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Office of Regional Counsel Resource List

The Office of Regional Counsel (ORC) has assigned individual attorneys to explore various legal issues that frequently arise in matters involving the ORC. Each attorney acts as a central information resource for all ORC staff.

If you would like further information about a topic, you may telephone the ORC attorney who is listed as the contact. The main telephone number for ORC is (913) 551-7010 or you may link to the EPA National People Locator for direct phone numbers . While these contacts cannot discuss any privileged or deliberative information, nor can they render legal advice, they may be able to answer general questions and refer you to other possible information resources.

CERCLA (Superfund): Cheryle Micinski

Access –  Dave Hoefer/Scott Pemberton
All Appropriate Inquiry – Bob Richards
ARC – Scott Pemberton
BFPP Issues – Denise Roberts
Cooper v. Aviall – Cheryle Micinski
Cost Recovery Documentation – Anna Rock
Federal Facilities/FUDS – Dan Shiel/Jim Stevens
Financial Assurance Initiative – Cheryle Micinski
GE litigation – Audrey Asher
Insurance Issues – Audrey Asher
Institutional Controls –Dave Hoefer
Lien Procedures - Barbara Peterson
Mining/Lead Sites – Steve Sanders
NRD Issues – Jane Kloeckner
PRP Searches – Norma Tharp
Post-Construction Issues – Jim Stevens
Removals – Scott Pemberton
Settlement – Audrey Asher
Special Accounts – Audrey Ahser
Takings – Kelley Catlin
UAOs - Dan Shiel

Clean Air Act (non-enforcement issues): Bob Patrick/Dana Skelley

Clean Air Act (enforcement issues): Dana Skelley

Acid Rain – Julie Murray
Acid Plants – Belinda Holmes/Julie Murray
Air Toxics/MACTs – Alex Chen
Asbestos NESHAP – Kent Johnson/Becky Dolph
CEMs – Kelley Catlin
CFCs – Ray Bosch
General Duty Clause – Alyse Stoy
Glass Plants – Jennifer Trotter
LDAR – Alex Chen, Jonathan Meyer
Petroleum Refineries – Dana Skelley/Sarah LaBoda
Power Plants – Dana Skelley/Alex Chen/Sara Hertz
PSD - Dana Skelley
Portland Cement Plants – Julie Murray
Risk Management Plans – Alyse Stoy

Clean Water Act and NPDES (non-404 issues): Leslie Humphrey

CAFOs – Dan Breedlove
CSOs – Melissa Bagley
Pretreatment – Pat Miller/Howard Bunch
SRF – Bob Richards
SSOs – Pat Miller/Liz Huston/Melissa Bagley
Stormwater – Sarah LaBoda
Water Quality Standards/NPDES Permits
     Iowa – Liz Huston
     Kansas – Howard Bunch
     Missouri – Melissa Bagley
     Nebraska – Pat Miller

Clean Water Act (Wetlands and 404 issues): Chris Muehlberger

Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (EPCRA): Alyse Stoy

Oil Pollution Act: Leslie Humphrey

Enforcement – Leslie Humphrey/Howard Bunch
Removal/Cost Recovery – David Hoefer/Steve Sanders

Pesticide/Herbicide Regulation (FIFRA): Kent Johnson

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): Alyse Stoy/Belinda Holmes

Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (BIF) – Belinda Holmes
Delisting – Belinda Holmes
Financial Assurance – Belinda Holmes
LUST/UST – Bob Richards
Permits – Jim Stevens
State Authorization – Howard Bunch
Subtitle D (Non-hazardous solid waste) – Bob Richards

Safe Drinking Water Act: Chris Dudding

SRF -- Bob Richards

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Kent Johnson

Asbestos Abatement in Schools (AHERA) -- Kent Johnson
Lead Disclosure Requirements-- Kent Johnson

CROSS - CUTTING ISSUES

ADR – David Hoefer
Administrative Practice – Kent Johnson
Agricultural Issues – Dan Breedlove
Appropriations – Karina Borromeo/Demetra Salisbury
Bankruptcy – Dan Shiel
Brownfields – Bob Richards
COOP – Sally McDaniel/Dave Cozad/Becky Dolph
Computers – Deanna Smith
Contracts – Karina Borromeo/Demetra Salisbury/Kent Johnson
Criminal Enforcement – Anne Rauch/Kristina Gonzales/Chris Dudding
E-Discovery – Karina Borromeo/Belinda Holmes
EEO –Karina Borromeo/Becky Dolph/Sally McDaniel
Endangered Species Act – Melissa Bagley
Environmental Auditing/Self-Disclosure – Julie Murray/Deanna Smith
Environmental Justice – Barbara Peterson
Equal Access to Justice Act – Kent Johnson
Ethics – Karina Borromeo/Becky Dolph/Sally McDaniel
FOIA – Karina Borromeo/Belinda Holmes/Karen Overstreet
Grants/Cooperative Agreements – Demetra Salisbury/Bob Richards
NEPA – Bob Patrick/Jane Kloeckner
NHPA – Jane Kloeckner
Overfilings – Belinda Holmes
Paperwork Reduction Act – Belinda Holmes
Parallel Proceedings – Anne Rauch
Personnel Issues –Karina Borromeo/Becky Dolph/Sally McDaniel
Privacy Act – Karina Borromeo
SEPs – Becky Dolph
Small Business Policy – Julie Murray
Statute of Limitations – Kent Johnson/Julie Van Horn
Subpoenas of Agency Employees – Kent Johnson, Karina Borromeo
Suspension and Debarment – Anne Rauch
Tribal Issues – Jane Kloeckner

For questions regarding the information on this page, please contact Deanna Smith
e-mail : Smith.Deanna@epa.gov
telephone : (913) 551-7062


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