Federal Register: December 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-33243
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of proposed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) negotiations.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Technology Transfer Act of 1986
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating
entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
with Montgomery Watson Laboratories (``MWL''), a division of Montgomery
Watson Americas, a Colorado Company, which has its principal place of
business at 553 E. Walnut, Pasadena, CA 91101; Hach Company (``Hach''),
a Delaware Company, which has its principal place of business at P.O.
Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 805390389; Office of Water (``OW''),
Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, Technical Support Center
(``TSC''), of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'');
Regions 2's Division of Environmental Science and Assessment
(``DESA''), of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'');
Region 3's Environmental Science Center, of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA''); Unified Sewerage Agency (``USA''), a XXXX
of the State of Oregon, located at 155 N. First Avenue, Suite 270,
Hillsboro, OR 97124, Hampton Roads Sanitation District (``HRSD''), a
XXXX of the State of Virginia, located at 1432 Air Rail Avenue,
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23471; Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality (``OREDEQ'') Laboratory Division, a Department of the State of
Oregon, located at 1712 SW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201; Demonstrate
the validity of the Performance Based System (PBMS) by establishing a
pilot study to verify a nonUSEPA approved method for the measurement
of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). The currently approved method for COD requires mercury, a
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hazardous and potentially carcinogenic metal, which results in high
disposal and recycling costs and potentially hazardous exposure to
analysts. The new method is potentially advantageous because hazardous
or carcinogenic reagents are not used, making this procedure a more
environmentally sound practice. This new analytical method, as with all
other methods, is only approved after validation. This CRADA deals with
an approach to validate new analytical methodology.
SUMMARY:
Montgomery Watson Laboratories et al.,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This notice is to meet the USGS requirement stipulated in Survey Manual
Dated: December 18, 2000.
Robert M. Hirsch,
Associate Director for Water.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Merle W. Shockey, address above.