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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION PROGRAM FOR MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION
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Impact/Purpose:
The objective of this task is to increase the acceptance and use of site characterization and monitoring technologies by providing verified performance data and reports on the performance of environmental monitoring and site characterization technologies.
Description:
The Environmental Technology Verification Program is a service of the Environmental Protection Agency designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of improved environmental technology through third party verification and reporting of performance. The goal of ETV is to verify the performance characteristics of commercial-ready environmental technologies through the evaluation of objective and quality-assured data so that potential purchasers and permitters are provided with an independent and credible assessment of the technology that they are buying or permitting. ETV is intended to expand the environmental technology choices of public and private decision makers, both in the U.S. and abroad. The Advanced Monitoring Technology Center with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories which serve as verification organizations. Verification organizations oversee and report verification activities based on testing and quality assurance protocols developed with input from major stakeholder/customer groups associated with the technology area.
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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION, CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS,Related Records:
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, EXPLOSIVES DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, BARRINGER INSTRUMENTS, GC-IONSCAN
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, EXPLOSIVES DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL INC., FAST 2000
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES, SIBAK INDUSTRIES LTD. INC., KABIS SAMPLER MODELS I AND II
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SOFTWARE, C TECH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ENVIRONMENTAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM PRO (EVS-PRO)
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PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION OF FIELD ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN ASSIST IN SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, LEAD IN DUST WIPE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, NITON LLC, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM ANALYZER, XLT-700
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES, GEOPROBE INC, MECHANICAL BLADDER PUMP MODEL MP470
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES, GEOPROBE INC., PNEUMATIC BLADDER PUMP GW 1400 SERIES
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MEETING DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES WITH INTERVAL INFORMATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - LEAD IN DUST WIPE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, NITON CORPORATION, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM ANALYSER, XL-300 SERIES
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - LEAD IN DUST WIPE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, KEYMASTER TECHNOLOGIES, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE INSTRUMENT PB-TEST
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - LEAD IN DUST WIPE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, PALINTEST, SCANNING ANALYZER , SA-5000 SYSTEM
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - LEAD IN DUST WIPE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, NITON CORPORATION, X-RAY FLURESCENCE SPECTRUM ANALYZER, XL-700
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES - QED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS INC. WELL WIZARD DEDICATED SAMPLING SYSTEM
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT, SAMPLEASE BLADDER PUMP
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT; GROUNDWATER SAMPLING TECHNOLOGIES; W.L. GORE AND ASSOCIATES, INC., GORE-SORBER WATER QUALITY MONITORING
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Project Information:
Progress :The Advanced Monitoring Systems Center (formerly the Site Characterization and Monitoring Technology Pilot) has been operational since FY95. Fifty-nine (59) Environmental Technology Verification Reports have been produced and are listed in TIMS.In FY02, ETV reports were completed on explosives detection technologies tested in FY01. The reports produced as a result of the demonstration provide in-depth, detailed, evaluations of the abilities of the technologies to properly identify the presence and quantity of explosives in the soil and water. These reports provide Regional and State regulatory personnel with an independent assessment of the detection technologies.
In FY02, an ETV demonstration and associated reports were completed on lead in dust detection technologies. The reports produced as a result of the demonstration provide in-depth, detailed, evaluations of the abilities of the technologies to properly identify the presence and quantity of lead in dust. These reports provide Regional and State regulatory personnel with an independent assessment of the detection technologies.
In FY02, planning was started on two additional verification tests. The two tests, lead-in-dust detection technologies (3 new developers) and ground water sampling devices, will be in the field in early FY03. The verification test plans have been prepared and have undergone developer and EPA review.
See TIMS report below.
Relevance :During the environmental problem-solving process, decision makers and the public are preoccupied with assessing and managing the risks associated with the introduction, control, or migration of contaminants in the environment. Preventing pollution requires us to know what contaminants pose a threat and how to measure, control, or eliminate them. To clean up a contaminated site requires, at a minimum, an understanding of the nature and extent of contamination and the expected or desired land use to select the appropriate remedy. Clearly technology plays a pivotal role in our pursuit of a healthier and cleaner environment. We must have confidence that the technologies used to measure, control, and remediate contamination do so without compromise. Technology users and the public want assurances that a technology will perform as advertised. Typically State and Federal governments are looked to for providing some type of "regulatory acceptance" of the technologies that are being used in pursuit of environmental protection. The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program has been created to satisfy this need.
ETV is striving for recognition and acceptance of environmental technologies by all those with a vested interest, regulators, the regulated community, technology users (e.g., consulting engineering firms and analytical laboratories), and technology developers. Each of these groups has information needs concerning environmental technologies.
Regulators need:
- Performance information generated using the technology under real conditions
- Somebody they trust telling them that it's okay to try it
- Assurance that the technology works as advertised
- Some way to minimize the risk in trying something "unconventional"
Technology users need:
- Acceptance and/or recognition by regulators
- Confidence that the technology really works
- An indication that the technology can provide a low(er) cost solution for solving an environmental problem
Technology developers primarily need a market that depends on:
- Acceptance and/or recognition by regulators
- Timely information dissemination
- Low-cost testing
- A return on their investment spent in testing. There must be a value-added!
The activities and products are communicated within and outside the Agency in the following ways:
- Reports
- Fact sheets
- Training courses
- Stakeholder involvement
- States
- Regions
- Industry
- Headquarters Directives
- On-line data bases (ReachIT, FATE)
- Technology application case studies
- Maintaining a Web presence (www.epa.gov/etv)
- ETVoice (listserver)
- TechDirect (listserver)
- Clean-up Information (clu-in.com)
- Internet seminars
- Participation in conferences
- Exhibits
- Panel/Platform presentations
Clients : State and Federal regulatory staff and technology developers
Project IDs:
ID Code :5539Project type :OMIS