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Summer 2011

Summer 2011

There has been a lot happening in ETEBA this quarter. The federal budget has dominated the agenda

here in Washington. Congress finally passed funding for the balance of FY 2011 in April and ap-propriations bills for FY 2012 have begun to move in the House. All signs point to significantly re-duced spending in FY 2012 for most programs at DOE. And, another standoff is looming between Demo-crats and Republicans over the need to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by August 2. I continue to meet as often as possible with federal and Con-gressional decision makers to stress the im-portance of funding DOE’s environmental and energy programs, and advocate for the interests of ETEBA member companies. In May, I was in New Mexico to meet with officials at NNSA, Sandia, Kirtland and LANL, and partici-pated in the New Mexico Chapter’s first annual scholarship golf tournament which was a big suc-cess. We also exhibited at the DOE Small Busi-ness Conference in Kansas City, where we hosted

From the Executive Director, Sherry Peske

a “Joyful Outing” recep-tion that was highly at-tended by ETEBA mem-bers and participants at the conference. In June, we successfully launched a new ETEBA Web site. The site offers easier navigation, on-line registration and payment features, event calendars and a “Members Only” section containing more in-depth information and up-dates. At a day-long strategic planning session held in Tennessee, ETEBA board members identi-fied ways we can continue to grow ETEBA and further strengthen our ability to serve members. Watch for further information as specific work plans and activities are developed. Work to develop the program for this year’s Busi-ness Opportunities Conference is well underway, and I sincerely hope that many of you will sign up to sponsor, exhibit and attend this year’s event. All the information you need is available on the ETEBA Web site. We are always looking for ways to further im-prove our service to members--please don’t hesi-tate to contact me with any suggestions or ques-tions.

Interested in contacting Sherry? Email her at

sherry@eteba.org and follow her on

LinkedIn.

Sherry Peske

In this issue:

Update from the GRC

Member Highlights

Upcoming Member Meetings

ETEBA Members Honored

ETEBA Website Revamp

Preview of the 2011 BOC Conference

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with the Administra-

tion’s commitment to

small business growth

and job creation. Ap-

parently exemptions are

being granted on a case

by case basis. Imple-

mentation appears une-

ven and impacts can be

significant. We are con-

tinuing to track this and

make the case for ETE-

BA member businesses.

In Oak Ridge, an-

nouncement of a planned realignment of the

DOE Office has raised local concerns regard-

ing effective advocacy for DOE Programs in

Oak Ridge and impacts on the community

and DOE support contractors. We are shar-

ing information with ETEBA members.

In response to recent and anticipated budget

reductions, an Oak Ridge “grass roots” com-

munity group has been formed dedicated to

sharing information on the need for Envi-

ronmental Management funds to keep Oak

Ridge moving forward. Jenny Freeman is

participating and has information on that

group.

The 2012 Federal

Budget has been a

major focus of inter-

est and concern for

ETEBA Members.

Sherry Peske has

been keeping mem-

bers informed on the

prospects for a near

term federal shut

down and significant

federal budget reduc-

tions for 2012. The

GRC is formulating

an approach for communicating the value of

DOE work for our communities, our coun-

try, and our businesses. ETEBA is planning

to visit Capitol Hill this fall to encourage

support for DOE programs that benefit all

DOE sites and the contactor community.

The DOE Moratorium on DOE Support Ser-

vice Contracts is continuing to impact ETE-

BA businesses. There is confusion about

the memo announcing the moratorium. In

late May, ETEBA sent a letter to DOE Depu-

ty Sectary Poneman requesting an exemp-

tion for small businesses, making the case

that the moratorium disproportionately

affects small businesses, and is inconsistent

The next Government Relation Committee meeting is scheduled for July 15. A call

in number is available so that you may attend from any location.

INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING?

Activities of the Government Relations Committee

(GRC) - Harry Boston, Chair

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Information International Associates (IIa) is pleased to announce the creation of a formalized Advisory Board. This Board is focused on the continuing goal of strengthening the company’s position in Federal Government markets as a top provider of high-quality, trusted information technology (IT) services. IIa is fortu-nate to have an Advisory Board comprised of distinguished and experienced indi-viduals, and it is our pleasure to welcome them to Oak Ridge. Dr. Frank H. Akers, Jr., Ph.D. : Dr. Akers is the President and CEO of Oak Ridge Strategies Group, Inc. (ORSG), a company specializing in technology discovery, exploitation of disruptive technologies, customer relationship development, and strategic planning. Ms. Linda Allan : From 1991 until her retirement in 2008, Ms. Allan served as the Executive Vice President for NCI Information Systems, an IT company focusing on full lifecycle IT specialties, where she was responsible for business growth, ac-quisitions, and risk mitigation. Mr. Rich Hozik: As Senior Managing Director and Founding Member of McLean Consulting Services, LLC and President and Chief Executive Officer and Founding Member of Hozik and Lawson, LLC, Mr. Hozik is responsible for leading the management of these consulting practices which specialize in strategic planning, business process and profit improvement, business turnarounds, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mark Lister : Mr. Lister is the Founder and President of StratTechs, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in brokering technology within the Defense, Intelli-gence, and Homeland Security government markets. Mr. Larry Peck : Mr. Peck currently serves as Managing Partner of Sierra Hold-ings, LLC, a small company providing management and consulting services to IT companies seeking to pursue business with the federal government.

Member Highlights

Piper Communications, a small woman owned business, expanded to include offices in Knoxville and Oak Ridge. Piper Communications specializes in stra-tegic communications consulting to energy, infrastructure and environmen-tal industries; providing public and government relations, business develop-ment and overall strategic communications expertise.

Chelsea Crawford

Marketing/Communications Assis-tant

Information International Associates, Inc.

104 Union Valley Road Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Work: 865-298-1256

Cell: 865-438-5508

http://www.iiaweb.com/

www.piper-communications.com Contact: Cortney Piper, Principal 116 Milan Way, Suite 200 Oak Ridge TN, 37830 P.O. Box 2064, Knoxville, TN 37901

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Merrick & Company and Nuclear Safety Associates (NSA) have announced a joint mar-keting agreement between the two firms to serve the North American and global nuclear market. Merrick/NSA will provide the nuclear industry with a complete service offering to meet the continuing growth of the industry. The team will specifically focus on small modular reactors, medical isotopes, fuel manufacturing, existing fleet support, and re-search reactors as well as other opportunities within the market.

Merrick recently acquired a firm in Charlotte, NC. The office currently provides civil engineering, land planning, and landscape architecture and will gradually build its offer-ings to serve Merrick’s other markets.

Merrick will be designing a company operations facility and hangar at Fort Bragg, NC, for the US Army Corps of Engineers. The firm is also providing commissioning for the Global Animal Health facility at Washington State University and continues its work at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases and the US Army Medi-cal Research Institute for Chemical Defense.

Merrick is a long-time and strong supporter of the nuclear industry and its future, and, as part of that commitment, Merrick recently sponsored a four-year scholarship to the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos (UNM. On another note, Merrick’s 2011 intern class includes four individuals interning at Los Alamos and one individual interning at Oak Ridge National Lab. Many of the other engineering interns will also be involved in nuclear-associated projects during their summer with Merrick.

Member Highlights

Sean Christman, founder and CEO of Slamdot, was featured on the cover of the July 2011 issue of Everything Knoxville magazine answering some common, and not-so-common, questions about choosing a website designer and hosting company, as well as the web design process. The interview focused on Slamdot's mission to simplify website design and deliver a superior customer experience. Also, Daniel Monday, COO of Slamdot, was named the Knoxville Chamber's Ambassador of the Year for 2010-2011. The Ambassador program is a volunteer-based organization that serves the interests of the Knoxville Chamber, its membership, and the region's business com-munity.

John Buckle 303-353-3806 Mike Wade 865-685-5518

www.merrick.com

Slamdot

http://www.slamdot.com

Sean Christman, sean@slamdot.com

Daniel Monday, daniel@slamdot.com

On June 8th, 2011, AMARC was the recipient of the B&W Y-12, National Security Complex, "Small Disadvantaged Business Of The Year Award". AMARC received this award “in recognition of its outstanding performance in support of the B&W Y-12 procurement activities" for fiscal year 2010. www.amarc-llc.com

Steve Przybytek AMARC, LLC Phone (865)675-4599 Fax (865)966-3945 Cell (865)223-0163

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EnergySolutions and TerranearPMC (TES) announced that they have been awarded a five-year contract, worth $29 million, from the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Com-mand (JMC) to support the Navy’s cleanup of the former Hunters Point Shipyard. Hunters Point, located on the San Francisco Bay area, is the focal point for large-scale remediation activities as part of the U.S. Government’s Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program

The Idaho Treatment Group LLC (ITG) was awarded a four-year cleanup contract estimated at approximately $417 million. ITG is a joint venture comprising The Bab-cock & Wilcox Company, URS, and EnergySolutions. The contract includes manag-ing and operating the DOE Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) at the Idaho National Laboratory.

