Acknowledgments

The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) Team wish to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this guidance. As part of the broader ITRC effort, the CEC Team effort is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and ITRC’s Industry Affiliates Program. 

The CEC Team thanks everyone who participated in the development, review, revision, and completion of the CEC guidance and would like to especially recognize the efforts and contributions of the following environmental experts: 

Team Leaders

• Paula Panzino – Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
• Vivek Mathrani – California Department of Toxic Substances Control

Program Advisor

• Maggie Mandell – Environmental Works, Inc.

Subgroup Leaders

• Farrukh Ahmad – California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• Michael Berry – Florida Department of Health
• Bjorn Bjorkman – GEI Consultants
• Dora Chiang – WSP
• Kim Nimmer – City of Raleigh
• Nick Talocco – Geosyntec Consultants
• Shalene Thomas – Batelle
• Lanita Walker – City of Tallahassee
• Nadine Weinberg – ERM
• José Zambrana – US EPA Office of Research and Development 

State and Local Government

• Stanley Aniagu – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
• William Chapman – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Meaghan Cibarich – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Sarabeth George – California State Water Resources Control Board
• Fabio Iwashita – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Andrea Kingcade – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Grace Kuan – Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
• April Lazzaro – Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
• Gloria Post – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Amirhossein Adaryani – California Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Samreen Siddiqui – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Sandra Snyder – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Federal Government

• Nicolette Andrzejczyk – Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC)
• Jenn Corack – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC)

Emeritus, Public, and Tribal Stakeholders

• Divinia Ries
• Carol Stein – US EPA Region 2 (retired)

Academia

• Jennifer Weidhaas – University of Utah

Industry Affiliates

• Jeff Carnahan – Sealaska Remediation Solutions
• Bharat Chandramouli – SGS North America Inc.
• Sarah Choyke – Eurofins
• Denis Conley – Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
• Jeremiah Duncan – GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
• Sandra Dworatzek – Geosyntec Consultants
• James Field – Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
• Heather Gosack – Tetra Tech
• Tamara House-Knight – GHD
• Jason Lagowski – Brown and Caldwell
• Kevin Long – Terraphase Engineering, Inc.
• Michael Lurenana – Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
• Judd Mahan – Tetra Tech, Inc.
• Scott Miller – Clean Earth
• Suzanne O’Hara – Geosyntec Consultants
• LeeAnn Racz – ToxStrategies, Inc.
• Jennifer Stackhouse – Kleinfelder
• Ryan Thomas – Parsons
• Rick Wice – Battelle Memorial Institute

ITRC Support Staff

• Marguerite Bennett
• Nicole Henderson
• Evan Madden
• Devin Seckar
• Charles Reyes
• Patty Reyes