest basis for decisions about contamination problems . The company also has an exceptionally strong
capability in the increasingly important calculational tools of hydro geology, including the use and
interpretation of computer models.
In a field evolving as rapidly as is hydrogeology, it is essential to be familiar with new scientific
developments. The best way of doing this is to remain an active participant in research. All of Disposal
Safety 's professionals publish regularly in the scientific literature. The firm's president, Dr. Benjamin
Ross , was guest editor of a special issue of Engineering Geology on "Models of Nuclear Waste
Repository Performance." The company also wrote the chapter on "Understanding the Consultant's
Report" for the Bureau of National Affairs' book Environmental Due Diligence.
Disposal Safety offers a unique range of services to help clients solve problems involving ground-
water contamination. These include:
• Third-party review -The firm performs detailed reviews of data about contamination
problems for parties that have an interest in the outcome but are not responsible for the
investigation. Sites of these reviews include landfills in Florida, Maine, Michigan, North
Carolina, and Ohio, waste treatment facilities in Georgia, Maine, and Pennsylvania, and
chemical plants in Louisiana, New Jersey, and New York. Clients include lenders , real-
estate purchasers, municipalities, and neighboring property owners .
• Hydrogeological investigations -Disposal Safety can conduct investigations or help
clients design and execute their own using state-of-the-art methods. Its experience
includes all study phases , including program design, installation of monitoring-well
networks, collection of soil and water samples, and data analysis.
• Expert witness services -Principals of the firm have been selected as expert witnesses
in a variety of legal actions , including challenges to permits and suits for damages to
health and property. Opinions have been offered on such questions as the source of
observed contamination, the amount of exposure, and the adequacy of previous
investigations.
Disposal Safety Incorporated has a unique commitment to serving community groups and other
non-profit organizations. Its clients include recipients of Superfund Technical Assistance Grants, labor
unions, and local environmental groups as well as government and commercial organizations.
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Personnel
The president of Disposal Safety Incorporated is Dr. Benjamin Ross. Dr. Ross has more than
fifteen years of experience in the hydrogeological analysis of waste disposal sites. He was a member of
the Peer Review Panel established by the U.S. Dept. of Energy to review site characterization plans for
proposed high-level waste repository sites and served on EPA's Science Advisory Board Subcommittee
on High-Level Waste/Carbon-14. He currently serves on the National Academy of Science's Committee
on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes. Dr. Ross holds a Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and an A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University.
Steven Amter has more than ten years of experience in contaminant hydrogeology, including site
assessments, water, soil, and chemical investigations, monitoring well installation and aquifer pump tests .
He holds an M.S. magna cum laude in hydrology from the University of Arizona and a B.S . cum laude
in geology from the State University of New York.
William Eckel has more than ten years experience in environmental analytical chemistry,
specializing in the identification of organic pollutants. He played a key role in the USEPA Contract
Laboratory Program's work group on better methods of identifying tentatively identified compounds. He
holds an M.S. in analytical chemistry from American University and a B.S. in biology and environmental
studies from George Washington University.
Selected Projects
Superfund Technical Assistance Grant: Union Chemical Company, Hope, Maine
The Union Chemical Company was a short-lived chemical manufacturing, recycling, and
incineration facility that contaminated soil, ground water, and a nearby brook. Under a TAG grant to
the Hope's Committee for a Clean Environment, Disposal Safety reviewed the Remedial Investigation
report prepared by consultants working for the Potentially Responsible Parties. Among other defects,
we found that the RI had failed to test samples for the main ingredient in Union Chemical's product, even
though this chemical is very toxic and had been detected at the site in earlier investigations. While
generally endorsing the remedy initially proposed by EPA, we recommended some changes in the remedy
and additional testing.
Expert testimony in a toxic tort suit at a Superfund site
Neighbors of a Florida Superfund site sued the Navy and Waste Management Inc. over the
contamination of drinking water supplies. As expert witness for the plaintiffs, Dr. Ross analyzed the
nature and extent of contamination in detail. Mr. Eckel, supporting Dr. Ross' s testimony, discovered
that the contaminated aquifer contained two addictive drugs whose presence had not been reported by any
government agency . This work led to a pre-trial settlement with Waste Management. In the trial against
the Navy, the court verdict agreed completely with Dr. Ross's testimony.
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Review of Environmental Site Assessments
To reduce the risks of liability for toxic wastes, real-estate lenders are asking borrowers to
provide Environmental Site Assessments on the property being mortgaged. Disposal Safety has been
retained by New York law firms to review these documents for major lenders it represents. Properties
reviewed to date include large downtown office buildings as well as industrial and hotel sites.
Superfund Technical Assistance Grant: Toms River, New Jersey
Since 1987, Disposal Safety has provided technical assistance to Ocean County Citizens for Clean
Water at the Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site in Toms River, NJ. This is a large chemical manufacturing
facility that contains numerous landfills, liquid waste lagoons, and disposal areas; investigations are being
carried out by both EPA and Ciba-Geigy. We demonstrated that a major disposal area had been
overlooked by EPA contractors. In response to our critique, large portions of the Remedial Investigation
were redone and the recommendations for remedial action were significantly modified.
Pesticide contamination of ground water
The weed-killer bromacil is used widely in citrus groves and along rights of way. We collected,
summarized and interpreted information showing that bromacil is persistent, can migrate rapidly, and has
been detected frequently in ground water. Our report was issued jointly by the United Mine Workers,
the National Coalition Against Misuse of Pesticides, and environmental groups in Florida and California.
After the report received wide publicity, the Florida Dept. of Agriculture chose to adopt an earlier
recommendation of its technical staff and suspended use of bromacil in one of the state's four major
citrus-growing regions.
Definition of investigation needs at a closed hazardous waste incinerator
A hazardous waste incinerator in Dalton, Georgia, had a history of bad practices under previous
ownership, for which two managers had served time in Federal penitentiary. The Georgia Environmental
Protection Division granted the new owners a permit to operate a treatment and repackaging facility,
requiring only a minimal investigation of the condition of the site. Dr. Ross reviewed the new permit,
identified inadequacies in the proposed investigative plan, and prepared written expert testimony for the
City's challenge to it. As part of the settlement of this challenge, Disposal Safety helped the City
negotiate an agreed-upon plan for the investigation and oversaw its progress.
Waste management at lead smelters
The waste management practices of the nation's largest secondary lead smelting company were
surveyed for the United Steelworkers of America. We found a consistent pattern of resistance to clean-up
of environmental problems. Our research, and follow-up work in cooperation with environmentalists in
five states, has led regulators to begin numerous enforcement actions.
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Release of carbon-14 from a nuclear waste repository
A major pathway for the potential release of radioactivity from the proposed nuclear waste
repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada is the movement of carbon-14 as gaseous carbon dioxide.
Disposal Safety is playing the lead role in calculating the magnitude of these releases for the U.S. Dept.
of Energy. A numerical model of gas flow at Yucca Mountain has been developed, using an innovative
mathematical approach developed by us .
Expert testimony in a toxic tort suit involving a gasoline spill
In Rapid City, South Dakota, service station tanks owned by Amoco Corp. leaked gasoline into
a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood. The leak caused fumes to migrate into buildings and
wide-spread ground-water contamination, prompting neighbors affected by the spill to sue the company.
Mr. Amter prepared testimony on tank leaks , leak-detection technology, the standard of care at the time
of the spill, and the adequacy of Amoco's response to the spill. An out-of-court settlement was reached
one day before trial.
Technical Assistance to neighbors of Kodak Park: Rochester, New York
Kodak Park is one of the largest chemical manufacturing facilities in the world and a New York
State Superfund site with more than a dozen on-going investigations of soil and ground-water
contamination. For the Koda Vista Community Association and the Maplewood Neighborhood
Association, Disposal Safety has reviewed hundreds of documents such as technical memoranda,
investigation reports, work plans , and remedial design plans. We have been most actively involved in
the design of ground-water monitoring systems and the design of interceptor systems for contaminated
ground water. With our help, the community groups convinced Kodak and the New York Department
of Environmental Conservation that twelve additional wells were needed in the Koda Vista neighborhood.
Selected Clients
AFL-CIO
Berger & Montague
California Rural Legal Assistance
Connerton, Ray and Simon
C.U.R.B. Pollution
City of Dalton, Georgia
Dutch Hollow Homeowner's Association
Hope's Committee for a Clean Environment
John Ball Park Community Association
Koda Vista Community Association
Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & LeBrun
Maplewood Neighborhood Association
No D.I.C.E.
