JOB SUMMARY: EPA's Office of General Counsel (OGC) is the chief legal advisor to EPA. The lawyers in the office provide legal advice on all federal environmental statutes, federal procedural statutes, and the federal statutes that govern EPA's day-to-day operations and international laws and treaties. Headquarters, Washington, DC. For more information, visit our website: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-general-counsel-ogc. MAJOR DUTIES: About the General Law Office and Cross Cutting Issues Law Office OGC serves as the chief legal advisor to the Agency's senior management and program offices on Agency rules, permits, response actions, implementation actions, litigation and legislation. OGC lawyers also work with attorneys in the Department of Justice to represent the Agency in defensive litigation in the federal courts. OGC attorneys routinely engage in challenging issues, addressing complex, and often novel or cutting-edge legal issues. They also develop strong analytical, problem solving and communications skills while working closely with their program policy clients, other OGC colleagues, other agencies and outside stakeholder groups. OGC prides itself on its core values of excellence, community, work- life balance, integrity, empowerment and responsibility, and respect. We are currently seeking to hire for two positions: one attorney in the Cross-Cutting Issues Law Office and one attorney in the General Law Office with a split portfolio between the Cross-Cutting Issues Law Office. Each law office in OGC consists of practice groups that provide legal counsel to EPA Headquarters, regional offices, and some field offices concerning the environmental statutes and administrative law related to that particular law office. Cross-Cutting Issues: The Cross-Cutting Issues Law Office provides legal advice under the numerous federal statutes, Executive Orders, and policies that affect all of EPA’s programs, including the Administrative Procedure Act, Environmental Justice, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act, Indian law and Children's Health issues. General Law Office: The General Law Office provides legal advice to the Agency under numerous federal statutes, including the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Records Act, the Inspector General Act, the Copyright Act and the Rehabilitation Act. The Attorney Adviser in the CCILO position will: Provide counseling on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Primarily support the Office of Policy (OP), as well as other program and regional offices as warranted, on NEPA-specific matters, including counseling on EPA’s Clean Air Act (CAA) section 309 authority to review Environmental Impact Statements prepared by other federal agencies and on EPA’s own NEPA compliance. Ideally have existing NEPA experience and an understanding of EPA’s unique CAA section 309 authority. The Attorney Adviser in the General Law Office position will: Provide counseling to the Office of Research and Development (ORD) on science-related issues. Advise on matters involving scientific integrity, peer review, risk assessments, the Science Advisory Board (and other advisory boards), the Science and Technology Policy Council, and the Risk Assessment Forum. Advise on matters related to the Agency’s research and development efforts under the Federal Technology Transfer Act, including reviewing technology transfer agreements such as cooperative research and development agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and data use agreements. Coordinate with management in both the General Law Office and CCILO. The Attorney Advisor in either position will also: Analyze and anticipate legal issues with a problem-solving approach to support EPA Headquarters offices (and in some cases other law offices) on a wide variety of issues within the attorney's areas of responsibility. Conduct research of laws, legal opinions, precedent cases, and relevant Agency guidance and actions, as needed, to address complex and difficult legal issues, either on their own or as a member of a team. Analyze factual and legal issues presented to determine what further facts are needed and what legal sources are applicable. Initiate contacts with program officials and other persons having knowledge of the facts involved in the substantive matter or case at issue. Provide oral and written advice and counseling in support of all EPA Headquarters program offices on a broad array of legal matters within the attorney's areas of responsibility. Work under the general supervision of the Associate General Counsel and Deputy Associate General Counsel, as appropriate, under the guidance of one or more practice group leaders. Perform other duties as assigned. At EPA, you will work closely alongside others that may have different viewpoints and social identities from your own (including race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and genetic information). IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.