Environmental Media

Air

Air pollution control is often the most significant environmental cost faced by businesses in the energy and manufacturing sectors. In the United States, virtually every piece of equipment at an industrial facility — major or minor — is regulated in some fashion under the federal Clean Air Act and a labyrinth of state and federal regulations and permit requirements.

At Environmental Law Counsel, we have extensive experience in obtaining timely Clean Air Act permits for new and modified industrial facilities, shepherding clients through Clean Air Act regulatory programs to maintain compliance, and defending businesses in EPA enforcement actions and citizen suits.

Land

Environmental Law Counsel is often called-in when a client has a spill or release of hazardous material, discovers historic contamination on its property, or is involved in a real property transaction or corporate merger or acquisition including contaminated or industrial property. Our in-depth knowledge of contaminated property issues and related state and federal laws and risk-based remediation programs allows us to quickly evaluate environmental conditions and make sense of technical issues.

Water

Environmental Law Counsel has extensive background with surface water, wetlands and groundwater issues. We have experience obtaining NPDES permits and Section 404 wetland filling permits, defending against Notices of Violation alleging NPDES violations and complaints alleging illegal filling of wetlands, and assisting landowners, buyers and sellers in evaluating and managing groundwater contamination issues.

Waste

Environmental Law Counsel has experience representing clients in the waste management business who own and operate active landfills or have closure or post-closure compliance responsibilities and/ or liabilities associated with closed landfills. In addition to RCRA compliance issues, we have represented landfill owners in negotiating and leading CERCLA (“Superfund”) and state ordered investigations and clean-ups. We have also represented landfill-gas-to energy system operators.

We also have extensive experience representing manufacturers who are subject to RCRA – or who are alleged to be subject to RCRA – as “generators” or as “operators” of facilities. We have guided a number of these clients through RCRA permitting and state and federal-led “corrective action.”