Tempe, Ariz. and Los Altos, Calif. -- April 16, 2001 -- Environmental Support Solutions (Environ.com) and ESP (Environmental Software Providers) announced today that they have formed an alliance to create a new "best of class" enterprise solution suite for the environmental industry.

This alliance will provide Environ.com and ESP with an integrated, modular, Web-based EMIS compliance suite utilizing ESP's opsEnvironmentalTM framework. The program's modules bring together data from permits, manufacturing and support operations into a single framework that manages calculations, reporting, and automated alerts.

Environ.com is the leader in hazardous waste, refrigerant, indoor air quality, and health and safety environmental compliance management software. ESP is the leading provider of air, water, form R, MSDS inventory, and Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) software.

"With their leverage in the waste, refrigerant, indoor air quality, and health and safety markets, Environ.com is an ideal partner for ESP," said Alex Long, president of ESP. "With this combination of complementary modules, we will be able to provide the basis for a functional, user-friendly EMIS solution, within an enterprise framework, that is unparalleled in the industry."

"We are excited to join a great company like ESP," said Robert Johnson, CEO and president at Environ.com. "Our partnership allows both companies to concentrate on our respective expertise, while delivering to our customers the functionality and flexibility of our products in an enterprise and ASP framework. Our customers will benefit from these cost-effective methods for assuring tracking and completion of environmental requirements."

The companies are co-developing an ASP hosted version of the modules that will be available to clients on a subscription basis.

About Environmental Support Solutions

Environmental Support Solutions (Environ.com) helps organizations to implement and maintain world-class regulatory compliance programs using desktop, enterprise Web browser, and ASP hosted software. Environ.com's solutions have helped more than 7,000 businesses, government agencies, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and commercial properties to be in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and standards. For additional information, please visit www.environ.com or call 800-289-6116, ext. 1.

About ESP

ESP is the leading provider of industry-focused environmental management information systems. Their integrated software solutions increase productivity and environmental control in manufacturing operations. Since 1992, ESP has been satisfying customer multimedia environmental management needs in manufacturing environments including the energy, chemical, petrochemical, cement, semiconductor, and aerospace industries. ESP's opsEnvironmental TM software suite includes integrated opsAirTM, opsWaterTM, opsWasteTM, opsFormRTM, opsCEMRWTM, opsLDARTM, opsMSDSTM and opsInventoryTM modules. For additional information, please visit www.esp-net.com or call 650-949-5900.

Media Contacts: Robin Suzelis, Environ.com, 480-346-5524, robin_suzelis@environ.com

Rebecca Morris, ESP, 650-949-9956, rebecca@esp-net.com