March 5, 2002

U.S. EPA AND BATTELLE TO CO-SPONSOR 25th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Norfolk, VA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Battelle are jointly sponsoring the 25th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment to be held May 7-9, 2002, at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. This conference is designed to bring together representatives of regulated industries, commercial environmental laboratories, state and federal regulators, municipal water and wastewater laboratories, and environmental consultants and contractors to discuss all aspects of environmental measurement with a particular focus on environmental water regulations, compliance monitoring, and related issues.

In its 25th year, EPA's conference continues to be recognized as the leading forum for discussion of technical issues related to environmental water regulations and compliance monitoring. This year, the conference program will include technical presentations on field techniques, bacteriological tracking, site investigation, organics analysis, sample preservation and holding times, metals analysis, bioassay, whole effluent toxicity, and microbiological methods. Representatives from EPA's Office of Water will present the most recent developments in technology for use in your laboratory. Presenters also include state and independent laboratory experts, federal and state regulatory personnel, and consultants in the environmental measurements field. Question and answer sessions will follow each presentation.

Battelle/EPA Conference Technical Program

Technical program schedule:

Tuesday, May 7

7:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.Registration Check-in

8:45 a.m.- 12 Noon Conference Presentations: EPA Office of Water Activities, Field Techniques, Bacteriological Tracking, and Site Investigation

1:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. Workshop - Surviving a Laboratory Audit

7:45 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Registration Check-in

8:45 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.Conference Presentations: Organics Analysis

1:00 p.m.- 4:15 p.m. Conference Presentations: Sample Preservation and Holding Times, Metals Analysis, And Bioassay

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 25th Anniversary Reception at Nauticus and Tour of the Battleship Wisconsin

8:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Registration Check-in

8:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Conference Presentations: Whole Effluent Toxicity and Microbiological Methods

10:15 a.m. - 12 Noon Special Session: Demonstration of E. coli and Enterocci Methods Proposed by EPA for Use in Recreational Water Monitoring

Full Conference (All conference and workshop sessions and reception) $325.00 One Day (Same day conference and workshop sessions) $150.00 Late Fee (Registrations received after April 11) $25.00 Conference Reception Guests (No fee for registered conference participants) $25

For more information contact Andrea Grew at (781) 952-5290 or at grewa-c@battelle.org or visit www.battelle.org/conferences/pollutants.