Assisting in Regulatory Negotiations

REGULATORY NEGOTIATIONS SUPPORT

Our team has extensive experience in helping PRP clients negotiate complex agreements with States and U.S. EPA.

Steve Werner, operating out of the Philadelphia area, has substantial experience with NJ DEP and EPA Region 2. He has vast PRP experience, having previously worked for Mobil Oil and Occidental Petroleum.

Negotiation support tasks we have performed for PRP groups include:

• Managing initial negotiations with regulatory bodies on the RPs' receipt of demand letters
• SOW interface with regulatory PMs
• Managing and coordinating information flow to all RPs during real time negotiations
• Technical negotiation strategy development

Case Studies:

• PNL helped a major site RP group with onsite RD support as well as EPA negotiations support.
• PNL formulated a creative deal structure where, in return for EPA forgiving past costs, the PRP group would consider building site improvements beyond the remedy scope. The proposed improvements were of a recreational nature, such as soccer fields. PNL formulated this plan, performed a cost/benefit analysis, and then led negotiations on behalf of the PRPs with EPA, DOJ, the local TAG holders, and town and community leaders.
• At another site in a coastal community, PNL evaluated how wetlands features could be built into a sludges containment remedial solution.