Richard E. Engler, Ph.D.

Representative Engagements

• Assisted a small start-up company with developing a research and development (R&D) plan for its customers’ scale-up testing to document compliance with the TSCA R&D exemption.
• Assisted a chemical importer to evaluate whether the imported products are taxable under the Superfund Tax and, if so, to calculate the tax rate.
• Assisted a Fortune 50 company with business-critical new chemical notice and coordinated closely with EPA to achieve timely success.
• Prepared an Optional P2 Statement for a premanufacture notice (PMN) submitted by a leading global specialty chemical company that led to a determination of reduced relative risk and no Section 5 regulatory action on the PMN substance.
• Responded to concerns raised during review of a PMN submitted to reduce a risk-based, up-front ban to a non-risk-based Significant New Use Rule (SNUR).
• Prepared comments on an existing chemical SNUR to describe accurately ongoing uses to protect a Fortune 500 business’s critical product lines and protect confidential business information.
• Assisted a small startup biobased chemical company with determining which of its intermediates and byproducts are reportable under TSCA.
• Assisted a leading U.S. additive producer with a substance identity profile (SIP) and sameness reviews for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) registrations.
• Prepared a regulatory analysis to demonstrate compliance with TSCA Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) regulations and to avoid a threatened lawsuit against a Fortune 500 company.
• Assisted a global chemical company with preparation for an EPA TSCA audit and attended the site visit by EPA inspectors; addressed the inspector’s questions in the moment, avoiding additional follow-on questions by EPA.
• Assisted a small company to respond to an EPA TSCA audit; ensured that responses were within the scope of the audit, avoiding additional data gathering.

Articles and Writings

• Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “Optimizing TSCA’s Potential to Reduce Plastic Waste,” ABA NR&E, Spring 2024.

• Lynn Bergeson, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Carla N. Hutton, and Todd J. Stedeford, Ph.D., DABT^®, ERT, ATS, co-authors, “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know, 2022 Annual Report,” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2022, American Bar Association (2023).

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., and Todd J. Stedeford, Ph.D., DABT® , ERT, ATS, “What are the key elements and likely impact of the EPA’s proposed rule for methylene chloride?,” Chemical Watch, June 21, 2023.

• Richard Engler, Ph.D., “Pre-market Approval of Chemical Substances: How New Chemical Products Are Regulated,” in How to Commercialize Chemical Technologies for a Sustainable Future, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021).

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Christopher Blunck, and Richard Engler, Ph.D., co-authors, “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know 2020 Annual Report,” in The Year in Review 2020: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, American Bar Association (2021).

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Charles Auer, Richard Engler, Ph.D., and Kathleen Roberts, co-authors, “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know 2019 Annual Report,“ in The Year in Review 2019: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, American Bar Association (2020).

• Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., co-authors, “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-To-Know 2017 Annual Report,” in The Year in Review 2017: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, American Bar Association (2018).

• Lynn L. Bergeson and Charles M. Auer, Co-Editors; Timothy D. Backstrom, Lisa R. Burchi, Lisa M. Campbell, Sheryl L. Dolan, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Margaret R. Graham, Oscar Hernandez, Ph.D., Carla N. Hutton, and Kathleen M. Roberts, Contributing Authors, New TSCA: A Guide to the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and Its Implementation, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (2017).

• Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., co-authors, “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-To-Know 2016 Annual Report,” in The Year in Review 2016: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law, American Bar Association (2017).

• Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “Optimizing the Toxic Substances Control Act to Achieve Greener Chemicals,” NR&E, Summer 2022.

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., et al., “Compilation Memorandum Regarding the GCSE Plastics Reports: France and the United States: Comparative Law Analysis and Recommendations Regarding Plastic Waste,” Global Council for Science and the Environment, March 15, 2022.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. and Jeffery T. Morris, Ph.D., “Why the US EPA can, and should, evaluate the risk-reducing role a new chemical may play if allowed on the market,” Chemical Watch, February 22, 2021.

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Richard E. Engler, Charles M. Auer, and Kathleen M. Roberts, “New Chemicals Under New TSCA — Stalled Commercialization,” Bloomberg Environment Insights, September 11-13, 2018.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “EPA Includes Active-Inactive Designations on Updated TSCA Inventory,” ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources PCRRTK Newsletter, Volume 19, Issue 3, July 2018.

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., and Lauren M. Graham, Ph.D., “TSCA Affects on Algae, Other Novel Biosources, and Bioprocesses,” Industrial Biotechnology, Volume 13, Issue 5, October 2017.

• Lynn L. Bergeson, James V. Aidala, Jr., Charles M. Auer, Richard Engler, Ph.D., and Oscar Hernandez, “Practitioner Insights: Enhancing TSCA Reform Implementation,” Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report, August 2, 2017.

