United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research and
Development
Washington DC 20460
EPA/54CI/F-95/502
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SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
Emerging Technology Program
Inside
The SITE Emerging Technology Program
What is ETP?
Selecting Technologies for ETP
Results of ETP
Added Value of ETP
Partnerships That Work
The Future of ETP
Technology Transfer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE)
Program encourages the development of innovative
technologies for faster, moreieffective, and less costly
treatment of hazardous wastej. Through the SITE
Program, EPA evaluates technologies in conjunction
with technology developers t'p determine each innova-
tive technology's effectiveness in meeting performance
and cost objectives.
The SITE Program consists of the following four
evaluation components: (1) tie Emerging Technology
Program (ETP), (2) the Denlonstration Program,
(3) the Monitoring and Measurement Technologies
Program, and (4) Technology Transfer. This brochure
provides information about tlie SITE ETP.
WHAT IS ETP?
SITE ETP is EPA's first program to provide direct
technical and financial assistance to innovative
remediation technology developers. This is accom-
plished through cooperative agreements with each
developer.
Over 70 innovative treatment technologies have been
or are being supported by the ETP. Since its inception
in 1987, the ETP has provided a total of $16.6 million
to private sector and university groups for research and
development of innovative technologies. Other federal
agencies, primarily the Department of Energy (DOE)
and the Department of Defense (DoD), have also given
critical technical and financial support.
FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
"We must...focus our efforts on the new opportunities before us, recognizing that government can play a key role
helping private firms develop and profit from innovations. We must move in a new direction:
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Strengthening America's industrial competitiveness and creating jobs;
Creating a business environment where technical innovation can flourish and where Investment is attracted to new
ideas;
Ensuring the coordinated management of technology all across the government;
Forging a closer working partnership among industry, federal and state governments,! workers, and universities;
Redirecting the focus of our national efforts toward technologies critical to today's businesses and a growing
economy, such as information and communication, flexible manufacturing, and environmental technologies; and,
Reaffirming our commitment to basic science, the foundation on which all technical progress is ultimately built."
Technology for America's Economic Growth, A New Direction to Build Economic Strength
(Vice President Al Gore, Feb. 22, 1993)
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Leading in EPA's New Initiatives
The SITE ETP has brought government
and the private sector together to foster
and accelerate research and development
of innovative technologies. ETP's goals
parallel the new EPA-led, multiyear
Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI)
Program, which implements the
President's technology policy. ETI's goals
include the following:
Fostering government and private
partnerships to promote innovative
technologies
Currently, 72 cooperative agreements
are in effect between the ETP and the
private sector.
Encouraging collaborative efforts
between government agencies such as
EPA, DOE, and DoD
DOE has co-funded 21 ETP
technology development projects; DoD
has co-funded 8 ETP projects.
Supporting and encouraging the
development of innovative technologies
for commercialization
ETP has completed 42 technology
development projects; most of these
technologies are now being
demonstrated or commercialized.
Stimulating the economic growth of
small businesses in the environmental
Held
Approximately 97 percent of develop-
ers in the ETP are small businesses.
Steps to Innovative Technology Commercialization
I Technology Enhancement
Market Penetration
Field Demonstration
Bench/Pilot Development
Technology Research
ETP's Role in Technology
Development
EPA supports all stages of technology
development. The SITE Program provides
opportunities to develop innovative
treatment technologies and to move these
technologies into field demonstration and
commercialization. The ETP provides a
firm foundation for collecting data on
innovative technologies at bench- or pilot-
scale level of development and supports
innovative technology developers by doing
the following:
X Entering into cooperative agreements
with developers for technical and
financial assistance
> Providing access to national and
international scientific and engineering
information resources
> Promoting technologies for field
demonstration
> Encouraging technologies with
potential to move into the commercial
marketplace
SELECTING TECHNOLOGIES
FOR ETP
Each year, the ETP issues a Request for
Preproposals (RFP) to interested technol-
ogy developers. The preproposals describe
the technology and outline plans for its
research, development, and commercial-
ization. Technical reviewers evaluate the
preproposals based on criteria that include
the quality of the data and the results to
date, the value of the technology to
Superfund and other cleanup activities,
and the potential to commercialize the
technology.
Selected developers are then invited to
submit detailed
Cooperative Agree-
ment Applications.
This cost-sharing
vehicle allows EPA to
enter into jointly
funded projects with
each developer. The
ETP requires each
applicant to share the
cost of conducting
and evaluating the
project by providing a
minimum of 5 percent of the overall
project cost. After evaluating the applica-
tions, EPA awards up to $300,000
($150,000 per year for 2 years) to success-
ful applicants.
At the end of the first year, EPA reviews
each project to determine whether the
progress made warrants funding for the
second year. At the completion of each
project, the technology's performance is
documented in a final report and journal
articles, as well as in EPA's Emerging
Technology Summary and Bulletin.
