United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Innovative
Technology
Council
EPA/542/F-93/002
June 1993
&EPA Accessing EPA
To Develop Environmental
Technologies
MAKING INITIAL C0N?0\CT
This brochure is intended to help environmental technology developers take advantage of the
full range of assistance and cooperative partnerships offered by EPA. It briefly describes the
interests and role of each major EPA office in encouraging the development and use of innova-
tive technologies for pollution prevention, pollution control, and remediation. Each of these
offices has identified an Innovative Technology Advocate to serve as the developer's initial point
of contact and source for information relative to EPA program areas. The network of advocates
identified in this brochure is intended to help you find the information you need or to direct you
to appropriate persons.
In general, users of environmental technology in industrial and other commercial settings will
need to discuss technological innovations in production processes in the context of permits,
compliance situations, or other enforcement proceedings. That type of site-specific assistance is
best provided by the appropriate EPA Regional Office listed at the end of this brochure.
AIR TECHNOLOGY - The Office of Air and Radiation
(OAR) has recognized that the ambitious goals of the new
Clean Air Act will not be achieved without dramatic
innovations in pollution control technology. OAR is
attempting to encourage innovation through regulatory
flexibility, emphasizing performance standards and
market-based approaches to create a level playing field for
all technologies; pilot demonstrations; information transfer
through its Control Technology Center; and "green
programs," a series of economic incentives to encourage
voluntary reductions in energy use and air pollution.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
Stephen Harper
202/260-5580
202/260-9766 (fax)
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY - The Technology
Innovation Office (TIO) in the Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (OSWER) promotes the accep-
tance and use of innovative soil, sediments, and ground-
water remediation technologies. TIO is active in construc-
ting public-private partnerships to demonstrate the
performance of remediation technologies at Federal
facilities. Providing performance and cost data on innova-
tive technologies needed by project managers and helping
to reduce regulatory disincentives also are major activities
of the office.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
Walter W. Kovalick, Jr.
703/308-8800
703/308-8528 (fax)
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS - The Office of International
Activities (OIA) coordinates programs that aspire to
improve the global environment by making innovative
environmental technologies available to the international
community. The Environmental and Energy Efficient
Technology Transfer Clearinghouse, for instance, offers
users extensive vendor and technical information on a
spectrum of environmental technologies and methods.
The U.S. Environmental Training Institute unites U.S.
corporations and overseas executives for training courses
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on specific environmental solutions. OIA also supports the
capacity-building activities in Eastern Europe, the former
Soviet Union, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
And OIA is looking at ways EPA can help U.S. business
capitalize on the $200 to $300 billion global market for
environmental goods and services. In short, OIA works to
match worldwide environmental needs with effective
solutions.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
Julia Gallagher
202/260-0769
202/260-4470 (fax)
PESTICIDES, TOXICS, and PREVENTION - The Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) established the
Design for Environment program as part of its effort to
foster the development of safer chemicals and cleaner
technologies. The program evaluates alternatives for
preventing the generation of wastes or releases containing
toxic chemicals. OPPT provides the chemical assessment
expertise in this program, and industry provides the
performance data necessary to choose cost-effective,
safer methods for delivering a product or service. Through
this program, OPPT also works with industry and the
public to promote the adoption of cleaner technologies and
provides industry with analytical tools to assess its own
processes. The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
evaluates emerging technologies at its laboratories in
Maryland and Mississippi and promulgates interim policies
regarding their use. The program seeks to identify more
cost-effective technologies to support studies sent to the
Agency for registration and/or re-registration actions.
Innovative Technology Advocates:
Joe Carra (OPPT) Al Jennings (OPP)
202/260-1815 703/308-8200
202/260-1764 (fax) 703/308-8091 (fax)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - The Office of
Research and Development (ORD) promotes the develop-
ment and use of innovative technologies to solve or
prevent environmental problems that threaten human
health or the environment. Within ORD, the Office of
Environmental Engineering and Technology Demonstra-
tion (OEETD) conducts programs to evaluate promising
technologies and to partner with others in their develop-
ment. ORD also develops and manages information
clearinghouses and extensive technology transfer activi-
ties.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
Fred Lindsey
202/260-2600
202/260-3861 (fax)
ENFORCEMENT POLICIES - The Office of Enforcement
(OE) has developed an Interim Policy on Pollution
Prevention and Recycling in Enforcement Settlements,
which will be expanded to address innovative technolo-
gies. Opportunities for the use of innovative technology in
the context of enforcement negotiations should be raised
with appropriate State and EPA Regional officials involved
in the settlement negotiations. For copies of the policy
and general questions not related to a specific enforce-
ment case, contact the OE Innovative Technology
Advocate. Innovative methods for monitoring compliance
also are important to the enforcement function. Proposals
and inquiries related to improving compliance monitoring
capabilities may be directed to the specific program
offices, the Office of Research and Development, or the
OE Innovative Technology Advocate. Within OE, the
Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement (OFFE) fosters
the development, demonstration, and validation of
innovative technologies and develops related policies for
Federal facilities.
