NEMC.US

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

NEMC: Accreditation
(Session Chair: Marlene Moore / Advanced Systems, Inc.)

• Typical Differences in the "Dual Program" NELAC States Between Their NELAC Requirements and the Non-NELAC Laboratory Requirements
  Patrick Conlon / Environmental Standards, Inc.

• The New TNI Laboratory Accreditation Standards
  Jerry Parr / The NELAC Institute

• DoD Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (DoD/ELAP)
  Ed Hartzog / NAVSEA

• 3rd Party Conformity Assessment and its Significance to Government and Private Industry
  Keith Greenaway / ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board/ACLASS

• It's time for National Cooperation in Laboratory Accreditation
  Doug Leonard / NACLA

• Global Recognition of Accredited Results through the ILAC MRA
  Peter Unger / American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)

NEMC: Benefits and Challenges of New and Revised EPA Methods
(Session Chair: Richard Burrows / TestAmerica, Inc.)

• A New EPA SW-846 Method for Toxaphene and Toxaphene Congeners in Various Environmental Media
  Shen-Yi Yang / EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

• Proposed and Recently Approved ASTM Methods for Nonvolatile Compounds Analyzed by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
  Lawrence Zintek / U.S. EPA - Region 5 Chicago Regional Laboratory

• Accreditation of New Methods: A NELAP AB's Perspective
  Steve Arms / Florida Department of Health

• Managing the Impact of New and Revised Regulatory Method Implementation on the Laboratory Community
  David Speis / Accutest Laboratories

• The Impact of New US EPA Methods - A Case Study of Contortions and Permutations - US EPA Method 5035
  Ruth Forman / Environmental Standards, Inc.

• Barriers and Solutions to New Method Implementation - What are the Options?
  Richard Burrows / TestAmerica Inc.

NEMC:Innovative Approaches for Conventional and Emerging Pollutants
(Session Chairs: Joe Romano / Waters Corporation and Gary Ward / Accutest Mountain States, Inc.)

• Towards Meeting European Regulatory Requirements For Tributyltin In Water: The Development of a Robust Fully-Automated GC/ICP-MS Methodology
  Zoe Grosser / PerkinElmer, Inc.

• Column Evaluations for the Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  R. Freeman / SGE Analytical Science

• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Biosolids PCB Experience - The Laboratory Perspective
  Sharon Mertens / Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Distric

• Low Level Analysis of 1,4-Dioxane in Aqueous Sample With only 200 uL of Sample for Analysis
  Patrick Conlon /Environmental Standards, Inc.

• Direct Analysis of Nitrate and Nitrite in Waters by Reversed-Phase LC/ESI/MS
  Yongtao B. Li (Bruce) / Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

• Methyl Mercury Analysis with Derivatization Purge and Trap GC System
  Mark Bruce / TestAmerica, North Canton, OH

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

NEMC: Chlorinated Dioxins and Other Halogenated Organics
(Session Chair: Heidelore Fiedler)

• Automated Review and Assessment of Dioxin/Furan and CB Congener Data
  Nazy Abousaeedi/ US Environmental Protection Agency

• Multiple Laboratory Evaluation of the Procept Rapid Dioxin Assay for Inclusion in US EPA SW-846 Methods Manual
  Lawrence Jassin / Eichrom Technologies LLC

• Analysis of Trace Level Organochlorine Pesticides by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry
  Michael Flournoy / TestAmerica Sacramento, CA

• A Discussion on the Current State of Brominated compounds in the Dioxin Analysis Area
  Dennis Tabor /US Environmental Protection Agency

• Optimizing the Analysis of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (coming soon)
  Michelle Misselwitz / Restek Corporation

NEMC: Emerging Technologies
(Session Chair: Nancie Copeland)

• Real Time Estimation of BOD by the Rapid Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
  Lindsay Peddle / ManSci Inc.

• Evaluation of a New Technique in Miniaturized Solid Phase Extraction
  R Freeman / SGE Analytical Science

• Extraction of POPs and Acidic, Neutral, and Basic Compounds in Particulate Laden Aqueous Samples with a Single Extraction Step Using a Fully Automated Extraction System
  Bob Johnson / Horizon Technology

• Rapid Multi-Parameter Analysis Using the New RapidDuo by Man-Tech
  Lindsay Peddle / ManSci Inc.

