Dan Basoli

Dan Basoli is an economist and project manager with more than 20 years of federal regulatory experience. Basoli had led cost-benefit, economic impact, and regulatory analyses for clients such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Energy (DOE), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). His work spans environmental, worker safety, transportation, water, energy, and emergency management programs in the United States and Asia.

At Abt, Basoli serves as deputy project director for EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) mission support contract. He also directs economic analysis support for DOL’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and leads EPA analyses for emergency planning and hazardous chemical actions. His work helps federal teams assess costs, benefits, reporting burden, economic effects, and small-business impacts.

Previously, Basoli managed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) contract and helped develop five federal OSHA regulations. He also managed a Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) contract and led support for 10 transportation safety regulations. Basoli led more than 50 cost-benefit analyses and managed EPA water and emergency management assignments for over a decade.

Expertise

• Federal regulatory economic analysis
• Cost-benefit and economic impact analysis
• Regulatory project and contract leadership
• Information collection requests and burden analysis
• Environmental and safety policy modeling

Key Projects

• Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Compliance Date Delay and Changes to Reflect Administration Policy – EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
• Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC) Risk Management Support; Amendments to the Regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) – EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
• Economic Analysis of OSHA’s COVID-19 Standards and Infectious Disease Standards
• The Social and Economic Effects of Space Weather – NOAA
• Development of the Water Health and Economic Analysis Tool – EPA, Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, Water Security Division (WSD)

Publications

• Basoli, D. (2016). Cost-Benefit Analysis of Solid Waste GHG Mitigation Options for the Philippines. Presentation to DENR and CCC, Baguio City.
• Basoli, D., Amarakoon, S., & Vallet, C. (2016). Evaluation of Advanced Waste to Energy Technologies and Legal Paradigms. Presentation to NYSERDA, Albany, NY.
• Baranowski, C., DeGour, J., Schmelling, D., McFadden, L., & Basoli, D. (2013). “What will it cost? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updates tool to quantify utility-level costs and public health and local economic effects of adverse events.” Water Environment & Technology, 25(8).
• Basoli, D. (2009). Assessing the Economic Impact of Dominion Virginia Power’s Coal-Fired Power Plant in Wise County, Virginia, Compared to Investments in Energy Efficiency. Presentation at the ACEEE 5th National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, Chicago.
• Davidsdottir, B., Basoli, D., Fredericks, S., & Enterline, C. (2007). “Measuring Sustainable Energy Development with a Three-Dimensional Index.” In Frontiers in Environmental Valuation and Policy. Edward Elgar.