2013 Level II Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Awarded Nominations

Level II awards - are for those who have accomplished a notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes as an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.

     

Nominations Recommended for a Level II Award -- Total of Eight
Nom. ID	Publication Title & Full Citation	Eligible/Ineligible Authors	Lab/Office/Institution	Citation
S13EP0007	Global Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(6):831-839 (2012)	Susan Anenberg Joel Schwartz (Non-EPA) Drew Shindell (Non-EPA) Markus Amann (Non-EPA) Greg Faluvegi (Non-EPA) Zbigniew Klimont (Non-EPA) Greet Maenhout (Non-EPA) Luca Pozzoli (Non-EPA) Rita van Dingenen (Non-EPA) Elisabetta Vignati (Non-EPA) Lisa Emberson (Non-EPA) Nicholas Muller (Non-EPA) Jason West (Non-EPA) Martin Williams (Non-EPA) Volodymyr Demkine (Non-EPA) Kevin Hicks (Non-EPA) Johan Kuylenstierna (Non-EPA) Frank Raes (Non-EPA) Veerabhadran Ramanathan (Non-EPA)	OAR, Washington, DC	Air Quality and Health Benefits of Controlling Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
S13ER0010	(1) Effects of Copper, Cadmium, Lead, and Arsenic in a Live Diet on Juvenile Fish Growth Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 67(11):1816-1826 (2010) (2) The Relative Importance of Waterborne and Dietborne Arsenic Exposures on Survival and Growth of Juvenile Rainbow Trout Aquatic Toxicology, 104(1-2):108-115 (2011)	Russell J. Erikson David R. Mount Terry L. Highland James R. Hockett Correne T. Jenson Vincent R. Mattson Edward N. Leonard Timothy D. Dawson (Non-EPA) Kevin G. Lott (Non-EPA)	NHEERL, Duluth, MN	Demonstrating the Importance of Addressing Dietary Exposure in Aquatic Risk Assessments for Arsenic
S13ER0111	An Approach to Developing Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Using the SeaWiFS Satellite Data Record	Dr. Schaeffer, Blake A. (45%) Dr. Hagy, III, James D. (40%) Dr. Conmy, Robyn N. (5%) Dr. Lehrter, John C. (5%) Dr. Stumpf, Richard P. (5% Non-EPA)	NHEERL	An Approach to Developing Numeric Water-Quality Criteria Using Satellite Remote Sensing
S13HE0022	Controlled Exposure of Healthy Young Volunteers to Ozone Causes Cardiovascular Effects Circulation, 126(1):104-111 (2012)	Robert B. Devlin David Diaz-Sanchez Michael T. Schmitt Ana G. Rappold Kelly Duncan (Non-EPA) Melanie Jardim (Non-EPA)	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Demonstrating Cardiovascular Effects in Human Volunteers Exposed to Ozone
S13HE0030	(1) TRPA1 and Sympathetic Activation Contribute to Increased Risk of Triggered Cardiac Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Rats Exposed to Diesel Exhaust Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(7):951-957 (2011) (2) Divergent Electrocardiographic Responses to Whole and Particle-free Diesel Exhaust Inhalation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Toxicological Sciences, 125(2):558-568 (2012) (3) Whole and Particle-free Diesel Exhausts Differentially Affect Cardiac Electrophysiology, Blood Pressure, and Autonomic Balance in Heart Failure-prone Rats Toxicological Sciences, 128(2):490-499 (2012)	Mehdi S. Hazari Aimen K. Farraj Najwa Haykal-Coates Darrell W. Winsett Q. Todd Krantz Charly King Daniel L. Costa, Sc.D. Wayne E. Cascio Alex P. Carll (Non-EPA) Christina M. Perez (Lamb) (Non-EPA)	NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC	Assessing the Differential Effects of Whole vs. Particle-Free Diesel Exhaust towards Understanding Component Toxicity
