Aaron applies his decades of experience with hazardous waste regulatory law to help clients comply with the rules, help mold the rules, and defend against allegations of noncompliance.
He holds an advanced degree in chemistry, has extensive training in economics, and is a former consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His unique, multidisciplinary background—law, science, economics, and government—informs nearly every aspect of his work and makes him a valuable bridge between attorneys, engineers, business managers, consultants, and regulators.
Aaron has focused on hazardous waste issues since the beginning of the federal regulatory program in 1980. With this historical experience, he offers clients broad-based regulatory counsel on hazardous waste matters, including compliance counseling, strategic planning, advocacy, challenging rules in the courts, applying for permits and variances, and responding to enforcement actions. His clients consist of companies and trade associations in the chemicals, electronics, recycling, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, retail, steel, and mining industries, as well as government entities and non-profit organizations.
In addition to helping clients manage hazardous wastes and recyclable materials, Aaron advises companies on U.S. and international requirements for transport of hazardous materials and dangerous goods, as well as on worldwide regulations for preventing diversion of chemical products to use in the production of chemical weapons or illegal drugs. He was recently appointed by the National Academy of Sciences as the sole attorney on a committee tasked with advising the U.S. Army on planning for eventual closure of two facilities currently being used to destroy the nation’s remaining stockpile of chemical weapons.
Aaron is the firm’s most senior LGBTQ lawyer. Throughout his career, he has seen remarkable changes—from the start when he feared that his future would be in jeopardy if people discovered anything about his personal life, to now when his orientation is not only accepted but embraced by colleagues and clients.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Aaron H. Goldberg
- China Promulgates Amendment to Its Solid Waste Law - (Posted On Thursday, May 07, 2020)
- New York Enacts Legislation Requiring Paint Manufacturers to Establish a Program for Collection and Recycling of Unused Consumer Paint - (Posted On Thursday, January 16, 2020)
- EPA Finalizes Universal Waste Rule for Hazardous Aerosol Can Wastes, Streamlining Requirements for Their Management - (Posted On Tuesday, November 19, 2019)
- Basel Ban Amendment to Restrict International Trade in Hazardous Recyclables - (Posted On Tuesday, September 10, 2019)
- EPA Proposal to Modernize the RCRA Ignitability Characteristic May Cause More Wastes to be Classified as Hazardous - (Posted On Wednesday, April 10, 2019)
- EPA Overhauls Rules for Pharmaceutical Wastes That Qualify as RCRA Hazardous Wastes - (Posted On Thursday, January 10, 2019)
- EPA Issues Interim Final Rule on Collection of Recalled Airbags under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations, Potentially Providing a Framework for Management of Other Recalled Products - (Posted On Wednesday, December 05, 2018)
- D.C. Circuit Invalidates Part of the RCRA Definition of “Solid Waste,” Altering the Regulatory Framework for Recycling of Hazardous Secondary Materials - (Posted On Friday, July 14, 2017)
- EPA Overhauls Rules for Hazardous Waste Generators, Imposing Substantial New Burdens on Hundreds of Thousands of Facilities in Virtually All Industries - (Posted On Wednesday, November 16, 2016)
- EPA Revises Hazardous Waste Import-Export Rules - (Posted On Thursday, November 03, 2016)