PFAS Forever Chemicals are Changing Water Quality, Public Health, and Increasing Costs: A Legal and Technical Review
Nassau Academy of Law
Environmental Law, Government Relations, and
Municipal Law and Land Use Committees
Moderator: John L. Parker, Esq., Partner, Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano PLLC
Long Island, New York communities, like those around the United States and the world, face many challenges in providing clean drinking water to their residents. The issues include addressing and remediating historic and legacy contamination found on sites throughout New York and the United States that contribute to groundwater.
These municipalities, and the companies located in and around our communities, continue to be engaged in efforts to address the class of contaminants known as “forever chemicals” which includes PFAS. Innovative and developing technology is key to reducing the costs of this vital and necessary water treatment.
A legal panel discussion will focus on regulatory and litigation issues, and PFAS factual issues in these matters, including fate, transport, and allocation, regulated community concerns, and municipal government obligations.
A second panel of technical specialists, will focus on the challenges to meet regulatory standards, impacts of forever chemicals on environmental remediation efforts and costs, drinking water filtration technologies currently available, and the next generation of cleanup technologies for drinking water.
The PFAS Panel Discussion is hosted by the Nassau Academy of Law, which allows for participation by non-bar association members, and will be sponsored by the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) Environmental and Energy Law, Municipal Law and Land Use, and Government Relations Committees.
Location: Domus, the headquarters of the Nassau County Bar Association, located at 15th and West Streets, Mineola, NY 11501.
The Forum Panels
Legal Issues in Regulation and Litigation Issues of PFAS Contamination cases.
1 – 2:30 pm
Sin Senh, PG
Chief Executive Officer, President, Principal Hydrogeologist
Roux Associates
Andrew Sivert, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Sterling Risk Environmental & Professional
Technical Considerations and issues with PFAS in removing, treating, and filtering these chemicals.
2:45 – 3:45 pm
Tonya Chandler
President
BioLargo Equipment, Solutions and Technologies
Michael G. Savares, P.E.
Vice President
D & B Engineers and Architects
Richard Desrosiers, PG, CT-LEP
Associate Principal/ Vice President, Hydrogeologist, PFAS Initiative Lead
GZA GeoEnvironmental
Keynote Address, Reception and Buffet Dinner
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Keynote Address:
Robert Bilott, Esq.
Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Award Presented by Dennis P. Calvert, Chief Executive Officer, BioLargo
and Tonya Chandler, President BioLargo Equipment Solutions and Technologies.
Global Environmental Leadership Award
22nd Century by Design Fund
Movie Screening:
5:00 – 6:35 pm
Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
The documentary film examines a decades-long battle between some of the world’s largest chemical companies and contaminated communities.
Program Sponsors for the Event Included:
D & B Engineers and Architects
Moderator:
John Parker, Esq.
Partner Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano PLLC
John Parker leads the Environmental, Energy, and Resources Practice Group of the firm. John has been an environmental attorney for over twenty-five years and brings a wealth of experience and specialized environmental expertise in matters involving the Environmental Conservation Law, Clean Water Act enforcement, the Navigation Law, environmental regulatory compliance, Superfund litigation, and brownfield redevelopment.
He serves as Second Vice Chair of the Environmental and Energy Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, where he also serves as a member of its Executive Committee. He serves as Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Environmental Law Committee and a member of its Board of Directors.
Water-Related Art & Imagery
Suprina Troche and Susan Hillary Shapiro, Esq.
PFAS Forever Chemicals are Changing Water Quality, Public Health, and Increasing Costs...
Moderator: John L. Parker, ESQ.
Summary of Comments Long Island PFAS Forum
Moderator: John L. Parker, Esq.
