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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
Citation:
Farmer, J. R. AND J. M. Elion. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/R-06/011, 2003.
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Description:
The report describes the activities and progress of the pilot Air Pollution Control Technologies (APCT) portion of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program during the period from 09/15/97 to 09/15/02. The objective of the ETV Program is to verify the performance of promising, commercially ready environmental technologies by testing them using independent laboratories, thereby obtaining objective, quality-assured data and providing potential purchasers and permitters with an independent, credible assessment. Candidate technologies were ranked based on the importance of the relevant air pollutant, the commercial availability of the technology and whether or not there are multiple vendors, available test methods, and interest by vendors and developers. Technology areas under the purview of APCT were paint overspray arrestors, baghouse filtration products, add-on nitrogen oxide (NOX ) controls for stationary combustion sources, pollution control for wood products manufacture, NOX and particulate matter control systems for mobile sources, dust suppressants for unpaved roads, and volatile organic compounds control systems. Over the 5-year duration of the APCT Pilot Program, 7 protocols, 6 test plans, and 35 verification reports were produced. These documents can be found on the EPA and RTI ETV Web sites http://www.epa.gov/etv/ and http://etv.rti.org/apct/, respectively.