CN-370000-WM943-T2.pdf

This document is a Task Assignment Notification Form for Contract WM943, issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), with the University of Florida as the contractor. The task assignment is specifically Task 2, focused on evaluating a stressor index, and involves collaboration between the DEP and the University of Florida, with Curtis D. Pillman, Ph.D. serving as the Contractor Contract Manager and Joy A. Jackson as the DEP Contract Manager.

The task assignment involves a cost-reimbursement contract valued at $13,568, with a performance period from execution through December 30, 2009. The primary objective is to identify underlying causative factors leading to biological impairment in Florida streams by examining and potentially modifying the stressor index. Key deliverables include conducting preliminary analyses, identifying data gaps, evaluating and modifying the stressor index, meeting with FDEP in Q4 2009, and submitting a report on stressor index evaluation by December 30, 2009. The contract is funded through Grant 31903 and is part of a broader environmental assessment and modeling effort involving integrated water quality, disturbance, and physical habitat information.