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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 2, 2007

                                 FUEL TECH, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                 001-330594                  20-5657551
 (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                 (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)            File Number)              Identification No.)

                                 FUEL TECH, INC.
                               512 KINGSLAND DRIVE
                             BATAVIA, IL 60510-2299
                                  630-845-4500

          (ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

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               SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

ITEM 5.03   AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BY-LAWS; CHANGE IN
            FISCAL YEAR

         On August 2, 2007, the Board of Fuel Tech, Inc. (the "Company") amended
its By-Laws to add a new provision to provide for the direct registration of the
capital stock of the Company. The text of the By-Law amendment is attached as
Exhibit 3(ii) to this periodic report on Form 8-K.




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                                  Fuel Tech, Inc.


Dated: August 9, 2007                              By:  /s/ C. W. Grinnell
                                                       Charles W. Grinnell
                                                       Corporate Secretary