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B -- VERIFICATION TESTING OF POLLUTION PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR METAL FINISHING SOL Voytko-001 DUE 022799 POC James E. Voytko, (727) 549-7006, Alva Edwards-Daniels, (513) 569-7693 Pollution Prevention Technology Developers and Equipment Manufacturers are being solicited to participate in the following opportunity: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)have entered into a partnership to conduct verification testing under EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program for Metal Finishing. The fundamental objective is to perform objective third-party verification of the ability of various technologies to reduce or eliminate multimedia emissions from operations performed by the metal finishing industry. Developers and vendors of metal finishing pollution prevention equipment with innovative treatment technologies are encouraged to participate in this national performance verification program. If your environmental technology is commercially ready or at a sufficient scale and state of development such that performance claims can be established and evaluated,this program may be of interest to you. Of particular interest to the ETV-Metal Finishing Program is the pollution prevention area; i.e. technologies pertaining to in-process recovery, recycling, and treatment to reduce or eliminate air and wastewater pollutants. Pollution prevention is defined as any practice that eliminates or reduces the amount of toxicity of a hazardous pollutant. Technologies must be near or already at full-scal operation, exhibit technical success, be environmentally benefical, and show existing or potential market acceptance. Technologies meeting these criteria will be reviewed by the EPA and CTC and recommended to a Stakeholder Group which wil make the selections for verification testing. EPA, CTC, and the Stakeholder Group, in concert with the technology provider, will establish criteria for evaluating the technology. The pollution prevention technology will be installed in participating metal finishing shops and verification testing will be performed by an objective third-party. Verification testing costs in this first phase of the program are shared by program funding. Results of the testing will documented in reports and made available to interested parties including metal finishers and the public. verification reports are published on the EPA ETV Internet Site at www.epa.gov/etv and provide potential customers, investors, and environmental regulatory agencies with and independent assessment of a technology's performance. To participate in the Environmental Technology Verification for Metal Finishing Program, contact James E. Voyto at (727)549-7006. Posted 11/12/98 (W-SN270941). (0316)

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