Environmental & Regulatory Attorney

About the role

On-site in Houston, TX. We are seeking an Environmental & Regulatory Attorney to support a large energy client, providing environmental and regulatory legal advice related primarily to refining operations, with some midstream matters. You will counsel business stakeholders on environmental compliance, regulatory requirements, governmental agency matters, and related legal issues.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day environmental and regulatory advice, compliance counseling, and support with agency oversight and enforcement matters.
• Conducting legal research on federal and state environmental and regulatory requirements, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA/Superfund, EPCRA, NEPA, TSCA, RCRA, OSHA, and PHMSA.
• Investigating environmental and regulatory matters and preparing responses to governmental agencies, including matters involving PSM, RMP, and fuels or renewable fuels requirements.
• Supporting environmental due diligence, corporate and commercial transactions, SEC legal proceedings reporting, and RCRA/UST financial assurance filings.
• Staying current on environmental and regulatory developments, case law, enforcement activity, and industry practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of environmental and regulatory law experience, including experience supporting energy, refining, midstream, downstream, oil and gas, petrochemical, or similar industries.
• Experience providing compliance counseling and advising business clients on environmental and regulatory matters.
• Experience with governmental agency interactions, enforcement resolution, environmental due diligence, and corporate or commercial transactions.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal and state environmental and regulatory requirements, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA/Superfund, EPCRA, NEPA, TSCA, RCRA, OSHA, PHMSA, and related fuels or renewable fuels requirements.
• J.D. from an American Bar Association-accredited law school and an active license in good standing to practice law in Texas or another U.S. state.

Skills

• Familiarity with air emissions, industrial and hazardous waste, water quality, wetlands, endangered species, contaminated properties, PSM, RMP, and related reporting or registration matters.
• Experience supporting refining and/or midstream operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, document comparison software, and responsible use of AI-enabled legal technologies.

Pay

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year.