| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: Air Quality Chapter, Texas Environmental Law (West Publishing, 1994). General Counsel, Texas Air Control Board (1990-1993). Recognized by Chambers USA 2004-2011 as one of the leading Environment practitioners in Texas. Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America - Environmental Law (Woodward/White, Inc., 2005-2011). Listed in Who's Who Legal: USA - Environment, 2009. James Braddock has twenty-five years experience in environmental law with extensive experience in air quality issues. In his fifteen years as an attorney with the Texas Air Control Board, including his role as General Counsel of that agency, Mr. Braddock was extensively involved with both state and federal air quality regulations and gained substantial experience in administrative law matters including the Open Meetings Act, Open Records Act and rule making requirements. Recent Publications: "Climate Change: Regulation of Greenhouse Gases," Texas Environmental Law Journal, publication pending; "Understanding Today's Clean Air Act Permit Programs," Boiler MACT ("Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back"), Air & Waste Management Association, Houston, Texas, April 13-14, 2011; "Greenhouse Gas Permitting in Texas - What Now?" Carbon and Climate Change, UT CLE, Austin, Texas, February 10, 2011; "Federal and State Air Quality Practice," Energy Law Symposium, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, January 20-21, 2011; "Climate Change Regulation - 'The Circus has come to Town,'" 14th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Gulf Coast Chapter, Hot Air Topics Conference, Houston, Texas, January 13, 2011; "Overview of State Air Permit Programs," Air Quality, UT CLE, Austin, Texas, November 19, 2010; "State Environmental Framework for Energy Projects," Essential Administrative and Environmental Law for Energy Projects, UT CLE , Austin, Texas, November 18, 2010 and Houston, Texas, December 1, 2010; "Climate Change - When I See an Elephant Fly," Texas Environmental Superconference, Austin, Texas, August 5, 2010. |
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New EPA Oil and Gas Air Quality StandardsJames D. Braddock,Jeff Civins,Mary Simmons Mendoza, August 15, 2011 In order to comply with a court-ordered schedule, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on July 28 signed a 604-page package that proposes to subject additional oil and gas operations to regulation under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air...
American Electric Power v. Connecticut: Greenhouse Gas Regulation Derails Common Law ClaimsJames D. Braddock,Jeff Civins,Mary Simmons Mendoza, June 23, 2011 On June 20, 2011, Justice Ginsburg delivered the unanimous opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in American Electric Power Company, Inc. v. Connecticut, holding that the Clean Air Act and EPA action under it displaced the federal common law nuisance claims against CO2 emitters that plaintiffs sought... |