C.I.Agent Solutions
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{{Infobox company
| name = C.I.Agent Solutions
| logo = CIAgentSolutions.png
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| type = Private
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| foundation = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. ({{Start date|2000|01|01}})
| founder = Dan Parker
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| location_city = Louisville, Kentucky
| location_country = U.S.
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| locations = 16 (2010)
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Dan Parker, Founder
| industry = Waste Management, Environmental Services
| products = Oil Booms, Secondary Containment Systems, Spill Containment Systems
| services = Oil spill containment
Oil spill cleanup
| revenue = US$ 4.9 million (2009), {{increase}} 88% from 2008{{Cite journal|last=Reynolds |first=Rachel |title=Business specializes in cleaning up spills, sees potential in serving military bases |journal=Business First of Louisville|date=October 2009 |page=13}}
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| owner = Dan Parker
| num_employees = 25
| parent = Immediate Response Spill Technologies
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| homepage = [http://ciagent.com/ ciagent.com]
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C.I.Agent Solutions is a Louisville, Kentucky-based company that specializes in environmental protection services. The company develops products to clean up hydrocarbon (fuel and oil) spills on land and water. Their main product is called C.I.Agent,{{cite web|author=C.I.Agent Solutions |url=http://www.ciagent.com/ciagent-solidifies-fuel-and-oil-for-spill-control |title=C.I.Agent solidifies fuel and oil for spill control |accessdate=July 21, 2010}} a proprietary blend of USDA food-grade polymers that solidifies hydrocarbons.
History
C.I.Agent Solutions was founded in 2000 by Dan Parker. He has served as president and a member of the board of directors since its inception.
According to Dan Parker, the company was initially founded to effectively assist businesses to minimize their hazardous waste, reduce their legal liabilities, increase employee productivity and save money at the same time.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
C.I.Agent Solutions was approached by BP (at request of the Alabama Department of Emergency Management) to aid in shoreline protection efforts during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.{{cite web|author=Ben Adkins, Business First of Louisville |url=http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2010/05/10/story7.html?b=1273464000^3321001 |title=Louisville's C.I. Agent Solutions tapped for oil-spill cleanup in Gulf of Mexico |date= May 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}} On Dauphin Island, the Alabama National Guard built a five-mile (eight-kilometer) barricade filled with C.I.Agent that officials called "the longest oil-water separator in the world".{{Cite news
| last = Duffy
| first = Jack
| title = Oil Leak Inspires Novel Ideas
| newspaper = The New York Times
| date = June 3, 2010
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/energy-environment/04iht-rbogoil.html
}}
United States Senate Committee hearing
C.I.Agent Solutions founder Dan Parker and business partner Dan Koons appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship in Washington on June 17, 2010.{{cite web|author=U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship |url=http://sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=ae73761e-92e0-4cbc-a9ba-b703fa2ffbcc&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=43eb5e02-e987-4077-b9a7-1e5a9cf28964 |title=Harnessing Small Business Innovation: Navigating the Evaluation Process for Gulf Coast Oil Cleanup Proposals |date= 17 June 2010}} The hearing, dubbed Harnessing Small Business Innovation: Navigating the Evaluation Process for Gulf Coast Oil Cleanup Proposals, focused on small businesses obtaining contracts from the federal government to support clean up of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Dan Parker and Dan Koons were invited to explain the efforts C.I.Agent Solutions has had to go through to get attention to innovative oil spill cleanup technologies.