Eric B Fjelstad

Environment, Energy & Resources

Environmental Litigation

Infrastructure Development

Energy Infrastructure & Clean Technology

Mining

Forest Products

Oil & Gas

Eric Fjelstad represents clients in oil and gas, mining, project development, litigation, and strategic counseling for municipal and industrial projects.

In his project development work, Eric handles due diligence, commercial arrangements for exploration, development and production, and permitting. He counsels Alaska’s leading oil and gas and mining companies on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting; Section 404 permitting and compensatory mitigation; and National Environmental Policy Act strategy and compliance. He also advises on permitting and leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act permitting; easements and rights-of-way; Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA); oil spill contingency planning; hazardous waste issues under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Prevention of Significant Deterioration, and air permitting; and water rights issues.