The ETV P2 Innovative Coatings and Coating
Equipment Program - An Update
Paper # 42261
Julie A. Napotnik
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Manufacturing Technology Facility, 100 CTC
Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904
Michael Kosusko
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National
Risk Management Research Laboratory, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division,
Emissions Characterization and Prevention Branch, MD-E343-02, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
ABSTRACT
In order to help facilitate market penetration and use of innovative environmentally
beneficial technologies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated the
Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program in 1995.
The ETV Program is a voluntary project designed to provide companies the opportunity to
obtain independent third-party testing of their products. The verification testing is unique
and specially designed for each technology area, but is common in its overall goal to
provide technology users with credible performance and environmental advantage data for
a technology. In order to accomplish this task, each technology area was partnered with an
outside organization to monitor each technology market, pursue potential vendor
verification participants, develop test plans, perform verification testing, and report the
results of testing. In addition, each partner organization has established a group of
representatives to act as stakeholders to aid in these activities.
As the end result of verification testing, the vendor is presented with a Verification Report
and a Verification Statement. Both are signed by the EPA and the partner organization
attesting to the credibility of the data. The Verification Statement is an abbreviated version
of the Verification Report that summarizes the testing performed and results obtained,
which the vendor can then use in advertising and promoting the performance and
environmental benefit of their product.
The ETV Program began its history as a pilot program divided into 12 technology areas. In
September 2000, the pilot phase ended, and the program was evaluated and upgraded to
full program status. As a result of this upgrade, the ETV Program was reorganized from
the 12 pilots into 6 ETV Centers. Of the six ETV Centers, this paper will focus on the
Pollution Prevention (P2), Recycling, and Waste Treatment Systems Center, and
specifically the P2 Innovative Coatings and Coating Equipment Program (CCEP) housed
within the Center. The focus will be on the history of the ETV CCEP; steps of the
/	verification process; completed verifications, success stories, and lessons learned; works
in-progress; and future works and goals.
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INTRODUCTION
With ever-increasing laws and regulations for the protection of the environment, industry is
constantly faced with the challenge of adapting pollution prevention (P2) technologies for
their processes. Inherent in this challenge is the responsibility of P2 technology users to
implement technologies and/or processes that can actually provide the environmental
benefit needed and still meet the performance level required. As the laws and regulations
on environmental protection get stricter, the market for environmentally beneficial products
continues to widen. Within this market, technology users can be overwhelmed with the
escalating number of environmentally beneficial products and their promises to ensure
compliance while still meeting production requirements. It was out of this situation that the
Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program was born.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the ETV Program in 1995 to
accelerate the development and commercialization of improved environmental
technologies through independent third-party verification and reporting of performance.
The ETV Program began with a 5-year pilot period that was designated to test a variety of
procedural and partnership alternatives for ETV testing. It was also intended to assess the
market demand for such testing and the acceptance of testing data by environmental
technology customers. The pilot period ended on September 30, 2000, and the U.S. EPA
has evaluated program successes, barriers, and lessons learned during the pilot period.
Based on the conclusions of that review, the ETV Program has been reorganized from 12
pilots covering a broad range of environmental areas to 6 ETV centers that encompass the
different areas of the environmental technology market covered by the pilots.
This paper will focus on the ETV P2 Innovative Coatings and Coatings Equipment Pilot
that has been recast into the ETV P2 Innovative Coatings and Coatings Equipment Program
(CCEP) that is to be operated within the Pollution Prevention (P2), Recycling, and Waste
Treatment Systems Center, which is still in development. The paper updates information
provided at the 2001 Air & Waste Management Association Conference and Exhibition.1
The coating/painting industry is incorporated within numerous other industries. Parts
ranging from military vehicles and ammunition, outdoor furniture, commercial automobile
parts, household appliances, computers, cell phones, etc. that can be composed of metal,
plastic, or composite materials, are all coated with protective and/or decorative coatings.
Moreover, not only are the performance requirements different from industry to industry,
but so are the environmental laws and regulations.
Coating processes account for significant volatile organic compound (VOC) and hazardous
air pollutant (HAP) emissions. The U.S. EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards (OAQPS) has estimated that coating processes account for 20% of stationary
source VOC and HAP emissions.2 These emissions contribute to cancer and non-cancer
health risks as well as ecological damage. In order to reduce these emissions and their
effects, a multitude of new coating technologies are continuously being developed and
marketed without the use of standardized evaluation protocols to ensure that products
provide an environmental benefit at equivalent or enhanced performance and cost.
