Teresa Harten, ETV Director State-EPA Symposium on Environmental Innovation and Results January 24-25, 2006 Denver, Colorado helping innovation, removing barriers Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program helping innovation, removing barriers

ETV Objectives credible performance information 4Provide credible performance information for commercial-ready technology to help solve high-risk environmental problems. Aid: Policymakers and Regulators in making policy and permitting decisions for innovative technologies Policymakers and Regulators in making policy and permitting decisions for innovative technologies Vendors/Developers in selling and further developing innovative technologies Purchasers in making decisions to purchase innovative technologies

ETV Successes 4349 Verifications, 84 protocols since Supports solving important environmental problems 4Increasing: Collaboration and privatization: funding from vendors and other partners at over 50% from others (30% cash and 20% in-kind) Stakeholder participation – over 800 stakeholders in 21 groups Web and international interest - >1.5 M hits/year 4Over 50 homeland security technology verifications completed

Six ETV Centers 4ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center RTI International 4ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems Center Battelle 4ETV Drinking Water Systems Center NSF International 4ETV Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Southern Research Institute 4ETV Water Quality Protection Center NSF International 4ETV P2 Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot Concurrent Technologies Corporation

ETV Partners with States and others 4U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Multi-parameter water probes, atrazine detection 4U.S. Coast Guard Ballast water treatment States of Massachusetts, Connecticut; 4U.S. Dept of Energy; States of Massachusetts, Connecticut; Illinois Clean Coal Institute Continuous emission mercury monitors 4U.S. Dept of Defense Monitors for explosives, PCBs in soils; dust suppressants 4States of Alaska, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California Drinking water arsenic treatment

ETV Partners with States and others 4States of/counties in Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan 4States of/counties in Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan and EPA SBIR Program Storm water treatment 4States of New York, Colorado Waste to energy 4DuPont, USGS Nutrient monitors 4Chlorine Chemistry Council, EPA-Office of Solid Waste and EPA-Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Dioxin monitors 4U.S. Dept of Agriculture Ambient ammonia monitors, hydrogen sulfide monitors

Clean Air Compliance in Texas, NO X Reduction Technology and ETV 4NOx implicated in ground level ozone violations 10 million population exposed 4Texas is making $1 – 1.5 B available though 2010 for retrofits; grants available for verification and technology purchase 4EPA SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) to call for NOx technology proposals 4ETV Program – to provide technology verification Air Pollution Control Technology Center Greenhouse Gas Technology Center 4EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality makes decisions on technology acceptance 4EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards makes decisions on State Implementation Plan (SIPs) credits

ETV Outreach 4Stakeholders provide outreach especially state and local regulators 4Centers provide specific outreach to users, especially state and local regulators Utah advises verification of drinking water equipment Example: NSF embarking on new effort to engage states in value of verification. Utah advises verification of drinking water equipment. 4ETV program outreach – conferences (exhibits and presentations), website, papers, field days and press events

Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) Survey states use ETV to reduce frequency/length of site specific pilot testing 413 states use ETV reports as prerequisite to consideration of the technology 415 states use ETV data as primary source for decision-making “[The] ETV drinking water initiative is …. an effective and useful tool to attain a more streamlined approach to technology application” and “in a relatively short time frame, state programs have significantly increased their awareness and use of protocols and test plans.” Bridgett O’Grady, ASDWA, 2004

Case Study: Diesel Retrofit 47 technologies verified in reduce particulate matter (PM) by 21 to 95% 4Verification makes eligible for EPA’s Voluntary Diesel Retrofit grants program 41,230 technologies installed as result of verification and grants 4At 10% market penetration, for 7 yr use reduction in PM calculated to be 9K to 31K tons avoided premature mortality calculated to be 683 – 2,380 fewer deaths $5 -18M in monetary benefits calculated F

Case Study: Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water 4Up to 3,900 small drinking water systems need options 48 technologies verified in (3 more in 2005 but not part of case study) 4Average removal efficiencies of 50-95%; most reduced arsenic levels to 5 ppb or less 4If 10% market penetration is achieved, 1.3 to 1.9 avoided cases of lung and bladder cancer per year 0.7 to 1.0 avoided deaths from the prevention of these cancers per year $4.8 million to $6.8 million in savings per year due to the prevention of these cancers 4Reduce pilot testing costs ASDWA survey notes that most states use ETV to reduce the frequency and length of pilot testing