Debra Jezouit brings her deep understanding of the Clean Air Act and Climate Change issues to help clients navigate complex regulations to ensure environmental compliance while effectively meeting their business goals. She is dedicated to finding innovative solutions for her clients that balance environmental stewardship with business success.

Clients in multiple industries, including electric generating companies, cement manufacturers, iron and steel foundries, pharmaceutical companies and chemical companies, seek Ms. Jezouit’s assistance in designing, auditing, and improving their environmental compliance procedures, assessing which regulations are applicable, negotiating resolutions of enforcement actions, and working to ensure that EPA develops rules that balance environmental progress with business objectives. She handles such matters as New Source Review and New Source Performance Standard compliance counseling, Clean Air Act applicability determinations and enforcement, counseling on hazardous air pollutant requirements, acid rain compliance, emissions monitoring issues, air permitting at the state and federal level, the development of and compliance with emissions trading programs, and clients also look for her advice on emerging issues, including environmental justice and Civil Rights Act Title VI complaints.

Ms. Jezouit participated extensively in the regulatory development process for several Clean Air Act programs, leading negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the development of the acid rain regulations and subsequent revisions, and working with EPA on other air emissions trading programs, standards for air toxic emissions for several industrial categories, New Source Review rule reform, revisions to the New Source Performance Standards for electric generating units and Portland cement plants, and existing source performance standards for greenhouse gas emissions from electric generating units as well as several other rulemakings related to Clean Air Act programs. Ms. Jezouit has managed internal audits for several clients to evaluate their compliance with various Clean Air Act programs, including greenhouse gas reporting requirements, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and ozone depleting substances requirements, and she has assisted clients both to establish and periodically revise their internal procedures for analyzing New Source Review applicability. In addition, she has written and spoken extensively on New Source Review issues, including conducting New Source Review workshops for various clients. She also has extensive experience in responding to EPA investigations of alleged Clean Air Act violations and has negotiated several settlements of alleged Clean Air Act violations at the state and federal level, as well as with environmental groups.