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U -- GROUND WATER/SURFACE WATER INTERACTION TRAINING WORKSHOP SOL MT0016 DUE 030998 POC Melissa Revely-Brown WEB: not available, not available. E-MAIL: revely-brown.melissa@epamail.epa.gov, revely-brown.melissa@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency anticipate award to: Dr. Jack A. Stanford, Jessie M. Bierman, Professor of Ecology and Director Flathead Lake Biological Station, The University of Montana, 311 Bio Station Lane, Polson, MT 59860-9659, phone (406) 982-3301, stanford@selway.umt.edu. for services which the Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract using simplified acquisition procedures of FAR Part 13. The solicitation identifies the office where additional technical information can be obtained and you may E-mail the contracting officer at: revely-brown.melissa@epamail.epa.gov. Please include the following: Company Name; Address; Phone Number; Business Class; and Email Address. NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTED. All questions must be addressed in writing and will be answered in writing. Please price separately any travel or miscellaneous expenses. STATEMENT OF WORK Ground Water/Surface Water Interaction Training Workshop 1. Background: A variety of EPA and State programs are affected by the interaction of ground and surface water, and the possible transport of contaminants to surface water by ground water discharge, or in other cases, the reverse. Any activity that places water or any liquid on land that contains nutrients or toxics, and especially if it increases the residence time of that water, may contaminate ground and surface water resources, directly or indirectly. Thus, a wide variety of activities are implicated, such as nonpoint source discharge of all types, septic tanks, sewage sludge disposal on land, agricultural best management practices to reduce nutrients into surface water, combined storm sewers outflows, waste disposal injection wells, toxic waste disposal, point sources of discharge to surface water, and others. It also includes the application of pesticides to crops on land or in the water and the potential of the pesticides to contaminate ground and surface water, and move from one to the other. FIFRA and the FQPA requires EPA to perform risk assessments that include the potentialfor contamination of water resources above a determined safe level when registered pesticides are used in accordance with the label. To perform this assessment, an understanding of the interaction of ground and surface water and how water can transport contaminants is critical. The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to better understanding how this interaction functions in the environment. The training includes approximately half classroom and half field work in order to give a theoretical as well as a "real world" understanding and application of principles. 2. Scope of Work: The purpose of this work is to conduct a three-day workshop on ground water/surface water interaction in early September, 1998. The training is to be virtually identical to the workshops given in 1995, 1996, and 1997 under an IAG with the National Park Service, DW14936041, that were very well received. The contractor is not responsible for any other products, but is responsible for providing lodging and meals for the approximately 40 participants for the duratio of the training. Tasks to be completed by the contractor to complete this workshop include: *Plan agenda for the workshop *Receive and process applications that are received *Develop list of participants *Plan field training sessions *Prepare and provide instructional materials *Provide classroom instruction *Conduct training and provide equipment needed *Respond to questions from public regarding the training A registration fee will be charged for each participant. This money will be used to help cover costs of training materials, such as classroom facilities, instructional materials, and equipment used in field training, such as pumps, well drilling equipment, piezometers, etc. 3. Schedule: The workshop will be held during FY98, tentatively planned for the first week in September, 1998. 4. Quality Assurance: This proposal does not involve environmental measurements or data generation and a quality assurance plan is not required. (0049)

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