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Final NEPA rule and its consequences
28 July 2020
PartnerDenver
Email ana.gutierrez@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 303 454 2514
Fax +1 303 899 7333
Practice groupGlobal Regulatory
As a preeminent environmental, natural resources, and public lands lawyer, Ana Maria Gutiérrez knows the lay of the land.
She is recognized for her knowledge on environmental and permitting issues affecting oil and natural gas (exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage both onshore and offshore), natural-resource, power transmission, manufacturing, refinery, and other industrial projects. Ana uses her wealth of knowledge to provide sophisticated advice to clients to mitigate risk and obtain successful outcomes.
Ana provides counsel to companies in the implementation of compliance programs, environmental enforcement matters, and due diligence in transactional matters across a broad scope of environmental issues, including but not limited to matters related to public lands, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulations, as well as various other federal environmental statutes and regulations.
Ana has local, Rocky Mountain regional, national, and international experience, and offers well-rounded and strategic counsel to policy and legal matters. She is committed to meaningful, effective engagement with a variety of stakeholders to advance important projects.
Ana has received multiple awards and recognitions for her keen representation of clients, including being recognized as an "Up-and-Coming Lawyer" by Law Week Colorado in 2014 and a "Top Women in Energy" by the Denver Business Journal in 2016. As an active member of her community, Ana is the Co-President of the Colorado Pledge to Diversity and a member of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation's Leadership Class of 2020.
Top Women in Energy
Denver Business Journal
Up-and-Coming Lawyers
Law Week Colorado
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Order of St. Ives, 2011
B.A., Seattle University, magna cum laude, 2007
Memberships
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Colorado Bar Association
Member, Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
Bar admissions and qualifications
Colorado
Represented a state association and several oil and gas producers in methane rulemaking before the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission.
Represented a renewable energy developer in the permitting of a large-scale wind project with complex and cutting edge environmental issues.
Represented a utility provider in obtaining necessary federal permits from the U.S. Forest Service and other public land management agencies.
Represents ski areas on environmental and federal land use matters.
Advising on oil and gas transactions and related due diligence, domestically and internationally.
Represents a major transmission and natural gas storage company regarding CAA regulatory and enforcement issues.
Represents a major oil and gas company regarding Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulations matters for both onshore and offshore operations.
Significant experience in representing the oil and gas industry with matters relating to the Endangered Species Act issues.
Advised numerous oil and gas companies in obtaining leases, permits to drill, and rights-of-way from the BLM, including counsel regarding NEPA compliance.
Advised oil and gas companies regarding lease protests.
Drafted comments on behalf of oil and gas companies relating to BLM land use management plans, including related to proposed leasing stipulations.
Representing a power company in a major Clean Air Act (CAA) enforcement case initiated by the DOJ and EPA.
Represented a major industrial manufacturer regarding NSR compliance and permitting obligations.
Represented multiple major upstream companies before DOJ, EPA, and state agencies regarding alleged CAA and state implementation plan violations.
Provided regulatory counsel to oil and gas companies on Tribal NSR and Tribal implementation plan compliance obligations.
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