In the UK, EnergySolutions has received 15 awards this year for outstanding levels of performance in all aspects of safety, including environmental, health, nuclear, and radiological. The RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) awards received include six Gold Awards, three President Awards, and three Orders of Dis-tinction. In addition, for the first time, EnergySolutions EU Ltd received a Gold Award for the safety performance of its Tier 2 business and the company’s head-quarters in Swindon, England. There were specific awards recognizing Magnox Ltd for its approach to road safety. In addition, EnergySolutions received awards from the British Safety Council, as well as a letter recognizing the company’s contribu-tion to protecting the environment.

Member Highlights

LB Services (LBS) is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Enterprise located in Oliver Springs, TN. LBS was established in 1992. The principal Katherine Bumgardner is a veteran of the United States Air Force and has been managing projects for the Department of Energy and other Govern-ment Agencies for over 17 years.

LB Services is comprised of 2 divisions: Technical Services and Construction. Our NAICS Codes include: 238910 Site Preparation, 562910 Remediation Services, 541320 Landscape Architectural Services, 541620 Environmental Consulting Ser-vices, 561730 Landscape Services, 561210 Facility Support Services, and 512110 Mo-tion Picture and Video Production.

LBS is a licensed General Contractor in Tennessee and Kentucky, providing ser-vices designing and building wetland mitigation banks and stream restoration projects. LBS is a site preparation contractor and provides remediation services, as well as a major supplier of clean fill and topsoil to DOE landfills. Our technical services division includes video production services and technical project man-agement. Our list of sample customers includes Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nature Conservancy, Commonwealth of Ken-tucky, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and the City of Knoxville. LB Services is a well es-tablished small business and was named the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Vet-eran Owned Business of the Year for 2010. For more information please visit our website at www.lbsenvironmental.com.

M. Katherine Bumgardner President LB Services (865) 809-9571 www.lbsenvironmental.com

www.energysolutions.com

Pat Hopper

804 S. Illinois Ave.

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Tel: (865) 294-6187

E-mail: jphopper@energysolutions.com

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V3 Technical Services, LLC (V3), completed a draft evaluation report of VA-wide chemical management and inventory tracking programs. V3 developed an evalua-tion checklist/ranking tool while working with a VA-HQ representative and staff. This tool addressed OSHA, EPA, and other VA system requirements to meet in the management (from purchasing to use and/or disposal) of hazardous materials and waste. During site visits to VA locations, V3 conducted the evaluations based on current/future facility needs for the chemical management system. V3 utilized the collected data and information gathered during visit evaluations to prepare a com-prehensive report identifying the highest ranking aspects of the evaluated software.

V3 also surveyed the commonly used chemicals at the facility and defined common chemicals as those that cost the VA the most in regard to time and money and pre-sent the greatest compliance burden. Those chemicals that require extensive train-ing, PPE, special storage, and expensive disposal are generally more important for management compared to chemicals that are not costly to use, manage, store, or dispose of properly. V3 provided recommendations on how to reduce consumption of hazardous chemicals or substitute for non/less hazardous chemicals.

Member Highlights

www.v3t.org

Contact: Eddie Wat-son, Phone 865-934-3430

Janet Benjamin

Marketing Manager

Firewater, a technical services firm has launched its new website, FirewaterLLC.com, to promote its service offerings to businesses and organizations in the Transporta-tion, Waste Management, Environmental Compliance, and Soft Sided Packaging market sectors. The website redesign includes a number of new ground-breaking technological features that enable more informative and easier navigation. Consider-able thought has gone into the redesign of our web presence such that our clients and prospective clients can understand what it is Firewater does and how we go about achieving results.

Kahren White, President www.Firewaterllc.com 226 Indiana Avenue Maryville, TN 37803 865.934.3410

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GEL Laboratories, LLC (GEL) is actively providing radiological analysis sup-port following the tragic events of March 11, 2011 in Japan. In the weeks follow-ing the earthquake and nuclear incident, questions about iodine 131, cesium 134/137 and strontium 89/90 in water, food and exports increased. While many samples were analyzed in our Charleston, South Carolina laboratories, shipping delays created the need for GEL to deploy equipment to Japan. Gamma systems were assembled, calibrated and shipped over a two week period to meet the crit-ical and immediate needs for safety analysis. The systems were calibrated in Charleston using known sources of gamma emitting radionuclides and are cur-rently operating in Japan. GEL monitors the systems remotely to ensure proper instrument operation and to evaluate spectra as required. For more information on GEL services please send an email to our marketing group at mrkt@gel.com.

Upcoming Membership Meetings for 2011 Please register on-line at http://eteba.org/events/events-calendar?

MHF Services (MHF), a leading provider of packaging, transportation, logistics and technical services, was a winner of the 2010 CSX Transportation (CSX) Chemical Safety Excellence Award. The award is given by CSX to companies for their commit-ment to rail car maintenance and safety.

To be eligible for the award, a company must ship 600 or more rail cars per year on CSX and have no non-accidental releases during the entire year.

Patrick Alcorn, Business Development Manager for Hazardous/Non-Hazardous Ma-terials, accepted the award on behalf of MHF at a ceremony held April 14, 2011 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC.

Alcorn said, “The safe transportation of environmentally sensitive materials in the public domain is a core goal of MHF. We look forward to meeting the safety stand-ards we set internally in order to be recognized by CSX again for 2011.”

About MHF Services

MHF Services (www.mhfservices.com) is an integrated packaging, transportation and logistics provider offering seamless solutions for generators and shippers of ra-dioactive, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste, materials, and byproducts. MHF provides transportation and logistics solutions to U.S. Department of Energy con-tractors, and companies in the nuclear utilities, environmental services, energy, mining, metals, chemical, and petrochemical industries.

Member Highlights

James B. West-moreland Director, Radiochemis-try Division GEL Laboratories, LLC 2040 Savage Road Charleston, SC 29407 843.556.8171 office 843.697.0441 mobile www.gel.com

Lisa Sabol ph: 724.772.9800 ext. 5562 cell: 724.272.9578 www.mhfservices.com

New Mexico

August Meeting— Mohsen Parhizkar, Director of Nuclear

Surety, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB,

NM

Tennessee

July Meeting—Leo Sain, President, UCOR

August Meeting—Esther Vassar, SBA National Om-

budsman

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John Hayfield has recently been appointed President of NuVision Engineering, Inc. (Federal Business Segment), where he is responsible for delivery of innova-tive technical solutions in the areas of waste retrieval and waste management, pri-marily in the US and UK. Mr. Hayfield will also serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer for NuVision Engineering’s subsidiary, Mid Columbia Engi-neering, Inc., where he is responsible for all aspects of the engineering and fabri-cation business in Richland, WA.

Mr. Hayfield was formerly the Senior Vice President and Global Director of Nucle-ar Materials and Decommissioning for WorleyParsons Limited. He also served as President and General Manager of WorleyParsons Polestar, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorleyParsons. Prior to acquisition by WorleyParsons in 2007, Mr. Hayfield was a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Polestar Applied Technol-ogy, Inc. Other notable experience includes Operations Manager of Hanford’s PUREX Plant in the 1990’s.

Mr. Hayfield holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Washington State Univer-sity.

Member Highlights

Bonnie Zimmerman

Phone (865) 574-9815 / Fax (865) 576-8558

bzimmerman@MCL-inc.com

www.MCL-inc.com

MCL’s New Website: MCL recently launched our new website. The upgraded website has a sleek, professional profile, clearly articulating our current services and capabili-ties. It offers increased visibility and improved search engine compatibility, directing users to relevant information on MCL’s webpage. We would especially like to thank Mr. Larry Perry for contributing his photography talent to better represent MCL’s in-strumentation, staff and services. Please visit us at www.mcl-inc.com/.

Rural Community Stem Initiative Update: MCL is proud to support the Rural Communities STEM Initiative (RCSI), an Oak Ridge business/education partnership working with nine rural school districts to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills of regional K-12 students. RCSI’s latest pilot program ‘Lab–In-A-Box’ was debuted at the June 10, 2011 East Tennessee Economic Council (ETEC) meeting. ‘Lab–In-A-Box’ activity kits provide resources, lesson plans and training for middle school math and science teachers.

Roane State Community College has completed the assembly of ‘Lab–In-A-Box’ activi-ty kits. The next order of business is teacher training, which will be conducted by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), scheduled for late July. MCL would like to en-courage other businesses and individuals to consider a donation to RCSI. For pledge cards or additional information please contact Dr. Gary Goff at Roane State Commu-nity College (goffdg@roanestate.edu) or Bonnie Zimmerman at MCL (bzimmerman@mcl-inc.com).

Join Our Newsletter Mailing List: If you’re interested in receiving MCL’s quarterly newsletter, please contact Linda Maines at lmaines@mcl-inc.com or 865-576-4138.

Kristin Mensinger NuVision Engineering 1100 Jadwin Ave Suite 500 Richland, WA 99352 509-946-5854 Fax: 509-946-5956 www.nuvisioneng.com

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The Board of Directors of DeNuke Services has elected John Coffman as Chairman of the Board and CEO. This new position adds to his current duties as President. “This consolidation of senior management responsibility is consistent with the excellent results John has achieved over the last eight years as the Chief Operating Officer at DeNuke and ReNuke.” said former Chairman and founder, Fred Gardner. “John has the management, coaching skills and vision to lead the company through these next few challenging years as we grow from a small business into the medium size busi-ness that we have planned. This is a great opportunity to capitalize on John’s man-agement skills and further development of our infrastructure and client base that he has helped establish since 2003.”

