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Environmental & Energy

Aug. 14, 2008

That's Not What I Meant!

Why Your Company's Communications With Environmental Regulators Put It at Risk for Personal Injury Litigation and What You Can Do About It

Jeffrey Dintzer

Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

333 S Hope St Ste 1600
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: (213) 576-1063

Email: jeffrey.dintzer@alston.com

Boston University SOL; Boston MA

During over 30 years representing clients in complex environmental, toxic tort, and land use litigation, class actions, and administrative proceedings, he has been involved in precedent-setting cases affecting the way industries such as oil & gas do business in California.

By Jeffrey D. Dintzer, Peter E. Seley and Denise G. Fellers

      State and federal regulators depend on constant communication with regulated facilities to monitor their environmental impacts. From permit applications and renewals to water and air sampling to emissions reporting to dust counts, facilities investigate and self-report reams of data about their interaction with the environment. This communication between regulators and fac...

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