SUMMARY WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING & CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES ------- ------- CONTENTS Overview Remarks by Vice-President Al Gore The Briefing Dr. John H. Gibbons Hazel O'Leary Fred Hansen Brian Atwood Sherri Goodman Ralph Peterson Livio DeSimone Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Secretary of Energy Deputy Administrator, EPA Administrator, Agency for International Development Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security, Department of Defense President & CEO, CH2MHill Chairman of the Board & CEO, 3M Company The Roundtables Regulatory Reinvention for Technology Innovation Building and Improving R&D Partnerships Building Federal Facility Partnerships Financing Environmental Technologies Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports The Participants ------- ------- Overview The global market for environmental goods and services is now estimated at $400 billion and is expected to grow to $600 billion by the year 2010.Though the opportunities for U.S. companies are significant, the competition for this burgeoning market is fierce.Competing successfully will require creating and maintaining long-term partnerships and building an entrepreneur-friendly policy environment which helps U.S. industry turn good ideas into innovations and marketable products. The White House Briefing and Conference on Environmental Technologies, held on April 30, 1996, brought together 200 representatives from industry, the federal government, and other key sectors to discuss how to facilitate the future development and deployment of environmentally- critical processes, products, and practices, both here and abroad.This event built on the commitment made in the National Environmental Technology Strategy to find new ways to expand the economy while improving environmental quality.The goal of the national strategy was to strengthen the policies and partnerships between the public and private sectors needed to encourage innovation and investment in environmentally-sound technologies, products, and practices, both here and abroad. The all-day event included a morning briefing for all participants which provided an overview of the National Environmental Technology Strategy, a review of key federal environmental technology programs, and an analysis of budgets and funding issues.The briefing ended with an industry perspective on the competitive implications of environmental technologies and the role of government programs and public-private partnerships in advancing these technologies.The briefing was followed by five concurrent roundtables, co-chaired by private and public sector leaders, that were convened to delineate specific recommendations needed to sustain a environmental technology development agenda. Each roundtable develop a short list of action items which were presented by the co-chairs to the Vice-President at the end of the day before the assembled conference.This report is a record of the conference and the associated recommendations that were taken under advisement by the Vice-President. ------- ------- Remarks by VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE [AS PREPARED] I would like to thank those members of the Administration and those participants ftom industry, NGO's, and state and local government who have come together today to work on an issue of national importance. I am anxious to hear your recommendations on how we can advance the development and deployment of mvironmental technologies, but I would like to begin by sharing with you a few observations. As most of you in this room know, it has been a particularly difficult year for environmental policy and those who make it. This was a year when some members of this Congress: - asserted that DDT was not harmful, - compared the EPA with the gestapo, and, - maintained that the science underlying the CFC ban is debatable ~ this just 2 weeks after the scientists who discovered the relationship between CFC's and ozone depletion were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry. But despite the battles, the rhetoric and counterproductive detours, I believe that historians will look back on the last year as a critical point in the evolution of environmental policy. Let me explain why. First, all attempts to turn back the clock on environmental protection failed. This was not only a triumph of science over ignorance, but a triumph of democracy and public interest over vested interests. Second, despite frontal attacks on both environmental policies and budgets, this Administration was able to put hi place the building blocks of a new system of environmental protection and management. We are doing that with programs such as XL and the Common Sense Initiative. Third, the number of companies who are pursuing environmental excellence as a competitive strategy has now reached a critical mass and we are in a unique position to redefine environmental management together in a way which has enormous competitive implications for U.S. industry. 3M pioneered this approach over a decade ago with its "Pollution Prevention Pays" program and it is increasingly becoming a key part of business strategy in many companies. ------- Finally, international activities stimulated through Agenda 21 and other mechanisms have ramped up the demand for better environmental protection, policies, and technologies at a global level, creating new opportunities for both learning and commerce. Those are all positive trends which provide significant .opportunities over the coming months and years. However, creating a new environmental paradigm which effectively builds on our past successes will not be inexpensive or easy. It will require sustained and combined investment from both the public and private sectors in research needed to develop a new generation of environmentally-critical technologies. It will require a new set of performance-based metrics, a new generation of measurement systems, and a wide-spread and credible capacity to audit performance. It will require a combined public and private sector focus on results rather than methods, on good management practices, and on continuous and rapid improvements in process efficiencies and product performance. And it will require a high level of openness and trust between industry, government, and communities. In short, we will need a massive investment in "social" capital to move us beyond the confrontational and litigious legacy of the command-and-control era. The stakes are high. It would be a mistake on our part to think that the U.S. is alone in the endeavor to rebuild the system of environmental management. Other countries, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the European Union as a whole, have aggressive and well-funded programs to reinvent their approaches to environmental protection. Their rationale is like ours: better environmental protection at lower costs and competitive positioning for their industries. Alan Kay at Apple Computer once noted that: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" That is our only option. Do we want to sit by while a few misguided people in the Congress compromise our ability to invest in research necessary to developing a new generation of environmental technologies? Do we want to walk away from a 400-billion dollar global market for environmental goods and services which in growing at rates exceeding 10 percent per year in many developing countries? Do we want to turn our backs on an opportunity to build a new system of environmental management which can drive innovation and mobilize capital for decades to come? Do we want to give up the chance to remake the relationship between government, industry, and the public after years of distrust and litigation around environmental issues? I think the answer to these questions is no. Those of you in this room can help us invent the future. ------- The Briefing John H. Gibbons Assistant to the President for Science and Technology In the early 1970's, the government set the national regulatory framework which would shape an entire generation of environmental technologies. By defining the rules of the game we effectively defined the nature and rate of technological development, directed capital flows, and shaped environmental markets for decades. Three years ago, this Administration set out to rebuild this framework, to make sure our environmental policies provide a competitive advantage to industry, not a competitive burden, and are optimized for environmental performance, for technological excellence, for social equity, and for economic competitiveness. In July 1994, the Vice President asked us to put the best minds in this country together to think about how we could advance the development and deployment of environmentally-sound processes, products, and