John J. J. Lormon

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Environmental Ahead of schedule, obtained Clean Water Act dredge
  fill permits
  state water quality certifications for several home development projects dealing with complex Waters of the U.S.
  Waters of the State impact avoidance
  mitigation issues.
  Negotiated multi-million dollar reduction of penalties under Regional Water Quality Control Board's administrative enforcement action, related to an industrial operator's alleged release of chlorinated solvent that impacted a school site.
  Successful defense of class action tort litigation filed by homeowners alleging harm from vapor intrusion,
  diminution in property value.
  Removed client from involvement in Clean Water Act citizen suit alleging exceedance of stormwater effluent
  receiving water limitations by showing the client's business was not within one of the SIC Codes which subject businesses to the Industrial General Stormwater Permit obligations.
  Resolved questions related to mitigation bank client's ledger tracking of mitigation credits so mitigation bank would be entitled to reopen
  again sell credits with a favorable price-to-ratio of credits sold.
  Negotiated compliance order which allowed the client to reopen a large downtown high rise office building that had been summarily shut down by the Air Pollution Control District due to alleged releases of asbestos containing material,
  helped to establish that an occurrence existed that triggered coverage under a pollution legal liability policy.
  Provided guidance in the development of universal
  hazardous waste policies, training materials,
  st
  ard operating procedures for large telecommunication client
  in that case saved millions of dollars in penalties
  costs in negotiations of the Judgment on Consent with the California Attorney General
  the District Attorneys.
  Provided analysis
  advice on Proposition 65 issues to sophisticated national clients by working to create a list of possible scenarios (
  to answer those hypothetical circumstances),with the goal to be out-in-front of these issues for the company
  
  the issues that might arise with their contractors, suppliers,
  customers. Energy Provided strategic legal advice to client developing biofuels research project,
  helped them to obtain authorization to capture local algal DNA strains, with the goal of increasing the fuel value for a largescale production of carbon neutral biofuels.
  Assisted client in arguing for inclusion of more geothermal power in the CPUC's Integrated Resource Plan - Long Term Procurement Proceeding to ensure that load serving entities (LSEs) meet targets that allow the electricity sector to contribute to California's economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals.
  Advised energy start-up on strategies to maximize return on investment while avoiding regulation as a utility under state law.
  Drafted
  negotiated power purchase agreements for solar
  wind distributed
  utility scale projects.
  Lead counsel on sale of excess power generated at the Valdez Terminal for Alyeska Pipeline Services Company.