Daniel Schulson applies the insight and experience he gained from working in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clients’ challenges on a broad array of issues.
He assists clients with many aspects of environmental and administrative law, including compliance counseling, permitting, due diligence, audits, commenting on agency rulemakings, administrative enforcement defense, and litigation.
Examples of Dan’s experience include:
- Providing counsel to the U.S. government-appointed Independent Compliance Monitor and Auditor in conjunction with the Volkswagen “Dieselgate” plea agreement and consent decree.
- Resolving issues for automotive manufacturers including those involving vehicle and engine certification, and compliance with EPA and California Air Resources Board requirements for obtaining Certificates of Conformity and Executive Orders.
- Advising original equipment manufacturers on vehicle import regulations as well as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration motor vehicle safety standards, emissions, and fuel economy requirements.
- Advising clients on mobile source compliance, including both on-road and non-road requirements.
- Counseling companies on a wide range of stationary source permitting and compliance issues under the Clean Air Act and comparable state laws.
- Preparing comments for companies and trade associations on both federal and state proposed air regulations.
- Counseling clients on “voluntary disclosures” under EPA’s self-disclosure policy and similar state-based policies.
- Negotiating favorable administrative settlements with EPA and state regulators for alleged violations of environmental statutes, including the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
- Defending a leading crop-protection company in a multi-million dollar EPA administrative enforcement action.
- Representing leading crop-protection companies in Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and Endangered Species Act federal litigation challenging product registrations.
- Advising companies including a global pharmaceutical company and a major oil and gas company on the environmental aspects of corporate transactions and conducting related due diligence.
- Drafting a successful petition for review and subsequent state supreme court briefs in defense of a solid waste recycling company facing toxic tort claims brought by individuals alleging agricultural operations constituted a nuisance.
While at EPA, Dan formulated effective litigation strategies to defend agency actions and advised senior EPA officials on matters arising under a variety of statutes including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act. Dan was awarded an EPA commendation for outstanding counseling on administrative and regulatory law issues, and a Department of Justice commendation for assisting in the successful defense of EPA’s suite of greenhouse gas regulations.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Daniel B. Schulson
- BOEM Proposes to Streamline Offshore Wind Projects - (Posted On Thursday, January 19, 2023)
- Biden Paves the Way for Zero-Emission Vehicles - (Posted On Friday, August 13, 2021)
- The EU’s Ecodesign Directive: Do Expanded Anti-Circumvention Regulations Portend a New Frontier in Defeat Device Enforcement? - (Posted On Thursday, April 15, 2021)
- D.C. Circuit Stays Litigation over EPA Rescission of California Waiver to Regulate Vehicle Emissions - (Posted On Wednesday, February 10, 2021)
- Shifting Gears: NHTSA Seeks Comment on New Framework Governing the Safety of Automated Driving Systems - (Posted On Wednesday, December 09, 2020)
- EPA Updates Enforcement Policy for Tampering and Defeat Devices - (Posted On Tuesday, December 08, 2020)
- EPA Announces One of Its Largest-Ever FIFRA Civil Settlements - (Posted On Monday, November 02, 2020)
- California Air Resources Board Encourages Vehicle and Engine Manufacturers to Self-Disclose Regulatory Violations Before the End of 2020 to Reduce Penalties - (Posted On Friday, October 16, 2020)
- Major Automakers Finalize “Framework Agreements on Clean Cars” with California - (Posted On Thursday, August 27, 2020)
- Pedal to the Metal: 15 States and D.C. Seek to Achieve 100% Zero Emission Vehicle Sales for New Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles by 2050 - (Posted On Friday, July 17, 2020)