Environmental Technology; U.S. EPA Fiscal Year 1995 Request for Proposals From Federal Agencies, States, and Indian Tribes

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5023-8]

Environmental Technology; U.S. EPA Fiscal Year 1995 Request for

Proposals From Federal Agencies, States, and Indian Tribes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability, request for proposals.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency's (EPA) Environmental Technology Initiative: Program

Solicitation Package for Fiscal Year 1995 (S/N 055-000-00476-5) is

available. Copies of the document are available through the Government

Printing Office and on several electronic bulletin boards. EPA is

requesting proposals from federal agencies (including EPA), state

governments (including state universities that are departments of a

state government) and tribal governments (including Alaskan Native

Villages). Proposals pursuant to this solicitation will be accepted

through Wednesday, September 21, 1994. Funding decisions are expected

to be made by the end of the calendar year.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Environmental Technology Initiative: Program

Solicitation Package for Fiscal Year 1995 (S/N 055-000-00476-5) are

available from the nearest government bookstore, the Government

Printing Office phone order information desk (202/512-1800) or by

requesting a GPO order form by FAX (202/512-2250). Mail orders may be

addressed to the: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15250-7954. When

ordering, please identify the document's title and indicate the

Government Printing Office publication number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brendan Doyle, Environmental

Technology Initiative, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation

(2127), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260-2686, or one of the EPA regional

office contacts listed below:

Barbara Brown, U.S. EPA Region 1, One Congress Street-RAA, Boston, MA

02203-2211, Tel #: 617-565-3397.

Jonathan Josephs, U.S. EPA Region 2, 26 Federal Plaza (Room 13-100),

NY, NY 10278, Tel #: 212-264-8098.

Norm Kulujian, U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107, Tel #: 215-597-1113.

Bob Jourdan, U.S. EPA Region 4, 345 Courtland Street, NE-4WNSRB,

Atlanta, GA 30365, Tel #: 404-347-7791.

Mike Lin, U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard-WQ-161, Chicago,

IL 60604-3590, Tel #: 312-886-6104.

Norman Dyer, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite

1200, Dallas, TX 7502-2733, Tel #: 214-655-8349.

Jody Hudson, U.S. EPA Region 7, 25 Funston Road, Kansas City, KS 66115,

Tel#: 913-551-5064.

Dave Smith, U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO

80202-2466, Tel #: 303-293-1475.

Winona Victery, U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

CA 94105, Tel #: 415-744-1021.

John Barich, U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue--ES-098, Seattle, WA

98101, Tel #: 206-553-8562.

The President's Environmental Technology Initiative

In his State of the Union speech on February 17, 1993, President

Clinton outlined a new initiative to improve environmental quality and

strengthen the American economy. The goal of the President's

Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) is to spur the development

and use of more advanced environmental systems and treatment techniques

that can yield domestic environmental benefits and increase exports of

American technologies to other countries. The environmental

technologies that are being emphasized in the Initiative are the

technologies, goods, and services whose development is triggered

primarily by environmental improvement objectives. These technologies

include: products and services to monitor and assess pollutant releases

and exposure levels; innovative technologies which prevent pollution,

control air and water pollution levels, and remediate contaminated soil

and groundwater; and, manage environmental data. The Initiative is

funded at $36 million in FY 1994 and, in the President's plan, is

proposed to be funded at $80 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.

In January 1994, EPA published two Environmental Technology

Initiative documents, the FY94 Program Plan (S/N 055-000-00465-0), and

the draft Technology Innovative Strategy (S/N 055-000-00466-8). (Copies

of these documents are available from the Superintendent of Documents.

See ADDRESSES above) The FY 94 Program Plan describes 73 projects

selected by the ITC to begin the President's program and requests that

others working in these areas contact the identified project managers

to begin building innovation partnerships across all sectors. Most FY94

projects have at least one partner; more than 45 percent of the funds

for this year are being deployed through other federal and state

agencies.

The draft Technology Innovation Strategy, has four strategic

objectives and five operating principles designed to accomplish the

Initiative's goals.

