Oklahoma Environmental Cases Mahard Egg Farm - Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Act Claims Joint case with Oklahoma, Texas and EPA to clean up a large laying hen operation that was over applying poultry waste to land and failing to follow both State and Federal CAFO anti-pollution laws. Tronox Large multi-state environmental Bankruptcy Case Numerous Environmental Statutes involved Natural Resource Damage Claims on behalf of State and Secretary of Environment arising from legacy contamination from Kerr McGee at 5 Sites in Oklahoma and numerous old service station sites Kelco Manufacturing : Represented ODWC for mussel kill in the Deep Fork River related to pollution released into the river by Kelco in its manufacturing process. Title 27A O.S.§ 1-3-101 (H)(1) and 29 O.S. § 7-401a, Kent Feeds El Reno Fish Kill: Represented ODWC for fish kill caused by waste grain discharge into North Canadian River Southern Towing - Port of Catoosa Fish Kill: Represent ODWC for fish kill (37,000 pounds of fish) that occurred from a chemical leak from a barge in the Port of Catoosa. Apco -CERCLA Superfund Cleanup Case Represented ODEQ & Sec of Environment for response costs & NRD for the cleanup of a shuttered oil refinery. Cleanup included removing the refinery structure and the remediation of oil waste pits and other contaminants Michelin/BFG - Environmental clean up case RCRA & CERCLA, represent ODEQ and Sec of Environment in ongoing remediation efforts to clean up contamination and benzene plume at the closed BFG tire plant in Miami, OK. Also working with the City of Miami Sequoyah Fuels Corp. - Ongoing remediation efforts in conjunction with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Represent ODEQ and Sec of Environment in implementing site restoration plan and cleanup of radioactive materials at former fuel plant Fansteel - Represented ODEQ and Sec of Environment in remediation efforts and in developing the restoration plan in conjunction with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tulsa Fuels - CERCLA Superfund Site, Collinsville, OK Cleanup of former zinc smelter site, hazardous chemicals in soil, sediment and surface water. Tar Creek - CERCLA Superfund Case, NRD Claim, represent ODEQ & OSE Member/Legal Representation of Tar Creek Trustee Counsel & Tri-State Counsel Ongoing negotiations with mining companies on response costs settlement and drafting NRD restoration plan. Also represent the State in the Peabody Energy Bankruptcy for claims arising at the Tar Creek site. Large Superfund site contaminated with lead, zinc from an old mining district Blackwell Zinc - Cleanup of the town of Blackwell Oklahoma due to widespread arsenic and zinc contamination from the closed Blackwell Zinc smelter. Scenic Rivers Joint Study Committee - Drafted the 2nd Statement of Joint Principles and Actions Agreement with the State of Arkansas to conduct an independent stressor response study of phosphorus levels in Oklahoma’s Scenic Rivers. Represent the Oklahoma members of the Joint Study Committee. The study is complete and final recommendations are set to be made in December 2016. The study supports Oklahoma’s contention that its .037 mg/L phosphorous standard in its scenic rivers is supported by the best available science. Representation of the Environmental Quality Board, the rulemaking body for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Tulsa County Smelter Complex - Recently entered into a joint MOU with US DOI and the Cherokee Nation to begin a Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for the Tulsa County Smelter Complex -Also represent the State in the Trustee Council for the site. Continue representation of ODEQ and Secretary of Environment regarding potential claims at several other contaminated sites across the state. Handled numerous citizen complaints regarding environmental and pollution issues