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Research Planning, Inc. (RPI) is a privately held science-technology consulting firm. Established in 1978, we combine natural resource expertise with spatial and information processing capabilities to provide solutions for coastal and environmental management.

 

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10/01/11 RPI is developing ESI maps and geospatial data for coastal Louisiana and the Mississippi River south of New Orleans. These data will be used for oil spill contingency planning and response, coastal resource management, and natural resources damage assessment. See more...

10/01/11 RPI is developing ESI maps and geospatial data for the Upper Coast of Texas. These data will be used for oil spill contingency planning and response, coastal resource management, and natural resources damage assessment. See more...

09/15/11 Pandion Books, a division of Research Planning, Inc., announces the release of its new title "Coastal Heroes" by Miles O. Hayes ...more.

08/16/11 RPI is currentlyl developing ESI maps and Geographic Information System (GIS) digital databases of the Florida Panhandle and South Florida coastal areas. The maps will highlight biological habitats and life stages, wildlife concentrations, shoreline geomorphology/sensitivity, and human-use resources, all of which are particularly sensitive to oil spills ...more.

07/15/11 RPI has completed production of the North Carolina ESI atlas set...more.

04/18/11 RPI and Pandion will be convening a training course on Oil Spill Response Planning and Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Center (MEMAC) ...more.

04/18/11 RPI scientists will be attending the International Oil Spill Conference in May, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. RPI staff are authors or co-authors on 11 papers/posters. We will have a booth in the exhibit hall; come and visit us!

04/18/11 RPI scientists will be attending the SETAC North America Gulf Oil Spill Focused Topic Meeting in Pensacola, FL, April 26-28. Dr. Jacqueline Michel will moderate the Opening Plenary and Panel Session.

04/11/11 RPI was awarded a contract with the Louis Berger Group to develop a Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment (PERA) for the Brookley AFB Landfill No. 1, AL, with focus on aquatic receptors.

04/01/11 RPI is working with the NOAA Emergency Response Division to provide technical support to their Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects (CAFÉ) database. This database serves as a tool to aid responders in their assessment of the potential toxicological impacts from chemical spills in aquatic environments in situations where critical decisions need to be made within a few hours after a spill occurs.

02/11/11 RPI is providing the National Park Service (NPS) with support in developing the NPS Spill Response Program. We are preparing the environmental components of a Draft NPS Annex to be used by NPS units to supplement information in Area Contingency Plans (ACPs) for oil spill response and preparedness ...more.

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