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Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment - Acknowledgments and Notice

Jed Meline, Project Officer
EPA Design for the Environment Program

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Washington, DC 20460

EPA Grant X821-543
Notice

This document has been reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and approved for publication. It is based on experiences gained from projects conducted by EPA's Design for the Environment staff in collaboration with partners from industry, public interest groups, and research/educational institutions. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not imply endorsement or recommendation for use.

For More Information

To learn more about the University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, visit the Center's Web Page at:

http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This publication was prepared by The University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the University of Tennessee Energy Analysis Diagnostic Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A special thanks is extended to Jed Meline, EPA Design for the Environment Program, for his active participation and useful advice.

We appreciate the efforts of all of the contributing authors, especially Jack Geibig and Mary Swanson, who wrote or assisted with the bulk of the module descriptions in Part II of this publication. We also appreciate the efforts of the EPA Advisory Committee for their helpful comments and reviews of segments of this document.

Contributing Authors Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies Gary A. Davis Jack Geibig Lori E. Kincaid Dean Menke Diane Perhac Mary Swanson Energy Analysis Diagnostic Center Fred Metz Jeff Givens Rich Jendrucko, PhD Todd Thomas Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mary Lou Horner Dennis Opresko

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committee Robert Boethling Joseph Breen Kathryn Caballero Richard Clements James Darr Susan Dillman Jill Gendelman Sondra Hollister Patrick Kennedy Susan Krueger Elizabeth Margosches Vince Nabholz Jean E. (Libby) Parker Scott Prothero Paul Quillen Lorraine Randecker Mary Katherine Powers Pauline Wagner Sherry Wise

Special thanks to Margaret Goergen, Tina Cordy, Barbara Griffith, and Patrice Burley of the University of Tennessee for their invaluable assistance in preparing this document.

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