Our marine scientists serve as subject matter experts and witnesses, assisting clients with licensing, permitting processes, and contaminated sediment litigation.
Our subject matter experts recognize the importance of making scientific evidence accessible and understandable to administrative law judges and lay jurors. Effectively explaining this evidence enhances the expert’s credibility and influences the decision-maker’s perception and judgment.
In some state offshore energy permitting and licensing, such as New York’s Article VII, our scientists provide expert deposition and live testimony during the adjudicative process. Their role helps decision-makers determine whether to issue licenses and what environmental conditions should be imposed to ensure compliance and protection.
The Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States, attracted intense interest and speculation about the effects of construction and operation on valuable coastal resources.
Rhode Island Public Radio reporter Ambar Espinoza recently joined INSPIRE scientists on one of our monthly fish-trawl surveys in the vicinity of Block Island Wind Farm. Read all about the great work that INSPIRE is performing for the nation’s first offshore wind turbine array. The full article can be found here: RI Fishermen, Scientists Study […]
Sediment profile imaging (SPI) technology has been used in some form since 1969 to investigate the structure and appearance of near-surface aquatic sediments.