S13HE0120	Rapidly Measured Indicators of Recreational Water Quality and Swimming-associated Illness at Marine Beaches: a Prospective Cohort Study Estuaries and Coasts (Springer Publishing), 34(6):1278-1292 (2011)	Dr. Wade, Timothy J. (12%) Ms. Sams, Elizabeth (10%) Dr. Brenner, Kristen P. (10%) Dr. Haugland, Richard A. (10%) Dr. Wymer, Larry J. (10%) Dr. Dufour, Alfred P. (10%) Dr. Rankin, Clifford (7%) Dr. Beach, Michael J. (7% Non-EPA) Mr. Li, Quanlin (7% Non-EPA) Dr. Chern, Eunice (7% Non-EPA) Dr. Love, David (5% Non-EPA) Dr. Noble, Rachel (5% Non-EPA)	NHEERL	Fecal Contamination and Swimming-Associated Illness: Development of Exposure Response Relationships at Marine Beaches
S13MM0057	(1) Inter-laboratory Comparison of Real-time PCR Methods for Quantification of General Fecal Indicator Bacteria Environmental Science and Technology, 46:945-953 (2011) (2) MPN Estimation of QPCR Target Sequence Recoveries from Whole Cell Calibrator Samples Journal of Microbiological Methods, 87:3343-349 (2011) (3) Comparison of Enterococcus qPCR Analysis Results from Fresh and Marine Waters on Two Real-time Instruments Analytical Biochemistry, 430:68-74 (2012)	Mano Sivaganesan Richard A. Haugland Manju Varma Orin C. Shanks Shawn Siefring Kevin H. Oshima Catherine A. Kelty Lindsay Peed Rachel T. Noble (Non-EPA) Angelia Denene Blackwood (Non-EPA) Monica R. Greene (Non-EPA) Rebecca N. Bushon (Non-EPA) Erin A. Stelzer (Non-EPA) Julie Kinzelman (Non-EPA) Tamara Anan'eva (Non-EPA) Christopher Sinigalliano (Non-EPA) David Wanless (Non-EPA) John Griffith (Non-EPA) Yiping Cao (Non-EPA) Stephen Weisberg (Non-EPA) Valerie J. Harwood (Non-EPA) Christopher Staley (Non-EPA)	NERL, Cincinnati, OH	Scientific and Technical Achievement Supporting Implementation of EPA Method 1611 for Rapid Recreational Water Testing
S13OR0064	(1) Temporal Patterns and Sources of Atmospherically Deposited Pesticides in Alpine Lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA Environmental Science & Technology, 44:4609-4614 (2010) (2) Spatial Patterns of Atmospherically Deposited Organic Contaminants at High-Elevation in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29:1056-1066 (2010) (3) Pesticide Distributions and Population Declines of California, USA, Alpine Frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierra Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30:682-691 (2011)	David F. Bradford Edward M. Heithmar Maliha S. Nash Nita G. Tallent-Halsell Georges-Marie Momplaisir Charlita G. Rosal Lee A. Riddick Katrina A. Varner Kerri A. Stanley (Non-EPA) Roland A. Knapp (Non-EPA) Laura L. McConnell (Non-EPA) Stacy L. Massey Simonich (Non-EPA) Donald W. Sparling (Non-EPA)	NERL, Las Vegas, NV	Evaluation of Airborne Pesticides as a Cause for Amphibian Population Declines in the Sierra Nevada, California
S13RA0083	Location Decisions of U.S. Polluting Plants: Theory, Empirical Evidence, and Consequences International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 4(1):1-49 (2010)	Ann Wolverton Ronald Shadbegian	NCEE, Washington, DC	Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Environmental Regulation and Demographics on the Location of Polluting Sources
S13SI0087	Estuarine Biotope Mosaics and Habitat Management Goals: An Application in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA Estuaries and Coasts (Springer Publishing), 34(6):1278-1292 (2011)	Giancarlo Cicchetti Holly Greening (Non-EPA)	NHEERL, Narrangansett, RI	Development, Demonstration and Transfer of a Tool for Large-Scale Estuarine Management as Applied in Tampa Bay
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table OA Office of the Administrator NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OPP Office of Pesticide Programs ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air ORCR Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery OSCP Office of Science Coordination and Policy *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination.