Wayne is a recognized author and lecturer on air quality, climate change, Superfund and brownfield redevelopment. He is a former chairman of the Tennessee Bar Association's Environmental Law Committee. Wayne also has deep political experience and relationships and brings unique experience on emerging environmental policies and advanced manufacturing initiatives.
J. Wayne Cropp, a member of the Business Department at Baker Donelson, focuses on a full range of environmental law, with extensive experience in new source permitting, air quality, brownfield redevelopment and hazardous waste issues. Mr. Cropp is a recognized author and lecturer on Clean Air Act issues. During his government tenure as Executive Director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (1979 – 1990), Mr. Cropp developed the implementation strategies that brought worldwide recognition to Chattanooga's environmental initiatives.
Included among his many activities are service on the national level as president of the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO) (1983 – 1984), now known as the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), and participation in the development of the National Air Toxics Strategy, as codified in the 1990 Clean Air Act, through his tenure as chairman of ALAPCO's Air Toxics Committee (1983 – 1990). He also served as project manager for an International Environmental Research Symposium for the World Health Organization in 1986, and chairman of the Chattanooga Summit in 1996. Mr. Cropp is the former chairman of the Environment Committee for the Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association, a position he held for 15 years.
Mr. Cropp is also a member of the Air and Waste Management Association; Section of Environmental, Energy, and Resources Committee of the American Bar Association; and Environmental Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association (chairman, 2004 – 2005). He received the Air Conservationist of the Year Award from the Tennessee Conservation League in 1986.
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- Attorney (1978 – 1979) and Executive Director (1979 – 1990) – Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau
- President – Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO), 1983 – 1984
- Chairman – ALAPCO's Air Toxics Committee, 1983 – 1990
- Chairman, Environment Committee – Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association, 1990 – 2005
- Member – Air and Waste Management Association, 1980 – 2015
- Chairman – Environmental Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, 2004 – 2005
- Chairman – Hamilton County Republican Party, 2003 – 2005
- Executive Committee Member – Tennessee Republican Party, 1997 – 2002
- President – Tennessee Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1985 – 1986
- Legal Counsel – U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1986 – 1987
- Campaign Chairman – U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp, 3rd District Tennessee, 1996 – 1999
- Air Conservationist of the Year Award, Tennessee Conservation League, 1986
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Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D., 1977
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Bryan College, B.S., 1974