In 1994 Std Labs decided to use a part of the Evansville Coal Laboratory to develop an environmental effort to augment its coal business in that area. This initiative was called Standard Environmental and was managed by Judy Snider who had been an integral part of Tim Steiner’s staff in the coal lab there. Roger Wilson, also from the coal lab, was put in charge of the field sampling and customer contacts for the new business.
After two years of operation Std Labs was approached by Dave Carson of Oil Field Recycling who had put in a captive lab called National Laboratories, to support his business which was also in Evansville. Standard Environmental was merged into Central States Analytical which is discussed in the “Partnership” section.