Chemical Regulatory

Steptoe & Johnson LLP regularly represents clients on cutting-edge issues affecting chemical manufacturers and users, such as HPV, endocrine issues under FQPA, human testing, and coordination among federal agencies.  Through our representation of major national trade associations and their members, Steptoe has a unique forward-looking perspective on emerging regulatory issues.

Steptoe regularly advises clients who manufacture, distribute, use, and transport chemical products on a broad spectrum of regulatory programs and policy issues. 

Steptoe attorneys are experienced with the following:

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
• Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA)
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)
• Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

Steptoe also provides a nationally known regulatory litigation capability, concentrating on challenges to agency action, enforcement defense, and preemption before appellate and trial courts as well as administrative agencies.  We help clients integrate regulatory, litigation, and government relations strategies to optimize results.

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Noteworthy

• Steptoe Brussels Regulatory Environment Group Ranked as Leading Firm by Chambers Europe 2009

Select News & Events

• Chambers Europe 2011 Honors Steptoe Practices and Lawyers
• Brussels Office Recruits Dr. Anna Gergely to Lead Expanding Environment, REACH & Nanotechnology Practice, July 2009
• Steptoe REACH Team Recommended Again, August 2008
• Steptoe Names Nancy Russotto European Affairs Advisor, February 2008
• "Regulation of Hazardous Substances in the United States," REACH, RoHS and Hazardous Substances: A Challenge for the Watch Industry
• “REACH & EU Chemicals Law – A Lawyers’ Perspective,” REACH Master’s Program of the Universities of Venice and Padua
• "New EU Regime for Plant Protection Products", Annual Conference on European Environmental Law 2011, European Academy of Law
• International Workshop on Chemicals Risk Assessment and Environmental Management

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Publications

• Food Contact Materials Lie Within REACH
  February 2012, Chemical Watch
• Regulatory Acceptance of Non-Animal Methods and Data for Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals
  Volume: 39, Issue: 20
  April 15, 2011, Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News
• Setting the Stage for Successful Chemical Policy Implementation: The EDSP Policy Microcosm
  November 2010
• EU Analyst: Environment & Life Sciences
  July 30, 2010

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