FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2004 Contact: Joanne Schroeder (949) 457-3497

A Major U.S. Airline Airlines Selects EDSG to Implement Environmental Management Information System

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA, February 12, 2004 - A major U.S. airline has selected Environmental Data Solutions Group, LLC (EDSG) to design and implement a comprehensive environmental management information system (EMIS) to assist them in managing Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) data associated with 200 remote stations and hubs.

Under contract with a major U.S. airline, EDSG's scope of work will be to deploy a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) application combined with custom web components for enhanced user navigation and data mining. The nine modules include traditional environmental media (air/water/waste), as well as compliance management (corrective/preventative action tracking) with email notification and custom ticklers. Of the nine modules, the following modules will be comprised of custom components: incident management/reporting, environmental expenditure tracking, facility tracking, and document management.

This major U.S. airline, which boasts a long and distinctive history that began in 1934, selected EDSG because of their accelerated design methods and extensive knowledge of the airline industry. EDSG's accelerated requirements definition (ARD) method allowed this major U.S. airline to rapidly assess their needs and design an appropriate solution approach. Furthermore, EDSG's responsiveness and flexibility are key attributes that allow this major U.S. airline to utilize EDSG resources to get the most out of internal resources.

"EDSG was a clear choice for this major U.S. airline to design and deploy the information management system. From the beginning, their proven methods were efficient and provided us with greater value for the dollar. We are confident that once this system is fully deployed, our environmental staff will be even more efficient at their jobs, and environmental risk for the company will be further reduced," said Leah Raeny, Director of Environmental Affairs for a Major US Airline.

EDSG founding member Joanne Schroeder said, "We are very excited to be working with this major U.S. airline and provide benefit to their EHS workflows. We treat the relationship with them as a true partnership."

ABOUT EDSG
EDSG is the industry leader in integrating information technology (IT) innovations to optimize environmental, health and safety (EHS) performance. Founded in 1998, EDSG has a proven history of working with clients toward this mission. EDSG retains professionals with distinctive and diverse skill sets, including EHS compliance, IT and subsurface remediation. EDSG applies their IT innovations to improve virtually every EHS issue. EDSG has offices in California, New York, and Texas. More information about EDSG can be found by visiting their web site at http://www.edsgrp.com/.