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Joseph Green is Special Counsel in the Firm's Environmental Practice Group. He handles complex regulatory matters for large and small corporate clients and national trade associations. He specializes in translating complex business and technical issues into effective advocacy and counseling in matters involving regulatory development, compliance, and enforcement. Mr. Green is experienced in the range of Federal environmental laws and State regulatory programs, as well as European Union and international requirements, with a particular expertise in the regulation of chemicals and toxic substances. He also provides counsel regarding the safety of consumer products.
At Kelley Drye, Mr. Green counsels clients on a range of issues, including:
- Registration and marketing of antimicrobial pesticide products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
- Chemical and product regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directives and Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) legislation.
- Regulation of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act, including the development of emission standards for major and area sources.
- TSCA and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting.
- Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs).
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), hazardous waste determinations and corrective action.
- Spill Prevention and Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) compliance counseling.
Mr. Green's experience includes:
- Obtained groundbreaking "public health" registration for Antimicrobial Copper Alloys under EPA's FIFRA program.
- Developed strategies for compliance with the EU's REACH requirements for numerous industry sectors.
- Organized Manganese Interest Group to address development of revised health standards for manganese.
- Persuaded the EPA to rescind guidance that would have required TRI reporting for the chemicals in steelmaking slag sold for use as a product.
- Secured for the industrial laundry industry issuance of the first-ever final EPA "no regulation" rule after ELGs had been proposed.
- Represented the iron and steel industry in convincing the EPA to scale back proposed ELG revisions, resulting in capital cost savings of over $1 billion.
- Persuaded the National Toxicology Program (NTP) not to list "nickel alloys" as carcinogens, and to change the listing for chromium to identify only specific chromium compounds.
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Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia
Virginia
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| Education:
Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude, 1996
University of Virginia, BA, 1993
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Office Location:
Washington Harbour, Suite 400
3050 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-5108
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