TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Non-Toxic Maintenance Substitutes: Conceived of and authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act encouraging the DoD to report on the range of emerging technologies allowing the substitute of non-toxic engineering and maintenance materials for hazardous materials now in use by the Services. Paint Stripping: Conceived of and authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act directing that the Air Force accelerate its development and fielding of its Carbon Dioxide Pellet Blasting program and that the performance data gained from its testing program be shared with the other services and Defense agencies. This innovative approach to the problem of paint removal would replace chemical strippers and detergent cleaners and would prove a safe and effective means of significantly reducing the hazardous waste associated with aircraft and vehicle corrosion maintenance. System trials subsequently were conducted at Kadena AB, Japan and Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Thermal Destruction Pyrolysis Process: Authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act earmarking $2 million to finance a DoD feasibility study on the use of a rotary reactor thermal destruction pyrolysis process for the treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes. v Patent Rights: Conceived of and authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1993 DoD Appropriation Act directing the GAO to examine the issue of patent rights and the dissemination of information connected with U.S. Government-financed environmental technologies. Red Water Contamination: Authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act encouraging the Army to initiate a pilot program to test the effectiveness of technologies identified by the Army's Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency (USATHAMA) as effective in treating red water contamination resulting from the production of TNT and related substances. Bioremediation Technology: Authored Senate report language accompanying the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act earmarking $3.5 million for a scaled-up demonstration of a new bioremediation technology. Explosives R&D: Authored language in the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation conference report encouraging the Army to establish a project to exploit technology for energetic materials processing using the twin screw mixing technology and to examine the Longhorn AAP as the possible site of an R&D center for explosives engineering.