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Elizabeth A. Lake

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Elizabeth A. Lake

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Holland & Knight LLP
50 California Street, Suite 2800
San Francisco, California  94111
(San Francisco Co.)

Telephone: 415-743-6969
Fax: 415-743-6910
http://www.hklaw.com

Email: Contact via email

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#1,957 out of 13,077 lawyers in San Francisco, California
#141,885 out of 890,243 total lawyers Overall


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Practice AreasLand Use Permitting; Brownfields Redevelopment; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Water Quality; Wetlands Protection; Wildlife Law; Protected Species; Clean Water Act; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Health and Safety; Environmental Due Diligence; Environmental Insurance; Environmental Legislative Practice; Environmental Permitting; Hazardous Materials and Substances; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
 
EducationStanford University, J.D., 1995, Amherst College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1989
 
Admitted1995, California; 2002, District of Columbia
 
MembershipsBar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Environment, Energy and Resources; Real Property).
 
BornFairfax, Virginia, November 10, 1967
 
BiographyAttorney, U.S. Department of Interior Honors Program, 1995-1996. Member, State Bar Legislative Policy Committee, 1999-2004. Executive Committee Member, State Bar Environmental Law Section, 2005—. Board Member, California State Parks Foundation, 1999—. Lecturer, Federal Endangered Species Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. Executive Editor, Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 1995. Co-Author, "The Legal Framework for Brownfields Redevelopment in California: A Practical Guide for Sellers and Other PRPs," 9 California Environmental Law & Remediation Reporter, 73, June 1999.
 
ISLN910108421
 

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Proposed Rule Amending the Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Regulations Published in the Federal Register
Elizabeth A. Lake, Lawrence R. Liebesman, Rafe Petersen, August 29, 2008
The Department of Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a proposed rule on August 15, 2008, Vol. 73 Fed. Reg. 47868 significantly revising the Section 7 Consultation process under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the first time since 1986.

How to Mitigate Unavoidable Impacts to Aquatic Resources under the New Rule
Elizabeth A. Lake, Lawrence R. Liebesman, Abigail Leah Ramsden, April 21, 2008
The Corps' general approach to mitigation remains unchanged, with a focus on first avoiding, then minimizing, and finally compensating for unavoidable impacts to wetlands. The rule specifies three options to offset unavoidable impacts:

Mitigation Efforts Going Forward
Elizabeth A. Lake, Lawrence R. Liebesman, Abigail Leah Ramsden, April 21, 2008
While the new rule becomes effective on June 9, 2008, permit applications received prior to the effective date will be processed in accordance with existing regulations and guidance. Any permits submitted after the effective date must comply with the new rule unless a district engineer makes a...



 

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