| Our environmental practice involves all aspects of federal and state environmental regulation. We represent industrial clients as well as other businesses for which environmental issues are relevant. We have experience handling Superfund cleanup matters and defending cases both in the courts and before regulatory agencies, including the EPA, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana State Police, the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Selected matters include:
Obtaining an operating permit for Louisiana's largest commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility.
Representing the corporation that is remediating one of the nation's largest Superfund sites.
Handling permits, contracts and regulatory compliance issues for the nation's largest commercial collector and transporter of solid waste and operator of solid waste landfills.
Advising chemical manufacturers, recyclers and businesses in regulatory compliance and permitting in all areas including air quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, water quality and radiation protection.
Representing clients in private environmental litigation and challenges to governing agency actions and regulations.
Representing lenders and borrowers in real estate transactions involving environmental issues.
Representing local governmental bodies in the privatization of their municipal landfills.
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