Environmental Control Technologies

Environmental Technology Development
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Environmental Technology Development

Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) -- Partnership of research institutions, resource managers, and private sector companies dedicated to fostering the development and adoption of effective and reliable sensors and platforms.

Ames Laboratory Environmental & Protection Sciences Program -- Part of U.S. Department of Energy's initiative to clean up hazardous waste and respond to remediation problems that need faster, safer, better, or cheaper technological solutions. Included is information about those technologies, the scientists, and efforts to move these technologies into the marketplace.

The Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center -- The Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center is a cooperative effort to provide technical support to federal, state, local, and tribal officials for questions related to the use of innovative technologies and strategies for site assessment and cleanup.

California Air Resources Board, Innovative Clean Air Technologies Program (ICAT) -- ICAT is an Air Resources Board program that co-funds the demonstration of innovative technologies that can reduce air pollution. Its purpose is to advance such technologies toward commercial application, thereby reducing emissions and helping the economy of California.

Centers for Renewable Energy and Biomass Utilization -- Centers for Renewable Energy and Biomass Utilization is a designated Center of Excellence located at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) on the University of North Dakota (UND) campus. The Centers conduct critical research, development, demonstration, and commercial deployment of technologies utilizing biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro-electric energy sources. The Centers also aid in the development of technologies focused on energy efficiency.

Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) -- The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) is a leader in transforming the best available science into practical, innovative tools that coastal managers need to address their priority challenges. Working with colleagues nationwide, CICEET develops and demonstrates the most relevant technologies and methods, and helps people use these tools to promote clean water and healthy coastal environments nationwide.

CRADA International Inc. Gateway to Technology Deployment -- Part of mission is to evaluate and promote the transfer of new and innovative technologies to the private sector and to assist economic and industrial development regionally and nationally.

Ecolinks (Eurasian-American Partnership for Environmentally Sustainable Economies) -- EcoLink's Technology Transfer program works to enhance the flow of environmental trade and investment by fostering business links and partnerships between U.S. environmental goods and service providers and businesses and municipalities in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States.

Energy Solutions Center (ESC) -- Non-profit organization of energy utilities and equipment manufacturers that promotes energy efficient natural gas solutions and systems for use by residential, commercial, and industrial energy users. The Center creates educational and marketing materials, case studies, training manuals, decision analysis software, and other tools and resources designed to enhance the success of those utility customer service professionals responsible for enhancing customer productivity, efficiency, reliability, and comfort.

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) -- The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is a Department of Defense (DoD) program that promotes innovative, cost-effective environmental technologies through demonstration and validation at DoD sites.

Environmental Technology Industry Cluster -- The Environmental Technology Industry Cluster (ETIC) is a membership-driven organization that represents the full breadth of renewable energy and environmental technologies including carbon management, distributed power generation, environmental law, pollution control, resource recovery, and waste management.

European Commission, Environmental Technology Action Plan -- Eco-friendly technologies are good for business, reduce pressure on the environment and can create new jobs. The European Commission invites all stakeholders and the public to discover and share promising opportunities to make eco-innovation an everyday reality throughout Europe.

European Committee of Environmental Technology Suppliers Associations -- EUCETSA currently represents ten trade associations of environmental technology equipment suppliers, in the area of air, water, soil, and waste technologies. EUCETSA is rapidly expanding. Discussions are currently ongoing for participation of organizations from Poland, France, Norway, Greece, and Estonia, bringing the total amount of represented environmental technology companies well over 1,500 companies.

Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) -- Promotes the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development through programs that emphasize technology innovation, information exchange, environmental management, and sustainability.

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center -- The Greenhouse Gas Technology Center is an Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Organization sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other public and private institutions. The GHG Center locates promising GHG mitigation and monitoring technologies, subjects them to independent third-party performance testing, and provides performance results to the public free of charge.

Green Pages -- The Green Pages Directory for Environmental Technology is an online information resource that lists international businesses and organizations that supply products and services that can remedy environmental problems, e.g., any aspect of water treatment, air pollution, waste handling and recycling, and renewable energy. This free and self-supporting service connects consumers with 7,000 suppliers from around 150 countries, presenting a forum to explore clean and sustainable technologies, to share knowledge and experience, and exchange best environmental practices.

Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center -- Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center based at the Houston Advanced Research Center in The Woodlands, Texas. It was created with funding from the U.S. DOE to promote clean energy technology through the use of combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery (WHR), and district energy (DE) in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The Center educates prospective adopters of clean energy, fosters clean energy technologies as viable technical and economic options in the three-state region, and leverages existing and potential regional resources.

Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) -- ITRC is a state-led coalition working together with industry and stakeholders to achieve regulatory acceptance of environmental technologies. ITRC consists of 50 states, the District of Columbia, multiple federal partners, industry participants, and other stakeholders, cooperating to break down barriers and reduce compliance costs, making it easier to use new technologies, and helping states maximize resources. ITRC brings together a diverse mix of environmental experts and stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to broaden and deepen technical knowledge and streamline the regulation of new environmental technologies.

Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center -- Center to help organizations locate, design, and implement economically viable distributed energy projects that make appropriate use of their recoverable waste heat. The Center is based at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and was created with funding from the U.S. DOE to promote the use of CHP in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The objectives of the Center are to reduce the perceived risk of CHP to users, foster CHP as a viable technical and economic option for the participating region, and to capitalize on existing regional CHP resources.

Midwest Clean Energy Application Center -- MAC established in March 2001 for the U.S. DOE at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Energy Resources Center (ERC). The mission of the MAC is to develop technology application knowledge and the educational infrastructure necessary to foster CHP as viable technical and financial energy/environmental option in the Midwest and reduce any perceived risks associated with its implementation.

National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) -- NETL, part of U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system, is owned and operated by the U.S. DOE. NETL implements a broad spectrum of energy and environmental research and development (R&D) programs that will return benefits for generations to come. NETL has expertise in coal, natural gas, and oil technologies, contract and project management, analysis of energy systems, and international energy issues. Technology areas include oil and natural gas supply, coal and power systems, carbon sequestration, hydrogen and clean fuels, and technology transfer. The Technologies area encompasses Oil & Natural Gas Supply, Coal & Power Systems, Industrial Capture & Storage, Carbon Sequestration, and Hydrogen & Clean Fuels.

National Institute for the Commercialization of Clean Energy -- NICCE is a clean and renewable energy commercialization company focused on providing specialized business incubation and support services to developing clean energy companies and the incubators that house them. We connect local communities with entrepreneurs to create green collar jobs around the country.

National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) (Robert C. Byrd) -- Full-service technology-management center, providing access to federal technology information, knowledge management and digital learning services, technology assessment, technology marketing, assistance in finding strategic partners, and electronic-business development services.

NEDO – New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization -- NEDO is Japan's largest public R&D management organization for promoting the development of advanced industrial, environmental, new energy and energy conservation technologies.

New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology (NJCAT) -- Private/public partnership that pools the best talents and diverse resources of business and industry, entrepreneurs, university research centers, utilities and government to promote the development and commercialization of exciting, new energy and environmental technologies. NJCAT provides technology innovators with the technical, commercial, and regulatory assistance required bringing promising new ideas to market. In addition to responding to the needs of innovators, NJCAT also identifies demands for new technological systems and seeks out innovators who can meet those demands.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) -- NYSERDA strives to facilitate change through the widespread development and use of innovative technologies to improve the state's energy, economic, and environmental well being.

NIST Advanced Technology Program -- Partnership between government and private industry to accelerate the development of high-risk technologies that promise significant commercial payoffs and widespread benefits for the economy.

Northeast Clean Energy Application Center -- Center established in October 2003 for the U.S. DOE at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) and Pace University (Pace). The Center is a partnership between UMass, Pace, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), MA Division of Energy Resources (DOER), and the Maine State Energy Office (MEPUC). Its mission is to provide application assistance, technology information, and educational support in the sever Northeast states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Northwest Clean Energy Application Center (NW CEAC) -- Center is one of eight regional centers in partnership with the U.S. DOE's Industrial Technologies Program and also partners with the other regional Clean Energy Application Centers. NW CEAC covers the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The headquarters is in Olympia, WA, and is part of the Washington State University (WSU) Extension Energy Program. The Center focuses on the Following technology areas: combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery, anaerobic digestion, and district energy.

Pacific Clean Energy Application Center (PCEAC) -- U.S. DOE Center based at the Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley and at the Advanced Power & Energy Program, University of California at Irvine. It involves close collaboration with the Industrial Assessment Centers at San Diego State University and San Francisco State University. PCEAC was created with funding from the U.S. DOE to promote clean energy technology through the use of combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery (WHR), and district energy (DE) in California, Hawaii, and Nevada. The Center attempts to educate prospective adopters f clean energy, foster clean energy technologies as viable technical and economic options in the three-state region, and to leverage existing and potential regional resources.

Pennsylvania DEP Technology Clearinghouse -- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Technology Clearinghouse providing assistance and information about research, development, funding, implementation, and marketing of innovative technologies.

Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers, Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) - New Technology Development -- EMAP is a no-cost, confidential statewide service for small businesses. EMAP can assist firms in the development and commercialization of new energy and environmental technology.

