Selection of the Executive Secretary of the Methods Data and Comparability Board

To: "E  - All WRD Employees"<distribution@usgs.gov>
from: "Janice R Ward, Acting Chief, OWQ, Reston, VA" <jward>
Subject: Selection of the Executive Secretary of the Methods Data and 
 Comparability Board
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 14:05:18 -0400
Sender: "Nana L Frye, Secretary (OA), Reston, VA" <nlfrye>


The Office of Water Quality is pleased to announce the selection of 
Charlie Peters as the Executive Secretary of the Methods Data and 
Comparability Board (MDCB), which is one of several working groups formed 
under the auspices of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council 
(NWQMC). The NWQMC was established in May 1997 to implement a nationwide 
strategy to improve water-quality monitoring, assessment, and reporting 
activities essential to answering the questions from public and private 
entities related to water quality and is an outgrowth of the 
Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality (ITFM). 

The Methods Data and Comparability Board was established along with the 
NWQMC in May 1997. The board includes Federal, state, tribal, and private 
organizations with a major commitment to develop and recommend technical 
and policy tools to promote water-quality approaches that yield 
comparable data and assessment results across organizations and agencies 
within the United States.

Charlie's  19 years  of experience with the USGS has covered a wide range 
of water-quality projects. As Chief of the Western Lake Michigan NAWQA 
Study Unit, he has worked extensively with protocols for surface water 
(physical, chemical, and biological) and ground water (physical and 
chemical). During his NAWQA assignment Charlie worked with numerous 
agencies to conduct methods comparability assessments, including the ITFM 
related Wisconsin Pilot study. He is also familiar with current 
water-quality initiatives of the USEPA, NRCS, USGS, and other agencies as 
a result of his Section Chief activities. Charlie's experience at 
arranging facilities, agendas, and proceedings for meetings and his 
communications skills (40 reports as author or coauthor) will be greatly 
appreciated by the members of the MDCB.

Charlie will be working in this new position half time for a period of 
two years. He will continue to be located in Madison, Wisconsin, and work 
with projects in the District. Please join us in welcoming Charlie to his 
new position and feel free to contact Charlie (608/821-3810, capeters) to 
obtain any additional information concerning the MDCB.