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Where in the U.S.A. in EBT working?
Most of EBT's activities in the USA have been in the environmental biotechnology area. EBT was accepted into the Superfund Site Innovative Technology program for a project on fungal degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. We have also been accepted into the second stage of the program, the Site Demonstration stage.
Working with American companies, we have supported their needs in regard to kerosene degradation, refinery wastes, landfarming operations, and diesel and PAH degradation. We have studied and supported the following bioprocesses: landfarming, bioventing, biosparging, and composting.
EBT provided project management and administration of the ABATE program for EPRI (Electric Power and Research Institute, Inc.) from 1993 to 1998. The program was designed to help the participating member utility company develop and complete its site evaluation activities relating to a site which was potentially treatable through bioremediation. It also supported companies' assessments and selection processes, offered technical advisory services, and developed and managed site specific remediation projects. Under this program EBT worked with Duke Energy (North Carolina), SCE&G (South Carolina Electric & Gas), NEES (New England Electric) and others.
Projects:
- screening of fungal cultures for their ability to degrade a wide range of chemical and dyes for environmental importance (EPRI);
- a fungal treatment of oil refinery hydrocarbon wastes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other composting projects (Chevron);
- several bioremediation analysis in glycol in soil (PG&E)
- examining of Bacillus and Pseudomonas species for their ability to act as a microbial host system for developing cultures which could degrade high molecular weight alkanes (DARPA);
- examining three anaerobic biofilm processes their ability to degrade TNT and RDX in aqueous systems (U.S. Air Force);
- selection of previously identified fungal cultures for their ability to degrade polyaromatic hydrocarbons associated with coal tar wastes (EPRI, New England Power, and US EPA);
- screening currently available commercial bioproducts to advance product technology (Genencor International);
- collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories to combine Sandia technology for non-invasive site monitoring and EBT's bioremediation experience to focus on measuring hydrocarbons in soil;
- a literature review, options and recommendations for the in situ remediation of Mineral Oil Dielectric Fluid (MODF) contaminated soils (PG&E);
- a market study on the use of bioproducts for twelve environmental market applications (Cognis);
- a co-sponsored project to assist a utility company's field technology examination project (US EPA, USGS, and industry);
- an on-site soil biotreatment process was selected for the treatment of petroleum products.
NREL contracted with EBT to distribute a standardized, commercial cellulase product to contractors working on NREL projects.
A project examined soil washing using various surfactants and chemical oxidation, followed by biodegradation for the removal of cutting oil from soil. Results showed a 63% reduction in the TPH concentrations.
A project for Ford Land Motor Company involved a series of nutrient supplemented soil studies to determine rate of bioremediation and the potential need for bioaugmentation of the soil.
EBT has conducted Microbial Geophysical Surface Surveys for a Canadian Company in this region. See
Working with SCE&G (South Carolina Electric and Gas), EBT examined three microbial processes for the treatment of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater as well as scale up of a laboratory process for treating 20-25 tons of PAH contaminated soils.
In collaboration with Grant Geophysical, EBT has conducted Microbial Geochemical Surface Surveys in Southern Texas. These surveys are available as Multi-client surveys through Grant Geophysical.
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Environmental BioTechnologies, Inc.
255C S. Guild Ave.
Lodi, CA 95240
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