Occupational Health Legal Rights Foundation
Ocean County Citizens for Clean Water
Oil, Chemical , & Atomic Workers Intl. Union
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington
Ruman, Clements & Tobin
Sandia National Laboratories
Town of Somerset, Maryland
United Mine Workers of America
United Steelworkers of America
Utah State High-Level Waste Office
Webster & Sheffield
Winthrop Landfill Citizens Action Group
Education:
STEVEN AMTER, M.S.
B. S. , Geology, State University of New York, 1980 ( cum laude)
M.S., Hydrology, University of Arizona, 1987 (magna cum laude)
EPA Emergency and Hazardous Response short course
NGW A Environmental Site Assessment short course
Certification: Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, Certified Ground
Water Professional No. 334
Experience:
1987 -Senior Hydrogeologist, Disposal Safety Incorporated . Conducted in-depth
evaluations of seven Superfund remedial investigations. Analyzed waste-
management practices, remedial investigations, and clean-up plans for six
secondary lead and steel smelters across the nation. Provided expert witness
and/or litigation support services in six lawsuits involving petroleum spills.
Analyzed the consequences of a large-volume petroleum release from a
refinery in Indiana and served as the primary expert witness. Evaluated soil
and ground-water contamination at a large refinery in Texas. Evaluated
ground-water contamination and industry standards of care in connection with
a leak from a gasoline station in South Dakota. Analyzed the effect of an old
petroleum bulk storage facility upon a river in Rhode Island and the
contamination of a municipal well by leaking underground storage tanks in
North Carolina. For the Town of Somerset, MD, evaluated the investigation
and remediation of petroleum-contaminated soil and ground-water at a
Washington, D.C. bus depot. Performed third-party reviews on site
assessments for lenders on properties totaling over $400 million in value.
Developed finite-difference model of gas flow in the unsaturated zone.
Designed monitoring system and sampling program for municipal landfill in
Dutchess County, New York. Serve as Community Technical Advisor for
investigation and remediation of contaminated ground water at Kodak Park in
Rochester, New York. Contributed to review of high-level waste performance
assessment methods.
1985 -1987 Research Assistant, Hydrology Department, University of Arizona project on
Unsaturated Flow and Transport Through Fractured Rock. Solely responsible
for design, development, and testing of an unsaturated-zone water sampling
device. Activities included computer simulation and field and laboratory
testing.
1986 Hydrogeologist, Ground Water Resource Consultants, Inc. Conducted aquifer
tests and collected water samples in Arizona and California.
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1980 -1983 Hydrogeologist, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York State Law
Department. Responsible for providing in-house scientific and technical
consultation for all phases of environmental investigation, litigation and
remediation, including field work at hazardous waste sites , litigation case
development, and procurement and supervision of consultants and expert
witnesses. Negotiated the technical aspects of a remediation program at a
hazardous waste site and served as the on-site coordinator during its
implementation. Performed site evaluations at hazardous waste sites.
Designed and supervised numerous investigation programs including
emplacement of borehole and piezometer networks and collection of soil and
water samples under strict scientific and legal protocols. These included the
investigation of ground-water in connection with a large release of jet fuel
from above-ground storage tanks and the investigation of soil and ground-
water contamination caused by the leakage of solvents from a tank farm .
Affiliations: Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Honors: Loeb Foundation Scholarship , 1984-86
University Tuition Scholarship , 1984
Departmental Scholar of Geology, 1980
Publications:
B. Ross , S. Amter, and N. Lu, Predicted gas-phase movement of carbon-14 from a
radioactive waste repository, Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, in
press, 1993.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Understanding the consultant's report, in J. P. O'Brien and S.
Carhart, eds., Environmental Due Diligence, Bureau of National Affairs, 1992, pp. 111 :39-
111 :52.
N. Lu and s. Amter' VECTOR -A computer program that utilizes SURFER or GRAPHER to
plot a vector field, Ground Water, vol. 30 , no. 4, pp. 614-617 , 1992.
B. Ross , S. Amter, and N. Lu, Numerical studies of rock-gas flow in Yucca Mountain,
SAND91-7304, Sandia National Laboratories, NM , 1992.
Steven Amter, M.S .
S. Amter, N. Lu, and B. Ross, Thermally driven gas flow beneath Yucca Mountain,
Nevada, in R. R Eaton et al., eds ., Multiphase Transport in Porous Media , American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 1991, pp. 17-24.
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N. Lu, S. Amter, and B. Ross, Effect of a low-permeability layer on calculated gas flow at
Yucca Mountain, Proc. High Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada,
1991, vol. 1, pp. 853-860.
S. Amter and B. Ross, Simulation of gas flow beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with a
model based on the freshwater head, in R. G. Post, ed., Waste Management '90, University
of Arizona, Tucson, 1990, vol. 2, pp. 915-925.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Subsurface transport in water and gas, Eng. Geo/., vol. 26, pp . 373-
403, 1989 .
S. Amter, Natural analogues, Eng. Geo/., vol. 26, pp. 431-440, 1989.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Numerical solution of variable-density flow problems using fresh-
water head as a solution variable, Eos Trans. AGU, vol. 69, p. 349, 1988.
S. Amter, Injection/recovery lysimeter technique for unsaturated zone soil-water extraction,
Ground Water, vol. 25, No. 6, p. 761 , 1987.
Education:
BENJAMIN ROSS, Ph.D.
A.B., Physics, Harvard University, 1971 (summa cum laude)
Visiting Scientist, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 1974
Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
Certification: Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, Certified Ground
Water Professional No. 228
Experience:
1984 -President of Disposal Safety Incorporated, a firm specializing in analysis of
contamination by hazardous radioactive and chemical waste. Developed model
of carbon-14 release from proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
Conducted in-depth reviews of ground-water contamination investigations
including chemical plants in New Jersey and Louisiana and landfills in Florida,
Maine, and N. Carolina. Led comprehensive review of environmental
performance of a major metal recycling corporation. Edited issue of
Engineering Geology: "Models of Nuclear Waste Repository Performance."
1981 -1984 Senior Research Scientist at GeoTrans, Inc. Project Manager for
"Hydrogeology of the Nevada Test Site" and "Benchmarking of Computer
Codes and Licensing Assistance" for Division of Waste Management, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Project Manager, "Technical Support for
the Development, Analysis, and Implementation of Hazardous Waste
Regulation" for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
1976 -1981 Risk analyst at The Analytic Sciences Corp. Work focused on safety analysis
of nuclear waste disposal. Technical leader in study of disposal sites for
NRC. Originated NUTRAN, a large-scale computer code used to analyze safety
of waste repositories, and directed its development and use. Project Manager
of "System Safety and Risk Assessment Evaluation" for Office of Nuclear
Waste Isolation.
1975 -1976 Energy Resources Company . Deputy Manager, Policy Division. Studied
environmental effects of new energy technologies for government agencies.
Advisory USEPA Science Advisory Board, High Level Waste/Carbon-14 subcommittee.
Committees: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste Management,
Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes.
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Affiliations: American Geophysical Union
Association. of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers
International Association of Hydrogeologists
American Physical Society
American Nuclear Society
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Honors: Best Paper Award, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Division;
Outstanding Referee, American Geophysical Union, 1992
Languages: Fluent in French, good German, some Russian.
Publications:
B. Ross and N. Lu, Efficiency of air inlet wells in vapor extraction systems, Water Resour.
Res., vol. 30, pp. 581-584, 1994.
Y. Zhang, N. Lu, and B. Ross, Convective instability of moist gas in a porous medium, Int.
J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 37, pp . 129-138, 1994.
B. Ross, S. Amter, and N. Lu, Predicted gas-phase movement of carbon-14 from a
radioactive waste repository, Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle , in
press, 1994.
W. P. Eckel, B. Ross, and R. K. Isensee, Pentobarbital found in ground water, Ground
Water, vol. 31, pp. 801-804, 1993.
B. Ross, Y. Zhang, and N. Lu, Implications of stability analysis for heat transfer at Yucca
Mountain, Proc. High Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993,
vol. 1, pp. 584-89 .
B. Ross, Temperature scenarios for a repository at Yucca Mountain, Proc. High Level
Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1992, vol. 1, pp . 784-789.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Understanding the consultant's report, in J. P. O'Brien and S.
