Environmental Regulation and Licensing

Kirton McConkie real estate attorneys represent private and commercial entities and municipalities to obtain permits and resolve issues about environmental matters in regulatory, transactional, and litigation settings. The regulatory issues include:

• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA)
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Clean Water Act (CWA)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Clean Air Act (CAA)
• Applicable state regulations

Our environmental attorneys advise clients on federal, state, and local laws and regulations and develop legal strategies on issues such as:

• Limiting liabilities when purchasing properties with environmental concerns.
• Proactively assisting clients to develop properties impacted by environmental contamination, including all types of cleanup and remediation.
• Regularly assisting clients to obtain necessary permits, including NPDES permits and other regulatory approvals necessary for construction.
• Assist with remediation of soil, groundwater and other contamination under voluntary and involuntary orders of various regulatory agencies.
• Routinely assist landowners with CWA and wetland permitting.
• Routinely advise wetland bank owners regarding establishment, maintenance, and regulation. Our environmental attorneys have successfully established the largest wetland bank in Utah.
• Assist with the acquisition, ownership and transfer of water shares and rights in all types of transactions throughout the country.