Maya Grasse
Clients count on Maya to chart a strategic course through complex environmental land use, regulatory and permitting matters, particularly where they involve air quality and GHG laws. She has experience with the environmental challenges facing oil & gas, mining, manufacturing, and other industrial clients in project development, permitting, environmental compliance, and administrative enforcement. Maya counsels clients on compliance with a range of environmental regulations, particularly regional, state, and federal air quality regimes and land use controls, with a focus on the issues faced by oil and gas, mining, industrial, manufacturing, and recycling clients. Maya advises clients in formal and informal proceedings before state and local agencies in land use and environmental permitting matters, enforcement actions, and agency rulemaking efforts, representing industrial, commercial and energy clients as they work with oversight agencies including local air quality management districts, particularly the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the California Air Resources Board. Her practice includes securing and negotiating development entitlements for industrial, commercial, residential, and energy projects and preparing and reviewing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. She advises clients on compliance with environmental regulations, including CEQA, the California and federal Clean Air Acts and Endangered Species Acts, and California’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA), as well as local planning, zoning, and environmental regulations. · Alston & Bird LLP
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Maya Grasse advises clients on environmental regulatory compliance, permitting, and land use matters, with a focus on air quality and greenhouse gas laws, representing industrial, energy, and commercial sectors.