Remediation Technologies Development Forum (RTDF) -- RTDF was established in 1992 after industry approached the U.S. EPA to identify what they could do together to develop and improve the environmental technologies needed to address their mutual cleanup problems in the safest, most cost-effective manner.

Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center - Small Business Innovative Partnerships Program -- The National Technology Transfer Center’s Small Business Innovative Partnerships (SBIP) Program helps small companies develop research into technologies that fit the needs of NASA’s mission systems and contribute to American quality of life through commercialization.

Southeast Clean Energy Application Center -- Center promotes the development and deployment of integrated systems that provide onsite electrical generation and utilize the heat from the generation equipment to provide cooling and/or heating for the building. The Center serves to identify and promote the use of viable CHP technologies and systems in applications where they can increase energy efficiencies, reduce operating costs, reduce electrical loads on the utility electrical grid in areas where it is taxed, and shave peak load demands from the grid. The Center will serve to bring together manufacturers, utilities, building operators, research and development organizations, industry associations, energy service companies, architects and engineers, and national laboratory personnel to promote onsite and near site power generation, energy recovery, and energy management and utilization for commercial, institutional, multifamily, and community based buildings.

Southern Research - Environment and Energy -- Southern Research has provided environmental research and services to government, industry, and private institutions around the world for over 35 years. This work, much of it groundbreaking in nature, has led to the development of new test methods and instruments, the improvement of process and emission control technologies, solutions to daunting new environmental challenges, and other important contributions to environmental science.

STAR Grants and Cooperative Agreements -- Awards grants to universities and other not-for-profit research institutions to help forge solutions to environmental problems.

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) -- The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in full partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. To address the highest priority issues confronting the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, SERDP focuses on cross-service requirements and pursues high-risk/high-payoff solutions to the Department’s most intractable environmental problems. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies support the long-term sustainability of DoD’s training and testing ranges as well as significantly reduce current and future environmental liabilities.

Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative (TXCHPI) -- Non-profit association of business interests that support clean, energy-efficient, CHP technology applications in industrial, commercial, and institutional settings. TXCHPI champions CHP as the most effective, economical, and environmentally sensible energy option for Texas.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) Program -- The New Technology Research and Development Program provides financial incentives to encourage and support research, development, and commercialization of technologies that reduce pollution in Texas through the issuance of state funded grants. As of September 1, 2009, the TCEQ has resumed administration of the NTRD program.

U.S. AID (Agency for International Development) - Technology Transfer -- The Technology Transfer program supports several complimentary activities that facilitate the transfer of innovative technical solutions to address critical development needs. The programs emphasize a market-driven approach to development. They promote trade linkages and improved environmental management, clean production, and industrial efficiency practices as drivers of economic growth.

U.S. DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office -- The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is the lead government program working to develop and deploy new, energy-efficient technologies for manufacturing.

U.S. DOE, Office of Environmental Management, Technology Innovation and Development -- Technology Innovation and Development employees work in three main offices to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of environmental cleanup projects from planning to disposal to decommissioning: Waste Processing, Groundwater and Soil Cleanup, and Deactivation and Decommissioning and Facility Engineering.

U.S. DOI (Department of the Interior) - Bureau of Reclamation's Technology Transfer Program -- The Bureau of Reclamation offers technology transfer assistance for researchers, partners, grantees, and suppliers to develop and deploy solutions for the Bureau's power and water management, protect government-developed intellectual property and mature innovations into standard Reclamation applications, and work with private partners to help move innovations into the marketplace.

U.S. EPA Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) -- The CATC provides technical support in evaluating air pollution control technology questions for stationary sources.

U.S. EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership (CHP) -- Voluntary program seeking to reduce the environmental impact of power generation by promoting the use of CHP, also known as cogeneration. This is an efficient, clean, and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. The Partnership works closely with energy users, the CHP industry, state and local governments, and other clean energy stakeholders to facilitate the development of new projects and to promote their environmental and economic benefits.

U.S. EPA Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, AP-42, Fifth Edition, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources (Technology Transfer Network--TTN) -- EPA resource that provides emission factors for external combustion sources, solid waste disposal, stationary internal combustion sources, evaporation loss sources, petroleum industry, organic chemical process industry, liquid storage tanks, inorganic chemical industry, food and agricultural industries, wood products industry, mineral products industry, metallurgical industry, miscellaneous sources, and greenhouse gas biogenic sources.

U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Opportunities Portal (ETOP) -- EPA resource that provides links to programs that help fund development of new environmental technologies and offers information on existing environmental technologies.

