The PA Association of Environmental Professionals will host an August 28 webinar on PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Environmental Behavior, Transport, Remedies starting at Noon.

Owing to the unique properties of the carbon-fluorine bond, PFAS chemicals are physically and chemically stable, have very low surface energies, and have excellent surfactant properties. 

These same properties that make PFAS useful in a broad variety of commercial, industrial, and consumer applications also have unique consequences towards their behavior in the environment and for treatment of these compounds. 

This webinar will cover “the advanced basics” of PFAS definition, properties, and environmental chemistry and distribution, the implications for management and use of water resources, and will present an overview of the current landscape of remedial technologies.

Past and current uses of PFAS include uses in oil and gas drilling fluids, heat transfer fluids, and to impart film forming properties (i.e., allowing water to “wet” an oil surface) in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs).

The presenter for this webinar will be Jim Fenstermacher, PE, and PFAS Technical Lead for Ramboll Americas, provides leadership site investigation and remediation technologies, and has over 30 years of environmental consulting industry experience, including research and development of innovative technologies to address PFAS impacts in the environment.

His areas of expertise include site investigation and remediation of traditional and emerging contaminants, with emphasis in the areas of contaminant fate and transport, complex site characterization, and the designing and implementation of remedial systems.

Jim leads Ramboll’s PFAS Subject Matter Expert team where he focuses on building relationships with academia and with technology developers to assess and bring emerging PFAS treatment technologies to clients.

He also provides project teams across the company with remediation technical expertise including, technology selection and design, training and mentoring staff, and participation across multiple technology practice groups.

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-- StateImpactPA: Nine Wells Tested By Letterkenny Army Depot In Franklin County Found With High PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Levels

[Posted: August 7, 2024]

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