Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program helping innovation, removing barriers

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

2. Supplemental Slides

3. ETV Helps Technology Commercialization and Innovation Research Proof of Development Demonstration Verification Commercialization/ Concept Deployment

4. ETV Verifications by Area/Media (1995-Present)

5. Major ETV Center Verification Categories for FY 05/06 • Monitoring and Detection Rapid and/or continuous emission monitors for mercury, hydrogen sulfide, dioxin; personal impactors for PM; beach pathogens • Drinking Water Removal of pathogens and arsenic • Air Pollution Control Diesel engine retrofit technology, dust suppressants, baghouse filtration products • Greenhouse Gas Reduction Diesel fuel economy devices, voltage regulator, geothermal water heating system • Water Quality Protection Storm water treatment technologies, water infrastructure rehabilitation, ballast water treatment • Pollution Prevention Low emissions coatings and equipment

6. Verification definition • To establish or prove the truth of the performance of a technology under specific, predetermined criteria or protocols and adequate QA procedures. • ETV does not: • Pass / fail, • Approve, or • Certify technologies

7. New in 2005Environmental and Sustainable Technology Evaluations (ESTE) • Targeted to high-risk, Agency needs; EPA chooses technology categories to verify • EPA initiates and directly manages verifications • Scoped to include all environmental technologies, exception remediation (already covered by SITE (Superfund)) • Require sustainability metrics as part of criteria for sustainability pilot

8. ESTE projects started in 2005 • Pesticide Drift Reduction Technologies • Microbial Resistant Building Materials: Gypsum Wallboard • Biomass Co-fired Boilers • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Tracking Hazardous Wastes Across International Borders • Anaerobic Digesters for Animal Manure

9. ETV Verification Process With stakeholders, develop test protocols, quality- assurance test plans AND EPA, verification organizations, stakeholders OR EPA-only (ESTE)... Conduct technology testing Identify vendors, collaborators Identify priority technology categories Write verification report www.epa.gov/etv ETV Outreach

10. Getting to ETV Outcomes Outputs Outcomes • Number of protocols and verifications • Value to potential buyers, regulators and vendors • Use of better technologies; reduced emissions because of ETV • Reduced exposure; reduced risk because of ETV • Improved health/environmental quality because of ETV

11. Total Hits Hits from outside US www.epa.gov/etv Hits/year In 2005, the ETV Web Site received 1.66 million hits, resulting in an average of over 138,000 hits per month, approximately 9 percent of which were from entities outside the US.

12. Vendor SurveyResultspilot period 1995-2001 • 66 of 86 vendors with verified technologies responded (77% response) • Nearly all were using, or planned to use, ETV information in product marketing • 85% said verification would not be as valuable if EPA was not associated with it • 73% believe customers will be impressed by ETV verification • 37% said verification takes too long, the most common negative comment • 92% would recommend ETV to others

13. Case Study: Eductor Vapor Recovery Unit (EVRU) • 12,700 oil and gas storage tank batteries emit an 23.3bscfy* of methane; 7,000 tpy of HAPs; and > 22,000 tpy of VOCs • ETV verified COMM Engineering’s Eductor Vapor Recovery Unit in 2002 • 99.9% of the vent gas was recovered during 5 months of testing • EVRU has since been installed at 11 facilities • Emissions reductions of 280 MMscfy of methane, 1,700 tpy of HAPs, and 21,600 tpy of VOCs • Recovered natural gas valued at $6.3 million $/year bscfy = billion standard cubic feet per year MMscfy = million standard cubic feet per year

14. ETV InternationalActivities • 1999-2001 – ETV-sponsored training workshops held in US, Thailand and India, for central and southeast Asia countries interested in starting programs • 2003 – invited trip to Japan ETV kick-off meeting • 2004 – Letter of intent to cooperate with Singapore on ETV protocols • 2004– ETV National Stakeholder/Team Meeting included international session with Singapore, EU, and Korea • 2005 – invited trip to European Commission verification meeting, 2005/6 - invited as advisory board member to EC verification pilot program

15. ETV International, cont. • 2005 US ETV hosted “ETV – International Forum” in Washington, DC - to begin discussions on potential collaborations, harmonization, and reciprocity • Five other national/international programs represented (Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, European Union) • 12 other countries represented • 2006 Environment Canada to host follow-on ETV-I meeting in Vancouver, March 28 • Same invitation list with additional focus on India, Bangladesh and others in South Asia • 2006 Invited trip to Israel to brief environmental industry and government on ETV