C. Boyden Gray was a leading architect of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act, including the immensely successful acid-rain program.  He is also a longtime advocate for the potential of high-octane fuels to improve fuel efficiency and air quality.

Boyden Gray PLLC continues this legacy, representing clients in the energy, agriculture, and non-profit sectors in environmental and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on fuel and automotive issues, climate regulation, and matters arising from the private enforcement of federal environmental law.  The firm’s practice includes high-stakes trial and appellate litigation, filings before the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulators, and strategic counselling on matters of environmental law and climate policy.

Litigation:

• Amicus Briefs by Boyden Gray PLLC in Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions
• Boyden Gray PLLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in West Virginia v. EPA, No. 20-1530
• Opening Brief for Petitioners Urban Air Initiative, et al. in American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. EPA, No. 19-1124.
• Brief of Amici Curiae Kansas et al., Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, No. 12-1146+ (S. Ct. Dec. 16, 2013)

Regulatory Comments:

• Comments Submitted on Behalf of Urban Air Initiative and Consumers’ Research Concerning the Environmental Protection Agency’s Reconsideration of a Previous Withdrawal of a Waiver of Preemption, EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0257 (July 6, 2021)
• Comments on Behalf of Urban Air Initiative Concerning the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Preemption, File No. NHTSA-2021-0030
• Comments of Illinois Corn Growers et al. on EPA’s Vehicle Test Procedure Adjustments for Tier 3 Test Fuel, No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0604
• Comments of Urban Air Initiative et al. on EPA’s Proposed Modifications to Fuel Regulations To Provide Flexibility for E15 (Apr. 29, 2019)
• Comments of Urban Air Initiative on EPA’s ANPRM on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process (Aug. 13, 2018)
• Comments of Urban Air Initiative et al., on the EPA Regulatory Reform Task Force’s Evaluation of Existing Regulations (May 15, 2017)

Commentary:

• • GRAY & BUSCHBACHER: Joe Manchin’s Legacy Now Depends on Permitting Reform
  • The Epoch Times Quotes Boyden Gray PLLC on the Major Questions Doctrine and Its Implications for Other Regulatory Initiatives by the Biden Administration
  • E&E News Quotes Boyden Gray PLLC on the Major Questions Doctrine and Three Major Climate Rules
  • GRAY: Year-Round E15 Is a Good First Step, But More Is Needed to Confront the New Energy Crisis, RealClear Energy, May 4, 2022
  • American Conservative quotes Boyden Gray PLLC on Banks’ Energy Boycott, Apr. 4, 2022
  • GRAY: High-Octane Solutions to the New Energy Crisis, Real Clear Politics, Mar. 13, 2022
  • GRAY & BUSCHBACHER: Joe Biden’s Low-Energy Blunder, The American Conservative, Jan. 26, 2022
  • GRAY: No One Falls for Biden’s Gas-Price Blame Game, Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2021
  • GRAY: American Energy, Chinese Ambition, and Climate Realism, American Affairs, November 19, 2021
  • GRAY: When it comes to climate the SEC should quit pretending to be the EPA, The Washington Post, August 15, 2021
  • GRAY: Update on Climate Change Litigation, Federalist Society Teleforum (Oct. 8, 2019)
  • GUSTAFSON: Hearing on Cost-Benefit Analysis and EPA’s Mercury Rule Before the H. Comm. on Energy & Environment, Subcomm. on Oversight & Investigations, 116th Cong. (2019)