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ETVoice - March 2007
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 EPA Board of Scientific Counselors to Review EPA sustainable Technology and Science, ETV ProgramOn April 25-26, the EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) will conduct a review of the ETV Program as part of EPA’s Sustainable Technology and Science research area. The BOSC fulfills several important roles for the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), including: evaluates science and engineering research, reviews program progress and development, provides peer review of research plans and products, and provides advice on human resource planning. In particular, ORD has been utilizing BOSC reviews as a means of independent review to evaluate the success of research outcomes. Additional information on the BOSC is available at http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/. ETV has been endeavoring, in the past several years, to document the program’s positive impacts in providing valuable information to the decision-makers who purchase and regulate environmental technology, as well as giving developers of new technology important performance feedback to further innovate their technologies. Stakeholder outreach meetings held in 2004 and 2005, and the two-volume outcomes case study documents published in 2006 (see http://www.epa.gov/etv/publications.html#case), were integral to these efforts.The BOSC Technology for Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting will be held April 25-26, 2007, at the U.S. EPA Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center in Cincinnati, OH. Participation by the public is welcome and there will be opportunity for public comment. For more information, or if you are interested in attending the BOSC meeting, please contact Evelyn Hartzell, EPA, at (513) 569-7728. New Technology for Environmental Solutions –Collaborating for ResultsThe 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). Environmental professionals from the public and private sectors and the general public are encouraged to attend. There is no fee to attend this event. To register for the workshop, or for more information, including an event agenda, please visit http://www.scgcorp.com/etvsbir/.
Baghouse Filtration Product VerifiedThe ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center, in cooperation with RTI International, has verified the performance of Southern Filter Media, LLC’s filter fabric PE-16/M-SPES for controlling fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions. The fabric filter was evaluated for the following verification parameters: outlet particle concentration at standard conditions (for PM2.5 and total mass), average and initial residual pressure drop, residual pressure drop increase, filtration cycle time, mass gain of test sample filter, and number of cleaning cycles. The verification report and statement are available on the ETV Web site
ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center
The APCT Center, operated by RTI International, invites vendors
to participate in verification tests of the following technologies:
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| 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. |
| April 25-26, 2007 - The EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) will conduct a review of the ETV Program as part of EPA’s Sustainable Technology and Science research area on April 25-26, at the U.S. EPA Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center in Cincinnati, OH. Participation by the public is welcome and there will be opportunity for public comment. For more information, or if you are interested in attending the BOSC meeting, please contact Evelyn Hartzell, EPA, at (513) 569-7728. |
| May 7-10, 2007 - WasteExpo 2007 will be held May 7-10, in Atlanta, GA. WasteExpo is America’s largest solid waste and recycling tradeshow designed to serve both the private and public sectors. The event will include over 500 exhibitors featuring the latest equipment and technology in the industry. The ETV Program will exhibit with the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory. For more information, please visit http://www.wasteexpo.com/wasteexpo2008/public/enter.aspx/ . |
| May 8, 2007 - The EPA ETV and SBIR Programs will host a 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.” Environmental professionals from the private and public sectors, as well as the general public are encouraged to attend. There is no fee to attend this event. For more information, or to register for the event, please visit http://www.scgcorp.com/etvsbir/ . |
| May 8-11, 2007 - The Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Continuous Emissions Monitoring Program and Salt River Project will host a meeting of the Utility Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) User Group on May 8-11, in Phoenix, AZ. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together the industry experience with CEM equipment to share solutions to common operating problems. Tom Kelly, Battelle, of the ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems Center, will present a paper entitled, “EPA ETV Verification Tests of Mercury Emission Monitoring Systems.” For more information, please visit http://www.epri.com/ . |
| May 9, 2007 - The annual ETV Team Meeting will be held May 9, at the EPA Region 6 offices in Dallas, TX. The meeting will follow the ETV and SBIR regional workshop (see above). 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, 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 . |
| May 21-24, 2007 - The 2007 Joint Services Environmental Management (JSEM) Conference will be held May 21-24, in Columbus, OH. JSEM is designed to highlight the many new and innovative ways that the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, states, the defense industry, and other partners are meeting their mission needs while protecting the environment. JSEM is intended to address a wide range of perspectives, including policy, implementation, Best Management Practices, data management, and technology. The ETV Program will exhibit with the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory. For more information, please visit http://www.jsemconference.com/2007/index.htm . |
| June 11-14, 2007 - The U.S. EPA will sponsor the 26th Annual Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems on June 11-14, in Cleveland, OH. This conference is a national forum for disseminating and exchanging information on managing the quality of environmental data, discussion and action on issues of national concern, training, and technical presentations. The conference is open to all interested members of the environmental community, including representatives from EPA; other Federal agencies; state, local and Tribal governments; academia; and the private sector. Lora Johnson, EPA, will give a presentation entitled, "In Pursuit of an International Approach to Quality Assurance for Environmental Technology Verification." For more information, please visit http://www.epa.gov/quality/meeting.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 . |