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Welcome to ETVoice! Our monthly e-mail contains highlights of the latest developments in the ETV Program and directs you to more detailed information on our Web site or through EPA or other contacts. We hope you find this service useful and welcome your comments and suggestions.
Abby Waits
Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center to Host Upcoming Stakeholder Meeting
In March, the ETV Air Pollution Control Technology (APCT) Center, operated in cooperation with RTI International, will host a meeting of its Stakeholder Advisory Committee in Research Triangle Park, NC. The APCT Stakeholder Advisory Committee will meet on March 27, 2007, to discuss verification activities for diesel engine retrofit for particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen compound controls, baghouse media for PM control, and biofilters for volatile organic compounds emissions control. RTI will provide an update on the verification testing protocol for technologies which reduce drift from pesticide spraying. Gil Wood of the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards will describe a new voluntary program for outdoor wood‑fired hydronic heaters. For more information on this stakeholder meeting, please contact Drew Trenholm, RTI, at (919) 316-3742.
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California Grants Program and ETV to Collaborate
The California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) Innovative Clean Air Technologies (ICAT) grants program is soliciting applications for this year’s grants. Air monitoring, pollution prevention and control, and greenhouse gas technologies are of interest. A short pre-proposal, as described in the grant instructions  is due to ARB by March 30, 2007. ICAT and ETV are interested in collaborating. Vendors who want to pursue ETV verification with ICAT support must submit pre-proposals to ICAT to begin. Please contact Kevin Cleary, ICAT Manager, at (916) 323-1505 if you have any questions.
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New Technology for Environmental Solutions – Collaborating for Result
The U.S. EPA ETV and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs will host a joint regional outreach workshop on May 8, 2007, at the EPA Region 6 offices in Dallas, TX. The workshop, “New Technology for Environmental Solutions–Collaborating for Results,” will highlight technology development, commercialization, and verification activities supported and conducted by the ETV and SBIR Programs. In particular, the event will highlight ETV and SBIR collaborations with state and local agencies, organizations and technology developers in EPA Region 6 (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana). The workshop will also include opportunities for representatives from the regional office and local organizations to provide feedback on priority technology areas and information needs. The event is open to the public. Target audiences include the EPA Region, state and local agencies and organizations, and others interested in learning more about technology development, evaluation, and commercialization activities under these programs, as well as organizations that might be interested in future collaborations with ETV. Additional information will be available soon on the ETV Web site, or contact Abby Waits, EPA, at (513) 569-7884.
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ETV Protocol Used as Basis for ASTM Method
On February 1, 2007, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) approved ASTM/ETV Guide D7270-07, “Standard Guide for Environmental and Performance Verification of Factory-Applied Liquid Coatings.” With the help of one of its stakeholders, Eugene Praschan, the ETV Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot (CCEP) worked for several years with ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications and its Subcommittee D01.55 (Factory-Applied Coatings on Preformed Products) to develop this ASTM practice, which is based on CCEP’s generic verification protocol for liquid coatings (see http://www.epa.gov/etv/pubs/06_vp_liq_coat.pdf). Publication of this guide further extends ETV’s influence in evaluating environmentally friendly coating technologies. For more information, please contact Mike Kosusko, EPA, at (919) 541-2734.
