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Claudia K. Powers Partner Claudia Powers’ practice is focused on environmental law. Her clients include international chemical and industrial gases corporations, light and heavy manufacturing industries, solid and municipal waste companies, a shipyard, forest and agricultural product firms, and utility companies. She chairs Ater Wynne's Environmental Practice. She has extensive experience with environmental liability issues related to state and federal cleanups, real property development and transfers, business mergers and acquisitions, hazardous substance spill emergencies, regulated tank ownership and operation, NEPA requirements for facility siting, and operational compliance and permitting under RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, CAA, and CWA. Claudia is a skilled negotiator with broad problem-solving experience. She has negotiated a variety of transactions and a number of complex cost allocation agreements. She headed the environmental strategy team in one of the region’s most unusual bankruptcy cases involving environmental liability. Her background includes managing the competing legal interests between natural resource allocation and use. She chaired the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Remedial Action and Cleanup Licensing and Certification Advisory Committee for underground storage and heating oil tanks. Professional Experience Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon, Partner, 1990 to present; Associate, 1987 to 1990 Bonneville Power Administration, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, 1986 to 1987 Bonneville Power Administration, Trial Attorney, appointed as Special Assistant to the U.S. Justice Department, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Portland, Oregon, 1984 to 1986 Education Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 1982 University of Oregon, B.S., 1970 Admitted to Practice Oregon, 1983 U.S. District Court, Oregon, 1984 Professional Activities Oregon State Bar, Executive Committee, past member; Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section American Bar Association, Natural Resources Section Multnomah Bar Association Commissioner of first City of Portland Energy and Environment Commission Representative Matters Acquisition and operation of the Portland Shipyard Multi-million dollar pulp and paper mill upgrade and recycling project for national newsprint manufacturer Harbor sediment and waterfront property cleanup and redevelopment Purchase, sale and management of contaminated properties nationwide for leading Oregon businesses Counsel to multinational industries including Atofina Chemicals, Inc., Reichold, Northwest Pipe Company and The BOC Group Representative Publications and/or Presentations Brownfields: Redeveloping Contaminated Lands. The Oregon Insider Asbestos. The Oregon Deskbook on Environmental Law Environmental Law in Oregon. Oregon Legal Guide for International Business Brownfields Effects on Waterfront Redevelopment from the Intersection of Endangered Species Act and Contaminated Sediments. Law Seminar International Conference on Brownfields & Smart Growth in the Pacific Northwest. Understanding Contaminated Harbor and River Sediment -- Analysis and Interpretation. University of Wisconsin Seminar, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Economic Incentives to Stimulate Growth and Environmental Protection. ABA Conference to Address Ending the War Between the Environment and the Economy. Legislation and Regulation for Oregon's New Air Quality Program. Law Seminars International's Clean Air Program. Before, During, and After an Environmental Emergency-The Attorney/Client Response. Northwest Regional Cooperative Leadership Seminar. Handling Environmental Emergencies-High Stakes and Hard Falls. OLI's New Directions for the Business Lawyer. Lender Liability, the Petroleum Exclusion, RCRA/CERCLA Caselaw Update. CLE International Litigation and Settlement Conference. | 