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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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| Arizona Children's Health Project Assessment |
| Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) received an Environmental Information Exchange Network Challenge Grant to develop a system that alerts the public of potential air quality related health conditions… |
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| BMRA Website Redesign |
| Ross & Associates is redesigning and reimplementing the BMRA website (http://www.bmra.org). The new site will include a directory of recycled building materials business, in addition to resources and… |
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| CDC Content Workgroups and PMO Support |
| Ross & Associates is continuing its support to the CDC-NCEH effort to build a National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN)… |
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| CDC Data Management |
| Ross & Associates is assisting the prime contractor, Battelle Memorial Institute, in developing data analysis and quality control processes for the CDC Tracking Branch to prepare data… |
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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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| ClimateWorks Evaluation |
| The ClimateWorks Foundation (www.climateworks.org) serves as the hub of a network of institutions in China, India, the United States, Europe, and Latin America, and in countries… |
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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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| CSO Program Implementation Plan |
| Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)—the public utility that provides wastewater, drainage, solid waste, and recycling services to Seattle, Washington—contracted with Ross & Associates… |
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| Effective Utility Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities |
| EPA Office of Water and six major water and wastewater associations are working together on a program to promote effective utility management based on a series of Attributes of Effectively Managed Utilities and Keys to Management Success… |
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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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| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Compliance Assistance for Biofuels Facilities |
| Ross & Associates, in conjunction with Industrial Economics, is providing support to EPA Region 7 on evaluating the effectiveness of a compliance assistance manual for ethanol facilities in the Region. In 2007, EPA Region 7 created a… |
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| Evaluating the Impact of EPA's Regional Geographic Initiative |
| In 2008 and early 2009, Ross & Associates and Industrial Economics, Inc. conducted an evaluation of EPA’s Regional Geographic Initiatives (RGI) funding source… |
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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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| 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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| Idaho Infrastructure Regionalization and Urban/Rural Stormwater Management Dialogue |
| On behalf of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and other Partners, Ross & Associates will be facilitating a total of nine listening sessions in Boise, Pocatello, and Twin Falls. The purpose of the listening… |
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| Integrated Permitting International Collaboration Effort: Analytic Support, Outreach and Facilitation |
| Ross & Associates is providing technical, outreach, and facilitation support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Center of Environmental Innovation (NCEI) for the Integrated Permitting… |
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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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| Lean Air Permitting |
| Ross & Associates is providing support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) permit process improvement efforts. Since 2003, numerous State agencies have implemented Lean and Six Sigma permit process improvement… |
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| Louisville Wet Weather Team Stakeholder Process Facilitation |
| The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) hired Ross & Associates to provide comprehensive facilitation services for a multi-stakeholder Wet Weather Team advising MSD on the development of long-term plan to control… |
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| Measuring Effectiveness of the Air Toxics Monitoring Program in Region 9 |
| Ross & Associates is preparing an evaluation of air toxics monitoring programs in Region 9 to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in characterizing and assessing the design of these programs… |
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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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| Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Verify |
| EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division (CISD) develops, administers, and determines compliance with regulations concerning motor vehicle and engine pollution emissions, and fuel economy… |
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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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| 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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| Public Health Assessment Technology Tools Needs Assessment |
| Ross & Associates is conducting a technology tools needs assessment for the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Currently, two software tools (VistaPHw and EpiQMS) are available in Washington to collect analyze… |
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| Regulatory Analysis Support for Central Plateau Cleanup |
| Ross & Associates provided regulatory analysis and support to assist the central plateau cleanup executive team (made up of Ecology, the Department of Energy and the cleanup contractor… |
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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 Planning Workshop and Related Technical Services for EPA OTAQ Transportation and Climate Division |
| Ross & Associates is providing strategic planning support and related technical services to the Transportation and Climate Division within EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)… |
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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 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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| Used Oil Analysis Literature Search |
| Utah DEQ is currently performing a detailed study of used oil analyses performed by independent labs across the country. Used oil… |
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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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