practices, both here and abroad. In a series of more than two dozen events held across the United States, we met with over 10,000 representatives from industry, academia, NGO's, and state and local government to discuss how to advance the development and deployment of environmental technologies. The result of this work was the National Environmental Technology Strategy released during Earth Week, 1995. As part of that strategy we are working to reinvent the regulatory system, help verify and demonstrate environmental technologies, support R&D on environmentally-critical technologies, help businesses move environmental technologies into foreign markets, and in general, build a more responsive, integrated, and consistent system of programs and policies. We .hope to use this conference to advance our strategy, to identify any bottlenecks ~ technological, organizational, or financial -- which stand in our way and develop effective ways to deal with these obstacles. We stand at a crossroads of environmental policy. The choices we make over the next months and years will drive environmental innovation far into the next century. Budgets for many key environmental technology programs are under attack in the Congress. However, this Administration remains committed to environmental technology programs and to achieving both economic and environmental protection goals while meeting our budget deficit reduction targets. We will work with all relevant stakeholder to make sure this-happens. ------- Hazel O Leary Secretary of Energy All nations of the world are facing unprecedented economic and environmental challenges. As^with all great challenges, however, there are also great opportunities. The environmental technology market is a multi-billion dollar opportunity and growing rapidly. For the countries and companies that seize this opportunity, the result can be significant social, economic and other advantages, not the least of which is high paying jobs. Our challenge is to figure how we can work together to make sure that the US keeps its lead in this exploding marketplace. Many US companies are ahead of the curve and reaping the direct benefits of the environmental technology market. Other forward-looking companies that include users as well as developers of some of these technologies ~ 3M, Weyerhauser, DOW and others ~ are leading the way in environmentally-friendly operations. These latter companies are proving that businesses that are well managed, reduce wastes, cut emissions and prevent incidents will succeed in tomorrow s global markets. At DOE, many of our pollution prevention and environmental technologies R&D programs are yielding the same kinds of rewards. For example, wind, photovoltaics and biofuels have been made significantly more cost-effective as a result of DOE technology investments. A GAO audit of our programs showed that returns from just five technologies more than paid for the entire Energy Efficiency budget from 1978-1996 - and that s just the return attributable to the federal contribution. We have great expectations for our ongoing partnerships with industry, such as the Industries of the Future project, and it is encouraging that entire industries are seizing their own opportunities. Restructuring of the electricity industry will also provide a large opportunity for utilities to become more efficient and to provide additional environmental benefits. Against this backdrop, we may be about to squander the lead that the US has built in tomorrows technologies, even with this substantial track record and a citizenry that demands a clean, healthy, and sustainable world. Congress is proposing drastic cuts in areas such as energy efficiency and pollution prevention technologies, advanced transportation technologies, and many other relevant R&D programs. While the .U.S. is cutting back, our international competitors are increasing both private and public investments in environmental technology. This Administration has done a remarkable thing: it has made us work together towards common goals, and it has been consistent about what those goals are. We have created millions of new jobs and expanded the economy while preserving and improving the environment. We must continue this work together. We must develop the needed technologies, reinvent our regulations to stimulate innovation, build partnerships and use our federal facilities as testbeds and innovation incubators. We must design policies and programs that help capitalize on the huge export market and we must design ways of stimulating the investment that we need. As an administration, we believe that we can prosper economically only if we take care of ourselves and our planet, and we can take care of our planet only if we prosper economically. ------- Fred Hansen Deputy Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA is committed to reinventing the regulatory framework to reach our national environmental goals. Some people have interpreted our drive for reinvention to mean more flexibility within the current regulatory system. And that s partly true. Others think reinvention means more incentives for developing cheaper, more efficient ways to prevent or control pollution. And that s also partly true. But reinvention is more than flexibility and efficiency. It s a new way of thinking about the future ~ of reaching the future. That future is a place where the environmental protection system implements itself, where companies continually improve their environmental performance. There will always be a role for government in addressing environmental problems and ensuring the compliance of those not willing to do so on their own. But we want to work towards an environmental protection system that encourages continuous improvement, where the issue is no longer simply compliance, but moving steadily beyond compliance. All of us want to create a new system that takes us into the 21st century. But innovation isn t free. We need to invest both public and private resources. EPA wants to continue working with state and local governments to make these needed investments in the future. The Administration s environmental technology efforts are being integrated across the federal government. The new ideas that we re testing and supporting at EPA complement the initiatives underway at other agencies. In 1994, at the first White House Conference on Environmental Technology, we stated that we were changing our approach to environmental protection. Since that time, we ve worked with our public and private stakeholders to provide new tools and models for encouraging innovation. For example, we have established the Environmental Technology Verification Program to verify the performance of innovative technologies and move them into the marketplace. Under Project XL, we have more than 40 pending pilot proposals that would do away with certain regulatory requirements in exchange for better performance. EPA is working with all of our stakeholders to implement a performance- based system for better environmental protection. ------- Brian Atwood Administrator U.S. Agency for International Development By helping the developing world meet its needs via more environmentally responsible means, we can work to ameliorate global environmental problems and expand markets for U.S. environmental technologies at the same time. Developing countries represent the fastest growing markets for U.S. exports, and as these countries modernize, their demand for U.S. goods will continue to increase. In the environmental area, the global market for goods and services is estimated to be $400 billion, 60% of which lies outside of the U.S. This market is expected to double in coming decades with developing countries making up the largest part of the growth. Massive opportunities will present themselves in the areas of industrial pollution prevention, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, forestry and coastal zone management, preservation of biodiversity, and improved urban infrastructure services such as water and solid waste management. Last year we provided $700 million in environmental technical assistance and training in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central Europe and the Newly Independent States. Our leadership role in steering the developing world toward environmentally sound and responsible development paths must continue. Not only do we benefit the citizens of developing countries in terms of improved quality of life, we benefit our own country economically. All these lessen global environmental deterioration, an ever-increasing threat as the world population and consumption patterns continue to rise at unprecedented rates. Sherri Goodman Deputy Undersecretary for Defense for Environmental Security Department of Defense We at the Department of Defense have a