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HONOLULU - After rigorous testing performed by the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the innovative decontamination product, DeconGel®, has met requirements for safe transport to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico for disposal of transuranic waste (TRU). DeconGel® was used at SRNL in a headspace simulation test of ...

Sep. 10, 2010

By Industrial Chem Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of Worldwide Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

CBI Polymers, a subsidiary of Cellular Bioengineering, Inc., is pleased to announce that National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Safety and Ecology Corporation (SEC) have won the Environmental, Security, Safety and Health (ESS&H) Achievement Award in recognition of their innovative use of DeconGel® as a beryllium decontamination technique for the mitigation and abatement of ...

Feb. 9, 2010

By Industrial Chem Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of Worldwide Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that several agency employees were awarded the 2009 Service to America Medals by the Partnership for Public Service. EPA employees Cara Peck, Life Scientist in EPA’s Region 9 and Kristen Taddonio, Director of Climate Choice at EPA headquarters were awarded the Call to Service Medal, and Regan Murray and the Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment ...

May 18, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Liquid Lignin, LLC has been awarded $80,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop Environmentally Friendly Borate-Based Wood. This natural organic retention project proposes using lignin from emerging biorefineries to allow borates to be used as wood preservatives for exterior applications exposed to rain. Enhancing the ...

Jun. 13, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

WEST CHESTER, PA—April 25, 2006–Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON), announced today the award of a Worldwide Heavy Engineering Repair and Construction (HERC) contract by the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE), Brooks AFB, TX. WESTON is one of 20 companies selected under this multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) program, which has a potential shared ...

Apr. 26, 2006

By Weston Solutions, Inc

Applied Environmental Technology (AET), in Thonotosassa, Fl. has been awarded more than $79,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop low cost energy and nutrient extraction from onsite wastewater. Onsite wastewater systems are a significant source of nutrient loading to the environment and there is a demand for technologies ...

Jun. 13, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Aruna Biomedical Inc., has been awarded more than $79,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to study developmental neurotox assay using scalable neurons and astrocytes in high-content imaging. The objective of this proposed project and the EPA Computational Toxicology program’s goals are aligned in assessing chemicals for ...

Jun. 13, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), this week announced it has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a working prototype of a mobile Standoff Radiation Imaging System (SORIS). The research is part of a DHS program to advance technologies that provide new tools for law enforcement and first ...

Nov. 11, 2008

By General Electric

A facility of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Lee’s Summit, Mo., has received the year’s top national award in EPA’s Federal Green Challenge, an annual recognition of best efforts by federal government agencies to lead by example in reducing their environmental impacts. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ National Benefits Center (NBC) earned the 2014 ...

May 22, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Three New England small businesses received $100,000 each from the US Environmental Protection Agency to develop and commercialize sustainable technologies that may help address pressing environmental issues. Precision Combustion of North Haven, Conn.; 3D Array Technology of Vernon, Conn. and TIAX of Lexington, Mass., were among 19 small businesses nationwide to receive almost $2 million in ...

Sep. 15, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 recognized federal agencies in the Northwest and Alaska as Federal Green Challenge winners for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions 5 percent or more in two target areas - energy, electronics, transportation, waste, water, or purchasing. The combined efforts of 47 participants, 100s of facilities, and more than 100,000 federal ...

Apr. 23, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency