System Operator - Vendor FACTS. c/o: PRC Environmental Management, Inc., 1593 Spring Hill Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182

F -- VENDOR FACTS 2.0 DUE 081696. Contact Point, Vendor FACTS Help Line Operator, 800/245-4505. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting developers, manufacturers, and vendors of innovative field analytical and site characterization technologies to submit new or updated information for listing in Version 2.0 of the Vendor Field Analytical and Characterization Technologies System (Vendor FACTS) database. Vendor FACTS is a service provided by EPA's Technology Innovation Office (TIO) and National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) to technology vendors to make their products and capabilities known to professionals responsible for the assessment and cleanup of Superfund sites, RCRA corrective actions sites, state-led cleanups, federal facility restoration programs, and remedial actions at leaking underground storage tank (UST) sites in the United States, as well as remediation projects abroad. The technologies that are included in Vendor FACTS must be portable or transportable and fall in one of these four categories: analytical, geophysical, extraction, and sampling. Analytical technologies include acoustical wave chemical sensors, air measurement devices, analytical detectors, biosensors, chemical reaction-based indicators, laser spectroscopy equipment, fiber optic chemical sensors, gas and other chromatography devices, infrared monitors, mass spectrography instruments, soil gas analyzer systems, ion mobility spectroscopy devices, x-ray fluorescence analyzers, and electro-chemical based detectors. Geophysical technologies include downhole sensors, ground penetrating radar, subsurface electromagnetic sensors, seismic reflection/refraction sensors, subsurface resistivity/conductivity devices, and subsurface magnetrometry instruments. Extraction technologies include analytical traps, supercritical fluid extraction and thermal desorption equipment. Sampling technologies include innovative devices that sample air, gas, water, or soil sampling technologies, product sampling technologies, product sampling technologies and borehole technologies. Stand alone modeling software used in the field to facilitate the site characterization process will also be included. Technologies not eligible for inclusion are those intended for monitoring or characterizing industrial process waste streams, general purpose software to manipulate data, radioactivity sensors, remote sensors operated from aircraft and technologies that have minor improvements over established technologies. Vendors may bell the Vendor FACTS Help Line at (800) 245-4505 to determine if their technologies fit the criteria for inclusion in the system. Vendors of eligible technologies must complete the Vendor Information Form (VIF) to participate in the database. To obtain a VIF 2.0 (EPA-542-R-96-006), fax your request to the U.S. EPA/National Center for Environmental Publications and Information at (513) 489-8695 or send an electronic mail (e-mail) request to ``cassidt@prcemi.com'' or download the VIF from the Vendor FACTS web page on the World Wide Web at http://www.prcemi.com/vfacts. Vendors may also call (800) 245-4505 for an electronic version of the VIF on a 3.5'' IBM-compatible diskette. Submit completed VIF to: Vendor FACTS System Operator, c/o PRC Environmental Management Inc., 1593 Spring Hill Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182. Submission deadline is August 16, 1996. Submittals received after the deadline will be reviewed as time and resources permit. Vendors who participated in Vendor FACTS Version 1.0 will be contacted in the near future by mail for information updates. Vendor FACTS 2.0 is scheduled for release in December 1996. For further information, contact the Vendor FACTS Help Line at 1-800-245-4505. (185)

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