FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Normandeau Assists PSNH to Develop an NPDES Compliance Strategy

Bedford, NH. February 12, – Normandeau Associates is assisting the Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Inc. (PSNH), a Northeast Utilities Company, to develop a strategy for compliance with the July 9, 2004 §316(b) Phase II Rule for the Schiller (150 mw) and Newington (400 mw) Stations. Both generating stations are located on an estuary in coastal New Hampshire called the Piscataqua River. Normandeau scientists are also assisting PSNH with the Merrimack Station (400mw) on the Merrimack River in Bow, New Hampshire.

For each of the plants, Normandeau has prepared, submitted (to USEPA Region 1), and defended the Proposal for Information Collection (PIC) and Quality Assurance Plans for new studies as required by the §316(b) Phase II Rule, and is performing the entrainment, entrainment survival, impingement, and impingement survival studies at the cooling water intake structures required by the PIC as part of the Comprehensive Demonstrative Study (CDS). Normandeau will be participating with a team of engineers and economists to provide the biological expertise needed to perform cost/cost and cost/benefit analyses that may be required for the CDS.

About Normandeau Associates, Inc.
Normandeau Associates, Inc., in business for over 35 years, is an employee-owned company known throughout the U.S. for its technical excellence and outstanding client service. The company specializes in natural resource management, water quality monitoring and modeling, habitat restoration, environmental monitoring, and offers considerable project experience in these areas. The Normandeau team has extensive expertise in the biological, chemical and physical sciences and related areas such as environmental planning.

Normandeau Associates was founded in 1970 as a privately owned company. In July 2000, the company became employee-owned. Company management believes that employee ownership will further enhance technical excellence and ability to solve client environmental problems effectively and efficiently. Our professional team works closely with clients, regulators and the public to seek solutions that enhance economic development, meet regulatory requirements, and protect and restore our natural resources and water quality. For more information about Normandeau Associates, Inc. visit our website at www.normandeau.com.

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