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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                                  EMISSIONS/LH
                            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

      THIS IS AN ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and between eMissions Testing,
Inc., a Georgia corporation ("eMissions"), and Lake Holdings, LLC, a Georgia
limited liability company ("LH"), dated as of June 1, 2000, and by which
eMissions and LH, in consideration of the agreements set forth below (the
mutuality, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), hereby
agree as follows to set forth the basis on which eMissions will acquire certain
assets and assume certain liabilities of LH's automobile emissions testing
business located at the addresses set forth on EXHIBIT A hereto (the
"Business"):

      1. GENERALLY AS TO PURCHASE & SALE.

            (a) PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES. At the
Closing (as defined in Section 2):

                  (i) PURCHASED ASSETS. LH will sell to eMissions, and eMissions
will purchase from LH, LH's: (A) machinery and equipment; (B) inventory; (C)
leases set forth on Schedule 1(a)(i); (D) transferable licenses; (E) goodwill;
and (F) all other tangible and intangible assets used in the Business
(hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Purchased Assets"). LH's cash,
receivables and minute books and unit records are not being sold by LH to
eMissions pursuant to this Agreement.

                  (ii) ASSUMED LIABILITIES. eMissions will assume the following
of LH's liabilities and obligations that relate to the Business: (A) all lease
obligations set forth in Schedule 1.a (ii); (B) all taxes for fiscal year 2000
prorated to the Closing Date; (C) all insurance premiums; and (D) all
warranties; (E) all licensing and permit fees. All of LH's other liabilities and
obligations (including those relating to payables, debt, current or former
agents and employees, litigation, and violations of law) ("Excluded
Liabilities") incurred prior to the Closing are not Assumed Liabilities and will
not be assumed by eMissions.

            (b) PURCHASE PRICE. The "Purchase Price" is $220,000.00.

      2. CLOSING. At the Closing (which will consist of the deliveries set forth
below, none of which will be deemed to have been delivered unless and until all
of them have been delivered, and which will occur on June 1, 2000, at 10:00
a.m., at the offices of LH, 106 Colony Park Drive, Suite 900, Cumming, Georgia
30040, or as the parties will otherwise agree) the following will occur:

            (a) PURCHASE PRICE. eMissions will deliver to LH by wire transfer
the sum of $220,000.

            (b) BILL OF SALE. LH will deliver to eMissions a duly completed and
executed bill of sale in substantially the form of EXHIBIT B.

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            (c) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. eMissions will deliver an officer's
certificate certifying the authorization and approval of the execution, delivery
and performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
related documents.

            (d) ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES. LH will deliver to eMissions a duly
executed assignment of lease with respect to the leases included in the
Purchased Assets.

            (e) ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES. eMissions will deliver to LH a duly
completed and executed assumption of liabilities in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT C.

            (f) THIRD PARTY CONSENTS. LH will deliver evidence of all third
party consents required to deliver the purchased assets at the closing.

            (g) CONSULTING AGREEMENT. eMissions and Robert Evans will have
executed a consulting agreement satisfactory to each of the parties (the "Evans
Consulting Agreement").

      3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

            (a) BY LH. Lewis N. Lester, Michael S. Brown and Robert Evans (the
"Members") and LH represent and warrant to eMissions that:

                  (i) LH'S EXISTENCE: LH is a duly incorporated and organized
Georgia limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under
Georgia law.

                  (ii) POWER AND AUTHORITY TO SELL: LH has the power and
authority to execute, deliver and otherwise perform this Agreement and the
agreements, instruments and documents to be executed and delivered by it
pursuant to this Agreement; and without limiting the foregoing, LH's Management
Committee has authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the agreements, instruments and documents to be executed and
delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement and a certified copy of such consent
has been delivered to eMissions at the time this Agreement has been executed and
delivered.

                  (iii) DUE AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION: This Agreement has
been, and each other agreement, instrument and document to be executed and
delivered by LH pursuant to this Agreement will be, duly executed and delivered
by LH and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of LH,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws and equitable
principles affecting creditors" rights generally and the discretion of the
courts in granting equitable remedies.

                  (iv) EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE PERMITTED WITHOUT
VIOLATION: The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is, and of
the agreements, instruments and documents to be executed and delivered by LH
pursuant to this Agreement will be, in compliance with, and is not (and will not
be), assuming the giving of notice or the passage

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of time or both, in violation of (A) LH's articles of organization or operating
agreement, (B) any applicable law to which LH or any of its assets is subject or
bound, or (C) any contract, commitment, order, ruling or proceeding to which LH
or any of its assets is a party, subject or bound.

