About
Provided by Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
The Sills Cummis & Gross Environmental Practice Group counsels clients on transactional, regulatory compliance, and litigation matters involving environmental issues. They are regularly called upon in transactions involving real estate and business assets to address environmental liability and compliance issues, and have worked with clients on many of the most successful redevelopment projects in New Jersey. The Group’s familiarity with a vast array of regulatory programs and statutory mandates allows them to work through compliance issues with efficiency.
The Group’s attorneys have broad experience defending and prosecuting environmental cost recovery and contribution actions on behalf of corporate clients and in defending clients in enforcement actions brought by the USEPA, the NJDEP, and other governmental entities.
The Group also represents businesses seeking relief from denials of permits and approvals and from onerous permit terms, as well as policyholders in connection with environmental insurance coverage litigation.
The Sills Cummis Environmental Practice Groups principal areas of focus include:
- Transactional Environmental Issues
- Finance Environmental Issues
- Regulatory Compliance and Counseling
- Cost Recovery Litigation
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Remediation and Redevelopment
- Permitting
- Agency Relations (DEP & EPA)
- Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Air and Water Pollution
- Audits
- Penalty Proceedings
- Criminal Liability