Environmental Permitting and Litigation

• Petroleum refiner - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of State air quality and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for modification to existing refinery
• River authority - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of a water rights permit
• Petrochemical manufacturer - representation in settlement negotiations arising from challenge to issuance of PSD permit for modification to existing chemical facility
• Liquefied natural gas export terminal - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of State air quality and PSD permit for greenfield project
• Wholesale power generator - representation in settlement negotiations arising from challenge to issuance of PSD permit for modification to existing equipment

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Representation of manufacturing client in state natural resource damages (NRD) suit in the District of Connecticut
• Clean Water Act citizens' suit regarding City enforcement for alleged water quality violations
• Representation of petrochemical storage company seeking negligence damages arising from fire caused by neighboring facility in the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of petrochemical storage company in defending against personal injury claims by environmental contractor
• Representation of river authority in construction defect suit involving major water pipeline in Texas against general contractor

Environmental Regulatory Counseling

• Advice on Title V and PSD impacts of co-located facilities
• Preparation of Clean Air Act Section 114 responses
• Advice on RCRA regulation of produced water
• Advice on project aggregation issues involved in construction of carbon capture and storage facility
• Preparation of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) report following release of diesel oil