Turner, Allyn G.

Allyn G. Turner Member Charleston, W.Va. 304.340.3856 aturner@spilmanlaw.com

Ms. Turner’s primary area of practice is environmental law from both the legal and regulatory perspectives.

Representative Experience

• As Director of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Water and Waste Management, managed the NPDES permitting, TMDL/impaired waters program, Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund, 401 water quality certification, groundwater, and non-point source water programs, solid and hazardous waste programs, and numerous other regulatory and non-regulatory water and waste programs.
• One of two state representatives with the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water in Washington, D.C. in the development of national water program goals and targets for EPA’s national strategic plan
• Work with the DWWM also resulted in extensive involvement in water quality and quantity issues faced by the coal industry
• Served as the Managing Attorney for the DEP’s Office of Legal Services, handling numerous administrative appeals, civil action, and other legal proceedings

Education

• University of Virginia, B.A., Environmental Sciences, 1986
• Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1990

Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Awards and Distinctions

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law, Water Law, and Litigation - Environmental

Publications and Presentations

• Presenter, "The Regulatory Environment's Effect on Coal Mining and the Coal Industry's Response," 2nd Annual Miner's Celebration, Glade Springs, WV (June 17, 2010)
• Presenter at national meetings of ASIWPCA, ASDWA and GWPC (2003)
• Frequent speaker in West Virginia on environmental issues
• DEP representative for water issues during legislative interim and session meetings
• Author, “Federal Groundwater Regulation and Policy: Improvements Under the Horizon?,” Vol. 10:2, University of Kentucky Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law (1994 – 1995)
• Author, “Environmental Lender Liability,” Jurist, Wake Forest University School of Law, Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring/Summer 1990