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A -- CONTINOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING SYSTEM (CEMS) FOR DIOXIN/FURAN SOL A68112 DUE 052798 POC Charles E. Ries, Sr. Subcontract Administrator,406-494-7188 This is a Request for information to determine the availability of or the possibility of developing an analytical system to measure polychlorinated dibenzo dioxin and polychlorinated dienzo furan congeners (dioxin/furan) in real (or near real) time in stack gases to meet the environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard. Under the new MACT rule, existing DOE incineration facilities will be required to submit a notification of intent to comply (NIC) to the EPA by the end of calendar year 1999. After EPA acceptance of the NIC, the incineration facilities must have operational continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) in place by the end of the calendar year 2001. The proposed limit for dioxin/furan emissions, under the MACT rule is 0.2ng TEQ/dscm. MSE Technology Applications, Inc. acting under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is interested in obtaining information for application of such a CEMS system at DOE's incinerator facilities. The intent is to investigate and test the applicability of the proposed systems as a process control device as well as a commpliance tool. Respondents will be idenified as candidate systems for future testing. Responses to this announcement should include a complete description of the proposed system(s) including; 1) specifications, sample preparation requirements, injection system, sample analysis time, precision, accuracy, temperature range, power requirements, calibration procedures, reliability, maintenance requirements, and column characteristics, 2) the ability of the system to detect and resolve multiple dioxin/furan congeners, 3) claimed or estimated detection limits associated with each congener, 4) a description of previous tests performed using the proposed system to detect dioxin/furan 5) a list of representative projects and clients with emphasis on any clients utilizing the equipment for dioxin/furan detection, 6) descriptions of future development plans for dioxin/furan detection and quantitation, and 7) the availability of a testing facility that could be utilized the future testing involving dioxin/forans. Interested parties may obtain a system specification from Helen Joyce, Process/Quality Control Engineer at MSE-Technology Applications, Inc., 406-494-7232. Interested parties should respond to this Request for Information by May 27, 1998. (0133)

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