Updates on Regulations, Health Effects, Assessment, Remediation, Research, and Legal Aspects
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
Oklahoma State University Tulsa Campus, North Hall Room 150
Participate at no cost either in person or through a live webinar.
Certificates of attendance will be issued upon request.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of contaminants of emerging concern gaining increased public interest, regulation, and litigation. Concerns have been raised due to the detections in water supplies, groundwater, air, biosolids, rainwater, fish and other foods, consumer products, and human blood. This seminar provides attendees with the latest information on PFAS developments.
What We’ll Cover:
- Latest updates on what we know about PFAS.
- Current and upcoming federal regulations for water, waste, biosolids, and contaminated sites.
- State of Oklahoma regulations and perspectives.
- Legal aspects surrounding PFAS, including litigation and liability concerns.
- Established and potential human health impacts of PFAS exposure.
- Ecological and environmental risks associated with PFAS contamination.
- Effective and practical remediation technologies and strategies for treating PFAS contamination.
- New approaches for PFAS removal and destruction.
- Research related to PFAS presence and management in biosolids.
- Advances in water and wastewater treatment for PFAS removal.
- Efficient methods/options for PFAS characterization and compliance monitoring.
We will have subject matter experts from various fields, including industry, academia, law, technology, laboratories, and more.
2024 Workshop Agenda (DRAFT)
| TIME |
PRESENTATION TITLE |
SPEAKER |
| 9:00-9:05 |
Introduction |
Ms. Keima Borsuah, OK State Cooperative Extension |
| 9:05-9:15 |
Welcome |
Dr. Thayer, OK State Cooperative Extension |
| 9:15-9:35 |
Update on Recent EPA Actions to Address PFAS |
Dr. Kay Coffey, OK DEQ |
| 9:35-10:00 |
Legal Updates on PFAS |
Mr. Donald Shandy, Crowe & Dunlevy |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Probable Uses of PFAS in the Petroleum and Oil & Gas Industry |
Dr. Kenneth Ede, KFE Environmental
|
| 10:30-10:40 |
BREAK |
|
| 10:40-11:00 |
Drinking Water Treatment Plants Meeting PFAS Compliance Around US |
Mr. Viraj deSilva, Freese and Nichols |
| 11:00-11:20 |
Disposal of PFAS in Landfills |
Mr. Pete Schultz, Waste Management |
| 11:20-11:35 |
Q&A/Panel Discussion |
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
BREAK |
|
| |
WORKING LUNCH |
|
| 11:50-12:10 |
Toxicity - Adverse Effects Driving Current and Pending PFAS Regulations |
Mr. Andrew Pawlisz, DABT, Trihydro Corporation |
| 12:10-12:30 |
Fate and Transport of PFAS in Land - Applied Biosolids |
Dr. Mitchell Olson, PE, PhD, Trihydro Corporation |
| 12:30-12:50 |
EPA Method 1633 Sampling and Analysis
|
Mr. Danny Chance, Accurate Laboratories |
| 12:50-1:10 |
Cleaning Up the Future: A Review of Developments in PFAS Remediation Technology |
Mr. Richard Lynch, OSU/Weaver Lab |
| 1:10-1:30 |
Water/Wastewater Treatment/NPDES/UCMR5 |
Mr. Eric Lee, City of Tulsa, Water and Sewer Department |
| 1:30-1:50 |
Quantitative Risk Analysis: The Role of Quality Control in Setting PFAS MCL |
Dr. Bill Warren-Hicks, Trihydro Corporation |
| 1:50-2:00 |
BREAK |
|
| 2:00-2:20 |
PFAS Forensics |
Mr. Rick Wice, Battelle |
| 2:20-2:40 |
Tribal PFAS Working Group |
Ms. Page Hingst or Ms. Dianne Barton,
Tribal Council |
| 2:40-3:00 |
Effective and Practical Remediation Technologies and Strategies for Treating PFAS Contamination |
Ms. Annielu DeWitt, Clean Harbors |
| 3:00-3:20 |
The Legal Issues of the Settlements
|
Mr. Hank Naughton, Napoli Law |
| 3:20-3:40 |
Q&A/Open Discussion |
|
| 3:40-4:00 |
WRAP UP/MINGLING |
Ms. Keima Borsuah, OK State Cooperative Extension |