Mr. Gardner will remain an owner and member of the Board of Directors. He will pursue capture plans and proposal development projects, strategic planning and new projects. “Fred has skills that are best focused on new project development, so that’s the area that he’ll be successful in.” said John Coffman.

DeNuke is a 250 person nuclear services staffing and project services company. Founded in 2002, DeNuke is focused on nuclear engineering, nuclear safety, health physics and waste management services for cleanup of DOE sites and the commercial nuclear power services markets. DeNuke and the commercial division, ReNuke, have project operations in throughout North America and Asia, providing senior level pro-ject staff and nuclear engineering support.

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Member Highlights

Firewater and Strategic Packaging Systems (SPS) announced the signing of an Exclu-sive Marketing Agreement. The two companies will work together to provide a broad array of soft-sided packaging services to the DOE market segment in the Oak Ridge area and beyond.

Kahren White, President of Firewater says, "We are delighted that SPS has selected Firewater as its marketing partner to bring this innovative packaging to market. The combination of resources between Firewater and SPS results in the creation of a very solid marketing and supplier relationship in soft sided packaging. Both companies have a reputation for service excellence and responsiveness with their clients, and both have very high operating standards internally."

Tim Blythe, Director of marketing, and Al Beale, President, of SPS, added “The com-bined resources of Firewater and SPS will create a strong bond between our manufac-turing and customer service abilities to provide the utmost service to our customers."

SPS's 45,000 square foot facility is located less than 60 miles from the Oak Ridge area, in Madisonville, and operates in accordance with a NQA-1 Quality Assurance Pro-gram. The SPS and Firewater Team welcomes the opportunity to support the waste management needs of commercial and government clients in the Oak Ridge area.

The Oak Ridge community will be able to take advantage of the many benefits associ-ated with “soft-sided” waste packaging from the people who pioneered and patented these products over a decade ago.

www.denuke.com John Coffman jcoffman@denuke.com

Tim Blythe Phone: 724-312-1757 Website: www.spsonline.biz

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PECOS Management Services, Inc. (PECOS), a woman-owned small business located in Albuquerque, NM began its sixth consecutive year of providing monthly food dona-tions to the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) Title 1 Homeless Program. This pro-gram helps homeless children stay in school and encourages their education and achievements. It provides clothes, food, supplies, and tutoring for well over 3000 chil-dren in the APS district.

PECOS began a monthly food drive in early 2006, which continues today. The food drive focuses on individual or small group servings of basic meal items. Of course, snacks are always included (Little Debbie’s snack cakes are a big favorite!) PECOS has been complimented by the program administration as being one of the few firms they could always count on for food – month in and month out – especially when school is not in session which is one of the slower times for donations. Collections are substan-tial during the holidays to support these children when their primary source of food (school meals) is limited.

PECOS also arranged for the ETEBA Southwest Chapter to conduct a food and fund drive at its December meeting that netted over $2,500 in cash plus a substantial supply of food.

Member Highlights

www.pecosmanagement.com

Contact Person: Ms. Sherry Keeney, Pres-ident/CEO

Phone Number: 505-323-8355

e-mail: skeen-ey@pecosmanagement.com

Bartlett Services, Inc. (BSI) was awarded a contract by URS Energy & Construction, Inc. (URS) to provide radiological support services at the Separations Process Re-search Unit (SPRU) at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) in Niskayuna, New York. BSI will support URS and their contract with the Department of Energy in the deactivation, demolition and removal of the SPRU, including all necessary labor, su-pervision, instruments and calibration and supplies. The period of performance will commence upon date of contract award and extend through January 2012, with the option to extend through April 2012.

BSI President Nick DiMascio comments, “We are pleased with the confidence URS has in Bartlett to execute top-level performance in meeting the project expectations. In addition, our corporate office location in proximity to the SPRU site will facilitate timely response and delivery of resources to the project.”

About Bartlett Services, Inc.

Bartlett Services, Inc. (BSI) is the leading provider of on-site radiological safety ser-vices to the U.S. nuclear industry, with over 30 years of project and staffing experi-ence to government facilities and contractors nationwide. BSI’s services encompass every phase of a radioactive facility life cycle from startup to operations, characteriza-tion, decontamination and decommissioning and license termination. In addition, BSI provides the comprehensive solutions of its parent company BHI Energy, which include project management, professional, technical, engineering, civil maintenance and specialty maintenance.

www.bartlettservices.com

Gary Benda (803) 317-1116 or gary.benda@bartlettinc.com

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www.cav-services.com

(801) 532-2272 Amanda Hansen

Business Coordinator

(801) 532-2272

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Cavanagh Services Group, Inc. (Cavanagh) is pleased to announce its official certifica-tion under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) new Federal Contract Program as a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).

