Environmental Law
Our Environmental Practice Group
Our environmental practice group has extensive experience in both compliance with Federal, State, and local environmental statutes as well as environmental and land use litigation throughout Georgia. We serve a wide range of corporate and individual clients through regulatory, compliance, enforcement, property damage, and environmental cleanup litigation for impacted clients.
- Clean Water Act (CWA) and related federal and state water pollution control and management statutes and regulations
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and related federal and state solid and hazardous waste management statutes and regulations
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
- Hazardous Site Response Act (HSRA) and related state hazardous substance regulations and statutes
- Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act (Brownfields Redevelopment)
- Safe Drinking Water Act
We handle cases at the local, state, and federal levels dealing with:
- Hazardous Waste Contamination/Property Damage from Hazardous Substances
- Oil Spill Claims and Recovery
- Solid Waste Handling and Disposal
- Sedimentation, erosion and corrective action
- Storm Water Discharge/NPDES Compliance
- Hydrological issues including excessive water discharges
- General nuisance and property damage issues
- Underground Storage Tank (UST) issues
- Waste transportation, treatment, storage and disposal issues
Related Links
News and Information
Environmental Organizations
- Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO)
- Energy & Environmental Research Center
- Southern Environmental Law Center
- GreenLaw
- Emory University Turner Environmental Law Clinic
- Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Georgia Rivers Network
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
- Altamaha Riverkeeper
- Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper
- Satilla Riverkeeper