Carhart, eds., Environmental Due Diligence, Bureau of National Affairs , 1992, pp. 111:39-
111 :52.
B. Ross, G. Johanson, G. D. Foster, and W. P. Eckel, Glycol ethers as ground-water
contaminants, Appl. Hydrogeol., vol. 1, pp. 66-76, 1992.
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B. Ross and N. Lu, A coupled model of gas flow and heat transport in porous media, Eos
Trans. AGU, vol. 73, p. 115, 1992.
S. Amter, N. Lu, and B. Ross, Thermally driven gas flow beneath Yucca Mountain,
Nevada, in R. R. Eaton et al., eds., Multiphase Transport in Porous Media, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 1991, pp . 17-24.
N. Lu, S. Amter, and B. Ross, Effect of a low-permeability layer on calculated gas flow at
Yucca Mountain, Proc. High Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada ,
1991, vol. 1, pp. 853-860.
B. Ross, The diversion capacity of capillary barriers, Water Resour. Res., vol. 26, pp. 2625-
2629, 1990.
B. Ross, Quasi-linear analysis of water flow in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada, USA, Mem. Intl. Assoc. Hydrogeol., vol. 22, pp. 166-173 , 1990 .
S. Amter and B. Ross, Simulation of gas flow beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with a
model based on the freshwater head, in R. G. Post, ed., Waste Management '90, University
of Arizona, Tucson, 1990, vol. 2, pp. 915-925.
N. A. Eisenberg, A. E. Van Luik, and B. Ross, Current issues in postclosure performance
assessment, Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, vol. 13,
pp. 213-228, 1989.
B. Ross, Scenarios for repository safety analysis, Eng. Geo/., vol. 26, pp. 285-299, 1989.
B. Ross, Release of radioactivity from waste packages, Eng. Geo/., vol. 26, pp. 351-372,
1989.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Subsurface transport in water and gas, Eng. Geol., vol. 26, pp . 373-
403, 1989.
B. Ross and S. Amter, Numerical solution of variable-density flow problems using fresh-
water head as a solution variable, Eos Trans. AGU, vol. 69, p. 349, 1988.
B. Ross, Gas-phase transport of carbon-14 released from nuclear waste into the unsaturated
zone, in M. J. Apted and R. E. Westerman, eds., Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste
Management XI, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1988, pp . 273-284.
B. Ross, What is competition for?, Challenge , vol. 31 , no. 2, pp. 42-48 , 1988.
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B. Ross, Models for calculating dissolution rates of high-level waste, Nucl. Safety , vol. 28,
pp. 362-373, 1987.
B. Ross, High-level radioactive waste disposal, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., vol. 31, p. 175, 1986.
B. Ross, Dispersion in fractal fracture networks, Water Resour. Res., vol. 22, pp. 823-827,
1986.
B. Ross, Disruption scenarios for a high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada,
in R. G. Post, ed., Waste Management '86, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1986, vol. 2,
pp . 403-409.
B. Ross, Scenarios in performance assessment of high-level waste repositories, Radioactive
Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, vol. 7, pp. 47-61, 1986.
B. Ross, Theory of the oscillating slug test in deep wells, Mem. Intl. Assoc. Hydrogeol., vol.
17, pp. 44-51, 1985.
B. Ross, A conceptual model of deep unsaturated zones with negligible recharge, Water
Resour. Res., vol. 20, pp . 1627-1629, 1984.
B. Ross, Weighting of observed heads for the inverse problem, Ground Water, vol. 22, pp.
569-572, 1984 .
B. Ross, Correction of measured heads for temperature effects, Eos Trans. AGU, vol. 65, p.
205, 1984.
B. Ross, Criteria for long-term safety of radioactive waste: A proposal, Radioactive Waste
Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, vol. 4, pp. 175-193, 1983 .
C. M. Koplik, M. F. Kaplan, and B. Ross, The safety of repositories for highly radioactive
wastes, Rev. Mod. Phys., vol. 54, pp. 269-310, 1982.
B. Ross, Comment on "Stochastic analysis of macrodispersion in a stratified aquifer" by L.
W. Gelhar, A. L. Gutjahr, and R. L. Naff and "A derivation of the macroscopic solute
transport equation for homogeneous, saturated, porous media" by S.-Y. Chu and G. Sposito,
WaterResour. Res., vol. 17, pp. 1235-37, 1981.
B. Ross, Technical fix (review of Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at the
Harvard Business School by R. Stobaugh and D. Yergin), Dissent, vol. 27, pp. 363-364,
1980.
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B. Ross, S. G. Oston, C. M. Koplik, J. W. Bartlett, and M. S. Giuffre, Choosing risk
assessment methods for nuclear waste disposal, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., vol. 34, pp . 348-349,
1980.
B. Ross, C. M. Koplik, M. S. Giuffre, and S. P. Hodgin, A computer model of long-term
hazards from waste repositories, Radioactive Waste Management, vol. 1, pp. 325-338, 1979.
B. Ross, A third path for energy, Dissent, vol. 26, pp. 377-381, 1979.
B. Ross and C. M. Koplik, A new numerical method for solving the solute transport
equation, Water Resour. Res., vol. 15, pp. 949-955, 1979.
M. S. Giuffre and B. Ross, The effect of retardation factors on radionuclide migration, in G.
J. McCarthy, ed., Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management/, Plenum, New York and
London, 1979, pp. 439-442.
B. Ross and C. M. Koplik, A statistical approach to modeling transport of pollutants in
ground water, Math. Geol., vol. 10, pp. 657-672, 1978.
B. Ross and J. D. Litster, Potential function and probability distribution of a nonequilibrium
system: the ballast resistor, Phys. Rev., vol. A15, pp . 1246-50, 1977.
B. Ross, Energy and social policy (review of The Poverty of Power: Energy and the
Economic Crisis by B. Commoner), Dissent, vol. 24, pp. 101-104, 1977.
C. E. Riva, B. Ross, and G. B. Benedek, Laser Doppler velocimetry of red blood cells in
retinal arteries, in R. C. Pruett and C. D. J. Regan, eds., Retina Congress, New York,
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1974, pp. 135-142.
T. Tanaka, C. E. Riva, I. Ben-Sira, and B. Ross, Measurement of blood flow in human
retinal blood vessels using laser Doppler velocimetry, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., vol. 10, p. 480,
1974.
C. E. Riva, B. Ross, and G. B. Benedek, Laser Doppler measurements of blood flow in
capillary tubes and retinal arteries, Invest. Ophthal., vol. 11, pp. 936-944, 1972.
Education:
Experience:
1994 -
WILLIAM P. ECKEL, M.S.
B.S., Biology/Environmental Studies, The George Washington University, 1981
M. S., Analytical Chemistry, The American University, 1988
Post Graduate Studies, Environ. Science/Public Policy, George Mason University
Senior Chemist, Disposal Safety Inc. Reviewed chemical analyses data in support
of litigation at three sites. Reviewed extensive database of organic chemical
analyses collected around a major oil refinery. Assessed reliability of
identification of reported contaminants and determined presence of additional
contaminants not reported by laboratory.
Technical Advisor to citizens' group monitoring progress of clean-up at Ciba-
Geigy Superfund site, Toms River, NJ. Raised issue of unidentified dye
synthesis by-products as pollutants; issue was included by EPA in Feasibility
Study work plan. Advise citizens' group on scientific issues; represent group at
meetings with EPA and Ciba. Write newsletter articles translating technical issues
into layman's terms.
Chemist/Researcher for investigation of environmental record of major secondary
lead smelter and steel mini-mill. Reviewed and commented on Remedial
Investigations, Feasibility Studies, Proposed Remedial Actions, Risk Assessments
and other documents at numerous Superfund sites. Reviewed and commented on
proposed regulations for secondary lead industry under 1990 Clean Air Act
Amendments. Discovered and reported to EPA several previously unknown sites
contaminated with lead.
1994 -Director of Quality Assurance, European Analytical Services, Inc. Assisted in
preparation of quality assurance plan for V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute (St.
Petersburg, Russia), and in marketing of Radiochemical analysis services in the
U.S.
1982 -1993 Chemist, DynCorp Viar, Inc. (Viar and Company). Leader of Technical Studies
Section under Sample Management Office contract. Managed 2-5 people (B.S.
to Ph.D.-level) in numerous research projects. Responsible for final approval of
technical assessment of Special Analytical Services laboratory data under
Rejection/Reduced Value review .
