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<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2545"
target=blank title="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2545">New
Tool: Green chemical purchases: wizard launched by MIT <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) </span></i></a></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(08/22/2006)
<br>
The Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard is a web-based tool funded and designed
by EPA and MIT that provides information on chemical alternatives to hazardous
solvents and substances commonly used in research laboratories. The Green
Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard provides hundreds of journal references
and case studies that detail alternative chemicals and/or processes available
for hazardous solvents, reagents, and cleaning agents. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2547"
target=blank title="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2547">New
Tool: Training video for new Hazardous Waste Manifest <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>(www.pneac.org) </span></i></a></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(08/22/2006)
<br>
Not sure how to complete the new Hazardous Waste Manifest Form required after
September 5? A new <a
href="http://www.pneac.org/hazwastemanifest/manifest_video/manifest.html"
target=blank
title="http://www.pneac.org/hazwastemanifest/manifest_video/manifest.html">Flash
video training </a>from the Printer's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Environmental</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Assistance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
answers that question. The video introduces the new form, shows the differences
between the new and old forms, and provides users with specific instructions
for completing it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2546" target=blank
title="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2546"><strong><b><font
face=Arial title="http://www.p2ric.org/EnvNews/NewsItem.cfm?Id=2546"><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Fund Source: DOE to announce $38 Million in small
business grants <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(Grants.gov) </span></i></span></font></b></strong></a>(08/22/2006)
<br>
The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced an upcoming opportunity for small
businesses (500 employees or less) to submit grant applications in response to
its annual Phase I Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
programs. Approximately $38 Million will be reserved for the Phase I
competition, which will result in approximately 380 Phase I awards in amounts
up to $100,000 each. Technical areas in which applications are sought include,
but are not limited to, carbon cycle measurements of the atmosphere and the
biosphere, wind energy reliability and cost reduction, solar energy, hydrogen
delivery and production, hybrid electric vehicles with a special focus on
plug-in hybrids, cellulosic biomass to high-value products, and alternative
feedstocks to chemicals. The Funding Opportunity Announcement will be published
at <a href="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10660&mode=VIEW"
target=blank
title="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10660&mode=VIEW">Grants.gov
</a>on or near September 15, 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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