• Kathleen M. Roberts, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Charles M. Auer, and Lynn L. Bergeson, “An Analysis of Section 8 of the New Toxic Substances Control Act,” BNA Daily Environment Report, August 9, 2016.

• L. Bergeson, B. Auerbach, L. Campbell, T. Backstrom, S. Dolan, J. Vergnes, R. Engler, J. Bultena, K. Baron, and C. Auer, “The DNA of the U.S. Regulatory System: Are We Getting It Right for Synthetic Biology?,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Synthetic Biology Project Report, October 15, 2015.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “The Impact of Toxic Substances Control Act Nomenclature on the Commercialization of Biobased Chemicals,” AOCS Inform, July/August, 2015.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “Thought Leadership: The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Bioeconomy: Part 3, Call to Action,” Biofuels Digest, May 18, 2015.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “Thought Leadership: The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Bioeconomy: Part 2, Reportable Substances across the Manufacturing Process,” Biofuels Digest, May 3, 2015.

• Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., “The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Bioeconomy: Part 1, The Impact of Nomenclature on the Commercialization of Biobased Chemicals,” Biofuels Digest, April 26, 2015.

• Engler, Richard E., “The Complex Interaction Between Plastic Marine Debris and Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean.”Environ. Sci. Technol., 46, 12302 (2012) (doi: 10.1021/es3027105).

• Engler, Richard E., “Green Engineering — Integration of Green Chemistry, Pollution Prevention, and Risk-Based Considerations: Overview.” In Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology, 11th Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2007.

• “Green Chemistry.” In Encyclopedia of Toxicology, 2nd Edition, Philip Wexler, Ed., Academic Press, 2005 (doi: 10.1016/B0-12-369400-0/00463-4).
  Perrin, C. L., Engler, R. E., and Young, D. B., “The Role of Bicarbonate Ion in the Base-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Cyclic Imidatonium Ion.” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 122, 4877 (2000) (doi: 10.1021/ja993771f).

• Perrin, C. L., and Engler, R. E., “Origin of Apparent Stereoelectronic Effects in Structure and Reactivity of Benzoquinone Monooximes.” J. Org. Chem., 62, 687 (1997) (doi: 10.1021/jo961386s).

• Perrin, C. L., and Engler, R. E., “Quantitative Assessment by 1D-EXSY NMR of Stereoelectronic Control in Acid-catalyzed Exchange BetweenStereoisomeric 2-Methoxy-1,3-dioxanes and Methanol,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 119, 585 (1997) (doi: 10.1021/ja962808i)

• Perrin, C. L., and Engler, R. E., “Accurate Rate Constants for Chemical Exchange from Improved Weighted Linear Least-Squares Analysis of Multiple 1D-EXSY Data,” J. Magn. Reson., 123, 188 (1996) (doi: 10.1006/jmra.1996.0234).

• Perrin, C.L., and Engler, R. E., “Secondary H/D Kinetic Isotope Effect for Dissociation of Aqueous Ammonium Ion.” J. Phys. Chem., 95, 8431 (1991) (doi: 10.1006/jmra.1996.0234).

• Perrin, C. L., and Engler, R. E., “Weighted Linear Least Squares Analysis of EXSY Data from Multiple 1D Selective Inversion Experiments,” J. Magn. Reson., 90, 363 (1990) (doi: 10.1016/0022-2364(90)90143-w).

• Engler, R. E., Johnston, E. R., and Wade, C. G., “Dynamic Parameters from Nonselectively Generated 1D Exchange Spectra,” J. Magn. Reson., 77, 377 (1988) (doi: 10.1016/0022-2364(88)90188-6).

Presentations

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Richard E. Engler. “Determining PFAS Content in Your Supply Chain and Expanding Data Collection Practice,” Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., (July 13, 2024).

• Lynn L. Bergeson, Richard E. Engler, Dave Turk, and Stephanie Griffin. “There Is More to TSCA Reporting Than CDR: TSCA Sections 8(a), (c), (d), and (e),” Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., (June 18, 2024).

• Richard E Engler, Ph.D., “New Chemicals TSCA” GlobalChem Conference, (March 26, 2024).

• “TSCA Section 6 — Risk Management,” HCPA XPAND2023, (December 5, 2023).

• “TSCA Fundamentals,” Chemical Watch, (October 10-11, 2023).

• “Regulatory Jurisdiction Workshop,” SCHC 2023 Annual Meeting, (October 2, 2023).

• “New Chemical Review,” TSCA Reform — Seven Years Later, (June 29, 2023).

• “Circular Routes and Chemical Nomenclature,” 27th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, (June 14, 2023).

• “TSCA Fundamentals,” Chemical Watch, (June 6-8, 2023).

• “New Chemicals — Breakout Session,” GlobalChem 2023, (April 4, 2023).