Cavanagh, founded in 2002 by Susan Rice, has always been woman-owned and a small business supporting government and commercial customers. This new program offers an actual certification and for the first time authorizes contracting officers to set aside certain federal contracts for eligible women-owned small businesses. The program was implemented by the SBA on Feb. 4, 2011 and was created to ensure women-owned small business concerns have an equal opportunity to participate in Federal contract-ing and to assist agencies in achieving their WOSB participation goals.

Cavanagh is also certified by the SBA as a section 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, a program that allows contracting officers to sole-source and set aside federal contracts to companies that have received the certification. The new WOSB program will be sim-ilar, in that certain types of work can be set aside to allow only qualified and certified WOSBs to participate in the procurement. For more information on the WOSB Federal Contract Program visit:

http://www.sba.gov/content/contracting-opportunities-women-owned-small-businesses

Cavanagh Services Group, Inc. is an SBA-certified 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged Business, and Woman Owned Small Business specializing in integrated project management and transportation logistic services. This includes project management, remediation sup-port, packaging, transportation, disposal and overall logistics management.

Member Highlights

www.ecgs.ecgsgroup.com

865-220-7901.

599 Oak Ridge Turn-pike, Suite A

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

ENERCON-Cornerstone Government Services, LLC (ECGS) is pleased to announce that Mr. Erik Vogeley has been promoted to the position of company President. Mr. Vogeley has been with the company for just over two years, and previously held the position of Director of Eastern Operations. ECGS is a US Small Business Administra-tion (SBA)-approved 8(a) small disadvantaged business (SDB) and was formed in 2009 by two parent companies - Cornerstone Equipment and Supply, Inc. (CES), and Enercon Services, Inc (ENERCON). ECGS was organized in accordance with SBA mentor protégé regulations specifically to help Federal Government clients with engi-neering and environmental consulting services; decontamination and decommission-ing services; and the management of hazardous chemical, radioactive, and mixed wastes.

ECGS also provides a broad range of operations support services to improve perfor-mance, increase output, and manage operation costs. Additional services include nuclear engineering, environmental engineering, regulatory compliance, training, procedure development, maintenance program design and optimization, risk man-agement, custom software development, and quality improvement. Areas of exper-tise include licensing & regulatory support, decommissioning & remediation of nucle-ar facilities & material licensees, radiological controls services and document & rec-ords management services to a wide variety of commercial and federal clients.

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Walt Foutz, Vice President 303-421-1511 walt@ commodore.com www.commodore.com

www.cabreraservices.com

Shannan Ryll

860-569-0095

sryll@cabreraservices.co

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Commodore Advanced Sciences and IMPACT Services have successfully com-

pleted treatment of sodium-contaminated reactor parts from the Hanford site.

The project involved removal and conversion of elemental sodium from steel

parts of two decommissioned sodium-cooled nuclear reactors (FERMI and

FFTF). Sodium is a reactive alkali metal that melts at 208 degrees F and is pyro-

phoric in the presence of water. The physical hazards of metallic sodium are a

significant challenge in demolition of sodium-cooled nuclear reactors.

The IMPACT-Commodore team used a patented and environment-friendly recy-

cling technology to safely and quickly remove sodium by immersion in anhy-

drous ammonia. Ammonia readily dissolves sodium, which converts to sodium

hydroxide. This process is named AMANDA, which is the acronym for Alkali

Metals AND Ammonia. IMPACT uses sodium hydroxide to treat contaminated

OREX PPE, resulting in a green technology that allows the sodium and stainless

steel to be recycled while disposing two DOE waste streams. The cleaned reactor

parts including 13 cold traps were shipped from IMPACT’s facility at East Tennes-

see Technology Park back to the Hanford site in early June. Commodore suc-

cessfully treated approximately 18,000 pounds of material and converted approx-

imately 1500 pounds of sodium to sodium hydroxide during the four-month long

treatment campaign. This material had previously been shipped to another Oak

Ridge waste treatment vendor and subsequently returned due to the sodium haz-

ards that could not be overcome by the other contractor.

Member Highlights

For the third consecutive year, Cabrera Services, Inc. (Cabrera) of East Hartford, CT has been ranked as one of the top Hispanic-owned companies in the United States. According to Hispanic Business Magazine's annual list of the nation's 500 largest Hispanic businesses, Cabrera was ranked the 149th largest Hispanic firm in the country.

