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Melissa helps industrial and utility clients understand and navigate complex environmental requirements, with a focus on real-world implications for their business. She focuses her practice heavily on Clean Air Act and climate change issues, and advises clients on environmental justice and ESG matters.

Yesterday, November 2, 2016, EPA released a pre-publication version of proposed regulations that spell out how the Agency’s 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) will be implemented. The proposed regulations apply to states with areas that are classified as nonattainment for the 2015 standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb), as well as to states in an Ozone Transport Region.