News Release

Research Triangle Institute International's (RTI International) Environmental Technology Verification Center Offers New Incentive for Baghouse Filter Verification Testing

Release date: 06/10/2005

Contact: Jane Ice (513) 569-7311

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (June 10, 2005) – As part of an effort to encourage the development of innovative or improved technologies that reduce fine particle emissions from baghouses, the Air Pollution Control Technology Center is offering to provide 50 percent of the cost for verification testing of filter media.

The program, which is managed by RTI International in partnership with the U.S. EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program, is a voluntary, non-regulatory program that verifies environmental performance characteristics of commercial-ready technologies through the evaluation of objective, quality-assured data.

Funds are immediately available for 50 percent cost share. Ten tests are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $3,800 per test.

Test data are used to assess the performance of the technology through an independent, credible assessment.

EPA's Office of Research and Development established the ETV program to verify the performance of innovative and improved technical solutions to problems that threaten human health or the environment. ETV is part of an effort to accelerate the entrance of new and improved environmental technologies into the domestic and international marketplaces.

To reserve participation in the new cost-share arrangement, contact:

Drew Trenholm, Director
Air Pollution Control Technology Verification Center
RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Rd.
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
(919) 316-3742
Fax: (919) 541-6936

For information on baghouse filter verification testing, contact:

John McKenna, CEO
ETS, Inc.
1401 Municipal Rd., NW
Roanoke, VA 24012-1309
(540) 265-0004, x293
(919) 316-3742
Fax: (540) 265-0082

About RTI International

RTI International is an independent nonprofit research organization dedicated to conducting research and development that improves the human condition. With a staff of more than 2,500 people, RTI offers innovative research and technical solutions to governments and businesses worldwide in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, advanced technology, surveys and statistics, education and training, economic and social development, and the environment. For more information, visit RTI International .

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