Expert Witness & Litigation Support

For nearly a decade, SSP&A assisted with the development and implementation of long-term management of contaminated groundwater at the Anaconda Copper Mine Site in Lyon County, Nevada.

SSP&A was initially retained to provide expert review and evaluation of hydrologic, hydrogeologic, and geochemical conditions at the former Leviathan Mine Site, and to assess the sources of impacts of mining-related residues on groundwater and surface water.

For over 10 years SSP&A consulted to the NYSDEC spills department, evaluating and simulating the fate and remediation of fuel spills.

For over 10 years SSP&A consulted to the NYSDEC spills department, evaluating and simulating the fate and remediation of fuel spills at multiple sites.

SSP&A provided expert services for four legal matters related to PFAS contamination in the Alabama River system in Georgia and Alabama.

SSP&A was retained to develop a groundwater transport model that would explicitly account for the long-term fate of arsenic and boron in aquifers underlying the Coronet Industries Alternative Site, located in Plant City, Florida.

In support of litigation, SSP&A evaluated the impacts to groundwater and surface water from a wastewater treatment system and septic leach field at a commercial complex in Harwich, Massachusetts.

To address concerns regarding groundwater/surface-water interactions and potential Rio Grande Project Supply impacts, SSP&A provided expert hydrogeologic support in the evaluation of the Tulla Resources application and developed possible strategies for offsetting any potential impacts.

SSP&A was retained by Sparton Technology, Inc., to assist in the development of a remedial plan, litigation support, and negotiations with federal, state, county and city regulatory authorities for its Former Coors Road facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

To assist the State in their management of water resources in the Carlsbad Basin, SSP&A developed a graphical user interface for evaluation of water rights transfer applications which integrates an existing superposition groundwater model and advanced applications of the Glover-Balmer and Theis equations for analysis of locations outside the active extents of the groundwater model.

SSP&A developed and calibrated a highly-detailed and refined historical groundwater flow model of the Lower Rio Grande Basin.

SSP&A provided expert services for the State of New Mexico, New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), and members of the Navajo Nation in lawsuits related to a mine blowout at the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado.

SSP&A was retained by counsel for the Plaintiffs to evaluate and opine on PFAS contamination from the defendants’ facilities on the Tennessee River, as well as the effects of the ongoing remediation efforts occurring in and around Morgan County, Alabama on the City of Muscle Shoals and the Muscle Shoals Utility Board (MSUB).

SSP&A was initially retained to evaluate the fate and transport of CrVI (from historical plating activities) and the effectiveness of a combined strategy of in-situ and ex-situ remedies.

The State of Minnesota selected SSP&A to provide expert services for a natural resources damage lawsuit related to impacts to groundwater and surface water from releases of PFAS from the 3M manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, MN.