The Experiment. 2.1 The Partners agree to undertake the Experiment as the same has been specified in the Proposal and in accordance with the requirements of this Funding Agreement. Any and all changes to proposed work or budget as described in the Proposal need a prior technical evaluation by the FF4EuroHPC management and written consent of the University.
2.2 An excerpt from the FF4EuroHPC Consortium Agreement is attached to this Funding Agreement as Part 2 of the Annex. The Partners shall comply with the terms of the Funding Agreement, as if the Project (as referred to in the FF4EuroHPC Consortium Agreement), was the Experiment, and as if the Partners were the original signatories of the FF4EuroHPC Consortium Agreement, so that the Consortium Partners shall, in relation to the Experiment be bound mutatis mutandis in the same terms as are the FF4EuroHPC Partners in relation to FF4EuroHPC. In case of contradictions between the Funding Agreement and the FF4EuroHPC Consortium Agreement excerpt, the Funding Agreement takes precedence over the FF4EuroHPC Consortium Agreement excerpt. Although the Consortium Partners shall have no direct contractual relationship with the JU, by virtue of this Funding Agreement and specifically this Clause 2.2, they shall be deemed bound to the University in the same way as the FF4EuroHPC Partners are bound to the JU by virtue of their direct accession to the Grant Agreement, in order that there are equivalent and consistent provisions in place in relation to the expenditure of XX xxxxx funding.
2.3 Publicly available results
2.3.1 The Partners agree that all results covered by section 2.3.2 will be made publicly available.
2.3.2 The Partners commit and agree to the provision of information and data required for the production of public success stories relating to the application experiment covered by this agreement. Such information and data includes, but is not limited to, the following:
a) Content/text of success stories written using tailored/dedicated document templates provided by the FF4EuroHPC Partners
b) Media content: at least four images relating to the work and results of the application experiment in high resolution – min. 1200x800 px, .jpg or .png format (such as team image, technical images)
c) Information about the organisations involved in the application experiment, including: role of experiment partners (end-user, Software provider, domain or HPC expert, HPC provider), country of end-user, name of the software used, name of t...
The Experiment. The Puget Sound Naval Ship- yard proposes to develop and demonstrate an al- ternative strategy for protecting and improving the health of Xxxxxxxx Inlet of the Puget Sound. This proposal would achieve its objectives through the use of sound ecological science and risk-based management and employ techniques consistent with the EPA Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines. Key elements include development of a unified ambient monitoring program, comprehensive elec- tronic database, risk-based pollutant prioritization, and data to support the development of total maxi- mum daily loads (TMDLs). Development of these components is intended to suggest alternatives to current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements otherwise appli- cable to PSNS. The project would be a pilot pro- gram to demonstrate concepts currently under development to address water pollution associated with naval shipyards. The Flexibility: In Phase I, no regulatory flex- ibility is being sought. Rather, PSNS is proposing to conduct preliminary data collection and modeling for Xxxxxxxx Inlet and the watershed. Upon comple- tion of the data collection and review of its findings, PSNS may seek regulatory flexibility in Phase II. The Superior Environmental Performance: To assist in reaching the goal of superior environmen- tal performance, Puget Sound shipyard will use the unified database in: The Project Sponsor: The Xxxxxxx Kodak Com- pany (Kodak) is the world’s leader in imaging, and a manufacturer of imaging systems (cameras, scan- ners) and media (film, photographic paper, photo- graphic chemicals). Kodak employs 46,300 people in the United States and has manufacturing facili- ties in Rochester, NY; Windsor, CO; Peabody, MA; and White City, OR. The Health and Environment Laboratories (HAEL) division of Kodak is a cen- tral/corporate facility that evaluates materials and equipment that are involved in manufacturing pro- cesses or are being considered for use in new prod- ucts. As a leader in new technology development in the imaging industry, Kodak submits many new chemical substances to EPA for review each year. Once approved, these substances may be used in one or several of the company’s facilities, and it is these substances that allow the company to de- velop and improve the products it sells. The Experiment: The EPA Office of Preven- tion, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) has developed a set of computerized risk screening tools called the Pollution Preve...