• The Method Update Rule Potable vs. Non-Potable Water - What Methods are being reported for Accreditation
  Shawn Kassner / Environmental Resource Associates

NEMC: Data Usability
(Session Chair: David Friedman / Friedman Consulting)

• The Historical Changes and Quality Improvements of EPA's Discharge Monitoring Report - Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) Program
  Jeff Lowry / Environmental Resource Associates

• Evaluation of the Citable Guidance Documents for Unacceptable Laboratory Practices
  Patrick Conlon / Environmental Standards, Inc.

• Project-Specific Measurement Quality Objectives
  Chung-Rei Mao / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Should XRF Data Be Adjusted Against ICP Data?
  Marlene Moore / Advanced Systems, Inc.

• Labeling Externally Validated Laboratory Data -The Black Box Opened!
  Anand Mudambi / US Environmental Protection Agency

• Inter-Lab Performance Standards for the Municipal Solid Waste Permit Section Practical Quantitation Limit (MSW-PQL)
  Arthur Denny/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

NEMC: Method Flexibility
(Session Chair: Lemuel Walker / US Environmental Protection Agency)

• Method Flexibility and the March 12, 2007 Method Update Rule
  William Lipps / OI Analytical

• Problems Encountered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Method Flexibility Rule – A Vendor's Perspective to Streamlining EPA Approved Methods
  Cary Jackson / Hach Company

• Method Flexibility - Laboratory Perspective
  Richard Burrows /TestAmerica Inc.

• Challenges to State Accreditation Programs Dealing with Method Modifications, Flexibility, Alternate Test Procedures, etc.
  Barbara A. Escobar and Steve Arms / Arizona Department of Health and Florida Department of Health

• One Region's Simplified Process for Approving the Use of Alternate Wastewater Methods
  Arthur Clark / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1

• Method 524.3, an Example of EPA Drinking Water Analytical Method Flexibility
  David Munch / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• EPA Method 1664A Modifications
  Joseph Stefkovich / Xenosep Technologies

• (QA/QC) Developers and Users Responsibilities When Determining Equivalency for Regulatory Compliance
  Dr. Edward Askew / Askew Scientific Consulting

NEMC: Nanotechnology
(Session Chair: Reza Karimi / Battelle Tooele Operation)

• A Federal Perspective on Nanotechnology
  Dr. Sally Tinkle / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Microbial Interactions with Fullerenes and Other Engineered Nanoparticles: Environmental Implications and Applications
  Dr. Pedro J.J. Alvarez / Rice University, TX, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

• Sensors As Tools for Quantitation and Cytotoxicity Studies of Engineered Nanomaterials
  Dr. Omowunmi A.Sadik / State University of New York-Binghamton, Department of Chemistry

• U.S. EPA – Nanotechnology Environmental Benefits/Risks & Public Policy
  Dr. Nora Savage / US Environmental Protection Agency - ORD

• Microarrays and Nanomaterials: Environmental Impact at the Gene Level
  Barbara Carter / EcoArray, Inc.

• A New Paradigm for Monitoring the Implications of Nanotechnology in the Environment
  Dr. A Keller / University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

The Benefits of National Accreditation
Steve Arms, Florida Department of Health

The Forum on Environmental Measurement: Cross-Agency Synergy for Measurement, Monitoring, Laboratory, and Environmental Technology Issues
Lara P. Autry, Senior Advisor for Measurement, Monitoring, and Laboratory Science, Office of Science Advisor

TCEQ – Meeting Challenges Head On
Carlos Rubinstein, Deputy Executive Director, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

The EPA Regulatory Agenda of the New Administration (no presentation - talk only)
Michael Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator, USEPA Office of Water

Climate – Air Quality Linkages: The Science Needed to Support Integrated Approaches to Managing These Two Issues
Dr. James F. Meagher, Deputy Director, Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sustainability Begins in the Lab: Scientists can be Green too
Allen Doyle, Sustainability Manager, University of California at Davis

Understanding and Quantifying the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Dr. Arturo Keller, Professor of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California; Associate Director of the University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

Development/Products of Nanotechnology
Dr. Richard Chapas, Senior Market Manager, Battelle

