Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories (2014)

Chapter: Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.

Appendix E

Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013
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1EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2014. Summary of Personnel by Lab Type. Materials submitted to the committee on March 6 and 27, 2014.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.

Program Laboratories

Program Laboratories Location # of Federal Personnel % of Total Federal Lab Personnel # of Non-Federal Personnel % of Total Non-Federal Lab Personnel
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
National Air and Radiation Environmental Lab Montgomery, AL 39   15  
Radiation and Indoor Environments Lab Las Vegas, NV 7 1
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab Ann Arbor, MI 112 73
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP)
Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology Lab Ft. Meade, MD 22   6  
Environmental Chemistry Lab Bay St. Louis, MS 8   1  
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
National Enforcement Investigations Center Lakewood, CO 102   12  
Office of Water (OW)
Drinking Water Lab Cincinnati, OH 32   11  
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)
Emergency Response Center Edison, NJ 0   7  
Total- Program Labs   322 71.9% 126 28.1%
Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.

Regional Office Labs

Regional Laboratories Location # of Federal Personnel % of Total Federal Lab Personnel # of Non-Federal Personnel % of Total Non-Federal Lab Personnel
Region 1- New England Regional Lab Chelmsford, MA 59 18
Region 2- Division of Environmental Science and Assessment Edison, NJ 72 46
Region 3- Environmental Science Center Ft. Meade, MD 46 50  
Region 3- Freshwater Biology Lab Wheeling, WV 23 4  
Region 4- Analytical Support Branch Athens, GA 97 20  
Region 5- Central Regional Lab Chicago, IL 23 19  
Region 6- Environmental Science Branch Houston, TX 46 13  
Region 7- Regional Science and Technology Center Kansas City, KS 60 12
Region 8- Region 8 Lab Golden, CO 18 24
Region 9- Region 9 Lab Richmond, CA 13 24
Region 10- Manchester Environmental Lab Port Orchard, WA 23 49
Total- Regional Labs   480 63.2% 279 36.8%
Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.

ORD Labs

Office of Research and Development Laboratories Location # of Federal Personnel % of Total Federal Lab Personnel # of Non-Federal Personnel % of Total Non-Federal Personnel
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)
Gulf Ecology Division Gulf Breeze, FL 63   50  
Mid-Continent Ecology Division Grosse Ille, MI 5 7
Mid-Continent Ecology Division Duluth, MN 82 78
Western Ecology Division Corvalis, OR 55 65
Western Ecology Division Newport, OR 16 7
Environmental Public Health Division Chapel Hill, NC 46 28
Atlantic Ecology Division Narragansett, RI 71   45  
National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRML)
Ground Water Ecosystems Restoration Division Ada, OK 51 70
Water Supply and Water Resources Division Edison, NJ 7 4
National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)
Ecological Exposure Research Division Las Vegas, NV 51   45  
Ecosystems Research Division Athens, GA 56   57  
National Centers, Research Triangle Park
Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator Durham, NC 17 7
National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT) Durham, NC 18 27
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) Durham, NC 47 21
National Exposure Research Lab (NERL) personnel Durham, NC 177 80
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Durham, NC 212 80
National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) Durham, NC 11 5
Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.
National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) personnel Durham, NC 58 58
Office of Administrative and Research Support (OARS)/Office of Science Information Management (OSIM) Durham, NC 54 27
National Centers, Cincinnati OH
Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator Cincinnati, OH 19   1  
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) Cincinnati, OH 12 19
National Exposure Research Lab (NERL) personnel Cincinnati, OH 73 32
National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) Cincinnati, OH 28   11  
National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) personnel Cincinnati, OH 193 127
Office of Administrative and Research Support (OARS)/Office of Science Information Management (OSIM) Cincinnati, OH 37 13
Total- Research Labs   1,459 60.2% 964 39.8%
GRAND TOTAL   2,261 62.3% 1,369 37.7%
Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Summary of EPA Personnel by Laboratory Type for 2013." National Research Council. 2014. Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18950.

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