Innovative Technology Advocates:
Cheryl Wasserman (OE) James Edward (OFFE)
202/260-7550 202/260-8790
202/260-7553 (fax) 202/260-9437 (fax)
WATER TECHNOLOGY - The Office of Water (OW)
manages the surface water quality, groundwater, and
drinking water programs under the authorities of the Clean
Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Within OW,
the focus is on innovative solutions to the drinking water
and wastewater problems facing small communities. The
low-cost Small System Technology Initiative involves
identifying, demonstrating, facilitating approval of, and
marketing innovative drinking water technologies. A
clearinghouse for wastewater technology, and another for
drinking water equipment, are supported by OW and
The EPA Innovative Technology Council (ITC) is an internal EPA advisory and advocacy group dedicated to
fostering the development, commercialization, and use of innovative environmental technologies. It is composed of
senior level advocates from each of the Agency's program offices. The Council was created to foster cooperation and
partnership between EPA, private developers and vendors, and other government agencies to advance technology
development and acceptance. The ITC was born out of the notion that EPA needs to assume a broader role as an
advocate and partner with the private sector and other government agencies to pursue new solutions to environmen-
tal problems. The ITC fulfills its mission by coordinating the Agency's technology advocacy goals and aggressively
seeking opportunities to leverage private and Federal investments in these technologies.
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located at West Virginia University. They provide techni-
cal assistance to water and wastewater management
authorities with a focus on innovative technologies. OW
also is sponsoring several initiatives focusing on innova-
tive methods to conserve water resources.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
Jim Hanlon
202/260-5400
202/260-5394 (fax)
POLLUTION PREVENTION - The Pollution Prevention
Policy Staff (PPPS), in the Office of the Administrator, is
working to build into EPA's policies the idea that pollution
prevention is the preferred option for reducing risk. One
aspect of this is establishing within EPA a philosophy,
policies, and programs that favor the development and
use of innovative pollution prevention technologies and
techniques. The PPPS is helping EPA explore and adopt
effective policies that are friendly to innovation and
pollution prevention.
Innovative Technology Advocate:
David R. Berg
202/260-2182
202/260-8511 (fax)
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
A number of EPA programs provide financial assistance to innovative technology developers and users to support develop-
ment, testing, and demonstration. Information about these programs can be obtained by contacting:
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and
Exploratory Research Grants:
Office of Exploratory Research
U.S. EPA
401 M Street, SW. RD-675
Washington, DC 20460
202/260-7899
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE):
John Martin
EPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
513/569-7696
Cooperative Research & Development Agreements
(CRDAs):
Larry Fradkin
Office of Science Planning and Regulatory Evaluation
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, RM-175
Cincinnati, OH 45268
513/569-7960
Scientific and Technical Information Exchange:
Calvin Lawrence
Center for Environmental Research Information (CERI)
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, G-75
Cincinnati, OH 45268
513/569-7391
Ground-Water Technology Demonstrations:
Dick Scalf
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
405/436-8580
SITE-SPECIFIC ADVICE
The EPA Regions and/or States manage all environmental permit and compliance programs. Questions related to technologi-
cal innovations at specific sites should be discussed with the appropriate EPA Regional and State officials rather than the
headquarters advocates. The EPA Regional offices are:
U.S. EPA Region 1
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Vermont)
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
One Congress Street
Boston, MA 02203
617/565-3420
U.S. EPA Region 2
(New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
Peter Moss
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278
212/264-4703
U.S. EPA Region 3
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215/597-9800
U.S. EPA Region 4
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
404/347-4727
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U.S. EPA Region 5
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
312/353-2000
U.S. EPA Region 6
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
First Interstate Bank Tower at Fountain Place
1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
214/655-6444
U.S. EPA Region 7
(Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
913/551-7000
U.S. EPA Region 8
(Colorado, Montana, North Dakota. South Dakota. Utah,
Wyoming)
999 Eighteenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202-2405
303/293-1603
U.S. EPA Region 9
(Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa,
Guam)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415/744-1305
U.S. EPA Region 10
(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206/553-8562
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INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
COUNCIL
Accessing EPA
To Develop Environmental
Technologies
"Nurturing the development and use of innovative environmental technologies is a vital invest-
ment in our Nation's future environmental and economic well being."
... Carol M. Browner
Administrator, U.S. EPA
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