NEMC: Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
(Session Chair: Dr. Zoe Grosser / PerkinElmer)

• Update on Contaminants of Emerging Concern Analytical Methods Activities
  Dr. Brian Englert/ US Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Science and Technology

• Modified EPA Method 1694 for PPCPs in Waters
  Yongtao B. Li (Bruce) / Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

• Implementation of a Multi Residue MRM Method for Pharmaceuticals
  Dr. Andrew Eaton / MWH Laboratories

• Monitoring Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water Using ON-line SPE/LC/MS/MS
  Claude Mallet / Waters Corporation

• Multiple Column Evaluation for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
  Michelle Misselwitz / Restek Corporation

NEMC: Sensors
(Session Chair: Chris Bowerbank and Doug Later / Torion Technologies Inc.)

• Evaluation of Nitrate Sensors for Groundwater Remediation Monitoring
  Stuart Nagourney / New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

• Water Monitoring with Environmental Sensors
  Laura Webb / US Environmental Protection Agency - Region VII

• Online Monitoring of Major Electrical Utility Assets
  John Hinshaw / Serveron Corporation

• Measuring VX Vapor at the Worker Population Level (WPL) Near-Real-Time, Using an Optically Enhanced Flame Photometric Detector (FPD)
  Eric Garff / U.S. Army

• Evaluating Rugged and Portable Chemical Testing Platforms
  David Epstein and Kirk Grates/ National Forensic Science Technology Center

TNI: Method Modifications Mentor Session - David Caldwell
TNI: National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program

NEMC: Current Topics in Cyanide Analysis
(Session Chair: William Lipps and Lemuel Walker / OI Analytical and US Environmental Protection Agency )

• Past and Present Approaches in Dealing with Cyanide Interferences
  Bill Telliard / US Environmental Protection Agency - Retired

• Competing Chemical Reaction Mechanisms and Photophysical Interferences in the Colorimetric Analysis for Cyanide
  Dr. Edward Askew / Askew Scientific Consulting

• Development of Standard Practice for Sampling, Preservation and Mitigating Interferences in Water Samples for Analysis of Cyanide
  John Sebroski / Bayer MaterialScience LLC

• Cyanide Analysis for Wastewater Compliance Testing – Laboratory Perspective
  Richard Burrows / TestAmerica Inc.

• An Overview and Comparison of Methods for Cyanide Analysis
  William Lipps / OI Analytical

• Analysis of Total, Metallo- and Free Cyanides using Ion Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection
  Richard Jack / Dionex Corporation

NEMC: Sensors (Cont.)
(Session Chair: Chris Bowerbank and Doug Later / Torion Technologies Inc.)

• Rapid Sample Screening of Volatile and Semivolatile Organics using Portable SPME-GC-TMS
  Chris Bowerbank / Torion Technologies Inc.

• Trends in Capabilities for Real-Time Human Exposure Assessment
  Phil Smith / Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Environmental Applications of Field Portable and Hand-held Raman Systems
  Bryan Ray / DeltaNu

• Developing & Field-Testing Chemical Analyzers for Rapid Detection and Quantitation of TICs & CWAs Using MEMS Nano-Sensor Array Technology
  Brent Marquis / Sensor Research & Development Corporation

• Advances in Handheld, Field-Based Chemical Identification
  John Johnson / Ahura Scientific

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

NEMC : Climate Change and Air Methods
(Session Chair: Ray Merrill / ERG)

• The Standing of the Skymine™ and the Amine Based Carbon Dioxide Capture Processes in Electric Power Generation
  ELOY FLORES III / Southwest Research Institute

• Feasibility of Producing Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels from Landfill Gas Methane in China
  Gary R. Walter / Southwest Research Institute

• Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Soil Vapor and Indoor Air Samples Using Automated Thermal Desorption/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (ATD/GC/MS).
  Lee Marotta / PerkinElmer

• Comparison of Compendium Methods TO-11A and TO-15 for the Measurement of Acrolein: Results from Three Field Sampling Campaigns
  Ian MacGregor / Battelle

• Identification of Two New Selenium Species in Flue Gas Desulferization Wastewater and Their Impacts on Total Selenium Measurements (coming soon)
  Russell Gerads / Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC

NEMC : General Topics
(Session Chair: Bob Wyeth / Columbia Analytical Services, Inc.)