                  (v) FINANCIAL STATUS: LH's unaudited balance sheets as of
April 30, 2000, the related unaudited statements of income, retained earnings
and changes in financial position for the periods then ended (collectively
referred to as the "Financial Statements") are in accordance with LH's books and
records, and fairly present in all material respects LH's financial condition as
of such date and LH's results of operations for the periods then ended.

                  (vi) UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES: Except as and to the extent
specifically reflected in the Financial Statements and the Schedules to this
Agreement, and except for liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business
since April 30, 2000, LH has no other liability of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, known or unknown, determinable or not or otherwise) that
would affect in any way whatsoever eMissions" right, title, and interest in or
eMissions" right to use or enjoy any Purchased Asset, any Assumed Liability or
any aspect of the Business acquired by eMissions pursuant to this Agreement.

                  (vii) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES: Since April 30, 2000, LH has
not issued any securities, made any distributions, incurred any debt or granted
any security interest in any of its property, entered into any material
contract, permitted any material right to lapse, made any material change in
compensation, or taken any action not in the ordinary course of its business.

                  (viii) TAXES: Except taxes accruing after December 31, 1999,
to the knowledge of Lester, Evans and Brown, LH has no liability with respect to
taxes that would affect in any way whatsoever eMissions" right, title, and
interest in or eMissions" right to use or enjoy any Purchased Asset, any Assumed
Liability or any aspect of the Business acquired by eMissions pursuant to this
Agreement.

                  (ix) OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS: Except as set forth in the Exhibits
and Schedules attached to this Agreement, LH owns all right, title and interest
in and to the Purchased Assets free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or
other adverse interests.

                  (x) CONDITION OF PURCHASED ASSETS. With respect to the
equipment owned, leased or used by LH and included in the Purchased Assets and
Assumed Liabilities, such properties are adequate and satisfactory for the
operations for which they are being used by LH.

                  (xi) COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTS AND LEASES. LH is in compliance
with all the agreements and leases to which it is a party or subject and
included in the Purchased Assets.

                  (xii) LITIGATION. LH: (i) is not engaged in, a party to,
subject to or, to LH's knowledge, threatened with any claim, controversy, legal
or equitable action or other proceeding (whether as plaintiff, defendant or
otherwise and in no such matter has LH's insurer

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asserted a reservation of rights); and (ii) is not a party to or subject to any
judgment, order, decree or restriction against it.

                  (xiii) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. To the knowledge of
Lester, Evans and Brown, LH is in compliance with all applicable law, including
that involving antitrust, unfair competition, trade regulation, antipollution,
environmental, and employment.

                  (xiv) LICENSES AND PERMITS. LH has all licenses and permits
required to operate the Business; and LH is in full compliance with each license
and permit.

                  (xv) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) LH is not subject to any fine, penalty, judgment (including those for
exemplary or punitive damages), settlement payment, or other liability or
obligation whatsoever (including those with respect to personal injury,
clean-up, removal or remediation, whether under CERCLA or otherwise and
including the cost of defending against any allegation of any of the foregoing)
which relates to, is based upon or arises from or in connection with any
Environmental Law, whether made or asserted by a governmental authority or by a
private person, with respect to any acts or omissions occurring, or facts or
circumstances existing, on or before the Closing Date and whether or not any
such act, omission, condition or circumstance was lawful when it occurred or
initially or subsequently existed. "Environmental Law" means all applicable law
relating to protection of the environment, prevention or minimization of
pollution, control and tracking of any hazardous substance, hazardous waste or
waste, protection of human health or similar matters with respect to the
foregoing matters.

                  (xvi) WARRANTIES. LH makes no warranty, guaranty or claim as
to services provided by LH, has maintained accurate service records and other
information with respect to all services; and each of LH's services comply with
applicable law.

eMissions and LH each acknowledge and agree that none of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a sale of goods under the Uniform
Commercial Code (the "UCC") as enacted in any state, but in any event, however,
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 3(a):
(A) LH MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OF WARRANTY TO eMISSIONS; (B) ALL PROPERTY
CONVEYED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT Will BE ON AN "AS IS," "WHERE IS," "WITH ALL
FAULTS" BASIS AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OPERABILITY, CAPACITY, CONDITION, OR FREEDOM FROM LIENS OR
ENCUMBRANCES; AND (C) LH MAKES NO (BUT RATHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL
AND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE BUSINESS OR
LH's FINANCIAL CONDITION, ASSETS, LIABILITIES OR OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OPERABILITY,
CAPACITY, CONDITION OR FREEDOM FROM LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES.

