Marine Science Associates, Inc.


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Past and Present Services

Oceaneering, Inc., 1994 (assisted with prediction of Indian Ocean currents for salvage of a downed Navy jet off the coast of Somalia)

Greater Tampa Bay Marine Advisory Council - PORTS, Inc., 1995-present (provide management services for the Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System)

Post, Buckley, Schuh, and Jernigan, Inc., 1998-2005 (provided simulations of salinity and circulation changes in Tampa Bay from proposed water supply projects; assisted in design and implementation of a comprehensive hydro-biological monitoring plan for permitted water supply projects)

Tampa Bay Water, a Regional Water Supply Authority, 1998-2005 (provided expert testimony on the effects of water supply projects on the Tampa Bay estuary)

Nova Southeastern University, 1998-2004 (provided coordination of design and implementation of a real-time environmental observing array for the South Florida Ocean Measurement Center)

ENSR, 1999-2006 (evaluated environmental effects of a natural gas pipeline to be built through Tampa Bay)

Conrod Associates, 2000-2001 (provided field instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the Brooker Creek Preserve, Pinellas County)

Marine Desalination Systems, LLC, 2001-2006 (provided analyses of oceanographic data for the Tampa Bay region)

Taiwan National Center for Ocean Research, 2001 (provided optical instrumentation for calibration of satellite remote sensing of ocean color)

Woods Hole Group, 2001 (provided installation and retrieval of oceanographic instrumentation in Tampa Bay, FL, for monitoring permit compliance at the TECO Big Bend power plant)

S and W Water, LLC, 2001 (provided expert testimony in permit hearing for Big Bend desalination facility)

Carnival Cruise Lines, 2002 (provided analyses of oceanographic data in support of legal proceedings)

The Boeing Company, 2004-2009 (provided advice on demonstration projects for the Integrated Ocean Observing System)

Janicki Environmental, Inc., 2004-2007 (participated in review of St. Johns River Water Management District modeling program for Indian River Lagoon; collaborated in development of a coupled hydrodynamic-water quality model of Tampa Bay using ECOM3D and CEQUAL-ICM for application to Piney Point phosphate discharges and to Tampa Bay Water's Downstream Augmentation Program)

HSW Engineering, Inc. 2005-2006 (assisted in review of Minimum Flows and Levels for the Lower Suwannee River/Fanning Springs/Manatee Springs and for the Waccasassa River/Levy Blue Springs for the Suwannee River Water Management District)

Industrial Economics, Inc., 2005-2007 (provided simulations of hydrodynamics in Tampa Bay during Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne for analysis of phosphate process water spill trajectory and fate)

Water Resource Solutions, 2005-2006 (provided summary of hydrodynamic conditions and residence times in Safety Harbor, Tampa Bay, in support of desalination discharge permitting)

Mote Marine Lab, 2005-2006 (provided model simulations of discharge plume from TECO power plants in Hillsborough Bay in support of discharge permit renewal)

Coastal Resources Group, Inc., 2007-present (obtain water level, wave, and current measurements at multiple locations in Tampa Bay and Rookery Bay in support of seagrass and mangrove restoration)

SAIC, 2008-2009 (provided support for NOAA contract services in ocean observing systems)

Fugro-GEOS, 2008-present (provide support for water level and current measurements)

Ocean Energy Systems LLC, 2008 (provided analyses of wave motions and other oceanographic parameters for siting of wave power generation systems)

Moore and Company, PA, 2008-present (provided analyses of wind, wave, and tide conditions and vessel trajectories in maritime casualty cases: Blue Water Marine Towing v. Natalita III; 2008; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Case No. 08-20739 CIV; Sea Tow Key Biscayne v. Barge OSG 209 in rem and OSG 209 LLC; 2010; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, “In Admiralty”; Case No. 09-CV-61410-CMA; Mark E. Luther, Ph.D., v. M/V Ouro do Brasil et al.; 2012; United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, “In Admiralty”; Case No. 8:09-CV-2267-T-35TGW)

St. Johns RiverKeepers, 2008 (provided expert testimony in Consumptive Use Permit hearing, St. Johns Riverkeeper, Inc., City Of Jacksonville, and St. Johns County, v. St. Johns River Water Management District and Seminole County, DOAH Case No. 08-1316)

CH2M-HILL, 2009 (provided water quality and flushing analyses for Port of Tampa construction projects)

Lewis Environmental, 2009-present (provide measurements and numerical model circulation studies for mangrove restoration projects)

Continental Shelf Associates, 2009-2014 (provide environmental impact analyses for offshore energy projects for BOEMRE – formerly MMS)

Greenberg Traurig, P.A., 2012-present (provide analysis of phosphate process water spill trajectory and fate in support of litigation)

Expert Witness Testimony

 Tampa Bay Water v. Hillsborough County; 1998; Richard A. Harrison, Allen Dell, P.A., atty.

 Tampa Bay Water v. Alafia River Basin Council; 1999; Richard A. Harrison, Allen Dell, P.A., atty.; Dept. of Administrative Hearings Case No. 98-4925, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

 S&W Water v. Save Our Bays And Canals; 2001; Dept. of Administrative Hearing. Case No. 01-1948, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Richard A. Harrison, Allen Dell, P.A., atty.

 Blue Water Marine Towing v. Natalita III; 2008; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, "In Admiralty"; Case No. 08-20739 CIV; Michael T. Moore, atty.

 St. Johns Riverkeeper, Inc., City Of Jacksonville, and St. Johns County, v. St. Johns River Water Management District and Seminole County; 2008; DOAH Case No. 08-1316

 Sea Tow Key Biscayne v. Barge OSG 209 in rem and OSG 209 LLC; 2010; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, “In Admiralty”; Case No. 09-CV-61410-CMA; Michael T. Moore, atty.

 Mark E. Luther, Ph.D., v. M/V Ouro do Brasil et al.; 2012; United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, “In Admiralty”; Case No. 8:09-CV-2267-T-35TGW; Michael T. Moore, atty.

 The Siesta Key Association of Sarasota, Inc., and Michael S. Holderness, v. City of Sarasota; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Department of Environmental Protection; and Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund; DOAH Case No. 17-1449; Martha Collins, atty.