Greening Brownfields: New EPA Priority
Legal Considerations When Remediating Contaminated Property Through Sustainable Development
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to environmental law counsel and companies involved in greening brownfield sites. The panel will review the regulatory drivers of sustainable redevelopment of brownfields, discuss the current trends and opportunities, and examine the legal considerations in greening brownfields.
Outline
- Regulatory drivers
- Federal regulations
- State regulations
- Trends and opportunities
- Financing
- Incentives
- EPA pilot project and initiatives
- State initiatives
- Legal considerations in greening a brownfield site
- CERCLA requirements
- LEED requirements
- Contract provisions
- Limitation of liability
- Insurance coverage
- Green building disputes and liabilities issues
- Best practices and applying lessons learned from recent case studies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the key legal considerations when contemplating the clean up of a contaminated site using sustainable development?
- How can counsel guide companies in leveraging the opportunities offered by greening brownfield sites?
- For companies and counsel involved in remediating contaminated sites, what best practices and lessons can be learned from recent case studies?
Faculty
Peter H. Weiner
Partner
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
He focuses on “brownfields” development, species and wilderness protection, California Environmental... | Read More
He focuses on “brownfields” development, species and wilderness protection, California Environmental Quality Act and NEPA (environmental impact reports), land use, Superfund, air and water quality, hazardous waste management, Proposition 65, pesticide registration and environmental insurance.
CloseNicholas W. Targ
Partner
Holland & Knight
His practice focuses on complex redevelopment projects and environmental compliance. His work includes strategic legal... | Read More
His practice focuses on complex redevelopment projects and environmental compliance. His work includes strategic legal advice on time critical "go/no go" decisions, permitting, CERCLA, NEPA/CEQA and Endangered Species Act compliance counseling, and brownfields redevelopment, public lands, and environmental justice/Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 issues.
CloseDavid J. Freeman
Partner
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
He focuses on representation of buyers, sellers and developers of Brownfield’s and other contaminated... | Read More
He focuses on representation of buyers, sellers and developers of Brownfield’s and other contaminated properties; representation of parties engaged in hazardous waste cleanups; litigation related to remediation, cost recovery, property damage and exposure to toxic substances; environmental due diligence; and assisting clients in the negotiation for and purchase of environmental insurance.
CloseKate Marshall
Practice Area Leader, Sustainable Environmental and Energy Resources
SRA International
She leads a wide array of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cross-program and sustainability-oriented projects. She... | Read More
She leads a wide array of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cross-program and sustainability-oriented projects. She provides technical support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Program Analysis, and its RE-Powering America’s Land initiative, which promotes renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated land and mining sites.
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