            (b) BY EMISSIONS. eMissions hereby represents and warrants to LH:

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                  (i) EMISSIONS|_| EXISTENCE. eMissions is a duly incorporated
and organized Georgia corporation validly existing and in good standing under
Georgia law.

                  (ii) POWER AND AUTHORITY. eMissions has the corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the agreements,
instruments and documents to be executed and delivered by it pursuant to this
Agreement; and without limiting the foregoing, the Board of Directors of
eMissions has authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement.

                  (iii) AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION. This Agreement has been,
and each other agreement, instrument and document to be executed and delivered
by eMissions pursuant to this Agreement will be, duly executed and delivered by
eMissions, and each constitutes eMissions" legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws and equitable
principles affecting creditors" rights generally and the discretion of the
courts in granting equitable remedies.

                  (iv) EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE PERMITTED WITHOUT
VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is, and of
the agreements, instruments and documents to be executed and delivered by
eMissions pursuant to this Agreement will be in compliance with, and is not (and
will not be), assuming the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, in
violation of (A) eMissions" articles of incorporation or bylaws as amended or
restated, (B) any applicable law to which eMissions or its assets is a party,
subject or bound, or (C) any agreement, commitment, order, ruling or proceeding
to which eMissions or its assets is a party, subject or bound.

      4. COVENANTS & AGREEMENTS.

            (a) PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS. The parties will in good faith
undertake: (i) to perform their covenants and agreements, and satisfy all
conditions, in this Agreement and; (ii) to cause the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement to be carried out promptly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.

            (b) CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS AGREEMENT. The terms and conditions of
this Agreement will remain confidential, except with the prior written consent
of the other (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

            (c) BULK SALES; STATE TAX CLEARANCES. eMissions and LH each
acknowledge and agree: (a) that notices to creditors are not being given under,
and no other actions are being taken to comply with, the "Bulk Sales Act" under
the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar applicable law as in effect in any
state (but without acknowledging that such is required); and (b) that no waivers
or clearances are being obtained under, and no other actions are being taken to
comply with state laws, if any, providing for tax clearances in connection with
transfers of assets (but without acknowledging that such is required). eMissions
and LH waive compliance with such laws.

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            (d) NO OBLIGATION TO HIRE EMPLOYEES. Except for the Evans Consulting
Agreement nothing in this Agreement: (i) requires eMissions to hire, or to offer
to hire, the current employees of the Business; (ii) constitutes an offer to
employ such employees; or (iii) requires eMissions to pay any such persons
severance pay in the event of termination of employment.

            (e) PAYMENT AND RELEASE OF LIENS BY LH. Immediately upon receipt of
the Purchase Price on the Closing Date: (a) will pay all liabilities set forth
in Schedule 4 (e) and take all appropriate measures to have any liens related to
such liabilities cancelled in accordance with their terms or other applicable
requirements. LH agrees to cooperate with eMissions for the transfer of all
licenses relating to the Business to the extent such licenses are transferable.

            (f) EXPENSES. Each party to this Agreement will pay its own expenses
and costs incurred in connection with the negotiation and consummation of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      5. SURVIVAL & INDEMNIFICATION. The representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements made in this Agreement will survive the Closing for a period of
one year. Each party, acknowledging that the other is entitled to rely on its
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement
(qualified only by the disclosures in the attachments to this Agreement) in
order to preserve the benefit of the bargain otherwise represented by this
Agreement, agrees that neither the survival of such representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements, nor their enforceability nor any remedies for breaches
of them will be affected by any knowledge of a party regardless of when or how
such party acquired such knowledge.

      6. MISCELLANEOUS.

            (a) GOOD FAITH EFFORTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES; COOPERATION. The parties
will in good faith undertake to perform their obligations in this Agreement, to
satisfy all conditions and to cause the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement to be carried out promptly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Upon the execution of this Agreement and thereafter, each party will
do such things as may be reasonably requested by the other party to this
Agreement in order more effectively to consummate or to document the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The parties will cooperate with
each other and their respective counsel, accountants or designees in connection
with any steps required to be taken as part of their respective rights and
obligations under this Agreement.

            (b) NOTICES. Each notice, communication and delivery under this
Agreement: (i) will be made in writing signed by the party making the same; (ii)
will specify the Section pursuant to which it is given; (iii) will be given
either in person or by a nationally recognized next business day delivery
service for next day delivery; and (iv) if not given in person, will be given to
a party at the address set forth below such party's signature (or at such other
address as a party may furnish to the other parties pursuant to this
subsection). If notice is given pursuant to

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this subsection of a permitted successor or assign of a party, then notice will
also thereafter be given as set forth above to such successor or assign of such
party.

            (c) ASSIGNMENT. No assignment or transfer by a party of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement will be made by merger or other operation
of law or otherwise except with the prior written consent of the other party
(which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
assignment of the rights of eMissions to a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation
will be permitted without LH's prior written consent (although eMissions will
give LH prior notice of such), but only so long as such corporation remains a
wholly-owned subsidiary of eMissions, and no such assignment will relieve
eMissions of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that LH may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to
its unit holders in connection with its liquidation, who take all distributions
relating to the sale pursuant to this Agreement, whether in liquidation or
otherwise, and assume LH's unsatisfied liabilities and obligations under this
Agreement (but subject to the limitations in this Agreement). This Agreement is
binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns and inures to the
benefit of the parties and their permitted successors and assigns and, when
appropriate to effect the binding nature of this Agreement for the benefit of
the other parties, or any other successor or assign.

            (d) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement: (whether or
not underlined): (i) "APPLICABLE LAW" means each provision of any constitution,
statute, law, rule, regulation, decision, order, decree, judgment, release,
license, permit, stipulation or other official pronouncement enacted,
promulgated or issued by any governmental authority or arbitrator or arbitration
panel; (ii) "CONTRACT" means any contract of any kind whatsoever, together with
all related amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers and consents; (iii)
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any legislative, executive, judicial,
quasi-judicial or other public authority, agency, department, bureau, division,
unit, court or other public body or person; (iv) "LIEN" means any mortgage, deed
to secure debt, deed of trust, security interest, lien, pledge, charge,
encumbrance or adverse claim of any kind whatsoever, including any other
security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, any conditional sale or title
retention arrangement, any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as,
or having the effect of, security, and the interest of a lessor or lessee under
a lease treated as a capitalized lease; (V) "PARTY", "PARTIES" and variations of
such means each or all, as appropriate, of the persons who have executed and
delivered this Agreement, each permitted successor or assign of such a party,
and when appropriate to effect the binding nature of this Agreement for the
benefit of another party, any other successor or assign of such a party; (vi)
"PERSON" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation,
joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated
organization, association, institution, or other entity or governmental
authority; (vii) "TAXES" means all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees,
levies or other governmental charges, including all federal, state local,
foreign or other income, profits, unitary, business, franchise, capital stock,
real property, personal property, intangible taxes, withholding, FICA,
unemployment compensation, disability, transfer, sales, use, excise and other
taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, or levies of any kind whatsoever
(whether or not requiring the filing of returns) and all deficiency assessments,
additions to tax, penalties and interest; and (viii) "THIS AGREEMENT" includes
any amendments or other modifications and supplements, and all exhibits,
schedules and other attachments, to it.

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            (e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. For purposes of this Agreement: (i)
"including" and any other words or phrases of inclusion will not be construed as
terms of limitation, so that references to "included" matters will be regarded
as non-exclusive, non-characterizing illustrations; (ii) when `section,"
`subsection," or "Exhibit" is capitalized in this Agreement, such refers to such
item of or to this Agreement; (iii) titles and captions of or in this Agreement
are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit, extend
or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any of its provisions;
(iv) whenever the context so requires, the singular includes the plural and the
plural includes the singular, and the gender of any pronoun includes the other
genders; (v) each exhibit and schedule referred to in this Agreement and each
attachment to any of them or this Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference
into this Agreement and is made a part of this Agreement as if set out in full
in the first place that reference is made to it; and (vi) acknowledging that
parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement, if an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises as to
any aspect of this Agreement, then it will be construed as if drafted jointly by
the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or
disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.