U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) -- ETV Program that is carried out through cooperative agreements with private testing and evaluation organizations. These verification organizations work with EPA technology experts to create efficient and quality-assured testing procedures that verify the performance of innovative technologies. Similar technologies are grouped into verification areas called centers: Advanced Monitoring Systems Center (environmental monitoring for air; water; and soils, surfaces, and site characterization), Air Pollution Control Technology Center (control of stationary, mobile, and indoor air pollution), Drinking Water Systems Center (drinking water treatment primarily for use in small communities), Greenhouse Gas Technology Center (greenhouse gas monitoring and mitigation), Materials Management and Remediation Center (materials management, recycling, and reuse; remediation of contaminated land and groundwater), and Water Quality Protection Center (protection of groundwater and surface water from contamination).

U.S. EPA Extramural Research: STAR, P3, GRO Grants and Fellowships, & SBIR Programs -- EPA Office of Research and Development center that provides information on grants, fellowships, the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, other assistance, research centers, quality assurance, and research results.

U.S. EPA Homeland Security Research-Technology Testing and Evaluation Program -- Conducts third-party performance evaluations of commercially available homeland security related technologies.

U.S. EPA Office of Research & Development -- EPA program focuses on the advancement of basic peer-reviewed scientific research and the implementation of cost-effective, common sense technology.

U.S. EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program -- EPA program that awards grants for research and development of pollution control technologies to small high-technology firms.

U.S. EPA Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) -- EPA program (no longer active) that encouraged the development and implementation of innovative treatment for hazardous waste site remediation, and monitoring and measurement.

West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation (WVHTC Foundation) -- Based in Fairmont, WV, the WVHTC Foundation is a non-profit organization functioning as an engine of economic change for growing a statewide, regional, and national high-tech business sector.

Technology Selection

California Air Resources Board - Diesel Certifications, Verifications, and Other Links -- The California Air Resources Board certifies certain diesel engines, parts and equipment for sale or use in California and verifies inuse strategies to control emissions from diesel engines. The goal of the Verification Procedures is to ensure real emission reductions, along with an emission control system that is durable and compatible with various engines and applications.

Canadian Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV Canada) -- ETV Canada offers a reliable assessment process for verifying the environmental performance claims associated with projects and programs, as well as technologies and technological processes.

Development of Environmental Superior Technologies for Swine Waste Management -- In the summer and fall of 2000, the Attorney General of North Carolina entered into agreements first with Smithfield Foods and its subsidiaries and then with Premium Standard Farms under which the two companies consented to fund development of environmentally superior waste management technologies for use on North Carolina swine farms owned by the companies.

Environmental Expert.com -- Provides database of environmental equipment and technologies. Users can search products, companies, and technology categories, as well as download brochures, review technical and commercial information, and send information requests to competitor providers.

Evaluation of Emerging Stormwater Treatment Technologies -- Washington State Department of Ecology's Technology Assessment Protocol-Ecology (TAPE) process for vendors, designers, and manufacturers who wish to have their stormwater treatment technologies certified by the Washington State TAPE program. The program evaluates and recommends new treatment technologies for addition to the list of technologies deemed to be all known, available, and reasonable methods of prevention, control, and treatment (AKART) based on testing that is performed under realistic conditions typical of the Pacific Northwest. This testing protocol is designed for short-detention, flow-based best management practices (BMPs) and may not be suitable for all stormwater treatment practices. After considering recommendations from the BER, Ecology can formally certify technologies that meet the performance goals specified in the stormwater management manuals.

Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) -- FRTR works to build collaborations among federal agencies involved in hazardous waste site cleanup.

Massachusetts Stormwater Technology Evaluation Project (MASTEP) -- The Massachusetts Stormwater Technology Evaluation Project (MASTEP) has created this web site to host a source of verified technical information on stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) to provide information on innovative technologies to BMP users.

Mining Waste Treatment Technology Selection -- This web-based Mining Waste Technology Selection site assists project managers in selecting an applicable technology, or suite of technologies, which can be used to remediate mine waste-contaminated sites. The site consists of decision trees, overviews of applicable technologies, case studies where these technologies have been implemented, and regulatory challenges. The decision trees, through a series of questions, guide users to a set of treatment technologies that may be applicable to that particular site situation. Each technology is described, along with a summary of the applicability, advantages, limitations, performance, stakeholder and regulatory considerations, and lessons learned. The technology overviews include information to help project managers decide how well the technology may fit their particular site and remedial/reclamation goals.

National Association of Home Builders Technology Inventory -- The Technology Inventory lists over 160 housing technologies - from advanced framing techniques to white LED lighting - that demonstrate great potential for improving housing performance, but are not widely used or accepted.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Technology Solutions -- The Technological Solutions program at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change tracks and analyzes low-carbon technology solutions in all major solutions, including emerging technologies with high promise, and develops mechanisms for promoting innovative technology-based approaches to addressing climate change. Through its research, publications, web-based information, and workshops, the program covers low-carbon technologies in every economic sector, including the transportation, electricity, and buildings sectors.

