TSCA Developments 2021

Terry has spent more than 15 years as a reporter, editor and digital news team leader providing information for legal and regulatory professionals across a variety of topics, including health care, clean energy and climate change, occupational health and toxic substances. He joined Chemical Watch News & Insight in 2020.

Michal Ilana Freedhoff is the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), effective June 2021. Prior to that, she joined EPA as the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for OCSSP in January 2021.

Alexandra (Alex) Dunn is a Partner in the Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response group at the international law firm of Baker Botts with 27 plus years of practice at the local, state, and federal levels of government. Her deep relationships across the nation and reputation for transparency, fairness, and equity, make her an effective presence in the difficult settings. Alex works with companies of all sizes – from multi-national corporations to startups – and with national organizations on environmental justice and risk communication, sustainability, the regulation and management of emerging contaminants, chemical regulations, enforcement and compliance assistance, and risk communication. .

Erik’s practice centers on providing effective legal advocacy and advice on environmental, workplace, and product regulations, laws, and litigation involving chemicals, hazardous waste, product stewardship, transportation of articles, endangered species, air emissions, discharges to water, and pesticides. Erik is known and acclaimed for his savvy at creating successful advocacy strategies and submissions for desired regulatory outcomes, his litigation instincts and talent for presenting highly persuasive arguments to the courts, his deep understanding of not only the regulations but also the regulators, his endless efforts to generate value for clients while working efficiently and effectively, and his ability to translate his strong interpersonal skills to work constructively with regulators and legislators of all affiliations.

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz is a senior attorney in Earthjustice’s Toxic Exposure and Health program, which is dedicated to protecting people and the environment from toxic chemicals.

Marc Edmonds is a Team Lead in the Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division in EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. He has been with EPA for 20 years working primarily on regulatory development and risk management projects.

Lynn L. Bergeson has earned an international reputation for her deep and expansive understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and especially how these regulatory programs pertain to nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and other emerging transformative technologies. She counsels clients on a wide range of issues pertaining to product stewardship; chemical hazard, exposure, and risk assessment; risk communication; minimizing legal liability; and product lifecycle strategy.

Robert F. Helminiak is the Vice President of Legal and Government Relations with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA), where he leads the association's advocacy efforts to effect positive change and outcomes for the specialty and fine chemical industry. 

Riaz Zaman is Government Affairs Counsel for the American Coatings Association.  As counsel, he directs the Product Stewardship and the Occupational Safety and Health Committees at ACA.

Based in Washington D.C., Melanie Rybar supports Enhesa Product Intelligence as the expert on North America regulatory content. She has spent her career in the chemical manufacturing industry, conducting regulatory analysis, risk management reviews, developing new products and processes for companies making surfactants, functional polymers and other specialty chemicals intended for use in consumer products.

Dr. Passarella is an expert strategist in navigating international chemical regulations.  At Intertek, she uses her chemical and legal experience and skill at interpreting complex chemical regulations to design and implement effective policies to protect client’s products.  During her career, Dr. Passarella has advocated for sustainable chemical management to enable the manufacture and sale of products in US and global markets. After completing her Ph.D. in chemistry, she formulated products, managed R&D groups, and managed global Product Stewardship and Sustainability. It was during this time that she pursued a law degree at night school, and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  Her combination of industry experience, and an in-depth knowledge of chemistry and the law enables her to translate regulatory trends and requirements into business and compliance action plans.

During a 36 year career Jeff held a variety of positions in Rohm and Haas and Dow Chemical including global regulatory specialist and global product stewardship manager for the Coatings Division. In 2013 he was named corporate TSCA manager for Dow Chemical. After retiring from Dow in 2016 he joined knoell USA, LLC as a Senior Regulatory Scientist.

Jeff Morris served as director of the EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) until his retirement in 2020. Jeff led the office’s implementation of the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act, playing a key role in establishing the EPA’s current regulatory and policy approaches for new and existing chemicals.

Daniel Rosenberg works to ensure that federal and state authorities have the ability to regulate toxic chemicals and that industries cannot block or weaken public health or environmental initiatives.

David Fischer advises clients on environmental, policy, and health and safety matters, with a concentration on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Prior to joining Keller and Heckman, David was the Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) at the EPA serving as a policy advisor to the EPA Administrator.