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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

Hi Bev,

This email has nothing to do with the list or any of the recent topics, lol.

I had an idea and wanted to bounce it off of you, to see if you have any 
experience with this sort of thing. I've started doing something new at work, 
and it dawned on me that this is something I can do on my own from home once 
I learn the ropes. You might be interested in this, too, especially if you've 
worked in the environmental field before.

We have a huge client. I'm not at liberty to name them, but they have 
locations all across the nation. All of the locations have wastewater permits 
and each state has its own set of regulations that the client must comply 
with to meet their permit requirements and they all have to have lab work 
done- some annually, some quarterly, some biannually. My new job is to 
coordinate all these sites to make sure they are getting the samples analyzed 
and complying with the permits. It involves making phone calls, emails, 
communicating with the labs I find in each state to run those samples. I 
never have to touch the samples. The client is charged whatever the lab fees 
are plus a per site fee (we're charging $500/site plus lab costs). I'm sure 
this job has a real title that some engineering company somewhere does on a 
regular basis. We in our lab have never done this before, but they put me on 
the project so this is something I'm just now learning to do as I go. Our 
client is very helpful and doesn't mind that we have to ask lots of 
questions, thank god!

Anyway, is this something you've thought of before? It seems like a good idea 
to me, but then there may be things I don't know about coming around the next 
bend.

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)