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April
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Dear Environment Sector members:
We have just returned from a very successful set of Environment
Advisory Meetings in Orlando, Florida. Over 200 of you gathered
to review the results of our recent work, reflect on our industry’s
R&D needs, and plan the content and priority of our future
work. Much of our past and current research is being put to
use as Congress, the EPA, and the states consider changes
that will impact environmental compliance for all aspects
of electric generation, transmission, and delivery.
The highlight of our week was this year’s Technology
Transfer Awards dinner. This ceremony provided an opportunity
to showcase 11 outstanding examples in which partnerships
between EPRI and our members have furthered the use of specific
environmental research in the past year. The Delivery and
Applications Committee of the Environment Sector Council reviews
nominations submitted by EPRI members and staff and selects
the recipients. Thirty-eight individuals representing 14 member
companies received awards this year. The 2009 recipients are
- Laura Suzanne Fisher from the Tennessee Valley Authority,
for use of EPRI work in National Ambient Air Quality Standards
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- Scott Patulski, Marc Nelder, Bill Roeder, and Bob Shaw
from We Energies, for Ergonomic Interventions for Electrical
Workers in Power Plants Digital Manual
- Lee Boughey, Mac McLennan, and Barbara Walz from Tri-State
G&T Association, for use of EPRI results in Greenhouse
Gas Management Planning
- Tom Webb, American Electric Power; Don Lierman, Entergy;
Mike Horvath, FirstEnergy; Cam Wheeler, Progress Energy;
and David Morris, Southern Company, for work on Sustainable
Coal Combustion Product Management
- Marge Galvin-Karr, Ron Lewis, and Jay Perkins from Duke
Energy, for Pilot-Scale Vertical Flow Wetland to Treat Flue
Gas Desulfurization Wastewater
- Kurt Anderson and Lowell Neudahl from Minnesota Power,
for Reservoir Water Level Fluctuations and Mercury Cycling
- Cindy Brandt from Integrys Energy Group, for Alternate
Condensable Particulate Matter Methods Research
- David Renew, John Swanson, and Hayley Tripp from National
Grid, for Electromagnetic Field Research
- John Acklen, Pat Barnes, Emilie Dohleman, Chris Gerety,
Stanley Gibbons, Ted McCarty, Perry Minor, and Mike Prescott
from PNM Resources, for Mineral Oil Spill Evaluation System
Use
- Donald Govel, Bill Slade, and Nelson Yip from Consolidated
Edison of New York, for Climate Policy Risk Assessment
- Elizabeth Hellman, Kevin Howard, Pete Kutzora, Dave Lee,
and Rob Muehlenkamp from We Energies, for Flue Gas Desulfurization
Wastewater Treatment Technology Evaluation
We congratulate all of the winners on their fine achievements,
and we thank them for working to ensure their companies get
the highest value from EPRI research. You can link to many
of these application Success Stories in the New Marketing
Communications section below.
We hope that you will join us in San Antonio, Texas for our
next set of Environment Advisory meetings, to be held the
week of September 27. In the meantime, we look forward to
“seeing you” on one of our many program and project
webcasts scheduled continuously throughout the year.
