Understanding the Long-Term Liability and Legal Concerns of Vapor Intrusion

2.0 PDHs 

The great news about the environmental industry is that there is a plethora of options when it comes to equipment and technology to meet your site needs. We will begin this course by looking at Bio-Trap samplers in order to get an integrated view of what is happening at a given site. We will close this class out by gaining an understanding of the use of telemetry for InSitu groundwater monitoring.

 NJ-LSRP-SRPLB Course #2021-071

Presenters:

Thomas Hatton, CEO, Clean Vapor

Susan Cooper, J.D., Of Counsel, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP

Thomas Hatton is the CEO of Clean Vapor. He has thirty-three years of experience in design and installation management of Vapor Intrusion and Radon mitigation systems totaling approximately 11,000 combined commercial and residential properties. In 1985, he pioneered one of the first models to effectively predict the attenuation of soil vapors into homes. Tom is the patent holder of the energy saving, remote management technology that stabilizes pressures between the underlying soil and buildings.

Contact: [email protected] // (908) 362-5616

Susan guides clients in handling environmental issues related to business and real estate transactions, particularly brownfields redevelopment, and regulatory compliance at the local, state and federal level. Her practice is rounded out by her representation of clients in environmental criminal matters and environmental litigation involving a variety of issues including toxic torts, cost recovery, and property damage.

For over 20 years, she has helped clients perform due diligence, environmental audits, reporting, environmental training, negotiate contracts and resolve regulatory compliance matters. She represents clients in negotiations and agreements with regulatory agencies, handling such issues as RCRA, brownfields, USTs, dry cleaners, wastewater, and permitting. Her experience includes representation of companies in CERCLA (Superfund) matters, including internal investigations and negotiated settlement agreements with the EPA.  She has also served as defendants’ and plaintiffs’ counsel in environmental litigation matters ranging from complex mass toxic tort cases to leaking underground storage tank cases.

Susan was named to Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite for Environmental in 2021 and 2020. She is ranked among the top lawyers in North Carolina for Environmental Law by Chambers USA, and is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©️ in the field of Environmental Law since 2015.

Contact: [email protected] // (704) 331-4948