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Office Hours with Shaun Malin

December 5th, 2019 by Tom Simmons

It’s office hours! We ask HRP’s Regional Managers quick questions, they give us quick answers (mostly). First up, Shaun Malin, Regional Manager for HRP’s South Carolina office.

TS:         

What’s on tap for you and the office?

SM:

The fourth quarter is always a race to the finish: we’re kicking off a PCB remediation project in Tennessee, we’ve got EH&S auditors working in Israel and Mexico, we’re trying to knock out a quick turn M&A portfolio in Puerto Rico…and that is just this week…

TS:

What’s upcoming that you’re most excited about?

SM:       

First off, our second South Carolina office is getting off the ground after two years of thought and strategic planning. Secondly, the Greenville office continues to grow (in client base and in personnel). I strongly believe that Greenville is on the cusp of another office expansion in the near future.

TS:         

What’s come up on your radar in the recent past that you will be keeping an eye on in the near future?

SM:       

I think the continued evolution of the PFAS regulatory conversation is intriguing. Our northeast offices have been assisting clients on this front for some time now, but I’m starting to see some momentum in the southeast. Recently we’ve had multiple Upstate clients reach out to us because they received some form of PFAS-related correspondence. In one instance, it was a trade association presenting information to a member company. In another example, a client received a letter from a regulatory authority presenting voluntary guidance pertaining to PFAS containing materials. The most interesting communication; however, stemmed from a POTW informing the industrial community of its intentions to begin testing for PFAS chemicals at their treatment facilities.

In my opinion, these instances of dialog are more indicative of a forthcoming regulatory movement. Certainly, high profile incidents (e.g., 3M in Alabama, Chemours in North Carolina, etc.) make the news and get attention, justifiably. However, the release of informative industry-specific mailers, requests for manufacturing process information…these examples demonstrate that awareness and concern is growing. Industry is starting to receive questions and they’re going to have to come up with answers. We’ll see how things progress in 2020.

TS:         

Give me one word that describes your take on what’s happening in South Carolina:

SM:       

Growth
 

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Shaun Malin has 15 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, currently managing the Greenville office of HRP Associates Inc. His project management portfolio includes a variety of chlorinated solvent, petroleum, PCB, and metals contaminated sites belonging to various industrial, commercial, academic and municipal clients nationwide. His diverse project experience spans environmental regulations associated with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Malin is a graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental geology and also holds a master’s degree from Clemson University in hydrogeology.