Environmental Technology Verification to Reduce the Risk of Using Innovative Coating Technologies

摘要

The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program's Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot (ETV CCEP) was established in January 1997 to verify the environmental (and finishing) performance of innovative surface coatings, coating equipment, and related processes. It provides high quality data through the use of efficient and fully quality assured verification test protocols. The ETV CCEP is part of one of six ETV Technology Centers in the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ETV Program. EPA's partner for ETV CCEP is Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The ETV Program was originally established in October 1995 as a 5-year pilot by EPA's Office of Research and Development and provides independent, third-party verification of the performance of cost-effective innovative technologies and processes that provide an environmental benefit, hence accelerating their entrance into the marketplace and reducing the implementation risk of end users. The end product of the verification process for each technology is a Verification Statement, a summary of the testing and results, signed by the EPA and its partner testing organization, which the vendor can use to market its product. ETV is a voluntary program that seeks to make objective performance information available to all of the players in the environmental marketplace for their consideration and decision-making. Each pilot has at least one Stakeholder Group representing customers for that pilot's technology focus. The program does not rank, certify, approve, or disapprove technologies. The ETV Program focuses only on commercial-ready technologies; it does not evaluate technologies at the bench or pilot scale and does not conduct or support research. This paper will present the key concepts of the ETV Program, review the scope of the ETV CCEP and its use of the verification process; discuss the benefits of verification; and review completed verification tests and those planned in the near future.