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Areas of Practice

  • Air
  • Air Quality
  • Chemicals, Products and Hazardous Materials
  • Energy Litigation
  • Environmental
  • Environmental Compliance, Litigation and ...
  • Environmental Issues In Business Transactions
  • Land Use
  • Natural Resources
  • Water
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Profile

Richard is focused on matters involving the Clean Air Act.

Richard Pavlak is a senior environmental project analyst with more than 10 years of experience in environmental litigation and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on the Clean Air Act. In addition, he has extensive experience in Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act matters.

Relevant Experience

  • Assist attorneys representing clients in enforcement actions before federal and state agencies.
  • Assist attorneys representing clients with permitting issues before federal and state agencies
  • Assist attorneys in managing association of client companies participating in a range of environmental-related activities on behalf of its members.
  • Assist attorneys with the preparation and filing of comments submitted in response federal and state agency rulemakings.
  • Assist attorneys in managing complex federal appellate court litigations.
  • Draft pleadings and coordinate filings in federal appellate courts.
  • Extensive experience proofreading and cite-checking documents.
  • Extensive experience researching federal and state environmental issues.
  • Extensive experience researching Clean Air Act legislative history.

Education
BA, Allegheny College, cum laude, 1985

Areas of Practice

  • Air
  • Air Quality
  • Chemicals, Products and Hazardous Materials
  • Energy Litigation
  • Environmental
  • Environmental Compliance, Litigation and Defense
  • Environmental Issues In Business Transactions
  • Land Use
  • Natural Resources
  • Water

Professional Career



Articles

  • Managing Your Title V Permit, The Clean Air Act Handbook, Fourth Edition, American Bar Association

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