State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners -- The State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners was established in 1998, with support from the U.S. EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. The Coalition's primary objectives are to provide a forum for the exchange of information and the discussion of implementation issues related to established state drycleaner programs; share information and lessons learned with states without drycleaner-specific programs; and encourage the use of innovative technologies in drycleaner remediation.

Technology Acceptance and Reciprocity Partnership -- Information on the performance of new technologies is critical to state environmental protection efforts. Regulatory standards and permits often rely on technology performance data. Unfortunately, few, if any, standardized methods have been established to guide the collection and evaluation of technology performance across the states. While states look to new environmental technologies as cost-effective opportunities to achieve better environmental performance, reliable performance information is hard to find. As a result, new technologies often face unnecessary and financially burdensome regulatory and permit hurdles that slow down or prevent their use. That is why TARP - The Technology Acceptance and Reciprocity Partnership - was formed by the states of California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Triad Resource Center -- The Triad is an innovative approach to decision-making for hazardous waste site characterization and remediation. The Triad approach proactively exploits new characterization and treatment tools, using work strategies developed by innovative and successful site professionals. The Triad Resource Center provides the information hazardous waste site managers and cleanup practitioners need to implement the Triad effectively.

U.S. EPA Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) -- Serves as a resource on all areas of emerging and existing air pollution prevention and control technologies, and provides public access to data and information on their use, effectiveness and cost. Provides technical support related to the technical and economic feasibility, operation and maintenance of these technologies.

U.S. EPA Clean Up Technologies -- The Technology Innovation Program's web site provides information about characterization and treatment technologies for the hazardous waste remediation community. It offers technology selection tools and describes programs, organizations, publications for federal and state personnel, consulting engineers, technology developers and vendors, remediation contractors, researchers, community groups, and individual citizens.

U.S. EPA Contaminated Site Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) -- EPA's Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) web site provides information about innovative treatment and site characterization technologies to the hazardous waste remediation community. It describes programs, organizations, publications, and other tools for federal and state personnel, consulting engineers, technology developers and vendors, remediation contractors, researchers, community groups, and individual citizens. The site was developed by EPA but is intended as a forum for all waste remediation stakeholders.

U.S. EPA Environmental and Sustainable Technology Evaluations (ESTE) -- The ESTE projects respond directly to EPA's need for credible performance information on technologies that can address high-risk environmental problems. ESTE maintains the quality assurance, stakeholder involvement, and cost-sharing that are fundamental operating principles of ETV.

U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Opportunities Portal (ETOP) -- ETOP is a U.S. EPA resource that provides links to programs that help fund development of new environmental technologies and offers information on existing environmental technologies. This is the specific link for technology users looking for information on existing environmental technologies.

U.S. EPA Quality System for Environmental Data and Technology --U.S. EPA's Quality System is used to manage the quality of its environmental data collection, generation, and use. The primary goal of the Quality System is to ensure that our environmental data are of sufficient quantity and quality to support the data's intended use. Under this system, U.S. EPA organizations develop and implement supporting quality systems. Similar specifications may also apply to contractors, grantees, and other recipients of financial assistance from U.S. EPA.

Technology Profiles

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) and Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) - Tools and Training

Environmental Technology Verification Report - Paint Overspray Arrestor, Farr Company, Riga-Flo 200 (March 2000)

Evaluating Stormwater Technology Performance - Module I: Guidance for the Technology Acceptance Reciprocity Partnership (TARP) Stormwater Protocol: Stormwater Best Management Practice Demonstrations -- TARP Stormwater Work Group Internet-based training course covering how to use the Protocol to identify gaps and inconsistencies in a test plan for evaluation of a stormwater technology; understand differences in state requirements; to recognize data deficiencies; develop, implement, and review a test plan; and understand, evaluate, and implement statistical methods.

Evaluating Stormwater Technology Performance - Module II: Training in Support of the TARP Stormwater Protocol: Stormwater Best Management Practice Demonstrations -- This module covers collecting and analyzing stormwater BMP data, statistical analyses, sampling design, and a case study of data adequacy.

Green Progress -- Green Progress provides the latest green technology and environmental science news and resources. We're interested in the ways people are developing and using technology to create a more sustainable world.

Mining Waste Technology Selection - Case Studies -- The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Mining Waste Team is collecting case studies of tests and full scale operation of technologies used to treat contaminants of concern in mining-related material. We hope to obtain, at a minimum, a description of the technology, a brief background of the site, and a way to contact someone familiar with the technology in order to obtain follow-up information. These case studies will provide the ITRC Mining Waste Team a snapshot of information on emerging, innovation, or new applications of conventional technologies being used or tested to treat mine-related solid waste and mine-impacted water. The ITRC team will use these case studies as a part of their process to evaluate what technologies are being tested and how the technology is performing.

