MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INTO BIOGAS FOR ENERGY GENERATION The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development. It is funded by the Congress in response to the belief that there are many viable environmental technologies available that are underutilized due to the lack of credible third-party performance testing. Southern Research Institute operates the Greenhouse Gas Technology Verification Center (GHG Center), one of the thirteen ETV Organizations, in partnership with the EPA's Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division. The mission of the GHG Center is to provide third-party performance verification to vendors and others that need reliable performance information on commercially available greenhouse gas mitigation technologies and emission monitoring. The ETV-GHG Center is currently accepting applications from candidates wishing to submit technologies for performance testing. Vendors of commercial technologies that convert municipal solid waste into biogas (methane) that can be used to generate electricity are invited to apply for independent third-party verification testing. This does not apply to conventional landfill methane collection practices. Performance parameters to be verified may include methane emissions, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and other compound emissions, baseline GHG emissions, and GHG emission reductions. Vendors are required to provide access to a facility where their technoology is being utilized for the duration of the test. Vendors are also required to offset verification testing costs through significant cost sharing. Vendors with commercial technologies wishing to participate in these tests may complete and submit a test application on the Center's web site identified below or may contact Brian Phillips at the Center on 919-806-3456. WEB: Not Applicable. No RFP Available., http://www.sri-rtp.com/index.html. E-MAIL: Not Applicable. No contract involved., Kirchgessner.David@epa.gov. Posted 09/23/99 (W-SN383631).

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