Environmental Law

Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. assists clients in navigating the increasingly complex world of environmental compliance. From Fortune 500 companies to large and small municipalities to family owned businesses, our environmental practitioners have the breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to deliver exceptional advice and counseling to help you achieve your business objectives. Our team has worked directly with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and other agencies on a variety of matters. We have experience with the following:

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

• Environmental due diligence
• Development of brownfields and environmentally sensitive areas
• Buyer-seller agreements
• Zoning and land use restrictions
• Act 2 liability protection

Environmental Regulatory Counseling

• Solid waste and hazardous waste compliance
• NPDES and stormwater permitting
• Sewage facilities planning and permitting
• Recycling
• Wetland requirements
• Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
• Water supply
• Environmental auditing and emergency planning

Marcellus & Utica Shale / Oil & Gas

• Environmental counseling and regulatory services
• Water quality issues
• Drilling contracts and pooling and unitization agreements
• Easement and right of way agreements
• Acquisition and disposition of property
• Oil and gas lease negotiation, including bonus payments

Environmental and Land Use Litigation

• Administrative appeals
• Storage tank litigation
• Lender and fiduciary environmental liability claims
• Government investigations and penalty actions
• Eminent domain and regulatory takings

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