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Rebecca L. Almon

Director

Biography

Ms. Almon is head of the firm's Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Group. Ms. Almon represents clients in all aspects of environmental compliance; federal, state and local permitting; water quality protection and regulation; groundwater quality protection; wetlands and riparian protection and permitting; and stormwater and drainage issues. She has extensive experience representing clients with remediation and mitigation pursuant to CERCLA and state voluntary clean-up programs, as well as transportation, storage, and disposal issues relating to RCRA. Ms. Almon has negotiated application and implementation of the Endangered Species Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, and has negotiated clients' obligations pursuant to NEPA and the Clean Water Act, including EIS preparation, development of Section 404 permits, and water storage alternatives analyses.

As an Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Almon enforced civil environmental laws and prosecuted violators, working closely with the Illinois EPA, Department of Public Health and Department of Natural Resources. Ms. Almon has worked to permit development plans in compliance with numerous federal and state environmental laws, as well as state water law and local land use requirements. She has advised clients regarding land use and annexation issues pursuant to FHWA, NEPA/EIS, and NHPA permit compliance. Ms. Almon has defended and litigated asbestos issues relating to Colorado Air Quality and Hazardous/Solid Waste Division Regulation 8. Ms. Almon represents and advises corporate environmental compliance, due diligence, and sustainability for manufacturing facilities and construction companies, and counsels clients on various matters relating to corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and indemnification agreements.

Accomplishments

Co-author, "The Rise of Vapor Intrusion: Benefits and Risks of the 2008 ASTM Standards," The Colorado Lawyer (July 2008)

Panelist Invitee, Transitions Program: Successful Re-entry into the Legal Workforce, Colorado Women's Bar Association, February 2008

Presenter, The Best of Both Worlds, Cost Recovery Under the Colorado Voluntary Clean-up Program, June 2007 RMAEP

Co-author, "Accounting for Environmental Asset Retirement Under FIN 47," The Colorado Lawyer (November 2006)

Co-author, "The National Survey of Hazardous Waste Coverage," Hinshaw & Culbertson, October 1993

Affiliations

American, Colorado, Denver, and Colorado Women's Bar Associations; Society of Women Environmental Professionals; Environmental Entrepreneurs; and Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals.

Interests

Ms. Almon enjoys spending time with her husband and three young daughters, reading, biking, skiing, and volunteering at her daughters' school.