Shannon Glen works on a range of environmental permitting, litigation, and regulatory compliance matters at the state and federal levels, with a focus on Clean Air Act permitting issues. She also represents entities in contested environmental and enforcement proceedings and provides environmental regulatory counseling for water, waste, air, and natural resources projects.
Related Experience
Environmental Permitting and Litigation
- Petroleum refiner - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of State air quality and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for modification to existing refinery
- River authority - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of a water rights permit
- Petrochemical manufacturer - representation in settlement negotiations arising from challenge to issuance of PSD permit for modification to existing chemical facility
- Liquefied natural gas export terminal - representation in evidentiary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance of State air quality and PSD permit for greenfield project
- Wholesale power generator - representation in settlement negotiations arising from challenge to issuance of PSD permit for modification to existing equipment
Complex Commercial Litigation
- Representation of manufacturing client in state natural resource damages (NRD) suit in the District of Connecticut
- Clean Water Act citizens' suit regarding City enforcement for alleged water quality violations
- Representation of petrochemical storage company seeking negligence damages arising from fire caused by neighboring facility in the Southern District of Texas
- Representation of petrochemical storage company in defending against personal injury claims by environmental contractor
- Representation of river authority in construction defect suit involving major water pipeline in Texas against general contractor
Environmental Regulatory Counseling
- Advice on Title V and PSD impacts of co-located facilities
- Preparation of Clean Air Act Section 114 responses
- Advice on RCRA regulation of produced water
- Advice on project aggregation issues involved in construction of carbon capture and storage facility
- Preparation of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) report following release of diesel oil
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law 2018cum laudeArticles Editor, SMU Law Review
B.A., Political Science, University of Denver 2013
Admission & Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas