Overview
Sally Mordi advises clients on navigating complex challenges regarding environmental and chemical regulatory matters. Her practice focuses on assisting clients with compliance and enforcement issues under a variety of federal and state statutes, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Sally has experience in assisting clients with regulatory issues and investigations involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Sally also counsels major railroad industry clients on regulatory matters. She regularly represents railroads in proceedings before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Sally advises clients on obtaining STB regulatory approval for a variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and the abandonment or discontinuance of service over rail lines. Sally also assists clients with navigating environmental issues in STB proceedings.
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- J.D., Harvard Law School, Harvard Environmental Law Review
- B.A., University of Maryland
Representative Matters
- Advising a packaging company on implications of PFAS contamination in fluorinated containers.
- Assisted negotiating a settlement to resolve an EPA enforcement matter under TSCA.
- Advised a health tech company on responding to an EPA information request under FIFRA related to pesticide devices.
- Advising a Class I railroad on multiple abandonment proceedings and on resolving environmental conditions imposed by the STB.
- Assisted with representing a Class I railroad in obtaining STB approval in a control and merger proceeding.
Speaking Engagements
- Moderator, "Clearing the Waters: Who Will Have the Last Word on the Scope of the Clean Water Act?," D.C. Bar, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Community Webinar, March 8, 2022
- "Modal Updates – Railroads," Association of Transportation Law Professionals 92nd Annual Meeting Webinar, June 15, 2021
- "Best Practices in FIFRA Data Compensation," American Chemistry Council's Center for Biocide Chemistries Webinar, March 30, 2021
News & Publications
Client Alerts
Phase II of NEPA Reforms Raises Questions for Permit Applicants; Comments Due by September 29, 2023
August 22, 2023
Client Alerts
Congress Streamlines NEPA as Part of Debt Ceiling Package: How Much Has Really Changed?
June 27, 2023
By: Seth Goldberg, Lorrie M. Marcil, Sally Mordi, Chris Yeatman
Client Alerts
Comments Due by July 25 on EPA's Proposal Updating New Chemicals Regulations under TSCA
June 26, 2023
By: Seth Goldberg, Sally Mordi
EPA Seeking Public Input on Potential CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation for Additional PFAS
April 19, 2023
By: Seth Goldberg, Sally Mordi
Client Alerts
EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rule for the Manufacturing or Processing of 330 Inactive PFAS
February 2, 2023
Client Alerts
FDA Proposes to Amend FCN Regulations
January 25, 2022
By: Joan Baughan, Joseph Dages, Daniel C. Rubenstein, Patricia Kinne, Kimberly Cassidy, Ph.D., Jessica Cooper, Ph.D., Sally Mordi
Client Alerts
Federal Court Upholds FDA's Interpretation of Regulatory Framework for GRAS Substances
October 4, 2021
By: Joseph Dages, Joan Baughan, Daniel C. Rubenstein, Patricia Kinne, Kimberly Cassidy, Ph.D., Jessica Cooper, Ph.D., Sally Mordi
Client Alerts
Trying Time: The Food Packaging Supply Chain and Food Contact Material Substitutions
August 3, 2020
Client Alerts
FDA's OTC Drug Review Process Modernized by the CARES Act
April 6, 2020
By: Joan Baughan, Sally Mordi