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Announcement
Dated: 25 August 1999
AWARD
OF NOAA NS&T MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT
TDI-Brooks
and its affiliated laboratory, B&B Labs, announce the award
from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
of Contract 50-DGNC-9-90007 for Period IV (2000 to 2005) of
the National
Status and Trends (NS&T) Mussel Watch Project. TDI-Brooks
has been awarded all three U.S. coasts (East, Gulf and West)
of this 5-year contract. The fixed price delivery order contract
is estimated at ~$400,000 per year or ~$ 2 million for the
Years 2000 to 2005.
The NOAA
NS&T program is the premier, long-standing environmental monitoring
program for U.S. coastal estuaries and bays. This contract
award involves the yearly bivalve (mussels and oysters) sampling
of all three U.S. coasts and the analyses of the bivalves
for ultra low contaminant levels of pesticides, PCB, PAHs,
trace metals and butyltin.
Key personnel
on the project include Dr. James M. Brooks (Project Director),
Dr. Bernie B. Bernard (Project Manager), Dr. Thomas J. McDonald
(Organics Manager), Dr. Susanne J. McDonald (QA Manager),
Dr. Roger A. Fay (Field Manager), Mr. Chris R. King (DataBase
Manager) and Ms. Suzanne Cardwell (Business Manager). Major
subcontractors include Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
(Dr. Herbert Windom) and Rutgers University (Dr. Eric Powell)
for trace metal analyses and histopathology, respectively.
This
award continues 11-years (1984 to 1996) of previous involvement
of the TDI-Brooks team in this marquee national environmental
monitoring program. For 11 years (1984 to 1996), Dr. Brooks
at Texas A&M University directed the Gulf of Mexico portion
of this program. In 1994, Dr. Brooks was awarded as Project
Director all three U.S. coasts on this project for the five
year Period III contract. This new Period IV award will continue
the involvement of the TDI-Brooks team on this project until
the Year 2005.
Contacts:
Drs. James M. Brooks, Bernie B. Bernard, Thomas J. McDonald
or Roger R. Fay TDI-Brooks Int'l Inc. 1902 Pinon Dr. College
Station, Texas Telephone: 979-693-3446 Fax: 979-693-6389
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