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Andrew A. Fitz
Board of Regents |
Fellow since 2018
Washington Attorney General's Office
Senior Assistant Attorney General; Division Chief, Ecology Division
(360) 586-6752 (work)
Tacoma,
Washington
Region 10 AK, ID, OR, WA and 271 native tribes
Andy Fitz is chief of the Ecology Division of the Washington Attorney General’s Office, whose 30 attorneys provide all legal services to the Washington Department of Ecology and four other client agencies on matters including management of Washington water rights; water quality and air quality regulation; hazardous waste regulation; solid waste management; cleanups under CERCLA and Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA); cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; implementation of an economy-wide carbon cap-and-invest system under Washington’s Climate Commitment Act; and implementation of Washington’s Shoreline Management Act.
Andy’s own practice has focused largely on cleanup site oversight under MTCA and CERCLA, hazardous waste regulation under Washington’s RCRA-authorized state law program, and Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup. Andy is a passionate rock climber who served on the board of directors of the Access Fund (1998-2004) and co-founded the Washington Climbers Coalition (2004).
Degrees
BA with distinction, political science, University of Washington (1987); JD, Seattle University School of Law (1992)Admissions
- Washington
Court Admissions
W.D. Washington; E.D. Washington; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; D.C. Circuit Court of AppealsCitations of Major Published Cases
Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., 905 F.3d 565 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 2693 (mem.), 2014 L. Ed. 2d 1091 (2019); Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., 830 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2016); In re Aiken County, 725 F.3d 255 (D.C. Cir. 2013); Washington v. Chu, 558 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 2009); United States v. Manning, 527 F.3d 828 (9th Cir. 2008).Insight from Andrew A. Fitz
