How Developers Can Prepare for PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Regulations Webinar

Recorded On: 08/06/2024

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From John Oliver to CNN to the Wall Street Journal, everyone seems to be talking about PFAS. PFAS are a family of man-made chemicals that have been used in manufacturing everything from apparel to cosmetics to food packaging. Why should CRE developers care about PFAS, also called “forever chemicals”? Because any facility that has used or intends to use PFAS – including many industrial properties – will need to comply with existing and imminent federal and state PFAS regulations. Knowledge of proper remediation and filtration measures will become crucial to any industrial development site where PFAS are, or will be, present. In this webinar, CRE developers will learn what to do if a property contains legacy PFAS and how to get ahead of the problem, including a discussion of design and filtration techniques implemented by manufacturers who have eliminated their liability exposure altogether.

Speakers:
Beth Davis, Partner and Co-chair of the Environmental Practice, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Morgan Harrison, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
David Marmins, Litigation Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Patrick McKeown, Business Development Manager, ECT2

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Beth Davis

Partner and Co-chair, Environmental Practice

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Beth Davis is a partner and co-chair of the Environmental practice at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. Beth serves clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including chemical companies, manufacturers, real estate developers, retailers, lenders, and more. She guides clients through the nuances of regulatory compliance and permitting.
She also handles the environmental facets of corporate and real estate transactions, construction projects, and brownfield redevelopment.
Beth has extensive experience with counseling and litigation in all aspects of federal and state laws related to hazardous substances and hazardous waste, underground storage tanks, water, air, pesticides, endangered species, and occupational safety and health.
She represents companies in PFAS litigation brought in state and federal courts, and she advises companies regarding developing PFAS requirements. She works diligently to mitigate risk for clients related to these areas.

Morgan Harrison

Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Morgan Harrison is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP in Atlanta, Georgia.
She has counseled numerous manufacturers in PFAS litigation brought in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast.
Morgan has also published several articles with the American Bar Association and spoken at the Georgia Environmental Conference and the ABA Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Conference on the state of play in PFAS regulations and emerging trends in PFAS litigation.

David Marmins

Litigation Partner

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

David J. Marmins is a Partner at Arnall Golden Gregory, LP and leads the Real Estate Litigation Team.
As a nationally recognized leading real estate litigator, David represents some of the country’s largest companies in land disputes. David’s cases have garnered national and local media attention, and he is often sought after for his legal expertise and industry opinion by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and CNBC.
While David handles a variety of high stakes disputes, he has developed a specialty in litigation related to commercial real estate and the retail industry. This focus gives him a unique understanding of how to solve problems that arise among owners, developers, managers, landlords, tenants, builders, and contractors. Clients hire him to resolve construction and leasing contract disputes, environmental nuisance and toxic tort matters, construction payment and defect claims, easement and right-of-way disputes, and various other disagreements over land use and ownership.
David is at the forefront of one of the fastest emerging areas of land use and environmental law — litigation over the use and disposal of “PFAS,” man-made chemicals used to make carpet, food packaging, personal care products, firefighting foam, and for many other industrial applications. David currently serves as defense counsel to three carpet manufacturing industry clients in PFAS litigation in federal and state court.

Patrick McKeown

Business Development Manager

ECT2

After graduating from the University of Maine with a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Patrick McKeown began his career in the environmental engineering field, focusing on wastewater and stormwater design for CDM Smith.
Mr. McKeown then joined ECT2 in 2017 as an engineer on the design and fabrication team, building and operating systems treating PFAS contaminated water on project sites around the globe.
After earning his Professional Engineering license in Maine, he transitioned to the business development team, where he currently manages the Solid Waste, Industrial Manufacturing, and Aviation PFAS Treatment markets.