Jan. 24-26 Houston, TX Second International Conference, On-Site Analysis, Field Portable Instrumentation Infoscience Services, Inc. Topics will include environmental trace analysis, soil contamination, immunoassays, sampling procedures, worker safety, and future trends. On-Site Committee, Infoscience Services, Inc., P.O. Box 153, Northbrook, IL 60065; (708) 291-9161; fax (708) 291-0097. Jan. 27-28 San Francisco, CA International Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS American Society for Testing and Materials Topics will include engineering, geological, and environmental applications of remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) technology. The symposium is part of a meeting of the ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock. Dorothy Savini, ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-1187; (215) 299-5413. Jan. 31-Feb. 2 New Orleans, LA Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments Environmental Research Institute of Michigan Topics will include emergency response and monitoring, water quality, natural resources management, monitoring, and sensor and system technologies. Full registration is $310 ($350 after Jan. 7, 1994). ERIM/Marine Environment Conference, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001; (313) 994-1200, ext. 3234; fax (313) 994-5123; Telex 4940991 ERIMARB. Feb. 13-17 Albany, NY Managing Radioactive and Mixed Waste Northeastern New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society Speakers will discuss siting and regulations, innovative treatment technologies, storage and disposal,
characterization and risk assessment, and communicating with the public and media. John M. Matuszek, NENYHPS, P.O. Box 2249, Empire State Plaza Station, Albany, NY 12220-2249; (518) 474-0004; fax (518) 473-2895. Feb. 15-18 Raleigh, NC Continuous Emission Monitoring Workshop Entropy Environmentalists, Inc. Topics include design and operation of monitoring systems, current and future continuous emission monitoring applications, performance specification tests, opacity, equipment test and optimization, and control equipment. CEU credit is available. Fee is $899. Christy Riggleman, Entropy, P.O. Box 12291, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2291; 800-486-3550. Feb. 23-25 Antwerp, Belgium Third International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography Royal Flemish Chemical Society The symposium will emphasize hyphenated chromatographic analyzers. The symposium will cover many hyphenated techniques, including those that have application to environmental sampling and analysis. R. Smits, BASF Antwerpen N.V., Central Laboratory, Haven 725, Scheldelaan 600, B-2040 Antwerp, Belgium; phone 32/3-561-28-31; fax 32/3-561-32-50, Feb. 27-March 4 Chicago, IL PITTCON '94 The Pittsburgh Conference & Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Major exposition of analytical instrumentation and associated equipment and software. Technical sessions include talks on environment measurements and a symposium on environmental biohazards and genotoxicity. Pittsburgh Conference, Dept. CFP, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, (412) 825-3220, fax (412) 825-3224.
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Feb. 28-March 2 San Diego, CA Bioremediation Engineering: Design and Applications International Network for Environmental Training Subjects include microbiology of bioremediation, process control parameters, transformation of hazardous materials, in situ remediation, site assessment, and case studies. Fee is $775. INET, 7508 Masters Dr., Potomac, MD 20854; (301) 299-1150; fax (301) 299-8653. Feb. 28-March 3 Deerfield Beach, FL Eleventh International Symposium on Primary and Secondary Battery Technology and Application Florida Battery Seminars, Inc. More efficient rechargeable batteries will be needed if the use of electric vehicles (EVs) is to become viab l e . T h i s s e m i n a r w i l l cover established, new, and emerging technologies in batteries, including those proposed for EVs. Florida Educational Seminars, Inc., 1900 Glades Rd., Suite 358, Boca Raton, FL 33431; (407) 338-8727; fax (407) 338-6887. Feb. 28-March 4 Orlando, FL 14th Annual Occupational Safety and Health Winter Institute University of North Carolina Courses will include industrial hygiene fundamentals, sampling contaminants, air monitoring, indoor environment evaluation, compliance with OSHA regulations, applied industrial toxicology, and safety management. North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource Center, University of North Carolina, 109 Conner Dr., Suite 1101, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 962-2101; fax (919) 966-7579. March 2 - 4 Orlando, FL Tropospheric Ozone and Global Climate Change Air & Waste Management Association Papers will include photochemical grid modeling, animal toxicology and extrapolation of data to humans, ozone exposure assessment
