Overview
When faced with navigating the complex maze of governmental and regulatory approvals and requirements associated with real estate developments, business transactions, compliance audits, regulatory inspections, and day-to-day operations, our attorneys are experienced in guiding clients at every turn.
Development of internal environment, social and governance (ESG) policies that encompass standard frameworks set forth by a variety of organizations provides companies with the insight to cultivate strategies to mitigate legal and financial risks while also heightening efficiencies. We help clients to promote best practices across the supply chain to support their ongoing permitting and compliance efforts.
We advise on compliance and permitting issues relating to major federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and their state and local counterparts. We also assist with state groundwater regulations, Brownfield laws, watershed laws, and local zoning ordinances.
In addition to advising on compliance and permitting issues under major federal environmental statutes, we are intently focused on navigating the ever-shifting landscape encompassing the recission and deregulation of these laws. We closely monitor regulatory changes at the federal, state, and local levels, and assist clients in understanding and responding to new rules, rollbacks, or modifications that may impact their operations. Our attorneys counsel clients on adjusting compliance strategies, updating internal policies, and addressing potential risks or opportunities arising from the repeal or revision of environmental regulations, ensuring that clients remain proactive and well-prepared in a dynamic regulatory environment.
Butzel's environmental attorneys have served as environmental consultants and in-house counsel for solid and hazardous waste companies. This hands-on experience provides the insight to provide practical counsel on all aspects of solid waste facilities, including community negotiations, permitting, transportation and disposal contracting, landfill and treatment facility siting, landfill closure and redevelopment, methane recovery property acquisition, recycling facilities, Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) facilities, and composting facilities.
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Experience
Represented client in obtaining Brownfield and single business tax (SBT) credits in the amount of $1 million
Successfully represented industry group in negotiations to amend an ordinance regulating industrial discharges into one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the country
Construction of a combined sewer overflow basin at a former dump site
Construction and development of property including site development, approvals, permits, wetlands, flood plains, stormwater management permits, watershed, drainage
Advised client concerning purchase, tax incentives, and the remediation of a contaminated site to redevelop into residential units
Assisting with Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval, condominium documents, along with wetland, shoreland, and sewer water permits for a 450-acre lakefront residential development
Representation of municipal and private sector clients before state and federal regulation agencies