This webinar is Part 1 in a two-part webinar series featuring special guest speakers Hilary Robinson, PE, Emerging Contaminants Lead and Eric Leitz, Director of Legacy Site Services at RPS Group. Their presentation discussed risk and managing liabilities, taking a look at PFAS contamination.

• Selecting practical sampling and analytical methods to assess past and present risks
• Developing achievable and effective response strategies in light of stringent EPA advisories and developing regulations
• How the industrial history and unique chemistry of PFAS affects its presence, behavior, and risks posed at a site

If PFAS are “everywhere,” how can that risk be managed to maintain financial assurance or facilitate a transaction? We will describe our varied experience scaling an investigative response to the problem at hand, from performing diligence on processes and waste streams to sampling, sampling, and more sampling. State and Federal agencies have generally provided only limited guidance, and courts have similarly only weighed in on a limited number of specific cases. Therefore, pragmatic approaches can help to analyze the evolving regulatory and legal environment to understand and manage the potential consequences PFAS may have on transactions, facility operations, and personnel or the public.