Extramural Research
2003 Level II Scientific And Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)
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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 ($2500) -- Total of Eighteen | ||||
Nom. # |
Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers |
Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organization |
Recommended Award Level |
Suggested Citation from Nominating Organization |
S3CS0005 |
a) Attenuation of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether in Water Using Sunlight and a Photocatalyst. Environmental Research, 74(2):122-130 (2002) |
Dr. E. Sahle-Demessie (50%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
LEVEL II |
Successful Development of Advanced Oxidation and Stripping Technologies for the Treatment of MTBE-Contaminated Waters that are Effective and Economical |
S3CS0006 |
Engineering and Economic Evaluation of Gas Recovery and Utilization Technologies at Selected U.S. Mines. Environmental Science and Policy, 5(5):397-409 (2002) |
Dr. David A. Kirchgessner (70%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
LEVEL II |
Quantifying the Engineering and Economic Factors Involved in Mitigating Methane Emissions from Coal Mines |
S3ER0029 |
Resource-Based Niches Provide a Basis for Plant Species Diversity and Dominance in Arctic Tundra. Nature, 415(3):68-71 (2002) |
Dr. Robert B. McKane (70%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR |
LEVEL II |
Research on Resource Partitioning in Plant Communities |
S3ER0030 |
Metal-Colloid Partitioning in Artificial Interstitial Waters of Marine Sediments: Influences of Salinity, pH, and Colloidal Organic Carbon Concentration. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20(11):2420-2427 (2001) |
Dr. Mark Cantwell (60%) NHEERL, Narragansett, OR |
LEVEL II |
Determining the Metal-Colloid Partitioning Coefficients of Five Heavy Metals in the Interstitial Waters of Marine Sediments |
S3ER0031 |
Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index as an Indicator of Wetland Condition. Ecological Applications, 12(2):487-497 (2002) |
Dr. Ricardo D. Lopez (75%) NERL, Las Vegas, NV |
LEVEL II |
Testing and Developing a Floristic Index for Use as a Landscape-Scale Indicator of Wetland Integrity |
S3IR0118 |
Use of Mechanism-Based Structure-Activity Relationships Analysis in Carcinogenic Potential Ranking of Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(1):75-87 (2002) |
Dr. Yin-tak Woo (20%) OPPT, Washington, DC |
LEVEL II |
Delineating the Scientific Basis for Ranking the Carcinogenic Potential of Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts |
S3IR0123 |
a) Evaluation of the Efficacy of Extrapolation Population Modeling to Predict the Dynamics of 'Americamysis bahia' Populations in the Laboratory. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20(1):213-221 (2000) |
Dr. Anne Kuhn (35%) NHEERL, Narragansett, RI |
LEVEL II |
Contributing to EPA's Goal of Reducing Uncertainty in Risk Assessment Through Research on Evaluating Population Models for Extrapolating Ecological Response from Laboratory Bioassays |
S3MM0041 |
a) Passive Ozone Network of Dallas: A Modeling Opportunity with Community Involvement. 1. Environmental Science and Technology, 35(5):845-855 (2001) |
Dr. Mark E. Sather (35%) Dallas, TX |
LEVEL II |
Using Community Involvement to Conduct a High Quality Passive Ozone Monitoring Program |
S3MM0045 |
Speciation of Gas-Phase and Fine Particle Emissions from Burning of Foliar Fuels. Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, 36(11):2281-2295 (2002) |
Dr. Michael D. Hays (50%) NRMRL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
LEVEL II |
Providing Exceptional Chemical Definition of Emissions from a Major Area Source of Fine Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere |
S3MM0056 |
Development and Characterization of an Annular Denuder Methodology for the Measurement of Divalent Inorganic Reactive Gaseous Mercury in Ambient Air. Environmental Science & Technology, 36(13):3000-3009 (2002) |
Dr. Matthew S. Landis (80%) NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
LEVEL II |
Contributions to the State of Science in Atmospheric Mercury Speciation Measurement and Characterization |
S3MM0061 |
a) Provenance of Geogenic Arsenic in the Goose River Basin, Maine, USA. Environmental Geology, 41:62-73 (2001) |
Dr. William C. Sidle (85%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
LEVEL II |
New Methods to Identify High Risk Areas for Arsenic in Groundwater: Application of Naturally-Occuring Oxygen and Sulfur Isotopes |
S3RA0082 |
Issues and Practices in the Derivation and Use of Species Sensitivity Distributions. Species Sensitivity Distributions in Ecotoxicology, NA(21):437-474 (2002) |
Dr. Glenn W. Suter II (70%) NCEA, Cincinnati, OH |
LEVEL II |
A Critical Review of Species Sensitivity Distributions that Provides a Basis for Their Use in Environmental Assessment and Regulation |
S3RA0092 |
a) Evaluation of Child/Adult Pharmacokinetic Differences from a Database Derived from the Therapeutic Drug Literature. Toxicological Sciences, 66:185-200 (2002) |
Dr. Babasaheb Sonawane (50%) NCEA, Washington, DC |
LEVEL II |
Analysis and Critical Review of Literature on Pharmacokinetic Differences in Children/Adults and Their Implications for Risk Assessment of Environmental Agents |
S3RA0093 |
Non-Carcinogenic Effects of TCDD in Animals. Food Additives and Contaminants, 17(4):275-288 (2000) |
Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum (90%) NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC |
LEVEL II |
Research on the Health Effects of Dioxins |
S3RA0094 |
Microbial Source Tracking: State of the Science. Environmental Science & Technology, 36(24):5279-5288 (2002) |
Dr. Joyce M. Simpson (40%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
LEVEL II |
Technical Information Impacting Attainment of Clean Water Act Microbial Water Quality Goals (TMDLs) |
S3RA0097 |
Clay and Clay-Supported Reagents in Organic Synthesis. Tetrahedron, 58(7):1235-1255 (2002) |
Dr. Rajender S. Varma (100%) NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH |
LEVEL II |
Exceptional Technical Achievement in Highlighting the Use of Benign Mineral-Based Reagents in Chemical Syntheses |
S3RA0102 |
Monitoring of Particulate Matter Outdoors. Chemosphere, 49(9):1009-1043 (2002) |
Dr. William E. Wilson (70%) NCEA, Research Triangle Park, NC |
LEVEL II |
A Review Paper that will Assist in Moving from TSP Measurements to Fine and Coarse PM Measurements |
S3TF0072 |
a) Sediment-Associated Reactions of Aromatic Amines. 1. Elucidation of Sorption Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology, 35(12):2470-2475 (2001) |
Dr. Eric J. Weber (45%) Dr. Dalizza Colon (45%) NERL, Athens, GA |
LEVEL II |
Identifying, and Developing Predictive Tools to Describe, Reaction Pathways of Aromatic Amines in Sediments |
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment NCER National Center for Environmental Research NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NEIC National Enforcement Investigations Center NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics OTAQ Office of Transportation and Air Quality *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination. |
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