Environment

Ballard Spahr's Arizona Environment & Natural Resources Group serves as local, regional, and national counsel on an array of complex regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters for industrial, commercial, and municipal clients. For example, we advise on the development of projects that may encounter contaminated lands, scarce water resources, endangered species, and public opposition. We strategize with clients and counsel them on avoiding environmental liabilities. We help clients navigate environmental laws to ensure regulatory compliance. We also seek to resolve disputes in a creative, cost-effective manner, but are prepared to prosecute or defend charges when necessary. 

In particular, we maintain our strength in providing clients with:

·       Practically resolving environmental claims

·       Permitting support and regulatory compliance

·       Analysis and due diligence on complex business transactions

·       Counsel on environmental impact studies and defense against prospective environmental impact-based challenges

·       Guidance on administrative, civil, or criminal enforcement claims

Our experience encompasses:

·       Environmental litigation

·       Environmental rulemaking

·       Permitting appeals

·       Resolution of environmental disputes to facilitate business transactions

·       Development projects involving alternative energy

·       Brownfield redevelopment

·       Contaminated properties

·       Land use

·       Natural resources