Taylor Holcomb

Practice Areas

Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Administrative & Regulatory

Career

Taylor Holcomb helps clients develop and permit domestic energy projects, comply with state and federal laws, and defend against claims brought by the government and environmental activist groups. He has practiced before a number of federal, state, and local agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the New Mexico Environment Department, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to Jackson Walker, Taylor practiced at Vinson & Elkins and was Senior Counsel at Targa Resources, where he was responsible for environmental and pipeline safety compliance, strategic project permitting, and enforcement defense across Targa's portfolio of midstream and downstream assets in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Maryland, California, Washington, and North Dakota.

Publications

- Featured in “US Ruling Could Upend Gas Bans Far Beyond Berkeley” by Energy Intelligence (April 2023)

- Presenter, “How the NMED’s Ozone Precursor Rule May Affect Your Facilities Part 2 with a Lawyer’s Perspective,” Trinity Consultants Webinar (November 2022)

- Author, “December Weatherization Deadline Looms for Texas Natural Gas,” Hart Energy (October 2022)

- Presenter, “Rinse & Repeat: Reusing Recycled Produced Water,” Jackson Walker’s Hot Topics in Oilfield Produced Water Webinar (July 2022)

- Co-Author, “U.S. Supreme Court Endorses Major Questions Doctrine as Interpretive Canon in EPA Ruling,” Jackson Walker Insights (July 2022)

- Co-Author, “The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Requirements Are Heating Up,” Jackson Walker Insights (April 2022)

Work Highlights

Representation of Targa Resources on a wide variety of environmental and regulatory issues, including air permitting and enforcement defense, in New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.

Education