• EPA's Water Laboratory Alliance - Lessons Learned from Functional Exercises
  Anand Mudambi / US Environmental Protection Agency

• High Accuracy, Deterministic CBRNE Measurement with a Chemistry-Driven Universal Detection Platform
  Matt Pamuku / Applied Isotope Technologies, Inc.

• EPA’s Science Policy Council – Guiding Agency Science Policy
  Anand Mudambi / US Environmental Protection Agency

• Analysis of Organotins in Water by GCMS
  Jessie Butler / ThermoFisher Scientific

• Advancing Endocrine Disrupting Compound Analysis Through Integrated Technology and Workflow Solutions
  Joe Romano / Waters Corporation

NEMC : Metals Speciation
(Session Chair: David Friedman/Friedman Consulting)

• Development of Speciated Metal SRMs for Environmental Remediation Activities
  Stuart Nagourney / New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

• Chromium Speciation Evolution – Inside & Outside the Box
  John Petura /Applied Environmental Management, Inc.

• Challenges and solutions for Hexavalent Chromium analysis by SW846 method 7199
  Jay Gandhi / Metrohm USA Inc.

• RCRA Objective "Human Health and Environment": Mercury Speciation in Crude Oil and Human Blood using EPA Method 6800
  Mizanur Rahman / Duquesne University, PA, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Preparation of a new Caprine Blood Reference Material for Mercury Speciation Studies: NIST SRM 955c
  Patrick Parsons / Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept of Health

• Arsenic Speciation Analysis of Tissue: A Comparison of New and Standard Extraction Methods
  Hakan Gurleyuk / Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC

• Legally Defensible Accurate Data of Toxin Speciation: Dealing with Industry Pressure and Communication Gaps Among Government Agencies
  Skip Kingston / Duquesne University, PA, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

POSTER SESSIONS
(Session Chair: Kim Kirkland / US Environmental Protection Agency – ORCR)

William Lipps
Nitrate + Nitrite Analysis by Nitrate Reductase
OI Analytical

Laura Chambers
Can You Use Nitrogen as an Alternate Purge Gas for Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)?
OI Analytical

Richard Jack
Profiling Analysis of the Degradation Products of Alkylphenol Polyethoxylates by LC-MS Using an Acclaim® Surfactant Column with Mass Spectrometric Detection
Dionex Corporation

Joe Ramano
Fast Separation of PolyAromatic Hydrocarbons Using a Water-Methanol Gradient
Waters Corp.

Derrell Johnson
Preparation and Uncertainty of Pharmaceutical Solution Standards for use in Drinking Water Analysis
Cerilliant Corporation

Peech Reddy
Synthesis and Analysis of Cyclohexyl Trideuteromethylphosphonic Acid
Cerilliant Corporation

Estelle Riche
The Importance of High Purity Water in Environmental Laboratories
Millipore

David Gratson
J-; Now What?
Neptune and Company

S. Cecil
Purge & Trap Volatiles: Adsorbent Choices, Trap Selection, Fast GC, and Troubleshooting
Sigma-Aldrich/Supelco

Tom Dobbs
Drinking Water Analysis using an Automated Solid Phase Extraction System
J2 Scientific, LLC

Laura Chambers
Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds by USEPA Method 524.3
OI Analytical

Melissa Gibson
Automated Handling Techniques for the Analysis of Elevated Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentrations in Soils
Teledyne Tekmar

Jean Munch
Updating Method 525.2 for the Measurement of Semi-Volatile Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water: New Extraction Procedures, New Sample Preservatives, Expanded Analyte List to Include CCL 3 Chemicals
US Environmental Protection Agency

W. Ickes
Buchi SpeedExtractor
Buchi

J Romano
Rapid and Accurate Analysis of Trace Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Drinking Water
Waters Corporation

S. Cecil
Fast GC in Environmental Analysis
Sigma-Aldrich/Supelco

S. Cecil
Using Bonded Silica Solid Phase Microextraction Fibers as a Screening Tool for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Drinking Water
Sigma-Aldrich/Supelco

Technical Program Co-Chair

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