U.S. EPA EMSL-LV, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478

A -- NOTICE OF EPA'S INTENTION TO CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION AND PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION STUDY OF FIELD PORTABLE GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROMETERS FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS POC Art Verado, Sandia National Laboratories, Environmental Characterization and Monitoring Systems Department, 505-845-9614, FAX 505-844-0114/EPA Technical Lead, Gary Robertson, U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory-Las Vegas 702-798-2215. Sandia National Laboratories, acting on behalf of the U.S. EPA, will be conducting a technology demonstration and performance verification test of Field Portable Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometers for the analysis of volatile organic compounds during the summer of 1995. This notice is one method being used to solicit expressions of interest in participating in this verification test from developers of such instruments. The EPA has established the Consortium for Site Characterization Technology (CSCT) as one of the verification programs operating under the aegis of the Environmental Technology Innovation, Commercialization, and Enhancement (EnTICE) Program. The CSCT is a partnership between the EPA and the Departments of Energy and Defense. Policies and procedures for demonstrating and evaluating the performance of monitoring, measurement, and site characterization technologies are being established under this program. The CSCT will offer technical expertise to support the demonstration and verification of the performance of new and emerging technologies and will offer access to a wide array of testing venues. A goal of the CSCT is to facilitate the acceptance and use of cost-effective technologies applicable to a wide range of environmental problems. The CSCT will meet this goal by working with technology developers and other agencies in planning and conducting demonstrations, evaluating data generated in demonstrations, and promoting acceptance of the technology by the regulatory community. The CSCT does not offer any direct financial support to those desiring to conduct a technology demonstration. The developer is expected to secure the appropriate resources to support their part of the technology verification process. The CSCT does provide developers with a clearly defined technology verification pathway to follow, from demonstration planning to data evaluation, to receipt of a verification letter from the EPA. Interested developers with mature technologies (i.e. commercially available units with proven field experience) should FAX a one page letter of interest to the POC no later than 3/15/95. Developers may also send a brief (no more than two pages) product description. Qualified developers will be notified of an informational meeting hosted by Sandia which will describe the verification process in more detail. (052)

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