The environmental practice group includes attorneys who regularly counsel clients on environmental issues including the following areas:
- Industry and municipality compliance under federal and state laws and regulations
- Penalty and enforcement actions
- Site remediation and planning (including Brownfields)
- Indemnity and transactional documentation
- Audit and assessment planning
- Underground storage tank remediation and closure
- Superfund cost recovery, allocations, and site delisting
- RCRA and hazardous and solid waste disposal permitting and enforcement
- Clean Water Act permitting, compliance, and enforcement
- Clean Air Act permitting, compliance, and enforcement
- Complex federal citizen suit litigation
- Compliance counseling under all environmental regulatory programs
- Real estate and infrastructure development
- Toxic tort litigation
Steptoe & Johnson's environmental attorneys work as a team to provide practical, cost-effective solutions to environmental problems, whatever their nature.