            (f) SEVERABILITY. Any determination by any court of competent
jurisdiction of the invalidity of any provision of this Agreement that is not
essential for accomplishing its purposes will not affect the validity of any
other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect
and which will be construed as to be valid under applicable law.

            (g) CONTROLLING LAW; INTEGRATION; AMENDMENT; WAIVER; REMEDIES
CUMULATIVE. This Agreement is governed by, and will be construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia. This Agreement and the other
agreements contemplated by this Agreement supersede all prior negotiations,
agreements and understandings between the parties as to its subject matter,
constitute the entire agreement between the parties as to its subject matter and
may not be altered or amended except in writing signed by the parties. The
failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any
provision of this Agreement will in no manner affect the right to enforce the
same; and no waiver by any party of any provision (or of a breach of any
provision) of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one of
more instances will be deemed or construed either as a further or continuing
waiver of any such provision or breach or as a waiver of any other provision (or
of a breach of any other provision) of this Agreement.

            (h) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, and it will not be
necessary in making proof of this Agreement or its terms to produce or account
for more than one of such counterparts.

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      DULY EXECUTED and delivered by eMissions and LH as of June 1, 2000.

LH                                        LAKE HOLDINGS, LLC
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                                          By: /s/ Michael S. Brown
                                             ---------------------------

                                          Title: Michael S. Brown, CFO
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EMISSIONS:                                eMISSIONS TESTING, INC.
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                                          By: /s/ WILLIAMS S. ESTROFF
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Williams S. Estroff, President

                                      * * *

                                          DULY EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by
                                          LH's members" agreement to the
                                          foregoing asset purchase agreement.

                                          /s/ LEWIS N. LESTER
                                          --------------------
                                          LEWIS N. LESTER

                                          /s/ MICHAEL S. BROWN
                                          ---------------------
                                          MICHAEL S. BROWN

                                          /s/ ROBERT EVANS
                                          ---------------------
                                          ROBERT EVANS

                                    * * * * *

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      22. EXHIBIT A

      33. Locations of Business

1. 27 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30053

2. 554 Atlanta Highway, Cumming, GA 30041

3. 677 Concord Road, Smyrna, GA 30080*

* The Concord Road Lease expired May 31, 2000 and was not renewed by LH.

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      24. EXHIBIT B

      25. BILL OF SALE

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      25.1 EXHIBIT C

                            ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES

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                                SCHEDULE 1.A (I)

                                Purchased Assets

1.    Agreement between Dan Calicchio and Lake Holdings, LLC d/b/a QuickTest
      dated February 11, 2000 RE: Lease of Dynamometer.

2.    Lease Agreement with Purchase Option dated February 14, 2000, by and
      between Lake Holdings, LLC and Georgia Express Corporation RE: Lease of
      ASM Dynamometer.

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                                SCHEDULE 1.A (II)

      Assumed Liabilities

1. Lease Obligations

      a. Lease Agreement for Crogan Street location between Lake Holdings, LLC
         and the Estate of Eleanor Homeyer.

      b. Lease Agreement for Atlanta Highway location between Lake Holdings LLC
         and The Right Stuff Food Stores, Inc.

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                                 SCHEDULE 4 (E)

            B. Obligations, Liens, and Encumbrances

1. Lease Obligations

      a. Lease number 76021 with Bancorp Group, Inc. for in the amount of
         $23,265.76
      b. Lease number 760820 with Bancorp Group for in the amount of $22,699.95
      c. Lease number 100442.1 with New Century for dynamometer in the amount of
         $18,125.56
      d. Lease number 143.0025050-000 with ESP for in the amount of $6,964.71
      e. Lease number 143-0025050-001 with ESP for in the amount of $14,385.26

2. Business Debt
      a. VISA card Lake Holdings, LLC - Michael S. Brown, $2,650.25
      b. VISA card Lake Holdings, LLC - Lewis N. Lester, $1,449.36
      c. VISA card - Michael S. Brown, $7,500
      d. VISA card - Michael S. Brown, $7,500
      e. Loan from First Colony Bank, #112164, for two gas analyzers and one
         dynamometer for $41,991.20.
      f. Loan from First Colony Bank, #114392, for equipment in the aggregate of
         $21,655.19.
      g. Line of Credit with First Colony Bank, note # 111932, with an
         outstanding balance of $7,896.92.

