Richard J. Fehir, Ph.D. is Senior Chemist and Regulatory Scientist with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®). Dr. Fehir joined B&C after a distinguished 17-year career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during which he provided science and regulatory leadership across three major regulatory frameworks: the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). Dr. Fehir deploys his deep technical understanding of the science underpinning regulatory submissions and his seasoned mastery of the organizational and policy factors shaping regulatory outcomes to assist clients in achieving durable compliance for industrial chemicals, pesticides, antimicrobials, nanomaterials, and the many substances and products produced with these chemical components.
Dr. Fehir assists clients with TSCA compliance for new and existing chemicals, registration and review of antimicrobial and conventional pesticides under FIFRA, and registration of new active ingredients and uses and tolerances for conventional pesticides under PRIA, performs exposure and risk assessment reviews, and prepares scientific data for regulatory submissions.
