We also prepare Technical Briefs, Expert Reports, and Rebuttal Reports, and provide expert opinion, rebuttal opinion, expert witness testimony, and testimony as a witness of fact for mediation and litigation. In addition, we recover costs for private parties for environmental investigation and cleanup, and develop allocation programs for sites with multiple Potentially Responsible Parties.
Mediation and Litigation Support
Our team of experts provides technical support to clients and their legal counsel for a wide range of environmental mediation and litigation matters, including groundwater fate and transport, cleanup cost appropriateness, Potentially Responsible Party allocation, and timing and release mechanisms. Our support services include analyzing historical sites, submitting declarations of facts, preparing depositions, and developing technical strategies for environmental litigation.
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Proficiencies
Cost Allocation and Recovery Support
With our team of experts drawn from scientific, engineering, and legal backgrounds, we integrate fact-finding with forensic science to unravel even the most complex operational histories and discharge histories at sites involving...
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We evaluate historical facts, events, and data to prepare a historical timeline of events to explain the here and now. Our team of experts routinely evaluates past events and data to understand trends and likely future events on complex...
Read moreSource Identification and Chemical Fingerprinting
Our forensic methods include reconstruction of operational histories; chemical fingerprinting; and advanced statistical, hydrogeologic, and fate and transport modeling. These methods are invaluable when evaluating plume behavior,...
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Projects
Project Experience
Uranium Mine Litigation
Farallon provided technical support as a consulting expert and a testifying expert for litigation in...
Operating Port Site
A Farallon Principal provided Expert Opinion and Rebuttal Opinions for litigation associated with cost...
Dry Cleaning Facility
Farallon provided technical services in support of litigation involving a site contaminated with PCE...
Aluminum Reduction Plant
Farallon currently is providing Expert Opinion and technical support for litigation associated with...
Pipeline Closure Cost-Sharing Evaluation
The pipeline removal, closure, and rerouting activities were required by the Alaska Department of...
Mediation Support for Cleanup Litigation
A beautiful California lake has been the subject of water quality complaints for more than a decade....
Former Service Station
Farallon provided technical support for litigation against the remediation contractor for the initial...
Former Wood-Treating Facility
Farallon provided Expert Opinion including an Expert Report and Rebuttal Report for litigation...
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Meet Our Team
Clifford T. Schmitt
Principal Hydrogeologist
Cliff is a licensed geologist and hydrogeologist in Washington and California. He has 35 years of experience in investigation and cleanup project management
J. Riley Conkin
Principal Geologist
Riley is a licensed geologist and licensed hydrogeologist in Washington with more than 25 years of experience in contaminant hydrogeology and cleanup. His expertise includes investigation and delineation of...
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