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Small Business Innovation Research Program

Description: In 1982, the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219) established small business innovation research (SBIR) programs within the major federal research and development (R&D) agencies. The intent of the effort was to increase government funding of small, high technology companies for the performance of R&D with commercial potential. Each federal department with an R&D budget of $100 million or more is required to set aside part of this amount to finance the SBIR activity. From its … more
Date: September 27, 1999
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Treatment Technologies at Superfund Sites

Description: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation. and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, authorizes the Federal Government, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to clean up hazardous waste sites. There are currently about 1,200 sites on Superfund's National Priorities List, with remedial costs expected to be around $40 billion.
Date: June 27, 1991
Creator: Wozniak, Alborz A. & Reisch, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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