Social & Environment Society

Webinar: A Practical PFAS Response Strategy and Lessons Learned

PD Hours

PFAS contamination has gained media attention in the last decade and poses a reputational and/or community outrage risk to large operators.

About this event

Drawing on the lessons learned from other organisations, it is apparent that it is not necessarily the organisation’s actual contribution to PFAS contamination that is likely to create community outrage, rather it is the perceived lack of response, particularly if that organisation knew about PFAS contamination but did not inform key stakeholders.

This Webinar will provide a 30 minute practical presentation on understanding an organisation’s contribution to PFAS contamination and its associated risk, developing a response strategy, and converting strategy into executable action across multiple jurisdictions in Australia.

It will cover stakeholder engagement, phase-out of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) containing PFAS, methodical contaminated sites assessment strategy for a large portfolio of sites and PFAS related R&D.

An additional 15 minute Q&A session will enable participants to directly engage with presenters and maximise the value of the Webinar experience.

Speaker/s

Preshan Pillay

Strategy Lead - BHP Minerals Australia PFAS Response Strategy

Preshan is a chemical engineer with a MBA degree. He has 15 years in the industrial and mining industry, 10 of which were leadership roles managing small and large teams. Preshan’s experience goes across R&D (mostly water and leachate treatment technologies), operational and HSE roles which enables him to bring forward practical and sustainable HSE solutions. He is an Exemplar Global certified Environmental Lead Auditor with extensive experience in developing, maintaining and auditing HSE and risk management systems. Currently, Preshan is the Strategy Lead for BHP Minerals Australia for BHP’s response to PFAS contamination (last 26 months) and is also the Project Lead for the Fitzroy Basin Water Resources Situational Analysis as part of BHP’s Water Stewardship Position.

Kathryn East

Partner - ERM

Kathryn is an Environmental Geologist with over 16 years’ experience in environmental consulting. Kathryn leads ERM’s Queensland Site Investigation and Risk Assessment team. She is part of ERM’s global technical focus group on Emerging Contaminants, which enables sharing of ideas and approaches across regions and sectors. Kathryn has led numerous site investigation, risk assessment, liability and cost estimation, and remediation projects with a focus on PFAS. These projects have been conducted for a range of clients and sectors, including mining, manufacturing, Defence, oil & gas and transport, and across multiple jurisdictions throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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Community event Social and Environment Society

Date and Time

Wednesday, 12 May 2021
1.00pm – 2.00pm (UTC+10:00)

Cost

AusIMM Member $10.00
Non Member $20.00

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