Plant Services - August 2007 - (Page 20) UP AND RUNNING include more than 40 substances listed by EPA as hazardous, as well as arsenic, benzene and formaldehyde. DE has serious potential to cause cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. EPA has proposed classification of DE as a human carcinogen. The official test report is posted on the Placer County Air Pollution Control District website, www. placer.ca.gov/apcd under the project name Advanced Locomotive Emissions Control System (ALECS). Tri-Mer provided the diesel pollution control technology, including engineering, manufacturing and installation. After using its own particulate characterization equipment to calibrate the ALECS system, the government agencies contracted with an independent third party testing company to test, analyze and document particulate matter, SO2, and NOx for the final report. Radio show tinkers with skills gap T he manufacturing skills gap, the need for qualified workers, and why it’s important to introduce young people to careers in manufacturing were recently discussed by John Ratzenberger, executive producer and host of the Travel Channel’s “John Ratzenberger’s Made in America” and former “Cheers” star, and Terrence Egan, director of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation (FMAF). They spoke on “America’s Business,” a syndicated radio program hosted by Mike Hambrick. The full interview is available at www.fma-foundation.org. Ratzenberger, co-founder of the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation (NBTF), a charitable organization dedicated to introducing young people to the pleasures of tinkering, addressed the importance of introducing young people to manufacturing jobs to train tomorrow’s workforce. “We must encourage kids when they graduate from high school to look at manufacturing as a career,” he said. August 2007 20 www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://www.placer.ca.gov/apcd http://www.placer.ca.gov/apcd http://www.fma-foundation.org http://www.vaisala.com http://www.vaisala.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com
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