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Introduction to PFAS – Regulatory Updates for Non-Environmental Lawyers 2026

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  • Topics:Environmental & Energy

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This program is eligible for 1.5 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.8 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

Overview

PFAS in Pennsylvania: Regulation, Compliance & Emerging Issues

Understand the Science Behind the Headlines

PFAS regulation continues to evolve rapidly at both the federal and state levels, creating significant compliance, environmental, and business challenges for regulated industries, municipalities, utilities, and practitioners. This timely program provides a practical overview of the science, regulation, and policy developments shaping the future of PFAS oversight — with a particular focus on Pennsylvania.

From Chemistry to Compliance

Faculty will begin after a foundational introduction to PFAS, including classification, chemistry, and how these substances move through the environment, the discussion shifts to the federal regulatory landscape, increased state-level enforcement and rulemaking activity, and how changing administrative priorities may affect future regulation and compliance obligations.

What Pennsylvania Practitioners Need to Know

You will also hear an update on safe drinking water standards, Pennsylvania-specific biosolids issues, DEP draft permits, product reporting requirements, and the DEP’s evolving public participation process. Whether you advise clients, manage compliance responsibilities, or monitor environmental risk, this program will help you better understand the legal and regulatory developments likely to impact Pennsylvania’s future environmental processes.

Agenda:

PFAS Fundamentals

  • Classification
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Distribution

Federal Regulatory Developments & Expanding State Action

  • Regulatory Landscape: Current Priorities and Administrative Shifts
  • Safe Drinking Water Standards & Compliance Issues

Pennsylvania-Specific PFAS & Biosolids Developments

  • DEP Draft Permits: Emerging Considerations
  • Biosolids Regulation & Management Overview
  • DEP Public Participation Process: What’s Next

Product Reporting Requirements & Compliance Obligations

  • The Future of PFAS Regulation in Pennsylvania

Faculty

Kaitlyn R. Maxwell, Esq.

Ms. Maxwell is a shareholder in the environmental group of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Her principal office is in Philadelphia. She focuses her practice on environmental litigation. Ms. Maxwell advises clients on regulatory compliance issues and represents clients in litigation in state and federal courts. Her work includes litigation of major contamination cases under the hazardous waste and Superfund laws. She also advises clients in transactions involving the sale of contaminated real property. Ms. Maxwell is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Linda K. Caracappa in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, with Departmental Honors in Law and Policy from Dickinson College. 

James Fenstermacher, PE

Jim Fenstermacher, PE, leads the Americas PFAS Emerging Contaminants Team for Ramboll. He has over 30 years of industry experience and specializes in site characterization, remedy selection, design and remedy implementation at conventional and PFAS-impacted contaminant sites. As a PFAS SME, Jim has coauthored a number of publications on PFAS behavior, regularly speaks at conferences and interfaces with academia, and has been engaged in research on novel PFAS adsorption and destruction technologies. He also provides technical expertise to project teams across Ramboll, provides internal training and staff development, and supports branding and business development activities around solving PFAS problems for clients.

Kacy C. Manahan, Esq.

Kacy C. Manahan is a Senior Attorney with Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Her work focuses primarily on natural gas infrastructure and Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, as well as a variety of issues relating to the preservation of the Delaware River watershed. Kacy is a graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, where she earned a certificate in Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law. Prior to her current position, Kacy served as a clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, and practiced at a boutique environmental firm in New Jersey.

Nikolina Gaudin, Esq.

Nikolina Gaudin is an Assistant Counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Regulatory Counsel. She counsels the Bureau of Waste Management, Biosolids program, and Environmental Justice program. Mrs. Gaudin graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and received a B.A. in English and French from the Pennsylvania State University.

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