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Risk assessments are a key component of many environmental regulatory decisions, and are often mandated by regulators as part of the site evaluation process. The results of risk assessments often drive the need for remedial actions, support the derivation of cleanup levels, assist in permitting new facilities, and define the requirements for closing obsolete facilities.

Premier's human health risk assessment staff have performed and critiqued multi-pathway risk assessments, and derived risk-based remediation goals for sites and facilities under a variety of federal and state regulatory frameworks.

Premier staff are experienced in providing risk assessment services in the following areas:

  • Risk assessment strategy development and review,
  • Comprehensive multi-pathway risk assessments,
  • Probabilistic exposure assessments,
  • Screening-level risk evaluations,
  • Derivation of risk-based cleanup levels,
  • Toxicity assessments and data evaluation, and
  • Research to address sources of uncertainty.

A successful risk assessment requires skills in many disciplines, including chemistry, physics, biology, ecology, geology, hydrology and engineering. Premier staff have the skills to successfully manage the risk assessment process to each client's benefit.

Risk Assessment Staff

Kiran Srinivasan, Senior Consultant

Expertise: Human health risk assessment, RI/FS and RFI, Groundwater management, Environmental site assessment, Compliance audit, Stormwater management, Wastewater management, Solid and hazardous waste management

Mr. Srinivasan is an environmental engineer and is currently a Senior Consultant in Premier Environmental Services’ Houston, Texas office. Prior to joining Premier, Mr. Srinivasan was employed by ENTRIX, Inc. as a Senior Consultant and Associate. Mr. Srinivasan has over 15 years of environmental experience in the environmental industry. (total work experience >17 years) in the areas of offshore and onshore compliance audits, environmental assessments, and environmental hazard assessments. Mr. Srinivasan has conducted audits and assessments of offshore (in state and federal OCS waters) and onshore oil and gas assets on behalf of major exploration, production, refining, and transportation companies. In addition to his audit/assessment experience, Mr. Srinivasan has extensive experience managing public and private sector sites under state and federal risk assessment protocols. He routinely manages risk-based projects involving organics, inorganics, petroleum-related constituents, and PCBs for major chemical/petrochemical, oil and gas, and utility clients.

Mr. Srinivasan has managed projects for law firms and banking institutions under client confidentiality/attorney-client privilege agreements. He has assisted numerous clients in regulatory negotiations to obtain site closure under various state risk assessment programs. Mr. Srinivasan assisted the states of Louisiana and Mississippi in the development of aspects of their risk assessment/risk-based corrective action (RBCA) programs. He has the distinction of closing the first TPH-contaminated site under LDEQ’s then draft risk assessment program. Mr. Srinivasan also routinely gives technical presentations to regulators and industrial clients on risk assessment and management issues. In addition to the aforementioned areas, he has experience in the areas of wastewater treatment, environmental statistics, groundwater management, hazardous waste management, and Phase I and II environmental site assessment. Mr. Srinivasan also has experience in business development and group and division management.