Lawrence (Larry) E. Starfield

Larry Starfield has more than forty years of experience in the environmental field, including 36 years at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before he retired in September 2023. Most recently, he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) in Washington, DC from 2011 to 2023, and as Acting AA for OECA from January 2021 – July 2023. At OECA, Mr. Starfield was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the nation’s environmental enforcement program, with approximately 3,000 environmental professionals and an annual budget of more than $550 million.

From 2001 to 2011, he served as the Deputy Regional Administrator for the U.S. EPA, Region 6, where he was responsible for the management of the 850-person regional office in Dallas, Texas. During his tenure, the Region oversaw issues under all environmental statutes, including those arising in response to the Shuttle Columbia disaster, Hurricane Katrina, and the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

From 1997-2001, Mr. Starfield served as the Regional Counsel for Region 6 where he managed an office of 60 lawyers that provided legal advice to the Regional Administrator and Region 6 program offices regarding the interpretation and implementation of federal environmental laws. Before joining Region 6, Mr. Starfield spent ten years with EPA’s Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C., where he served as an attorney-advisor, Assistant General Counsel for RCRA, and Acting Associate General Counsel for Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

Before coming to EPA, he worked in Paris, France, from 1985 to 1987 as the correspondent for the Bureau of National Affairs on French environmental issues. From 1981 through 1985, he was an Associate with the law firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, in Washington, D.C., where he worked on environmental and energy issues. Prior to that, he clerked for Judge Walter K. Stapleton in the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Starfield is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and Yale Law School.