Nicholas Albergo, P.E.

The Regulation of Emerging Contaminants: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

Nicholas Albergo, P.E., Senior Advisor, GHD Services

Mr. Albergo will discuss updates to the federal and state regulatory framework as they pertain to emerging contaminants such as PFAS, confusing and conflicting regulatory directives surrounding definitions, monitoring, and reporting, and promising treatment technologies.  The status of litigation related to CERCLA and drinking water will be addressed along with issues surrounding passive releases, such as those associated with the application of biosolids at landfills, agricultural sites, and wastewater spray fields, and how such should be handled within the environmental due diligence process.  Additional topics will include the role of continuing obligations in real estate transactions, taking into consideration current and future land uses and the user’s project objectives, and other timely issues.  

Nick Albergo, P.E., DEE, F. ASCE, F. EWRA, D. WRE is Senior Advisor to GHD Services, a worldwide engineering consulting firm. He is an expert in complex litigation cases and a technical consultant to Government, industry, and other consulting firms. He also serves on the engineering faculty at the University of South Florida. Nick has spent decades working with industry stakeholders and government officials and has been a pioneer in his field, authoring or co-authoring over 185 engineering publications.