United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Research and Development
Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
EPA/600/S9-91/023 Aug. 1991
Project Summary
Control Technology Center,
1 990, A Year of Expanding
Service
C. H. Darvin, R. J. Blaszczak, and B. Crabtree
In June 1985, the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA) announced a
strategy to reduce public exposure to
toxic pollutants in the ambient air. The
strategy called for State and local au-
thorities to assume a greater regula-
tory role with EPA's technical and fi-
nancial assistance. As a result, EPA's
Office of Research and Development
(ORD) and Office of Air Quality Plan-
ning and Standards (OAQPS) developed
the Control Technology Center (CTC).
The CTC is an innovative technical as-
sistance program for State and local
air pollution agencies and EPA's Re-
gional Offices.
Since the CTC's inception, the pro-
gram has expanded to address more
than just air toxics issues. It now ad-
dresses emission source and control
technology problems associated with
air toxics, part leu I ate matter, oxides of
sulfur and nitrogen, carbon monoxide,
lead, PM10, and volatile organic com-
pounds (VOCs). The CTC is designed
to be flexible, so that it can quickly
respond to many client needs as they
arise.
This Project Summary was developed
by EPA's Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory, Research Tri-
angle Park, NC, to announce key find-
Ings of the research project that Is fully
documented In a separate report of the
same title (see Project Report ordering
Information at back).
The CTC Program
services: telephone HOTLINE assis-
tance, direct engineering assistance, and
technical guidance. The CTC HOTLINE is
a telephone number that State and local
agencies may call for easy access to EPA
personnel. EPA staff provides prompt as-
sistance in a variety of ways including
consultations, references to pertinent lit-
erature, and access to EPA technical data
and analyses. The CTC HOTLINE num-
ber is (919) 541-0800. Direct engineering
assistance projects are short-term, aver-
aging about 3 months to complete. Projects
in this category provide technical assis-
tance to an individual State or local agency
without regard to the projects' national
utility. They are specific in nature and may
not apply to problems in other locations.
Technical guidance projects are usually
long-term, taking up to a year to com-
plete. They are broader in scope than
direct engineering assistance projects and
have national applications and impacts.
In FY90, the CTC experienced a 37%
increase over FY89 in the number of
HOTLINE calls it received. The CTC
funded 24 projects, completing 16 before
the end of the fiscal year, and expending
$620,400. These statistics reflect both a
growing need for CTC services and the
Center's advancement to meet those
needs. During FY90, the CTC responded
to increased demand for its services by
building its resources, staffing, outreach
efforts, and base of expertise. The pro-
gram expects to see a growing need for
its services and its capacity to fulfill that
need.
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The EPA authors, C. Dan/in (also the EPA Project Officer, see below), is with the
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory; R. Blaszczakis with the Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 and B
Crabtree is with Acurex Corp., Durham, NC 27713.
The complete report, entitled "Control Technology Center, 1990, AYear of Ex-
panding Service," (Order No. PB91-222 034/AS;Cost: $8.00, subject to change)
will be available only from:
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: 703-487-4650
The EPA Project Officer can be contacted at:
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Center for Environmental
Research Information
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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