Conference

[CHARLES BLUE <BLUE.CHARLES@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>]

               Environmental Protection Agency
                Post Emergency Response Issues
                                  Conference

                Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC
                                    September 9-11, 1998

Call for Papers

On September 9-11, 1998, U.S. EPA is sponsoring a Radiological Post-Emergency Issues Conference at the Washington Sheraton Hotel, Washington D.C. This Conference is an international forum that will focus on issues of concern to emergency respondents following a significant radiological release that impacts public health, welfare, and the environment.  The focus of this Conference is on issues related to the post-emergency phase of the response.

*	Post-Emergency Management
*	Regulatory Issues
*	Agriculture and Land Use Issues
*	Clean-up Levels
*	Protective Action Guidance
*	Political, Social, Psychological and Economic Impacts on Affected                 Communities	
*	Financial Resources and Funding Mechanisms
*	Public Outreach Issues
*	Technological Issues
*	Post-Emergency Responses to Actual Events/Exercises/Lessons                 Learned
*	Public Health Issues

Please submit a short summary (approximately 300 words) of your proposed paper by February 28, 1998 (do not submit a full paper).  Include your name, title, company affiliation, phone, fax, e-mail, and the above topic area(s) your summary addresses.  Send summaries via mail, fax, or e-mail to SciComm (see below).  The Technical Program Committee will review your summary and notify you of acceptance in March 1998.  Your final 4 page paper in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) format will be due May 15, 1998.

Please submit summaries/questions to and obtain a registration form from:

EPA Post-Emergency Response Conference
Sarah Wallis
SciComm, Incorporated
7735 Old Georgetown Road
Fifth Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone 310-652-1900, Fax 301-652-7001
E-Mail: EPAConference@scicomm.com
(note: no spaces in e-mail address)

Sponsored by:
-	Environmental Protection Agency

Co-sponsors:
- 	American Nuclear Society
-	Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
-	Defense Special Weapons Agency, Department of Defense
-	Department of Energy
-	Federal Emergency Management Agency
-	Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control
-	Health Physics Society, Baltimore-Washington Chapter
-	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
-	United States Department of Agriculture

Organized by Office of Radiation and Indoor Air - EPA 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
	Craig Conklin -- Chair
	Charles Blue -- Co-Chair

SUB-COMMITTEES
	Lisa Ratcliff -- Technical Program Chairperson
	Bonnie Wyvill -- Registration Chairperson
	Miles Kahn -- Publications Chairperson
	Ritchey Lyman -- Exhibits Chairperson
	Madeleine Nawar -- Publicity Chairperson