ETV (ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION) VENDOR MEETING FOR MANUFACTURERS OF COATINGS AND GROUTS FOR SEWER SYSTEM REHABILITATION CBD Announcement of Technology Vendor Meeting for the ETV Source Water Protection Pilot. Meeting date: June 27, 2000. Meeting Location: Hilton -- University of Houston. Description of Pilot: NSF International (Ann Arbor, MI) is partnering with US EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory (Edison, NJ) and US EPA Office of Research and Development to accelerate the commercialization of of improved environmental technologies. The ETV verification process stresses third party testing using technically sound protocols and appropriate QA/QC, in addition to third party review of data and reporting of technology performance. ETV provides purchasers, permitters, and technology manufacturers with objective, quality assured data on technologies. The purpose of the Vendor Meeting is to bring together manufacturers of coatings and grouts to explain the Environmental Technology Verification Program and discuss the key issues of the protocols under development. EPA and NSF will provide the meeting participants with details about the benefits and responsibilities of participation in the ETV Program. Input from the vendor community regarding the protocol contents and the verification process will be encouraged. A block of rooms is being held at the Hilton -- University of Houston (4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX). To reserve your room at the group discount rate ($82.00 per night), please call the hotel at (713)741-2447. This block of rooms will be held until June 9, 2000. Please inform the hotel reservationist that you will be attending the "EPA/NSF ETV Coating and Grout Vendor Meeting" to ensure your group rate. After June 9, rooms will be booked on a space and rate availability basis. The dress code for the meeting is business casual and it is open to anyone interested in learning more about the ETV Program. Lunch will be served. For planning purposes, NSF needs to know the number of persons attending the meeting. Please contact Tom Stevens (by phone at (734)769-5347 or email at stevenst@nsf.org) or Maren Roush (by phone at (734)827-6821 or email at mroush@nsf.org) prior to the meeting. WEB: Click here to learn more about the ETV Source Water, http://www.epa.gov/etv/11/11_main.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the ETV Source Water Protection, mroush@nsf.org. Posted 05/08/00 (W-SN452519).

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