Daniel J. Deeb represents corporate and municipal clients in:
- Civil litigation, including major federal and state enforcement actions
- Administrative proceedings
- Permit negotiations
- State criminal enforcement actions
- Business transactions
- Remedial actions
- Product stewardship
Such work is in relation to:
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) litigation
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) enforcement actions
- Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit (FESOP) and Title V permitting
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) compliance
- Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan (CSO LTCP) development
- After-the-fact wetlands permitting and mitigation
- Underground storage tank (UST) removals
- Remediation and cost recovery
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registrations
- Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) compliance including import certifications, premanufacture notices, significant new use authorizations and PCB mega-rule compliance
- General regulatory compliance, including the development of national compliance policies
- Transaction due diligence
- Domestic and international environmental regulations concerning consumer products
- Hazardous materials transportation
Clients have included:
- Private and major municipal water and wastewater utilities
- Power utilities
- Petroleum refineries and bulk storage facilities
- Interstate pipelines
- Solid waste landfills
- Nonferrous scrap recyclers
- Real estate developers
- Private equity groups
- Industrial manufacturers and suppliers
- Consumer product manufacturers, distributors and retailers
Experience
Publications
"Policing of Green Claims," (co-author) Natural Resources & Environment (Spring 2012)
Speeches and Presentations
“The FTC’s New Green Guides,” (co-presenter) Schiff Hardin Practical Compliance Roundtable, Lake Forest, Ill. (Feb. 7, 2013)
"Marketing Your Products as 'Green' but Avoiding the Pitfalls," Schiff Hardin & ERM Seminar (September 27, 2011)
Previous Experience
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Deeb was a senior chemist and group leader for Earth Tech, assisting clients to comply with federal and state environment statutes.
Awards and Honors
Aldo Leopold Award, Indiana Wildlife Federation
Leading Lawyer — Environmental Law, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network
Aquinas College(B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, 1991)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Illinois State Bar Association
Indiana Bar Association
Environmental Section
Land Use Section
Utility Law Section
Civic and Charitable Memberships
Indiana University Mauer School of Law
Environmental Law Advisory Board
Grand Victoria Foundation
Vital Lands Advisory Board
Prairie Rivers Network
Board of Directors
National Wildlife Federation
Past Member, Board of Directors
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Past Member, Board of Directors
Indiana Wildlife Federation
Past Member, Board of Directors
Fort Wayne — Allen County Board of Health
Past Member, Executive Board
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center
Past Member, Board of Directors