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Ep 44 Talking PFAS CRC Care Masterclass with Paul Nathanail (UK) & Scott Warner (US) TalkingPFAS
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Talking PFAS Episode 44 Show Description/Notes/Links
INTRO:
Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast. I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. If you are new to the podcast, I encourage you to have a binge listen, as the content is, of course, still very relevant today as attention, regulation and litigation regarding PFAS chemicals continues to accelerate.
Today’s discussion is an Interview with two guests who were training people at the CRC Care Risk to Remediation Masterclass in Newcastle from the 1-5 May, 2023.
My guests are Paul Nathanail from Nottingham, England, Technical Director of LQM, which specialises in contaminated land management in England and around the world. I have previously interview Paul before, when he was a keynote speaker at CRC Care International Clean Up Conference in Adelaide, South Australia. You can hear that very important discussion in episode 37.
My second guest is Scott Warner, from California, who is a geologist, and has specialised as a hydrogeologist studying and assessing groundwater conditions, for 40 years. Scott is the Principal Hydrogeologist for the BBJ Group.
In early May I had the privilege of attending one of the training days at the CRC Care’s 4th Risk to Remediation Masterclass. This course was held from the 1-5 May, 2023, at Newcastle (NSW), Australia. I interviewed Paul and Scott at the end of a long week and a long day of very in depth training. It is important to clarify that this was not a course that was solely dedicated to PFAS remediation but remediation in general, which included PFAS.
CRC Care provided me with this information following the event:
“The CRC are Risk to Remediation Masterclass was a five-day course that provided participants with the cutting edge skills to manage and remediate contaminated sites in Australia and globally. This course was developed in response to the critical need to build capacity to address the growing global contamination crisis.
While technical lessons learned through the study of past projects an advantage of this course was the semi-structured discussions problem-solving and personal interactions that allowed participants to consider the many facets of modern contaminant site assessment and remedial design.
The course also discussed aspects of sustainable low impact remediation approaches, climate change considerations, policy and regulatory matters and economic considerations, all within the context of gaining and maintaining a social licence to operate.
There were 75 delegates present, and the Masterclass 2023 was attended by delegates from Australia and from overseas. The delegates were from a varied background and experience. They were from Department of Defence, regulators for EPA VIC and EPA Tasmania, Federal Government, consultants and practitioners, academia, scientists, researchers and early career professionals. And the overseas delegates were from Malaysia and South Africa. Now to my discussion with Paul Nathanail from the UK and Scott Warner from California.
Special thanks to CRC Care for allowing me to attend.
LINKS:
Link to Scott Warner’s survey: https://forms.office.com/r/iSZdvnN6XS
Link to Scott Warner’s Wiley paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21753
Link to Scott Warner’s company BBJ Group: https://www.bbjgroup.com/
Link to Paul Nathanail company LQM: https://www.lqm.co.uk/pages/meet-the-team
Link to CRC Care: https://crccare.com/
OUTRO: (With Important PFAS News from Australia)
I hope to bring you some information from the ALGA event that I attended at the end of April later in this season.
PFAS NEWS AUSTRALIA
I have some big. Australia PFAS news. You might have heard me mention a Super Class Action which is now being referred to as a Multi-Site PFAS Class Action.
The following information is largely taken from a Shine Lawyers media release, but not all is a direct quote
Talking PFAS Episode 44 Show Description/Notes/Links
INTRO:
Welcome back to Talking PFAS podcast. I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. If you are new to the podcast, I encourage you to have a binge listen, as the content is, of course, still very relevant today as attention, regulation and litigation regarding PFAS chemicals continues to accelerate.
Today’s discussion is an Interview with two guests who were training people at the CRC Care Risk to Remediation Masterclass in Newcastle from the 1-5 May, 2023.
My guests are Paul Nathanail from Nottingham, England, Technical Director of LQM, which specialises in contaminated land management in England and around the world. I have previously interview Paul before, when he was a keynote speaker at CRC Care International Clean Up Conference in Adelaide, South Australia. You can hear that very important discussion in episode 37.
My second guest is Scott Warner, from California, who is a geologist, and has specialised as a hydrogeologist studying and assessing groundwater conditions, for 40 years. Scott is the Principal Hydrogeologist for the BBJ Group.
In early May I had the privilege of attending one of the training days at the CRC Care’s 4th Risk to Remediation Masterclass. This course was held from the 1-5 May, 2023, at Newcastle (NSW), Australia. I interviewed Paul and Scott at the end of a long week and a long day of very in depth training. It is important to clarify that this was not a course that was solely dedicated to PFAS remediation but remediation in general, which included PFAS.
CRC Care provided me with this information following the event:
“The CRC are Risk to Remediation Masterclass was a five-day course that provided participants with the cutting edge skills to manage and remediate contaminated sites in Australia and globally. This course was developed in response to the critical need to build capacity to address the growing global contamination crisis.
While technical lessons learned through the study of past projects an advantage of this course was the semi-structured discussions problem-solving and personal interactions that allowed participants to consider the many facets of modern contaminant site assessment and remedial design.
The course also discussed aspects of sustainable low impact remediation approaches, climate change considerations, policy and regulatory matters and economic considerations, all within the context of gaining and maintaining a social licence to operate.
There were 75 delegates present, and the Masterclass 2023 was attended by delegates from Australia and from overseas. The delegates were from a varied background and experience. They were from Department of Defence, regulators for EPA VIC and EPA Tasmania, Federal Government, consultants and practitioners, academia, scientists, researchers and early career professionals. And the overseas delegates were from Malaysia and South Africa. Now to my discussion with Paul Nathanail from the UK and Scott Warner from California.
Special thanks to CRC Care for allowing me to attend.
LINKS:
Link to Scott Warner’s survey: https://forms.office.com/r/iSZdvnN6XS
Link to Scott Warner’s Wiley paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21753
Link to Scott Warner’s company BBJ Group: https://www.bbjgroup.com/
Link to Paul Nathanail company LQM: https://www.lqm.co.uk/pages/meet-the-team
Link to CRC Care: https://crccare.com/
OUTRO: (With Important PFAS News from Australia)
I hope to bring you some information from the ALGA event that I attended at the end of April later in this season.
PFAS NEWS AUSTRALIA
I have some big. Australia PFAS news. You might have heard me mention a Super Class Action which is now being referred to as a Multi-Site PFAS Class Action.
The following information is largely taken from a Shine Lawyers media release, but not all is a direct quote
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