Publications
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05.31.2023EPA’s Ambitious Proposed GHG Emissions Standards May Face ChallengesUpdatesOn 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.
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08.2016EPA’s Next Generation Compliance: What It Is and What It MeansLawyer Publications
Natural Gas & Electricity
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02.17.2016Would the Supreme Court Stay EPA’s Clean Power Plan Today?UpdatesThe 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.
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02.11.2016Supreme Court’s Stay on EPA’s Clean Power Plan Places States in LimboUpdatesOn 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.
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09.2014Gone Are The Days of the SSM ExemptionLawyer PublicationsThe 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.”
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10.2012The Future of Flaring -- Recent Settlements Reveal EPA's Expectations of the Refining IndustryArticles
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2012Programmatic EIS IssuesLawyer Publications
The NEPA Litigation Guide, Second Edition
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10.2011Challenges for the Refiner under the Obama Administration's New "Clean Water Framework"Articles
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09.2010Flare Management and Other Petroleum Refining Enforcement Priorities: Is EPA Identifying New 'Marquee' Issues?Articles
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09.2009Reversing Course: The Obama Administration’s Environmental Agenda and How it Will Impact the Refiner, National Petrochemical and Refiners AssociationArticles
Presentations
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10.15.2020Ethylene MACT Risk and Technology ReviewSpeaking Engagements
AFPM 2020 Environmental Conference / Webinar
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06.27.2019What’s Really Changed? EPA and NGO Approaches to Title V in the Trump EraSpeaking EngagementsAir and Waste Management Association Annual Conference / Quebec City, QC
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06.28.2018EPA's 'Next Generation' Compliance Initiative: What Is It, How Can We Prepare for It, And How May It Evolve with The Trump EPASpeaking EngagementsThe Air & Waste Management Association's (AWMA) 111th Annual Conference and Exposition / Hartford, CT
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06.28.2018Where Will EPA Lead Us: Are the Days of the “Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction” Exemption Really Behind Us?Speaking EngagementsThe Air & Waste Management Association's (AWMA) 111th Annual Conference and Exposition / Hartford, CT
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03.05.2018Clean Air Act Initiatives in The Trump Era: What to ExpectSpeaking Engagements2018 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
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10.17.2017NGO Activism and Litigation - Expected Trends and Potential ResponsesSpeaking Engagements
AFPM Annual Environmental Conference / Denver, CO
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02.09.2017What the Demise of the SSM Exemption Means for the Power Sector2017 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
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10.18.2016Flare Management Plans: Legal Strategies and Compliance RisksAFPM Annual Environmental Conference / New Orleans, LA
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02.04.2016What EPA’s “Next Gen” Compliance Initiative Means for the Power Sector2016 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) / San Diego, CA
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09.2014Gone Are The Days of the SSM ExemptionAFPM Annual Environmental Conference