Community Air Quality Surrounding Utility, Manufacturing & Commercial Operations

2.0 PDHs 

Coal ash is stored in open-air impoundments which is often located in close proximity to populated areas. Several components of coal ash, such as heavy metals like lead, mercury, and arsenic, may be associated with health problems in the surrounding communities. This class will allow you to get a grasp of what those problems can be as well as what the subsequent legal issues are.

NJ-LSRP-SRPLB Course #2021-140

Presenters:

Bruce Groves, Co-head of Environmental, Moore & Van Allen Law

Deborah Barsotti, Ph.D., DABT, Vice President, Emilcott a Triumvirate Environmental Company

Peter McGrath, GM, Emilcott a Triumvirate Environmental Company

Bruce Groves has more than 40 years of industrial hygiene, safety, loss control and environmental mitigation experience including conducting environmental and health and safety hazard assessments. Before founding his own company and beginning his 30+ years as President and CEO of Emilcott Associates, Mr. Groves’ experience included environmental, industrial hygiene, safety, and training management responsibilities for Ebasco Services, Inc.; various health, safety, and loss control positions for AMAX, Inc.; and regulatory experience as an industrial hygienist and compliance officer for OSHA.

Mr. Groves co-developed the Greenlight™️ Environmental Monitoring System in 2005. These systems provide real-time air monitoring at former manufactured gas plant sites, other hazardous waste sites, construction projects, and industrial sites. Since its development, Greenlight™️ has been awarded 6 patents.

Mr. Groves obtained a BA in Biology from Lafayette College and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, the owner of five patents related to real-time environmental monitoring and detection, and a global speaker and advisor to industry and governmental organizations. Serving on the NJDEP committee, he has also been tasked to develop a guidance document to implement Perimeter Air Monitoring Programs.

Contact: [email protected] // (973) 538-1110  ext. 216 

During more than three decades of experience, Dr. Barsotti has focused on risk-based solutions for public and environmental health problems. As a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, Dr. Barsotti promotes the use of sound science when conducting human health and ecological risk assessments for use in developing strategies and making risk management decisions. Dr. Barsotti is responsible for technical consultation and project management of applied toxicology and risk assessment

She has experience applying risk assessment tools to public health and environmental problems that result in cost-effective strategies. Dr. Barsotti has considerable experience in communicating complex issues of pathology, toxicology and risk assessment to nonscientific audiences, interacting with the regulatory community, and responding to regulatory and legal issues.

She has employed risk assessment in a broad spectrum of projects, including land acquisition and sale, state risk-based cleanups (e.g., Arizona, California, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio), CERCLA and RCRA remediation, indoor air problems, natural resource damage claims and litigation support and strategy including toxic tort, product liability, class action and workman's compensation claims.

Prior to joining Emilcott and the environmental consulting sector, Dr. Barsotti held positions in academia (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science - now University of the Sciences – Assistant Professor in Toxicology and Coordinator of the Toxicology Program), government (ATSDR – Division Director of Toxicology) and private industry (Exxon Biomedical Sciences – Group Head Hydrocarbon Solvents).

Contact: [email protected] // (973) 538-1110  ext. 203

Peter provides environmental counsel to clients across a broad spectrum of industries. He advises lenders, real estate developers, property managers, manufacturers, landfill operators, renewable energy developers, lenders and investors, and life sciences companies. He also helps clients comply with environmental law, providing regulatory advice in a wide variety of substantive areas, including solid and hazardous waste, coal ash management, stormwater and wastewater water discharges, air emissions, wetlands, chemical regulation, environmental remediation, and occupational safety and health.

Contact: [email protected] // (704) 331-1081