CN-370000-WM943-T3.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment A) under Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Contract No. WM943 between the State of Florida and the University of Florida. The task assignment was executed on the specified dates in 2010 and involves the University of Florida's Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, with Curtis D. Poilman, Ph.D. serving as the Contractor's Contract Manager and Devan R. Cobb as the DEP Contract Manager.

Task Assignment Number 3, titled "Identify Conceptual Models," is a cost reimbursement project valued at $21,615.00 with a performance period through August 1, 2010. The project focuses on finalizing the development of a conceptual framework to describe key relationships between causative factors and a stressor index for improved stressor identification modeling. The scope includes multivariate statistical analyses to examine biological integrity responses to specified stressors, further investigation of outliers and variability sources, examination of temperature as an impairment factor, and a series of simulations analyzing effects of various variables on impairment. The task comprises 11 work elements totaling 304 hours, with key deliverables including identification of conceptual model frameworks (due 4/15/10), a meeting with FDEP staff in Tallahassee to develop model scenarios (due 3/15/10), and a summary report. Funding is provided through Florida's internal accounts with object code 132600 and category 140076.