Environmental

• Defending recycling companies pursued under CERCLA by state governments and or private entities.
• Advising recycling companies and industrial manufacturers on operational strategies to mitigate waste management-related liabilities under CERCLA, RCRA, and state law.
• Assisting clients with Brownfield projects in several states.
• Advising manufacturing clients on CWA stormwater permitting obligations.
• Assisting with industrial clients’ remedial obligations at CERCLA and RCRA sites.
• Counseling electric vehicle clients on compliance with CAA and CARB mobile source requirements.
• While at the State, defended Ohio EPA NPDES permit terms in manufacturing entities’ administrative appeals of such terms.
• Assisting large manufacturing clients in complying with pretreatment permits, including retaining consultants to analyze wastewater treatment equipment and propose strategies for more cost-effective compliance moving forward.
• Defending large manufacturing clients against notices of violation related to pretreatment permits.
• Helping clients assess and manage remedial obligations related to wastewater at federal and state cleanup sites.
• Counseling clients regarding pretreatment and NPDES permit compliance generally.
• Defending clients against Clean Water Act citizen suits related to NPDES permit and stormwater permit compliance issues.

Environmental Justice

• Conducted analysis of client’s 19 facilities across the U.S. using EPA’s EJScreen tool.
• Consistently analyze clients’ environmental justice risks and opportunities by utilizing EPA’s EJScreen tool in combination with other EPA, state and local environmental resources.
• Track environmental justice activity at the federal level to assist clients in strategic evaluation of potential impacts on their operations, including assessing newly released EPA guidance and advising clients on potential impacts.