EPA announced 8 contracts to small businesses to develop innovative technologies to protect the environment, funded through EPA's Small Business Innovation Research Program. Phase II contracts provide companies $300,000 to further develop and commercialize products and ideas. Recipients include: Aspen Products Group, Inc.; Environmental Fuel Research, LLC; ETSVP-JV, LLC; Lucid Design Group, Inc.; MesoCoat, Inc.; Precision Combustion, Inc.; Sustainable Bioproducts, LLC; and Vista Photonics, Inc.