Mackenzie Hughes attorneys practicing within the Environmental
area include:
Jeffrey
D. Brown
W. Bradley
Hunt
Stephen
T. Helmer
Edward
J. Moses
Nancy
L. Pontius
Mark W. Wasmund
Our attorneys in this practice area, now led by a former leading
enforcement official from the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, have the experience and knowledge to help organizations
and individuals eliminate or minimize potentially serious environmental
liabilities, while proactively counseling them to keep them ahead
of the constantly shifting regulatory landscape.
Our client list includes businesses from Fortune 500 companies
to sole proprietorships in such diverse fields as pharmaceutical
and industrial manufacturing, engineering services, oil and gas
development, remedial contracting, waste management, petroleum
distribution, and mining. We also serve municipalities, financial
institutions, insurance companies, trade associations, development
agencies and individuals.
We have extensive experience in all areas of environmental and
regulatory concern, including state and federal Superfunds, solid
and hazardous waste, air, water, pesticides, toxic torts, land
use planning, zoning, and insurance coverage.
Some notable recent accomplishments:
• Successfully liened the New York State Superfund to obtain
payment for remedial engineering services rendered by our client.
• Successfully defended a prominent manufacturing facility
from federal enforcement of the "Community Right to Know" Act.
Counseled the company in implementing environmental auditing procedures
to alleviate future regulatory exposure.
• Counseled a local municipality through investigation, remediation
and marketing of several industrial brownfields.
• Successfully represented a major mining company through
complex regulatory permit procedures.
• Negotiated favorable clean-up requirements for property
needed by a bank for expansion.
• Negotiated remedial agreements for various corporate divestitures
and acquisitions.
• Successfully defended a corporate manager against federal
criminal charges relating to asbestos and the Clean Water Act.
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