U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
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 What Is ETV?
 Mission: To accelerate entrance of innovative
 technologies designed to reduce risks to human
 health and the environment into the domestic
 and international marketplace.
 Operation: ETV centers operate independently
 as stakeholder-driven third parties. The EPA
 provides oversight, review, and approval of center
 documents.
 Established: EPA established the ETV Program
 in 1995.
 Contributions:
 ft  ETV helps reduce detrimental health
    and environmental effects from
    pollutants by encouraging the
    purchase and use of the most
    effective control and monitoring
    technologies available.
 ft  ETV supports sustainable
    development by encouraging
    entrepreneurial efforts while
    protecting citizens and the
    environment.
 ft  ETV creates  a forum for industry,
    technology users,  and government to
    explore environmental technologies.
 ft  ETV aids EPA and  state programs  by
    making available high quality, credible
    technology performance data.
 Stakeholders:
 Stakeholders include technology buyers
 and sellers, permitters, consultants,
 financiers, exporters,  EPA, the public.
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      Air  Pollution Control Technology Center
      The Air Pollution Control Technology (APCT) Center, a verification center in the ETV Program,
      operates as a partnership between EPA and RTI International. The Center involves industry,
      government, and public stakeholders at all levels of the verification process.
      The APCT Center verifies the performance of commercial-ready technologies designed to
      control stationary and mobile air pollution sources and to mitigate the effects of indoor air
      pollutants. Control technologies the Center addresses include diesel engine emission controls,
      baghouse filtration products, nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compound (VOC)
      control devices, outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters, dust suppression and soil stabilization
      products, paint overspray arresters, and indoor pollution mitigation products.
      All testing employs approved protocols or plans that incorporate stakeholder interests, and
      verified performance is reported in verification reports with statements signed by EPA. RTI
      International contracts with qualified testing organizations to perform verification tests.
Benefits  of APCT Verification
Because it is an independent entity, the APCT Center can assure all those with a stake in new
environmental technologies that the verifications performed derive from unbiased testing and that
they are credible, of the highest quality, consistent, useful, and widely accepted.
Developer
and Vendor
Benefits
User and
Purchaser
Benefits
                                         Permitter
                                         Benefits
Public
Benefits
Provides sound science-based marketing advantage
Reduces advertising and marketing costs
Expands markets and business opportunities
Enhances regulatory acceptance
Accelerates new or improved technologies into the marketplace
Adds confidence for investors and lenders

Provides independent, credible performance data
Allows easier evaluation of competing technologies
Facilitates permitting process
Reduces noncompliance risks
Provides access to expertise in performance measurement

Facilitates permit preparation
Adds confidence in control system performance
Improves ability to make informed decisions

Advances technologies that benefit human health and the environment
Increases confidence in  continuous, effective control of pollutants
Fosters cooperation between industrial and public interests


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  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)  Program
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Stakeholder Involvement
Stakeholders Advisory Committee
A stakeholders advisory committee (SAC) assists the
APCT Center in assessing available commercial-ready
technologies and their potential environmental
impacts and provides the Center guidance, direction,
and assistance in selecting and prioritizing
technologies for verification testing. Priorities are set
to maximize benefits to the environment and human
health and contributions to sustainable development.
The 21 members of the SAC have broad experience
in the air pollution  control field. Involving
representatives from state and local agencies,
developers/vendors, buyers/users, environmental
associations, consultants, and EPA, the SAC provides
the  Center with a diversity of opinions and
viewpoints concerning air  pollution control
technologies and their application.
Meetings are open  to the  public (for meeting
minutes, see: http://epa.gov/etv/ms-apc.html).
Stakeholder Technical Panels
The APCT Center also convenes technical panels
to assist with preparation of verification protocols
and to provide advice with respect to performance
and testing issues related to a technology. As with
the  SAC, technical  panels  include a cross section
of stakeholders, and members are selected for their
specialized knowledge and interest in the
technologies being  evaluated.


Center Resources
The APCT Center web site (http://epa.gov/etv/center-
apc.html) makes information and documentation
easily available.  Names of members and minutes
of SAC and technical panel meetings, verification
protocols, test/quality assurance plans, verification
reports, verification statements, recent publications,
and other relevant  documents are available on the
web site for viewing or downloading.
The APCT Center database includes contact
information for over 900 air pollution control
technology developers/vendors and other interested
parties. To  be added to the database—used to
distribute information about meetings, the availability
of new documents, and announcements concerning
technologies—you  may contact the APCT Center.
Steps  in  the Verification
Process
After stakeholders help set technology priorities
and develop verification protocols, vendors may
apply to the Center for verification testing of
their technologies. The verification process
follows the general steps below, regardless
of the technology area.
  1  The vendor submits an application.
  2  The Center, the testing organization,
     and the applicant discuss the intent
     and scope of the test.


  3  The Center develops and the applicant
     signs a contract.


 4  The Center and the testing organization
     (with input from the applicant) prepare
     a test/quality assurance plan for Center
     and EPA approval.


  5  The testing organization conducts the
     test and drafts a report.


  6  The Center submits the draft verifi-
     cation  report and  verification statement
     for review by EPA and the applicant.


  7  EPA approves and signs the verification
     report and statement.
  8  The Center distributes the verification
     report and statement to the applicant,
     and EPA posts them on the Center and
     ETV web sites so they are available to
     the general public.
     See: http://www.epa.gov/etv/
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For more information about RTI
International or the APCT Center:

Access our web site at
http://epa.gov/etv/center-apc.html
or contact:
Jenia Tufts
Director
APCT Center
RTI International
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
Telephone:  919-485-2698
Facsimile:    919-541-6936
E-mail:      jtufts@rti.org

Michael Kosusko
EPA Project Officer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Division (E343-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Telephone:  919-541-2734
Facsimile:    919-541-0359
E-mail:      kosusko.mike@epa.gov
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