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| Practice Areas | Energy; Environmental | | | Education | Fordham University, J.D., 1974, Manhattan College, B.Ch.E., 1966 | | | Admitted | 1975, New York | |
| Memberships | New York State Bar Association. | | | Biography | Robert is a partner in the firm's Energy practice group. He has served as lead counsel in both state and federal courts, appearing at the trial and appellate levels. He also has extensive experience as lead counsel in trial-type administrative hearings. Robert has particular experience in the development and presentation of complex environmental and regulatory cases involving highly technical matters including energy law/regulation proceedings, such as the New York State Competitive Opportunities case, FERC Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant allocation dispute, New York Power Pool/ISO proposal, numerous gas and electrical rate proceedings and major environmental cases such as the Cornwall (Storm King Mountain) case and the Hudson River Cooling Tower cases. Robert advises Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation on energy law and regulatory and environmental matters. He has also represented public utilities in environmental litigations, including a pending case involving allegations of coal tar contamination migrating from a property formerly used as a manufactured gas plant. In connection with his involvement in several multi-party environmental and administrative matters, Robert has developed a facility for working with multi-party groups both in defining and attaining common objectives and in negotiating the mutually satisfactory resolution of complex technical issues. He has also been involved in arbitration proceedings. Robert is representing Dow Corning Corporation in a significant, ongoing superfund action brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has extensive experience not only with superfund matters, but with all major federal and New York State environmental laws. Robert is admitted to practice in the state of New York. PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT: PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: New York State Bar Association, Member, Committee on Public Utility Law; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee on Energy. PUBLICATIONS: "The Discharge Permit Program Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972", Fordham Urban Law Journal; "Dimensions to Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites--CERCLA and Beyond", 1986 American Gas Association Environmental Workshop. | | | ISLN | 907065683 | |
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Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 - Carbon Capture and SequestrationPeter C. Lesch, Michael J. Zimmer, Robert J. Glasser, Thomas Philip Riozzi, June 16, 2008 Carbon capture and sequestration is a method for mitigating global warming by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants, and storing the CO2 in the earth or oceans rather than releasing it into the atmosphere.
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