long history of meeting our Nation's military challenges and our people, technological and scientific expertise, and industrial base are National assets. We are fully committed to meeting this nation's environmental challenges and have requested that Congress authorize approximately $4.7 billion for environmental programs. Within this request, we plan to invest over $179 million in environmental technologies with over $54 million implemented in full partnership with DOE and EPA. We believe that environmental technologies can help us accomplish four goals: achieve greater operational savings and mitigate future liabilities; improve performance and enhance warfighting capability; meet environmental obligations in a cost-effective manner; and ensure access to air, water, and land so that we can conduct training. DoD will play an important role in the implementation of the National Environmental Technology Strategy and our federal facilities working together, and in partnership, with the States and industry can be a great catalyst to technological advancement. ------- Ralph Peterson President & CEO CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. U.S environmental policy is at a critical cross-roads and receiving scrutiny from all sides including Congress, government officials, regulators, industry, and environmental groups. There is a surprisingly high appetite for policy reform among a wide spectrum of stakholders yet significant, and divisive, disagreements persist on exactly how to proceed. Maybe this is because the framework of U.S. environmental policy is so deeply rooted in an adversarial process. However, our economic and environmental future depends upon moving beyond the existing, and often counterproductive, debates. A durable path forward for U.S. environmental policy will require that a central mission of that policy be the enhancement of technological change. We will not have solutions which allow us to meet high environmental standards better, faster and cheaper, unless technological innovation is stimulated, not stymied, by environmental policies. The work undertaken to develop and implement the National Environmental Technology Strategy provides us with the building blocks to develop a new consensus between government and industry. This event provides us with a valuable forum and a great opportunity to build on that foundation; to set a common direction for government and industry — working together ~ in which environmental stewardship is an integral part of our national and global economic interests. : Livio DeSimone Chairman of the Board and CEO 3M Company This event is important from several standpoints. First, it reflects increasing global emphasis on sustainable development — on the convergence of ecological and economic interests. Second, it acknowledges the role of emerging, environmentally compatible technologies in achieving a more sustainable planet. And, third, it promotes the theme of A Common Direction for Business and Government — emphasizing the key role of partnerships. The idea of partnering toward a sustainable future is a global phenomena and is gaining momentum. I am privileged to serve as chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, an organization of more than 120 companies worldwide. From the WBCSD perspective, I see a growing acknowledgement in the business world that concurrent economic and environmental progress is both possible...and necessary. With this shift in perspective comes an increased focus on the role of technology and technological innovation in meeting the challenges posed by sustainable development. Addressing tne challenge of sustainable development requires us to accept change, face complexity, embrace innovation, and essentially facilitate a paradigm shift. We have to unleash the imagination and the power of individuals and develop new policies which not only remove the obstacles to innovation, but encourage innovation itself. ------- ------- The Roundtables Regulatory Reinvention for Technology Innovation Building and Improving R&D Partnerships Building Federal Facility Partnerships Financing Environmental Technologies Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports The following section of this Conference Report contains summaries of the Roundtables and the Recommendations that were presented at the end of the Conference. It should be noted that any follow-up or action items listed in this section were suggestions by the participants in the Rountables. ------- ------- ROUNDTABLE: Regulatory Reinvention for Technology Innovation Co-Chairs Fred Hansen, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency John W. Creighton, Jr., President & CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company Purpose The purpose of this Roundtable was to help advance one of the primary goals of the National Environmental Technology Strategy (NETS): "Achieve continuous improvement of the environmental performance of U.S. industries, using the most advanced technologies and cost-effective means possible, by strengthening incentives for innovation within the regulatory system." Background Through various meetings leading up to the creation of the NETS, stakeholders voiced a common need - to provide incentives for innovative regulatory and non-regulatory environmental management approaches and to reduce barriers to innovation in the regulatory structure. In particular, the notions of performance, flexibility and accountability were commonly cited as the fundamental elements of a more adaptive system where the rapid development and deployment of new, innovative technology would be common practice. The Environmental Protection Agency has responded to this need by creating and testing a series of flexible, performance-based approaches to environmental protection, with requisite accountability. These approaches provide strong incentives to create and use new technologies in the U.S. and abroad, facilitating improved environmental performance and economic competitiveness. i Discussion Topics The Roundtable began with a brief overview of EPA's performance-based "building blocks" for a new system. The overview outlined the successes and the remaining challenges of those approaches currently being tested (e.g., Project XL, emissions trading, etc.). The majority of the Roundtable consisted of a dialogue with industry and other stakeholders that focused on several cross-cutting issues associated with performance-based approaches. These issues included (but were not limited to): (1) Defining and Measuring Performance: what analytical and technical tools are needed to help define and measure performance? (2) Engendering Trust and Commitment: what actions can be taken to build trust among the regulated and non-regulated communities that will instill their commitment to a new performance-based system? (3) Providing Additional Incentives: what are other actions that can be taken to improve environmental performance and economic competitiveness? Expected Outcomes Roundtable participants prioritized cross-cutting issues, and proposed public/private efforts to address these issues. Discussion results were reported at the Plenary Roundtable. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Regulatory Reinvention for Technology Innovation SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS EPA is currently testing a number of performance-based approaches that are designed to achieve superior environmental performance by allowing greater regulatory flexibility. These include: Environmental Leadership Program; ETI Flexible CAA Title V Permitting; Design for Environment Program; and Project XL. Stakeholder participation and support are vital to the acceptance and broader application of these approaches. Additional emphasis should be placed on public outreach to^ensure there is trust and widespread understanding that these new approaches will result in superior performance rather than degradation in environmental quality. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Defining and Measuring Performance General consensus: To move to a system aimed at achieving continuous improvement in environmental performance, we need to go beyond discharge monitoring to look more holistically at effects on public health and the environment (e.g., ambient monitoring, biomarkers). Also, third- party certification of performance, as a substitute for government auditing, should be fully explored. Action item: EPA will convene federal agencies, industry, environmental organizations, and others, to establish strategic directions and specific next steps for RD&D and application of advanced monitoring technologies to performance-based programs. Engendering Trust and Commitment General consensus: Information that is verifiable and transparent is the foundation for acceptance of performance-based approaches. Increasing trust depends upon continued attention to good science and mutual respect for environmental and economic goals. Action item: In consultation with all stakeholders, EPA will evaluate early results from the new performance-based programs, and identify refinements necessary to achieve continuous environmental improvement through regulatory flexibility. Providing Additional Incentives General consensus: There are existing incentives for improving environmental performance which need to be refined and publicized. However, there continue to be disincentives to innovation within the regulatory framework. Action item: EPA, through Project XL, will solicit proposals for testing innovative technologies as a way to achieve additional environmental benefits. Also, in consultation with stakeholders, EPA will expand its efforts to eliminate disincentives to new technologies. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Building and Improving R&D Partnerships Co-chairs Charles Curtis, Deputy Secretary, US Department of Energy Dr. William E. Coyne, Senior Vice President, R&D, 3M Co. Purpose This breakout session brought together outstanding leaders from industry and government to discuss ways to build and improve R&D partnerships. Such partnerships are critical for providing cost-effective solutions to existing environmental problems and for developing the next generation of environmentally-sound products, processes, and practices. Background The US currently enjoys a lead in key environmental technologies, but our competitors are increasing public and private investments in this crucial sector at a time when US investments have been stagnant for 5 years. We are not only failing to keep pace with our competitors' investments. Increasingly, industry is focusing on near-term objectives and the legitimacy of government investment and government-industry partnerships is being questioned. Our challenge then, is to design ways that help us retain our lead in the environmental technologies of the future; that help us meet and better our international competition; that assure that we have the technological tools needed to build a safer, more prosperous, and sustainable world. Discussion Topics R&D - The Context: Administration initiatives and budgets — what we are doing, why it adds value; Congressional proposals; long term trends. What is working? What needs improvement? What are competitor countries doing? Defining roles; How can we establish appropriate roles for both the public and private sectors which build on our respective strengths and responsibilities? Establishing partnerships that work; Based on discussion of several models, effective mechanisms were defined, and a blueprint for more effective partnerships was developed. Areas for new potential partnerships to develop environmentally-critical technologies were explored. Expected Outcomes The group developed recommendations for the Plenary Roundtable designed to assure that public and private sector R&D investments for environmental technologies are leveraged; that government resources are directed appropriately, and that they are administratively easy to access and functionally easy to use. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Building and Improving R&D Partnerships SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS By and large, it was viewed that government actions over the last few years to work more closely with and as a partner to the private sector were a step in the right direction. However, more can and should be done. Specific examples mentioned by the group of some successful programs include XL, Industries of the Future, and the Remediation Technology Development Forum. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Improve Access to, and Performance of, Federal Resources • Use and Cost of National Laboratories: — We should continue to reduce Administrative complexity and the time it takes to work with the Labs; ~ Where appropriate and feasible, overhead allocations should be re-examined to ensure that they are fair and reasonable to all parties; ~ Enhance and encourage interagency laboratory efforts; streamline access for other agencies, where possible. • Continue to streamline the CRADA process, but expand use of alternative agreements. Cooperative mechanisms should safeguard intellectual property rights, and assign them clearly. • Use Government as a customer and procurer to stimulate R&D; to verify and demonstrate performance of innovative technologies: —One possible idea — dedicated fund for purchasing innovative environmental technologies. • Keep universities as an integral and strong part of the national research infrastructure. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Building and Improving R&D Partnerships ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Make Regulations Innovation-Friendly and Make EPA a More Productive Partner • Better align EPA mid-level and field policies with EPA directions. • Improve incentives and resources for EPA field staff who must bear the risks of applying innovative technologies; one idea - an "innovation ombudsperson" in each region. • Indemnification is still a significant issue impeding new technologies; no incentives exist if bringing new technologies to solve environmental problems creates new exposures to liability. • Regulatory Reinvention needs technological tools such as new ways of producing goods, new ways of monitoring (facility-based and fenceline monitoring). Also, government follow- through on setting goals and subsequent enforcement is important. R&D policy needs to be integrated and an industry/government study panel should take this further. • Regulators are customers too ~ they should be involved in efforts early and often. Experiment with New Ways of Partnering • Pilot and reward innovation and success, especially through XL. • Build on and expand successful models, such as: —Industries of the Future - industry driven, sector-wide strategic agendas which provide technology roadmaps and allow public investment where necessary, appropriate, and cost- effective. (Agenda 20/20 etc.) —Remediation Technology Development Forum - extensive stakeholder involvement that allowed innovative cleanup approaches endorsed by state and federal agencies, NGOs, adjacent communities, and contractors. ------- ------- ROUNDTABLE: Building Federal Facilities Partnerships Co-Chairs Sherri Goodman, Deputy Under Secy of Defense (Environmental Security), DOD Thomas P. Grumbly, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE James Edwards, Chief-Executive-Officer, ICF Kaiser International, Incorporated Purpose The purpose of this session was to examine new approaches for the use of economic incentives to advance two of the primary goals from the National Environmental Technology Strategy (NETS): "Ensure that the federal government becomes a more accessible partner with the private sector in advancing the development of environmental technologies", and "Accelerate and facilitate the demonstration of promising technologies -while reducing the costs". Background In the past year, Federal agencies have developed programs to include incentives for action in procurement policies, contract reform, innovative public and private partnerships. All of these programs seek to encourage investment for environmental improvement and technology advancement. Continued progress in these areas requires a common plan for Federal agencies to make environmental technology demonstration and advancement more accessible across agencies, states, and facilities. An important goal is to speed up the process of developing and implementing programs on a wide scale to move past the pilot phase and into the demonstration phase, and ultimately, into the marketplace. Discussion Topics The Roundtable provided a brief overview and examples where progress has been made and the challenges that remain. Opportunities to enhance existing partnerships between federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector were identified. The discussion allowed participants to exchange ideas, that would encourage government/ industry partnerships and identified an action plan to accelerate environmental technology implementation as well as to promote a proactive public policy. Areas for discussion included: (1) Acquisition policies to enhance pollution prevention; (2) Regulatory reinvention; (3) Technology demonstration, use and acceptance; and (4) Contract reform—incentives for actions and innovation. Expected Outcomes Roundtable participants proposed incentives: (1) to foster reciprocity processes for technology demonstration, validation and certification; (2) for performance-based regulatory requirements and technology verification procedures; and (3) to promote the use qf Federal facilities as test beds for technology demonstration. