Robert J. Lambrechts

Mr. Lambrechts handles a broad range of environmental matters for manufacturers and other industrial concerns. His specialty in air quality issues results from four years as the Clean Air Act–State Legislation Team Leader and Title V Team Leader for Region VII. While working with the EPA, his responsibilities included assisting states in drafting clean air legislation and regulations, and developing and implementing federally approvable operating permit programs. In March 1995, he was appointed as special assistant to the regional administrator to assist in developing state partnership programs and to educate the regulated community on air quality issues. In addition to his adjunct faculty participation with University of Missouri Law School and College of Engineering, Mr. Lambrechts continues as a frequent lecturer to the regulated community on environmental issues and he previously chaired the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Environment Committee.

Recent projects include serving as counsel in connection with:

• representation of a large Kansas manufacturing entity in negotiating a consent agreement and final order on site investigation and remediation pertaining to prior owner contamination of soil and groundwater.
• provided representation to two separate food manufacturing entities in enforcement actions with the U.S. Department of Justice on alleged Clean Water Act violations.
• assisted in the resolution of Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration violations in the state of Iowa arising out of physical and operational modifications of industrial boilers and dryers.
• provided compliance counseling to a large natural gas pipeline on reciprocating internal combustion engine ("RICE") MACT standards.
• representation on a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) construction permit application for a highly controversial gas turbine powerplant to be located in Southeastern Missouri.
• assisted a large chemical manufacturer with the interpretation and utilization of the Kansas Audit Privilege statute for air emission exceedances it uncovered during an audit of plant operations.
• litigated and ultimately settled with the Department of Justice an alleged excess opacity violation against a large charcoal kiln operation located in West Virginia.
• represented a cement manufacturing and hazardous waste company with operations in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska as to their obligations under the hazardous waste combustor MACT standard.

Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Missouri
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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Honors

• Selected as Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2008-2009
• Selected by peers for “Best of the Bar,” The Kansas City Business Journal, 2003 and 2004
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating
• United States Environmental Protection Agency Bronze Medals for Commendable Performance, 1993 & 1995
• Two United States Environmental Protection Agency Special Achievement Awards, 1993 & 1995

Professional Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• Licensed Patent Attorney
• Licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri
• Past Chair, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Environment Committee
• Commander United States Navy Reserve
• Past Chair, UMKC Civil and Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board
• Board of Directors, Kansas City Inventors Association
• Board of Directors, Heart to Heart International

Publications

• Author, The U.S. Electrical Grid: Surviving Cyber-Terrorism and Solar Flares, Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Spring 2011
• Author, Green Technology and Patent Protection, MEI - A Publication by Associated Industries of Missouri, April 2010
• Author, Green Technology and Patent Protection, Air & Waste Management, April 2010
• Author, Ubiquitous Industrial and Commercial Boilers and Their Regulation under the Clean Air Act, Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Spring 2010
• Author, Title V of the Clean Air Act—Amendments of 1990, Journal of The Missouri Bar, Vol. 49, No. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 1993)
• Author, Missouri Air Permit Law, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Sept. 1994)
• Author, Making Your Intellectual Property Pay Off, EM - A publication of the Air and Waste Management Association (March 2003)
• Author, The Clean Air Act's Accidental Release Prevention Program,
• Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol 5, No. 1 (Sept. 1997)
• Author, Internet Deep Linking, Kansas City Business Journal, (Oct. 1998)
• Author, MDNR's Tool Box For Encouraging Compliance, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Dec. 2001)

Presentations

• Adjunct Faculty, UMKC Schools of Engineering and Law (1993-2011)
• Speaker, Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors (2001-2004)
• Speaker and Moderator, Environmental Conference at the Lake, Sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce (2001-2003)
• Speaker and Moderator, Midwest Region Environmental Conference, Sponsored by Associated Industries of Missouri (2001-2006)
• Speaker, Associated Industries of Missouri, EPA's Risk Management Program (1996-1998)
• Speaker, Kansas University, Environmental Regulation Update (1997)
• Adjunct Faculty, Johnson County Community College (2002-2005)