David Scerbo

David Scerbo is a Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Environmental Solutions practice and is based in Philadelphia. Mr. Scerbo has 20 years’ combined experience as an environmental scientist, remediation professional and consulting expert. He has supported numerous internal and external clients, expert witnesses and consulting experts with technical analyses related to a variety of environmental conditions.

Mr. Scerbo’s primary areas of expertise include environmental cost recovery, environmental damages analysis, contaminant nexus analysis, assessments of reasonableness and necessity of costs, National Contingency Plan (“NCP”) consistency evaluations, and the valuation of environmental liabilities. In addition to performing various technical analyses, Mr. Scerbo has provided expert witness testimony at trial in federal court and has provided 30(b)(6) corporate representative deposition testimony. Further, he has assisted with the preparation of reports related to litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings, as well as with preparing expert witnesses for deposition and trial testimony.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Scerbo spent 12 years working on a variety of investigation and remediation projects related to petroleum and hazardous waste sites for private and federal clients. These sites involved CERCLA or state-equivalent site assessment and cleanup efforts, including groundwater investigation and remediation, soil and sediment assessment and removal, hazardous waste site characterization, and emergency response. His work on these sites included, but was not limited to, developing and implementing sampling and analysis plans and remediation-related work plans.

For approximately nine years, Mr. Scerbo managed various programs and projects for the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) Superfund and Emergency Management Division as a member of the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (“START”). Mr. Scerbo’s work on START primarily involved supporting USEPA on-scene coordinators in designing and implementing removal site evaluations, time-critical removal actions and non-time critical removal actions that involved the investigation and removal of threats associated with the release or threatened release of hazardous substances. He has worked on a variety of sites, including industrial facilities, former agricultural sites, lead smelters, mine tailings, petroleum facilities and landfills.

Mr. Scerbo holds a B.A. in Geosciences from the Pennsylvania State University.

Relevant Experience:

• Provided 30(b)(6) corporate representative deposition testimony on behalf of an aqueous film-forming foam manufacturer associated with an insurance litigation for coverage for damages related to PFAS-impacted drinking water supplies
• Prepared and submitted an expert report associated with the fate and transport of hazardous substances for a matter involving a co-mingled pile of phosphogypsum and mining waste; performed analysis of the hazardous substances being addressed by various response actions and the discharge requirements for each suite of substances; analyzed cost documentation associated with response actions to identify the hazardous substances they were incurred to address; provided expert testimony at trial
• Performed NCP consistency analysis, technical analysis and environmental forensic data evaluation to assist with the quantification of recoverable costs and the preparation of expert reports for CERCLA litigation involving a $40 million cleanup at a former aluminum manufacturing facility; assisted expert with various technical and cost analyses, report development, and deposition and trial preparation
• Performed technical and cost analysis in concert with a New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professional (“LSRP”) to assist with mediation proceedings related to an alleged $11 million remediation claim from a utility company against a former site operator; provided forensic analysis of sample data and remediation activities; performed regulatory review of applicable remediation protocols to determine whether work was completed accordingly; performed analysis of cost documentation and quantification of recoverable amounts to support mediation position; prepared a cost analysis report documenting the amount of response costs determined to be potentially eligible for recovery for use in mediation