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Alexandra Magill Bromer Partner

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  • 05.31.2023
    EPA’s Ambitious Proposed GHG Emissions Standards May Face Challenges
    Updates
    On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule that would adopt new GHG emissions standards for certain coal and natural gas-fired power plants. The Proposed Rule aims to drive down GHGs in the electric generation sector significantly by requiring certain new and existing fossil generation to use CCS by 2035 or co-fire with hydrogen by 2032. Questions remain, however, whether this approach will fare any better than the Clean Power Plan on judicial review.
  • 08.2016
    EPA’s Next Generation Compliance: What It Is and What It Means
    Lawyer Publications

    Natural Gas & Electricity 

  • 02.17.2016
    Would the Supreme Court Stay EPA’s Clean Power Plan Today?
    Updates
    The senior-most U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, passed away on February 13, 2016 just days after the Supreme Court, by a slim 5 to 4 majority, stayed the EPA’s enforcement of the Clean Power Plan.  
  • 02.11.2016
    Supreme Court’s Stay on EPA’s Clean Power Plan Places States in Limbo
    Updates
    On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, only a few weeks after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a multistate plea to stop the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the United States Supreme Court issued a highly unusual judicial stay on the EPA’s implementation of the Clean Power Plan.
  • 09.2014
    Gone Are The Days of the SSM Exemption
    Lawyer Publications
    The debate over startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) emissions cuts to the heart of a core dispute between regulators and the regulated: EPA believes that emissions during SSM events are “phases of normal plant operation.” 
  • 10.2012
    The Future of Flaring -- Recent Settlements Reveal EPA's Expectations of the Refining Industry
    Articles
  • 2012
    Programmatic EIS Issues
    Lawyer Publications

    The NEPA Litigation Guide, Second Edition

  • 10.2011
    Challenges for the Refiner under the Obama Administration's New "Clean Water Framework"
    Articles
  • 09.2010
    Flare Management and Other Petroleum Refining Enforcement Priorities: Is EPA Identifying New 'Marquee' Issues?
    Articles
  • 09.2009
    Reversing Course: The Obama Administration’s Environmental Agenda and How it Will Impact the Refiner, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association
    Articles
  • 10.15.2020
    Ethylene MACT Risk and Technology Review
    Speaking Engagements
  • 06.27.2019
    What’s Really Changed? EPA and NGO Approaches to Title V in the Trump Era
    Speaking Engagements
    Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference / Quebec City, QC
  • 06.28.2018
    EPA's 'Next Generation' Compliance Initiative: What Is It, How Can We Prepare for It, And How May It Evolve with The Trump EPA
    Speaking Engagements
    The Air & Waste Management Association's (AWMA) 111th Annual Conference and Exposition / Hartford, CT
  • 06.28.2018
    Where Will EPA Lead Us: Are the Days of the “Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction” Exemption Really Behind Us?
    Speaking Engagements
    The Air & Waste Management Association's (AWMA) 111th Annual Conference and Exposition / Hartford, CT
  • 03.05.2018
    Clean Air Act Initiatives in The Trump Era: What to Expect
    Speaking Engagements
    2018 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
  • 10.17.2017
    NGO Activism and Litigation - Expected Trends and Potential Responses
    Speaking Engagements

    AFPM Annual Environmental Conference / Denver, CO

  • 02.09.2017
    What the Demise of the SSM Exemption Means for the Power Sector
    2017 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
  • 10.18.2016
    Flare Management Plans: Legal Strategies and Compliance Risks
    AFPM Annual Environmental Conference / New Orleans, LA
  • 02.04.2016
    What EPA’s “Next Gen” Compliance Initiative Means for the Power Sector
    2016 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
  • 09.2014
    Gone Are The Days of the SSM Exemption
    AFPM Annual Environmental Conference

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Areas of Focus

Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • California

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2006
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, M.S., International Relations, 2003
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Political Science, high honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001