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| Administrative Lean Support |
| Ross & Associates is providing support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), to facilitate the expanded use of lean and six sigma among public… |
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| Bay Area Water Reuse Conference |
| Ross and Associates has contracted with the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies to provide strategic advice and expert facilitation for a major conference on the barriers to and opportunities of using recycled water in the San Francisco Bay Area… |
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| CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
| Ross & Associates is continuing its support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-National Center for Environmental Health (CDC-NCEH) effort to build a National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN)… |
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| Clean Ports USA Diesel Emissions Reductions Program with U.S. and International Ports |
| Ross and Associates will be supporting EPA’s Office of International Affairs in an initiative to collaborate and cooperate with foreign ports under the Sustainable Ports and Carriers (SPC) Partnership, working in partnership with… |
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| Coordination of Washington State Agencies with Recreational Boating Responsibilities |
| Ross & Associates is supporting all aspects of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office's process to develop coordination and… |
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| EPA Lean and Environment Initiative Support |
| As a national expert on the environmental implications of Lean manufacturing, Ross & Associates provides analytic, strategic, and communications support to EPA’s Lean and Environment Initiative… |
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| Evaluation of Electronic Dialogue on Pandemic Flu Vaccine Prioritization |
| Ross & Associates will conduct a process evaluation of an online public dialogue concerning priorities for distributing pandemic flu vaccine. The dialogue is being conducted for the Centers for Disease Control… |
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| Exchange Network Leadership Council/IMWG |
| Ross & Associates is proving ongoing planning and facilitation services to the Information Management Working Group (IMWG) and the Exchange Network Leadership Council (ENLC), both of which are made up of senior-level staff… |
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| Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Support |
| Ross & Associates is providing support to the U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office for the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and implementation of the Great Lakes Executive Order, established… |
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| Highway Decision Making Performance Measures |
| Ross & Associates and Cambridge Systematics, Inc. are helping the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science)… |
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| Integrated Permitting Strategies |
| Ross & Associates supported EPA’s National Center for Environmental Innovation’s (NCEI) integrated strategy effort by researching, analyzing and drafting a white paper summarizing… |
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| Lifecycle Building Challenge Website and Facilitation |
| Lifecycle building (also known as design for disassembly or design for deconstruction) is the design of building materials, information systems, and management practices to create buildings that anticipate future changes to and eventual adaptation… |
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| Network Exchange and Governance |
| The purpose of this project is to provide EPA’s Office of Environmental Information (OEI) and designated partners technical, programmatic, and strategic analysis and consultation towards… |
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| Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Report to Congress |
| In response to the 1999 Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing of west coast salmon and steelhead populations, Congress established the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) to provide grants to states and tribes… |
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| Pacific Northwest Directors |
| In 1990, the state environmental directors of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, as well as the Deputy Minister for the Environment of the Province of British Columbia, the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 10… |
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| Port of Seattle Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy Stakeholder Process Support |
| Ross and Associates will assist the Port of Seattle in the stakeholder processes necessary to successfully implement the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy. This includes facilitation… |
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| Shipbuilding Meeting Support |
| The shipbuilding and ship repair industry has worked in a collaborative partnership with EPA’s Sector Strategies Program since 1998 to improve industry-wide environmental… |
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| Strategic Support for National State-EPA Planning and Performance Partnership Improvements |
| Since 2003, Ross & Associates has been working with states and EPA on a national effort to improve joint state-EPA planning and the overall state-EPA partnership. The improvements put in place as a result of this effort are… |
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| Support for EPA's Environmental Health Activities |
| Ross & Associates is supporting EPA, through a collaborative effort with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), to develop and improve cooperative working… |
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| Support for Priest Rapids Coordinating Committee Hatchery Subcommittee |
| Ross & Associates is providing comprehensive facilitation support to a Workgroup made up of state, Federal and Tribal fisheries agencies and representatives of Grant County PUD to direct Grant’s Federally-required hatchery program Ross plans… |
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| Updates to NBP Training Workshop Materials |
| Ross & Associates is supporting the NBP with updates to the materials for the EMS Program training workshops, which are designed to help new participants implement an EMS for Biosolids… |
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| Washington Lean and Environment Project |
| The Washington State Department of Ecology contracted with Ross & Associates to support three pilot projects to test the integration of environmental considerations and pollution prevention (P2) tools into lean manufacturing practices… |
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| West Coast Collaborative |
| Supporting EPA Regions 9 and 10, Ross & Associates provides comprehensive facilitation, strategic program development, and management support for the West Coast Collaborative, a public-private… |
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| Western Climate Initiative Partner's Support |
| The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) is made up of the states of Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington and the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Quebec… |
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