www.epa.
Benefits of
International Participation
International collaborations and
mutual recognition will help:
• Leverage resources to meet
shared environmental goals
• Reduce duplicative testing
and efforts
• Broaden application of
improved technologies
• Provide vendors with
international recognition
• Assist with marketing
The Growing Market for Verification
The U.S. Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) was
started in 1995 ". . . to accelerate the development of environmental
technology through objective verification and reporting of technology
performance" (EPA, 1997).
Since then, ETV has verified over 400 technologies and produced
over 90 protocols. These have been used by EPA program offices,
states, financiers, consultants, local government, vendors,
consumers and others in the U.S. and abroad to develop new
regulation and purchase, permit, sell, and improve technologies.
These and other outcomes are documented in two case study
booklets found atwww.epa.gov/etv/outcomes.html.
ETV has helped foster the
development of international
verification programs by
holding workshops and sharing
information about the U.S. program—its structure, operating values,
outcomes, and lessons learned. To date:
• Canada, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Denmark, and the
Philippines have or are piloting verification programs (Table 1).
• China, India, and Bangladesh have also expressed interest in
developing ETV programs.
In response to this growth, the U.S. EPA is building effective working
relationships with these and other ETV programs. These relationships
encourage international programs to expand technology verification similar to the U.S. EPA ETV.
Furthermore, these relationships may also promote collaborations that stimulate broader technology
acceptance, both internationally and in the U.S.
ETV's International Efforts
The U.S. ETV Program has been active internationally for more than 10 years (Fig. 1). Initially these efforts
focused on sharing information about the U.S. program. Over the last four years, ETV has formalized working
relationships with other countries with the objective of developing a common approach to verification,
ultimately leading to mutual recognition.
Table 1. Countries That Have or are Piloting Verification Programs
Countries with Programs
United States
Canada (called ETV Canada)
Web site
www.epa.gov/etv
www.etvcanada.com
Focus
air, water, soil, energy, remediation
air, water, soil, energy
European Union
AIRTV
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TestNet
Japan
Korea (called New Excellent
Technology and Verification)
Denmark (called DANETV)
Philippines
www.airtv.eu
www.eurodemo.info
www.promote-etv.org
www.est-testnet.net
www.env.go.jp/policy/etv
www.koetv.or.kr/eng/
http://www.etv-denmark.com/
http://cptech.dost.gov.ph/ETV.php
air
soil and groundwater remediation
soil and groundwater protection and remediation
water, clean production, monitoring
water, VOCs, energy
air, water, solid waste, ecosystem restoration
air, water, energy, water monitoring
solid waste, remediation, energy
www.epa.gov/etv
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International Working Group on Environmental Technology Verification
The U.S. ETV Program is a founding member of the International Working Group on Environmental
Technology Verification (IWG-ETV), which includes members from Canada, the European Commission, and
the Philippines and observers from Japan, Korea, the European AdvanceETV Project, and the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)1. The long-term goal of the IWG-ETV is to foster the
development of a common approach to verification so that, in time, participating countries mutually recognize
each others' programs. IWG-ETV members are currently participating in joint projects discussed below to
increase understanding among programs. Experts in the conformity assessment and standards arena have
also been recruited to assist the IWG-ETV in developing a quality assurance system consistent with existing
international agreements.
Held ETV-sponsored training
workshops in U.S., Thailand and India
Participated in 2nd International ETV Forum,
hosted by Canada
Spoke on verification program harmonization
to European Commission (EC) at meeting in Finland
Served on EC verification
program advisory board
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Joint Verification Projects
The U.S. ETV Program collaborations include the following projects: (1) in 2008, developed a joint verification
protocol with Canada for soil rapid toxicity kits; (2) an ongoing tri-lateral verification of a wastewater toxicity
testing system with Canada and Denmark; (3) in 2009 a joint verification with DaneETV (formerly
NOWATECH) for a passive groundwater sampler; and (4) an upcoming joint verification with Canada under a
Nordic pilot project for airborne leak detection technologies for ethane/methane. This verification is for a
remote sensing technology for methane/ethane with support from Sustainable Development Technology
Canada. U.S. ETV has also participated in discussions with Canada concerning joint verifications in the diesel
retrofit area and was included in an AdvanceETV solicitation (see below) for trilateral verification.
AdvanceETV Project
U.S. ETV is participating in a $1.5 million European Commission
project to develop tools and cooperative approaches to facilitate
recognition and acceptance of ETV data among different ETV
schemes. The U.S. ETV Director is a member of the expert advisory
board for this project. Battelle, which manages the ETV Advanced
Monitoring Systems Center, is supporting the joint verification task,
and recently started a trilateral verification, with the U.S., Canada, and
DaneETV, of wastewater toxicity monitoring systems.
Reference
USEPA, 1997. ETV Verification Strategy. EPA/600/K-96/003.
February.
USEPA, ETV International Web Page,
OECD is a forum of democratic governments that addresses economic, social, and environmental challenges of globalization. The IWG has also
responded to two OECD proposals regarding the formation of an OECD/IWG project.
EPA/600/S-10/002
March 2010
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