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The history of the coatings pilot will be reviewed to include verifications and protocols
completed, success stories, and lessons learned. The upgrade of the pilot into the program
phase and the subsequent inception and start-up of the ETV P2, Recycling, and Waste
Treatment Systems Center will be discussed. In addition, an update will be given on the
current verifications in progress and the future works and goals for the program.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION
PROGRAM
History of the Program
In an effort to address the growing need for independent, credible performance data to aid
the development and use of innovative environmental technologies, the U.S. EPA
established the ETV Program. The ETV Program's 5-year pilot period began in October
1995. Originally, the ETV Program consisted of 12 pilots that focus on each of the major
environmental media and various categories of environmental technologies. The pilots
were:
•	Drinking Water Systems,
Site Characterization and Monitoring Technologies,
P2, Recycling, and Waste Treatment Systems,
•	P2 Innovative Coatings and Coating Equipment,
Indoor Air Products;
Advanced Monitoring Systems,
•	Air Pollution Control Technology,
•	Greenhouse Gas Technology,
. Wet Weather Flow Technologies,
« Source Water Protection Technologies,
P2 Metal Finishing Technologies, and
•	EvTEC - Independent Entity.
The three main objectives for the pilot period were to develop standardized test protocols in
coordination with industry trade associations and other appropriate stakeholders, to test a
wide variety of partner and procedural alternatives based on the protocols developed, and
to evaluate the true market demand for, and public response to, such a program. In order to
accomplish these tasks, each technology area was partnered with an outside organization to
monitor each technology market, pursue potential vendor verification participants, develop
test plans, perform verification testing, and report the results of testing. In addition, each
partner organization has established a group of representatives to act as stakeholders to aid
in these activities. While the stakeholder groups for each technology area are inherently
different by definition, they all try to incorporate representatives from all aspects of the
corresponding industry and their customer groups.
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At the end of September 2000, the ETV Program concluded the 5-year pilot period, was
upgraded to full program status, and is currently transitioning into six ETV Technology
Centers:
•	ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems Center,
ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center,
ETV Greenhouse Gas Prevention Technology Center,
•	ETV Drinking Water Systems Center,
ETV Water Protection Technologies Center, and
. ETV P2. Recycling, and Waste Treatment Systems Center.
The ETV CCEP Pilot Period and the Verification Process
For each pilot, a partner organization was selected to oversee and conduct verification
activities based on testing and quality assurance (QA) protocols developed with input from
all major stakeholder/customer groups associated with the technology area. The ETV
CCEP partnered with Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) \ a non-profit,
professional services and testing organization that operates the Department of Defense's
(DOD's) National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE)4, to establish a
verification program to evaluate innovative coatings and coating application technologies.
The objectives of the ETV CCEP pilot were to verify the acceptability of lower polluting
innovative coating and coating application techniques into the marketplace, develop
standardized test protocols in coordination with industry trade associations and other
appropriate stakeholders, and facilitate broad acceptance of the test results. During the
pilot period, the ETV CCEP developed nine Testing and Quality Assurance Project Plans
(TQAPPs). These TQAPPs are outlined in Table 1. Generally, these TQAPPs can be of
two types, generic and product-specific.
Testing and Quality Assurance Project Plans
Generic Protocols are developed for each technology area based on the ETV CCEP Quality
Management Plan5. Each contains a wide range of test parameters that apply to the
technology area being verified. Included in the protocol will be all testing required to
gather sufficient data for environmental verification of the technology. CTC project
personnel, EPA, and the Stakeholder Group design the Generic Protocol with input from
the vendor community. These are key products of the ETV CCEP and the ETV Program,
allowing other organizations to complete comparable verification testing.
After meeting with coating technology vendors and being assured of their interest in
participation, product-specific TQAPPs are developed by ETV CCEP personnel for
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acceptance by each vendor. A TQAPP applies the Generic Protocol to each product to be
tested, documenting the parameters specific to that product. The TQAPP details the exact
settings for each test. Each TQAPP is reviewed and approved by the organization
requesting verification testing and ETV CCEP managers from EPA and CTC prior to the
initiation of testing. All Generic Protocols and TQAPPs6 are available on the ETV
website7. All TQAPPs developed and approved during the pilot phase are listed in Table 1.
