Environmental

Our attorneys have represented businesses and industries in a wide array of environmental matters for over thirty five years. We are regularly engaged in matters in Indiana, Ohio, and other Midwestern states. We advise clients on regulatory compliance issues and represent companies in proceedings before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and other state agencies. We litigate environmental disputes in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies, including the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication.

Throughout the course of our decades of work, we have assisted clients in obtaining millions of dollars in remediation grants, payment of environmental cleanups through insurance recovery, cost recovery lawsuits and Excess Liability Trust Fund (“ELTF”) claim reimbursements. Our attorneys have been involved in legislative and rulemaking initiatives, including air pollution rules and the Indiana Environmental Legal Action statute, and have litigated appellate court cases that have impacted Indiana law on insurance recovery, medical waste processing, hazardous waste management, and recovery of cleanup costs.

Environmental Permitting, Cleanups, and Litigation

  • Air permits
  • Wastewater permits, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (“NPDES”) and storm water permits
  • Solid waste, hazardous waste and infectious waste facility permits
  • Cost recovery lawsuits
  • Insurance coverage representing policy holders
  • Assistance with obtaining regulatory closure and cleanup of impacted property
  • Assistance obtaining “no further action” determinations from state environmental agencies
  • Assistance with cleanup of sites under the Indiana Voluntary Remediation Program and similar programs in other states
  • Assistance with cleanup reimbursement claims under the Indiana Excess Liability Trust Fund (“ELTF”)

Brownfields Development and Other Real Estate Transactions


  • Assistance obtaining environmental investigation and remediation grants
  • Environmental due diligence
  • Assistance with Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments
  • Environmental provisions in real estate contracts


Regulatory Compliance and Administrative Proceedings

  • Air pollution regulations
  • Water pollution regulations
  • Solid and hazardous waste regulations applicable to generators, transporters and treatment and disposal facilities
  • Above ground and underground storage tank regulations
  • Compliance audits
  • Defense of federal and state enforcement proceedings
  • Permit appeals



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