Representative Matters

• Clean Air Act – Permitting, enforcement and citizen suit work with manufacturing, food processing, bulk loading, fumigation and other businesses and groups. Appearances before the South Coast AQMD, San Diego APCD, State ARB and U.S. EPA. Clean Air Act PM-10, ozone, hazardous pollutant and other permitting and compliance matters.

• Water Resources – Permitting and consulting for desalination projects in U.S. and Mexico, water purification and delivery in California and Mexico.

• Energy – Cogeneration project entitlement and purchase and sale; Geothermal incident investigation and contract work; oil company (FERC) rate of return and sale of excess electrical power; Gas turbine power plant purchase and sale, operational and compliance work.

• Climate Sustainability and Climate Change – Advise on California and Federal climate case law and legislation.

• Clean Water Act and the California Water Code - Sections 401 Certifications, 402 NPDES and Section 404 – Dredge and Fill of waters in the U.S., including wetlands and vernal pools, and state waste discharge requirements including those subject to the National and California Toxic Rules permits. Lead counsel to the University of California’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in obtaining NPDES permit and an exception to the California Ocean Plan prohibition on discharges to ASBSs. Compliance orders, cleanup and abatement orders, administrative, citizen suits, and civil and criminal enforcement matters. Industrial, wastewater, construction, and municipal permitting, compliance, and enforcement.

• Purchase and Sale Transactions – Legal counsel and sales agent for large parcel sale, coordinated all contact with prospective purchasers including developers, Native American tribes and environmental groups.