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Practice Expertise
- Climate Change Law and Policy
- Energy and Environmental Litigation
- Climate Change
- Energy Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Law and Policy
- Energy and Environmental Litigation
- Energy Litigation
- Energy Transition
- Environmental
- Natural Resources
- Waste
- Water View More
Profile
Liz’s practice focuses on environmental and administrative law.
Liz’s practice focuses on a broad range of environmental issues arising under federal, state and international laws, with emphasis on issues involving water regulation and handling and treatment of hazardous and solid waste.
Relevant Experience
- Provided long-term daily representation of an association of electric utilities on US water regulation developments, including development of many extensive technical and legal comments on US EPA regulatory proposals.
- Advised individual electric utilities seeking to obtain thermal variances or negotiate permit conditions related to cooling water intake structures.
- Assisted individual electric utilities with water permit compliance questions and challenges to state rules and requirements.
- Litigated multiparty disputes regarding hazardous waste cleanup activities.
- Conducted safety, health and environmental reviews of a broad array of industrial facilities and providing advice regarding compliance issues.
- Contributed to and edited a monthly update on international safety, health and environmental law for a major electronics company.
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
Education
BA, University of Delaware, summa cum laude, 1981
Areas of Practice
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Law and Policy
- Energy and Environmental Litigation
- Energy Litigation
- Energy Transition
- Environmental
- Natural Resources
- Waste
- Water
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Activities and Experience
- Provided long-term daily representation of an association of electric utilities on US water regulation developments, including development of many extensive technical and legal comments on US EPA regulatory proposals.
- Advised individual electric utilities seeking to obtain thermal variances or negotiate permit conditions related to cooling water intake structures.
- Assisted individual electric utilities with water permit compliance questions and challenges to state rules and requirements.
- Litigated multiparty disputes regarding hazardous waste cleanup activities.
- Conducted safety, health and environmental reviews of a broad array of industrial facilities and providing advice regarding compliance issues.
- Contributed to and edited a monthly update on international safety, health and environmental law for a major electronics company.
Professional Activities and Experience
- 2017 Chambers USA Environment Law Firm of the Year
Articles
- Wastewater Discharge Rule Changes May Be Costly, Public Power Magazine
- Outline of RCRA/CERCLA Enforcement Issues and Holdings, Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter, 26th edition
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