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COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT

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I (we) grant Steven Publishing the right to make such editorial changes, revisions, and/or additions in the manuscript as Stevens deems necessary, without my (our) prior approval. If these changes are substantive and extensive, I (we) will be able to review such changes before publication.

I (we) transfer and assign the copyright in the above work to Stevens Publishing (including world rights and electronic rights) and release Stevens Publishing completely from any financial obligation to me (us) for such use.

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Writer’s Guidelines

Environmental Protection welcomes manuscripts and suggestions for articles. We do not accept simultaneous submissions, nor do we accept scientific papers. The writing style should promote readability and pertain to environmental professionals. Commercialism of a company or product should be avoided and will be deleted from any article. A copyright release form must be completed and returned before a manuscript will be considered.

Manuscripts

Submitted articles should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words and accompanied by a brief biographical sketch of each author. Manuscripts MUST be saved in the Microsoft Word format. All other formats will be returned unread. Please avoid the use of embedded characters, micros and/or excessive tabs within the Word document. Also, please spell out acronyms upon first mention within an article. Articles may be submitted via e-mail to . For security reasons, please send a query letter before submitting an article as an attachment.

Photographs, Charts

All figures, tables, illustrations and photographs accompanying a manuscript must be identified with a detailed description. We accept color and black & white photographs, transparencies and 35 mm color slides. Regular 3.5-inch, Zip disks and CD-ROMS are acceptable as long as the files are compatible with Adobe Photoshop. Graphics may be uploaded to our FTP site. E-mail pictures must be 300 dots per inch (dpi), CMYK, three inches wide and formatted as either a .jpg, .tif, .eps, .psd, .bmp or .pdf. Graphs and illustrations should be in Illustrator eps format, accompanied by a hard copy.

Advisor Review

Manuscripts may be reviewed by editorial advisers.

Correspondence

Please include the following information for each author: job title, professional credentials (e.g., PhD, PE), mailing address, work and home phone numbers, fax number and e-mail address. Correspondence will be maintained with one author only. Please indicate who that should be in your cover letter. Address submissions to Lisa Williams, 1105 Media Inc., 5151 Beltline Road, Suite 1010, Dallas, Texas 75254; 972.687.6730 or e-mail .

Guidelines for Online Bulletin Board Postings:

Guidelines for Bulletin Board Postings:

As of Sept. 1999, each EP author is requested to post a

thought-provoking statement, question or comment designed to spark

discussion related to their article topic on bulletin

board, found under Current Issue, EP Discussion Forum. Authors who do

not have Internet access can forward the posting to us, with the

understanding that we will post it in their name. The discussion forum

will be linked from each online article, as well as mentioned in the

print version.

We would ask our authors to please keep in mind the following

guidelines, when posting to the Discussion Forum.

1. The post should be, while relevant to the topic discussed in the

article, original in nature, and designed to stimulate discussion with

readers on the board. Questions or comments addressing a point not fully

covered in your article, or a controversial element of your article, are

ideal for this forum. Posts with only a summarization of the article, no

question or comment included in the text, or instructions to contact the

author directly are not suitable for the purposes of the Discussion

Forum.

2. In deference to the intended goals of he Discussion Forum, any posts

deemed inappropriate or overly self-promotional by the EP Web Monitor

will be deleted.

We look forward to reading your comments and hope that you will enjoy

this opportunity to interact with your readers.