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CAS LOCATIONS <br /> CAS features over 125,000 combined square feet of facilities equipped with <br /> sophisticated analytical instrumentation. Each laboratory is designed and constructed <br /> to provide safeguards against cross-contamination of samples and is arranged by work <br /> function to enhance the efficiency of analytical operations. In addition, specialized t <br /> areas are designed for efficient and safe handling of a variety of sample types. These s <br /> include a sample receiving and shipping area, sample container preparation area, and C <br /> a refrigerated storage for samples, chemicals and standards. All CAS locations offer <br /> either internal or contract courier/delivery services to deliver sampling kits and to <br /> receive samples. Deliveries outside of normal working hours, including weekends, are <br /> easily arranged. CAS also serves international clients, having the necessary permits in <br /> place to accept foreign soils, water samples and tissue samples of both plants and <br /> animals. <br /> CAS laboratory locations are described below. A location map g, including addresses <br /> and phone numbers, is provided at the end of this section. <br /> CAS/Kelso, Washington is the largest laboratory in the network with over 25,000 i <br /> square feet of laboratory and support staff space. The size of the.laboratory, combined <br /> with its equipment and highly trained personnel allow this facility to provide enhanced <br /> services. For example, complex projects requiring analysis of large numbers of <br /> samples, those of difficult matrices, or those requiring low levels of detection. <br /> t <br /> CAS/Kelso specializes in non-routine, complex analyses requiring a high degree of <br /> technical expertise. These special capabilities have allowed CAS/Kelso to take part in <br /> a number of method development studies for the U.S. EPA and various state and <br /> industrial agencies. They have also held a number of direct EPA contracts under the t <br /> U.S. EPA Contract Laboratory Program (CLP). Services are provided to a number of <br /> other federal government entities including the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), <br /> Navy and Air Force. <br /> Included among the specialized procedures performed at the Kelso laboratory, are <br /> techniques that allow the ultra-trace determination of various constituents in difficult i <br /> sample matrices. Investments have been made to develop systems for the preparation I <br /> and analysis of sediment and tissue (i.e., plant and animal), as well as routine aqueous <br /> and soil samples. Much of the analytical chemistry performed at the Kelso laboratory is <br /> in direct support of risk-based studies where routine environmental procedures are <br /> often insufficient to meet the project objectives. <br /> Page 3 of 29 <br />