MEETING FOR VENDORS WITH MERCURY CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORS U.S. EPA ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION (ETV) PROGRAM ADVANCED MONITORING SYSTEMS PILOT MEETING FOR VENDORS WITH MERCURY CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORS The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA), Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina 27711, and Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, are partners in an Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot for Advanced Monitoring Systems (AMS). The goal of ETV is to verify the performance characteristics of commercially ready environmental technologies so potential purchasers and permitters are provided with an independent and credible assessment of the technology they are buying or permitting. The AMS pilot is focused on verifying air, water, and soil monitoring technologies. The AMS pilot's next vendor meeting will be held April 18, 2000, at the U.S. EPA's Environmental Research Center, 86 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC. The meeting is for vendors interested in discussing the possible performance testing of continuous emission monitors (CEMs) for mercury. The purpose of this vendor meeting is to obtain initial comments from CEM vendors and other interested parties, as the basis for preparing a draft test/quality assurance plan for verification testing of mercury CEMs. Participants will be invited to comment on the readiness of commercial CEMs for testing, necessary test procedures, reference methods to be used for comparison, and possible test schedules. The meeting is open to members of the public, who are asked to pre-register. This verification test will be performed in collaboration with U.S. EPA's ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division. For more information about the AMS pilot and vendor opportunities for technology verification or to register for this vendor meeting, contact Helen Latham at Battelle, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, phone 614-424-4062, fax 614-424-5601, oremail lathamh@battelle.org. More information about EPA's ETV program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/etv. Information about the AMS pilot is at http://www.epa.gov/etv/07/07_main.htm. WEB: U.S. EPA's ETV Program -- Advanced Monitoring Systems, http://www.epa.gov/etv/07/07_main.htm. E-MAIL: Helen Latham at Battelle, lathamh@battelle.org. Posted 04/07/00 (W-SN442344).

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