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| Air Quality Area News |
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Eladio Knipping presented an overview of EPRI’s
research on health and environmental impacts of future
power plant emissions at the Environmental Impact of Amine
Emission During Post Combustion Capture workshop, held
Feb. 16 in Oslo, Norway. |
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| Program 91: Assessment Tools for Ozone, Particulate Matter, Regional Haze and Atmospheric Deposition |
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the emissions inventory for non-road mobile sources calculated
emissions for lawn and garden equipment in the Baltimore
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Multiscale Air Quality model was used to simulate the
effect of NOx and SO2 emission reductions at a specific
coal-fired power plant on nitrogen deposition to Escambia
Bay and its watershed. |
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Mar. 4, EPRI Air Quality staff conducted a webcast to
bring member companies up to date on the status of the
Winter Nitrate Study. |
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| . This paper examines different
vascular effects in mice that were exposed to several
atmospheric pollutants (nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide,
carbon monoxide) and mixtures of pollutants (combustion
emissions from gasoline, diesel, coal, and hardwood). |
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| Program 92: Assessment of Air Quality
Impacts on Health and the Environment |
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from EPRI’s “Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic
Emissions of Source Aerosols” study show that both
primary and secondary (aged) aerosols were successfully
simulated using stack emissions from three coal-fired
power plants. |
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An EPRI study is revisiting the relationship between
air pollution and daily mortality in the elderly using
a mathematical modeling technique that allows new insights
into the relationship. |
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| . This paper examines different
vascular effects in mice that were exposed to several
atmospheric pollutants (nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide,
carbon monoxide) and mixtures of pollutants (combustion
emissions from gasoline, diesel, coal, and hardwood). |
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the Global Climate Webpage |
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| Global Climate Change Area News |
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On May 18-19 in Washington, D.C., EPRI's Global
Climate Change Group will be holding its fifteenth annual
research seminar aimed at communicating the latest global
climate research findings. |
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| Program 103: Greenhouse Gas Reduction
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In cooperation with Woods Hole Research Center and
the Environmental Defense Fund, EPRI is expanding its
supplemental project on Amazon avoided deforestation. |
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Niemeyer gave a global climate policy presentation to
EPRI’s Nuclear Sector Council at its recent winter
meeting. |
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| Program 50: Manufactured Gas Plant Site
Management |
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In an invited presentation at the 2010 ARCADIS Sediment
Conference, held Feb. 10–11 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
EPRI’s Jeff Clock described ongoing monitoring of
a reactive capping system for contaminated sediments at
a former manufactured gas plant site on the Hudson River
in New York State. |
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| Program 59: Power Plant Toxics Characterization |
| . EPRI will perform a quality
control review of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) stack
testing data collected at coal- and oil-fired power plants
participating in the Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA’s) Information Collection Request. |
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| Program 54: Fish Protection at Steam
Electric Power Plants |
| . This Technical Update presents
the results of 2009 research that examined the fish protection
performance of three types of traveling water screens
for cooling water intake structures. |
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| Program 55: Strategic Water Issues: TMDLs,
Availability, Climate |
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On Feb. 23–24, Public Service Company of New
Mexico hosted an EPRI workshop in Albuquerque on “Western
Water Availability Constraints on Electric Power.” |
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| . A memorandum of understanding (MOU)
was recently executed between EPRI, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
to coordinate ecosystem services research in the Upper
Mississippi and Ohio River Basins. |
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| . EPRI, the World
Resources Institute, Stetson University College of Law,
and the University of Kentucky, developed an electronic
survey on environmental credit stacking that was sent
in mid-January 2010 to market practitioners and agencies
across the United States. |
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| Program 56: Effluent Guidelines and Water
Quality Management |
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Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing the Information
Collection Request (ICR) drafted by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to support development of new
effluent guidelines limiting the surface water release
of pollutants from steam electric power plants. |
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| Program 58: Waterpower |
| . EPRI is organizing a symposium on
“Hydrokinetic Electricity Generation and Fish: Asking
the Right Questions, Getting Useful Answers” to
be held as part of the Sept. 12-16, 2010 American Fisheries
Society Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. |
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| Program 60: EMF Health Assessment and
Radio-Frequency Safety |
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the EMF Health Assessment and RF Safety Public Webpage |
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| Radio-Frequency Exposure From Residential
Automatic Meter Reader Systems. A
Perspective on Radio-Frequency Exposure Associated With
Residential Automatic Meter Reading Technology
(EPRI Product 1020798). Automatic Meter Reader (AMR) systems
are rapidly replacing manual meter reading. AMR systems
are components of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI),
a vital element of the smart grid that will improve power
system service quality and efficiency by enabling measurement
and transmission of detailed time-based information. This
Technical Update addresses questions about radio-frequency
exposure related to AMI in residential settings. The Update
notes that even if an AMI unit were to continuously operate
it would still have exposures in a home far below Federal
Communication Commission limits for the public. For more
information, contact Rob Kavet, (650) 855-1061, rkavet@epri.com.
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY |
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| Program 62: Occupational Health and Safety
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| . The Scientific Advisory Committee
(SAC) for Occupational Health and Safety met Feb. 18–19
in Palo Alto to review current research on ergonomics,
injury surveillance, and welding exposures, and to recommend
new research in areas such as heat and noise exposure. |
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a methodology for modeling the dynamic force exerted by
utility workers when closing disconnect switches by hand.
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| NEW SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECT
OPPORTUNITIES |
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| NEW MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS |
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| Environment |
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2009 Annual Overview (EPRI Product 1020864)
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| Program 91: Assessment Tools for Ozone, Particulate
Matter, Regional Haze and Atmospheric Deposition |
| EPRI
and Tennessee Valley Authority Provide Critical Scientific Input
to Air Quality Standards for NOx and SOx.
