Bruce Pasfield has been named chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee for the 2010-2011 year. His one-year term begins in August 2010.
The Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee monitors and communicates the trends and developments of interest in environmental civil and criminal enforcement. Current topics include the worker endangerment initiative by the United States Department of Justice, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and United States Environmental Protection Agency, the trend towards targeting individuals in environmental prosecutions and emerging issues in sentencing and penalty assessment.