Greg helps major corporations with the evaluation of release-reporting issues, Louisiana public trust issues, environmental-agency rulemaking, and other aspects of environmental and energy law.  These include permitting, compliance, enforcement, and transactional issues, such as the following:

• South Louisiana Methanol LP (“SLM”) in the appeal of air quality permit modifications by a group of environmental petitioners. Greg and a team of Liskow lawyers helped obtain a ruling in favor of SLM, affirming the decision of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to tailor its public trust analysis for the proposed modification and to issue the modified permits. The permits authorize construction of what would be the largest methanol plant in the world.
• Gramercy Alumina LLC in its acquisition of the former Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation facility in Gramercy, La. As part of his representation, Greg obtained the first-ever confirmation of Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser status in favor of the company, offering it as a statutory defense to federal and state cleanup liability.
• Shintech and GTX, Inc., and other companies in their efforts to locate and permit industrial facilities in Louisiana. In these types of cases, Greg prepares permit documents, attends public hearings, represents clients in cases seeking judicial review of the permit decisions, and negotiates with environmental groups on behalf of the companies.
• A major specialty chemical company, then named Witco Corporation, in the investigation and disclosure of emissions and reporting violations, as well as the handling of subsequent related agency negotiations. Greg’s efforts helped obtain a waiver by the U.S. EPA of all fines and penalties under the applicable federal regulatory programs.
• General Counsel to the International Carbon Black Association, an industry trade group whose members include all of the manufacturers of carbon black in North America and Western Europe. Greg’s representation covers a wide range of regulatory matters, including the negotiation and review of Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards for the industry and the procurement of key Occupational Safety and Health Administration interpretations. In addition, he provides antitrust surveillance and negotiates sponsored research contracts for the group.
• Internal investigations and environmental compliance counsel for companies facing whistle-blower allegations, potential fraud, and white-collar criminal conduct charges.

A wide variety of corporations value Greg’s practical, business-oriented perspective with complex air, water, and hazardous waste regulatory issues, Louisiana constitutional environmental law issues and other public-policy and environmental justice issues.