Objectives

Adapt EPA's policy, regulatory and compliance framework to

promote innovation

Strengthen the capacity of technology developers and users

to succeed in environmental technology innovation

Strategically invest EPA funds in the development and

commercialization of promising new technologies

Accelerate the diffusion of innovative technologies at

home and abroad

Operating Principles:

Maximum consultation with stakeholders--continuing

dialogue intended to improve EPA's strategy, programs and their

implementation

Coordination with federal, state, tribal, and local

agencies--government partners will offer their respective talents,

expertise and perspectives

Partnership and collaboration with the private sector and

academia--convening public-private partnerships to target technology

research and development, testing, demonstration, and commercialization

Address needed public policy and program changes that will

enhance the development and use of environmental technologies

Cleaner technology not just control technology--the

optimal environmental solutions usually involve changes in production

processes, feedstocks and product design

Measuring progress along the way--developing and using

indicators and tools to benchmark EPA's progress

The FY95 Environmental Technology Initiative Program

Congress is now considering the President's request for $80 million

to fund ETI in Fiscal Year (FY) 1995. If funded at this level, ETI will

use approximately $20 million to fund a series of innovative technology

projects in the National Action Plan for Global Climate Change. This

work will be carried out through agreements and programs outlined in

that Plan and is not a part of this solicitation. In addition,

approximately $5 million will be set aside to directly assist in the

private sector commercialization of successful technology projects

which have completed Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Small Business

Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Approximately $5 million will be

reserved to sponsor a competitive innovative technology project

solicitation from the non-profit sector, including universities.

Separate solicitations for the latter two categories are expected to be

published in the Commerce Business Daily by November 1994. These

project areas are not the subject of this solicitation and persons or

organizations submitting proposals through this solicitation in these

areas will not be considered. Proposals for these areas will only be

considered after the publication of the separate solicitations; no

proposal submitted beforehand will be kept on file.

This solicitation package is directly addressed to federal

agencies, states, and tribes only. Proposals pursuant to this

solicitation will be accepted through Wednesday, September 21, 1994.

Funding decisions are expected to be made by the end of the calendar

year. If funded at the level requested by the President, approximately

$50 million in innovative technology projects will be funded through

this solicitation, up to half of which will go to federal agencies

(other than EPA), states and/or Tribes. These entities may in turn,

pass portions of ETI funds on to their partners, grantees, or

contractors in accordance with EPA acquisition regulations. Although

municipalities, and private (for- and non-profit) entities are not

being directly solicited in this package, they are encouraged to form

partnerships with those organizations who are eligible to submit

proposals under this solicitation. Through partnership formation, local

governments and private sector entities may have indirect access to

this portion of ETI funding; thus, the approximately $5 million

available for each of the SBIR and non-profit solicitations should be

viewed as a minimum amount available to the private and non-profit

sectors respectively.

Electronic Availability

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental

Technology Initiative: Program Solicitation Package for Fiscal Year

1995 (S/N 055-000-00476-5) is available in ASCII format from a variety

of electronic sources, including: U.S. EPA Public Access Gopher,

Internet Access: Gopher to GOPHER.EPA.GOV; Directory: EPA Initiatives,

Policy and Strategy Documents; Document: U.S. EPA Environmental

Technology Initiative: Program Solicitation for FY1995; CLU-IN (Clean-

Up Information Bulletin Board); System Operator (301) 589-8368; Modem

Access: (301) 589-8366 (1200, 2400, 9699 bps--8 data bits, 1 stop bit,

no parity). Filename: Solicit.ETI; U.S. Department of Commerce Economic

Bulletin Board (EBB) User Hotline (202) 482-1986; Modem Access: (202)

482-3870 (300, 1200, 2400 BPS); Internet Access: telnet to ebb.stat-

usa.gov; Filename: Solicit.ETI; SBA ONLINE Modem Access: (800) 859-4636

(2400 baud); (800) 697-4636 (9600 baud); Local Access: (202) 205-7265

(2400 baud); (202) 401-9600 (9600 baud) Filename: Solicit. ETI.

Dated: July 22, 1994.

Thomas E. Kelly,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation.

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