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models, nonattainment issues, and public health and vegetation effects. Air & Waste Management Association, P.O. Box 2861, Pittsburgh, PA 15230; (412) 232-3444; fax (412) 232-3450. March 6-9 Miami, FL Innovative Solutions for Contaminated Site Management Water Environment Federation This conference will examine how innovative technologies can be applied to meet current stringent cleanup goals. It will address availability, practicability, effectiveness, and cost of such technologies in the United States and elsewhere. Nancy Blatt, Water Environment Federation, 601 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1994; (703) 684-2400; fax (703) 684-2492. March 13-14 Washington, DC ACIL Sixth Annual Public Affairs Conference American Council of Independent Laboratories Sessions will discuss the impact of current trade, regulatory, and legislative initiatives on the commercial laboratory and on the testing and research and development industries. Dana Marshall, ACIL, 1629 K St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006; (202) 887-5872; fax (202) 887-0021. March 13-17 Dallas, TX 1994 Annual Meeting Society of Toxicology Symposia will discuss electromagnetic field toxicity, neurotoxins, environmental tobacco smoke, the biliary tree (effects of toxics on the liver system) as a target for chemical-induced injury, and methodology for cancer risk assessment. Society of Toxicology, 1101 14th St., N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005-5601; fax (202) 371-1090. March 13-18 San Diego, CA National Meeting of the American Chemical Society The Division of Environmental Chemistry will sponsor nine symposia on topics including atmospheric chemistry of biogenic byd r o c a r b o n s , r e m e d i a t i o n of hazardous waste sites, and “Earth i n Balance: Global Environment, Energy, Technology Transfer, and Policy Issues for Industrial and Developing Nations.” Meetings Department, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St.,
N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 872-6286; fax (202) 872-6128. March 22-25 Portland, OR International River Quality Symposia U.S. Geological Survey, Polish Ministry of Environmental Protection, and others Papers will address the fate and transport of pollutants, monitoring of river quality, control of point and nonpoint sources, modeling water quality, and alternative wastewater treatment systems. These symposia will be held again in Gdadsk, Poland, June 14-17. David Dunnette, 218 Science Building 11, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207; (503) 725-3473; fax (503) 725-4882. March 27-30 Atlanta, GA Second International Conference on Ground Water Ecology EPA and others Topics will include basic research, watershed planning, microbiology, bioremediation of contaminated fluid, biomonitoring, restoration of polluted systems, and toxicology of hypogean (underground) organisms. John Simons, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code WH550G, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, DC 20460; (202) 260-7091. April 4-7 San Francisco, CA Fifth Global Warming Science and Policy International Conference and Expo (GW5) The Global Warming International Center GW5 will report on impacts of climate change, natural resource management, and the world economy. It will provide a forum on greenhouse effect scientific and policy issues and will consider transnational problems such as wild climatic swing, water shortages and floods, and ozone depletion. Sinyan Shen, The Global Warming International Center, P.O. Box 5275, Woodridge, IL 60517; (708) 910-1551; fax (708) 910-1561. April 6-7 Arlington, VA Thirtieth Annual Meeting National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements The emphasis will be on extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields, specifically, issues in biological effects and public health.
W. Roger Ney, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 800, Bethesda, MD 20814-3095; 1-(800)229-2652; fax (301) 907-8768. April 10-12 Montreal, QC, Canada Fourth ASTM Symposium on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Transboundary Issues in Pollution American Society for Testing and Materials Papers will include contaminant fate and effects, ecological and human health risk assessment, bioindicators and risk assessment, behavioral toxicology, plant toxicity, and field and laboratory estimation of exposure and effects. Dorothy Savini, ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-1187; (215) 299-2617.
April 14-15 San Juan, PR The 1994 Waste Management Conference Universidad del Turabo Presentations will address education and training, minimization, chemical substitution, water treatment, hazardous waste, remediation, recycling, and technology transfer. Universidad del Turabo, School of Engineering, Waste Management Conference, Box 3030 University Station, Gurabo, PR 00778; (809) 743-7979 ext. 4143. May 9-11 West Lafayette, IN 49th Annual Purdue University Industrial Waste Conference Purdue University Topics will include site remediation, the search for least-cost approaches, waste minimization, incineration, new processes, legal aspects, and residuals management. Cynthia S. Dalton, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1284 Civil Engineering Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1284; (317) 494-2194; fax (317) 496-1107; e-mail (Internet)
[email protected]. May 15-20 Zurich, Switzerland Water Supply 2000: Rehabilitation Zurich Water Supply The general theme is rehabilitation. Topics include planning, scheduling, financing, pipeline and treatment systems, and control systems.
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