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Statement of 



J. Craig Swanson 



Applied Science Associates, inc. 



70 Dean Knauss Drive 



Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882 



Tel: 401-789-6224 



Fax: 401-789-1932 



E-mail: cswanson@appsci.com 



My name is Craig Swanson and I am a principal in Applied Science Associates, Inc. 

 (ASA). ASA is a multi-discipiinary environmental consulting finm focusing on solutions 

 to marine and freshwater problems. We develop and use computerized tools to 

 investigate complex environmental issues. These models predict currents and tides, 

 transport of pollutants in the water, animal population changes and behavior, and the 

 effects of pollution on aquatic plants and animals. 



We presently have a staff of 1 7 employees. Most technical staff members hold 

 advanced degrees in ocean engineering, biological oceanography, civil engineering, 

 coastal geology, marine affairs or computer science. 



Our clients are local, state and federal agencies plus a large range of commercial 

 organizations from small marina owners to large oil companies. Ten years ago 75% of 

 our income derived from state or federal contracts, 25% from the private sector. Today 

 less than 20% of our income comes from the public side, more than 50%*from private 

 clients, and approximately 25% is now from foreign clients. 



Specific to the ongoing North Cape barge spill at Matunuck, Rhode Island, ASA staff, 

 under a quick response contract with the NOAA Damage Assessment Center, 

 mobilized early Saturday morning to track the ecological impacts of the spill. This effort 

 entailed visiting those locations along the beaches and ponds of southern Rhode 

 Island to make observations of any immediate impact to plants and animals. This effort 

 is continuing. The information collected will be used with a series of computers models 

 developed by ASA to predict short and long term effects to the ecosystem and estimate 

 economic damages to the environment. 



ASA has also made predictions of where the spilled oil will move based on our 

 computerized oil spill trajectory models. We have provided this information to various 

 news media during the past few days. 



This is a highly visible example of the type of work that ASA performs. Other examples 

 include the analysis of water quality from dredging and disposal operations in Boston 

 Harbor, the impacts of possible spills of a new fuel used in power plants to generate 

 electricity in Tampa Bay and in the United Kingdom, and the study of currents along the 



