Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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As the President of PennJersey Environmental Consulting since 2012, Mr. Ferguson leverages his nearly 40 years of experience and his credentials as a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) to help clients manage their environmental needs, especially site assessment and remediation. He combines regulatory knowledge, remediation experience, and strategic vision to handle complex and high-profile cases, applying the most current scientific principles in contaminant fate and transport. His background includes a bachelor of science in chemistry from Ursinus College, managing a NJDEP certified environmental laboratory, OSHA and USEPA required hazardous substances training, as well as environmental consulting. As an expert witness, Mr. Ferguson has prepared reports and given expert testimony in matters related to cost recovery of environmental damages, criminal insurance fraud, due diligence, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) remediation, professional negligence, and the standard of care at the time the work was performed. Mr. Ferguson has also successfully represented defendants in CERCLA (Superfund) cost allocation negotiations where his report refuted USEPA's additional $10 million in costs for the remediation of 1,4-dioxane. Mr. Ferguson's expert report for the plaintif recently resulted in in a multimilllion dolllar settlement of a federal case to recover the plaintiff's PCB remediation costs. At PennJersey Environmental Consulting, Mr. Ferguson leads a team of dedicated and passionate professionals with diverse backgrounds in meteorology, geology, environmental science, history, public health, and chemistry. He is committed to acting as an advocate for his clients while satisfying the myriad regulatory and technical issues that can arise to complicate a business. He is also an active contributor to the environmental field, and a recognized subject matter expert, having served as the President of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional Association in 2018, negotiated the ammendments to the Site Remediation Reform Act in 2019, and participated in various NJDEP stakeholder groups and committees for the development of guidance documents and revisions to NJDEP regulations. He regularly contributes items for the Licensed Site Remediation Professional examination. He has also published and presented on multiple environmental topics, such as PCBs, perimeter air monitoring, and professional judgement.