Success Story (EPRI Product 1020767) |
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| Program 102: Global Climate Policy Costs and
Benefits |
| Consolidated
Edison Company Uses EPRI Climate Policy Risk Assessment to Validate
Business Model Under Future Greenhouse Gas Controls,
Success Story (EPRI Product 1020758) |
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| Program 49: Coal Combustion Products - Environmental Issues |
| EPRI
and its Members Inform Regulatory Process on Sustainable Management
of Coal Combustion Products, Success Story
(EPRI Product 1020865) |
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| Program 50: Manufactured Gas Plant Site Management |
| Manufactured
Gas Plant Research, Fact Sheet (EPRI Product
1020853) |
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| Program 59: Power Plant Toxics Characterization |
| Responding
to the EPA Information Collection Request for Electric Utility
Steam Generating Units: ICR Part III Electronic Data Reporting
(EPRI Product 1020914) |
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| Program 55: Strategic Water Issues: TMDLs, Availability, Climate |
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Ohio River Basin Trading Project - Quarterly Update, Winter
2010 (EPRI Product 1020769) |
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| Program 56: Effluent Guidelines and Water Quality Management |
| EPRI,
We Energies Test Technologies to Reduce Mercury and Selenium
in Wastewater, Success Story (EPRI Product
1020840) |
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Duke Energy and EPRI Enhance Passive Treatment Method to Reduce
Selenium Levels in Power Plant Wastewater,
Success Story (EPRI Product 1020768) |
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| Program 51: T&D Facilities & Equipment: Environmental Issues |
| PNM
Resources Avoids Substation Retrofit Costs Through Oil Spill
Risk Evaluation, Success Story (EPRI Product
1020814) |
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Transmission and Distribution Facilities and Equipment: Environmental
Issues Research, Fact Sheet (EPRI Product
1020701) |
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| Program 57: Row: Siting, Vegetation Management, and Avian Issues |
| EPRI
Research on Rights-of-Way Issues, Fact Sheet
(EPRI Product 1020852) |
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| Program 60: EMF Health Assessment and Radio-Frequency Safety |
| EPRI,
National Grid Collaboration Advances Electric and Magnetic Fields
Science, Success Story (EPRI Product 1020841) |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| Environment Sector |
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Environment Sector and Area Council Advisory Meetings
Sept. 27–30, San Antonio, TX. Contact: Marsha
Grossman, (650) 855-8760, mgrossma@epri.com.
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| Energy Sustainability |
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Energy Sustainability Interest Group Workshop
May 3–4, Boston MA. Contact, Todd Maki, (650)
855-2162, tmaki@epri.com,
or Kitty Vroom, (650) 855-2255, kvroom@epri.com.
Workshop is open to members of the Energy Sustainability
Interest Group. More information is available at the
event
website.
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Webcast: Energy Sustainability Interest Group
Update-Water Resource Trends and Implications for the Electric
Power Industry Project
May 12, 10 a.m. PDT. Contact: Todd Maki, (650)
855-2162, tmaki@epri.com,
or Kitty Vroom, (650) 855-2255, kvroom@epri.com.
The workshop is open to members of the Energy Sustainability
Interest Group.
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Webcast: NYPA's Sustainability Action Plan-An Overview
May 17, 10 a.m. PDT. Contact: Todd Maki, (650) 855-2162, tmaki@epri.com,
or Kitty Vroom, (650) 855-2255, kvroom@epri.com.
The webcast is open to members of the Energy Sustainability
Interest Group.
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| Air Quality |
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EPRI/UARG Air Toxics Research Coordination Meeting
May 5–7, Palo Alto, CA. Contact: Leonard Levin,
(650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
May 24–27, Monterey, CA. Contact: Leonard Levin,
(650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
* EPRI Air Quality
Summer Seminar—Particulate Matter and Health: Evaluating
Alternatives to a Mass-Based PM Standard
May 26–27, Washington, D.C. Contact: Naresh Kumar,
(650) 855-2990, nkumar@epri.com.
More information is available in the Event
Sheet.
Goldschmidt™ 2010 – Earth, Energy and the
Environment
June 13–18, Knoxville, TN. Contact: Arnout Ter Schure,
(650) 855-2281, aterschu@epri.com.
Dr. Ter Schure will chair a session on Atmospheric Oxidation
of Mercury by Reactive Halogen Species. More information
is available at the event
website.
