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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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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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