CANDIDATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES AND NOMINATIONS FOR PILOT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS EPA has awarded a cooperative agreement (CR826152) to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) for an Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Pilot Program in Air Pollution Control Technologies (APCT). This program is being designed to verify the environmental performance characteristics of commercially ready 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 what they are buying and permitting. RTI is designing a verification strategy to include developing test protocols with quality assurance provisions, performing verification testing, and issuing verification statements. Manufacturers and vendors of APCT are invited to identify candidate technologies for verification testing. EPA financial assistance through RTI" is currently available for testing. RTI intends to establish a Stakeholders Advisory Committee (SAC) to assist in selecting and prioritizing APCT for verificationtesting. The SAC will include representatives from teh following groups: EPA, States, Associations representing the regulated community, Associations representing the manufacturers and vendors of APCT, environmental groups, and other interested organizations and/or representatives. In addition to the SAC, RTI intends to select Stakeholder Groups (SGs) for the various technology areas selected for testing. The SAC will have more of an overview role in helping in the selection and prioritization of APCT to be tested. The SCs for the individual technologies will assist with the review and approval of test protocols and provide advice with respect to the specific test programs. Nominations for (1) representatives to the SAC; (2) candidate technologies for testing; and (3) representatives to the SGs for the individual candidate technologties should be forwarded in writing to Mr. Jack R. Farmer, P.O. Boxl 12194, Research Triangle Insititute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, so as to be received no later than 11/14/97. Inquiries or questions may be directed to Mr. Farmer via email at jrf@rti.org, via FAX at 919-541-6936m or telephone at 919-541-6909. This is not a request for proposal. WEB: http: www.epa.gov docs crb,. E-MAIL: mhuneycutt@epamail.epa.gov, tbrna@epamail.epa.gov.

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