Overview
Butzel attorneys guide clients thorough 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. We advise on compliance and permitting issues relating to virtually every major federal environmental law, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and their state and local counterparts. Our team also assists with state groundwater regulations, state Brownfield laws, state watershed laws, and local zoning ordinances.
Butzel's environmental attorneys have been environmental consultants and in-house counsel for solid and hazardous waste companies. This gives us real-world experience in the solid and hazardous waste business. We 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 TSD facilities and composting facilities.
