Transportable MT - OR Pilot
¥ Pilot Project provides temporary support and cost experience
¥ Select, permit, install, operate MT sites in OR
¥ ~70 km station spacing
¥ Two RFPs released April, bidding closed 5/5/06
¥ Site selection & permitting( PSP)
¥ Installation, operations and maintenance (POM)
¥ 6 proposals received from for-profit organizations
¥ 5 months of field work, June-November, Ô06
¥ 10 NIMS on loan from EMSOC
¥ Oversight conducted via subaward
¥ Evaluation at end of contract will be conducted
¥ Why Oregon?  Fluids in the Cascade subduction system and tectonic accretion