Richard Alonso is director of United States Regulatory Affairs at Husky Energy in Dublin, OH. He focuses on compliance with the Clean Air Act, including complex permitting issues. Prior to this role, Alonso was in private practice and advised clients on a whole range of Clean Air Act compliance and enforcement issues with state and federal agencies. Prior to building a private practice, Rich served as the Chief of the Stationary Source Enforcement Branch at the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. In this role he was EPA’s second-ranking official for Clean Air Act enforcement. Before assuming that position, he served in the Water Enforcement Division at the EPA. Richard has nearly 10 years of service with the enforcement office at EPA, dealing primarily with the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. During this time, he managed and negotiated Clean Air Act enforcement cases. Rich was also instrumental in cases relating to defeat devices and engine certification requirements under the Clean Air Act’s Title II mobile source program.