Edward M. Green is senior counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring LLP where he specializes in regulatory and legislative matters affecting the mining and natural resources industries. Mr. Green's practice focuses on safety and health matters arising out of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. He is especially expert on complex occupational health issues relating to respirable dust, diesel particulate matter, silica, other airborne contaminants, occupational noise exposure, and the approval and certification of respirators and mining machinery and equipment.
Mr. Green also advises mining industry and other clients on compliance issues relating to the regulation of explosive materials by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"). He also advises a variety of clients on compliance issues concerning the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act, and the complex regulations which implement those statutes.
In addition to his regulatory and legislative practice, Mr. Green counsels non-profit organizations and trade associations. He is general outside counsel to such diverse organizations as the International Cyanide Management Institute and the U.S. Council for Landcare Initiative, Inc.
Before joining Crowell & Moring in 1993, beginning in 1970 Mr. Green was an attorney at the U.S. Department of the Interior specializing in mining issues. He drafted many of the mine safety and health regulations still in force today. From 1973 to 1975, he served as a special counsel to the Secretary of the Interior, charged with focusing on legal issues relating to the controversial bills being considered by the Congress that were ultimately enacted as the Surface Mining and Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. He received personal recognition for his efforts from President Richard Nixon. He then served as Special Assistant and Chief of Staff to the Administrator of the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (predecessor of MSHA), receiving a citation for meritorious service from Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus for that work.
Mr. Green left government service in 1977 to join the American Mining Congress (a predecessor organization to the National Mining Association). At AMC he served as general counsel and secretary. Among his primary responsibilities at AMC were oversight of the Association's work on Executive Branch regulatory matters and management of AMC's extensive litigation program.
Mr. Green has spoken and written extensively on mining topics. He is a past president of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, and continues as a trustee of that organization. He received both his BA degree and his JD degree from Boston University under the University's Accelerated Combined Degree Program.
Mr. Green is admitted to practice before several U.S. Courts of Appeals and in the District of Columbia.
Publications
· "MSHA's Broken Plan Approval Process: A Call For Action," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Summer 2009). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Thomas C. Means.
· "A Case Study of a New Voluntary Best Practice Code: Lessons for Industry?,"Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation - International Cyanide Management Code, Chapter 22 (December 2006). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Paul W. Bateman.
· "Explosives Regulation in the USA," Legal Eye, also appearing in Industrial Minerals, No. 465 (June 2006). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "The International Cyanide Management Code - It's Not an Oxymoron," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 22, Issue 2 (Winter 2005/2006). Author: Ed Green.
· "Twentymile: The Latest Word on Liability for Independent Contractor Violations,"Stone, Sand & Gravel Review (July/August 2005). Co-Authors: Timothy M. Biddle, Edward M. Green and Daniel W. Wolff.
· "Focus on Explosives: Failures and Fees," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 22, Issue 1 (Spring 2005). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Mike Gill.
· "Regulation of the Mining Industry - The Past is Prologue," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 21, Issue 1 (Spring 2004). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "The Safe Explosives Act: Homeland Security Comes to the Mining Industry," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 20, Issue 2 (Summer 2003). Co-Authors: Timothy M. Biddle and Edward M. Green.
· "The Safe Explosives Act - A SEA Change in Federal Regulation for Explosives Users," Stone, Sand & Gravel Review (May/June 2003). Co-Author: Timothy M. Biddle and Edward M. Green.
· "The Data Quality Act: Toward Greater Accountability in Regulation," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (Winter 2003). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Richard J. Mannix.
· Industry Standards As a Source Of Liability For Trade Associations and Association Members, (October 2002). Co-Authors: Timothy M. Biddle, Edward M. Green, Richard J. Mannix and Scott L. Winkelman.
· "The New BLM 3809 Regulations: Background, Overview and Status," Rocky Mt. Mineral Law Foundation, Mineral Law Series, Vol. 2001, No. 1 (2001). Co-Authors: R. Timothy McCrum and Edward M. Green.
· "The Mountaintop Mining Litigation - How Far-Reaching Will its Impacts Be?," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (November 2000). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Rulemaking Run Amok at the Advsiory Council on Historic Preservation," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (November 2000). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Donald J. Kochan.
· "MSHA'S New Standards for Occupational Noise Exposure of Miners," (2000). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Serious Questions Remain As Comment Period Closes On MSHA's Diesel Particulate Matter Rulemakings," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (July 1999). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Other Health Standards Are MSHA's Hot Buttons In 1999," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (January 1999). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - A Personal Reflection on Thirty Years of Mine Safety and Health Regulation in the U.S.A.; and a Look Ahead to the Twenty-first Century," MINESAFE International (September 28, 1998). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Mining Equipment "Year 2000" Failures Reported - MSHA Alarmed," The "Year 2000 Problem" Legal Update, (August 1998). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Timothy M. Biddle.
· "Mining Equipment "Year 2000" Failures Reported - MSHA Alarmed," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (July 1998). Co-Authors: Timothy M. Biddle and Edward M. Green.
· "House Subcommittee Holds Oversight Hearings on MSHA," Mining Law Monitor, (July 1998). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Update on Interior and Agriculture Departments' Initiatives on Hardrock Mining," (1997). Co-Authors: Edward M. Green, R. Timothy McCrum and Steven P. Quarles.
· Recent Efforts by OSM and BLM to Regulate ARD: A Wrong-Headed Approach, (1996). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Miner Health Issues Front and Center," (1996). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Dodges Budget Axe and Moves Forward with Regulations," (1995). Author: Edward M. Green.
· "Single Shift Sampling of Respirable Dust - The Saga Continues," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor (1994). Author: Edward M. Green.
Speaking Engagements
· "The Joe Main Agenda and Prospects for Mine Safety and Health Legislation in 2010," Industrial Minerals Association--North America Webinar (January 21, 2010). Co-Presenters: Edward M. Green and Robert Glenn.