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October 2004

AWARD OF NOAA NS&T MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT (2005-2010)

AWARD OF NOAA NS&T MUSSEL WATCH PROJECT (2005-2010) On 28 September, 2004, TDI-Brooks was awarded a firm fixed price, 5-year contract with a ceiling price of $3,170,758 from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for Period V (2005 to 2010) of the National Status and Trends (NS&T) Mussel Watch Project. Contract Number NCNS1000400011 was awarded from the NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment in Silver Springs, Maryland. TDI-Brooks held the previous Period IV contract (2000 to 2005) of this same NOAA NS&T Mussel Watch Project. This new contract was awarded on a competitive basis and covers the next five (5) years of sampling and analysis on this long-term coastal environmental monitoring program.

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 Rutgers University (Dr. Eric Powell) and Texas A&M University University (Dr. Robert Taylor) for histopatholoy and trace metal analyses, respectively.

This award continues 19-years (1984 to present) 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' team were awarded all three U.S. coasts on this project for the five-year Period III contract. The Period IV (2000 to 2005) contract and this new Period V award (2005-2010) will continue the involvement of the TDI-Brooks team on this project until the Year 2010.

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