Centering his practice on issues related to major U.S. environmental programs, Eric Boyd advises clients on litigation, transactions, and regulatory compliance matters. He advocates for clients nationally, with a focus on organizations in Chicago, Illinois, and the Midwest.
As new technologies and environmental issues emerge, he advises clients on issues that involve renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, green marketing, and carbon sequestration. Eric obtains variances and site-specific relief for his clients and permits under air, water, wetland, solid and hazardous waste, hazardous materials, and underground injection control programs. When clients’ projects involve federal funding, Eric advises them on compliance with rules for special environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Eric proactively counsels organizations on avoiding litigation by staying compliant with all relevant rules, but he also represents clients in a wide spectrum of litigation. With particular experience in and knowledge of the legal implications of the Clean Air Act (CAA), he handles highly complex air permitting and air enforcement matters and advises on issues relating to start-up and shut-down malfunctions, indoor air quality, new source review, new source performance standards, national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, odor and dust nuisance, off-site releases, environmental justice initiatives, and other matters.
Clients frequently rely on Eric to help them navigate significant Clean Water Act (CWA) issues. He represents them in cases and appeals involving water quality standards, water treatment permits, effluent limits, and challenges to real estate and highway projects. In addition to providing counsel in litigation pertaining to contaminated sites and alleged violations of Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous material transport requirements, he guides clients in real estate and corporate deals in which environmental compliance and contamination issues play a role.
- Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
- Lake Michigan States Section, Air and Waste Management Association
- Co-Author, “FTC Issues Revised ‘Green Guides’”
Client Alert, October 11, 2012 - Contributing Author
Environmental & Safety Law Update Blog - Co-Author, “Hazardous Material Enforcement is Spilling Into Unexpected Areas”
ACC Docket, May 2012
- “Political Perspectives on Environmental/Health Crises”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, August 2019 - “Citizens Get Active: Vapor Intrusion, Environmental Justice and Emerging Litigation”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois Annual Hot Topics Seminar, June 2019 - “Environmental Enforcement Today”
Environmental, Health & Safety Audit Center, November 2018 - “As Good as the Paper it’s Written on – Using Guidance Documents vs Rulemaking to Change Interpretations of Air Regulations”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois Air Program, June 2018 - “Large Quantity Generator Closure – RCRA Closure & Vapor Intrusion”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois’ Annual RCRA Training Seminar, March 15, 2018 - “Measurements and Monitoring – Regulatory and Enforcement Recent Trends”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, November 2017 - “Emerging Contaminants and Water Quality Issues”
Chemical Industry of Illinois Water Issues Seminar, October 2017 - “Environmental Justice: Integrating Environmental Justice Principles/USEPA Plan: Issues and Opportunities”
ISBA 15th Annual Illinois Environmental Law Conference, May 2016 - “Clean Air Act Issues Arising under EPA’s Next Generation Compliance Initiative and Fence-Line Monitoring Rules”
ISBA 15th Annual Illinois Environmental Law Conference, May 2016 - “Evolving Federal/State Relations and the Role of Regulated Entities and their Associations”
Chemical Industry Council of Illinois- Clean Air Act Conference, September 2015 - Co-Chair of the 2010 Fall Air Quality Management Conference
Lake Michigan States Section of the Water and Waste Management Association, November 2010 - “Legal Issues for Waste Generators”
Lake Michigan States Section of the Air and Waste Management Association, May 2011
I’ve always been an outdoors person. I like to fly fish and bird watch and do a lot of hiking with my wife. We’re both avid readers, mostly of fiction, and participate in several book clubs.