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On March 13, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order entitled “Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction.” The Order directs multiple federal agencies to examine and revise existing federal regulations and guidelines to reduce regulatory burdens on housing development and specifies rules and programs that should be “revised,” “reformed,” or “eliminated,” consistent with applicable law.

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Photo of Steven Barringer Steven Barringer

Steven Barringer is a member of GT’s Environmental and Government Law and Policy practice groups. Steve has a unique practice that combines substantive environmental law knowledge with deep government law and policy experience. He began his career as an attorney-adviser and Special Assistant

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Steven Barringer is a member of GT’s Environmental and Government Law and Policy practice groups. Steve has a unique practice that combines substantive environmental law knowledge with deep government law and policy experience. He began his career as an attorney-adviser and Special Assistant to the Solicitor at the Department of Interior. In private practice, Steve has represented industry clients in numerous EPA rulemakings, and defended clients in enforcement actions brought by EPA and states. He has advised companies regarding compliance with federal and state environmental laws. Steve has represented parties involved at major Superfund sites – including several of the largest Superfund sites in the United States – both in remediation settlement negotiations and cost-recovery actions. He has advised clients on international treaty obligations applicable to the transboundary movement of mercury and other hazardous wastes, and has managed local counsel examining environmental laws in Central America and Europe applicable to the transboundary movement of such wastes.

Steve’s broad experience representing environmental clients led to his work on government law and policy matters. He has interacted with federal and state regulators on numerous rule-makings and policy developments. He advises clients regarding federal legislative and agency strategy, including use of the appropriations process to achieve policy goals. Steve served on an EPA advisory committee examining federal hazardous waste regulations, and was selected by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to represent industry stakeholders in negotiations to develop consensus amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. He led an industry group advocating for reform of the federal mining laws. Representing industry clients, Steve has worked together with nongovernmental organizations to secure federal legislation banning the export of mercury from the United States.

Steve has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as one of the top environmental practitioners representing the mining industry. One client described him as “absolutely the best.” He speaks and publishes on environmental legal and policy topics.

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Photo of Stacey Bosshardt Stacey Bosshardt

With more than two decades of experience, Stacey Bosshardt is a “go to” litigator and strategist for complex environmental, natural resources, and public lands matters. Stacey represents mining, transmission, renewable energy, real estate, and governmental clients in high-stakes litigation and regulatory challenges throughout

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With more than two decades of experience, Stacey Bosshardt is a “go to” litigator and strategist for complex environmental, natural resources, and public lands matters. Stacey represents mining, transmission, renewable energy, real estate, and governmental clients in high-stakes litigation and regulatory challenges throughout the country. She is recognized for her courtroom advocacy and her ability to help clients in litigation brought in an emergency posture; she has represented clients in dozens of motions for preliminary injunctive relief, summary judgment motions, and related appellate proceedings. Stacey also advises clients during the permitting process, drawing on her experience defending project decisions in court to create the most favorable record possible in the event a lawsuit is filed.

Stacey’s practice focuses on cases involving major federal environmental statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Water Act, Federal Land Policy Management Act, Mineral Leasing Act, and Administrative Procedure Act. She is a frequent speaker and author on environmental and administrative law topics. Stacey regularly serves as lead counsel in litigation challenging permits, approvals, and plans for transmission lines, renewable energy facilities, pipelines, mining operations, real estate developments and major infrastructure projects. She also represents state transportation agencies.

Her government service includes roles as Assistant Section Chief and Senior Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, where she supervised teams of trial lawyers and led dozens of cases defending federal agency decisions—often for agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, and Department of Transportation. Stacey also served as Ethics Advisor to the White House Counsel’s Office and as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs’ special investigation into the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, with a focus on climate-driven events and disaster preparedness.

Stacey’s litigation portfolio spans the country and includes defending federal approvals for roads or other rights-of-way across federal lands, energy and transportation projects, oil and gas development, mining, and real estate development. She has represented manufacturing clients in Endangered Species Act litigation and utility companies in landmark renewable energy delivery cases. Stacey is adept at briefing and arguing dispositive motions in federal district courts and appeals in circuit courts, including critical statutory and constitutional claims. Her deep command of environmental law and understanding of complex, multi-jurisdictional matters make her a trusted advisor for both public and private sector clients.

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