The Hispanic Business 500 is published annually by Hispanic Business Magazine and is based on annual revenue and overall company size. The complete Hispanic Business 500 list for 2010 can be found in the June issue of Hispanic Business Mag-azine. The combined revenues of the businesses on this year's list totalled $31.9 billion, up 5.7 percent from the previous year.

“What an honor it is to be referred to as one of the nation’s largest Hispanic busi-nesses,” said Cabrera 's CEO, Lorenzo Cabrera. "This is a testament to Cabrera's high customer satisfaction and strong industry-wide reputation."

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http://www.portageinc.com/ Jack O’Hearn johearn@portageinc.com (865) 323-8646

Nithin Akuthota

Business Develop-ment Manager

1577 Spring Hill Road

Suite 450

Vienna, VA 22182

Phone: 202.360.9210

Email: nakutho-ta@alionscience.com

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Jon W. Neuhoff joined Alion Science and Technology as the Division Manager, Nuclear Ser-vices on June 27, 2011. Mr. Neuhoff provides executive leadership of the Alion Nuclear Ser-vices Division, which provides complete engineering, program management, system inte-gration, design, and design review and analysis for nuclear, electrical, and mechanical sys-tems. The Division has over 30 technical experts throughout the U.S. covering a broad range of specialties including nuclear fuel cycle analysis, safety assessment and analysis, commercial power engineering/operations/inspection/testing, plant engineering and de-sign services, radiological dose consequence management, environmental services, decom-missioning and environmental remediation engineering, testing and analytical services (including operating hydraulics and chemical laboratories), human systems integration, and nuclear quality assurance.

Prior to joining Alion, Mr. Neuhoff served since 2004 as the Laboratory Director for New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL). As a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service, Mr. Neuhoff provided strategic and operational management of NBL – a nuclear material ana-lytical chemistry laboratory within the U.S. Department of Energy. Continuing from 1998, first as a Division Director then as the Laboratory Director, Mr. Neuhoff was at NBL man-aging programs and projects to provide nuclear material safeguards assistance, preparing and distributing the U.S. Government certified nuclear material standards, coordinating interlaboratory measurement exchanges, and providing support for international safe-guards and nonproliferation projects. Mr. Neuhoff served as a guest lecturer/instructor in nuclear material safeguards, measurements, packaging and transportation, and export con-trol at numerous meetings, conferences, and training courses around the world. Mr. Neuhoff had previous positions as a Nuclear Engineer within the U.S. Department of Ener-gy as well as Commonwealth Edison nuclear power generating stations. Mr. Neuhoff re-ceived M.S. and B.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urba-na-Champaign.

Member Highlights

The Portage led Accelerated Remediation Company JV (aRc) has received a contract modi-fication from the DOE SPRU Field Office to remobilize at the Knolls Atomic Power Labora-tory (KAPL) in July 2011. Portage will implement radiological controls to clear brush on a 7-acre hillside area in preparation for more invasive radioactive contamination surveys. Portage will then perform a MARSSIM class II radioactive contamination survey of 50% of the brush cleared area to identify if areas exceed acceptable levels of contamination, which would then require subsequent cleanup.

Portage recently demobilized from SPRU after safely and successfully excavating, sampling, packaging and transporting well over 20,000 cubic yards of chemically and radiologically contaminated soil for disposal at Clive, UT under an IDIQ contract. This work included the SPRU Lower Level Railbed and the ARRA-funded North Field remediation. Over that two-year period of performance at SPRU, the Portage crew peaked at 46 and provided 201,000 man-hours of labor during which only one reportable occupational injury, a slip on ice, was recorded.

Jack O’Hearn, a previous ETEBA Board member, is Portage’s Project Manager for the aRc SPRU work. Jack also is Portage’s Program Manager for the South Eastern USA Region. Jack is based in Oak Ridge, and is also focusing on developing new business there.

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The New Mexico Board voted to award $1,000.00 to the scholarship programs of each of the following six schools:

University of New Mexico Nuclear Engineering Department, University of New Mexico Los Alamos, New Mex-ico State University, New Mexico Tech, Northern New Mexico College, and College of New Mexico.

Congratulations New Mexico students!

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ETEBA Member Companies Honored

ETEBA knows the strengths and capabilities of our member companies, but sometimes compa-nies are fortunate enough to be recognized on a larger, community scale. We would like to acknowledge awards that three of our member companies have received.