"The funding from the Emerging Technol-
ogy Program will allow our firm to
evaluate our technology in a pilot/field
environment and generate the required
data to move it along to the demonstration
phase. The commercialization and
demonstration of this technology would
have significant international impact
which is verified by the preliminary
interest we have received at this early
stage of project development."
Lewis Environmental Services
ETP Participant
Growth Provides
Opportunities
The SITE ETP has grown substantially
since its beginning in 1987. The program
has funded an average of 10 projects per
year out of approximately 840
preproposals. ETP has to date received
about 3,800 requests for RFPs.
This high interest from the private sector
illustrates that a great number of develop-
ers are active in research and development
and that these developers need the type of
financial support and technical assistance
provided by the ETP.
The continued growth of the program is
important to provide opportunities for
technology developers, as well as those
responsible for site cleanup who must
meet increasingly stringent cleanup
standards.
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SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
RESULTS OF ETP
To date, 42 of the 72 projects in the ETP
have been completed. A wide variety of
treatment categories have been represented
in the program. The chart to the right
provides a breakdown of the completed or
ongoing ETP projects by treatment
category.
Developers involved in the ETP confirm
that the program has benefited research,
development, and commercialization of
their technologies. Responses to a 1994
request for information indicated the
following results from ETP participants.
> 40 percent published one to five
journal articles; 18 percent published
six or more
> 36 percent have been accepted into the
SITE Demonstration Program
> 60 percent commercialized their
technologies
> 22 percent acquired one to three clients
SITE ETP Emerges in a Global
Market
Because the need for better treatment
technologies continues to grow throughout
the world, the ETP is rapidly expanding
into the international cleanup community.
Of the developers responding to the 1994
request for information, 65 percent had
participated in dialogues regarding their
respective technologies with at least one
foreign country. In total, 30 countries have
participated in international dialogues with
these ETP participants.
ADDED VALUE OF ETP
When innovative technologies enter the
ETP, all parties involved in hazardous
waste cleanup activities benefit. The ETP
provides value at all levelsfrom innova-
tive research and development to imple-
mentation and market commercialization.
Technology Developers
> Funding for research and development
> Better understanding of issues facing
the national and international cleanup
community
> Visibility in the cleanup community
> Recognition through the program's
scientific credibility
> Technical support and technology
transfer
ETP Projects by Treatment Category
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Scientific Community
> Stimulus to focus on safer, faster, more
effective, and less costly treatment
technologies
> Centralization and dissemination of
evaluation data
> Exposure to and awareness of
innovative technologies
> Documentation of credible
performance data
National and International Markets
^ Education and technology transfer of
new, more efficient, and cost-effective
innovative technologies
X Encouragement for private sector
funding to further meet the need for
better remediation technologies
EPA and Other Federal Agencies
> Support for remediation activities
> Model for private sector funding and
technical support
> Technology transfer through
participation in selection and testing of
innovative technologies
"At a time when other federal agencies
are striving to become world leaders in
the development of environmental
technology, they could learn a lot from
EPA's SITE demonstration and ETP
programs. The centralization and
extensive information dissemination
efforts of [both programs] make them
leaders in environmental transfer."
International Technology Corporation
ETP Participant (4 Projects)
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PARTNERSHIPS THAT WORK
The ETP's growth has been enhanced by
the participation of and funding from other
federal agencies. DOE has funded 21
projects in the program since 1990, and
Dob has funded 8 projects. Both agencies
are: interested in using innovative tech-
nologies at DOE and DoD sites requiring
remediation. This interest has led to the
following:
> i Co-funding of ETP projects
> Joint review and selection of innovative
.! technologies
> Availability of DOE and DoD sites for
field development of emerging
technologies
TtyE FUTURE OF ETP
The ETP's future will include furthering
the amount of technical and financial
assistance to innovative technology
developers, while capitalizing on limited
resources through interagency partnering.
The ETP can expand its impact by doing
the! following:
> Increasing the private sector's interest
hi innovative technology development
^ Attracting a variety of innovative
technologies for research and
| development
> Moving forward a greater number of
field development projects
> Supplying technologies to the SITE
Demonstration Program and the
i commercial market
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
At the completion of each ETP project, the technology's perfor-
mance is documented in a final report and journal articles as well
as in EPA's Emerging Technology Summary and Bulletin. In
addition, every technology in the SITE Program is included in
EPA's annual Technology Profiles document.
To order technical documents write, call, or fax:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Center for Environmental Research Information (CERI)
26 West Martin Luther King Drive (G72)
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)569-7562
Fax (513) 569-7566
Electronic access to information on the SITE Program and on
innovative technologies is available through the following
sources:
Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center (ATTIC)
System Operator: (301)670-6294
System Access (2400 baud): (301) 670-3808
System Access (9600 baud): (301) 670-3813
Clean-Up Information Bulletin Board System (CLU-IN)
System Operator: (301) 589-8368
System Access: (301)589-8366
Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment
Technologies
VISITT Hotline: (800)245-4505
For additional information on the Emerging Technology Program (ETP) contact:
Norma Lewis
Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone: (513)569-7665 Fax: (513)569-7620
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Center for Environmental Research Information
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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