Grantee Research Project Results
Environmental Technology Initiative '95
EPA Grant Number: R824750Title: Environmental Technology Initiative '95
Investigators: Bair, Jonathan M.
Institution: Maryland Center for Environmental Training , College of Southern Maryland
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1997
Project Amount: $119,824
RFA: Incentives and Impediments to Pollution Prevention (1995) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Sustainable and Healthy Communities , Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Description:
This technology diffusion project is directed to small and medium-sized businesses and industrial enterprises, which have been found to need extensive information resources, training, and technical assistance if they are to successfully implement the many pollution prevention technologies already at work in larger industries. The project provides pollution prevention technical literature, training, and on-site technical assistance to businesses in Maryland's key waste operating sectors. Under this ETI grant, the Maryland Center for Environmental Training (MCET) offers non-regulatory and confidential pollution prevention technical assistance. MCET also offers pollution prevention training and technical resources for Maryland's businesses and environmental professionals. MCET is working in partnership with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to automate MDE's inspection reporting process, allowing inspectors to identify pollution prevention opportunities and to provide referrals to MCET for pollution prevention assistance. The partnerships which are being built among the regulatory agency, businesses, assistance providers, and others are expected to improve the application of pollution prevention activities and technologies.Supplemental Keywords:
Scientific Discipline, Geographic Area, Sustainable Industry/Business, cleaner production/pollution prevention, State, Economics, cleaner production, environmentally conscious manufacturing, small business, waste minimization, pollution prevention technology diffusion partnership, industrial process, source reduction policies, Maryland Center for Environmental Training, Maryland (MD), inspection reporting process, technical assistance, incentives and impediments, Environmental Technology Initiative, pollution preventionProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.