PFAS Webinar: the Latest Data, Regulatory Trends, and Solutions

How can the lab you chose to analyze your PFAS samples change your regulatory fate? And what, exactly, is happening here in the Delaware River Basin with regards to PFAS?

The PFAs landscape is in flux. This much used class of compounds grabs headlines for being toxic, "forever" chemicals that pose environmental risks. The American Water Works Association (AWWA) estimates drinking water providers will spend at least $3 billion, potentially more than $38 billion depending upon regulatory requirements, to address PFAs risk. 

Get the latest on PFAS data, methodologies, regulatory initiatives, and cleanup solutions gaining traction. Marc Gold, Esquire, moderates our power panel, with presentations by and discussion with David Blye (Environmental Standards), Greg Cavallo (formerly with DRBC), Amy Dindal (Battelle), and Preston Luitweiler (former VP and Chief Environmental Officer at Aqua). 2 PD Hours!

Moderator: Marc Gold, Esquire

Marc was a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP and retired from the firm earlier this month. He has handled a wide array of matters involving water quality and stormwater management in the Delaware River watershed, including the Delaware Estuary PCB TMDLs and an innovative effort to improve water quality in the Wissahickon Creek through adaptive management that is still underway.

David Blye, CEAC, Principal Chemist Environmental Standards

David R. Blye specializes in the interpretation of organic and inorganic analysis data and the development of field procedures for the collection of representative groundwater, surface water, soil, air, and multi-media samples. He has generated site-specific sampling plans for more than 200 sites, including Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPjPs) for more than 47 state or federally supervised CERCLA, RCRA, and DoD sites.

He has extensive experience in US EPA organic and inorganic analytical methodology and analytical data validation. He has validated data analyzed according to 40 CFR Part 136 requirements (100-1600 Series), drinking water regulations (500 Series), RCRA requirements (SW‑846), and CERCLA/SARA requirements (Contract Laboratory Program [CLP] Statements of Work [SOWs]) and has overseen the validation efforts of several hundred projects.

David Blye also has extensive experience in auditing laboratory facilities to evaluate compliance with analytical protocols and QAPjPs and to determine analytical capabilities. He has audited more than 400 laboratories, including laboratories in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Puerto Rico. His knowledge of data management procedures for storing, retrieving, and reporting field and analytical data has enabled him to develop laboratory electronic data deliverable specifications and logic for both commercially available and project-specific electronic data verification tools.

David is a subject matter expert in the analytical chemistry of PFAS, PCBs and dioxins/furans.

Gregory J Cavallo, P.G., Cavallo Environmental Services LLC.

Greg Cavallo, Principal at Cavallo Environmental Services, has more than 25 years of diversified experience in the environmental field with a focus on the environmental chemistry of emerging contaminants. Before starting his own company in 2018, Greg was the project manager at the Delaware River Basin Commission for the successful implementation of the PCB TMDL in the Delaware Estuary. Greg is a recognized expert in contaminant monitoring, source identification, data management and implementation of novel remedial approaches for new and legacy contaminants and has been a speaker at various venues and published numerous articles regarding his research and investigations.

Amy Dindal, PFAs Program Manager Battelle

Amy Dindal is Battelle’s PFAS Program Manager. Ms. Dindal leads Battelle’s PFAS Program, setting technical direction for and oversight of a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 staff that includes scientists, engineers, chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and modelers. In this role, Ms. Dindal has applied her technical understanding of chemical processes and analytical chemistry to support development of innovative approaches and technologies to characterize, model, and remediate PFAS compounds in water and soil. Under Ms. Dindal’s technical leadership, the team has filed 11 provisional patents, 4 non-provisional patents, and 5 trademarks in less than 2 years.

Prior to joining Battelle in 2002, Amy was a Research Scientist with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for 10 years. While at ORNL, she obtained a U.S Patent (No. 6,645,908) for a method for producing a sol-gel derived sorbent material and was an R&D 100 award winner in 1997.

Amy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Penn State University and has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2006.

Preston Luitweiler

Mr. Luitweiler is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, both from Drexel University. He retired from Aqua American in 2013 as Vice President, Chief Environmental Officer after 29 years with the company. At Aqua, he was responsible for water quality and environmental compliance for operations in ten states. He is a lifetime member of the American Water Works Association and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was chair of the AWWA Technical Advisory Workgroup on source water protection from 1999 to 2003. He currently serves on the Drexel University Council for Energy and the Environment.