Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Since joining Jones Day from her position as section chief in the EPA's Office of Enforcement, Heidi Bumpers has litigated RCRA enforcement cases, Superfund and natural resource damage cases, and EPCRA, OSHA, and asbestos enforcement actions. She has negotiated several voluntary cleanup agreements and private cost recovery settlements. Heidi has been lead environmental counsel on a number of significant transactions at Jones Day and has represented purchasers, lenders, and sellers in complex corporate acquisitions and real estate deals. Her client counseling work has included setting up an environmental management system for a high-tech international manufacturing company, coordinating environmental matters and legislative strategy for a major tire manufacturer, and advising clients on compliance audits, records retention, EPCRA filings, pollution prevention, multimedia inspections, and release reporting. She also has been involved in counseling and regulatory interpretation issues regarding compliance with European Union and international environmental requirements.

Heidi serves on the board of advisors for Environmental Counselor and regularly lectures on environmental law issues. She is recommended in environmental law in the District of Columbia in Chambers' America's Leading Lawyers for Business. She is a member of the Oregon and Washington, D.C. Bar associations (Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section) and the Environmental Law Institute. She was awarded the U.S. Bronze Medal for outstanding service at the Environmental Protection Agency in 1986.

Areas of Practice

• Government Regulation
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Automotive
• Corporate Compliance Programs

Representative Cases

• United States v. The Board of Commissioners of Cecil County (D. Md.)
• United States v. The University of Nebraska (D. Nebr.)
• Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
• Management of Superfund Sites Portfolio
• Pipeline Acquisition
• RCRA Civil and Criminal Enforcement Action
• Remedial Action Plan

West Practice Categories

Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Environmental Law, Food & Drug Administration, Government Agencies & Programs, Hazardous Waste, Housing & Urban Development, Law Enforcement Agencies, Medicare & Medicaid, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Solid Waste, State & Local Agencies, Veterans' Affairs, Water Pollution, Welfare, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• Lewis & Clark College - Oregon

Published Works

• Guidelines for an Environmental Document Retention Policy, Environmental Compliance & Audits, 2004
• Environmental, Health and Safety Due Diligence Document Checklist, Corporate Counsel Checklists, 2004
• Parent Corporation Environmental Liability Under Superfund and Corporate Management Practices, Guide to Environmental Problems in Corporate Transactions, 2000
• Environmental, Health and Safety Due Diligence, Corporate Counsel's Guide to Environmental Problems in Corporate Transactions, 2000
• Parent Corporation Environmental Liability Under Superfund and Guidelines for Corporate Management to Minimize Potential Parent Operator Liability, Environmental Law, 2000
• Environmental, Health and Safety Due Diligence, Corporate Counsel's Guide to Acquisitions and Divestitures, 2000
• Parent Corporation Environmental Liability Under Superfund and Guidelines for Corporate Management to Minimize Potential Parent Operator Liability, The Environmental Counselor, 1999
• Regulation of Imports and Exports of Hazardous Wastes and Commercial Products: Domestic and International Controls, Government Institutes Journal, 1994
• Pollution Prevention, The Environmental Counselor, 1993

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