Key participant in "Tentatively Identified Compounds Improvements Workgroup"
for Superfund Contract Laboratory Program. Used gas chromatographic retention
indices to improve gas chromatography/mass spectrometry library searches.
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1981-1982
Directed project to identify 798 compounds frequently "tentatively identified" at
Superfund sites and characterize their carcinogenicity. Used gas chromatographic
retention index techniques to verify mass spectral library search data. Used
literature searches and quantitative structure-activity relationship techniques to
rank carcinogenicity.
Expert witness in lawsuit filed under Superfund and Federal Tort Claims Act by
residents near a landfill. Identified numerous groundwater pollutants, including
addictive pharmaceuticals.
Litigation support for EPA/Department of Justice enforcement case at
Hardage/Criner site, Oklahoma. Successfully managed effort to protect
government's chemical analysis data from attack by defendants. Prepared
documents for use by expert witnesses in affidavits, depositions and stipulations.
Directed a two-year, six-site study of the occurrence of carcinogenic, non-priority
pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at Superfund sites. Resulted in draft
guidance from Superfund Toxics Integration Branch on risk assessment at PAH-
contaminated sites.
Responsible for technical management of 30-industry, six-laboratory study to find
replacement solvent for Freon-113 in EPA Oil and Grease methods, for EPA
Office of Water.
Reviewed previously promulgated effluent guidelines using Toxic Release
Inventory data, and analyzed feasibility of using TRI data in new guidelines.
Drafted recommendations for changes in regulations for leather tanning and wood
preserving industries. Explored use of TRI data to improve current studies on
pesticide, pulp and paper, and pharmaceutical industries.
Reviewed occurrence and toxicity of the 126 organic target compounds for
Superfund Contract Laboratory Program. Recommended deletions based on
infrequent occurrence and additions of frequently occurring, toxic non-target
compounds.
Supported Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in its effort to list
the 275 most commonly occurring toxic chemicals at Superfund sites. Provided
data from Superfund databases on occurrence of chemicals in soil, ground water
and surface water. Consulted with EPA and ATSDR on nomination of chemicals
to toxicological profiles program.
Research Associate, Chase, Rosen and Wallace.
William P. Eckel, M.S.
Affiliations: American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma
Languages: Good French, some German.
Publications:
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Eckel, W.P., Comment on "Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceutical organic compounds
in the groundwater downgradient of a landfill (Grinsted, Denmark)", Environmental Science and
Technology, in press.
Amter, S.A., and W.P. Eckel, Comment on "Off-site forensic determination of airborne
elemental emissions by multi-media analysis: a case study at two secondary lead smelters,"
submitted to Environmental Science and Technology.
Eckel, W.P., G. Foster, and B. Ross, Glycol ethers as ground water contaminants, Occupational
Hygiene, in press.
Eckel, W. P., B. Ross and R. Isensee, Pentobarbital found in ground water, Ground Water,
vol. 31, pp. 801-804, 1993.
Eckel, Bill, Search continues for replacement solvent in oil and grease methods, The Bench
Sheet, vol. 15, no.4, July/August 1993.
Eckel, W. P., M. J. Norvell and D. H. Ling, The carcinogenicity of selected chemicals:
Evaluation of 798 tentatively identified compounds (TI Cs) and 126 Target Compound List (TCL)
chemicals using toxicological literature and structure-activity relationship (SAR) information,
report to Analytical Operations Branch, USEPA, March 26, 1993 .
Ross, B., G. Johanson, G. D. Foster and W. P. Eckel, Glycol ethers as ground-water
contaminants, Applied Hydrogeology, vol. 1, pp. 66-76, 1992.
Eckel, W. P., Creative review of tentatively identified compound data using the retention index,
Proc. Seventh Annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium, Washington, D.C.,
1991.
Eckel, W. P., T. A. Jacob and P. J. Isaacson, Reverse search compound study, Proc. 14th
Annual EPA Symposium on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment, Norfolk, Va., 1991.
William P. Eckel, M.S. Page 4
Eckel, W. P., T. A. Jacob and J. F. Fisk, Co-occurrence patterns of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons in soils at hazardous waste sites, in Proc. Data Analysis and Interpretation for
Environmental Surveillance Conference, Lexington, Ky., 1990 .
Eckel, W. P., T. A. Jacob and J. F. Fisk, The use of a retention index system to better identify
non-target compounds, in Supe,fund '89, Proc. Tenth National Conference, Washington, 1989,
pp . 86-90.
Eckel, W. P., J. R. Sabol and A. D. Hinckley, Sediment quality at hazardous waste sites in the
U. S., Abstracts of Papers, 10th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, Toronto, 1989.
McCarty, H., W. Eckel, P. Isaacson, M. Lynch and J. Fisk, EPA Superfund databases on the
occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides in waters and soils from hazardous
waste sites, in Proc. Pesticides in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments, Richmond, Va., 1989,
pp . 173-182.
Eckel, W. P., The use of predicted boiling points to review tentatively identified compound
(TIC) data , Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials, vol.6, pp. 43-50, 1989.
Eckel, W., Metal ion chromatography using mobile phases containing 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-
sulfonic acid, Master of Science Thesis, The American University, Department of Chemistry,
1988.
Eckel , W. P. and W. D. Langley , A background-based ranking technique for assessment of
elemental enrichment in soils at hazardous waste sites , in Supe,fund '88, Proc. Ninth National
Conference, Washington, 1988, pp. 282-286 .
Isaacson, P. J. , W. P. Eckel and J. F. Fisk, Low occurrence compounds: Analytical problem
or environmental process?, in Proc. Sixth National Conference on Management of Uncontrolled
Hazardous Waste Sites, Washington, 1985, pp . 130-135.
Eckel , W. P., D. P. Trees and S. P. Kovell, Distribution and concentration of chemicals and
toxic materials found at hazardous waste dump sites, in Proc. National Conference on Hazardous
Waste and Environmental Emergencies, Cincinnati, 1985, pp. 250-257.
Friedman, P.H., W. P. Eckel , D. P. Trees, and B. Clemens, Construction of a database from
hazardous waste site chemical analyses, in Proc. Fifth National Conference on Management of
Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Washington, D.C, 1984, pp. 49-52.
Education
B.S. 1969.
M.S., 1970.
Ph.D., 1982.
James H. Johnson, Jr., P.E., Ph.D.
Professor of Civil Engineering and Acting Dean
School of Engineering, Howard University
Civil Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Sanitary Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Applied Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Dissertation:
Cause of Inefficient Solid-Liquid Separation in Secondary Settling Tanks
Professional Registration
Registered Professional Engineer in the District of Columbia
Employment History
1995-Present Acting Dean, School of Engineering and Professor of Civil Engineering, Howard
University, Washington, D.C.
1990-1994
1982-1990
1971-1982
1970-1971
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Howard
University, Washington, D.C.
Assistant Professor, Instructor (full-time and part-time), Department of Civil
Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C
Engineer, Engineering Science, Inc., McLean, Virginia.
Consulting Experience
1984-1988
1978-1986
1977
1978-1982
1971-1972
Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Stottler, Stagg and Associates, Lanham, Maryland.
R.I. Dick and Associates, Newark, Delaware.
Brevard Engineering, Lanham, Maryland.
J.R. McCrone, Inc., Annapolis, Maryland.
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Membership In Scientific and Professional Societies
1992-1993
1992-1995
1992-1995
1993-1994
1994
1991-1994
Co-Chair (with Walter J. Weber, Jr.) of Association of Environmental Engineer-
ing Professors' 1993 Research Needs Conference Committee
Member, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, Environmental Engineering Com-
mittee
Member, National Research Council, Committee on Remediation of Buried and
Tank Wastes
Member, National Research Council, Committee to Review Risk Management in
the Department of Energy's Environmental Remediation Program
Member, National Research Council, Committee on Academic Engineering
Research in a Changing World: Issues, Problems and Solutions
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Department Heads Council
current Memberships
Honors
American Society of Civil Engineers
The Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
American Association of Environmental Engineering Professors
American Water Works Association,
Outstanding Engineer Alumni, College of Engineering, University of Delaware, May 1995.
Outstanding Engineer in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area (by Washington Afro-American
Newspaper), 1991.
