Jackson Walker partner Mike Nasi was recently quoted in a September 22, 2014, article in the (Oklahoma City) Journal Record. The article discussed the EPA’s practice of ordering standards for entire states and not on a case-by-case method, which some believe go beyond the agency’s authority and against the way the Clean Air Act was originally written.

“The standards for emissions must be for each plant,” Mr. Nasi told the publication. “These are so stringent that they blow up of the model first created. More so now than in any of my 20 years of experience is this administration pushing the limits in the environmental arena.”

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Mr. Nasi is a partner with the Environmental and Legislative Affairs Practice Group in the Austin office of Jackson Walker, where he practices environmental law in the areas of air, water, reclamation and waste management and manages the firm’s air quality practice. As part of the firm’s Environmental and Energy practice groups, Mr. Nasi secures environmental permits for and is active in state and federal policy development on behalf of corporations, governmental entities, and cooperatives in the electric power generation, mining, oil & gas, steel manufacturing, and recycling industries. Mr. Nasi has been practicing before state and federal environmental and energy agencies and the Texas Legislature for more than 19 years in Austin. He received his B.A. in Government and History from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. in Environmental Law from the University of Houston Law Center.