Experience
- Federal and state mine permitting
- Negotiating the terms of NPDES discharge permit for industrial facilities, including semiconductor facilities, wood products facilities, pulp and paper mills, mine discharge permits, food processing facilities, metal manufacturing facilities, and publicly owned treatment works
- Administrative appeals of NPDES permits issued to hard rock mine facilities, municipal discharge permits, pulp and paper facilities, and semiconductor facilities
- Negotiating settlements of agency administrative and judicial enforcement actions against a variety of facilities, including hard rock mine facilities, municipal water treatment plants, construction sites, metals manufacturing facilities, tanning facilities and food processing facilities
- Defending or negotiating settlements of CWA citizen suits against dairy facilities, food processing facilities and mining facilities
- Negotiating cleanup of contaminated properties with federal and state agencies
Development of Water Quality Standards, and Other Regulations
Kevin has represented coalitions and individual industrial and utility clients in developing and negotiating water quality and ground water regulations, and other regulations and guidance in Idaho. In these efforts, Kevin often serves as the industrial representative on agency advisory committees for the development of water quality standards. Recent matters include:
- Developing and negotiating Idaho’s human health water quality criteria
- Developing and negotiating Idaho’s antidegradation statute and implementation rule
- Developing and negotiating Idaho’s ground water statute and rules
- Developing and negotiating Idaho’s solid waste rule
- Litigation challenging EPA approval of Idaho’s antidegradation rule
- Developing and negotiating Idaho IPDES Permit statute and implementing rules
- Commenting on proposed TMDLs
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