PFAS: State Regulation, Litigation, Recent Science, and Risks and Liabilities
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide environmental counsel with an overview of the recent science related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), recent precedent-setting cases and recently enacted legislation that will impact PFAS regulation and liability, and focus on the rapidly developing state regulatory environment and its impact on clients across industries.
Outline
- PFAS overview
- Recent science
- Litigation
- State regulation of PFAS
- Practical guidance: assessing risks and liabilities
- Future trends
Benefits
The panel will review these and other essential issues:
- What is the latest science behind PFAS?
- What should companies and counsel do to ensure compliance with differing state standards for PFAS?
- What new federal regulation of PFAS is EPA considering?
- What types of legal claims are PFAS defendants facing from government and private litigation?
- What steps should environmental counsel take to minimize the litigation and regulatory risk of PFAS?
Faculty
Russ Abell, P.G., LSP
Vice President
Sanborn Head & Assoc.
Mr. Abell has over 20 years of experience nationally focusing on hydrogeology and fate and transport analysis. His... | Read More
Mr. Abell has over 20 years of experience nationally focusing on hydrogeology and fate and transport analysis. His experience includes consulting expert roles for fate and transport analysis in retail petroleum sites, product liability matters, and chlorinated solvent plume sites in overburden and fractured bedrock settings. Mr. Abell’s recent focus includes fate and transport analysis of PFAS in groundwater impacting municipal public water supply wells and remedial design to address PFAS-contaminated groundwater. He holds a B.A. in geology from Amherst College and an M.S. in geology from Virginia Tech University. Mr. Abell manages more than 30 staff servicing clients in the areas of environmental due diligence, site assessment, remediation, and vapor intrusion assessment and mitigation.
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Matt Thurlow
Partner
Baker & Hostetler
Mr. Thurlow is an environmental litigator with significant experience in environmental matters brought under the Clean... | Read More
Mr. Thurlow is an environmental litigator with significant experience in environmental matters brought under the Clean Air Act, CERCLA, Clean Water Act and RCRA. He formerly served in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice where he acted as lead counsel on a variety of civil enforcement matters, including a major Clean Water Act case against the city of Memphis, Tennessee, several Superfund cases, and several Clean Air Act matters involving power plants and oil refineries. He is a frequent writer and speaker.
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Stephen (Steve) Zemba, Ph.D., P.E.
Project Director
Sanborn Head & Associates
Dr. Zemba has over three decades of experience nationally as an environmental consulting specialist in the area of... | Read More
Dr. Zemba has over three decades of experience nationally as an environmental consulting specialist in the area of health risk assessment. His expertise includes assessing the transport and risks of environmental chemicals. Dr. Zemba holds a B.S. from Carnegie‐Mellon University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Zemba also teaches university‐level courses on air quality management and air pollution control.
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