Air & Waste Management Association 103rd
Annual Conference & Exhibition
June 22–25, Calgary, Canada. Contact: Naresh Kumar,
(650) 855-2990, nkumar@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
Joint ICACGP–IGAC Conference—Atmospheric
Chemistry: Challenging the Future
July 11–16, Halifax, Canada. Contact: Eladio Knipping,
(202) 293-6343, eknippin@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
2010 Joint Conference of International Society
of Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of
Exposure Science
Aug. 28–Sep. 1, Seoul, Korea. Contact: Annette Rohr,
(650) 855-2297, arohr@epri.com.
* Power Plant Air
Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium
Aug. 30–Sept. 2, Baltimore, MD. Contact: Leonard
Levin, (650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
9th Annual Community Modeling and Analysis System
Conference
Oct. 11–13. Contact: Naresh Kumar, (650) 855-8758, nkumar@epri.com.
More information is available at the CMAS
website.
National Atmospheric Deposition Program 2010
Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium
Oct. 19–21, Lake Tahoe, CA. Contact: Leonard Levin,
(650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com
or Arnout Ter Schure, (650) 855-2281, aterschu@epri.com.
More information is available at the NADP
website.
American Association for Aerosol Research 29th
Annual Conference
Oct. 25–29, Portland, OR. Contact: Eladio Knipping,
(202) 293-6343, eknippin@epri.com.
Air & Waste Management Association Symposium
on Air Quality Measurement Methods and Technology
Nov. 2–4, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Naresh Kumar,
(650) 855-2990, nkumar@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
American Geophysical Union 2010 Fall Meeting
Dec. 13–17, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Stephanie
Shaw, (650) 855-2353, sshaw@epri.com.
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15th Annual EPRI Global
Climate Change Research Seminar
May 18–19, Washington, DC. Contact: Christina
Kemp, (650) 855-2044, ckemp@epri.com.
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| Land and Groundwater |
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EPRI/UARG Air Toxics Research Coordination Meeting
May 5–7, Palo Alto, CA. Contact: Leonard Levin,
(650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
May 24–27, Monterey, CA. Contact: Leonard Levin,
(650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
Air & Waste Management 103rd Annual Conference & Exhibition
June 22–25, Calgary, Canada. Contact: Naresh Kumar,
(650) 855-2990, nkumar@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
* Power Plant Air
Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium
Aug. 30–Sept. 2, Baltimore, MD. Contact: Leonard
Levin, (650) 855-7929, llevin@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
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| Water and Ecosystems |
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Webcast: Ohio River Trading Project Quarterly
Update
May 19, 10 a.m. PDT. Contact Katie Vroom, (650) 855-2417,
kavroom@epri.com.
* Summer Water &
Ecosystem Area Council Meeting
June 23–25, Whitefish, MT. Contact: Katie Vroom,
(650) 855-2417, kavroom@epri.com.
* Webcast: Ohio
River Trading Project Quarterly Update
Aug. 18, 10 a.m. PDT. Contact: Katie Vroom, (650) 855-2417,
kavroom@epri.com.
* Symposium: Hydrokinetic
Electricity Generation and Fish: Asking the Right Questions,
Getting Useful Answers
Sept. 12–16, exact date TBD, Pittsburgh, PA. Contact: Paul
Jacobson, (410) 489-3675, pjacobson@epri.com.
This symposium will be held as part of the American Fisheries
Society Annual Meeting.
* Webcast: Ohio
River Trading Project Quarterly Update
Nov. 17, 10 a.m. PDT. Contact: Katie Vroom, (650) 855-2417,
kavroom@epri.com.
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| T&D Environmental Issues |
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| The Bioelectromagnetics Society
32nd Annual Meeting
June 14–18, Seoul, Korea. Contact: Gabor Mezei,
(650) 855-8908, gmezei@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium
(PIERS)
July 5–8, Cambridge, MA. Contact: Gabor Mezei, (650)
855-8908, gmezei@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
International Society of Arboriculture 86th Annual
Conference & Trade Show
July 23–28, Chicago, IL. Contact: John W. Goodrich-Mahoney,
(202) 293-7516, jmahoney@epri.com.
More information is available at the event
website.
* 2010 EMF Scientific
Advisory Committee Meeting
Aug. 16–17, New York, NY. Contact: Gabor Mezei, (650)
855-8908, gmezei@epri.com.
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