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| ETV Verifications |
| ETV has completed verification testing and reports for 387 innovative environmental technologies! See a full list of ETV verified technologies. |
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| Vendor Solicitations |
| ETV centers issue solicitations for vendors and/or collaborators interested in verification. For more detailed information on these solicitations, visit Vendors Wanted. |
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| Stakeholder Meetings |
| March 27, 2007 –The ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center will host a meeting of its Stakeholder Advisory Committee on March 27, at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC. For more information, please contact Drew Trenholm, RTI, at (919) 316-3742. |
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| Upcoming Conferences and Meetings |
A calendar of ETV meetings, conferences, and presentations is available on the ETV Web site at http://www.epa.gov/etv/events.html. Meetings that may be of particular interest at which ETV is exhibiting and/or participating are:
April 1-5, 2007 - The WERC 2007 Environmental Design Contest will be held April 1-5, at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. WERC is a consortium for environmental education and technology development. The design contest brings together industry, government, and academia in the search for improved environmental solutions. Student teams, made up of college students from across the U.S. and around the world, design solutions for real-world problems while developing fully operational bench-scale solutions that are presented to panels of judges comprised of environmental professionals. Teresa Harten, Director of ETV, will serve as a judge for the design contest. For more information, please visit http://www.werc.net/contest/ . |
April 5-6, 2007 - The EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program will host a Phase I Kick-Off Meeting on April 5-6, in Washington, DC. This workshop will provide presentations on technology commercialization and SBIR Phase I and II programs for all new Phase I awardees. Abby Waits, EPA, will present on ETV and verification opportunities. The ETV Program will also exhibit. For more information, please visit http://epa.gov/ncer/sbir/workshops.html, or contact April Richards, EPA, at
(202) 343-9836. |
| May 8, 2007 - The EPA ETV and SBIR Programs will host a joint regional outreach workshop on May 8, at the EPA Region 6 offices in Dallas, TX. The theme of the workshop is “New Technology for Environmental Solutions–Collaborating for Results.” For more information, please contact Abby Waits, EPA, at (513) 569-7884. |
| May 9, 2007 - The annual ETV Team Meeting will be held May 9, at the EPA Region 6 offices in Dallas, TX. The meeting with follow the ETV and SBIR joint regional outreach workshop. For more information, please contact Abby Waits, EPA, at (513) 569-7884. |
| May 15-19, 2007 - The World Environmental and Water Resources Congress will be held May 15-19, in Tampa, FL. This congress, sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is designed to bring together professionals from water and environmental related fields to share insights from research
and case studies in the field, and to generate best practices for the future. Ray Frederick, EPA, and Tom Stevens, National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF International), both of the ETV Water Quality Protection Center, have authored a paper entitled, "Performance Verification of Stormwater Treatment Devices under EPA’s Environmental Technology Verification Program," which will be presented at the conference. The ETV Program will exhibit with the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory. For more information, please visit http://content.asce.org/conferences/ewri2007/index.html . |
| June 17-20, 2007 - The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 2007 Annual International Meeting will be held June 17-20, in Minneapolis, MN. The event is designed to provide agricultural and biological engineers with specialized technical presentations and posters to inform the industry on cutting-edge technologies and the latest research. The ETV ESTE project for Pesticide Drift Reduction Technology plans to participate in the meeting. For more information, please visit http://www.asabe.org/meetings/aim2007/index.htm . |
| June 24-28, 2007 - The American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition will be held
June 24-28, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ACE07 will provide knowledge and insight on cutting-edge research and best practices in the water industry, as well as the latest in products and services to help ensure safe water. Mike Blumenstein, NSF International, of the ETV Drinking Water Systems (DWS) Center, will present on "Membrane Product Specific Testing under the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and ETV Protocols." Bruce Bartley, NSF International, also of the DWS Center, will present a poster entitled, "Emergency Response Water Treatment Technologies Results and Potential Applications to Water Utilities." The ETV Program will exhibit. For more information, please visit http://www.awwa.org/bookstore/productDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=6278 . |
| June 26-29, 2007 - The Air and Waste Management Association
(A&WMA) 100th Annual Conference and Exhibition will be held
June 26-29, in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme of this year's conference is "Energizing Environmental Solutions." Drew Trenholm, RTI, of the ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center, will present a paper entitled, "Environmental Technology Verification of Baghouse Filtration Products." Mike Kosusko of EPA, project manager for the ETV ESTE project for Pesticide Drift Reduction Technology, will present on “Verifying the Performance of Pesticide Spray Drift Reducing Technologies.” In addition, the ETV Program will exhibit. For more information, please visit the AWMA Web site . |
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