In this webinar we are pleased to have a special guest presentation by Steve Sliver of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. Sliver discusses challenges of PFAS in groundwater and lessons learned from Michigan’s survey of community water. Mr. Sliver is joined by Patricia Byrnes Lyman, Investigation/Remediation Manager at Michigan Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs, and Ryan Moore, Great Lakes District Manager at REGENESIS.
Learn the following in this free webinar:
- Discovery of unacceptable levels of emerging contaminants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a community water supply
- Immediate and longer-term actions to protect public health and ensure a reliable supply of safe drinking water
- Lessons learned during Michigan’s survey of all its community water supplies in 2018
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About the Presenters:
Steve Sliver
Executive Director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART)
Steve Sliver was named the Executive Director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) in February 2019. A 32-year veteran of state government, he is the former assistant director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ’s) Waste Management and Radiological Protection Division. He was assigned to MPART in April 2018 where he served as MDEQ’s senior representative within the organization. In that role, Sliver led several major MPART initiatives, including the recently completed sampling of public water systems and schools throughout the state for PFAS. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1985.
Patricia Byrnes Lyman, MS
Investigation/Remediation Manager, Michigan Department of Military Veterans Affairs
Patricia Byrnes Lyman has over 25 years’ experience in the environmental industry and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ms. Lyman has worked as an Environmental Engineer for multiple large, international environmental consulting firms; contributing technical input on commercial, military, and industrial facility projects throughout New England and Michigan. Her experience includes complex hazardous waste site investigations and remediation activities involving contaminants of concern such as PCE, TCE, PAHs, petroleum constituents, munitions, and PFAS. Prior to her current role as Investigation/Remediation Manager for the Michigan Department of Military Veterans Affairs (MDMVA), Ms. Lyman most recently worked as a Plant and Systems Engineer managing an anaerobic digester and industrial wastewater pre-treatment facility. Prior to that, Ms. Lyman was a member of the AECOM Enbridge Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Response and Reporting Team, she was part of the emergency response and remediation activities for an 800,000 gallon crude oil spill (in 2010) into the Kalamazoo River in Marshal, Michigan. In her position with the MDMVA, Ms. Lyman is the PFAS Lead and manages environmental investigation and remediation efforts across the state at Michigan Army National Guard facilities.
Ryan Moore
Great Lakes District Manager, REGENESIS
Ryan Moore has 18 years of experience as an environmental project manager and laboratory account executive relating to multimedia contamination sites throughout the U.S. His experience focused on site investigations of soil and groundwater contamination, corrective action evaluations, operation & maintenance of remediation systems, large soil removal remedial projects, in situ groundwater and soil treatment, vapor intrusion assessments, and environmental laboratory operations such as QA/QC evaluations, data interpretations, and business development. Ryan holds a B.S. of Environmental Studies from Manchester College, North Manchester, IN.