Slidell, Louisiana – December 21, 2009 – Quality Management Services, Inc. (QMS), obtains certification from the State of Alabama, Office of Minority Business (OMB) Enterprise for the Woman-Owned Business Enterprise.  The OMBE administers the certification program to identify small, minority-owned businesses capable of providing goods and services to both government and private sectors.  The OMBE works closely with the Department of Industrial Relations Office of Small Business Advocacy to promote small business development and advocate on their behalf.

Slidell, Louisiana – October 13, 2009 – Quality Management Services, Inc. (QMS), obtains certification through Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program for the La. Department of Transportation (LaDOTD) of Louisiana. The DBE program handles certification for all socially and economically disadvantaged businesses.

Business entities organized for profit and performing a commercial purpose are eligible for certification. The business must be at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned, controlled and operated on a daily basis by persons determined to be disadvantaged.  Other agencies and programs that provides valuable information and technical assistance in areas such as financing, procurement, start-up and expansion and accounting under this program.

The DBE office provides disadvantaged businesses the opportunities to diversify and grow through various services and referrals. As part of the Department of Community Development, the DBE Program has been mandated by the Department to perform and monitor identified functions that will enhance the City’s DBE economic participation. In addition to City mandates, the DBE program employs the requirements and measurements as outlined in the federal regulations relative to funding sources received by the City.

QMS President (Sandra Senegal Purdom) and Program Manager for Community Development and Outreach  (Gregory Senegal) visit our nation’s Capitol.

With the economic climate of change and uncertainty, Sandra and Gregory take to Washington D.C. to meet with our congressional delegations to voice concern about the opportunities for small business in our state.

Environmental Components:

The purpose of the PA is to review existing information on the site and its environs to assess the threat(s), if any, posed to public health and welfare, or the environment and to determine if further investigation under CERCLA/SARA is warranted.  The scope of the PA includes the review of information available from federal, state, and local agencies and performance of an onsite reconnaissance visit.

Using these information sources, the site is then evaluated using the EPA’s Hazard Ranking System (HRS) criteria to assess the relative threat associated with actual or potential releases of hazardous substances at the site.  The HRS has been adopted by EPA to help set priorities for further evaluation and eventual remedial action at hazardous waste sites.  The HRS is the primary method of determining a site’s eligibility for placement on the National Priorities List (NPL).  The NPL identifies sites at which EPA may conduct remedial response actions.  This report summarizes the findings of these preliminary investigative activities.
The Alameda Point is comprised of 2,675-acres and is adjacent to the Alameda Facility/Alameda Annex property on the western end of Alameda island.  Approximately 75-acres of this land is within the boundaries of the Former Marshcrust site.  Prior to construction of Alameda Point, use of the western tip of Alameda Island consisted of farming.  Railroad yards were built over the western tip of Alameda Island.