Leann Johnson Koch

About Leann Johnson Koch

LeAnn has over 20 years of experience representing the petroleum refining industry and other energy sector clients on environmental compliance matters, enforcement defense, permitting, transactions and emergencies. She has substantial experience defending administrative, civil judicial and criminal enforcement of environmental laws and has represented numerous clients negotiating consent decrees under EPA\'s National Petroleum Refining Initiative. Another aspect of LeAnn\'s practice is responding to environmental emergencies, such as oil spills, explosions and fires. LeAnn regularly advises clients on compliance with complex technical regulatory obligations under the federal environmental statutes and their state counterparts with particular emphasis on Clean Air Act matters, including climate change, NSR/PSD, MACT, NESHAP and NSPS. On behalf of her clients, she tracks and reports on agency rulemakings, policy interpretations and enforcement initiatives and represents clients challenging federal and state rulemaking proceedings. She counsels clients on a variety of compliance issues, from quick answers about regulatory applicability to sophisticated issues involving ambiguous regulatory requirements under the CAA, RCRA, CWA, CERCLA and EPCRA. LeAnn has extensive experience on big and small air permitting matters, from reviewing draft permit applications and annual compliance certifications to initiating and defending permitting appeals involving cutting-edge issues including NSR/PSD, flaring, climate change, impacts on endangered species and innovative technologies. She also routinely counsels clients on the environmental aspects of transactions, including purchasing, selling and leasing industrial facilities. LeAnn has conducted environmental due diligence, qualified sites under state Brownfields programs and negotiated cleanup programs and financial assurance with EPA and state agencies.

Experience

1. Partner

   Perkins Coie

   Present

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

• Boston University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)