Industrial Revenue Bonds and the Impact on Local Communities and Solar Developers

Our team helps clients navigate the complex maze of federal, state and local regulations. We provide informed guidance on environmental permitting and reporting requirements, EH&S audits and other dealings with regulatory authorities. We also work closely with heavy industrial operations, such as electric utilities, petroleum refiners, manufacturers, chemical producers, to develop disciplined and cost-effective environmental management programs. Whether interfacing with regulators or overseeing site investigations and cleanups, we offer high-level insights that lead to the prompt resolution of issues as they arise.

Capabilities

• Assisting with EH&S auditing.
• Environmental permitting and reporting.
• Developing environmental management programs.
• Negotiations with regulatory authorities.
• Commenting on and challenging legislative and rulemaking actions.
• Overseeing and structuring site investigations and cleanups.

There are environmental considerations to address and contingencies to account for in most business transactions, particularly those involving land acquisition, construction projects, and the manufacturing and distribution of commercial products. Our environmental-transactional attorneys have a keen understanding of the business and technical aspects of industrial operations. We help buyers, sellers, lessors, lessees, lenders and others involved in real estate and corporate transactions assess environmental liabilities, craft ways to minimize their regulatory exposure, and shift or appropriately allocate risks between multiple parties. Whether it’s a simple disposition or a billion-dollar, multisite acquisition, we understand the risk continuum and have the strategies and tactics to close the deal.

Capabilities 

• Overseeing site assessments and compliance audits, and evaluating and negotiating insurance options.
• Analyzing the implications of environmental laws and regulations on business transactions and structuring solutions that seek to maximize opportunities and minimize exposure.
• Negotiating agreements for complex real estate and corporate transactions.
• Performing and/or managing environmental due diligence, including corporate-wide compliance audits and compliance plan development.
• Structuring “Brownfields” transactions and financing.

Our environmental team offers substantial trial and resolution experience defending clients in civil and criminal enforcement actions, citizen suits and toxic tort claims in federal and state court. We also handle environmental liability claims as well as appeals of unilateral government orders and unfavorable permit decisions or denials. Our goal, first and last, is to help clients avoid litigation through effective risk management. When legal action is unavoidable, we integrate a powerful network of legal knowledge and extensive trial experience to resolve environmental disputes on terms favorable to our clients.

Capabilities 

• Defending challenged permits and alleged regulatory violations.
• Defending government civil and criminal enforcement actions, citizen suits and toxic tort claims in federal and state court.
• Handling appeals of unilateral government orders and unfavorable permit decisions or denials.
• Assisting with administrative appeals before environmental agencies and boards.
• Prosecution and defense of environmental liability claims.

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