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Norman A. Dupont is
a shareholder in the Environmental and Energy Department at Richards,
Watson & Gershon and serves as Assistant Chair of the Firm's
Environmental and Energy Department. In addition, he serves as Chair
of the Firm's Climate Change Practice Group and is a member of the
Firm's Water Rights and Water Law Practice Group.
Mr. Dupont has over 25 years experience in the environmental law
field, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
& Liability Act ("CERCLA"), the Resources Conservation
and Recovery Act, amendments to the Solid Waste Disposal Act ("RCRA"),
the Clean Water Act, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act,
Proposition 65 claims, brownfields redevelopment projects, Polanco
Act issues, and a variety of other environmental statutes and regulations.
Mr. Dupont represents both public and private sector clients in
a wide range of environmental transactions and litigation matters.
Mr. Dupont has represented both public agencies and private clients
dealing with new "emerging" chemicals such as perchlorate,
NDMA, and 1, 2, 3, TCP.
Mr. Dupont serves as Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Section of Environment,
Energy, and Resources publication Trends.
Mr. Dupont has written and lectured extensively on a variety of
environmental issues, including recent U.S. Supreme Court cases
deciding environmental law and constitutional issues.
Articles:
"Federal Preemption of State and Local Environmental Laws," (Chapter 7, Principles of Constitutional Law, American Bar Association) (2011)
"Connecticut v. AEP: The Second Circuit Confirms Standing of States, the City of New York, and Private Land Trusts" (Constitutional Law Committee Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 1) (February 2010)
"The Supreme Court's environmental case this term: will it be a "takings" away of beach restoration?" (Trends, Vol. 32, No. 2) (December 2009)
"Supreme Court Sticks to the Narrow Issues on Environmental Cases" (Los Angeles Daily Journal) (June 2009)
"Moving
At A Glacial Pace"
(Los Angeles Daily Journal) (June 2009)
"NEPA and Climate Change: Are We at the "Tipping Point"?" (Natural Resources
& Environment, Volume 23, Number 4, American Bar Association)
(Spring 2009)
"Supreme Court Rules on Federal Preemption of State Unfair
Practices Act: A Renewed Constitutional Presumption Against Preemption"
(ABA, Constitutional Law Committee Newsletter) (2009)
"The Ninth Circuit's Burlington
Northern Decision on Arranger Liability - Don't Cry 'CERCLA' over
Spilt Bourbon?" (Environmental
Litigation & Toxic Torts, American Bar Association) (2008)
"High
Court Leans Left on Environmental Issues"
(Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S. Ct. 1438) (2007)
"The
Dormant Commerce Clause and United Haulers -
A Constitutional Doctrine on Terminal life Support"
(United Haulers Assoc., Inc. v. Oenida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management
Authority, 550 U.S. __, 127 S. Ct. 1786 (2007) United Haulers)
"Who's
Really Blowing Smoke - Scalia Needs a New Dictionary"
(The Recorder) (2007)
"Rapanos
and the Ebbing of the Constitutional ‘high water’ Mark
for the Commerce Clause Limitation on Federal Wetlands Regulation"
(Rapanos v. U.S., 126 S. Ct. 2208, 2220-21) (2006)
"'Plain
Meaning' Construction of Environmental Statutes"
(Natural Resources & Environment, American Bar Association)
(2006)
"9th
Circuit Sticks to the Clean Water Pragmatism of 'Rapanos'"
(Rapanos v. U.S., 126 S. Ct. 2208, 2220-21) (2006)
"Ruling
Hints Roberts Court Isn't Hide-Bound Conservative"
(Los Angeles Daily Journal) (2006)
"New Orleans After Katrina:
A Superfund Site?" (Natural Resources & Environment,
American Bar Association) (2006)
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