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B -- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES DUE 063097. Contact Points, Mr. Tony Luan (Cal/EPA), 916/322-3670, Mr. Greg Carroll (U.S. EPA), 513/569-7948. Environmental Technology Developers may want to take advantage of the following opportunity: The California Environmental Agency (Cal/EPA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) seek companies with innovative environmental technologies to participate in a newly established national performance verification program. Of interest are commercial-ready, hazardous waste pollution prevention, recycling, and treatment technologies. Benefits to participants receiving verification will be significant, including national recognition as an environmental technology industry leader. California's Hazardous Waste Environmental Technology Certification Program, operated by the Cal/EPA's Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC), is the first and only state program of its kind and is now in its third year of implementation. Recently, U.S. EPA and DTSC entered into a partnership to conduct one of ten pilot programs under U.S. EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program. For those technologies selected, DTSC and U.S. EPA, in consultation with the applicant, will establish criteria for evaluating the technology. If field testing is required, it will be the responsibility of the applicant. DTSC and U.S. EPA will review and approve test plans and will review the result of field tests in conjunction with other technical information submitted by the applicant. U.S. EPA verification and Cal/EPA certification decisions will be accompanied by a technology evaluation report. Preference will be given to hazardous waste pollution prevention technologies. Pollution prevention is defined as source reduction: any practice that eliminates or reduces the amount or toxicity of a hazardous pollutant prior to generation, including input, production process, and product changes. Examples include products with longer lifetimes or less environmental impact; improved production equipment; and less-toxic input materials. In addition to pollution prevention, treatment and recycling technologies also will be considered. Though not limited to the following, technologies used in these industrial sectors will be given priority: computer and electronic manufacturing, metal plating/finishing, petroleum refining, printing, automobile manufacturing, and iron and steel making. Technologies must be near or already at full-scale operation, exhibit technical success, and show existing or potential market acceptance. Applications to participate in this new and exciting program may be requested by contacting DTSC at 916/322-3670. Selections will be made on a priority basis and will be limited by available resources. Those technologies not selected may be eligible to participate in Cal/EPA's ongoing certification program. Note that this solicitation supplements earlier efforts to identify participants for the ETV pilot program; in response to a March 1996 solicitation, DTSC received applications from a number of technology developers and is preparing for the first round of evaluations. Selected technologies will be described in a future solicitation at which time developers of similar technologies will be sought. In the meantime, any developers meeting the criteria described above are encouraged to apply. (303)

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