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Building Federal Facilities Partnerships SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS The Roundtable recommends that a process be developed that expedites reciprocity for environmental technology demonstration use and permitting across states and federal facilities. This process would apply across agencies and across states. The Roundtable encourages Federal agencies to use their facilities as test beds for technology demonstration and use, for both government and industry application. The Roundtable recognizes that regulatory reinvention depends on moving as rapidly as possible to performance-based standards that focus on outcomes, determined by return on investment. We should make sure that the contractor and government workforce is properly trained to apply performance-based standards in contracting, technology and regulation. For example, the National Performance Review should recognize that acquisition reform has produced significant environmental benefits by enabling the Federal government and industry to adopt commercial performance-based standards. The Roundtable recommends that the Federal Government place a top priority on programs and actions that focus on Stakeholder/decisionmaker partnerships for the purpose of joint problem solving for environmental improvement. These would include: Government/industry; Labor/ management; Government with stakeholders; and Government/industry collaboration with non- U.S. entities. The Roundtable recommends that government should continue its push to incentivize innovation for environmental programs for both contractors and government personnel at Federal Facilities. Government should be encouraged to take advantage of privatization activities/opportunities in a fashion that includes organized labor, as appropriate. The Roundtable recommends that early on in the R&D process, that technology developers are able to obtain the rights to a technology in order to facilitate financing, commercialization, etc. Special emphasis should be placed on small businesses, and the use of Federal facilities for demonstration and validation. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Financing Environmental Technologies Co-Chairs John P. DeVillars, Regional Administrator, USEPA, Region One Maurice Strong, Chairman, Technology Development Incorporated (Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank) Purpose The purpose of this Roundtable was to help advance one of the primary goals of the National Enviromental Technology Strategy (NETS): "Ensure that adequate investment capital is available for the development, commercialization, and use of environmental technologies." Discussions focused on the issues of financing environmental technologies, products, and practices from both the demand and the supply sides of the marketplace. Background In order to focus principally on those issues most relevant to finance, discussions at this rouridtable began by assuming that participants in the other four roundtables (R&D, Federal Facilities, International/Exports, and Regulatory Reinvention) would all be successful in achieving significant progress towards their stated objectives. That is, they would be able to develop incentives for innovative regulatory and non-regulatory environmental management approaches, reduce barriers to innovation, speed up the commercialization process, facilitate the aggregation of markets, and, generally, improve the climate for both short and long-term investment in environmental solutions. Discussion then move on to determine: What else is necessary, if anything, to increase capital availability for environmental technologies? Also considered was the question: What changes in other areas are most crucial to increase capital supply and market demand? Discussion Topics The following topics were addressed: (1) Relationship between "market dynamics" and "finance", i.e., What are the linkages, barriers and incentives? (2) Types of capital and issues unique to each: Venture Capital, Growth Capital (Debt and Equity), Funds (Pension, Sector-specific), Insurance, Public Sector; (3) What are the roles, impacts and perspectives of credit rating agencies, SEC, ISO, etc. (4) What 'are the "tools" available to effect the problem: Tax, fiscal, accounting, market-based instruments, credit trading programs, risk reduction programs, public sector purchasing decisions, etc. Expected Outcomes Roundtable participants developed a prioritized list of (1) issues and recommendations specific to finance, and (2) issues and recommendations which were cross-cutting and relevant to other roundtable discussions. The results and conclusions were then reported to the Vice-President in the Plenary Roundtable session. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Financing Environmental Technologies SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS There is abundant capital in both the US and International financial markets. This capital is flowing to areas of growth and opportunity, such as biotechnology and information systems. The past year has brought broad awareness to the importance of implementing new policies which shape and harnesses market forces towards eco-efficiency. Environmental technologies and markets, as they exist currently, have too many moving variables - which substantially increase the risks and lower the potential returns on investment capital relative to other industries. At present there are few policies or programs in existence which address the issue of private capital flows into environmental technologies and markets. Efforts at the EPA with Project XL, the Verification Centers, the Center for Environmental Industry and Technology, etc are examples of public sector facilitation which will be constructive if allowed to mature. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Performance-Based Approaches: Action Item To- re-cast regulations, contracting and purchasing to be more flexible, performance and incentive oriented. More setting standards and monitoring compliance, with less focus on the methods used to meet or exceed standards. Independent, 3d party auditing systems (similar to the Securities Exchange Commission for financial markets supervision). Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, EPA in coordination with DOE, DOD, DOC, GSA (e.g. the Regulatory Reinvention Roundtable with outreach). Full cost accounting Action Item A joint public/private initiative to focus on environmental cost accounting issues. Outline what actions are necessary to assist organizations to further develop and adopt accounting practices that link environmental costs with the products, processes, and activities that generate them. The objective is to better inform business decisions and help companies justify environmentally-beneficial investments both internally and to external financial institutions. Explore the possibility of working with a specific industry to map its environmental activities and measure the associated costs. Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, OSTP in coordination with PCSD. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Financing Environmental Technologies ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Government as buyer and risk mitigator Action Item Government must "behave" better as a buyer and contractor. Must match contracting terms to length of the sectors needs. Can act as "insurer" for certain pieces of the risk curve which are within the control of government. Participation to include GSA, private sector capital providers and potentially OMB, Treasury. Responsibility Lead responsibility, OSTP in coordination with DOE, DOD and EPA Bonus/Incentive for early adapters Action Item Incentives to induce capital and management effort. Could be tax credits, lending, preferred government buying, etc. Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, EPA with DOE. Information Action Item Omnibudsman and One-Stop-Shop Concept. Better systems for collecting and utilizing information, including info on "markets" and spending like the "PACE" series at DOC and the "Enviro Statistics Center" at EPA. Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, IETO. Voluntary Approaches Action Item Sullivan Standards, ISO 14000, etc Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, OSTP with PCSD. Coordinating Functions Action Item It is important to coordinate finance recommendations with all four other RT's, but in particular with Regulatory Reinvention. Recommend the creation of a "Financial Coordinating Council" to act as a cross-walk and /s common ground for the purpose of maximizing the increased flow of private capital. To include DOE, DOD, DOC. Responsibility Lead organizing responsibility, EPA. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Financing Environmental Technologies Observations on capital availability at points on the Technolgy Development curve: R&D Demo Development Commercialization Growth Export Start-up Companies Small Companies Large Companies Not addressed in this Roundtable Verification programs will help reduce risk Gov't can help by "purchasing technology" Gov't as "insurer" plus risk mitigation programs Liquidity facilitating programs (e.g., Fannie Mae) Not addressed in this Roundtable Private action if Gov't moves to "performance-based regs" SBA should consider a more focused program here Can improve with better contracting by Public Sector ------- ROUNDTABLE: Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports Co-Chairs Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secy for International Trade, DOC Don Deieso, CEO and President, Metcalf & Eddy Company Purpose This Rountable sought to advance the complementary objectives of the Environmental Technologies Export Initiative, which aims to support global sustainable development while enhancing the international competitiveness of the U.S. environmental technologies. Background Development of international environmental markets is critical to achieving global sustainable development, and to supporting greater U.S. economic growth, jobs, and exports. The environmental technologies sector is one of the fastest growing industry sectors worldwide. The current global market for envirotech is estimated at about $400 billion and is projected to reach $600 billion by the year 2010. Competition for this burgeoning market is fierce; and despite the U.S. industry's vast experience and technological leadership in this sector, it is not realizing its full commercial potential in the international marketplace. Discussion Topics The two key sections of the Roundtable provided a brief overview of the Administration's comprehensive strategy under the Initiative. One section discussed programs aimed at "building" environmental markets, particularly those programs focused on human and institutional capacity building via technical assistance and training. The other key section focused on programs which more directly assist and facilitate U.S. exports of envirotech -business counseling and outreach, export promotion, financing, advocacy. Dialogue at the Roundtable drew on the private sector participants' experiences, with these programs and in the international marketplace, to illustrate what works and what does not work. Further discussions considered the special needs of different types of companies or in specific envirotech sectors, how the competition is addressing the same issues and how U.S. public-private efforts can address these challenges. Expected Outcomes Roundtable participants prioritized the key issues and recommended specific public-private efforts, in the short-to-medium term, to address those issues. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS The Clinton Administration's Environmental Technologies Export Initiative is providing a comprehensive and targeted strategy to support global sustainable development while enhancing the international competitiveness of the U.S. environmental technologies industry and its exports of goods and services. A close public-private partnership throughout the Initiative is resulting in a more successful and efficient delivery of assistance to the U.S. envirotech industry. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Public-Private Partnerships New, strategic public-private partnerships that respond to industry needs and input are essential to increasing U.S. market share in the rapidly growing world market for environmental technologies. Our competitors have long used this approach to achieve success in international markets and U.S. firms now operate at a relative competitive disadvantage. Recommendation(s): (a) Provide a high-level USG platform for the release of the Environmental Technology Trade Advisory Committee's (ETTAC) recommendations to the interagency Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC). (b) Work with the private sector to implement key ETTAC recommendations, such as the development of industry consortia that enhance the trade competitiveness of U.S. environmental companies, with a special emphasis on SMEs, which account for a large proportion of the sector. Action Item(s): (a) In September '96, the ETTAC will present a report and specific recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce and the TPCC agencies. These recommendations from the 35-member ETTAC will address numerous issues related to envirotech exports, including: financing, budget and resource allocation, advocacy, interagency coordination, and disincentives to trade, (b) In June 1996, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice granted an Export Trading Company Certificate to the Water and Waste Water Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA). This first-ever certificate to the envirotech industry, issued under the 1982 Export Trading Act, protects 25 WWEMA member companies from state and federal government antitrust actions, thus facilitating actions that will enhance their trade competitiveness (e.g., the establishment of consortia, sharing of cost/price information, etc). ------- ROUNDTABLE: Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Environmental Industry Classification System. There is insufficient and inconsistent definition and data on the envirotech industry. A specific and complete industry classification system is needed to clearly understand the composition of the envirotech industry, its contributions to the economy and trade, and its international competitiveness. Recommendation: Launch a comprehensive review and survey of the envirotech industry in order to develop a more useful and accurate industry classification system and data. Action Item: By end of summer 1996, the Department of Commerce and EPA will conduct the first- ever comprehensive survey of the envirotech industry through a sample of approximately 7-10,000 U.S. companies. This information will help develop a classification system and instruments needed for periodic benchmarking of the industry (e.g., quinquennial censuses). States Envirotech Initiative. Fostering greater envirotech exports development programs at the state and local level is essential to: 1) counteract decreasing federal budgets and programs; 2) focus greater delivery of assistance to SMEs that dominate this sector; and 3) advance the Administration's efforts to empower states and support their programs. Recommendation: Develop a "States Envirotech Exports Initiative" focused on expanding and strengthening cooperation among state and local economic development agencies and trade associations to increase envirotech exports. Action Item(s): (a) Follow up to the States Environmental Exports Forum, held during Earth Week 1996, which successfully brought together representatives from more than 20 states and unveiled state trade data demonstrating the contribution of the sector to each state's economy; (b) In coordination with key state representatives, develop an action plan and organizational structure to carry out the initiative (e.g., a states-industry led secretariat), (c) Develop a pilot demonstration project focused on the state of California which has the largest envirotech industry in the U.S., and is very active in the development of envirotech markets and exports. ------- ROUNDTABLE: Developing International Markets: From Capacity Building to Exports ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED Financing Exports/Use of Tied Aid. Adequate financing is key to the goal of increasing U.S. envirotech exports. The USG must offer competitive financing terms to enhance U.S. industry's ability to compete in the international envirotech market, particularly in the fast growing emerging markets. Recommendation: envirotech sector. Counter our competitors' use of preferential financing and tied aid in the Action Item(s): Provide a priority focus to environment-related exports in the programs of the United States Export-Import Bank. Currently, the Ex-Im Bank aggressively supports U.S. envirotech exports through its Environmental Business Development Program, which offers environmental companies special terms and conditions not available to the exports of other sectors; and through the use of its Tied Aid Capital Projects Fund, which is aimed at countering the trade-distorting tied aid and concessionary financing which often faces U.S. companies in foreign markets. ------- The Participants ------- ------- Lilia Abron President PEER Consultants, PC 12300 Twinbrook Parkway Suite 410 Rockville MD 20852 Joe Newton Austin, Jr. Consultant ICI Americas 8403 Arlington Blvd., Suite 100 Fairfax VA 22031 . Edward Aghjayan General