Company: Principals
David E. Merrill, M.S.
Mr. Merrill has 20 years of experience assisting clients in developing cost-effective solutions to environmental problems. His expertise includes multi-disciplinary risk assessments, multimedia chemical fate and transport modeling, regulatory analysis for compliance with US and EU regulations (e.g., REACH), and creative data analysis. He has served as a technical expert on cases involving PRP cost allocation disputes, in cost recovery disputes, and in toxic tort cases, which includes high-profile PCB cases. Mr. Merrill has successfully negotiated risk-based cleanup levels and remedial strategies, evaluated ecological risks and NRD claims associated with contaminated sediments, and evaluated multimedia chemical transport in water, sediments, and biological tissues. Mr. Merrill has submitted comments to the US EPA relating to the multimedia modeling and risk assessment aspects of the LDR and the HWIR Rules, and has served as a scientific peer reviewer on several US EPA Science Advisory Board panels.
