Victor K. Salazar
Biography
Victor K. Salazar is an associate in the Environmental Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s San Antonio office.
Victor’s practice focuses on helping clients navigate complex areas of environmental law. Victor assists clients with day-to-day environmental compliance, enforcement actions, permitting, M&A due diligence, and environmental litigation.
Victor’s experience includes assisting clients with issues relating to, among other things, federal and state environmental compliance, greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements, Class VI injection well applications, real estate transactions and development, TSCA requirements, superfund matters.
Victor has advised a unique cross-section of clients from diverse industries, including oil and gas, real estate, recycling and waste, electricity generation, renewable energy, construction, manufacturing, mining, chemical development, HVAC, and food & beverage. Victor has also advised clients about the new state Extended Producer Responsibility and Post-Consumer Recycled content laws.
Victor’s practice also extends into the water law arena, having experience with wastewater permitting, water use and development, and water rights.
With a comprehensive knowledge of the agriculture industry, Victor is also poised to aid agricultural stakeholders with their complex legal problems. Victor grew up in the ag industry and was actively involved in a cattle operation before going to college. Prior to attending law school, Victor received two degrees in agriculture and worked for a state-wide agricultural organization for five years.
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- State Bar of Texas: Environmental & Natural Resources Law, and Administrative & Public Law Sections
- San Antonio Bar Association: Environmental Law Section, Natural Resources Section
- Texas Aggie Bar Association
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- “Staying With the Current: Key Texas Water Decisions in 2025," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, February 25, 2026.
- “EPA Rescinds 2009 Endangerment Finding, the Underpinning for Greenhouse Gas Regulation," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, February 19, 2026.
- "Water Caselaw Update," presenter, 27th Annual Changing Face of Water Law Conference, February 19, 2026.
- "Handling waste means managing environmental risk," co-author, Waste Today Magazine, January 30, 2026
- "Water Caselaw Update," presenter, Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section, January 22, 2026.
- "Texas 2025 Legislative Update: Electric Power and Environmental Considerations," co-presenter, San Antonio Bar Association Natural Resources Section, December 11, 2025.
- “EPA Proposes to Narrow PFAS Reporting Obligations," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, December 8, 2025.
- “EPA Grants Texas Primacy Over Class VI Injection Wells," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, December 2, 2025.
- "The New Cost of Packaging: Five Compliance Risks Companies Shouldn’t Ignore," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, November 19, 2025.
- "EPR – The Next Chapter for Environmental Lawyers," presenter, American College of Environmental Lawyers, November 6, 2025.
- "Boxed In? Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Oregon’s EPR Law," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, August 26, 2025.
- "Unpacking Packaging Laws: EPR & PCR in the Packaging Circular Economy," presenter, 37th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, August 8, 2025.
- "EPA Proposes Repeal of Legal Foundation for Greenhouse Gas Rules," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, August 1, 2025.
- "EPA Proposes to Repeal Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, June 20, 2025.
- "EPA Proposes to Allow Texas to Administer Class VI Injection Well Program," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, June 11, 2025.
- "Texas Is One Step Closer to Primacy for Carbon Injection Well Permits," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, May 5, 2025.
- "Governments Seek to Hold PFAS Manufacturers and Distributors Responsible for Contamination," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, April 25, 2025.
- "Forever Chemicals' Forever Impact on Real Estate Transactions," co‑author, Haynes Boone Publication, April 23, 2025.
- "Oil & Gas Industry To Be Affected by EPA’s Reconsideration of Rules and Enforcement Priorities," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, April 15, 2025.
- "EPA and Corps Seeking Written Comment on “Waters of the United States” Rule," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, March 28, 2025.
- "EPA to Reconsider Power Plant Regulations," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, March 24, 2025.
- "EPA Issues 24 Press Releases Signaling Major Deregulatory Action," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, March 14, 2025.
- "Texas Supreme Court Clarifies 'Best Available Control Technology'," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, February 27, 2025.
- "Deadline Quickly Approaching for Extended Producer Responsibility Reports," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, February 7, 2025.
- "Trump's Energy and Environmental Reset: Key Executive Orders from Day 1," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, January 21, 2025.
- "Virtual Currency Mining Registration with the Public Utility Commission of Texas," co‑author, Haynes Boone Client Alert, September 11, 2024.
- "Chevron Overturned – Vive la Deference No More," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, July 9, 2024.
- "Ohio v. EPA – The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, July 02, 2024.
- "Transition Toward Renewables – Policy and Lates Developments," co-author, Latin Lawyer, March 20, 2024.
- "Regulatory Landscape: All Eyes on Energy Storage," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, February 21, 2024.
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Education
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 2023, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif, Texas Tech Law Review
- M.B.A., General Business Administration, Texas Tech University, 2023
- M.S., Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, 2015
- B.S., Agricultural Education, Clemson University, 2013
Admissions
- Texas
EPA Rescinds 2009 Endangerment Finding, the Underpinning for Greenhouse Gas Regulation
February 19, 2026