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Curriculum Vitae
Pamela J. Travis, J.D.
619 N. Buckner Blvd. P.O. Box 38043
Dallas, TX 75218 Dallas, TX 75238
Mobile: 936.499.3827 Office: 214.665.8056
pjtdal@aol.com travis.pamela@epa.gov
Federal Employment:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, Office of Regional Counsel, Dallas,
TX 75202 since January 3, 1988.
Current Responsibilities: Practice Group Leader for Superfund Litigation.
 Secure site cleanup and recovery of response costs in complex multiparty
enforcement cases brought under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund).
 Counsel Regional program clients on issues related to hazardous substance
sites from initial discovery through site characterization, emergency and/or
long-term response, and redevelopment as appropriate.
 Serve as lead counsel for EPA Superfund interfacing with industry counsel,
the U.S. Department of Justice, state Attorneys General, counsel for other
federal response and regulatory agencies such as NRC, NOAA, FEMA,
USACOE, DOI, Agriculture, and Defense, as well as elected officials and
community representatives.
 Advise Regional management on cross-media issues and matters of first
impression as well as routine matters.
 Advise program clients on regulatory compliance and enforcement issues
arising in response actions under CERCLA, OPA, and the National
Contingency Plan, as well as Unified Command disaster response under the
Stafford Act.
 Lead Regional contact for electronic discovery and related issues.
 Mentor junior attorneys on litigation and all aspects of Superfund work.
Professional Experience:
 1988-1991 – Enforcement and Counseling attorney, Air, Toxics and
Pesticides Branch, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC).
 1991-2004 – ORC Superfund Branch; named Practice Group Leader in 2001.
 2004-2005 – temporary assignment: Special Advisor to Deputy Regional
Administrator on State Programmatic Agreements and Oversight.
 2005-2008 – Practice Group Leader for Superfund Litigation, Superfund
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 May-August 2008 – temporary assignment: Acting Deputy Regional Counsel.
 2008 – present – Practice Group Leader for Superfund Litigation, Superfund
Branch.
Significant Contributions:
Legacy Uranium Contamination, Grants Mineral Belt, Northwest New Mexico –
Providing legal advice to technical team assessing legacy radionuclide mining and
milling contamination across private, state, and tribal lands in the Grants Mining
District, conducting short-term response actions and planning long-term response
where needed. Coordinating project with counsel for other federal and state agency
partners (NRC, DOE, CDC, NMED, NMMMD, etc.) and advocacy groups.
Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund Site – Led EPA case team to recover $14
million in January 2014 in highly contentious adversarial bankruptcy action. Led
discovery efforts for EPA and defended against well-executed strategy to delay the
case and discredit the Agency on FOIA, discovery, and electronic discovery issues.
Provided litigation support to team of DOJ attorneys that grew from one to four in
the course of the proceedings, which included extensive EPA document production,
more than thirty fact and expert depositions and numerous dispositive motions filed
and argued before settlement a month before scheduled trial.
Regional Counsel Contact for E-Discovery. Leading Regional Office’s initiative to
comply with Dec. 1, 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
regarding production of electronically stored information. Participate in national
workgroups on records and e-discovery; contribute to composing protocols and
beta testing electronic discovery software.
Double Eagle Refinery Superfund Site – Led EPA case team to recover $19 million
in 2010 in last of a series of six settlements beginning in 2001, in case with more
than 2000 potentially responsible parties. Pre-filing settlement discussions
included both informal proceedings and formal mediation with factions among the
responsible parties.
Murphy Oil Refinery Oil Spill Response; Disaster Response under Stafford Act.
Assisted EPA response personnel with legal issues presented by 2005 hurricane
response such as interface of environmental statutes with Stafford Act, coordination
and transition of activities of local, state, and federal authorities under the National
Response Plan, access for sampling and removal of oil and hazardous substances,
use of state-permitted landfills for debris disposal, communication of environmental
risks to affected and/or displaced communities, and a host of other issues. Worked
closely with EPA On-Scene Coordinators and LDEQ on response to Murphy Oil spill
affecting flood-damaged neighborhoods in St. Bernard Parish.

