MEETING CALENDAR Principles of Environmental Sampling '"•i m i d i i l i l i n n
Jan. 7-10, 1997 Thirtieth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. Maui, HI. University of Hawaii. Barbara Edelstein, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii, 2404 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 (808-956-3251)
April 7-8 Third Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Manchester, United Kingdom. ERP Environment. ERP Environment, RO. Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 6EZ, UK (+44 (0)1274 530408)
Jan. 13-15 Workshop on the Enhancement of Wastewater and Sludge Treatment by Ionizing Radiation. Key West, FL. National Science Foundation and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Junko Kazumi, University of Miami, Department of Civil Engineering, Coral Gables, FL 331240630. (305-284-3372)
April 9-11 Third Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Research Symposium. Albany, NY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Frederick de Serres, TPMC, Canterbury Hall, Suite 310, 4815 Emperor Blvd., Durham, NC 27703 (919-941-6574)
Jan. 25-28 Ninth Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry. Sanibel Island, FL. American Society for Mass Spectrometry. ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505989-4517)
May 9-16 56th Annual American Occupational Health Conference. Orlando, FL. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Kay Coyne, ACOEM, 55 W. Seegers Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005 (847-228-6850)
Feb. 4-5 1997 Conference on Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety Excellence. New York City, NY. Arthur D. Little. Conference Board, Inc., PO. Box 4026, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10261-4026 (212-3390345)
May 12-16 1997 International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies. San Francisco, CA. University of California, Irvine. Tina Haddad, Conference Assistant, Environmental Health and Safety, 300 University Tower, Irvine, CA 92697 (714-824-7066)
Feb. 4-5 National Conference on Ethanol Policy and Marketing. Chicago, IL. Renewable Fuels Association. Bryan & Bryan, Inc., Conference Coordinator, 5015 County Road 12, RO. Box 159, Cotopaxi, CO 81223 (719-9424353)
May 25-28 8th Global Warming International Conference & Expo. New York, NY. Global Warming International Center. GW8 International Program Committee, c/o GWIC, P.O. Box 5275, Woodbridge, IL 60517 (630910-1551)
March 10-13 Seventh Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soil and Groundwater. Oxnard, CA. Association for the Environmental Health of Soils and the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. lennifer J. Howland, Conference Coordinator, 150 Fearing Street, Amherst, MA 01002 (413-549-5170)
June 1-4 1997 International Symposium on Preparative Chromatography, Ion Exchange, and Adsorption/Desorption Processes and Related Techniques. Washington, DC. Washington Chromatography Discussion Group. lanet Cunningham, Barr Enterprises, RO. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793 (301-898-3772)
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Principles of Environmental Sampling, Second Edition This expanded second edition retains the essential sampling theory and technology from the popular first edition, but adds 24 new chapters to cover the most recent sampling technology for all major environmental matrices: water, air, biota, solids, sludges, and liquid wastes. Principles of Environmental Sampling focuses on the essentials of obtaining reliable samples, including calculating how many samples to collect for specific objectives and confidence levels and presents typical problems and solutions, sampling equipment, preservation techniques, and special considerations for each matrix. This new edition is useful for both experts and novices who need to obtain reliable environmental samples. Lawrence H. Keith, Editor ACS Professional Reference Book 800 pages (1996) Clothbound ISBN 0-8412-3152-4 $99.95 ORDER FROM American Chemical Society 1155 Sixteenth Street, N W Washington, DC 2 0 0 3 6 Or CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-ACS-9919 and use your credit card! FAX: 202-872-6067. ACS Publications Catalog now available on Internet: URL http://pubs.acs.org
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