Environment and Natural Resources Division

Environment and Natural Resources Division

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Department of Justice, EPA and the State of Utah Reach Agreement with Salt Lake County to Reduce Polluted Runoff and Protect Water Quality
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Meet the Director

Meet the Acting Assistant Attorney General

Jeffrey H. Wood
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey H. Wood

Jeffrey H. Wood was appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division on January 20, 2017

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News

January 19, 2017
Press Release
United States Reaches Settlement With Meadowvale Dairy of Rock Valley, Iowa, for Clean Water Act Violations
January 19, 2017
Press Release
Magellan Pipeline Settles Alleged Clean Water Act Violations Related to Spills in Texas, Nebraska and Kansas
January 18, 2017
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Ensure Destruction of Timber Believed to Have Been Harvested in Violation of Peruvian Law
January 18, 2017
Press Release
Environment and Natural Resources Division and National Association of Attorneys General Announce Guidelines for Joint State-Federal Civil Environmental Enforcement
January 17, 2017
Press Release
NCR Corporation Agrees to End Litigation and Complete Massive Superfund Cleanup at Wisconsin’s Fox River
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Proposed Consent Decrees

U.S. v. Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P.
U.S. v. City of Pretty Prairie, Kansas
U.S. v. Tomales Bay Oyster Company
U.S. v. Tauber Oil Company
U.S. v. S.H. Bell Company

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Contact 

Office of the Assistant Attorney General
(202)514-2701

Environmental Justice at DOJ
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What We Do

The Environment and Natural Resources Division, which is organized into ten sections, has primary responsibilities for litigation as well as appellate and policy work on behalf of the United States regarding:
 

Prevention and Clean Up of Pollution
 

Environmental Challenges to Federal Programs and Activities
 

Stewardship of Public Lands and Natural Resources
 

Property Acquisition for Federal Needs
 

Wildlife Protection
 

Indian Rights and Claims

 

With offices across the United States, the Division is the nation's environmental lawyer, and the largest environmental law firm in the country.