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ETV Advanced Monitoring
Systems Center - Battelle
ETV Air Pollution Control
Technology Center - Research
Triangle Institute
ETV Greenhouse Gas Technology
Center - Southern Research
Institute
ETV Drinking Water Systems
Center - NSF International
ETV Water Quality Protection
Center - NSF International
ETV P2, Recycling, and Waste
Treatment Center - Concurrent
Technologies Corporation
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using or plan to use ETV protocols for in-state testing. In addition, 27 states plan to use
ETV reports as their primary source for decision-making.
How Do the ElV Centers Operate?
Stakeholder Guidance — The efforts of ETV Centers are being guided by the expertise of
Stakeholders Groups. These groups consist of representatives of verification customers for
the particular technology sector — buyers and users of technology, developers and vendors,
state and federal regulatory personnel, consulting engineers, environmental organizations,
financiers, and underwriters. More than 800 individuals are active in ETV Stakeholder Groups.
Their primary functions are to assist the Centers in developing protocols for testing, prioritiz-
ing the types of technologies to be verified, reviewing important documents, and designing
and implementing outreach activities to the verification customer groups that they represent.
Performance Verification Objectives and Reporting — ETV is a voluntary program that
seeks to make objective performance information available to all of the actors in the environ-
mental marketplace for their consideration and to assist them in making informed technology
decisions. ETV does not rank technologies, compare technology performance, label or list
technologies as acceptable or unacceptable, seek to determine "best available technology," or
approve or disapprove technologies. Actual verification activities are announced in the
FedBizOpps (formerly the Commerce Business Daily), other relevant publications, and on the
ETV Web Site and ETV listserv. Test plans are prepared in conjunction with the developers
and the tests are conducted by independent third parties. Appropriate quality assurance proce-
dures are incorporated into all aspects of the process and all reports are subjected to peer
review. Verification Statements of 3 to 5 pages, based on the performance data in the reports,
are signed by EPA and the ETV Partner, and then posted on the ETV Web Site.
What Is the International Interest in
Strong international interest in technology verification has bolstered ETV's impact abroad.
ETV with its cosponsors — EPA's Office of International Activities, U.S. Agency for Interna-
tional Development, and the U.S. Asian Environmental Partnership — has conducted work-
shops and training on technology verification in India, Thailand, and Taiwan, and in the United
States for Malaysia and the Philippines. More than 10% of the visits to the ETV Web Site are
from foreign nations, and ETV protocols are being used worldwide to verify technologies.
What Are the Benefits of the ETV Program?
• Provides objective, credible performance data to buyers.
• Facilitates technology acceptance and permitting at the state/local level.
• Reduces risk for financial investors.
• Levels the playing field among competitors through standardized tests and objective
reporting.
• Facilitates export of environmental products.
Want To Know More About the ElV Program?
Up-to-date information on the ETV Program can be viewed on the ETV Web Site at http://
www.epa.gov/etv. The ETV Web Site contains a description of each ETV Center as well as
its protocols and test plans; a list of stakeholders; a fact sheet; other publications, announce-
ments, and meeting summaries; ETV Verification Statements/Reports; and links to the ETV
Partners and other related Web sites. In December 1998, ETV initiated the ETVoice listserv
to inform subscribers about the availability of new information on environmental technol-
ogy testing procedures, upcoming testing opportunities, the performance of individual ETV-
verified technologies, verification meeting events, and general news related to the ETV
Program. Subscribe to ETVoice on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/etv.
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Program
Contacts
Teresa Marten
ETV Program Director
(513)569-7565
Abby Hill
ETV Coordination Staff
(513)569-7884
Valdis Kukainis
ETV Coordination Staff
(513)569-7955
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Managers
ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems Center
Advanced Monitoring Systems
Robert Fuerst, EPA, 919-541-2220
Karen Riggs, Battelle, 614-424-7379
Site Characterization and Monitoring
Technologies
Eric Koglin, EPA, 702-798-2432
Roger Jenkins, Oak Ridge NL, 865-574-4871
Wayne Einfeld, Sandia NL, 505-845-8314
ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center
Ted Brna, EPA, 919-541-2683
Jack Farmer, RTI, 919-541-6909
ETV Greenhouse Gas Technology Center
David Kirchgessner, EPA, 919-541-4021
Stephen Piccot, SRI, 919-806-3456
ETV Drinking Water Systems Center
Jeff Adams, EPA, 513-569-7835
Bruce Bartley, NSF International, 734-769-5148
ETV Water Quality Protection Center
Source Water Protection Technologies
Ray Frederick, EPA, 732-321-6627
Thomas Stevens, NSF International,
734-469-5347
Wet Weather Flow Technologies
Mary Stinson, EPA, 732-321-6683
John Schenk, NSF International, 734-913-5786
ETV P2, Recycling, and Waste Treatment Center
P2 Innovative Coatings & Coating Equipment
Michael Kosusko, EPA, 919-541-2734
Brian Schweitzer, CTC, 814-269-2772
P2 Metal Finishing Technologies
George Moore, EPA, 513-569-7991
Donn Brown, CTC, 727-549-7007
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