EMPACT -- ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND COMMUNITY TRACKING This notice is being issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EMPACT Steering Committee in Washington D.C. EMPACT stands for Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking. This is a new Presidential Initiative that provides funding in support of projects that work with communities to collect, manage and present environmental information. EMPACT is designed to improve the collection, management, and delivery of accurate, timely, and useful environmental and public-health information directly to communities and individuals. EMPACT will put the latest technology to work in keeping and tracking environmental conditions, present in plain language the information the communities want to know, and ensure that information is not only accurate but useful. The purpose of this notice is to solicit information on real-time or time relevant environmental monitoring technologies that can be included in research projects or field demonstrations. Additionally, EPA will be sponsoringa national EMPACT conference late in FY2000 to highlight proven monitoring technologies that can and have been utilized in the field. Vendors are asked to submit a 1.) brief (one-page) description of their technology, 2.) provide a photo or graphic of the technology (if available), 3.) provide proof of commerce, 4.) Third-party evaluations or patent information, and 5.) Cost information. Solicitation responses should be submitted no later than 30 days from this publishing to Robert Hillger, U.S. EPA New England Region, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023. For more information, contact Robert Hillger at (617) 918-1071. E-MAIL: click here for more information, rhillger@epa.gov. Posted 07/06/99 (W-SN350655).

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