FIRST AIR VENDOR MEETING FIRST AIR VENDOR MEETING FOR EPA ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION'S ADVANCED MONITORING SYSTEMS PILOT The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Evironmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina 27711, and Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, are partners in an Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot for Advanced Monitoring Systems (AMS). The goal of ETV is to verify the performance characteristics of commercially ready environmental technologies so potential purchasers and permitters are provided with an independent and credible assessment of the technology they are buying or permitting. The AMS pilot is focused on verifying air, water, and soil monitoring technologies. The AMS pilot's first vendor meeting will be held August 24, 1998, at Battelle's facilities in Columbus, Ohio, for vendors with portable systems for monitoring nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide (NO/NO 2)emissions from small sources. The purpose of this vendor meeting is to give technology vendors the opportunity to suggest parameters for verification testing of portable NO/NO 2 analyzers and to plan the test schedule. For more information about the AMS pilot and vendor opportunities for technology verification, contact Helen Latham at Battelle, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, phone 614-424-4062, fax 614-424-5601, or email Lathamh@battelle.org. More information about EPA's ETV program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/etv. Information about the AMS pilot is at http://www.epa.gov/etv/07/07. WEB: AMS Pilot, http://www.epa.gov/etv.html. E-MAIL: project manager, Office of Research & Development, fuerst.robert@epamail.epa.gov. Posted 08/19/98 (W-SN239062).

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