EPA REACH IT
REmediation And CHaracterization Innovative Technologies
EPA REACH IT is a system that lets environmental professionals use the power of the Internet to search, view, download and print information about innovative remediation and characterization technologies. As of June 1, 2003, EPA REACH IT contained information about:
Remediation Technologies
- 602 technology vendors
- 1,372 technologies
- 1,558 sites at which remediation technologies have been applied
Characterization Technologies
- 106 technology vendors
- 151 technologies
- 170 sites at which characterization technologies have been applied
EPA REACH IT is sponsored by EPA's Technology Innovation Program (formerly the Technology Innovation Office). It gives users access to comprehensive information about treatment and characterization technologies and their applications. It combines information submitted by technology service providers about remediation and characterization technologies with information from EPA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and state project mangers about sites at which innovative technologies are being deployed. Those sources together provide you with up-to-date information, not only about technologies you can use to characterize or remediate a site, but also about sites at which those technologies are being used and the service providers that offer them.
REACH IT can be accessed through http://epareachit.org/ 
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CEIT's Innovative Technology Inventory and Virtual Trade Shows
Getting information to end users on new and innovative technologies that can be used with more traditional practices is a key component of local and state plans for protecting and enhancing water quality. Area engineers, consultants, municipal officials, and others are frequently unaware of the broad range of technologies that are available to either enhance or replace more conventional approaches to storm water and on-site wastewater management.
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Center for Environmental Industry & Technology (CEIT) have been collaborating since 1997 on a series of regional and state-based trade shows to disseminate information on innovative technologies and practices. The highly popular one-day shows have been translated into a web-based format to make the information more widely available.
Innovative Technology Inventory and Virtual Trade Shows can be accessed through http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/ceitts/.
Field Scale Demonstration Project Database
The Technology Innovation Program's Field Scale Demonstration Project Database provides information about characterization and treatment technologies for the hazardous waste remediation community.
New & Emerging Environmental Technologies (NEET)
A Microsoft Access data base containing about 300 NEET items. Initial air portion of the data base being developed by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) under a cooperative agreement with EPA.
VENDINFO
VENDINFO is a database of more than 1200 listings of pollution prevention equipment, products and services. Users that know what type of equipment or services they need, and are looking for a source, can search VENDINFO using "Waste Reduction Equipment Classifications."
Users who do not know what waste reduction technologies are available for their manufacturing process can search using an "Industrial Process Classification" keyword and obtain a list of potential technologies. Company and technology listings may be added to VENDINFO - through the following link:
http://es.epa.gov/cgi-bin/eows.pl
Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE)
The Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE) , developed by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in cooperation with the EPA's Air Pollution and Prevention Control Division (APPCD), provides pollution prevention information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA's mission is to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters.
Industrial Technologies Program
Works in partnership with U.S. industry to develop and deliver advanced technologies that:
- Increase energy efficiency
- Improve environmental performance
- Boost productivity
National Industrial Competitiveness through Energy, Environment, and Economics (NICE³) Sponsors an innovative, cost-sharing program to promote energy efficiency, clean production, and economic competitiveness in industry.
National Institute of Health (NIH)
NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF's mission is to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.
U.S. Department of Energy - National Energy Technology Laborator
NETL is at the forefront of research to advance fossil energy exploration, supply, and end-use technologies.
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation (WVHTC)
The West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation is a vibrant, national technology organization driven by knowledge, excellence and innovation rooted in West Virginia values and offering a SPECTRUM of global capabilities.
The Environmental Technologies Program, under a cooperative agreement
with the EPA, assists with increasing industry
awareness of identified EPA research and technologies that have collaborative partnership
and market potential for commercialization.
Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET)
GNET is an environmental technology, news and business center that promotes the use of innovative environmental technologies. This site is made possible by a cooperative agreement from the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology.
Environmental Technology Commercialization Center (ETC2)
Technology transfer center initially funded by EPA. ETC2 is managed by Battelle and links private companies to innovative federally developed technologies through CRADA agreements.
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Congress established OSTP in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the impacts of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The 1976 Act also authorizes OSTP to lead an interagency effort to develop and to implement sound science and technology policies and budgets and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end. OSTP also provides technical support to the Office of Homeland Security through a joint arrangement with that Office.
National Nanotechnology Initiative
The emerging fields of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology - the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures with fundamentally new properties and functions - are leading to unprecedented understanding and control over the basic building blocks and properties of all natural and man-made things. The FY 2003 funding request for nanoscale science, engineering and technology (noted in brief - nanotechnology) research and development (R&D) in ten federal departments and independent agencies is summarized in Table 1. This investment is known as the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) (http://www.nano.gov ). It emphasizes long-term, fundamental research aimed at discovering novel phenomena, processes, and tools; addressing NNI Grand Challenges; supporting new interdisciplinary centers and networks of excellence including shared user facilities; supporting research infrastructure; and addressing research and educational activities on the societal implications of advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Funding is provided on competitive basis with other programs and within NNI.
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