These are important products of the ETV CCEP and the ETV Program, allowing other
organizations to repeat these verification tests.
Table 1. ETV CCEP TQAPPs produced during the pilot period.
TITLE
REVISION #
APPROVAL
DATE
Liquid Coatings - Generic Testing and Quality Assurance
Protocol
0
February 16, 2000
HVLP Coating Equipment - Generic Testing and Quality
Assurance Protocol
1
December 22, 1999
Laser TouchTM.Beta Model - Testing and Quality
Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
0
September 16, 1999
Sharpe Platinum 2013 HVLP Spray Gun - Testing and
Quality Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
0
February 25, 1999
ITW DeVilbiss GTI-600G HVLP Spray Gun - Testing and
Quality Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
0
December 15, 1998
ITW DeVilbiss JGHV-531-46FF HVLP Spray Gun -
Testing and Quality Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
0
December 15, 1998
ITW DeVilbiss FLG-631-318 HVLP Spray Gun - Testing
and Quality Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
0
December 11, 1998
UV-curable Coatings - Generic Testing and Quality
Assurance Protocol
Draft
March 24, 1998
Powder Coating - Generic Testing and Quality Assurance
Protocol
Draft
February 17, 1998
Testing and Evaluation of Results
Testing is then completed at a very high level of QA, and test results are evaluated
according to the approved TQAPP. During testing, EPA personnel may be on-site to
perform a QA audit. ETV CCEP/ CTC personnel oversee all testing of the technologies and
complete a QA audit using non-project personnel. A complete set of results and statistical
data analyses are recorded in a Data Notebook for each verification test. The Data
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Notebook is maintained by CTC and is used as the basis for further reporting. Data
collected from both process and laboratory testing are included.
Verification Reports and Verification Statements
The resulting products of each verification test are a final Verification Report and a three-
to five-page Verification Statement, signed by the Director of EPA's National Risk
Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) and CTC's ETV CCEP Manager.
Verification test results are first recorded in the Data Notebook. The Data Notebook is
summarized in the Verification Report. This report includes a QA section that documents
data quality indicators, deviations from the approved TQAPP, and confidence intervals
associated with the data.
Most importantly, a Verification Statement is issued that includes the tests performed and
results, statistical analysis of the data, process information, and a QA/quality control (QC)
narrative. The EPA and CTC review each Verification Report and Verification Statement
prior to publishing the information. Once the Verification Statement is issued, it will be
published on the ETV website where it will be available to the public.8 The key portion of
the Verification Statement is the listing of verification factors and associated results.
Verification factors are those critical parameters that are measured during verification
testing that address environmental performance and marketability and allow readers to
evaluate the technology for their applications. For example, an environmental verification
factor was the improvement of paint transfer efficiency using each HVLP spray gun. A key
marketability verification factor was the quality of the finish provided by each HVLP gun.
Verification factors are carefully selected for each Generic Protocol and product-specific
TQAPP to make sure that the full benefits of testing are obtained. ETV CCEP Verification
Statements are listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Verification Statements prepared by ETV CCEP.
