Federal Compliance
Since the 1970s, most environmental regulations have originated at the federal level. Balch & Bingham’s Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group has extensive experience handling a wide of array of federal environmental and other regulatory issues.
Our lawyers are actively engaged in both state and federal legislative processes impacting environmental and natural resources issues and related agency rulemaking proceedings. We have extensive experience working with Congress and the state legislatures on a wide range of issues.
We regularly represent clients before various federal and state agencies, including:
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Department of Interior
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Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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Alabama Office of Water Resources
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Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
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Jefferson County (Alabama) Department of Health
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection
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South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
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North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
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Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
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Other federal, state, and local environmental authorities throughout the United States.
Our practice group includes lawyers who have served in the United States Department of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Georgia Attorney General's office, and the United States Department of Justice, in addition to an attorney with several years of experience serving on the staff of the United States Senate Governmental Affairs and Budget Committees. Our personnel in the state and national capitals (Atlanta, Montgomery, Jackson, and Washington, D.C.) supplement our resources to enable us to successfully achieve our clients’ legislative and regulatory goals.