Mining Waste Technology Selection - Technology Overviews -- Each technology is described, along with a summary of the applicability, advantages, limitations, performance, stakeholder and regulatory considerations, and lessons learned. The technology overviews include information to help project managers decide how well the technology may fit their particular site and remedial/reclamation goals.

Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) Technology Assessment; Technology Matching

U.S. EPA Clu-In Databases -- Links to U.S. EPA remediation databases and characterization and monitoring databases.

U.S. EPA Environmental and Sustainable Technology Evaluations (ESTE) -- ESTE projects respond directly to EPA's need for credible performance information on technologies that can address high-risk environmental problems. ESTE maintains the quality assurance, stakeholder involvement, and cost-sharing, which are fundamental operating principles of ETV. Links to these ESTE project profiles may be found on the web site.
            Anaerobic digestion of animal manure
            Microbial-resistant building materials
            Performance characteristics of qualitative spot test kits for lead in paint
            Pesticide drift reduction technologies
            Fuel characteristics and emissions from biomass co-fired boilers
            Portable optical and thermal imaging devices for leak detection at petroleum refineries and chemical plants
            Radio frequency identification tracking of hazardous wastes across international borders.

U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Advanced Monitoring Systems Center Verified Technologies (Air, Water, Soils)

U.S. EPA ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center Verified Technologies

U.S. EPA ETV and RTI International Environmental Technology Verification Protocol: Bioreaction System Control Technologies for Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

U.S. EPA ETV and RTI International Environmental Technology Verification Protocol: Determination of Emissions Reductions from Selective Catalytic Reduction Control Technologies for Highway, Nonroad, and Stationary Use Diesel Engines

U.S. EPA ETV and RTI International Environmental Technology Verification Protocol: Determination of Emissions Reductions Obtained by Use of Alternative or Reformulated Liquid Fuels, Fuel Additives, Fuel Emulsions, and Lubricants for Highway and Nonroad Use Diesel Engines and Light Duty Gasoline Engines and Vehicles

U.S. EPA ETV Decision Support Software Technology Demonstration Plan

U.S. EPA ETV Pollution Prevention Coating and Coating Equipment Pilot Verified Technologies

U.S. EPA ETV Program Publications

U.S. EPA ETV Program - Verification Reports and Statements

U.S. EPA ETV Site Characterization and Monitoring Technologies, Technology Profile: Field Analytical Explosives Measurements

U.S. EPA ETV Technology Demonstration Plan: Evaluation of PCB Field Analytical Techniques

U.S. EPA ETV Verification of Air Pollution Control Technologies, Technology Profile: Baghouse Filtration Products

U.S. EPA Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring with Direct Push Technologies

U.S. EPA Homeland Security Research Highlights -- Research highlights from EPA's Homeland Security Research Program, including Water Security Research, Indoor and Outdoor Decontamination Research, and Technology Testing and Evaluation Program (TTEP).

U.S. EPA Remediation Technologies

Air Pollution Control Technologies

General--About Air Pollution Control Technologies
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Paint Overspray Arrestors
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General--About Air Pollution Control Technologies

Chrome Plating O & M Plan Guidance Document -- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment chrome plating operation and maintenance plan guidance document. Headings include: description of source, operation of source, control system, monitoring system, maintenance and use of stalagmometer, malfunctions or periods of excess emissions, recordkeeping, and reporting.

CO$T-AIR Control Cost Spreadsheets, Second Edition -- U.S. EPA OAQPS of spreadsheet programs developed to allow users to calculate air pollution control costs more efficiently. The spreadsheet programs, collectively called CO$T-AIR, cover 12 control devices and one category of auxiliary control equipment (ductwork). Primary author is William Vatavuk, published July 1999.

General Information on CATC Products (technical bulletins and fact sheets) (EPA TTN Clean Air Technology Center) -- U.S. EPA center offering technical bulletins and fact sheets, air pollution technical reports, EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual chapters and information, software, bulletin, and newsletters.

Generic O & M Plan -- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment generic operation and maintenance plan. Headings include: administrative, purpose, applicable forms/documents, pollution control oxidizer operating plan, and records and monitoring.

Green Pages-Air Pollution Control -- The Green Pages Directory for Environmental Technology is an online information resource that lists international businesses and organizations that supply products and services that can remedy environmental problems, e.g., any aspect of water treatment, air pollution, waste handling and recycling, and renewable energy. This free and self-supporting service connects consumers with 7,000 suppliers from around 150 countries, presenting a forum to explore clean and sustainable technologies, to share knowledge and experience, and exchange best environmental practices.

