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Lydia González Gromatzky


Beveridge & Diamond P.C.

Phone: +1 512 391-8005

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About Lydia González Gromatzky

Lydia González Gromatzky is Of Counsel in the Austin, Texas office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. with a practice that includes both domestic and Latin American environmental law. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. González Gromatzky served as chief legal advisor to the Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).  During her tenure at the TCEQ, she provided legal representation on a wide variety of complex and controversial issues facing the state in all environmental media, including border environmental issues.

In private practice, she has assisted multinational corporations and trade associations with compliance and regulatory issues arising in Latin American countries including the tracking and analysis of pending and enacted chemicals, waste and product stewardship law.  Ms. González Gromatzky is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and speaks Spanish and Portuguese.



Recent Special Reports with Lydia González Gromatzky

Recent Reg Alerts with Lydia González Gromatzky

Brazil's President Lula Signs Historic Waste Law with Mandatory Producer Take-Back for e-wastes Brazil In a special ceremony on August 2, 2010, Brazil's President signed the sweeping Omnibus Waste Law that will revolutionize the country's management of all wastes, including EOL electronic products, batteries, and packaging.
August 2, 2010
Argentina - New Bill Makes Cell Phones Hazardous Waste and Imposes Industry Take-Back Obligations Argentina A new bill in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies seeks to hold “cell phone companies” responsible for take-back and management of EOL cell phones and batteries that would be classified as hazardous waste for all management purposes. The new Bill leaves most of the detai...
July 29, 2010
Colombia Proposes Resolution on PCB-Containing Equipment colombia To comply with its obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, enacted into local Law 1196/2008, Colombia's Ministry of the Environment (Minambiente) has released a draft resolution on PCBs. The detailed draft would require possessors o...
July 26, 2010



Recent Questions with Lydia González Gromatzky


Costa Rica - Product Take-Back
Pertaining to Costa Rica's Mandatory E-Waste Take-Back Regulation: "must belong to a Compliance Entity". Where do we find a "Compliance Entity" and is their a cost associated with the relationship?
Answered May 11, 2010
Brazil - Product Take-Back
Is there a more specific defintion of "electro-electronic products" in the San Paulo waste law.
Answered Apr 13, 2010
Brazil - Batteries
My questions regard the Brazil battery regulation 401/08, specifically with regard to sections 3 I, II, and III, (registration, submission of a physical and chemical study, submission of a battery man...
Answered May 14, 2009




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