Experts Join Battelle's
Watershed Management Group

Brad Piehl Battelle is pleased to announce that Brad Piehl and Lynn Sprague have joined Battelle’s national Watershed Management group. An expert in landscape and watershed assessments, as well as water resources studies and NEPA, Mr. Piehl will focus on providing large-scale watershed analyses and natural resource assessments to Battelle’s federal, state, and private clients. He brings over 17 years of consulting experience on water resources, watershed, and natural resource management to Battelle. Previously employed by Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, he was responsible for project management and client development for land management partnerships in the Rocky Mountain Region. Mr. Piehl received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in forestry from Oregon State University and the University of Minnesota, respectively. For additional information, contact Mr. Brad Piehl at piehlb@battelle.org.

Lynn Sprague An expert in natural resource management and related issues, Mr. Lynn Sprague will focus on providing strategic landscapelevel, resource management and policy services to the federal and private landholder markets nationwide. He brings over 35 years of professional experience in executive leadership and environmental management to Battelle. Previously employed by Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, he was responsible for coordinating the marketing and business development activities with federal land management agencies. Prior positions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service involved several executive-level positions. Mr. Sprague received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in forestry from Colorado State University and Oregon State University, respectively. For additional information, contact Mr. Lynn Sprague at spraguel@battelle.org.

Battelle's long history of fuel cell research coupled with its market analysis and commercialization experience proved sufficient to receive a $3 million, three-year research grant from the Department of Energy. Battelle will analyze the technical and market potential for the stationary application of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and to communicate information to decision makers. Battelle's approach includes:

• analysis of the technical, economic, market, and policy factors impacting application of PEM fuel cells;
• use of a proprietary scenario analysis approach to facilitate expert future visioning;
• stakeholder involvement to ensure effective dialogue and collaboration; and
• capture and dissemination of information.

Harry Stone, Principal Investigator, notes, "This award provides an exciting opportunity to meld Battelle's technical capabilities, market analysis, and policy expertise to advance the U.S. role in this emerging energy sector." For more information regarding Battelle's fuel cell program, please contact Dr. Darrell Paul at (614) 424-5890, paul@battelle.org.

Harry Stone Joins Energy and Environment Sector

Noted Marine Biologist Joins PNNL

Harry Stone Harry Stone has joined the Energy and Environment Sector as a program/project manager. Mr. Stone will expand existing ecosystem, environmental, and energy analysis capabilities with a focus on the complex relationships between science, economics, and public policy. His current research involves development and evaluation of models of steam ecology, public policy decision making, and knowledge use. Mr. Stone previously served as a manager in the Environmental Technology Commercialization Center facilitating research partnerships and technology licenses between EPA and the private sector. Mr. Stone has extensive government and private sector project management that includes planning and managing the start-up of both the Center for Applied Environmental Technologies and the National Environmental Technology Incubator. Mr. Stone's experience includes executive management in science-based manufacturing companies and in a non-profit consulting firm focused on manufacturing productivity. Mr. Stone was an adjunct faculty member at Central State University and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College instructing environmental science and stream and lake ecology. He has published research in the fields of plant physiology, pollution prevention, technology transfer, and environmental policy decision making. In addition, he has published numerous popular science articles. Mr. Stone has an M.B.A from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an M.S. and a B.A. in biology from Vanderbilt University, and is a Ph.D. candidate at Miami University in a committee degree encompassing ecology, political science, and environmental economics. Mr. Harry Stone may be contacted at (513) 362-2602, stoneh@battelle.org.

Jack Anderson Dr. Jack W. Anderson, an expert on the effects of chemicals released into the environment, has joined Battelle-managed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the Marine Sciences Division. Dr. Anderson will be chief scientist in the field of ecotoxicology and will hold the rank of PNNL Fellow, a designation that recognizes outstanding scientific and technical achievement. Dr. Anderson's 30 years of research and development experience includes groundbreaking work on the potential and actual effects of oil spills, as well as the development of non-animal alternatives for marine research. He conducted much of his early petroleum research at the Sequim Marine Sciences Laboratory facility and also served as an affiliate professor in the University of Washington's School of Oceanography. A frequent speaker and advisor to national and international organizations, Dr. Anderson earned his Ph.D. in biology at the University of California, Irvine, and his bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Jack Anderson may be contacted at (360) 681-3631, jw.anderson@pnl.gov.

On July 9, 2003, Battelle was awarded a $4.8M Task Order under the EPA Field Evaluation and Technical Support (FEATS) contract, entitled "Demonstration of Arsenic Removal Technology." This task order is part of EPA's Arsenic Final Rule Implementation Research Program to assist small community water systems in complying with the new arsenic MCL of 10 micrograms per liter. Under this task order, Battelle will conduct a series of full-scale, long-term, on-site demonstrations of new arsenic-removal technologies, process modifications, and engineering approaches at 12 selected water treatment plants throughout the U.S.

To perform its demonstration evaluations, Battelle will acquire 12 arsenic removal systems from vendors who have been selected by EPA to have their technologies evaluated for effectiveness and ease of use at locations in smaller municipalities and rural areas throughout the U.S. Battelle will perform the engineering design and coordinate the installation of the systems, followed by system shakedown and startup. Battelle will then conduct one year of system performance evaluations to determine their reliability and cost-effectiveness for arsenic removal and gauge ease of operation and maintenance and required operator skills. Battelle will also prepare reports on the technologies for EPA; EPA will then present these results to Congress as required by Congressional mandate.

This demonstration project will be the first phase of a more extensive program to follow over the next few years. Battelle's Task Order Manager is Dr. Abe Chen, P.E. of the Environmental Restoration Department, who is assisted by Deputy Task Order Manager Lili Wang, PE. Both Dr. Chen and Ms. Wang have provided R&D support to the EPA's Arsenic Research Program and other arsenic research projects since 1997.

For additional information, contact Dr. Abe Chen at (614) 424-5641, wangl@battelle.org or Ms. Lili Wang at (614) 424-7407, wangl@battelle.org.

Battelle once again makes the list of top environmental consultant firms in the industry. The Engineering News-Record (ENR) announced its June "Top 200 Environmental Firms" issue. Battelle maintained a leading edge in many of the surveys included. Most notably, the results of the "Top 20 in Environmental Science" survey showed Battelle Memorial Institute as the number 1 environmental science firm with a $236.0 million revenue. The results of the Top 20 in Environmental Management" survey indicated Battelle Memorial Institute was number 3 with a generated revenue of $118 million. Rounding off the issue, Battelle again showed its strength in the environmental consulting and contracting industry by finishing 14th overall in "Top Environmental Firms" of the year 2002.

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The EarthVision model discussed in the winter 2003 issue of Environmental Updates was generated to demonstrate the capabilities of the software to hypothetically assist a complex sediment remediation project. This demonstration model was not contracted, used, or endorsed by the New Bedford Harbor, MA Superfund Site project team.