1986 Conservationist of the Year from The Chesapeake Bay Foundation as Member of Scientific
and Technical Advising Committee, 1986.
Letter of Commendation from the President of Howard University, 1981, 1985.
Outstanding Instructor Award (by ASCE Student Chapter, Howard University), 1979, 1984, 1989.
Outstanding New Instructor, School of Engineering (by Engineering Student Council, Howard
University), 1971.
Outstanding Student (by ASCE, National Capital Section), 1969.
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 1968.
Current Sponsored Research
Investigation of Cometabolic Transformation of TNT, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and
Engineering Laboratory (1993-1995).
James H. Johnson, Jr. 3
Curriculum and Artistic Expressions as Training Instruments for Minorities in the Environment,
National Center for Environmental Education and Training (1992-1995).
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Academic Partners, Department of Energy
via Clark Atlanta University (1990-1995).
Identification of Environmental Issues Relevant to U.S. Army, Army Environmental Policy Insti-
tute (1992-1997).
Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center, U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (also faculty from The University of Michigan and Michigan State Univer-
sity), Assistant Director (1989-1997).
Use of In-Vessel Composting for Treatment of Contaminated Soils, Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Project Bioconsortium (1995-1996).
DOE Chair of Excellence Professorship in Environmental Disciplines, DOE (1994-!999).
Efficacy of Selected Chemicals to Oxidize 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, U.S. Army Wateiways Experi-
mental Station, (1993-1996).
Ph.Din Environmental Engineering, General Motors Corporation (1993-1998).
Publications and Presentations
Refereed Publications and Books
Raghavan, D. and J. H. Johnson, Jr., Comparison of Extraction Methodologies for Desorption of
Pyrene," July 1995, Hazardous and Industrial Wastes, Proceedings of the Twenty-Sev-
enth Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Arup Sengupta, ed., Technomic Publish-
ing Co., Inc.
Tharakan, J.P., Welsh, G.W. and Johnson, Jr., J.H., Cometabolic Biotransformation of Trinitro-
toluene, Hazardous and Industrial Wastes, Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Mid-Atlan-
tic Industrial Waste Conference, Arup Sengupta, ed., Technomic Publishing Co., Inc.
Committee to Review Risk Management in the DOE's Environmental Remediation Program, ,
Building Consensus Through Risk Assessment and Management of the Department of
Energy's Environmental Remediation Program, National Research Council, Washington,
DC: National Academy Press (1994).
Johnson, Jr., James H. and Wan, Lily W., ''Use of Composting Techniques to RemediateContam-
inated Soils and Sludges," in 20th Annual RREL Research Symposium Abstract Proceed-
ings, EPN600/R-94/011, Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Office of Research
and Development, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, OH 45268, March 1994.
Mohsin, Mohammed B., Johnson, Jr., James H. and Wan, Lily W., July 1993. "Bioremediation of
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Contaminated Soil Via 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzoic Acid Using Compost-
ing Technology," Hazardous and Industrial Wastes, Proceedings of the Twenty-FifthMid-
Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, Allen P. Davis, ed., Technomic Publishing Co.,
Inc.
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Khokhar, T.A., Johnson, J.H., and Fleming, L.N., ''Batch and Continuous Models of Surfactant
Soil Washing," in Proceedings of the 1993 International Waste Management Conference,
U.S. EPA, Sandia National Laboratories, University of Turabo, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
April 29-30 and May 1, 1993.
Highter, William H., Johnson, Jr., James H., Phang, Michael K. and Watwood, Vernon B., April
1993. "Bachelor of Civil Engineering Technology and Civil Engineering Programs,"
ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 119,
No. 2, pp. 118-125.
Luthy, R.G., Bella, D.A., Hunt, J.R., Johnson, Jr., James H., Lawler, D.F., O'Melia, C.R. and
Pohland, F.G., 1992. "Future Concerns in Environmental Engineering Graduate Educa-
tion," ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, 118:361-380.
Adenuga, A.O., Johnson, Jr., J.H., Cannon, J.N. and Wan, L., 1992. "Bioremediation of PAH-
Contaminated Soil via In-Vessel Composting, " Water Science Technology, Vol. 26, No.
9-11, pp. 2331-2334.
Yusuf, M., Johnson, Jr., J.H. and L. Wan, 1991. "Detoxification of a Contaminated Sludge via In-
Vessel Composting," in Proceedings of 23rd Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference,
R.D. Neufeld and L.W. Casson, ed., Lancaster: Technomic Publishing Co., Inc.
Chawla, R.C., Porzucek, C., Cannon, J.N. and Johnson, Jr., J.H., 1991. "Importance of Soil-Con-
taminant-Surfactant Interactions in In Situ Soil Washing," in Emerging Technologies in
Hazardous Waste Management II, ACS Symposium Series 468, D.W. Tedder and F.G.
Pohland, ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
Schwartzman, D.W., Stieff, L., Kasim, M., Kombe, E., Aung, S., Atekwana, E., Johnson, Jr., J.H.
and Schwartzman, K., 1990. "An Ion Exchange Model ofLead-210 and Lead Uptake in a
Foliose Lichen;" Application to Quantitative Monitoring of Airborne Lead Fallout. The
Science of the Total Environment, 100 (1991): 319-336.
Diallo, M.S., Johnson, Jr., J.H., Chawla, R.C., Cannon, J.N. and Senftle, F.E., 1990. ''Recovery of
Organic Compounds From Sewage Sludge by Proton Transfer," in Emerging Technolo-
gies for Hazardous Waste Management, ACS Symposium Series 422, D.W. Tedder and
F.G. Pohland, ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, pp. 311-327.
Chawla, R., Diallo, M.S., Cannon, J.N., Johnson, Jr., J.H. and Porzucek, C., 1990. ''In-situ Treat-
ment of Soils Contaminated With Hazardous Organic Wastes Using Surfactants: A Criti-
cal Analysis," in Solid/Liquid Separation: Waste Management and Productivity
Enhancement, H.S. Muralidhara, ed. Columbus, Battelle Press, pp. 356-367.
Vanna, M.M., Niles, P.R. and Johnson, Jr., J.H., 1989-90. "The Reaction of Organic Nitrogen
Compounds With Chlorine and Chlorine Dioxide," Journal of Environmental Systems,
19(1):33-43.
Hazardous and Industrial Waste, Proceedings of the 20th Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Confer-
ence, 1988. M.M. Varma and J.H. Johnson, ed. Washington, DC: Hazardous Materials
Control Research Institute.
James H. Johnson, Jr. 5
H02.ardous Waste Management Engineering, 1987. E.J. Martin and J.H. Johnson (ed). New York:
Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishing Co.
Ball, R. and Johnson, Jr., J.H., 1987. ''Storage of Hazardous Waste," in H02.ardous Waste Man-
agement Engineering, E.J. Martin and J.H. Johnson, Jr., ed. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold Co. Inc., pp. 317-364.
Schwartzman, D.W., Kasun, M., Stieff, L. and Johnson, Jr., J.H., 1987. "Quantitative Monitoring
of Airborne Lead Pollution by a Foliose Lichen," Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 32:363-
378.
Chapter 11, Active Carbon: Dechlorination and the Adsorption of Organic Compounds, with Sno-
eyink, V.L., et al., in Chemistry of Water Supply Treatment and Distribution, edited by
Alan J. Rubin, Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1973).
Contributed or Invited Papers Read at Prof~ional Meeti~:
"Biotransfonnation of TNT," presented at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, February
16,1995.
"Paradigms for Partnerships," presented at the Small and Minority Business Environmental
Remediation Opportunity Conference, San Antonio, Texas, July 13, 1993.
"Bioremediation of Contaminated Sludges and Soils," presented at the U.S. EPA Distinguished
Scientist Program, Washington, D.C., March 1993.
"Use of Composting Technology for the Remediation of Contaminated Sludges and Soils: A
Tutorial," presented at the Hazardous Waste Conference sponsored by the Center for
Bioengineering and Pollution Control, University of Notre Dame, September 1992.
"Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center," 3rd Annual Symposium
on Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management, American Chemical Soci-
ety, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1-3, 1991.
Provided closure for the U.S. EPA's Five Hazardous Substance Research Centers Conference on
On-Site Bioremediation Conference, Gull Lake, Michigan, May 19-22, 1991.
"The Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center: An Overview," pre-
sented at the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Association 75th Annual Conference,
May 20-25, 1990, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
"Cancer, Water and the Human Population," presented at an International Conference on Environ-
mental Planning and Management, April 5-7, 1990, Roorkee University, Roorkee, India,
with Varma, M., Mahajan, C. and Cannon, J.
"Risk Assessments of Chemical Mixtures," presented at the 1st Canadian Workshop on Drinking
Water, November 22, 1989, Montreal, Canada, with Varma, M., Angaji, M. and
Cannon, J.
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"Financing Municipal Water Supply Systems," presented at the 44th Annual Convention and
Exposition of the National Association of Home Builders, January 15-18, 1988, Dallas,
Texas.
"Lichens as Potential Quantitative Monitors of Airborne Heavy Metals," presented at the V.M.
Goldschmidt Conference, May 11-13, 1988, Baltimore, Maryland, with Schwartzman,
D., Stieff, L., Kasirn, M., Kombe, E. and Aung, S.
''Accrediting Basics," presented at the Conference for Hazardous Materials Professionals
(CHaMPs), Washington, D.C., April 21, 1987.
"Quantitative Analysis of 4-Nonylphenol in Raw Sewage, Sludges and Wastewater Effluents
Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography," presented at the AWWA Conference,
November, 1986, Portland, Oregon, with Varma, M.M., et al.
"Water Treatment Systems,"presented at the 41st and 42nd Annual Convention and Exposition of
the National Association of Home Builders, January 17-20, 1985, Dallas, Texas and Jan-
uary 26-29, 1986, Houston, Texas.
"Retrospective Airborne Fallout Rates of Heavy Metals Using Lichens," presented at the 1985
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, with D. Schwartzman, M. Kasirn and L.
Stieff.
"Simulation of Potential Aow in Settling Tanks," presented at the 36th Annual AWWA Chesa-
peake Section Meeting, August 29-31, 1984, Baltimore, Maryland, with T. Karikari and
G.J.Hwang.
Other Activities
1994 Member, Howard University Task Force on Graduate Education and Research
1994-1996 Member, College of Engineering Advisory Council, University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware
1994 Paper Referee for Water Environment Federation
1994-present Paper Referee for Journal of Hazardous Waste
1993 Co-chair (with Dr. Walter J. Weber, University of Michigan), Association of
Environmental Engineering Professors' 1993 Research Needs Conference:
"Opportunities Related to Research on the Prevention and Remediation of Envi-
ronmental Contamination by Hazardous Substances"
1994-Present President and Member, Board of Directors, Community Outreach Arts Founda-
tion, Annapolis, Maryland
1991 Member, Research Advisory Council, DC Water Resources Research Center
Member, Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Church (men's choir and men's club)
1990-Present HU Representative to HBCU/MI Environmental Restoration and Waste Manage-
ment Consortium
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1990 Program Committee, ASCE National Conference on Environmental Engineer-
ing, Washington, DC
1989-Present Assistant Director, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research
Center (EPA grant to The University of Michigan, Michigan State University and
Howard University)
1987-Present Paper Referee for the International Association on Water Pollution Research and
Control
1985-Present Proposal Reviewer and Panelist for the National Science Foundation
1984-1987 Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Pro-
gram
1979-1991 Member, Board of Directors and HU Representative, National Consortium for
Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (GEM)
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Qualifications as Technical Advisors: The Hampshire Research Institute
RELEVANT EXPERTISE
The Hampshire Research Institute dedicates its efforts to protecting and improving the quality of
human health and the environment through research, education, and technical assistance.
Dr. Warren Muir is the President of both the Hampshire Research Institute and an affiliated firm,
Hampshire Research Associates, Inc. (HRA). Dr. Muir is an internationally recognized expert on
chemical risk assessment and toxic substances policy. From 1971 to 1977, he was Senior Staff
Member for Environmental Health for the Executive Office of the President, Council on
Environmental Quality. In this capacity, he directed a wide range of scientific and policy studies.
Dr. Muir was a key formulator of the Administration's proposal for a Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA). After TSCA was enacted into law, Dr. Muir served at EPA from 1977 to 1981. He
headed the scientific program under TSCA, and subsequently served as Director of the Office of
Toxic Substances. Since founding Hampshire Research, Dr. Muir has directed a wide range of
studies on the problems presented by toxic substances, and ways to analyze and solve them. He
also maintains an appointment on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. John Young, Scientific Director at Hampshire, was formerly a research scientist on the
faculty of the Johns Hopkins University, where his field of special expertise was neurotoxicity
and sensory system toxicity. Since joining Hampshire, he has directed, and served as a major
author of, studies of chemical toxicity, toxicity testing methods, and risk assessment techniques.
Dr. Young has served as the principal technical liaison with EPA in HRI's project to help EPA
improve the quality of risk assessment in its regional offices, and has played a major role in all of
HRI's community consulting.
ABILITY TO PROVIDE WRITTEN AND ORAL TRANSLATIONS OF TECHNICAL
DOCUMENTS AND DATA
Risk assessment for toxic chemicals often appears to be a mysterious process, starting with
estimates of chemical contamination and ending with strange numbers (e.g. 5 times 10-4) that
few people understand or believe. The widely-known controversy over Alar (Daminozide) on
apples illustrates the confusion that can be caused by inadequately explained risk assessments.
In actuality, risk assessment is simply a process for making explicit estimates about how toxic
chemicals are, and the amounts of these chemicals to which people may be exposed in a given
situation. Confusion results when the people who perform the assessments fail to explain the
calculations they perform to obtain these numbers, and the measurements and estimates they use
to make these calculations.
HRI has obtained considerable experience in explaining the risk assessment process in the course
of its community consulting. We have written numerous short reports for citizens groups
describing and evaluating risk assessments produced by EPA contractors, and described our
analyses to citizens in numerous meetings. We have also developed ways to clearly present risk
information in the course of developing risk assessment software for EPA. We have found that
EPA personnel with training in other disciplines, such as engineering, have as much difficulty
dealing with risk assessment techniques as do members of community groups. Therefore we have
devoted a major part of our work for EPA to developing a clear, straightforward approach to
explaining the risk assessment process. Our efforts have resulted in RISK* ASSISTANT, a PC
software system distributed throughout the EPA and used by 35 state governments, as well as
hundreds of private firms.
KNOWLEDGE OF EPA PROCEDURES AND REPORTING
HRI' s affiliated firm, HRA, has worked on numerous government contracts over the past decade,
and continues to perform such work, both as a subcontractor and as prime contractor. HRI itself
has been the recipient of EPA grants with an aggregate worth of more than a million dollars, and
our staff is thus thoroughly familiar with both contracting and grant-making procedures of the
government, ranging from initial preparation of proposals and bids through the routine of
progress reports and substantiation of bills. Hampshire is regularly (and successfully) audited by
the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
PAST RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
The Hampshire Research Institute has provided technical assistance in toxic chemical risk
assessment to many communities. Our work has involved collaborative efforts with a number of
organizations, including the Clean Water Fund, Disposal Safety, Incorporated, and Kirk Brown
and Associates. Past and current clients include:
• Ocean County Citizens for Clean Water [OCCCW], Toms River, New Jersey. (Dealing with
Ciba-Geigy's Toms River Chemical Company Superfund site on issues ranging from
groundwater contamination on and off site to direct ocean discharge of plant wastes.)
• Concerned Citizens of Lake Township [CCLT], Uniontown, Ohio. (Dealing with the
Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site, a closed solid waste landfill with industrial
contamination, in a semirural residential area.)
• Concerned Citizens Action to Remove Toxins [CCART], Cold Spring, New York. (Dealing
with the Marathon Battery Company Superfund Site, an abandoned battery factory in an
otherwise residential area, adjoining a wildlife refuge.)
• John Ball Park Community Association [JBPCA], Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Dealing with
the Butterworth Landfill, a closed mixed-use landfill in an industrial area that bordered a
residential area.)
• Dutch Hollow Homeowners Association [DHHA], Warwick, New York. (Dealing with a
solid waste landfill contaminated with industrial wastes in a semirural residential area.)
• Rochester Economic Development Corporation [REDCO], Rochester, New York.
(Examining implications of groundwater and air contamination from an operating Kodak
industrial facility surrounded by urban residential areas.)
• Concerned Citizens of Foster Township, Foster Township, Pennsylvania. (Dealing with soil
contamination from uncontrolled burning of lead-covered cables at the C&D Recycling Site,
located in a semirural residential area.)
