Iyer Law Group, LLC

Welcome to Iyer Law Group, LLC

Passionately helping clients to navigate the challenges and complexities of environmental and natural resources law.



Enviornemntal and Natural Resources Law , Maryland

Environmental and Natural Resources Law

At Iyer Law Group, LLC, we provide the following legal services.

The Clean Air Act

  • Air Quality Regulation
  • Title V Operating Permit 
  • New Source Review Permit
  • Permit application and Content
  • Permit Revision 
  • Permit Amendments  
  • Civil Enforcement 
  • Compliance Audits 

The Clean Water Act (CWA)

  • The NPDES Permit and Associated Legal Issues
  • Storm-Water Permit 
  • Strom-Water Pollution
  • Strom-Water Management Plans & Pollution Prevention Plans 
  • Point Source and Non-Point Source Discharges
  • Dredge & Fill Permits
  • Preventing, Responding, and Reporting to Spills
  • Wastewater Management 
  • Enforcement Defense 

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

  • Removal and Remedial Actions
  • Administrative Action by EPA or State
  • CERCLA Compliance and Enforcement, including waste Enforcement, Chemical Enforcement, and Clean-up Enforcement 

The Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): Subtitle C & Subtitle D

  • RCRA permits.
  • Identification and notification of hazardous waste.
  • Generators of Hazardous waste
  • Transporters of Hazardous Waste 
  • TSD Facilities
  • RCRA Corrective Actions

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

  • Monitoring & Sampling
  • Reporting 
  • Underground Injection Control 
  • SDWA Compliance and Monitoring

Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

  • Implementation & Enforcement
  • New USTs
  • Existing USTs
  • Operating Requirements for USTs
  • Testing & Inspections
  • Release Reporting, Investigations, and Response 
  • Closure of USTs
  • Financial Responsibility Requirements 

Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Emergency planning and notification
  • Reporting 
  • Relationship to Other Laws
  • Enforcement 

Other Areas

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

We are ready to help you.
Connect with us.

Enviornemntal and Natural Resources Law Lawyer

About Iyer Law Group, LLC

Iyer Law Group, LLC (ILG) is a boutique firm in Maryland that specializes in complex environmental and natural resource law. We provide cost-effective solutions for small businesses and industries, helping them maintain compliance and enhance their operations. Understanding that environmental enforcement can be more expensive than many realize, ILG counsels both new and established small businesses in navigating the environmental requirements by guiding them through the complexities of federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. While large law firms often seek to represent all sizes of industries, ILG offers better value for small businesses and industries in terms of both cost and expertise, including small commercial entities, gas station owners, dry cleaning facilities, small chemical production and distribution companies, small-scale waste generators, transporters, storage and disposal facilities, small manufacturing companies, agricultural industries, industries/businesses engaged in using chemicals, and those involved in the foam, fiber, plastic, and rubber products sectors. To assist potential clients, ILG provides a free consultation and case evaluation. Get in touch with ILG. 

Enviornemntal and Natural Resources Law Legal Team

Meet the team

Education:

LL.M (Environmental Law), University of Maryland Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD (May 2019) 

J.D. Michigan State University College of Law, EAST Lansing, MI (May 2016)

 LL.B., Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India 

B.Sc. (Chemistry Major and Biology Minor), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India                                                                                   


Publication: 

  1. Embrace a Gift of Nature: A Proposal for Commercializing Natural, Eco Dyes for the Textile Industry, 31(4) Georgetown Envtl. L. Rev., 725-783 (2019), https://www.law.georgetown.edu/environmental-law-review/in-print/
  2. Two Popular Democracies’ “Energy Independence” Initiatives Through the Lenses of Constitutionalism, Environmentalism, and Judicial Activism Oeuvres –A Comparative Study of the Trump and Modi Administrations, 44 (1) William & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 163- 217(2019), http://www.wmelpr.com/volume-44-2019-2020/
  3. Personal Jurisdiction Over Orb-Web Corporations: A Re-Routed Approach for Change in the Navigation of Time, 7 Global Business L. Rev., 1, 1-75 (2018), https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/gblr/vol7/iss1/
  4. A Mystery Behind the Twin Evils: Radical Revolution of the Homosexuality Law in the United States and India, 8 The J. of Gender, Race, and Poverty Law, 71-146 (2016-2017).
  5. Ethics & Disclosure: Entering Law Students Ethical Stigma: A proposal to Introduce the MPRE Along with the LSAT, 36 The J. Jurisprudence (Australia) 101-110 (Aug. 2018), available at http://www.jurisprudence.com.au/volume-36/


Bar Admission:

Maryland State Bar 


Professional Affiliations:

·       The American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy & Resources Section, Waste and Resource Recovery Committee: Article Vice-Chair, August 2021-Present AND Air Committee: Vice-Chair, August 2024- present 

·       The Virginia Women Attorneys Bar Association: Member

·       The South Asian Bar Association (DC): Member

·       The Maryland Bar Association: Member


Other Languages: 

Tamil, Gujarati, and Hindi


Vidhya V. Iyer

Vidhya V. Iyer

Attorney

Vidhya is a highly skilled practitioner and advocate based in Maryland, specializing in environmental and natural resources law. She has extensive experience in federal and state environmental regulatory compliance and enforcement.

Get in touch with
Iyer Law Group, LLC

Call us
Location

12345 Parklawn Drive, Suite# 200
Rockville, MD 20852

Get Directions vidhyaiyer@iyerlawgrp.com

General Inquiry

All fields required