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Alcoa/Point Comfort/Lavaca Bay Superfund Site. Negotiated and obtained
judicial approval of 2005 consent decree for Remedial Design and Remedial Action
for mercury contamination at the bauxite refinery facility and associated areas of
mercury and PAH contamination in the bay, marshes, dredge island, and mainland.
The final component of remedial response, valued at $12 million, completes site
assessment, feasibility study, early risk reduction, and non-time-critical removal
work conducted over the preceding decade valued at $80 million. Site work
continued in tandem with changes in the scientific community’s view of the toxicity
of methylmercury, introducing the complexity of uncertainty for selection of
cleanup standards. Area of Lavaca Bay closed to fishing was reduced by half in 2000
due to success of environmental response reducing mercury in fish and shellfish.
Special Advisor for Programmatic Agreements and Oversight. On 2004-2005
special assignment, composed a comprehensive oversight protocol for EPA Region 6
to review federal environmental programs delegated to Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Compiled a Program Review Handbook summarizing
the requirements for each federally funded, authorized, or delegated program.
Worked with Project Officers on contracts and state grants accountability issues.
The project was completed in a one-year detail to the EPA Region 6 Management
Division.
Tex Tin Corporation Superfund Site. Secured a series of settlements for
environmental characterization and cleanup valued at $44 million as well as $4
million in past costs using a combination of litigation and alternative dispute
resolution for four operable units under multiple state and federal authorities in
1996-2002. Coordinated recovery with Texas Attorney General, Department of the
Interior, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, trustees for natural
resource damages. Worked with Trustee of Custodial Land Trust (created in
bankruptcy of former Site owner) and prospective purchasers on plans for sale of
property and industrial redevelopment. Advised and defended program clients on
use of multiple combinations of enforcement authorities to compel continuing
environmental response.
Clean Air Act Rulemaking for Houston/Galveston Non-Attainment Area State
Implementation Plan for Nitrogen Oxides. Assisted Air Program clients in
reviewing H/GA SIP regulating major stationary sources of NOx on internal cross-
media assignment for EPA Office of Regional Counsel. Assisted in negotiating
changes with Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to bring the state
rule into conformity with federal standards; helped prepare Federal Register Notice
and Administrative Record for EPA’s 2002 final decision.
Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Site. Through relentless team
coordination, legal counseling, enforcement and defensive litigation support,
enabled program clients to complete removal of metal and PAH contamination in
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playground, and undeveloped area atop historic municipal/industrial landfill in the
lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, La. Successfully contested two temporary
restraining orders and secured judicial order to obtain access to property for
cleanup in 1997-2002. Environmental response included significant community
outreach efforts; EPA team also facilitated neighborhood medical monitoring
project conducted by the Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
MOTCO Superfund Site, LaMarque, Texas. Prepared for first phase of trial while
negotiating settlement of complex, multiparty CERCLA action. Settlement ultimately
involving changing remedy selected in 1987 and negotiating a new consent decree
in 1993 superseding earlier settlements. Assisted program clients in incorporating
new information received in mid-1990s into Agency decision process and resolving
legal disputes arising during remedy implementation, when dispute between
response action contractors hired by CERCLA defendants resulted in cessation of
remedial action required under consent decree with EPA. Maintained commitment
of major parties to continue response work through proof of claim in subsequent
bankruptcy action.
Transwestern Pipeline Company, New Mexico. Negotiated and concluded a pre-
filing settlement for cleanup of PCB-contaminated soil at four gas pipeline
compressor stations crossing New Mexico on public, private, and tribal lands
(Navajo Nation and Laguna Pueblo). Case was brought under Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1990;
cleanup completed the following year.
Administrative Actions. Negotiated settlements of TSCA and Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) administrative actions, mitigating Agency
penalty claims where appropriate based on special circumstances such as inability
to pay or performance of supplemental environmental projects in lieu of penalties
(1988-1990).
Education:
Law School.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1985
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
First academic year of law school, 1979-80
Graduate Study.
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
General Studies in Humanities, 1976-77

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Undergraduate Study.
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Arts cum laude with honors in English, 1975
Professional Affiliations:
Licensed by the State Bar of Texas, May 1985.
Member, Environmental Law Section, State Bar of Texas
Member, Environment and Natural Resources Section, American Bar Association
Member, Environmental Law Section, Dallas Bar Association
Significant Honors and Awards:
2014 National Notable Achievement Award for Superfund Site Remediation
Enforcement from EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2013 Certificate of Commendation from U.S. Department of Justice (also 1994,
2001).
2011 D/FW Federal Executive Board Excellence in Public Service Award (also
2003).
2008 EPA gold medal for Murphy Oil Refinery Spill Response, Meraux, La. (team
award).
1999 Special Achievement Award (also 1997, 1993).
1992 Toxic Avenger Award (EPA Headquarters).
1992 Commendation for Development of National Paralegal Training Conference.
1991 Regional Administrator’s Award: Transwestern Pipeline Litigation.
EPA Region 6 bronze medals (Regional team awards):
2014 Oklahoma Refining Company Site; also Jackpile Mining Site team and Grants
Mineral Belt team.
2013 Johnny M Mine Site, EnCase Litigation Hold Team.
2011 Grants Mining District Team.
2010 Oklahoma Refining Company Site E-Discovery.

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2006 Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response.
2003 Tex Tin Corporation Site.
2002 Alcoa/Lavaca Bay Superfund Site (also 1994).
A complete list of current cases and references will be supplied upon request.