The Pinnacle Business Awards, governed by the Knoxville Chamber Board of Directors, was held on May 6, 2011 at the Knoxville Con-vention Center. The awards recognize outstanding busi-nesses and businesspeople throughout East Tennessee. This year ETEBA member company, HME, Inc, was awarded the Minority-Owned Business Excel-lence Award, for outstand-ing business results and growth and overcome the

obstacles of race or sex. The awards group cited that “Since its inception in 1996, HME has grown from one employee in Oak Ridge to 47 employees in Oak Ridge and Alabama. The company's revenues over the same peri-od of time have increased by nearly 10,000%. HME re-ceived its 8A certification in 1998 and received the Hub-Zone certification in 2000.”

May 10-12, the U.S. Department of Energy held its 12th Annual Small Business Conference & Ex-po at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The conference hosted more than 1,600 participants and a wide array of speakers discussing upcoming funding opportunities with small business leaders. During the conference, an awards luncheon honored the Fiscal Year 2010 Secretarial Small Business Award recipients; 2 of those recipients are ETEBA Member Companies:

Ingenium Professional Services, Inc. was named DOE Protégé of the Year for accomplishments ex-ceeding the Mentor/Protégé agreement demonstrat-ing growth and self-empowerment through the Men-tor/Protégé program.

Edgewater Technical Associates was named Small Business of the Year for demonstrating Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements and extraordi-nary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget relat-ed).

ETEBA would like to con-gratulate these member companies on a job well done.

Henry Perry at the

Pinnacle Awards

Ingenium’s Protégé

of the Year Award

Edgewater’s Glenn Cox, Scott Osborn and Michael Kirkpatrick

accepting Small Business of the Year Award

Update on NM Scholarships

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An excess of time is something that few of us suffer from; but, with an overwhelming amount of infor-mation constantly bombarding you, how do you strike a balance? ETEBA has made a significant investment in creating an on-line environment to help you do just that. While we can’t alleviate all of your information overload, we can at least help you manage it at www.eteba.org

New Search Feature

Providing you with access to great information has always been one of the ETEBA Member benefits, but knowing the right on-line loca-tion to find it has sometimes proven challenging. Not only are the site menus much more clearly marked, organized and delineated; but, there is also a site search op-tion available. With a few key words, you can easi-ly retrieve the article that you read two months ago.

Archives

Back issues of Weekly Updates, and Quarterly Newsletters are now available on-line. Also availa-ble are Membership Meeting speaker presentations and Government Relations Committee (GRC) minutes. While Quarterly Newsletters and Speak-er Presentations are available to the general public, only registered ETEBA members may access Week-ly Updates and GRC minutes.

Event Calendars

Every Weekly Update featured a calendar of events. In time, this listing grew from a few lines

Serving you in the 21st Century:

The ETEBA Website Revamp

to pages of events, often times making a specific event more difficult to find. This listing of events has been translated into a monthly calendar with easy-to-reference event titles that my be clicked for more information. If you prefer the listing style, the “Upcoming Events” menu option gives you a snapshot of the next five available industry events.

Secure On-line Payment and Registration

Take care of all of your ETEBA event registrations and fees (including membership and renewals) on-line. From Membership Meetings to Conference Sponsorships, you can safely and easily register and pay from the comfort of your desk.

Better Marketing Opportunities

With a 250 word description, key words, logo , website link and even Google map to your location, the new website allows you to market your self even better than before. Using these same key-words and de-scriptions, users can locate teaming partners ca-pabilities with a click on the “Search” option. Each member company has a designee who may update the company’s listing to keep up with evolving company dynamics .

In addition, there are new Chapter specific men-us, as well as a GRC , Education and Safety menu. The Safety menu also host a the safety blog, Safety First. Www.eteba.org is ever evolving, so make sure to check in often. We’re here to serve you!

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Knoxville Convention Center

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Centennial Golf Course

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Online registration and payment for the Earn and Learn Scholarship Golf Tournament and the 12th annual Business Opportunities Conference is now available at:

http://www.eteba.org/events/business-opportunities-conference/overview.

3 days of networking and insightful presentations featuring topics pertaining to environmental

cleanup, clean energy and technology, defense and national security, and business opportunities. A

panel discussion, Changing Times Means Changing Strategy, will focus on how businesses have

changed the way they do business and the Map Room – ETEBA’s speed dating for business.

Efficient and enlightening – the way you like to do business.

Thank you to our early sponsors!

Platinum: B&W Y-12; Bechtel; Fluor

Gold: Wells Fargo; EnergX and Restoration Services, Inc.

Silver: SEC, Navarro Research & Engineering, ORAU, NORTRAX, SMSI, American Radiation Services, Pajarito Scientific Corporation, UniTech Services Group, Perma-Fix

Bronze: Firewater, LLC; Company Wrench; Information International Associates

Hospitality Sponsors: MCLinc; Firewater, LLC; Company Wrench

Photography: Cobblestone Resource Group

Golf Sponsors: Gold: American Radiation Services