Alion Science and Technology, a provider of employee-owned technology solutions, has won a $12.5 million and four-year contract from the US Environmental Protection Agency to support clean air and environment audits with professional audit services and materials.
Under the contract, Alion will provide the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with audit substances to help the agency verify that its analytical instrumentation is accurate and thoroughly meets the requirements for effective national monitoring programs. Such programs include the national performance audit program, performance evaluation program, clean air status and trends network, chemical specialization network, national air toxics trends network and the stationary source audit programs.
In addition, Alion will provide professional services to assist the EPA with monitoring and testing the analytical systems. Alion’s work will help the EPA to monitor and maintain states compliance with federal regulations that promote a safe environment and clean air.
Chris Amos, senior vice president and manager of technology solutions group at Alion, said: “The auditing and assessing of the public health implications that various pollutants cause in today’s environment is critical to protecting human health. Alion is committed to helping the EPA to ensure safe environments. Alion’s work will help to facilitate the EPA’s mission by providing quality assurance in support of reductions of human exposure to hazardous pollutants.”
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