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14 We have included an Excel spreadsheet that details our charges for completing this project. Pursuant to your request, we have chosen a North Carolina State Certified Laboratory to process the laboratory analytes, Tritest Laboratory, Inc., at 6701 Conference Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27607. We have included their cost per analyte in the enclosed Excel spreadsheet: • Fecal coliform bacteria • Chlorophyll a • Total suspended solids • Turbidity • Ammonia • Total Kjeldahl nitrogen • Nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen • Total Phosphorous Our proposal is responsive to youx requirement to sample seven identified stream locations every other week for one year. All of our field procedures and SOPS are in full compliance with the standard procedures used by the NCDENR-Division of Water Quality-Environmental Sciences Section, Ecosystems Unit, Ambient Monitoring System as described in their Quality Assurance Plan. Our contract lab for processing samples is Tritest Laboratory, Inc, in Raleigh, NC, and is fully accredited, certified, and approved by the State of North Carolina and the EPA. Desper Geoscience Consulting staff are trained at the masters or PhD level in marine ecology and water quality. All requested insurance documentation will be supplied to your o$"ice. We propose an initial site survey with you or your staff during which we can ensure we have any additional relevant information you think important. At this time we can field verify and GPS the exact sampling locations. Upon contract approval, we will establish the sampling schedule with distribution to parties you deem appropriate. We will then begin sampling per the schedule and continue to sample every other week for one calendar year. Unusual weather events may require alteration of the sampling schedule by one or two days. On each of the 26 sampling days, we will collect water samples for the laboratory analytes listed in your RFP and in our Excel spread sheet. Samples will be collected, prepared, and transported in timely compliance with the Ambient Monitoring System Quality Assurance Plan. Chain of custody will be documented (sample form enclosed). Field parameters (pH, DO, Conductivity, temperature) will be measured and recorded at each site using approved and calibrated field instruments. Sampling activities and environmental conditions will be recorded at each site, per sampling event, in a field log book dedicated to this project. P~usuant to your request, each sampling day's activities and results will be submitted to your office in the form of a brief letter, copy of field book entries, report from Tritest, copy of the chain of custody forms, and a copy of the project Excel spreadsheet with current and historical results. At your request, we will 2