The Experiment. Auto insurance rates are tra- ditionally based on variables, including vehicle age; vehicle manufacturer and value; driver’s age, sex, marital status, place of residence, and driving record; types of coverages; and deductibles se- lected. However, more specific information about customer driving patterns, such as mileage driven and time of day and location of driving, are gener- ally not taken into account because of the difficulty involved in monitoring and tracking the informa- tion. Progressive has piloted a unique voluntary in- surance program in the State of Texas that uses the new auto insurance product, AutographSM, to determine a consumer’s auto insurance rate based on actual vehicle usage, including when and how much the vehicle is driven with the use of a global positioning system installed in the vehicle. When a consumer decides that AutographSM is right for him or her, the consumer and Progressive enter into an agreement that gives the company access to the data and affords the consumer protection as to uses of the data—only the company or the consumer have access to it. With this system, Progressive seeks to create a variable insurance cost that will be influenced by the customer’s driving activity and provides a financial incentive to drive less and choose alternate forms of transportation. This project gives EPA a unique opportunity to work with a nonregulated entity to study and determine the environmental impact of this new insurance product. Progressive will make available to EPA aggregated data on participants’ driving mileage in response to the use of the product. Progressive is also interested in working with auto manufac- turers to increase pilot activities and national prod- uct availability. The Superior Environmental Performance: EPA’s interest in the Progressive pilot program derives from the possibility that insurance pricing plans like AutographSM might alter driving habits, as well as distinguish existing differences in habits, as drivers learn how their driving habits affect their costs. With this program, EPA can collect data on whether people who sign up for a voluntary pro- gram like Autograph will reduce their total driving or their driving during congested periods, as under- standing total vehicle miles traveled is essential to promoting and crafting EPA’s policies dealing with congestion, smog, vehicle emissions, and “smart growth” concerns. XxXx¬➢ v jjj tfro¿➢ct Statzs aud {➢szLts St➢➢L➢ Sozuty tfro¿➢ct XXXXXX COUNTY, M...
The Experiment. In most electroplating and metal finishing manufacturing processes today, wash and rinse water is used once then treated on-site and discharged. USFilter proposes to install an ion ex- change system at certain approved customers’ fa- cilities that removes metal contaminants from the water, making it available for reuse. The system consists of ion exchange canisters that USFilter would install on the customer’s (primarily metal fin- ishers and electroplaters) process lines that con- tain wastewaters. The ion exchange process causes the metals in the wastewater to adhere to the resin material in the canister, rendering the water free of metal contaminants. The water can then be reused in the customer’s process lines. USFilter would collect the spent ion exchange canister con- taining the metals (using Minnesota Department of Transportation hazardous waste licensed transport- ers), replace the spent canister with a fresh one at the generator facility, and treat the spent resin at USFilter’s facility in order to regenerate it.
The Experiment. The HADCO project was ex- amining whether valuable copper metals could be recovered more safely and cost-effectively through direct reuse by a primary metals smelter rather than through following the current requirement to first ship copper sludge wastes long distances to inter- mediate processors. Based on HADCO’s experi- ences with this project through close out, EPA can develop a framework to address the potential is- sues that this type of project may encounter and that can hinder a company’s ability to achieve su- perior environmental performance. The Flexibility: To improve recycling and reduce risks to the surrounding communities, EPA, the State of New York, and the State of New Hamp- shire offered flexibility in solid waste disposal to three HADCO facilities. Testing of the facilities’ sludge from wastes from electroplating processes indicated that these sludges had a high concentra- tion of several valuable metals, especially copper, and relatively low toxicity in comparison to typi- cal electroplating sludges. New Hampshire deter- mined that the sludge was eligible for a solid waste variance or a conditional delisting. New York de- termined that the sludge was eligible for a solid waste variance. Although the project is in the pro- cess of being closed out, the company intends to The Superior Environmental Performance: Under the original project, HADCO committed to using all savings realized from this project to ex- pand its pollution prevention and recycling pro- grams. HADCO also committed to recycling copper dust, which is another byproduct of its op- erations, and to examining the potential of install- ing additional sludge dryers to reduce the volume of sludge wastes as HADCO currently employs some sludge drying in each of the three facilities. Progress in Meeting Commitments
The Experiment. The Imation XL project builds upon the 1996 covenant between Imation and the State of California and is testing whether innova- tive permitting and NSR strategies can be used to enable the company to make facility changes with- out delay (i.e., avoiding case-by-case approvals) while producing superior environmental perfor- xxxxx. To avoid potential delays and streamline approval, this experiment is employing two prin- cipal mechanisms. First, the company has accepted a plant-wide cap on VOC emissions, and second, the company’s Title V permit (required by the CAA) was designed to characterize Imation’s an- ticipated changes as alternative operating sce- narios.