Manager, Public Utilities Department City of Anaheim, Anaheim Public Utilities 201 South Anaheim Blvd. #1101 Anaheim CA 92805 Robert Darryl Banks Director, Program in Technology and the Environment World Resources Institute 1709 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20006 Vincent Albanese Vice President, U.S. Marketing and Sales Nalco Fuel Tech P.O. Box 3031 Naperville IL Suzanne Bass State - Federal Liason Texas Natrual Resource Conservation Commission 122 C Street, NW Suite 122 Washington DC 20001 Ronald Allen President Alenco International, Inc. 735 Commerce Circle Longwood FL 32750 Robert Bauer Director, Strategic Competency Development Xerox PARC 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto CA 94304 Alvin Aim Director and Sector Vice President Science Applications International Corporation 1710 Goodrich Drive McLean VA 22102 Dennis E. Beach Vice-President - Administration Chaparral Steel 300 Ward Rd Midlothian TX 76065-9651 Anne Alonzo Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 14th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 4324 Washington DC 20230 David J. Beightol Manager, Government Affairs Johnson Controls, Inc. 400 N. Capitol St., NW Suite 585 Washington DC 20001 William Amt CEO Octagon, Inc. 317 S. North Lake Blvd. Altamonte Springs FL Suite 1024 32701 Julie Belaga Director ' Export-Import Bank of the United States 811 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20571 ------- Joan Berkowitz Managing Director Farkas Berkowitz & Company 1220 19th Street, NW Washington DC 20036 Charles Botwick Principal Botwick & Associates Box 1710 Middleburg VA 22117 Peter Bibko Manager, Environmental and Government Affairs Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. PO Box 3370 Gramercy LA 70052 Peter Bowe President Ellicot Machine Corporation, International 1611 Bush Street Baltimore MD 21230 Anthony Biddle Vice President of Global Environmental Strategy Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. One Chase Manhattan Bank, Third Floor New York NY 10081 Celeste Boykin Manager, Federal Affairs DuPont 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 Kevin Billings Director and General Manager GESCO Westinghouse Electric Corporation 600 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington DC 20037 William Brennan President Griffin Capital Corporation 27 Longwood Drive Wayne PA 19087 Robert Blackwell Senior Vice President OHM Corp. 816 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 Maj. Gen. Roy Bridges Director, Joint Group on Aquisition Pollution Prevention United States Air Force 4375 Chidlaw Road, Suite 6 Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-5006 Col. Franklin Blaisdell Commander, 30th Space Wing United States Air Force 747 Nebraska Ave., Ste A200-1 Vandenberg AFB CA 93437-6261 Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee President Brithinee Electric 620 S. Rancho Avenue Colton CA 92324 Thomas Bonnett Director, Economic Development & Environment Council of Governors Policy Advisors 400 N. Capitol Streetm NW Suite 390 Washington DC 20001 Mary (Meg) Brown Associate Director Georgia Env. Technolgy Consortium University of Georgia, 101 Driftmier Engineering Center Athens GA 30602 ------- Trudy Bryan Senior Mananger of Federal Affairs DuPont 1701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 Dennis Caputo Vice President, Environmental Safety & Compliance Proler International Corporation 4265 San Felipe Suite 900 Houston TX 77027 Hon. Carolyn Buchholz Mayor City of Lafayette 1660 Lincoln Street #1975 Denver CO 80264 Eugene (Roy) Carawan President and CEO INFOOD Ltd. 5511 Hillsborough Street Raleigh NC 27606 Paul Bulson Director of Asia Operations Ecology and Environment, Inc. 999 Third Avenue Suite 1500 Seattle WA 98104 John Carberry Director, Environmental Technology DuPont Experimental Station, Bldg 249-119 Wilmington DE 19880-0249 Dale Byars Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc. 1161 Corporate Drive West, Suite 140 Arlington TX 76006 Walter Carey Director, Env. Operations & Regulatory Policy Nestle USA, Inc. 60 Boardman Road NewMilford CT 06776 William Byers Director of Environmental Technology CH2M HILL Federal Group, Inc. 2300 NW Walnut Blvd. Corvallis OR 97330 Peter Carroll Vice President, Government Affairs Solar Turbines, Inc. 818 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20006-2702 James (Jim) Cabot Director-CEIT U.S. Environmental Protection Agency JFK Federal Building (RAA) Boston MA 02203 Edith Cecil Executive Director U.S. Environmental Training Institute 1000 Thomas Jefferson St., NW Washington DC 20007 Connie Callan Director, National Environmental Technology Network University of New Mexico 2201 Buena Vista, S.E. Suite 204 Albuquerque NM 87106 Robert Cochran Sr VP - Corp. & Business Development of Fed Programs ICF Kaiser 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax VA 20031 ------- Robert Colangelo President Environmental Planning Group, Inc. 3105-D North Wilke Road Arlington Heights IL 60004 David Crikelair Vice President, Alternate Energy Texaco, Inc. 2000 Westchester Ave. White Plains NY 10650 Megan Contee Senior Program Manager for Env. Programs National Association of State Development Agencies 750 First Street, NE Suite 710 Washington DC 20002 Charles Curtis Deputy Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington DC 20585 David James Cooper Consultant American Forest & Paper Association 1111 19th Street Washington DC 20005 Daniel D'Aniello Managing Director The Carlyle Group 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 220 South Washington DC 20004 John K. Coors President Golden Photon, Inc. 4545 Mclntyre Street Golden CO 80403 Katherine Dantz Market Specialist - Energy & Environmental Markets Honeywell, Inc. 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 710 Washington DC 20036 William Coyne Senior Vice President for Research and Development 3M Company Les Darling Director, Environmental Affairs Cyprus Amax Minerals Company 9100E. Mineral Circle Englewood CO 80155 John Creighton President and CEO Weyerhauser MS CHSH Tacoma WA 98477 Drew S. Debrey President Quad City Die Casting Company 3800 River Drive Moline IL 61265 Jacqueline Crenca Vice President, Defense Programs CH2M HILL Federal Group, Inc. 6060 South Willow Drive Greenwood Village CO 80111 Donald Deieso President and CEO Metcalf and Eddy, Inc. P.O. Box 1500 Somerville NJ 08876 ------- Michael Scott Delello Director Washington Relations Electric Power Research Institute 2000 L Street, NW Suite 805 Washington DC 20036 Samuel Doctors Executive Director Environmental Finance Center Region 9 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd. SBE RO109 Hayward CA 94542-3069 James Herbert Dempsey Director, Technology Development Acurex Environmental Corporation POBox 13109 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 Anthony Dolcimascolo CFO TAMS Consultants, Inc. 655 Third Avenue New York NY 10017 Livio DeSimone Chairman of the Board & CEO 3M Company 3M Center, Bldg 220-14W-05 St. Paul MN 55144-1000 Sandra Doliner Chief Financial Officer Environmental Enterprises Assistance Fund 1901 N. Moore Street, Suite 1004 Arlington VA 22209 John DeVillars Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency JFK Federal Building Boston MA 02203 A.J. Donelson Manager Federal Government Affairs 3M Company 1101 15th Street NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005 Betty J. Diener President Enviromental Business Council of New England 500 Victory Rd., Marina Bay North Quincy MA 02171 Cyril William Draffin, Jr. Vice President, Strategic Planning BDM International, Inc. 1501 BDM Way McLean VA 22102 Wayne Diesel President and CEO Mechanical Technology, Inc. 968 Albany-Shaker Road Latham NY 12110 Michael Driver Partner Patton Boggs, L.L.P. 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 1975 Denver CO 80264 Patricia DiRuggiero Associate General Counsel M4 Environmental Management 1615 L Street, NW Suite 540 Washington DC 20015 Michael Duff Executive Director The Analytical Instrument Association 225 Reinekers Lane Suite 625 Alexandria VA 22314-2875 ------- Mark DuVal ST. Counsel 3M Company Bldg. 220-1 IE-OS, 3M Center St. Paul MN 5146-1000 Dennis Ferrigno President and CEO Bateman Engineering, Inc. 3900 SS. Wadsworth Blvd. Suite 200 Denver CO 80235-2205 Anthony Earley, Jr. President and COO Detroit Edison 2000 Second Avenue Detroit Ml 48226 James Ferris President CH2M HILL Federal Group, Inc. 6060 Willow Drive Greenwood Village CO 80111 James Edwards Chairman & CEO ICF Kaiser International, Inc. 