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A -- TESTING OF CONTINUOUS MULTI-METAL EMISSIONS MONITORS SOL 97-101 DUE 050797 POC Dan B. Burns, 803-557-7299 E-MAIL: Dan Burns, Savannah River Technology Center, dan.burns@srs.gov. The U.S. Dept. of Energy Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are jointly planning to test Continuous Emissions Monitors (CEMs) for monitoring the concentrations of hazardous metals in stack emissions from waste combustion / thermal treatment facilities. The testing, tentatively planned for September 1997, will be conducted under carefully controlled conditions at a suitable facility and will include comparison of the CEM results to measurement results obtained by EPA Reference Methods. The detailed test protocol will be developed in collaboration with the test participants. This announcement seeks providers of prototype or commercially available multi-metal CEMs to participate in the testing. The CEMs to be tested must be capable of providing continuous or semi-continuous measurements of the stack gas concentrations of two or more of the following hazardous metals with a repetitive measurement cycle time of less than 200 minutes but ideally approaching 2 minutes. The metals of interest are: antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and lead. The target limits of detection are 3 micrograms/m3 for mercury and 2 micrograms/m3 for the other metals. Potential providers of CEMs who wish to participate in the planned testing should submit a written response to Dan B. Burns, Savannah River Technology Center, MS-676-T, Aiken, SC 29808, by close of business May 7, 1997. The response must include: (1) a description of the CEM, including its principle of operation and a system schematic; (2) a listing of the hazardous metals it is capable of monitoring, the corresponding limits of detection, and measurement cycle time; (3) a delineation of any limitations on stack gas conditions for proper CEM performance; (4) a description of any other conditions or requirements for successful application of the CEM (e. g., utilities, space, access requirements); (5) a brief description of the current development or commercialization status of the CEM;(6) a proposed schedule of availability of both the CEM and operating personnel for the test; and (7) a statement of the terms under which they will be available for the test. Only responses that commit to providing a CEM and operating personnel for testing on or before September 1, 1997 will be considered. Decisions concerning which CEMs will be included in the test will depend on the information provided above, and the degree to which each CEM is estimated to be capable of providing the public with complete multi-metal emissions data for a waste treatment facility. This is not a solicitation for a formal contract; it is an announcement of opportunity. (0104)

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