The Experiment. The Intel project’s goal is to implement an Environmental Management Mas- ter Plan that includes a facility-wide cap on air emissions to replace individual permit limits for different air emission sources. The Intel project provides a test case for two innovations for im- proving air permitting: the elimination of case-by- case review of specific manufacturing process changes, if emissions remain under a capped amount; and pre-approval of a major plant expan- sion, if emissions remain below a capped amount for the entire site. The Flexibility: The Intel XL project establishes a long-term plan to minimize the Ocotillo facility’s environmental impact on local air, land, and water quality; to minimize both its use of fresh water and its generation of waste; and to undertake a number of other actions to enhance the overall environ- mental quality of the community. As an incentive to achieve environmental performance at the Oco- tillo facility, EPA, the Arizona Department of En- vironmental Quality (ADEQ), the Maricopa County Bureau of Air Pollution Control, and the City of Xxxxxxxx will provide a more flexible and cost-effective process for regulatory management. The FPA provides regulatory flexibility in the ar- eas of air quality permitting, environmental per- formance reporting, and innovative technology.
The Experiment. The City of Xxxxxx, through the XL program, is exploring the potential of inte- grating publicly accessible, near-real-time moni- toring, a pilot pretreatment project, and an early warning system for stormwater drainage into a state-of-the-art integrated monitoring system and watershed protection program. This project tests The Flexibility: In order to achieve these objec- tives, the City of Xxxxxx will modify the indus- trial user inspection and monitoring schedule required by issued NPDES permits. According to the approved NPDES permit schedule, all SIUs and minor users are inspected once per year and the wastewater discharged from the facilities is sampled and analyzed at least once per year. Xxx- xxxxx at each industrial user is performed during a four-day period. This XL project will test reduc- ing the frequency of inspections and monitoring for SIUs that have consistently met NPDES per- mit standards in the past. Inspection of industrial
The Experiment. The Clermont County XLC project seeks to create a comprehensive watershed management plan for the EFLMR. The watershed plan will address environmental management of the county’s watershed resources with an aggres- sive and innovative community-based approach so that the county can maintain that necessary bal- ance between economic growth and the preserva- tion of its rural character and environment and, where possible, strive to improve the environment and protection of the area’s resources. Due to its comprehensive scope, the plan will also encom- pass other development issues closely tied to wa- ter quality, including land use, development procedures, open space and farmland preservation, and economic development. It is expected that this approach will achieve more environmental objec- tives and meet more performance standards than The Flexibility: For Phase I, the initial planning phase, no regulatory flexibility is needed. As the project moves to subsequent phases, more specific details regarding necessary regulatory flexibility will be identified.
The Experiment. The HADCO project is ex- amining whether valuable copper metals can be recovered more safely and cost effectively through direct reuse by a primary metals smelter rather than through following the current requirement to first ship copper sludge wastes long distances to inter- mediate processors. EPA will be able to develop a framework to address the potential transferability of this type of regulatory flexibility to other PWB manufacturers. The Flexibility: To improve recycling and reduce risks to the surrounding communities, EPA, the State of New York, and the State of New Hamp- shire are offering flexibility in solid waste disposal from three HADCO facilities. Testing of the facili- ties’ sludge from wastes from electroplating pro- cesses indicate that these sludges have a high concentration of several valuable metals, especially copper, and relatively low toxicity in comparison to typical electroplating sludges. New Hampshire has determined that the sludge is eligible for a solid waste variance or a conditional delisting. New York has determined that the sludge is eligible for a solid waste variance. If petitions from the facilities for a variance or delisting are approved, the sludges will not have to be sent to a pretreatment facility prior to recycling. The Superior Environmental Performance: HADCO has committed to using all savings real- ized from this project to expand its pollution pre- vention and recycling programs. HADCO has also committed to recycling copper dust, which is an- other byproduct of its operations, and to examining the potential of installing sludge dryers to reduce the volume of sludge wastes. Progress in Meeting Commitments HADCO – Number of Sludge Shipments for the New Hampshire Facilities HADCO – Sludge Production (in tons) at the New Hampshire Facilities
