Cost Overruns from Insufficient Remediation Planning

$100,000 - $400,000 per project (additional sampling rounds, extended timeline, conservative design costs, regulatory re-permitting) • $100,000 - $400,000 per project (emergency funding, schedule delay penalties, project manager overtime, client relationship strain) • $100,000 - $400,000 per site (extended compliance review, regulatory fines for SDWA non-compliance, service disruption costs, customer notification/litigation risk)

Compliance specialist coordinates with environmental consultant and legal team via email; ARAR compliance documented manually in litigation memo; site assessment data scattered across email attachments; no integrated litigation support platform • Compliance specialist maintains compliance checklist in Excel; regulatory requirements documented in Word memo; consultant's remediation plan reviewed manually against checklist; email communication with consultant on compliance gaps; no integrated tracking of ARAR waivers or approvals • Compliance specialist maintains jurisdiction-specific Excel files with ARAR requirements; site assessment reports received as PDFs from multiple consultants; compliance gaps identified via manual cross-reference; regulatory approval status tracked via email