Natural Resources & Environment

Snell & Wilmer’s Natural Resources group is involved in all aspects of the following sectors: mining; utility; water treatment; water rights; land use/reuse; forestry; drones; etc.

Compliance/Regulatory:

• Environment, energy and product regulation
• Permitting and regulatory issues brought before EPA, FERC and other federal agencies and departments
• CWA, CAA, TSCA, RCRA, OSHA, Interior Department statutes and emergencies from spills or accidents

Brownfield Redevelopment: Attorneys represent sellers and purchasers of environmentally impaired properties in obtaining regulatory closure or no further action status by drafting and negotiating prospective purchaser agreements, voluntary cleanup agreements, environmental covenants, site management plans, RCRA corrective action permits, institutional controls and deed and land use covenants and restrictions.

Mining Industry Services: Snell & Wilmer provides quality legal counsel to clients in the mining industry, including quarries, mines, investors, landowners and third-party mining-related businesses. The firm’s mining industry attorneys provide services relating to the financing and development of projects in the exploration, extraction, processing, transportation and sale of non-ferrous and precious metals, coal and other minerals.

Water: The firm’s attorneys advise clients on water rights adjudications, on the sale, lease and transfer of water rights, and in water rights litigation.