Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is soliciting Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEPs) to provide as-required technical assistance and other services related to brownfields. The QEP must meet environmental professional standards in the State of Alaska, and present verifiable qualifications, experience, and knowledge regarding all aspects of brownfields assessment, remediation, re-use planning, and redevelopment, including, but not limited to, relevant Federal and Alaska law, policies and guidelines, CERCLA, and EPA standards and practices, including EPA Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) requirements. The QEP must demonstrate proven expertise in environmental site and risk assessment, management plans, quality assurance project plans, groundwater and soil sampling, remediation strategies and cleanup, cost estimates and cost control, and community outreach. Experience with remediation of brownfield sites located within FEMA designated special flood hazard areas and floodways is highly desirable. 1. Contaminated Site Characterization, Monitoring and Related Tasks • Conduct Phase I and II environmental site assessments per applicable American Society Testing Materials (ASTM) standards; • Develop site characterization work plans, field sampling work plans, quality assurance, quality control plans, health and safety plans, or contaminant monitoring plans that are compliant with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) or US Environmental Protection Agency Regulations; • Conduct site inventories and environmental audits; • Conduct historical land ownership and historical land use research; • Obtain rights of entry or other legal access agreements to properties; • Conduct site characterization activities to include surface and subsurface soil, and groundwater, surface water, and sediment investigations; soil gas and/or sub-slab soil gas investigations, building surveys, vapor intrusion characterizations, and indoor and outdoor air quality testing or monitoring, or drinking water well surveys to identify wells at risk for contamination;