United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
 Solid Waste and
 Emergency Response
 (5102W)
EPA 542-F-94-006
September 1994
                   Vendor  Field  Analytical  and
                   Characterization Technologies
                   System  (Vendor FACTS)
INTRODUCTION TO Vendor FACTS

The Vendor  Field  Analytical  and Characterization
Technologies  System (Vendor FACTS)  is a database
developed  by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's  (EPA) Technology Innovation Office (TIO)
and the  Environmental  Monitoring   and  Support
Laboratory (EMSL) in Las Vegas. Vendor FACTS was
developed to disseminate much needed information on
innovative  techniques   for  site   and   waste
characterization and to promote the use of more cost-
effective  methods  for  on-site  monitoring   and
measurement. The database will contain information
provided  to   EPA  by  vendors, suppliers,   and
manufacturers on the applicability, performance,  and
current use of their products. It will serve as a tool for
hazardous waste site cleanup professionals to gather
information   and   assess  new   monitoring   and
measurement  technologies.

TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDED

Vendor  FACTS   will   contain   information  on
technologies  that  can  be operated   on-site,  thus
avoiding the   shipping, handling,  and' time  delay
involved in off-site analysis.   Vendor FACTS  will
include technologies such as field portable analytical,
monitoring, and screening devices for detection  and
quantification  of priority pollutants in the air, soil, and
water; as well as various screening technologies such
as immunoassay kits that can  detect or  measure
environmental pollutants deemed hazardous  or
requiring specific actions under EPA rules and policies.
Prior to accepting technology applications for inclusion
in Vendor FACTS, EPA will review each technology for
eligibility,  applicability, and completeness.

FEATURES OF Vendor FACTS

Vendor FACTS uses a database structure similar to the
widely distributed  Vendor Information System for
Innovative Treatment Technologies (VISITT)  which
was developed by TIO to disseminate information on
innovative hazardous waste remediation technologies.
Vendor FACTS will contain vendor records that allow
technology  screening  by  parameters  such   as
contaminants, media, and development status. The
system will be a DOS-based, menu driven database
that  requires very 'little set-up time and will  be
available on diskettes.  Vendor FACTS also will  be
available as a downloadable file on EPA's Cleanup
Information Bulletin [Board Systems  (BBS).
OBTAINING AND SUBMITTING INFORMATION FOR
Vendor FACTS

In the fall  of  1994,  EPA will  solicit technology
information from vendors, manufacturers and suppliers
of on-site monitoring and measurement technologies.
Anyone interested in submitting information on their
products for inclusion in Vendor FACTS should request
a  Vendor  Information Form  (VIF)  (available  in
December 1994) by contacting the National Center for
Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI),
P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH, 45242-0419; fax
(513) 891-6685. ERA plans to distribute diskettes for
the Vendor  FACTS database free of charge to the
public.  A  request | form for obtaining the  Vendor
FACTS VIF  and database is included on the back of
this bulletin.      !

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           U.S.  EPA Vendor Field Analytical and
          Characterization  Technologies System
                       (Vendor FACTS)
               Order and Registration  Form
   To order the Vendor FACTS diskettes and User Manual when they become
   available in 1995, and to become a registered user, please complete this
   order and registration form and mail or fax it to the location indicated below.
   Vendor FACTS will be offered at NO  CHARGE.
 Mail to: U.S. EPA/NCEPI
        RO. Box 42419
        Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-0419

Please type or print legibly.

Name	
                                      Fax to:  U.S. EPA/NCEPI
                                             (513)891-6685
                                             Verification: (513)891-6561
Company/Agency
Street 		
City  __	
Country  	
                                                                               1
                           State
Zip Code
                                Telephone Number
       Please send me a copy of the Vendor FACTS diskettes and User
       Manual when they become available.
       Diskette size (check one)    31/2"	       51/4"	

       I am a vendor of an innovative monitoring and measurement
       technology and would like to receive a Vendor Information Form
       for submitting my technology to Vendor FACTS.

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