Over two decades, Mr. Mueller has appeared before numerous administrative and judicial bodies. For example, he has represented scores of clients before the South Coast Air Quality Management District on a continuous basis since 1978 obtaining Variances, negotiating Orders for Abatement and obtaining permits. He has also appeared before the Bay Area Air Quality Management Districts, and air pollution control authorities in Kern, Santa Barbara and San Diego Counties. He has also represented clients before EPA Region IX; the California Air Resources Board; the California Integrated Waste Management Board and its Local Enforcement Agencies, the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County; the Toxic Substance Division of the Department of Health Services; the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region; and various county boards of supervisors, planning commissions, and city councils. Mr. Mueller has litigated cases under the federal Superfund Law (the Glendale Operable Units matter, Operating Industries Inc., the Omega Chemical Site and the Casmalia Superfund Site.) He has defended clients in numerous Proposition 65 cases involving the lead smelting, automotive products, aluminum recycling and plumbing product businesses. He has negotiated several consent decrees and remedial action orders with the Department of Justice, California Attorney General’s Office and California Department of Health Services with respect to matters arising under the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, and state and federal Superfund laws. Recently, Mr. Mueller has successfully defended two water districts in a federal a Clean Water Act citizen suit filed in the United States District Court, Central District, California (Santa Ana.) Mr. Mueller has litigated cases under the federal Superfund Law (the Glendale Operable Units matter, Operating Industries Inc., the Omega Chemical Site and the Casmalia Superfund Site.) He has defended clients in numerous Proposition 65 cases involving the lead smelting, automotive products, aluminum recycling and plumbing product businesses. He has negotiated several consent decrees and remedial action orders with the Department of Justice, California Attorney General’s Office and California Department of Health Services with respect to matters arising under the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, and state and federal Superfund laws. Recently, Mr. Mueller has successfully defended two water districts in a federal a Clean Water Act citizen suit filed in the United States District Court, Central District, California (Santa Ana.) Landfill and Recycling Industries: Mr. Mueller has substantial experience in representing clients in the landfill and recycling industries. He managed the environmental permitting on behalf of the buyer of a major Southern California landfill and transfer station, working with the Integrated Waste Management Board staff and the Local Enforcement Agencies. Moreover, for several years Mr. Mueller has been special counsel to public sanitation districts as well as several private landfills in connection with landfill gas recovery, air quality and other environmental concerns. With respect to California’s complex recycling regulations, Mr. Mueller has represented a major lead recycler and an large aluminum recycler for many years in connection with enforcement and compliance orders, government initiated litigation and in answering regulatory compliance questions.