Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 100 CTC Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904-1935

B -- REQUEST FOR INNOVATIVE METAL FINISHING P2 TECHNOLOGIES SOL Lensinski-001 DUE 041699 POC Dom Brown, (727) 549-7007 and Alva Edwards-Daniels, (513)-569-7693 Synopsis: Pollution prevention (P2)Technology suppliers (developers and manufactures) 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 Program for Metal Finishing P2 Technologies (ETV-MF) Pilot. The fundamental objective is to perform objective third-party verification of commercial-ready, innovative, P2 technologies that reduce or eliminate multimedia emissions from operations performed by the metal finishing industry. Suppliers with innovative P2 technologies are encouraged to participate in this national performance verification program. If your environmental technology is commercially ready or at sufficient scale and state of development such that performance claims can be established and evaluated, this program may be of interest to you. The ETV-MF stakeholder group has identified four main focus areas; (a) acid bath maintenance for mineral acids; (b) electroless nickel bath maintenance; (C)aqueous cleaner solution maintenance; and (d) chromate conversion coating solution maintenance. P2 technologies are being sought for these four focus areas, however, the ETV-MF Pilot requests that manufacturers of technologies outside of these focus areas also apply, in order to be considered for future verification testing. The ETV-MF Team will review the technologies submitted, and with guidance from the stakeholder group, will select and rank technologies for verification testing, EPA, CTC,and the Stakeholder Group, in concert with the supplier, will establish criteria for verifying the technology. The P2 technology will be installed, and verification testing will be performed by an objective third-party. Verification testing costs in the pilot phase of the program are shared by program funding. Results of the testing will be documented in reports and made available to interested parties including metal finishers and the public. Verification statements are published on the EPA ETV Internet website at: www.epa.gov/etv and provide potential customers, consulting engineers, and permitters with an independent assesment of technology performance. If you have an innovative P2 technology, and are interested in submitting a technology for verification testing, contact Donn Brown at the telephone number listed above for an Abstract Submittal Form Additional information about the ETV-MF Pilot can be found at the Internet website: www.etv-mf.org. Posted 03/18/99 (W-SN310129). (0077)

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