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) - Air Pollution Control Technologies -- NESCAUM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of air quality agencies in the northeast. Our Board of Directors consists of the air directors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and New York. Our purpose is to provide scientific, technical, analytical, and policy support to the air quality and climate programs of the eight northeast states. A fundamental component of our efforts is to assist our member states in implementing national environmental programs required under the Clean Air Act and other federal legislation.

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) -- Multi-Pollutant Control Technologies -- NESCAUM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of air quality agencies in the northeast. Our Board of Directors consists of the air directors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and New York. Our purpose is to provide scientific, technical, analytical, and policy support to the air quality and climate programs of the eight northeast states. A fundamental component of our efforts is to assist our member states in implementing national environmental programs required under the Clean Air Act and other federal legislation.

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) -- Particulate Matter Control Technologies -- NESCAUM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of air quality agencies in the northeast. Our Board of Directors consists of the air directors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and New York. Our purpose is to provide scientific, technical, analytical, and policy support to the air quality and climate programs of the eight northeast states. A fundamental component of our efforts is to assist our member states in implementing national environmental programs required under the Clean Air Act and other federal legislation.

RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse (EPA TTN CATC) -- U.S. EPA database containing information from early notification submittals and air permits received from State and local air pollution control programs in the United States. The web site also contains summary information on air pollution emission standards. The data assists State/local agency personnel and private companies in determining what types of controls and pollution prevention measures have been applied to and/or are required for various sources and the effectiveness of these technologies.

Summary of Requirements for MACT Standard's Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Plans -- U.S. EPA plain language document outlining the who, what, where, when, and why of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SS&M) plans. A SS&M plan checklist and sample SS&M recordkeeping checklist is included. September 2003.

U.S. EPA Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) Products -- A broad variety of publications are available on numerous air pollution control topics, including CATC technical bulletins and air pollution technology fact sheets, air pollution technical reports, EPA air pollution control cost manual chapters, software (executables and manuals), RBLC products, US-Mexico Border Information Center on Air Pollution products, CATC/CTC Bulletin, and miscellaneous files.

U.S. EPA Office of Air & Radiation -- U.S. EPA web site on the following topics: air pollutants, global atmospheric protection, health and ecosystem protection, indoor air, partnerships, radiation, regulations and statutes, and transportation (on-road, nonroad, and fuels).

U.S. EPA Air Pollution Control Technology Center

U.S. EPA Air Pollution Control Technology Series Training Tool (TTN Air Toxics Website) -- U.S. EPA instructional training tool designed to provide a basic overview to those unfamiliar with a variety of air pollution control technologies. The series includes information on: wet scrubbers, carbon absorption, incineration, condensation, and electrostatic precipitators. Topics covered include: different types of devices, how they work, how to tell if they are working correctly, causes of decreased performance, and performance monitoring.

U.S. EPA TTN Compilation of Air Pollution Emission Factors, AP-42, Fifth Edition, Volume I: Stationary Point and Area Sources -- U.S. EPA TTN Clearinghouse for Inventories & Emission Factors AP-42 publication. Chapters include: external combustion sources, solid waste disposal, stationary internal combustion sources, evaporation loss sources, petroleum industry, organic chemical process industry, liquid storage tanks, inorganic chemical industry, food and agricultural industries, wood products industry, mineral products industry, metallurgical industry, miscellaneous sources, greenhouse gas biogenic sources, and ordnance detonation. Draft sections under review and appendices also are included.

U.S. EPA US-Mexico Border Information Center on Air Pollution (TTN CICA) -- Sponsored by U.S. EPA's Clean Air Technology Center (CATC), provides technical support and assistance in evaluating air pollution problems along the Mexico-U.S. Border. Technical assistance is offered on: air pollutants and control strategies, pollution prevention and control technology applications, operation and maintenance problems, emission inventory, emission factors, dispersion modeling, ambient monitoring, emission measurement, and risk analysis.

Verifying New Technologies for Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases -- Air and Waste Management Association, EM Magazine, February 2009.

Baghouses

Air Pollution Control Systems, "Dust in the Wind" -- Powerpoint presentation on cyclones, baghouses, electrostatic precipitators, scrubbers, flue gas control technologies (NOx control), thermal oxidizers (VOC control), and biological methods (VOC control). Presented at the 2001 SBO/SBAP National Conference.

The Baghouse Service Home Page - Frost Emission web based resource for baghouse information.

The Evolution of Improved Baghouse Filter Media as Observed in the Environmental Technology Verification Program -- Presented at the Air & Waste Management Association 101st Annual Conference, Portland, OR, June 24-27, 2008.

