Jason B. Hutt
Partner
Nancy Kalisch
202.828.5825 x7630
Jason B. Hutt advises manufacturers, refiners, project developers, investor groups and financial institutions about environmental risks and liabilities associated with regulatory compliance, sustainable development and corporate transactions. He also assists in the defense of administrative, civil and criminal proceedings involving environmental enforcement agencies at the federal and state levels. Mr. Hutt counsels clients on current and upcoming regulatory issues arising as well as the preparation of environmental disclosures for SEC filings and voluntary reports.
Mr. Hutt routinely is involved in identifying, evaluating and managing environmental risks and opportunities associated with corporate acquisitions, divestitures and financings, including environmental due diligence, purchase and sale agreement negotiation, and post-closing integration efforts. Within the energy sector, his representative experience includes transactions involving petroleum refineries, liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, renewable energy projects (e.g., wind, biofuels and geothermal), natural gas processing plants, cogeneration facilities, oil and gas wells, pipelines, propane retailers and synfuel facilities.
Representative work in other sectors involves operations and industries such as chemical manufacturers, independent tank terminal operators, glass manufacturing, textiles manufacturing, uranium mining, industrial cleaning operations, hazardous waste management facilities, paper and plastic manufacturing facilities, and medical equipment manufacturing facilities.
Mr. Hutt performs environmental risk evaluations and advises on permit strategy and contract negotiation in relation to project development. His most recent work has involved onshore and offshore LNG import terminals, highway expansions, coal-fired power plant siting on tribal lands, utility privatizations at military bases, international undersea pipelines, interstate undersea electric transmission cables and a pump-storage project.
Publications and Speeches
Panelist, "Regulatory Environment of Developing New Sources of Energy," 2008 Presidential Initiative on Energy Issues, hosted by the National Association of Attorneys General, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, May 7, 2008
Co-author, "Voluntary Cleanups After Aviall -- Balancing Remediation Exposure and Cost Recovery," EENR Pursuits, Federal Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Spring 2005.
Co-author, "Enforcement and Liability" (Environmental Law Handbook, 19th ed., Chapter Two, ABA/Government Institutes).
Co-author, "Environmental Disclosure: New Challenges for In-House Counsel" The Corporate Governance Advisor, May/June 2005.
Co-author, "Corporate Environmental Disclosures: Old Complaints, New Expectations," Business Law International, September 2004; 2005 Burton Award winner.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Vermont Law School, 1998
B.A., Colgate University, 1995
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
American Bar Association, Energy and Environmental Law Sections
Vermont Law School Alumni Association, D.C. Chapter, Treasurer and Liaison to the National Alumni Board
Women's Council on Energy and the Environment
Languages
Conversational Spanish