Environmental and Energy Capabilities
Environmental
- Brownfield redevelopment
- California Proposition 65 compliance and enforcement
- CERCLA/superfund proceedings
- Clean Air Act enforcement, compliance, and permitting
- Clean Water Act (NPDES and wetlands) enforcement, compliance, and permitting
- Defense of governmental enforcement proceedings, citizen suits, and class actions
- Environmental compliance audits
- Environmental due diligence in business and real estate transactions
- RCRA and hazardous waste enforcement, compliance, and permitting
- Representation in other governmental and private party disputes, including indemnification coverage
- TSCA and FIFRA compliance
Energy
- Electric power plant permitting
- Licensing with state and local environmental regulatory bodies for utilities and co-generators, the construction and operation of coal and gas-fired generating stations and transmission lines
- Microgrid land use and developer agreements with homebuilders
- Renewable natural gas construction, purchase agreements, and land leases
- Renewable permitting
- Representing utilities in connection with the investigation and remediation of former manufactured gas plant sites
- Solar land purchase, long term leasing and due diligence, including site acquisition, title, land use and zoning, environmental, and entitlement review and analysis
- Solar land use entitlements, zoning approvals, environmental permits, and construction permits
- Solar power purchase agreements
Employee Health and Safety (OSHA)
- Defense of OSHA citations and employee complaints
- General compliance
- Standards interpretation