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax VA 22031-1207 Donna Fitzpatrick President and CEO Radiance Services Company 4405 East-West Highway Suite 512 Bethesda MD 20814 Stuart Eizenstadt Under Secretary for InternationalTrade U.S. Department of Commerce 14th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington DC 20230 Timothy Flaherty Director Keystone Energy Program 1001 G Street, NW, Suite 430 West Washington DC 20001 Greg Evans VP - Environmental Services & Technology Division Coleman Research Corportation 950 L'Enfant Plaza Washington DC 20024 James Florio Partner Florio & Perrucci, P.C. 371 Hoes Lane Piscataway NJ 08854 Marc Falkin International Sales Director Taylor Environmental International 1457 Route 22 East Annandale NJ 08801 Harvey Forest President and CEO Solarex Corp. 630 Solarex Court Frederick MD 21701 Robert L. Ferguson Chairman Technical Resources International, Inc. 723 The Parkway Richland WA 99352 Charles L. Fox Director Legislative Liason Raytheon 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington VA 22202 ------- Linda Greer Senior Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council 1350 New York Ave., NW Washington DC Don Hartsell President Solex Environmental Systems, Inc. 1003 Wirt Road Suite 107 Houston TX 77055 Thomas Crumbly Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management U. S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave, SW Washington DC 20585 Thomas Harvey Chairman and CEO Global Environment & Technology Foundation 7010 Little River Suite 300 Annandale VA 22003 William Haney President and CEO Molten Metal Technology Inc. 51 Sawyer Road, Fifth Floor Waltham MA 02154 Karl Hausker Director, Enterprise for the Environment Center for Strategic and International Studies 1800 K Street, Nw Washington DC 20006 Robert Hanfling Senior Advisor Patton Boggs, LLP 1776 I Street, NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20006 Andrew W. Hayes Vice President, Corporate Product Integrity The Gillette Company Prudential Tower Building Boston MA 02199 Paul Hannesson President and CEO Commodore Environmental Services, Inc. Alan Hecht Office of International Activities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street SW Washington DC 20460 Frederic Hansen Deputy Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW Washington DC 20460 Ben Henneke, Jr. President and CEO Clean Air Action Corporation 36 South Charles Street Suite 1910 Baltimore MD 21201 Peter Harrod Executive Vice President & COO Advance Sciences, Inc. 6739 Academy Road, NE Albuquerque NM 87109 Judson (Jud) Hill Executive Vice President Thermatrix, Inc. 1 Church St. Suite 700 Rockville MD 20850 ------- Paul Frey Senior Vice President Bank of America Illinois 231 S. LaSalle Street Suite 638 Chicago IL 60697 Bradford Gentry Senior Research Scholar Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy 205 Prospect Street, "Sage Hall New Haven CT 06511 Paul Friday Principal Technical Manager Concurrent Technologies Corp. 1450 Scaid Avenue Johnstown PA 15904 Maurizio Giabbai, Phd. President Strategic Technologies & Resources, Ltd. 2211 New Market Pkwy, Suite 154 Marietta GA 30067 Johan Friedericy Director, Research & Technology Allied Signal Aerospace 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 700 South Washington DC 20004 John H. (Jack) Gibbons Assistant to the President for Science and Technology The White House Old Executive Office Building Washington DC 20502 Allen Frischkorn President and CEO Environmental Industry Association 4301 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 300 Washington DC 20008 Mary Lowe Good Under Secretary for Technology U.S. Department of Commerce 14th and Constitution, N.W. Room 4824 Washington DC 20230 Darryl Fry Chairman of the Board, President and CEO Cytec Industries, Inc. 5 Garret Mountain Plaza West Patterson NJ 07424 Samuel Goodhope Special Counsel for Environment and Transportation Office of the Attorney General State of Texas P.O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Austin TX 78711 Jaques Gansler Executive Vice President TASC, Inc. 1101 Wilson Blvd. Suite 1500 Arlington VA 22209 Albert Gray Deputy Executive Director Water Environmental Federation 601 Wythe Street Alexandria VA 22314 David Gardiner Ass't. Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW Washington DC 20460 David Mitchell Gray Managing Director Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. 135 E. Baltimore Street Baltimore MD 21202 ------- John Kolojeski Executive Vice President Octagon, Inc. 39955 Oatlands Mill Road Leesburg VA 22075 Robert Laudise Adjunct Chemical Director Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies 600 Mountain Avenue, Room 1A-264 Murray Hill NJ 07974-0636 Martha Krebs Director, Office of Energy Research U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington DC 20585-0118 Hon. Jan Laverty -Jones Mayor City of Las Vegas 400 East Stewart Avenue Las Vegas NV 89101 Kalliana Krishnan President/CEO Kal Krishnan Consulting Services, Inc. 334 19th Street Oakland CA 94612 Michael Leake Director, Environmental, Safety and Health Texas Instrument Comm. and Defense Systems Group P.O. Box 655303 M/S 8365 Dallas TX 75265 Dawn Kristof President Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturing Association P.O. Box17402 Washington DC 20041 Robert Levy Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs Energy BioSystems Corporation 4200 Research Forest Drive The Woodlands TX 77381 Chuck Lacy General Manager Living Technologies, Inc. 431 Pine Street Burlington VT 05465 Andrew Lietz President and CEO Hadco Corporation 12A Manor Parkway Salem NH 03079 Paul Lambert Vice-President, Coating Operations Polaroid Corp. 1265 Main Street, Bldg. W4-2W Waltham MA 02154 Kathryn Lindquist Vice President - Marketing Taylor-DeJough Inc. 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 915 Washington DC 20036 Jonathan Lash President World Resources Institute 1709 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington DC 20006 Diana MacArthur CEO Dynamac Corporation 2275 Research Blvd Suite 500 Rockville MD 20850 ------- Robert Hill Chairman, Joint Pollution Prevention Advisory Board HQ Air Force Materiel Command/ DRM 4375 Chidlaw Road, Suite 6 Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-5006 Kathryn Jackson Senior Vice President, Resource Group Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville TN 37902 Thomas Houlihan Senior Analyst Institute of Regulatory Sciences 5457 Twin Knolls Road Columbia MD 21045 Jim Janis Executive Vice President BNFL, Inc. 1776 I Street, NW Suite 750 Washington DC 20006-3700 Robert P. Howard Corporate Director, Government Relations Reynolds Metals Company 6603 W. Broad Street Richmond VA 23230 Dawn Kaback Executive Director Colorado Center for Environmental Management 999 18th St., #2750 Denver CO 80202 Walter Howes President EBI Capital Group, LLP 1314Timberly Lane McLean VA 22102 Dale Lee Keairns Manager of Chemical & Environmental Operations Westinghouse Science & Technology Center 1310 Beulah Road Pittsburgh PA 15235 Jeffrey Hunker Senior Advisor to the Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington DC 20230 James Kirk Chairman, President & CEO OHM Remediation Services Corporation 16406 U.S. Route 224 East Findlay OH 45839-0551 Ronald Hunter Vice President-Administrative Services Fannie Mae 3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 William Kirksey Paul Inderbit^en Chairman, President and CEO American Re-Insurance Company 555 College Road East Princeton NJ 08543 Allen Michael Koleff VP - Environment, Energy and Process Technology Stone Container Corporation 1979 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 300 Tucker GA 30084 ------- James Mahoney Senior Vice President International Technology Corporation 23456 Hawthorne Boulevard Suite 300 Torrance CA 90505 Thomas McNabb President Aquatics Unlimited, Inc. 2150 Franklin Canyon Road Martinez CA 94553 Dennis Mangino President & CEO NSF International 3475 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor Ml 48105 Martin Mearhoff Manager, Environmental Services Division American Electric Power One Riverside Plaza Columbus OH 43215 Vik Man! Vice-President, Federal Group Services CH2M HILL Federal Group, Inc. 6060 South Willow Drive Greenwood Village CO 80111-5142 William Miller, 111 Manager Environmental Affairs Saturn Corporation 100 Saturn Parkway PO Box 1500 Spring Hill TN 37174 David Marsh Chairman Marsh Plating Company 103 N. Grove Street Ypsilanti Ml 48198 Kenneth Millian Executive Director Global Environmental Management Initiative 2000 L St., NW Suite 710 Washington DC 20005 Bret Maxwell Managing Director First Analysis Corporation 233 S. Wacker DriveSuite 9500 Chicago IL 60606 John Mizroch Executive Director U.S. Environmental Technology Export Council 1835 K Street, NW Suite 805 Washington DC 20006 R. Steven Maxwell Managing Director Techknowledgey Strategic Group 104 Pine Tree Lane Boulder CO 80304 Andrew Murphy Vice President Acurex Environmental Corporation P.O. 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