BRIEFCASE TETRA TECH GETS EPA TRAINING PACT.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services PASADENA - Pasadena-based Tetra Tech Inc. announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a $37 million, five-year Environmental Response Training Program contract by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . Tetra Tech will provide nationwide environmental response training services, including training in sampling, groundwater investigations, emergency response, air monitoring, and simulations to federal, state and local government employees. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee single award, and includes dedicated program staffing. It is the fourth consecutive training contract awarded to Tetra Tech by the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. . Tetra Tech has been providing environmental response and other types of training courses continuously under EPA contracts for more than 17 years. Volkswagen, Audi recall announced AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Volkswagen of America Volkswagen of America (VWoA) is the U.S. subsidiary of the Volkswagen automobile company in Germany. Formed in April 1955 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize dealership service in the United States, it grew to 909 Volkswagen dealers in the United States by 1965 under the Inc. and Audi of America Inc. are recalling about 530,000 vehicles because of faulty ignition coils. The automakers said Tuesday that the ignition coils ``have been experiencing a higher-than-normal failure rate.'' The automakers plan to replace the coils on all 2001 and 2002 model-year cars equipped with certain engines. Affected cars are equipped with 1.8-liter engines, including the Audi TT The Audi TT is a sports car produced by Audi since 1998 in Győr, Hungary. Concept and name The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show. and A4 and the Volkswagen Golf/GTI, Jetta, New Beetle beetle, common name for insects of the order Coleoptera, which, with more than 300,000 described species, is the largest of the insect orders. Beetles have chewing mouthparts and well-developed antennae. and Passat. The recall also includes vehicles equipped with the Passat W8 engine, and all Volkswagens equipped with the 2.8-liter VR6 and the Audi 3.0-liter V6 engine. Early production 2003 models also are affected. Customers will be notified about the coil replacements by mail. Factory orders up in December WASHINGTON - The nation's manufacturers saw demand for their products grow in December, offering a dose of good news for an industry that has been struggling. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that orders to U.S. factories bounced back in December, rising by 0.4 percent over November orders, when orders declined by 0.8 percent. Stronger demand for computers and household appliances more than offset weaker demand for automobiles and other transportation equipment. December's performance was slightly better than the 0.3 percent advance analysts were expecting. American urging steep wage cuts NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the pleaded with employees Tuesday to make steep cuts in wages, benefits and work rules in order to save $1.8 billion annually, stressing the company's livelihood was at stake. As multibillion-dollar losses pile up, a number of analysts have speculated in recent weeks that American is increasingly at risk of becoming the next major carrier to file for bankruptcy, joining United Airlines and US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. , unless it can dramatically reduce costs. Executives and labor leaders are scheduled to meet again Friday. |
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