• Winthrop Landfill Citizens' Action Group [WLCAG], Winthrop, Maine. (Considering
potential effects of landfill discharge into a lakefront recreational area.)
• Allen County Citizens for the Environment [ACCE], Lima, Ohio. (Evaluating health
implications of air emissions from a major chemical plant in the town of Lima.)
• Munisport Dump Coalition [MDC], North Miami, Florida. (Reviewing health implications of
remedial and development activities in an illegal landfill bordering a recreational community
and mangrove reserve.)
• Clean Up Rosen Brothers [C.U.R.B. Pollution], Cortland, New York. (Reviewing documents
relevant to health risks and remedial activities for this former industrial facility with
numerous areas of disposal of toxics, located in close proximity to schools and residences.)
In addition to these community clients, HRI has provided technical consultations to other TAG
advisors on issues of toxicology and risk assessment at a wide variety of sites, on issues ranging
from the toxicity of particular site contaminants to the likelihood of exposure during remedial
activities ..
STATEMENT ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
As indicated above, much of HRI's work, and the work of our related firm, HRA, is conducted
for government agencies, principally the EPA and the environmental agencies of various state
governments. HRI performs no work for the chemical, pesticide, or waste disposal industry.
HRA's only involvement with regulated industry has been the preparation of summary analyses
of toxic chemical release information from EPA's Toxic Release Inventory Database.
John Spruille Young, Ph.D.
Hamp_shire Research
Alexandria, Virginia
Education and Training
Degree Year
B.S. 1974
Ph.D. 1980
Institution
Georgetown University
Summa cum Laude
Brown University
Field
Psychology
Psychology
Post-Doctoral Training
1979-82 Neurobehavioral Toxicology Training Program, Division of Toxicology,
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University,
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Professional Experience
1991-
1991-
1989-91
1989-91
1987-89
1986-89
1984-86
Scientific Director, Hampshire Research Associates, Inc., overseeing all
scientific and engineering activities of the firm, in addition to research,
authorship, and project management.
Scientific Director, The Hampshire Research Institute, overseeing scientific
and engineering activities, especially in development of software. Directs
community technical assistance programs.
Senior Associate, Hampshire Research Associates, Inc. Supervisor of
toxicology and chemical risk assessment activities; research and project
management.
Senior Associate, The Hampshire Research Institute. Director of community
technical assistance.
Associate, The Hampshire Research Institute.
Associate, Hampshire Research Associates, Inc.
Research Associate, Program in Neurotoxicology, Department of Environ-
mental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene
and Public Health. Conducted research on health effects of chemicals with
potential for environmental or occupational exposure.
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John Spruille Young
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1984-86
1983-84
1974-89
Honors and Awards
1973
1973
1978
Professional Activities
Societies
Consultant, Hampshire Research Associates, Inc.
National Research Council Resident Research Associate, Environmental
Stress Program Center, Naval Medical Research Institute. Conducted research
on behavioral and neurological effects of carbon monoxide exposure.
Research Assistant to Dr. Donald S. Blough; Teaching Assistant, Psychology
Department, Brown University.
Phi Beta Kappa
Psi Chi
Sigma Xi
Society of Toxicology
Society for Risk Analysis
Life Cycle Assessment Advisory Group, Society for Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry
American Society for Testing and Materials and ASTM Committee E47 on Biological
Effects and Environmental Fate
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Other
Life Cycle Assessment Peer Review Group, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publications
Books, Chapters, and Reports
Miller, C.G., Young, J.W., Natan, T.E., Benjamin, D.M., and Muir, W.R. Toxic Chemicals at
the U.S.-Canada Border: Draft Outline of Analyses Comparing the U.S. Toxics Release
Inventory and Canadian National Pollutant Release Inventory. U.S . Environmental
Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-D2-0064, September 1995.
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Bass, B.F., Young, H.S.,' Miller, C:G., Benjamin, D.M., and Muir, W.R. Measuring the
Environmental and Pollution Prevnet-ion Impacts of Enforcement Actions. Draft report. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-D2-0064, September 1995.
Toxics Watch 1995 (Project Manager, Co-Author). New York: INFORM, March 1995, 816 p.
Young, J.S ., Lobo, L. and Ambrose, L.L. Stirring Up Innovation: Environmental
Improvements in Paints and Adhesives. New York: INFORM, 1994.
Young, J.S., Ambrose, L., and Muir, W.R. Enforcement Issues under the Inventory Update
Rule Identified by Comparisons between Submitted Data, Public Data Sources, and TRI
Release Data. Confidential Draft Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract
No. 68-D0-0165, September 1993.
Muir, J.M., Muir, W.R., Stitzell, C., and Young, J.S. Answering User Needs for TSCA
Information Products: Resource and Policy Issues. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Contract No. 68-D8-0116, September 1992.
Ferguson, S.A., Meree, L.C ., Muir, W.R., and Young, J.S ., Influence of CBI Requirements on
TSCA Implementation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-D0-0020,
March 1992.
Pollution Prevention 1991: Progress on Reducing Industrial Pollutants (Co-Author).
Washington D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October 1991, 243p.
EcoAccess newsletter (Contributing Writer), 1991-. Thistle Publishing, Alexandria, VA.
Ferguson, S.A., Benes, C.M, and Young, J.S. Case Study Materials for the New Haven Area.
Draft report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Existing Chemical
Assessment Division, September 1990.
Young, J.S., Colb, A., and Muir, W.M. PreManufacture Notification Database System
Review. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Management Division, August
1990.
Ferguson, S.A., Young, J.S., and Muir, W.R. Replacing Chlorofluorocarbons and Halons: A
Summary Report. United Nations Industrial Development Organization, February 1990.
Meree, L., Young, J.S., and Benes, C.M., RISK*ASSISTANT User Manual, 1990.
Schaum, J.L., Segna, J.J., Young, J.S., Benes, C.M., and Muir, W.R., "Computerized System
for Performing Risk Assessments for Chemical Constituents of Hazardous Waste," Chapter
13 of Expert Systems for Environmental Applications, J.M. Hushon, ed., ACS Symposium
Series No. 31, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C., 1990.
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Courteau, J.B., Young, J.S ., and Ferguson, S.A. The Federal Regulatory Response to the
Problem of Neurotoxicity. Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, August 1989.
Young, J.S., McCullough, J.M., and Muir, W.R. Accomplishments of the Joyce Foundation
Biotechnology Initiative: Public Policy, Policy Research, and Education. April 1989.
Courteau, J.B., Muir, W.R., and Young, J.S. The EEB Approach to Ecological Risk
Assessment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-D8-0116, June 1989.
Young, J.S., Sheevers, H.V., Muir, W.R., Benes, C.M. RISK*TOOLS User Manual. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4254, 1986.
Young, J.S., Sheevers, H.V., Muir, W.R., Benes, C.M. RISK*TOOLS Tutorial. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4254.
Young, J.S., Muir, W.R. Design of Field Guidance and Implementation Plan: Micro-
computer-Assisted Risk and Exposure Assessment Tools . U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4228, 1987.
Young, J.S., Muir, W.R., Muir, J.M . Risk Assessment at Facilities Handling Toxic
Substances: EPA Regional Offices' Review of Hazardous Waste Facilities Function Testing.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4228, 1987.
Young, J.S., Muir, W.R. Brief Review of Environmental Fate and Exposure Models and Other
Appropriate Software Concepts for Use in a Microcomputer Risk and Exposure Assessment.
U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4228, 1987
Young, J.S. and Muir, W.R. Organ Function Testing: The Incorporation of Organ Function
Tests in Toxicity Testing Schemes-Strategic Issues. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Contract No. 68-02-4228, 1986.
Young, J.S. and Muir, W.R. Organ Function Testing: Survey of Major Toxicology Testing
Laboratories on the Use of Organ Function Testing in Toxicology. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4228, 1986.
Young, J.S. and Muir, W.R. Evaluation Report of Micro-Computer Software Systems for an
HERD Neurotoxicity Data Base. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-
4228, 1986.
Fechter, L.D. and Young, J.S. "Reflexive Measures," in Annau, Z. (ed.), Neurobehavioral
Toxicology, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1986.
Blough, P.M., and Young, J.S. "Psychophysical Assessment of Sensory Dysfunction in
Non-human Subjects," in Hayes, A.W. (ed.), Toxicology of the Eye, Ear, and Other Special
Senses, New York: Raven Press, 1985.
