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Provided by John King
Environmental, Energy, and Natural Resources
Industrial Development Team
John B. King is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale Sachse. Mr. King’s extensive environmental practice includes: air, water, and waste permitting; regulatory compliance and assessment; remediation and response action assessment and coordination; transaction due diligence and auditing; and enforcement counseling and defense.
Mr. King was formerly Director of Regulatory & Legal Affairs for a large oil and gas waste disposal company and responsible for its environmental and safety programs. He also served for many years as Chief Attorney for Enforcement with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. While with the LDEQ, Mr. King personally prosecuted, or oversaw the prosecution of, enforcement actions issued by the LDEQ, handled major permitting matters, and successfully litigated matters in state courts, federal courts, and administrative tribunals.
Air and Waste Management Association (Louisiana Section Board of Directors)
Louisiana State Bar Association, Environmental Section
“The Evolution of the Definition of Beginning Actual Construction”, May 2026
“Endangered No More?”, March 2026
“WOTUS Redefined Again!”, January 2026
“EPA's Regulatory Roll-Back”, September 2025
“The Fading Luster of Carbon Capture”, July 2025
“What A Difference A Single Memo Makes!”, May 2025
“The Push To Unleash American Energy”, March 2025
“EPA/Corps Clarify the Continuous Surface Connection”, March 2025
“A Good Place To Start”, January 2025
“Trump, Part Two”, November 2024
“Has EPA's Environmental Justice Efforts Reached Their Peak?”, September 2024
“Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Administrative State”, July 2024
“CCS In The 2024 Legislature”, June 2024
“Has EPA's Environmental Justice Push Peaked?”, May 2024
“EPA Unleashes The Public On Industry”, March 2024
“The Right Result for The Sunshine Project”, January 2024
“Enough is Enough”, January 2024
“Texas and Louisiana Move Towards State Primacy For Carbon Capture Projects”, July 2023
“The Supreme Court Narrows Corps' Jurisdiction Over Wetlands”, June, 2023
“Environmental Roadblocks to Petrochemical Projects”, May 2023
“Carbon Capture. Use and Sequestration Is Set for Massive Growth”, March 2023
“Same Old WOTUS”, January 2023
“The Focus On Environmental Justice”, 11/14/22
“The New ESG Wave”, July 2022
“Is CCUS The Path to Net Zero?”, March 2022
“Preparing for Enhanced Enforcement in Overburdened Communities”, January 2022
“Uh OOOO! More Regulation for Oil and Gas Production”, 11/12/2021
“Back to the Future!!”, September 2021
“Energy Consumption Data During the Pandemic Year Reveals China's Growth”, July 2021
“How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Oil and Gas Boom”, May 2021
“Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals Rules That Chemicals Qualify for Pollution Control Sales Tax Exclusion”, April 2021
“The Social Cost of Carbon Returns”, March 2021
“Environmental Justice: Origins, Background, and Site Selection Considerations - Part V: Considerations in Site Selection”, January 2021
“Environmental Justice: Origins, Background, and Site Selection Considerations - Part IV: EPA Guidance – The Toolkit”, January 2021
“Environmental Justice: Origins, Background, and Site Selection Considerations - Part III: EPA Guidance – The 2000 Draft Revised Investigative Guidance”, January 2021
“Environmental Justice: Origins, Background, and Site Selection Considerations - Part II: The Executive Order and EPA's Regulations”, January 2021
“Environmental Justice: Origins, Background, and Site Selection Considerations - Part I: The Statute”, January 2021
“A Return to Regulation?”, November 2020
“The End of Regulation by Guidance Document?”, September 2020
“EPA Announces Major Changes In Oil and Gas Regulations”, August 2020
“Oil and Gas Pipelines are Clogged, at Least for Now”, June 2020
“A Sea of Uncertainty in Navigable Waters”, April 2020
“UPDATE – Regulatory Relief in the Environmental Arena Lags Behind”, March 2020
“UPDATE 2 – Regulatory Relief in the Environmental Arena Lags Behind”, March 2020
“Regulatory Relief in the Environmental Arena Lags Behind”, March 2020
“LDEQ's Emergency Order On COVID-19”, March 2020
“Are SEPs On Their Way Out?”, March 2020
“The Scope of Jurisdictional Waters Has Been Narrowed”, February 2020
“EPA Rescinds Major Provisions in Obama-Era RMP Rule”, January 2020
"LDEQ Clarifies Solid Waste Buffer Zone Rules" February 2009
"So, What Wetlands are Regulated and What Waters are Navigable Nowadays?" -January 2009
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
J.D.
1985
Louisiana State University
B.S. in Marketing
1981
Certified Public Manager (Presented by the Division of Administration, Comprehensive Public Training Program, in conjunction with the LSU
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John is very astute, knowledgeable, resourceful, responsive and aware of the goals at hand.
John knows our business well and understands our needs. He is quick to respond and goes above our expectations.
John always exceeds expectations.
John is very astute, knowledgeable, resourceful, responsive and aware of the goals at hand.
John knows our business well and understands our needs. He is quick to respond and goes above our expectations.
John always exceeds expectations.