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Eric Groten
Eric Groten
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Biography
Eric is a full-service Clean Air Act practitioner. His twenty-five year career has allowed him to undertake the wide array of legal work generated by state and federal air quality laws, including defense of cases brought to enforce them, prosecution of applications for the permits they require, transaction of emission rights created by them, counseling on and auditing of compliance with them, and changing those laws and the rules that implement them.
His success in these endeavors has earned Eric the recognition of the legal press, as he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, and in Texas Monthly as a Texas “Super Lawyer”. Chambers USA described Eric as “a highly experienced air emissions lawyer, distinguished in the market by the sizable volume of contested air permitting work he undertakes.” In 2003, Texas Lawyer recognized Eric as one of nine “legal innovators” across all legal disciplines based on his work to create the legal infrastructure for and then execute the first-ever emission trades across the Texas–Mexico border.
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Representative Experience
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- Contested case permitting for many industrial sectors, including coal-fired power generation, nonferrous smelting, waste disposal, rock quarrying and crushing, and chemical processing
- Developed legislation authorizing cross-border, cross-pollutant emission trading, as well as the rules to implement the legislation, and then obtained governmental approval of the first trade under those rules
- Negotiated first-ever multi-party emissions trades with Area Emission Credit Organization in Texas
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1985
- Baylor University, B.A. Chemistry and Environmental Studies, 1981
- Admitted to practice: Arizona, 1985; Texas, 1989; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Courts for Texas and Arizona
Professional Recognition
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- Sandy Creek Coal Power Project Financing listed as "North American Single Asset Power Deal of the Year" by Euromoney-Project Finance, 2008
- The Best Lawyers in America in environmental law, 2006 - 2012
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in environmental law, 2004 - 2011
Activities and Affiliations
- Board of Directors: Zachary Scott Theatre, President, 2005 – 2007; Ballet Austin, 2005 – 2006; Austin Lyric Opera, 2005 – 2006; Texas Lyceum Association, 1991 – 1996
- Fellow: Texas State Bar College, 1993 - present; Texas Bar Foundation, 1998 – present; Austin Bar Foundation Life Fellow
Publications and Presentations
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- “EPA: Environmental Protection or Employment Prevention?," Texas Public Policy Foundation's 10th Annual Policy Orientation For The Texas Legislature, Austin, Texas, January 12, 2012 (panelist)
- “EPA Settlement and Penalty Provisions,” Edison Electric Institute Tax Committee Conference, Dallas, Texas, November 14, 2011 (speaker)
- "A Climate Carol," V&E Climate Change Report, February 21, 2011, Issue 14
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2801 Via Fortuna
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78746-7568
Tel +1.512.542.8709
Fax +1.512.236.3272
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