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Muir, W.R., Colb, A., Kensler, T., Young, J.S., and Bass, B. Information Review of
Chlordene. U.S . Interagency Testing Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Contract No. 68-01-6650, 1985.
Muir, W.R., Colb, A., Kensler, T., Young, J.S., and Bass, B. Information Review of
Pentachloropyridine. U.S. Interagency Testing Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Contract No. 68-01-6650, 1985.
Muir, W.R., Colb, A., Kensler, T., Young, J.S., and Bass, B. Information Review of
1,2-Butadiene. U.S. Interagency Testing Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Contract No. 68-01-6650, 1985.
Muir, W.R., and Young, J.S. Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment Data Report. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Contract No. 68-01-7037, 1985.
Bass, B.F., Muir, W.R., and Young, J.S. Neurotoxicity Science Issue Reports, "Acute
Exposure Tests." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-01-6554.
Bass, B.F., Muir, W.R., and Young, J.S. Neurotoxicity Science Issue Reports, "Acute vs.
Repeated Exposure Tests." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-01-6554,
1985.
Muir, W.R., Bass, B.F., and Young, J.S. Neurotoxicity Science Issue Reports, "Programmatic
Issues." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-01-6554, 1985.
Articles
Fechter, L.D., Young, J.S. and Carlisle, L. "Potentiation of Noise Induced Threshold Shifts
and Hair Cell Loss by Carbon Monoxide," Hear. Res., 9:39-48, 1988.
Fechter, L.D., Sheppard, E.A., Young, J.S. and Zeger, S. "Sensory Threshold Estimation from
a Continuously Graded Response Produced by Reflex Modification Audiometry," J. Acoust.
Soc. Amer., 84:179-185, 1988.
Eastman, C.L., Young, J.S . and Fechter, L.D. "Trimethyltin Ototoxicity in Albino Rats,"
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 9, 329-332, 1987.
Young, J.S., Upchurch, M.B., Kaufman, M.J. and Fechter, L.D. "Carbon Monoxide Exposure
Potentiates High-Frequency Auditory Threshold Shifts Induced by Noise," Hear. Res., 26:37-
43, 1987.
Fechter, L.D., Young, J.S., and Nuttall, A.L. "Trimethyltin Ototoxicity: Evidence for a
Cochlear Site of Injury," Hear. Res., 23:275-282, 1986.
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Young, J.S., and Fechter, L.D. "Trimethyltin Exposure Procedures an Unusual Form of Toxic
Auditory Damage in Rats," Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 82: 87-93, 1985.
Fechter, L.D., and Young, J.S. "Discrimination of Auditory from Non-Auditory Toxicity by
Reflex Modulation Audiometry: Effects of Triethyltin," Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol.,
70:216-227, 1983.
Young, J.S., and Fechter, L.D. "Reflex Inhibition Procedures for Animal Audiometry: A
Technique for Assessing Ototoxicity," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 73:1686-1693, 1983.
Blough, P.M., and Young, J.S. "Psychophysical Assessment of Visual Dysfunction," Environ.
Hlth. Persp., 44:47-53, 1982.
Young, J.S. "Discrete-Trial Choice in Pigeons: Effects of Reinforcer Magnitude," Journal of
the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 35 :23-29, 1981 .
Abstracts
Fechter, L.D. and Young, J.S. "Ototoxicity of Carbon Monoxide and Noise: Evidence for
High-Frequency Auditory Threshold Shifts," American Society for Pharmacology and
Experimental Therapeutics -Society of Toxicology Joint Meeting, 1986.
Fechter, L.D., Thorne, P.R:, Young, J.S., and Nuttall, A.L. "Carbon Monoxide Elevates
Cochlear Bloodflow and, at High Levels, the Compound Action Potential," Association for
Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Meeting, 1986.
Fechter, L.D., Eastman, C.L., and Young, J.S. "Ototoxicity of an Environmental Contaminant:
Trimethyltin," Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Meeting, 1985.
Young, J.S., and Fechter, L.D. "Trimethyltin Disruption of Reflex Inhibition Indicates an
Ototoxic Effect," Society of Toxicology, 1983.
Young, J.S., and Fechter, L.D. "Use of Startle Reflex Modulation Audiometry to Distinguish
Sensory and Neuromuscular Toxicity of Environmental Agents," Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, 1983.
Fechter, L.D., Bierkamper, G.G., and Young, J.S. "Effects of Triethyltin (TET) on Modulation
of the Acoustic Startle Response in Rats," Society for Neuroscience, 1982.
Young, J.S., and Fechter, L.D. "Reflex Modulation Procedure for Animal Psychophysics:
Pure-tone Audiograms and Suprathreshold Functions," Eastern Psychological Association,
1982.
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Storm, J.E., Young, J.S., Hulebak, K.L., and Fechter, L.D. "Failure of Low-Intensity
Suprathreshold Antecedent Visual and Auditory Stimuli to Modify the Acoustic Startle
Behavior of Onychomys torridus," Eastern Psychological Association, 1982.
Young, J.S. "Reflex Inhibition Procedures for Assessing Ototoxicity," Neurobehavioral
Toxicology Society, 1982.
Mactutus, C.F., Valdes, J.J., Young, J.S ., and Annau, Z. "Trimethyltin Neurotoxicity: A
Potential Neurobiological Tool for Learning and Memory," Society for Neuroscience, 1981.
Software
Benes, C.M., Young, J.S., Muir, W.R., Benjamin, D., Howay, J., Pappas, C, and Martin, S.
RISK*ASS/STANT for Windows ( 1995), software to assess chemical exposures and
environmental health risks at local sites . Hampshire Research Institute, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, California
Environmental Protection, Delaware Department of Natural Resources, INFORM, W. Alton
Jones Foundation. Cooperative Agreement: Evaluating the Use of Advanced Microcomputers
as Risk and Exposure Assessment Tools, 1991.
Benes, C.M., Young, J.S., Ferguson, S.A., and Muir, W.R. R/SK*ASSISTANTver 2.0 (1993),
risk assessment software for use by state and local officials, U.S. EPA national and regional
personnel, and others. Hampshire Research Institute, U.S. EPA, New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection and Energy, California Environmental Protection, Delaware
Department of Natural Resources, INFORM. Cooperative Agreement: Evaluating the Use of
Advanced Microcomputers as Risk and Exposure Assessment Tools, 1991.
Benes, C.M., Young, J.S., and Muir, W.R. Risk Screening Guide for Windows (version Alpha
-1.0), automated version of the Risk Screening Guide used by regional, state, and local
officials in making initial judgments about risks from releases. EPA Contract No. 68-Dl-
0007, September 1992.
Benes, C.M., Young, J.S., Courteau, J.B., Miller, C.G., and Muir, W.R. RISK*ASSISTANT
ver 1.0, risk assessment software for use by U.S. EPA National and Regional personnel and
others. Hampshire Research Institute, U.S. EPA, and NJ Department of Environmental
Protection, Cooperative Agreement: Evaluating Combinations of Expert Systems, Databases,
and Models as Microcomputer Assisted Risk Assessment Tools, 1990.
Benes, C.M., Young, J.S., and Muir, W.R., RISK*ASSISTANTVER 1.0 Demo. 1988.
Young, J.S . and Benes, C.M. QSAR, an automated system for selecting and calculating
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships to predict the biological effects of chemicals
released into the environment. EPA Contract No. 68-02-4228, Work Assignment No. 391415,
1988.
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Young, J.S., Benes, C.M., Muir, W.R., and Sheevers H.V. RISK*TOOLS (Prototype), risk
assessment software for use by RCRA permit writers in U.S . EPA Regional offices. EPA
Contract No. 68-02-4254. 1986.
Specialized Computer Experience
Programming experience in BASIC, FORTH, FORTRAN, and APL, as well as Assembly
Language/Machine Code for LINC and 6502. Numerous programs written for experimental
control and data analysis. Design of integrated systems for data acquisition and analysis.
Experience with a variety of software packages (statistical analysis, database management,
graphics, etc).
Review of neurotoxicology database systems for OTS/HERD and developed design for
EP A/OTS neurotoxicity database system.
Review of computerized exposure models. Design of microcomputer-assisted risk and
exposure assessment tools for EPA Regional RCRA permit writers. Task Manager for the
development of a prototype micro-computer risk and exposure assessment system for EPA
Regional RCRA permit writers.