TITLE
ISSUE DATE
Laser Touch and Technologies, LLC - Laser Touch™ Model LT-
B512
May 18, 2000
Sharpe Manufacturing Company - Sharpe Platinum 2013; Liquid
Organics Coatings Application
September 30, 1999
ITW Automotive Refinishing - DeVilbiss FLG-631-318; Liquid
Organics Coatings Application
September 23, 1999
ITW Automotive Refinishing - DeVilbiss GTi-600G; Liquid
Organics Coatings Application
September 23, 1999
ITW Industrial Finishing, Binks*DeVilbiss - DeVilbiss
JGHV-531-46FF; Liquid Organics Coatings Application
September 23, 1999
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Results of the Pilot Period
The ETV CCEP pilot completed verification testing of four HVLP paint spray guns and of
the Laser Touch™ laser-guided targeting device for manual paint spray guns. The
verification of additional products was initiated during the pilot period. These are
described on the next page under Program Status and Recent Achievements. ETV CCEP
initially received a mixed response from the coatings industry. Industry's impression
continues to become more positive as their knowledge of the program increases and as
products are verified and reported upon. The vendor community has readily accepted ETV
concepts for use with coating equipment, but not for coatings. Five equipment verifications
have been completed and many more are in the pipeline. ITW Industrial Finishing,
Binks'DeVilbiss, and ITW Automotive have used the verification results for their three
HVLP paint spray guns as the centerpiece of their marketing campaign for 2001. Laser
Touch and Technology, LLC, has seen a tremendous increase of sales since releasing their
laser-guided paint spray gun targeting device, the Laser Touch™, and completing
verification testing. All the equipment vendors have reported to found value in EPA's
issuance of the Verification Statement. On the other hand, industry has been much less
excited about verifying innovative coatings. The powder and UV-eurable coatings
segments of the industry rejected our initial approach and some negative press was
generated.9 These vendors generally believe that their research reputation and success
penetrating the market provide the credibility that they need to continue gaining market
shares. They question what ETV CCEP can verify that would provide them with a market
advantage. They are also concerned that coating formulations are fine-tuned for each
customer and that the coatings available in the marketplace change too quickly for
verification testing to be of value. In order to overcome industry apprehension, we have
been challenged to provide a stronger rationale for their participation. Our stakeholders
have substantially helped to market the program and overcome our challenges. Upon seeing
positive results for coating equipment and receiving feedback from ETV CCEP's
stakeholders, at least one of our early critics has had a change of heart, generating favorable
press for ETV CCEP.10 As the end of the pilot period approached, ETV CCEP personnel
were working on the development of the TQAPP for the first liquid coating, Evermore
Paints and Coatings Formula 5 Coating. The Formula 5 coating is a high-performance,
water-reducible, architectural and industrial coating that is low in VOC and HAP content. It
is a polyamide-epoxy-silicone-modified coating that can be air-dried or oven-cured.
THE ETV CCEP
Program Status and Recent Achievements
News of the coating equipment verification successes and the planned liquid coating
verification testing began to permeate throughout industry circles and the ETV CCEP
experienced a surge of interest. In addition to the Evermore verification testing, several
other liquid coatings are slated for testing. Recently, ultraviolet (UV)-curable coating
vendors have begun to express their interest, and plans are currently being developed to test
our first UV-curable coating soon.
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On the heels of the ETV upgrade to program status in October 2000, the ETV CCEP
approved the TQAPP for the Evermore Formula 5 Coating. ETV CCEP completed the
Evermore verification testing and received final laboratory results in October 2001 and
submitted the Verification Report to EPA December 2001 for approval. In addition, a
TQAPP has been completed and is awaiting vendor approval for another application
equipment technology.
The Airmix® paint spray gun is manufactured by Kremlin, Inc. Airmix® uses a patented
air cap with a unique fluid tip design that produces fine atomization of coatings in a very
uniform spray pattern at extremely low paint velocities and is expected to result in high
transfer efficiency (TE). Kremlin has signed a contractual agreement with CTC to complete
the verification testing of their Airmix System. Once all parties have signed the Airmix
TQAPP, the verification testing will be scheduled. Testing is estimated to begin in the
summer of 2002.
The ETV CCEP has developed its first TQAPP for a process technology, the Superior
Coatings, Inc.'s Ultraviolet Response (UVR) Coating System. Because of the inherent
differences and uniqueness of process technologies, the ETV CCEP must initially develop
a TQAPP for each individual verification test. The UVR Coating System is expected to
assist both manual and automatic coating applications with obtaining a uniform film
thickness across the surface being coated and to aid these application processes in the more
efficient use of the coatings being applied. Utilizing the properties of UV light and energy,
the UVR Coating System was designed to aid in the reduction of VOC and HAP emissions
by helping to meet the targeted dry film thickness and minimizing the dry film thickness
variation across the coated surface. Dry film thickness and its variability impact the volume
of topcoat materials used for the application. The closer and more consistently the painter
can achieve the desired dry film thickness without having too thin a coating layer, the less
paint will be used. Using less paint equates to fewer air emissions.