3. Promissory Notes to each of Lewis N. Lester and Michael S. Brown dated as of
March 1, 1997 in the principal amount of $30,000.00.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      This Employment Agreement ("this Agreement") is made and entered into this
18th day of September, 2000, between RICHARD A. PARLONTIERI, an individual
resident of Peachtree City, Georgia (hereinafter referred to as "Employee"), and
eMISSIONS TESTING, INC., a Georgia corporation (hereinafter referred to as
"Employer").

                              BACKGROUND STATEMENT

      A. Employer is engaged primarily in business of operating vehicle
emissions testing facilities at various sites in the State of Georgia; and

      B. Employer wishes to employ Employee to serve as its president and as
otherwise provided herein, and Employee is willing to accept such employment,
all in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.

FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

      1. AGREEMENT TO EMPLOY AND BE EMPLOYED. Employer hereby employs Employee
to serve as its president, and employee hereby accepts and agrees to such
employment , all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. As president, Employee shall be the chief executive officer of
Employer. In addition, Employee shall serve temporarily as the chief financial
and accounting officer and the treasurer of Employer (the "CFO Position") until
such time as the Company employs another person(s) to hold the CFO Position.

      2. DESCRIPTION OF EMPLOYEE'S DUTIES AND LIMITATIONS. Subject to the
actions, resolutions and directives of the board of directors of Employee (the
"Board") as may be promulgated or issued at any time or from time to time,
Employee shall perform such duties and responsibilities as are customarily
performed by one holding the position of president in other businesses or
enterprises of the same or similar nature as that engaged in by Employer,
together with those duties and responsibilities of the president as set forth in
the bylaws of Employer and such other duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned to Employee by the Board. In addition, while holding the CFO Position,
Employee shall perform such duties and responsibilities as are customarily
performed by one holding the position of chief financial and accounting officer
and the treasurer of other businesses or enterprises of the same or similar
nature as that engaged in by Employer, together with those duties and
responsibilities of the chief financial and accounting officer and the treasurer
as set forth in the bylaws of Employer.

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      3. MANNER OF PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEE'S DUTIES. Employee shall at all times
faithfully, industriously, and to the best of his ability, experience and
talent, perform all duties and responsibilities that may be required of him
pursuant to the express and implicit terms hereof, to the satisfaction of
Employer. Such duties shall be rendered at and from Employer's executive offices
in Cumming, Georgia, or at and from such other place or places as Employer shall
require or as the interests, needs, business, and opportunities of Employer
shall require, as determined by the Board. In addition, Employee's agrees to
serve at the pleasure of Employer's shareholder as a member of the Board without
any compensation or fee (although Employer will reimburse Employee for any
travel and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by Employee in
attending a meeting of the Board).

      4. DURATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The initial term of this Agreement shall be one
(1) year, commencing on September 18, 2000, and expiring on September 17, 2001,
unless sooner terminated or subsequently extended as provided herein (the
"Term"). The expiration date of this Agreement shall be extended automatically
up to three times, each time for one (1) additional year from the immediately
preceding expiration date hereof (subject, however, to the provisions of Section
8 hereof), unless either party elects not to extend this Agreement by giving
written notice to the other party prior to the scheduled expiration date of this
Agreement. For example, the Term hereof will be extended automatically (assuming
the provisions of Section 8 are not applicable) from September 17, 2001 to
September 17, 2002, unless either party gives written notice to the other on or
before September 17, 2001of its decision not to extend. In the case of an
extension, Employee's annual compensation shall increase by ten percent (10%)
per year, effective on the date of the relevant extension.

      5. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT; TRAINING. Employer shall pay Employee and
Employee agrees to accept from Employer, in full payment for Employee's services
hereunder, compensation at the rate of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per
annum, payable monthly. A performance bonus of up to ten thousand dollars
($10,000) per quarter may also be earned by the Employee based on the successful
achievement of certain business objectives as defined from time to time by the
Corporation's Board of Directors. In addition to the foregoing, Employer will
reimburse Employee for any and all necessary, customary and usual expenses
incurred by him while traveling for and on behalf of the Employer pursuant to
Employer's directions. Employee shall also receive a car allowance of five
hundred dollars ($500) per month in consideration of his automotive related
travel expense. Employee's compensation shall not be reduced or otherwise
adjusted if and when Employee no longer holds the CFO Position. Likewise,
Employee's compensation shall not be increased or otherwise adjusted if Employer
does not employ another person(s) to hold the CFO Position and Employee
continues serving in that capacity indefinitely. Employee will be eligible for
participation the employee stock option plan, if such a plan becomes effective
during Employee's employment hereunder.

