Diana M. Krevor
Partner
Diana's experience includes counseling and litigation involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), CWA, Clean Air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), state voluntary cleanup programs, and many other state and federal laws and regulations. Diana has significant experience in the permitting of new power-generating stations and modifications to existing facilities. She also has significant experience with litigation and negotiations relating to stormwater permitting and successfully defended Baltimore City's municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit in the circuit court and before the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented Skipjack Offshore Energy, a subsidiary of Ørsted North America, before the Maryland Public Service Commission to secure necessary regulatory approvals related to the development of the company’s 966-MW wind energy project off the coast of Delaware and continues to represent Skipjack in ongoing compliance proceedings
- Represented a merchant generator in obtaining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Maryland Public Service Commission for a 160-MW natural gas-fired power plant
- Provides environmental counseling and permitting support to a former steel mill in its transformation to a 3,300-acre global logistics center and deepwater marine terminal
- Advised and represented a freight railroad in obtaining air permits associated with modifications to its port terminal
- Serves as outside counsel to the Maryland Department of Transportation on the NEPA study for a potential new Chesapeake Bay crossing to alleviate congestion and replace the aging Chesapeake Bay Bridge
- Advised an offshore wind developer on federal and state permitting and regulatory challenges associated with proposed export cable routes
- Represented a utility before a state public service commission in connection with permitting utility-scale solar projects
- Successfully negotiated a sanitary sewer overflow consent decree between Baltimore City, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Department of the Environment to remedy violations of the Clean Water Act
- Represented the City of Baltimore with its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permitting related to the $1 billion upgrade of its storm water management system. This representation not only entailed regulatory/permitting support, but also defense against challenges brought by environmental organizations in the circuit court and the Maryland Court of Appeals
- Served as a member of the trial team that represented AltaGas in a contested application to obtain regulatory approval in Maryland and the District of Columbia for its $9 billion acquisition of Washington Gas Light Company
- Served as a member of the regulatory team that secured Maryland Public Service Commission approval for a $6.8 billion utility merger
- Successfully defended a casino against environmental and civil rights challenges brought in state and federal courts
- Served as a member of the trial team that successfully defended a leading agribusiness company in a high-stakes Clean Water Act citizen suit
- Represents power generation facilities in preconstruction permitting and permits to operate under the Clean Air Act
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. cum laude George Washington University Law School 2009
- B.A. Economics magna cum laude New York University 2004
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Environmental Law Section Council, Maryland State Bar Association
Recognition
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, 2027
Community
Community
Volunteerism
- Member, Board of Trustees, Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, Maryland
Personal Activities
- Diana served as an adjunct professor with the Journal of Energy and Environmental Law at The George Washington University Law School