Beveridge & Diamond
 
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Laura K. McAfee

Principal


(T) (410) 230-1330

  lmcafee@bdlaw.com
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201 North Charles Street
Suite 2210
Baltimore, MD 21201-4150
Baltimore

Practices
Practices
Education
Education
  • Carleton College (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1988)
  • University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1991)
  • Law Review
  • Teaching Quizmaster
  • Order of the Coif
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Bar Admissions & Memberships
  • Maryland
  • Colorado (inactive)
  • New Mexico (inactive)
  • American Bar Association
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • New Mexico Bar Association

Ms. McAfee is a Principal in Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.'s Baltimore office, and is Chair of the Firm's Air Practice Group. Her practice is devoted primarily to Clean Air Act matters, including both environmental counseling and litigation. Ms. McAfee has represented petroleum refineries, chemical companies, trade associations, municipal waste combustors, pharmaceutical companies, natural gas companies, and others on a wide range of permitting and compliance issues under the Clean Air Act and comparable state laws, including air toxics (MACT/NESHAPs), New Source Review, and Title V issues. She is actively involved in advising and litigating on behalf of companies subjected to administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions under the Clean Air Act, including successfully defending in-house counsel accused of criminal violations of the Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP and obtaining dismissal of several citizens' suits.

Ms. McAfee also advises clients on facility assessment and audit issues under the EPA audit privilege and state audit laws. She has helped clients design audit protocols, directed and assisted in the compliance review process, evaluated third-party auditor findings, and assisted clients in identifying and disclosing violations in the an appropriate manner. Ms. McAfee has also counseled clients in a wide range of OSHA matters, including PSM audits, HazComm requirements, compliance with pollutant-specific exposure limits, electrical safety, and the overlap between PSM and Title V compliance.

Ms. McAfee rejoined the firm in 2001 after several years with Colorado Interstate Gas Company, where she managed environmental compliance and litigation matters in several states, including PSD, Title V, MACT Standards, NSPS, PCBs, hazardous and solid waste issues, and the company's audit process. Before originally joining the firm in 1995, she was an associate at Venable, Baetjer and Howard in Baltimore, Maryland.