Installing and Maintaining Baghouses -- Air quality self-inspection checklist provided by Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority.

Maintenance Checklist for a Better Baghouse -- Checklist provided by World of Cement Engineers.

Dust Suppression

Air Quality in Idaho: Controlling Fugitive Dust at Construction Sites -- Brochure on preventing and controlling fugitive dust emissions.

Air Quality in Idaho: Supplemental Fugitive Dust Control Information -- Information on developing a dust prevention and control plan, self-inspection checklist, best management practices for fugitive dust control, and glossary of terms provided by Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division.

Dust Control Handbook for Minerals Processing -- 1987 report prepared by Martin Marietta Laboratories, Baltimore, Maryland, and Marcom Associates, Inc., administered under the technical direction of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh Research Center. Contents include: dust and its control, preventing dust formation, dust control systems, collecting and disposing of dust, specific illustrations, estimating costs of dust control systems, controlling surrounding dust sources, sampling dust in the work environment, and testing dust control systems.

Dust Emission in Cement Plants -- World of Cement Engineers article.

Fugitive Dust Control Techniques and Businesses -- List to assist in identifying potential service and product providers developed by the New Mexico Environment Department/Air Quality Bureau. Includes services/products in the following areas: chemical suppressants, other dust control techniques, and dust control consulting businesses and research.

Exhaust Systems

The Engineers' Collaborative -- Understanding Industrial Exhaust Systems

Fans, Flows, and Dust Collection -- Article from World of Cement Engineers.

OSHA Technical Manual Section III, Chapter 3: Ventilation Systems -- Section of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Technical Manual on industrial ventilation issues, types of ventilation systems, and troubleshooting common conditions.

Welding Processes Pose Tough Challenge for Fume Filtration -- Welding Design and Fabrication article (September 2003) on the unique problems that welding fumes post for fume filtration systems. Finding the best solution, configuring equipment, where to place the system, selecting a collector and cartridge, determining the most effective media, dirty air pretreatment, dealing with coatings, proprietary resin, and inefficiency are all subjects covered in this article.

Odor Control

Biosolids and Residuals Management Fact Sheet--Odor Control in Biosolids Management -- U.S. EPA Office of Water fact sheet.

Paint Overspray Arrestors

Control Matrix for Spray Painting in Autobody Repair Shops -- U.S. OSHA control strategy for protecting autobody repair workers from polyisocyanate exposure, including downdraft spray painting booth and air purifying respirator techniques.

Control of Paint Overspray in Autobody Repair Shops -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) methods for effective control of worker exposure to paint overspray, including the proper selection of spray painting equipment, a properly designed and ventilated spray painting booth, and personal protective equipment. Three types of control are recommended: spray painting guns, paint booth ventilation, and respiratory protection.

ETV Report - Paint Overspray Arrestor, Farr Company, Riga-Flo 200 (March 2000)

Particulate Matter

Particulate Matter -- U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) information about particulate matter: basic, health and welfare, standards, designations, implementation, regulatory actions, research, air quality trends, air emission sources, publications, and related links.

Training

Evaluating Stormwater Technology Performance - Module I: Guidance for the Technology Acceptance Reciprocity Partnership (TARP) Stormwater Protocol: Stormwater Best Management Practice Demonstrations -- Several states formed the Technology Acceptance and Reciprocity Partnership (TARP) Stormwater Work Group to evaluate innovative stormwater technologies by producing scientifically credible data. The Group developed two Internet-based training courses. This module covers how to use the Protocol to identify gaps and inconsistencies in a test plan for evaluation of a stormwater technology; understand differences in state requirements; to recognize data deficiencies; develop, implement, and review a test plan; and understand, evaluate, and implement statistical methods.

National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association -- NESHTA is a nonprofit educational society for environmental, safely, health, and other technical training and adult education professionals. Founded in 1977 with assistance and guidance from the U.S. EPA, NESHTA's mission is to promote trainer competency through trainer skills training, continuing education, voluntary certification, peer networking, and the adoption of national and international training and trainer standards.

U.S. EPA Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI) 2011 Training Calendar -- The Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI) primarily provides technical air pollution training to state, tribal, and local air pollution professionals, although others may benefit from this training. APTI's goal is to facilitate professional development by enhancing the skills necessary to understand and implement environmental programs and policies.

U.S. EPA National Enforcement Training Institute -- NETI offers a variety of training classes in the area of environmental enforcement.

U.S. EPA Office of Water Watershed Academy -- The Watershed Academy is a focal point in EPA's Office of Water for providing training and information on implementing watershed approaches.

U.S. EPA Office of Water Training Opportunities -- This web site links to several water related training programs, including NPDES permit writing training and drinking water training.