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A -- RAPID COMMERCIALIZATION INITIATIVE SOL 95-32247 DUE 092895 POC Contact RCI Project Team, Telefax (304) 285-4683 The Rapid Commercialization Initiative (RCI) Announcement is a coordinated effort between the U. S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Department of Energy. The RCI is a component of the Administration's efforts to build cooperative interactions between the private sector, states, and federal agencies to advance a national environmental technology strategy and bring environmental technologies to market more rapidly and efficiently. The primary mission of the RCI is to identify and reduce the barriers that impede market entry of the four categories of environmental technologies -- avoidance, monitoring and assessment, control, and remediation and restoration -- by facilitating and accelerating commercialization. RCI has two short-term goals. The first goal of RCI is to provide services to companies to address the three key barriers targeted in the Announcement: (1) assistance in finding appropriate sites for demonstration/testing of near commercial environmental technologies; (2) assistance in verification of the performance and the cost of performance of RCI technologies; and (3) assistance in facilitating and expediting the issuance of permits. Proposers may request assistance in any one, two, or all three of the RCI services. Industry is invited and encouraged to propose innovative approaches that streamline activity, process, or reporting; save time; improve quality or safety; reduce cost; or eliminate duplication or overlap, to address any or all of the enumerated RCI services. The second goal of RCI is to identify other important barriers, such as unpredictable commercialization pathways, improving market data, and streamlining regulations and processes to meet government mission program requirements. This information will be used for future consideration and planning relative to the long term goal of RCI to reduce these other barriers. No federal funding will be provided under this initiative. The federal assistance to be provided consists only of the services discussed above. Companies interested in applying for RCI assistance should request a copy of the Announcement which contains specific proposal preparation instructions. Only written requests for the Announcement will be honored. Requests should be sent to the RCI Project Team, at telefax number (304) 285-4683. (0223)

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