      6. FOUNDER'S STOCK, AND EMPLOYEE'S LOYALTY TO EMPLOYER'S INTERESTS.

      (a) Employee acknowledges that he has received a total of two hundred
thousand (200,000) shares of common stock of the Employer as a founder (the
"Shares").

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      (b) Employer agrees that it will cause to be registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") one hundred thousand (100,000)
shares of the total Shares described in Section 6(a) above in connection with
the filing of any Form S-1 or similar document with the SEC, all at Employer's
cost. The parties agree and understand that Employee shall have no other
securities registration rights or claims with respect to the Shares except as
specifically stated in this Section 6(b).

      (c) Employee shall devote his time, attention, knowledge and skill solely
and exclusively to the business and interests of Employer, and Employer shall be
entitled to all benefits, emoluments, profits or other issues arising from or
incident to any and all work, services and advice of Employee, PROVIDED HOWEVER,
Employee may reasonably pursue charitable and other commercial opportunities.
Employee expressly agrees that during the Term he will not be interested,
directly or indirectly, in any form, fashion, or manner, as a partner, officer,
director, stockholder, member, manger, consultant, advisor, employee, or in any
other form or capacity, in any other business similar to Employer's business or
any allied trade.

      7. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING BUSINESS. Employee will not at
any time, in any fashion, form, or manner, either directly or indirectly,
divulge, disclose, or communicate to any person, firm, corporation or other
entity, in any manner whatsoever, any information of any kind, nature, or
description concerning any matters affecting or relating to the business of
Employer, including, without limitation, the names of any its customers, the
prices it obtains or has obtained, or at which it sells or has sold its products
or services, or any other information concerning the business of Employer, its
manner of operation, or its plans, processes, or other data of any kind, nature,
or description without regard to whether any or all of the foregoing matters
would be deemed confidential, material or important. The parties hereby
stipulate that, as between them, the foregoing matters are important, material
and confidential, and gravely affect the effective and successful conduct of the
business of Employer and its goodwill, and that any breach of the terms of this
section is a material breach of this Agreement.

      8. TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

      (a) BY EMPLOYER. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein
contained, Employer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and
Employee's employment hereunder as follows:

            (1) WITHOUT CAUSE. At any time during the Term, Employer shall have
the right and option, exercisable in the discretion of the Board as described
below, to terminate this Agreement and Employee's employment hereunder for any
reason or for no reason, by giving written notice thereof to Employee. To be
effective, such termination must be approved by a majority of the members of the
Board (with such majority being determined as if Employee were not a member of
the Board). Upon such termination, Employee shall be entitled to receive from
Employer severance compensation in an amount equal to one month's compensation
(calculated at the time of such termination), such payment to be received by
Employee within 30 days after the effective date of such termination; PROVIDED,
that Employee shall be entitled to receive from

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Employer any compensation and expense reimbursements to which he is otherwise
entitled to receive hereunder to the extent such rights accrued and exist prior
to such termination.

            (2) WITH CAUSE. At any time during the Term, Employer shall have the
right and option, exercisable in the discretion of the Board as described below,
to terminate this Agreement and Employee's employment hereunder for Cause (as
defined below), by giving written notice thereof to Employee. To be effective,
such termination must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board
(with such majority being determined as if Employee were not a member of the
Board). Upon such termination, Employee shall not be entitled to receive from
Employer any severance or other compensation of any kind or nature; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Employee shall be entitled to receive from Employer any
compensation and expense reimbursements to which he is otherwise entitled to
receive hereunder to the extent such rights accrued and exist prior to such
termination. For purposes hereof, the phrase "for Cause" shall mean the
occurrence of any one or more of the following: (a) a material breach of this
Agreement by Employee; (b) a material breach by Employee of any of his fiduciary
obligations to Employee as a director or as an officer of Employer, whether such
obligation is set forth in this Agreement or otherwise exists under applicable
law; (c) Employee's wrongful appropriation of a corporate opportunity or any
money, transaction or benefit that belongs to Employer, or (d) Employee's
conviction of any felony or any crime of moral turpitude.

      (b) BY EMPLOYEE.