The ETV CCEP has completed the draft UVR TQAPP and is awaiting information from
the vendor for completion of the final version. One of the intrinsic obstacles of the TQAPP
development process is the coordination with the technology vendor. Companies
voluntarily join the program and most often do so in an effort to increase their penetration
into the marketplace. And while interest and enthusiasm for the verification testing can be
at the highest level, normal daily operations can hinder the timeliness of the TQAPP review
and comment process.
Anest Iwata USA, Inc. has proposed two application equipment technologies to be tested
by the ETV CCEP. Both are high-transfer-efficiency gravity-feed spray guns intended for
the automobile refinishing industry. One has the gravity cup mounted in the standard
center-post position; the other is a compact model that has the gravity cup mounted on the
side. One of the two TQAPPs has been completed and the draft has been sent to Anest
Iwata for comments.
Works In-Progress
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
NRMRL-RTP-P-671 (Please read Instructions on the reverse before completin
1. REPORT NO. 2.
EPA/600/A-02/084
3. R
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
The ETV P2 Innovative Coatings and Coating Equipment
Program—An Update
5. REPORT DATE
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
7. AUTHORS)
Julie A. Napotnik (CTC) and Michael Kosusko (EPA)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO.
9, PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME ANO ADDRESS
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Manufacturing Technology Facility
100 CTC Drive
Johnstown, PA 15904
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
DW21938366
12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS
EPA, Office of Research and Development
Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED
Published Daper: 11/96 - 3/02
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EPA/600/13
is. supplementary notes ^ppQ) project officer is Michael Kosusko, Mail Drop E343-02, 919/
541-2734. For A&WMA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 6/23-27/02.
16. abstract papgj- focuses on the Pollution Prevention (P2), Recycling, and Waste
Treatment Systems Center of the EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)
Program, and specifically the P2 Innovating Coatings and Coating Equipment Program
(CCEP) housed within the Center. The focus is on the history of the CCEP; steps of the
verification process; completed verifications, success stories, and lessons learned;
works in progress; and future works and goals. To help facilitate market penetration
and use of innovating environmentally beneficial technologies, EPA initiated the ETV
program in 1995. The Program is a voluntary project designed to provide companies the
opportunity to obtain independent third-party testing of their products. Each verifi-
cation test is unique and specially designed for each technology area, but has the
common overall goal of providing technology users with credible performance and envi-
ronmental advantage data for a technology. As the end result of verification testing,
the vendor is presented with a Verification Report ana a Verification Statement. Rep-
resentatives of EPA and its partner organization sign each Verification Statement,
thereby attesting to the credibility of the data.
17. KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
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b.IDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS
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Pollution Quality Assurance
Wastes
Waste Treatment
Coatings
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Tests
Circulation
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Stationary Sources
Recycling
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Another three TQAPPs are currently in development, including a UV-curable coating, a
chromate-free conversion coating, and a powder coating technology. Allied
Photochemical has developed KZ 1007, a one-part urethane coating which is capable of
direct application to the substrate. It is 100% UV-curable with no heat required for curing.
The coating emits virtually no VOCs 01* HAPs since, in theory, the entire liquid coating
package becomes part of the cured coating film. KZ 1007 can be applied by vacuum, roll,
or spray coating. Allied Photochemical has committed to working with ETV CCEP on a
test plan for verification testing.11 The TQAPP is under development, and testing is
expected to begin in late summer of this year.
The Technology Applications Group has developed Tagnite®, a chromate- and
permanganate-free anodic conversion coating for magnesium alloys. Traditional anodic
coatings use chromate or permanganate in either the coating itself or one of the associated
pretreatment coatings.12'13 Both chromate and permanganate are toxic compounds. Aside
from the mandatory verification factors for liquid coatings, the main environmental
verification factors for Tagnite® will be the avoidance of chromium or permanganate in
waste streams and the reduction of liquid waste volume: Technology Applications Group
has committed to working with ETV CCEP on a test plan for verification testing.14 The
TQAPP is nearing completion, and testing is expected to begin in late summer of this year.
The third TQAPP currently in development is for the MSC Powder Cloud™. MSC
PreFinish Metals, Inc. has developed the Powder Cloud™ technology, a coil coating
process that anticipates high powder coating deposition efficiency, a high degree of dry
film thickness control, and reduced amounts of coating waste. MSC PreFinish Metals has
installed the Powder Cloud™ technology on its production line in Middletown, OH. The
company hopes to license the technology to other coil coating facilities. Line speeds
comparable to those with liquid coatings are anticipated with powder film thicknesses of
0.4 to 5.0 mils.15 MSC PreFinish Metals is currently working with ETV CCEP on a test
plan for verification testing.
