BA, Cornell University, Chemistry, 1988
JD, The National Law Center, George Washington University, 1991
Sheryl Dolan is an excellent asset to clients who have issues in chemical regulation, registration, and compliance management matters. She works with manufacturers of conventional and nanoscale chemicals, and industrial and consumer products, including intergeneric microorganisms, for compliance with requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). She also works with registrants of agricultural and other conventional pesticides, antimicrobial products, biopesticides, and plant regulators to register and manage compliance with requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Ms. Dolan helps assure compliance and improves product stewardship practices for The Acta Group (Acta®) clients by assisting them in assessing and improving compliance practices. She also can assist in bringing new and/or improved products to market by obtaining timely regulatory approvals of new chemicals and products. She has worked with several clients to leverage environmentally preferable and bio-based product attributes into sales opportunities.
Ms. Dolan regularly assists clients in addressing compliance questions under federal and state law. She is an expert in development and assessment of compliance management systems. She conducts compliance audits as part of corporate third-party audit policies as well as pursuant to enforcement consent agreements. She also conducts due diligence audits according to three-way non-disclosure agreements between acquiring companies and target acquisitions.
For pesticide manufacturers, Ms. Dolan:
For chemical manufacturers, Ms. Dolan:
Before joining Acta in 2003, Ms. Dolan was with The Shaw Group and Stone & Webster-JSC Management Consultants, Inc. (formerly Jellinek, Schwartz & Connolly, Inc.).
New York State Bar, 1992
District of Columbia Bar, 1993
Books:
Lynn L. Bergeson, 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, 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, Editor; Bethami Auerbach, Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa R. Burchi, Lisa M. Campbell, Sheryl L. Dolan, Ruth C. Downes-Norriss, Carla N. Hutton, Leslie S. MacDougall, Henry M. Jacoby, Kathleen M. Roberts, Contributing Authors, Global Chemical Control Handbook: A Guide to Chemical Management Programs, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (2014).
Articles:
L. Bergeson, B. Auerbach, L. Campbell, T. Backstrom, S. Dolan, J. Vergnes, R. Engler, J. Bultena, K. Baron, 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.
“2018 FIFRA Regulatory Outlook,” CPDA 2018 Regulatory Policy Conference, Crystal City, Virginia (March 13, 2018).
"Protecting Trade Secrets Around the World: Comparing CBI Requirements of the TSCA Reform Act to ASHA HCS 2012, Appendix E," The Society for Chemical Hazard Communication Spring 2017 meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 28, 2017).
“WEBINAR - The New TSCA Webinar 4: Preemption, PBTs, Fees, and Judicial Review,” Chemical Watch (October 4, 2016).
"Leveraging Synthetic Biology's Promise and Managing Potential Risk," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Synthetic Biology Project Seminar and Webinar, Washington, D.C. (October 15, 2015).
"EPA's Supplemental Distribution Enforcement Actions Are Buzzing: How to Avoid Getting Stung," Bergeson & Campbell P.C. Webinar (July 23, 2014).