            (1) WITHOUT GOOD REASON. If Employee terminates his employment
hereunder without Good Reason (as defined below), then this Agreement shall
terminate and Employee shall not be entitled to receive from Employer any
severance or other compensation of any kind or nature; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Employee shall be entitled to receive from Employer any compensation and expense
reimbursements to which he is otherwise entitled to receive hereunder to the
extent such rights accrued and exist prior to such termination.

            (2) WITH GOOD REASON. If Employee terminates his employment as the
direct result of Good Reason (as defined below), then this Agreement shall
terminate and Employee shall be entitled to receive from Employer severance
compensation in an amount equal to one month's compensation (calculated at the
time of such termination), such payment to be received by Employee within 30
days after the effective date of such termination; PROVIDED, that Employee shall
be entitled to receive from Employer any compensation and expense reimbursements
to which he is otherwise entitled to receive hereunder to the extent such rights
accrued and exist prior to such termination. For purposes hereof, the phrase
"Good Reason" shall mean a material breach of this Agreement by Employer (other
than a breach resulting from a lack of funds attributable to Employer's business
performance or from Employee's acts or omissions) where such breach is not cured
by Employer within 30 days' after written notice thereof by Employee to
Employer.

      9. FULL TIME ACTIVITIY; CONTRACT TERMS TO BE EXCLUSIVE.

      (a) This Agreement, and Employee's duties and responsibilities as
Employer's president hereunder, requires the full attention of Employee.
Accordingly, Employee

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specifically agrees and understands that his duties and responsibilities
hereunder shall be the only business activity of Employee during the Term and
that Employee shall not be involved in any other business activity during the
Term. Any breach or violation by Employee of this Section 9 shall constitute a
material breach of this Agreement and ground for a "for Cause" termination of
this Agreement by Employer under Section 8(a) (2) above.

      (b) This written agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes any and all other agreements between them. The parties acknowledge
and agree that neither of them has made any representation with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement or any representation to induce the execution
and delivery hereof except such representations (if any) specifically set forth
herein, and each party acknowledges that he or it has relied on his or its own
judgment in entering into and delivering the Agreement. The parties further
acknowledge that any statements or representations that may have heretofore been
made by either of them to the other are void and of no effect and that neither
of them has relied thereon in connection with his or its dealings with the other
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      10. WAIVERS OR MODIFICATION INEFFECTIVE UNLESS IN WRITING. No waiver or
modification of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition or limitation
herein contained shall be valid unless in writing and duly executed by the party
to be charged therewith. Furthermore, no evidence of any waiver or modification
shall be offered or received in evidence in any proceeding, arbitration or
litigation between the parties arising out of or affecting this Agreement, or
the rights or obligations of any party hereunder, unless such waiver or
modification is in writing, duly executed as aforesaid. The provisions of this
section may not be waived except as herein set forth.

      11. CONTRACT GOVERNED BY LAW. This Agreement and performance hereunder and
all suits and special proceedings hereunder shall be construed in accordance
with the substantive laws of the State of Georgia.

      12. BINDING EFFECT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors, and permitted assigns. Employee shall have no right
to assign this Agreement to any other person or entity and Employee shall not
have the rights to delegate any duties responsibilities hereunder to any other
person or entity.

      13. NOTICES. Any notice or other communication given by either party to
the other under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent via hand
delivery, certified mail, Fed Ex or other nationally recognized overnight
courier service or facsimile at the address of the intended recipient shown
below (which address or addresses may be changed from time to time upon 10 days'
advance written notice to the other party as provided herein). Any written
notice or other communication so given shall be deemed effective upon dispatch
by the sender.

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Executed as of the date first above written.

                                      "Employee"

                                      /s/ Richard A. Parlontieri
                                      --------------------------------
                                      Richard A. Parlontieri

                                      Address (for notices/other communications)

                                      --------------------------------

                                      --------------------------------

                                      --------------------------------

                                      Facsimile No.: ____________________

                                      "Employer"

                                      eMissions Testing, Inc.

                                      By: /s/ Sidney Brown
                                      Name: Sidney Brown
                                      Position: Chairman

                                      Address (for notices):

                                      400 Colony Park, Building 104
                                      Suite 600
                                      Cumming, Georgia 30041
                                      Attention: Sidney E. Brown, Director, and
                                                 Karen Vickers, Secretary

                                      Facsimile No.: _________________

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