
Our representative matters in Brownfields cleanup and redevelopment include:
- Represented stakeholders in two large Brownfields redevelopment projects: the purchase of portions of a 700-acre steel mill and the sale of the largest single-story manufacturing facility in the United States
- Representing a coalition of leading Illinois companies, including its largest utilities, in the development of Illinois’s Brownfields cleanup program regulations
- Served on the USEPA Federal Advisory Committee to develop regulations implementing important provisions of the Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002
- Negotiating numerous Prospective Purchaser Agreements (PPAs) and comfort letters with USEPA and several state agencies, including the first PPA in the country to provide releases for RCRA hazardous waste liability
- Negotiating the terms of dozens of environmental insurance policies to effectively manage known and unknown environmental risks
- Representing the National Brownfield Associations in federal rulemaking proceedings and the development of the Illinois State Chapter