CONSIDERACIONES RESPECTO A LA POLITICA AMBIENTAL Y REGULACION DEL AGUA EN MEXICO

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International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development and Investment
(Apr 2009)
CHAPTER 3B
CONSIDERACIONES RESPECTO A LA POLITICA AMBIENTAL Y REGULACION DEL AGUA EN MEXICO
Humberto Celis Aguilar Alvarez
Celis Aguilar Alvarez
Mexico City

Humberto Celis' expertise includes 15 years of practice in environmental and natural resources law at the federal, state and local levels. His work focuses on regulatory compliance, liability counselling, dispute resolution, enforcement response, and corporate and real estate transactions. He is an expert in legislative matters, rule-making activities and environmental litigation at both administrative and criminal forums. Specific areas of expertise also include hazardous waste, soil contamination, sites remediation, waste management, water supply and discharge management, natural protected areas, public consultation/disclosure issues and in general all kinds of environmental strategic plans for private and public entities. Mr Celis holds a law degree from UNAM (1989), an LLM degree from the University of Houston (1993) and a postgraduate degree from the National Center of Environmental Law at George Washington University (1994). He is a Fellow of the 10th Generation of the Leadership for the Environment and Sustainable Development Program (LEAD, Colmex 2004). He has been a professor of environmental law and environmental contracts at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Universidad Anáhuac del Sur, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Anáhuac, Cancún, Universidad Panamericana and recently at UNAM (2006 to 2007). In 1996, he joined Santamarina y Steta, SC as an associate. Previously, Mr Celis worked in the legal representation office of PEMEX's International Environmental and Energy Council in Houston. During his years at PEMEX, he published two major works: The Legal-Environmental Regulation of the Oil Industry (1992) and the Revision of the Environmental Legal Protection before and after the Proposed Free Trade Agreement: A Mexican Perspective (1993). Recently, UNAM named him honorary environmental counsel (2005). Also, he is a member of the Mexican Academy of Environmental Law and the current president of the Mexican Academy of Energy Law. This year, the firm elaborated the environmental legislation for the state of Tamaulipas; which is the first law in Latin America which objective is to transversely coordinate the environmental issues of a region. Among his most recent articles are...