Future Works and Goals
LuminOre®, Inc. presented their patented composite metals that are cold-spray able and can
be applied using standard HVLP application equipment at the most recent ETV CCEP
Stakeholder meeting in October 2001. LuminOre® is interested in expanding their market
base for their copper composite metal for marine applications. The material has a class A
and class 1 fire rating, low-VOC content, anti-corrosive properties, potential anti-fouling
properties, extremely low leach rate, large impact resistance, and significant adhesion
ability. LuminOre® has committed to working with the ETV CCEP in development of a
test plan for their product.16
The ETV CCEP is in communication with several other companies who are looking into
the opportunities offered through this program, including a paint line cleaning system and
an innovative car wax formula.
CONCLUSIONS
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One of the unique characteristics of the ETV CCEP, as opposed to some of the other
technology areas, is that the coating/painting industry is incorporated within numerous
other industries. Parts ranging from military vehicles and ammunition, outdoor furniture,
commercial automobile parts, household appliances, computers, cell phones, etc. that can
be composed of metal, plastic, or composite materials, are all coated with protective and/or
decorative coatings. Moreover, not only are the performance requirements different from
industry to industry, but so are the environmental laws and regulations. In addition,
because of the nature of the program to evaluate and verify the performance of a
technology and because of limitations of testing time and funds, a coating technology must
be tested for application in only one industry sector. For example, a liquid coating may be
applicable for both indoor architectural applications and for automobile applications;
however, time and materials often limit the development of the TQAPP to only one or the
other industry's specifications and regulations. In addition, because of the numerous
variables encountered when working with coatings and application equipment, the results
of the verification testing are specific and relevant to those conditions and equipment
settings called out in the product-specific test plan. All of these issues require that the
highest level of detail be included in each TQAPP.
In conclusion, the largest obstacle the ETV CCEP still has to overcome is the time required
to achieve such a level of detail. However, because the ETV CCEP must work in
conjunction with vendors during the development of the TQAPPs, this obstacle will most
likely be here to stay. The ETV CCEP has streamlined some of the steps to obtain
commitment to verification testing, such as the cost and schedule development. Overall,
the ETV CCEP continues to gain recognition with industry and customer groups and
vendor interest in the program continues to remain steady.
This paper has presented the key concepts used by the ETV Program since its inception in
1995 and throughout the Program's pilot period that ended on September 30, 2000. It has
reviewed the scope of ETV's Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot and how that pilot has
applied the verification process. Finally, verification tests completed by ETV CCEP have
been reviewed, and future testing has been summarized. Additional information about the
ETV Program and ETV CCEP can be found on the ETV website.7,17 On the site, can be
found information about future ETV CCEP activities and stakeholder meetings.18 Feel free
to attend these meetings; they are always open to public.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank those in the ETV Program and ETV CCEP for developing
excellent written materials for the ETV website, the ETV and ETV CCEP fact sheets, and
other program documents. They are certain to recognize bits and pieces of their efforts in
this paper.
In addition, special thanks to the stakeholders of ETV CCEP without whose efforts,
persistence, and efforts the pilot could not have been the success it has become.
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DISCLAIMER
This paper has been peer and QA reviewed by the U.S. EPA and CTC and approved for
publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute
endorsement or recommendation for use.
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14.	Elmquist, B., Technology Applications Group, Inc. Letter to Brian Schweitzer,
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, February 3, 2000. Grand Forks, ND
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September 2000, 50-53.
16.	Monce, J., LuminOre, Inc. Letter to Julie Napotnik, Concurrent Technologies
Corporation, January 2, 2002. Vista, CA.
17.	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Technology Verification
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KEY WORDS
Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV)
Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot (CCEP)
Generic Protocol
Testing and Quality Assurance Project Plan (TQAPP)
Verification Report
Verification Statement
Coating application equipment
National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE)
Volatile organic compound (VOC)
Hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
High-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) paint spray gun
Paint transfer efficiency
Stakeholder Group
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