From product research and development to sales, transportation, and waste disposal, our team applies its expansive understanding of the evolving federal, state and international chemical regulatory landscape to enable clients to achieve their business goals.
Our clients appreciate the practical guidance we provide at every stage of the product life cycle to help them comply with the laws governing the production, storage, transportation, distribution, sales, use, and disposal of regulated products and waste. These products include a wide range of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, pesticides and antimicrobials, building materials, and other commercial products. Product and chemical manufacturers, utilities, retailers, transportation companies, and other stakeholders rely on us to handle their most challenging enforcement actions, inspections, audits, and other matters. We also closely track the conversations affecting developments in the law and support our clients and industry consortiums in their efforts to effect science-based change, including under California’s Safer Consumer Products Regulations.
Our team advises on the chemical management programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies and has significant experience with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including Section 4 test rules, Section 5(e) consent orders, Section 6 bans and significant new use rules (SNURs). We help clients navigate the interplay between the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), TSCA, Drug Enforcement Administration List 1 and List 2 restrictions, as well as state counterparts including California Proposition 65, assisting with product development, labeling provisions, and other requirements in a complex and layered regulatory environment.
We assist with retail waste and inspection issues as national environmental counsel for a Fortune 20 retail pharmacy and a large regional grocer. We develop strategies to enable them and other clients to meet the requirements imposed by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and DOT hazardous materials transportation requirements. We help build waste programs from the ground up and have incorporated elements of these programs into consent judgments in several states.
We handle matters involving the Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) as well as international programs including Europe’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).