New EPA Rule Impacting Medical Device Sterilization: Strict Emissions Control, Compliance Certification, Reporting

Mr. Rieser has more than three decades of experience advising clients in all areas of environmental law, including legislative, regulatory, compliance, and law enforcement matters, corporate, commercial, and real estate transactions, governmental and private cost-recovery actions, environmental insurance coverage, and remediation of contaminated sites. He serves Fortune 100 and mid-sized companies operating in a broad range of industries, including power generation, chemicals, petroleum, steel, food and consumer products, financial services, and waste management. In the legislative and regulatory arena, Mr. Rieser has represented trade associations, industry groups, and individual companies in numerous matters involving the U.S. EPA and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. He also represented power generating companies in permitting and administrative proceedings, and prepared responses to agency requests for information regarding CAA issues. An experienced litigator, Mr. Rieser has argued cases in federal and state courts, including a recent victory in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in which he represented a coalition seeking to preserve commercial navigation in the Chicago waterways. Other matters have included cost recovery and enforcement actions.

Mr. Szabo partners with clients to navigate complex environmental and energy issues. He provides advice on climate change, traditional air pollution and chemicals, as well as general administrative and environmental issues. Mr. Szabo has more than a decade of experience in federal environmental and energy policy. His executive branch career spanned three presidential administrations, during which time he counseled decisionmakers on environmental, energy and natural resource statutes and regulations; analyzed regulatory policies to identify potential legal issues; researched and evaluated proposed legislation to respond to congressional reports and prepare testimony; and acted as liaison with other federal agencies and state, local and tribal representatives. Mr. Szabo was involved in the development of multiple significant EPA climate and air regulations, including the Clean Power Plan, and oil and natural gas methane regulations. He also worked on the Council on Environmental Quality’s National Environmental Policy Act’s updated regulations and federal sustainability policies.