Deemer, Mary Beth

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mary Beth Deemer's practice focuses on high-profile federal civil and criminal environmental enforcement actions and investigations. She has defended clients against alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Mary Beth is an experienced Superfund practitioner and has represented clients at numerous sites in a variety of contexts, including unilateral administrative orders (UAOs), government cost recovery actions, administrative settlements, and private cost recovery and contribution actions.

Mary Beth's recent representations include PCS Nitrogen in a grand jury investigation into alleged environmental wrongdoing at the company's Louisiana facility, IBM in a Superfund matter in which the government initially declined to pursue other liable parties, and the Japanese majority shareholder of a Florida company under civil and criminal investigation for alleged violations of the CWA and RCRA. She currently is defending a fertilizer manufacturer in an industrywide EPA enforcement initiative alleging Bevill amendment violations directed against the phosphoric acid industry.

Mary Beth heads the Environmental, Health & Safety Practice in the Pittsburgh Office. She is a former adjunct professor at Duquesne University (environmental science and management master's degree program).

Areas of Practice

• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Government Regulation
• Automotive
• Metals & Mining

Representative Cases

• Arizona Chemical files suit to enforce indemnification rights for preclosing environmental liabilities
• Bayer and subsidiaries obtain environmental advice for wide ranging corporate transactions
• Bayer CropScience acquires Stoneville Pedigreed Seed for $310 million from Monsanto
• Bayer CropScience acquires U.S. agricultural biotech company Athenix , (2009)
• Bridgestone successfully defends cost recovery action concerning Virginia plant
• Bridgestone/Firestone defends against environmental claims involving gasoline underground storage tanks at former Lancaster, Pennsylvania retail facility , (2009)
• Eramet acquires ferroalloys business of Elkem Metals
• GM and others settle cost recovery action involving METCOA Superfund Site
• Hall Corporation plans strategic transfer of environmental liabilities to environmental risk management entity
• Hall Corporation resolves responsibility for 20 Superfund sites
• Hall Corporation sells nonessential production facilities in series of transactions
• Iron & Glass Bancorp merges with F.N.B. Corp. in a $86 million transaction
• Onoda Chemical defends investigation and toxic tort actions
• Organic chemical producer corrects state water quality report under self-audit provisions
• PCS Nitrogen defends federal environmental investigation in Louisiana
• PCS Nitrogen reviews compliance with various environmental regulations , (2009)
• PCS Phosphate reviews compliance with various environmental regulations , (2009)
• PPG Industries manages Superfund sites portfolio
• Roadway resolves environmental responsibility for Lancaster Battery Superfund site
• Third parties defend major Superfund litigation involving over 100 parties
• Vesuvius USA Corp sells Monofrax to RHI AG
• Vesuvius USA sells Hi-Tech Ceramics Division

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

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Penn Su - Univ Park (Main)
• Villanova University

Published Works

• The Climate Report, 2009
• Marcellus Update: Pennsylvania and Federal Counterparts Seek Broader Regulation, 2009
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Leaves Room for Local Regulation of Oil and Gas Activities, 2009
• Marcellus Boom Sparking Regulators to Action, 2008

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7920 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com