Proposed PFAS Reporting Revisions: TSCA Exemptions, Timings, Compliance Strategy

Mr. Heaney is a Senior Principal Consultant based in New York with more than 30 years of experience supporting clients in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance as well as on other complex environmental site investigation, remediation, and liability management projects. He delivers EHS expertise focused on product safety and compliance as well as facilities operations to clients across sectors including consumer products, industrial chemicals, automotive supply, pesticides, industrial products manufacturing, energy utilities, and law firms. Mr. Heaney has led the technical implementation and management of large environmental site investigation and remediation programs for federal government clients and complex projects involving environmental liability valuation and management for commercial clients.

Mr. Prero’s practice focuses on chemical management laws and regulations, including the Toxic Substances Control Act, Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan program. He has 20 years of government and private sector experience in environmental, health, safety and security law related to chemicals manufacturing, and those industrial processes utilizing chemicals. Mr. Prero has experience providing analysis of and comments on legislative and regulatory proposals, and has advocated on behalf of clients with legislators, regulators, and state Attorneys General on environmental, health and safety issues.

Mr. Rigano represents clients in litigation and transactional real property matters involving environmental issues. His practice primarily concentrates on subsurface contamination, solid waste, and wetland issues. Mr. Rigano served as the Chair of the PFAS Committee for the New York State Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section. He was the Chair of the Environmental Law Committee for the Nassau County Bar Association and served on the Environmental Advisory Board for the Village of Garden City. Mr. Rigano has authored numerous articles published in periodicals such as the Bloomberg Law Reporter, Wall Street Journal Pro, the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, the New York Real Estate Journal, and the New York Environmental Lawyer. He has lectured extensively on various environmental and litigation topics at venues such as the Harvard Club, Nassau County Bar Association, CLE providers as well as for the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Rigano has been quoted or appeared in various media outlets including Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Newsday, News12, ABC News, NPR, and Bloomberg. He has been nominated as a Super Lawyer each year for over a decade.