Angela is an associate in the Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group. Her practice focuses on the representation of corporations and individuals in environmental litigation matters and regulatory compliance and permitting under various environmental regulatory schemes including the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Clean Water Act and state counterparts.
Representative Experience
Environmental Litigation: Representing Atlanta-area municipality in multi-state water resource litigation, focusing on National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act allegations.
Toxic Substances Control Act Compliance: Advising chemical manufacturing company on compliance with TSCA requirements and applicability of exemptions to TSCA such as the polymer, test marketing, and research and development exemptions.
Environmental Litigation: Representing major southeastern utility in the defense of a Clean Air Act New Source Review enforcement action brought by the U.S. EPA.
Due Diligence; Endangered Species Act: Represented utility in due diligence evaluation of potential acquisition of solar power generating facility, focusing on National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act (and state counterparts) requirements and implications.
Sustainability: Assisting nationwide corporation in development and implementation of an Environmental Management System and sustainability measures.
Environmental Litigation: Represented chemical manufacturing company in successful negotiation of consent order with U.S. EPA Region 4 regarding alleged failure to comply with chemical release reporting obligations .
Water Quality; Hazardous Waste Disposal: Assisting in representation of nationwide corporation in negotiation of consent order with state environmental agencies regarding alleged violations of state water quality discharge limitations and federal and state hazardous waste management requirements.
Environmental Litigation: Represented major corporation in RCRA imminent endangerment suit seeking remediation of petroleum contamination associated with underground storage tanks.
Air Quality: Advising large southeastern utility company annually on potential Clean Air Act New Source Review implications of all capital and significant maintenance projects.
Publications
Margaret Campbell and Angela Levin, Ten Years of New Source Review Enforcement Litigation, Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 24, Number 4, Spring 2010.
Angela Levin, Striking a Delicate Balance: Developing a New Rationale for Preemption While Protecting the Public's Role in Siting Liquified Natural Gas Terminals, 56 Emory Law Journal 507 (2006) (published as Angela Durbin).
Work Experience
Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2008-present
Law Clerk to Honorable Timothy C. Batten, Sr., Northern District of Georgia, 2007-2008
Memberships
· Member, Georgia State Bar; Environmental Law Section
· Member, Georgia State Bar; Administrative Law Section