The EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program was
formed in 1994 based on the environmental technology initiatives
expressed by the President's Bridge to a Sustainable Future
and the Vice-President's National Performance Review. These
initiatives expressed a need by the U.S. to accelerate the development
of environmental technology through objective verification and reporting
of technology performance data. Information on the performance of
advanced monitoring systems is an urgent concern of the U.S. and
other world economies since many technology buyers, the consulting
engineering community that advises them, permitters at state, local,
and federal levels, and financial investment communities need an
objective source (third-party verification) of data to make informed
purchasing decisions. There currently are 12 existing technology
areas in the ETV program of which the Advanced Monitoring Systems
(AMS) pilot is the only one focused on verifying advanced monitoring
systems for air, water and soil (i.e. ambient air/source emissions;
drinking/ground/ surface/marine water; soil contamination monitoring).
To support this endeavor, the AMS pilot is constantly looking for
those commercially available environmental monitoring systems that
characterize the extent of environmental quality in our air, water,
and soil with the intent to verify and provide performance data
to all interested customers.
For specific information on air monitoring technologies being
verified or being sought for verification, visit the
"Advanced Monitoring System" website. For further information
on all ETV programs, visit the general website "Environmental
Technology Verification". Participation in the ETV program is
strictly voluntary.
Principal EPA Contact: Robert G. Fuerst
Phone: (919) 541-2220
Internet E-mail:
fuerst.robert@epamail.epa.gov
Principal Partner (Battelle) Contact: Helen C. Latham
Phone: (614) 424-4062
Internet E-mail: lathamh@battelle.org
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