TRIPP HEAD practices in the Firm's Environmental and Natural Resources section. His practice covers a wide variety of environmental, administrative, and regulatory issues including litigating cases under federal and state environmental statutes and representing clients before federal and state environmental agencies. Mr. Head counsels and represents clients on various permitting and compliance issues under the federal Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as well as the state law counterparts of those laws. He also counsels clients regarding water withdrawal and water rights issues arising under the Alabama Water Resources Act. Mr. Head is also frequently involved in drafting and commenting on proposed federal and state environmental regulations and legislation on behalf of the firm's clients. Mr. Head has represented clients before the Environmental Protection Agency in enforcement actions involving PCB management and disposal; before the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act permitting matters and enforcement actions; and before the Alabama Office of Water Resources on water withdrawal and water rights matters.
Representative Experience
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Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. vs. Cherokee Mining, LLC., No. 08-10810 (11th Cir. 2008). Represented coal mining association as amicus curiae in interlocutory appeal involving interpretation of citizen suit provision of the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. [Brief]. Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, No. 2060026 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006) - Represented business associations as amici curiae in an appeal involving the interpretation of public participation provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act. [ Brief] [ Decision] Sierra Club v. Tennessee Valley Authority, No. 04-15324-HH (11th Cir. 2005) - Represented business associations as amici curiae in request for rehearing in Clean Air Act citizen suit involving "credible evidence rule" and alleged opacity violations. [ Brief]
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Past Chair, Environmental Law Section, Alabama State Bar
- Executive Committee, Environmental Law Section, Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Committee
- Birmingham Bar Association
- The Alabama Enlaw, Editorial Board
- Y.M.C.A., Camp Cosby, Board of Management
- Samford University, Masters Degree Program in Environmental Management, Adjunct Professor
NEWS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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April 2007
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Spring 2005
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Spring 2004
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Summer 2003
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Winter 2001
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The SWANCC Decision: Restoring a Notion of Navigability to the "Navigable Waters" of the United States.
The EnLaw, Vol. 8, No. 4
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June 2001
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Brownfields Redevelopment Initiatives in Alabama.
Business Alabama
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February 2000
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Local Regulation of Animal Feeding Operations: Concerns, Limits, and Options for Southeastern States.
The Environmental Lawyer 6:2
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Summer 1997
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Comment, Crochiere v. Bd. of Ed. of Enfield: Workers' Compensation for Job-Related Mental Distress Claims - Stress Reliever or Judicial Headache?.
21:1 Am. J. Trial Advoc, p. 131
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Spring 1997
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Insurers Suffer Defeat in Environmental Claims: Alabama Rejects Pro-Insurer Interpretation of Pollution Exclusion Clause.
20:3 Am J Trial Advoc, p. 673
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Speaking Engagements
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February 01, 2005
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2001
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September 25-27, 2000
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September 28-30, 1999
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- The George Washington University Law School, LL.M., 1999
- Samford University, M.S., Environmental Management, 1998
- Cumberland School of Law, J.D., 1998, cum laude.
- University of South Alabama, M.S., 1995
- Birmingham-Southern College, B.S., 1992
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