Environmental,Health and Safety
King & Spalding’s Environmental, Health, and Safety(EHS) practice consists of more than 35 lawyers
worldwide, recognized for their success in handling themost complicated matters arising under environmental,
health, and safety laws. Our global team includes
lawyers in Washington, D.C., advocating for clients’interests on Capitol Hill; in California, assisting clientswith responding to the new markets for clean energy
and technology; in Houston, the traditional energy
capital of the world and the gateway to oil & gas
activity in the Gulf; in Atlanta, from where we canrapidly respond to incidents and crises across theSouthwest and East Coast; and in Chicago, giving us
access to the manufacturing hubs of the Midwest. Our
team is further bolstered by the presence of lawyers inParis, contributing knowledge of cutting-edge EU
regulations and assisting our clients with worldwide
operations.
Our lawyers work to understand our clients’ businesses andto navigate regulatory obstacles to achieving their businessgoals. Top companies turn to King & Spalding’s EHS
practice because we know first-hand how agencies operate,
we understand the multitude of regulations governing
different industries, and we provide strategic counsel
oriented to achieve practical solutions. Our group includes
environmental, health, and safety lawyers with government
experience, including five former EPA attorneys, andlawyers with technical backgrounds in engineering,chemistry, biology, land use, environmental policy andsafety—who function at the highest level of the intersectionof law and science. The EHS team collaborates seamlessly
with the firm’s other teams, which collectively include over
175 former government employees.
We have considerable experience partnering with clients
through strategic and cost-effective counseling,negotiations, and litigation. We help clients with permittingof new projects, compliance assurance, auditing andenvironmental management systems for operating facilities,

CapabilityLawyers
Granta Nakayama
Washington, D.C.

Michael R Leslie
Los Angeles

Karl R Heisler
ChicagoPeter Hsiao
Los Angeles

Les A. Oakes
Atlanta

Joseph A. Eisert
Washington, D.C.

Recognition
Environmental Law Firm ofthe Year AwardCHAMBERS USA, 2024

Ranked Band 1 for
Nationwide Environmental
Health & Safety andNationwide Product Liability& Mass Torts: The EliteCHAMBERS USA, 2024

state and federal enforcement matters, remediation and site
closure, rulemakings, transactional support, and Superfundmatters.
We work to resolve issues with regulatory agencies andother interested parties through negotiation, but we standready to litigate when that is required, and we have decadesof experience handling EHS disputes before state andfederal administrative agencies and courts, from permit
appeals, rules challenges, cost recovery claims andcontribution actions, to citizen suits. When our clients facean enforcement action, we have an extensive bench offormer U.S. EPA and state enforcement attorneys andformer federal prosecutors who are experienced on bothsides of civil and criminal enforcement actions.
We have defended our clients’ interests in disputes
involving a wide variety of environmental issues, including:Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act (EPCRA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act(FIFRA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
We have also defended our clients’ interests in disputes
before a variety of agencies, including:
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board
National Transportation Safety Board
U.S. Coast Guard
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement(BSEE)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)

Cases & Deals
September 19, 2024
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues Construction
Permit for King & Spalding Client Natura Resources’
Molten Salt Reactor To Be Deployed at ACU
June 21, 2024
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Construction Permit

Ranked for Nationwide Crisis
Management
CHAMBERS USA
PROFESSIONALADVISERS: CRISIS & RISKMANAGEMENT, 2024

Ranked for Environmental
Regulatory, Litigation, andTransactions
THE LEGAL 500, 2024

Ranked for Environmental
Law in France
CHAMBERS EUROPE, 2024

Four-time Environmental
Practice Group of the Year
LAW360

Recipient of the Crisis
Management andGovernment OversightAward
NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL,
2021

According to a client: "Thefirm consistently delivers
expert legal advice andcreates value for ourcompany."
CHAMBERS USA, 2021
NATIONWIDEENVIRONMENTAL

Issuance Expected in September for King & Spalding
client Natura Resource’s Molten Salt Reactor to be
deployed at ACU
September 20, 2023
King & Spalding Advises EDF and Masdar Consortium on
the 100% Renewable, Greenfield Multi-utility Amaala Giga
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Insights
CLIENT ALERT
September 25, 2024
EPA Approves Indirect Source Rule to Reduce Emissions
from Warehouses in Southern California Air District,Potentially Paving the Way for Other Air Regulators
Across the United States to Issue Similar Rules
CLIENT ALERTJuly 22, 2024
UK Supreme Court: Downstream Emissions Must be
Assessed in Environmental Impact Assessments for New
Oil and Gas Projects
CLIENT ALERTJuly 1, 2024
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
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EventsSPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
December 4, 2024
Peter Hsiao to Speak at USC Gould School of Law’s
Institute for Corporate Counsel
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
November 21, 2024
Karl Heisler to Speak at 33rd Annual Eastern Boot Camp
on Environmental Law
CONFERENCE
September 23, 2024
Environment and the 2024 Election: A RoundtableDiscussion
VIEW ALLNewsRECOGNITION
June 13, 2024
Chambers Names King & Spalding 2024 Environmental
Law Firm of the YearIN THE NEWSApril 30, 2024
Cynthia Stroman comments on the Biden administration
finalizing its second round of revisions to regulations
governing federal agencies' environmental reviews
IN THE NEWS
April 3, 2024
Randy Mastro and Craig Carpenito counsel New Jersey ina dispute with the U.S. Department of Transportation over
New York City’s congestion pricing program
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