NOMINATIONS FOR STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERFICATION PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED MONITORING SYSTEMS The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development(ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina 27711, has awarded an assistance agreement for an Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) testing program for Advanced Monitoring Systems to Battelle in Columbus, Ohio. This program is designed to systematically conduct verification testing on commercially available technologies that are used to characterize environmental contaminants in air, water, and soil. The program's objective is to accelerate the acceptance and use of promising, innovative technologies and to provide objective performance data to potential purchases and regulators. At present, Battelle is establishing Stakeholder Groups for air, water, and soil monitoring technologies. It is anticipated that stakeholders will provide critical input from various perspectives on implementing the verification program through the three-year duration of this ETV Pilot Program. The Stakeholder Groups will assist Battelle in developing an overall verification testing strategy and verification test schedule. The strategy will include establishing media and technology verification priorities. Stakeholder Groups will guide the development of verification plans and test protocols, assist in the selection of technologies for verification testing, and review verification reports. The Stakeholder Groups are anticipated to be comprised of 25-30 representatives from the following groups of organizations: US EPA, other Federal Agencies, the States, the Regulated Communities, Technology Vendors and Developers, Users, Associations representing the Regulated Community, Measurement Technology Manufacturers groups, Financial Investment groups, Insurance Underwriters, Research Institutions, other Environmental Groups, and other interested organizations or representatives. The Stakeholder Groups are tentatively scheduled to meet twice during each year of the program at a location to be designated. Interested parties may submit their own names as stakeholders or recommend others. Please include the complete name of the nominee, affiliation, title or major area of responsibility, address, and telephone number. Stakeholder nominations are to be received no later than November 14, 1997, and should be sent to Ms. Helen C. Latham, Battelle, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, by mail; by fax to Ms. Latham, 614-424-5601; or via email to lathamh@battelle.org. Inquiries or questions about stakeholder involvement may be directed to Ms. Gretchen Hund, 206-528-3338, or via email to hund@battelle.org. EPA Point of Contact: Robert G. Fuerst, 919-541-2220. WEB: U.S. EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program, http://www.epa.gov/etv/.

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