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1. 1. Pierce Atwood :: Professional Details - Brian Rayback

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   Published on: 5/18/2008   Last Visited: 5/18/2008

   Rayback, Brian M. - Partner | Rayback, Brian M. (Speak/Write) - Partner
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   Brian M. Rayback
   
   Partner
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   Brian M. Rayback
   
   Partner - Portland, Maine Office
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   Brian focuses his practice on permitting, counseling, and enforcement issues involving a wide array of environmental and land use matters.
   
   Brian has experience in all aspects of state and federal water law, including wastewater discharges, wetlands, vernal pools, and water rights.Among others, his projects have included wetland permitting for a shopping center, a landfill, a hospital, and a transmission line; oil spill planning for a bottled water facility; industrial stormwater permitting for a railroad; negotiating an administrative consent agreement for a municipal wastewater treatment facility; NPDES permitting for a paper mill; and successfully representing a land owner in an appeal involving coastal wetland issues for a pier, Kroeger v. State of Maine, 2005 ME 50.He was invited to participate in the working group during rulemaking on Maine DEP's scenic and aesthetic rule under the Natural Resources Protection Act.
   
   Brian's land use practice covers a range of development issues, and includes permitting residential subdivisions, telecommunications towers, docks, and transmission lines.He advises clients on issues such as takings, variances, and vested rights that arise under local ordinances, including site plan, subdivision, and shoreland zoning.He also regularly handles land use appeals both before local boards of appeal and in court, including a successful appeal in Viles v. Town of Embden, 2006 ME 107 on a shoreland zoning issue that was initially filed by the landowner eight months after the appeal period expired.
   
   Brian's air practice includes all aspects of air permitting, including obtaining Title V and New Source Review permits.He has represented industrial facilities in obtaining air pollution control tax certifications from the Maine Board of Environmental Protection, and participated in federal rulemaking on behalf of clients regarding air toxics emissions.He also has experience in performing due diligence on air issues for significant corporate transactions, including for a large, coal-fired power plant and hydro-electric facilities.
   
   Prior to joining Pierce Atwood in 1999, Brian was a law clerk for Justice Paul Rudman and Justice Susan Calkins of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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   Brian is the co-author of a chapter on Maine water rights in Waters & Water Rights, a national treatise published by Matthew Bender.
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   Brian is a member of the bar associations for Maine and Massachusetts.
   
   Education
   
   Brian earned his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Colby College (1995) and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center (1998).While at Georgetown, Brian was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
   
   Bar Admissions
   
   Brian is admitted to practice in Maine and Massachusetts; the U.S. District Court, District of Maine; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
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   Brian earned his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Colby College (1995) and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center (1998).While at Georgetown, Brian was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
   
   Bar Admissions
   
   Brian is admitted to practice in Maine and Massachusetts; the U.S. District Court, District of Maine; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

2. 2. Cleaves Law Library [About the Library]

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   Published on: 8/15/2007   Last Visited: 8/15/2007

   Brian Rayback, Treasurer

3. 3. Pierce Atwood :: News and Press Releases - Pierce Atwood LLP Diversity Committee Appoints John Gulliver as Chair

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   Published on: 8/6/2007   Last Visited: 5/9/2008

   The other members of the committee include: firm partner and employment litigator Margaret Coughlin LePage; firm partner and litigator Geraldine Sanchez; Brian Rayback, a partner in the firm's environmental practice group; Marianna Putnam Liddell, an associate in the state and local tax practice group; Dean Turner, chief administrative officer and Tara Jenkins, human resources director.