Ronald J. Tenpas

Representing an oil and gas services company in responding to a Congressional committee investigation and information request related to hydraulic fracturing practices

Representing a ship’s chief engineer in a federal criminal prosecution related to false statements and false record-keeping, securing a highly favorable final resolution of one year’s unsupervised probation and a $2,000 fine

Representing a pipeline inspection company in a criminal investigation related to improper inspections; secured declination of criminal charges

Representing a publicly-traded shipping company in connection with alleged oil pollution and false record-keeping; secured declination of charges against parent holding company

Representing company employees in a criminal investigation of illegal wood imports

Representing a fuel company against the EPA in connection with an alleged failure to secure appropriate renewable fuels trading credits and resolving the matter for a de minimis penalty without concession of liability

Representing foreign ATV and motorcycle manufacturers in successfully resolving alleged violations related to the import of non-conforming products under the Clean Air Act, including securing conditions allowing the companies to continue or resume exports to the U.S.

Representing a refinery in a post-incident accident investigation and associated environmental enforcement actions after a refinery fire, including negotiating a favorable non-court settlement with the EPA

Representing an energy company in connection with an internal investigation and in associated consumer product and related disclosure work after the company received indications it had been supplied defective product, successfully avoiding all claims as to potential liability

Representing a food logistics company and a beverage manufacturer before the EPA on claims that chemical spills were not timely reported to federal and state agencies

Counseling a chemical company with respect to clean-up obligations and in negotiations with the EPA at multiple Superfund sites

Representing a chemical company in an administrative law trial before the EPA’s chief administrative law judge and before the agency appeals board regarding allegations that the company failed to report alleged adverse risk information, securing a complete dismissal of the administrative complaint and the agencies proposed multi-million dollar penalty

Representing a biofuels producer in a civil proceeding alleging violations of the EPA’s renewable fuels mandates and credit trading regime

Representing a surgeon excluded from billing in federal health care programs, securing a federal district court reversal of HHS’s decision to exclude, the first such reported case in which a district court overturned such an agency exclusion action

Representing a health care company in preventing a federal regulatory agency from disclosing confidential company business information in response to a freedom of information act (FOIA) request

Representing chemical and refining companies in asserting confidential business information claims to protect information under FOIA

Representing a not-for-profit organization in defeating a request to provide documents and discovery to a foreign litigant seeking the discovery through the US federal district court and successfully defending the win before the federal court of appeals

Representing an industry trade association in a successful court of appeals and Supreme Court challenge to new EPA air regulations related to greenhouse gas emissions

Counseling a utility on its compliance program related to avian protection

Counseling a real estate developer in opposing a Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to designate company-owned land as critical habitat for endangered species, successfully persuading the Service to substantially reduce the acreage designated

Counseling a mining company regarding its successful application to secure mining rights on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management and abutting areas with sensitive species, including in providing comments related to the proposed environmental impact statement and associated proposed mitigation requirements

Representing a publicly owned utility in federal court First Amendment litigation over whether the utility’s poles should be made available to post attachments requested by a local religious organization and opposed by local municipal authorities

Performing due diligence related to multiple compliance areas in transactions related to energy, manufacturing, and chemical facilities