Dave Ross is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Environment & Natural Resources Group. He joined the firm in 2003 and is located in the Washington, D.C. office. Dave's practice involves client counseling and litigation in all areas of environmental and natural resources law, with an emphasis on the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, renewable energy projects, federal land use issues, contaminated sites and remediation, and storm water regulation and control.
Prior to law school, Dave served as an environmental consultant to the City of San Diego, California. In that capacity, Dave worked with municipal and private engineers and scientists to evaluate alternative wastewater reclamation and repurification technologies through economic, engineering, and public health studies aimed at providing a safe and reliable long-term supply of clean water for the City's expanding population. He also helped design and operate San Diego's Aqua 2000 Research Center.
Dave graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1994, where he earned a B.A. in International Relations and a Certificate in Environmental Studies. He earned his J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2001, graduating magna cum laude, while simultaneously earning a Master of Studies in Environmental Law, summa cum laude. While at Vermont Law School, Dave served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Vermont Law Review.
Publications
· "Nanotechnology and the National Environmental Policy Act," Nanotechnology: Environmental Law, Policy and Business Considerations, Ch. 12 (2010). NEPA Team Leader and Lead Author: David P. Ross.
· "Clean Water Act Compliance and Enforcement: EPA Targets the Coal Industry," Energy & Mineral Law Institute, Vol. 29, Ch. 7 (2008). Co-Authors: Kirsten L. Nathanson and David P. Ross.
· "When Sacred Sites Are Deemed More Precious Than Gold: The Glamis Gold Ltd. Claim For Compensation Under NAFTA," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Vol. 58, Ch. 27 (2008). Co-Authors: Alan W.H. Gourley, R. Timothy McCrum, David P. Ross, and Sobia Haque.
· "Clean Water Act Enforcement Settlement May Be Harbinger For Rest Of Coal Industry," Crowell & Moring Mining Law Monitor, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (Summer 2008). Co-Authors: Kirsten L. Nathanson and David P. Ross.
· "Nonpoint Source Pollution Control," in The Clean Water Act Handbook, Ch. 9 (2nd Ed. 2003). Co-Authors: Edward B. Witte and David P. Ross.
· "A State of Change: Wisconsin Implements Wetland Mitigation Rules and Hastily Crafts Post SWANCC Wetland Protection Laws," Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1 (December 2001). Co-Authors: Edward B. Witt, David P. Ross, and John E. Turlais.
· "Yucca Mountain and Reversing the Irreversible: The Need for Monitored Retrievable Storage in a Permanent Repository," Vermont Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Spring 2001). Author: David P. Ross.
Alerts & Newsletters
· "Mining Law Monitor - Volume 24, Issue 1 - (Summer 2008)," Mining Law Monitor (July 21, 2008). Contacts: J. Michael Klise, Kirsten L. Nathanson, Timothy M. Biddle, Daniel W. Wolff, Lorraine B. Halloway, Willa B. Perlmutter, David P. Ross.
Speaking Engagements
· "Clean Water Act," Coal Law Short Course Sponsored by the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation at West Virginia Law School (August 2010). Presenter: David P. Ross.
· "Regulatory Programs Affecting Coal Mining," Coal Law Short Course Sponsored by the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation at West Virginia Law School (August 2010). Presenter: David P. Ross.
· "Enforcement Initiatives (and how to respond if you become the initiative)," Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation, Lorman Education Seminars (September and December 2005). Presenter: David P. Ross.
· "Regulatory Runoff: Responding to a Storm Water Enforcement Action," National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Environment, Safety & Health Forum (October 2005). Presenter: David P. Ross.