Presentation of new dioxin monitoring technique

[Sanjour.William@epamail.epa.gov]

If any of you would like to attend the attached presentation as my guest,
please do so.

Bill Sanjour

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Dear ETWG Members, Colleagues, and Guests:

The next meeting of the federal Environmental Technology Working Group
(ETWG) will be held from 9 - 11 am on Friday, November 13th.  The
meeting agenda and a brief synopsis of the two presentations that are to
be made follow below.  As usual, members are encouraged to invite guests
to attend (from the public or private sectors) who may have a particular
interest in the presentations.  Individuals receiving this transmittal
as a "cc" are also invited to attend at the explicit request of a member
or presenter.

We will meet in the Eisenhower Room, second floor, White House
Conference Center, 726 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20503.
Jackson Place is located on the west side of Lafayette Square, directly
across from the White House.

The nearest METRO stations are Farragut West (blue and orange lines) and
Farragut North (red line).

For guests who will be coming by taxi or car, the nearest convenient
intersection is at 17th and H Streets, N.W.  Commercial parking is
available at the Royal Parking Garage on the north side of H street
(next to the Vox Populi restaurant), about 100 feet east of the
aforementioned intersection.  Please note that H Street is one-way, east
bound.

We look forward to seeing you there.  Please call me directly at
202.408.6838 if you have any questions, or if you would like further
information.

Sincerely,

David Scott Smith
Executive Director,
Interagency Environmental Technology Office

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                         AGENDA

9:00 - 9:10 am
Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks
     Dave Rejeski
     Chair, ETWG and
     Executive Director, Environmental Technology Task Force
     White House Council on Environmental Quality

9:10 - 9:30
Member's News and Agency Updates
     All ETWG Members

9:30 - 10:00 am
Presentation #1
     DEVELOPMENTS IN REAL TIME DETECTION OF TRACE ORGANICS:
     APPLICATIONS FOR DIOXIN PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Recent developments in trace organic air toxic monitoring technologies
demonstrate the capability for real time, in situ analysis at
parts-per-trillion levels of pollutants, such as chlorinated dioxins.
These methods foreshadow  replacement of current detection methods which
require a lengthy and costly sampling, concentration, and analytical
effort. Development of these new methods has great significance for
combustion-related pollution prevention methods, as the lack of such a
capability has precluded an understanding of how trace products of
incomplete combustion (PICs) form.  With these new capabilities, the
possibility to employ real-time detection, coupled with an accelerated
understanding of how PICs form, should lead to significant pollution
prevention via process feedback controls.

Developing this type of instrumentation, understanding the mechanisms of
PIC formation, and demonstrating the application toward pollution
prevention/minimization requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-party
effort.  Our intent is to create a multi-Agency/industry effort that
will build upon the cooperative efforts of DOE and EPA/ORD in supporting
initial instrument development (Resonance Enhanced MultiPhoton
Ionization, REMPI) and establishment of precursor/indicator
relationships with toxicity.  The outcome of this approach is
anticipated to be a new paradigm for trace organic detection and PIC
pollution prevention.

Contact for EPA: Dr. Brian K. Gullett
U.S. EPA/Office of Research & Development, National Risk Management
Research Laboratory (Mail Code: MD-65)
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711
919/541-1534; E-Mail: bgullett@engineer.aeerl.epa.gov.

Contact for DOE:  Dr. Stephen Priebe
Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415
208/526-0898;  E-Mail:  PRIEBESJ@inel.gov.