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Continuing EPA Emergency Response Support
We’re proud to announce that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region Six recently awarded the Superfund Technical Assessment & Response Team (START) contract to the Weston Solutions, Inc. (Weston) team. CSS has supported the START program nationwide since 2005 and START Region Six as a prime contractor (2006-2016) and subsequently as a subcontractor to Weston. Our technical support includes Hazard Ranking System evaluations, preliminary assessments and site inspections, site investigations, emergency response, oil spill response, removal actions, technical and quality assurance editing, laboratory procurement and data validation. We couldn’t be more excited to continue to support this contract!
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Developing a Database for Ecosystem Service Models
CSS scientists have been major developers and contributors to the online U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s EcoService Models Library (ESML) database since its inception in 2012. The ESML database contains detailed but concise descriptions of ecosystem service models to facilitate the selection of models by ecosystem scientists for a variety of management and research applications. The…
Engaging in New and Emergent Satellite Technologies
CSS employee owners (formerly Riverside employees) support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service’s (NESDIS) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). STAR is the science arm of NESDIS, which acquires and manages the nation’s environmental satellites for NOAA. Satellite observations are critical to informing situational awareness and…
Supporting Hurricane Preparedness and Response
June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season, but CSS employee owners work throughout the year to help communities prepare for and respond to hurricanes year-round. Through several contracts, CSS helps clients develop tools and content and manage data to provide resources communities and decision-makers can use for hurricane preparedness and response. Explore a few…