[USCC] Fwd: Environmental Technologies for the Clean up of Air Emissions and Wastewater Discharges from Industrial Facilities, Municipal Sewage, Contaminated Soil and other Media -

[Jim McNelly]

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>FIEN, LLC is establishing a New Subject Matter 
>Distribution List for the topic of Environmental 
>Technologies, which will cover information about 
>Treatment Technologies for the Clean up of Air 
>Emissions and Wastewater Discharges from 
>Industrial Facilities, Municipal Sewage, 
>Contaminated Soil and other Media - An example 
>of the type of information that is to 
>distributed to those who ask to have their name 
>added to this list follows - If you wish to have 
>your name added to this new FIEN, LLC 
>Distribution List, please send an e-mail message 
>to Cindy at CAR at fien.com with the following as 
>the subject of the message: "Please add my name 
>to the new Environmental Technologies Distribution List"
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>ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
>*   "EPA Announces New Report on Use of 
>Innovative Technology Programs" which states in 
>part that " ... EPA is announcing the release of 
>a report that evaluates EPA's stimulation, 
>facilitation, and use of innovative technology 
>programs to further the agency's mission to 
>protect public health and the environment. The 
>report, 'EPA Technology Programs and 
>Intra-Agency Coordination,' [EPA Document Number 
>EPA 100-R-00-021] seeks to answer the question 
>of how to optimize environmental technology 
>programs in promoting the research, development, 
>commercialization and implementation of 
>sustainable private-sector technologies. In 
>addition, the report lists recommendations for 
>other programs and activities to promote this 
>goal ... The report contains information on all 
>of EPA's technology programs identified to date 
>(the 'Technology Development Continuum') and 
>shows where these programs occur in EPA and how 
>to access them. The report notes two recent 
>successes relevant to optimizing environmental 
>technology programs: EPA has developed a broad 
>range of programs and a large store of 
>technology information that is available to the 
>public through the Environmental Technologies 
>Opportunities Web portal: epa.gov/etop ... [and] 
>EPA has committed to implementing the 
>cross-Agency Environmental Technology Council to 
>achieve real-world environmental results through 
>the application of innovative technologies ..." 
>- The complete text of the EPA news release is 
>posted at 
><http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4F3DF501DADDBC5B852571720066EE11>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4F3DF501DADDBC5B852571720066EE11 
>and the EPA report is posted at 
><http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/reports>http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/reports 
>- A paper copy is expected to be available in a 
>few weeks from the EPA National Service Center 
>for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at 800 
>490 9198 - This is a new FIEN, LLC Subject 
>Matter Distribution List - To have your name 
>added, send an e-mail message to Cindy at 
><mailto:CAR at fien.com>CAR at fien.com with the 
>following as the subject of the message: "Please 
>add my name to the new Environmental Technologies Distribution List"
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>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4F3DF501DADDBC5B852571720066EE11
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>EPA Announces New Report on Use of Innovative Technology Programs
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>Release date: 05/18/2006
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>Contact Information: Dave Ryan, (202) 564-4355 / ryan.dave at epa.gov
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>(Washington, D.C. - May 18, 2006) EPA is 
>announcing the release of a report that 
>evaluates EPA's stimulation, facilitation, and 
>use of innovative technology programs to further 
>the agency's mission to protect public health and the environment.
>
>The report, EPA Technology Programs and 
>Intra-Agency Coordination, seeks to answer the 
>question of how to optimize environmental 
>technology programs in promoting the research, 
>development, commercialization and 
>implementation of sustainable private-sector 
>technologies. In addition, the report lists 
>recommendations for other programs and activities to promote this goal.
>
>"Technological innovation is already a central 
>driver of the U.S. economy. Now businesses are 
>discovering sustainable technology delivers 
>great environmental and economic results," said 
>Dr. George Gray, assistant administrator for 
>EPA's Office of Research and Development. "EPA 
>is pleased to provide tools, like the new 
>Environmental Technologies Portal, to encourage 
>private industry and other parties to turn 
>research on sustainable technology into marketable products."
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>The report contains information on all of EPA's 
>technology programs identified to date (the 
>"Technology Development Continuum") and shows 
>where these programs occur in EPA and how to 
>access them. The report notes two recent 
>successes relevant to optimizing environmental technology programs:
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>· EPA has developed a broad range of programs 
>and a large store of technology information that 
>is available to the public through the 
>Environmental Technologies Opportunities Web portal: epa.gov/etop
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>· EPA has committed to implementing the 
>cross-Agency Environmental Technology Council to 
>achieve real-world environmental results through 
>the application of innovative technologies.
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>EPA's administrator established the Subcommittee 
>on Environmental Technology of the National 
>Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and 
>Technology to make recommendations on EPA's use 
>of technology. Numerous representatives from 
>EPA, other government agencies, states, 
>nongovernmental organizations, and the private 
>sector have briefed the subcommittee on many technology issues since 2004.
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>In the future, the Subcommittee on Environmental 
>Technology will report on national and 
>international technology partnerships, EPA 
>technology strategy and management, encouraging 
>demand, communication and outreach, and the 
>extent to which current EPA programs address 
>issues such as sustainability, global warming, 
>climate change, and catastrophic events.
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>The EPA Technology Programs and Intra-Agency 
>Coordination is posted on EPA's Web pages: 
>epa.gov/ocem/nacept/reports A limited number of 
>print copies will be available from EPA's 
>National Service Center for Environmental 
>Publications (NSCEP) within the next few weeks. 
>To obtain copies, contact NSCEP at 
>1-800-490-9198 and reference EPA document EPA 100-R-00-021.
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