Environmental and Land Use
Shipman & Goodwin's Environmental and Land Use group provides environmental regulatory counseling; representation in local, regional, state, and federal permitting and administrative agency proceedings; and representation in all forms of environmental, land use and real estate-related litigation in the state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Environmental Counseling and Litigation
Our environmental practice assists business entities, state and local government agencies and individuals with regulatory compliance, environmental permitting, financing, and business and real estate transactions. We have extensive experience with the regulatory aspects of contaminated properties, including urban sites and brownfields, hazardous waste management and remediation, the Connecticut Transfer Act, and underground storage tanks. We regularly provide guidance on all major federal and state environmental programs, including solid and hazardous waste, coastal zone management, tidal and inland wetlands and watercourses, water quality, stormwater management, pesticides, and ambient and indoor air quality. We have extensive experience in the state and federal courts in environmental cost recovery actions, environmental insurance matters, underground storage tanks, toxic torts, and the state and federal Environmental Protection Acts.
Land Use Permitting and Litigation
Our experience in land use encompasses eminent domain, inverse condemnation and other constitutional property rights claims, affordable housing, fair housing, drafting and enforcement of regulations, historic preservation, mineral rights and earth materials, specific performance, landlord and tenant, common interest ownership communities, quiet title, tax appeals, and foreclosures. We represent clients before state and local agencies in administrative proceedings, and in civil actions in the state and federal trial and appellate courts, involving permitting, injunctions, compensation and damages, and enforcement. We represent businesses, associations, individuals, non-profits and government agencies in these matters.
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