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Environment Fennemore Craig has a long history in natural resources and environmental law. Eighteen of the firm's attorneys work primarily in the natural resources and environmental area and many of them actively serve on boards, committees and organizations dedicated to environmental, natural resources, and water rule-making, policy development, and legislation. Related environmental and natural resources experience in other practice areas includes tax, corporate law, commercial and white collar criminal litigation, real estate, government relations, workman's compensation, and personal injury and business torts litigation. [MORE]
Fennemore Craig has a long history in natural resources and environmental law. Eighteen of the firm's attorneys work primarily in the natural resources and environmental area and many of them actively serve on boards, committees and organizations dedicated to environmental, natural resources, and water rule-making, policy development, and legislation. Related environmental and natural resources experience in other practice areas includes tax, corporate law, commercial and white collar criminal litigation, real estate, government relations, workman's compensation, and personal injury and business torts litigation.
Our legal services encompass environmental and natural resources compliance, permitting, litigation, legislation and administrative action including administrative rulemaking. Our focus is to help clients identify environmental, natural resource, water and land use issues early in a transaction, and work with them to find innovative solutions. [LESS][+] Administrative Our attorneys routinely prepare appeals and make presentations on behalf of clients before state and federal administrative bodies and tribunals charged with acting upon permit requests, water rights issues, contamination issues, underground storage tank disputes, and many other environmental, water and natural resource matters. [+] Climate Change Climate change has assumed a high-profile role in policy making at all levels of government, both domestically and internationally. Whether one agrees on the science and conclusions relating to climate change, its related policy and rule-making are very real issues for business. Laws and government programs to address climate change have the potential to significantly affect industrial, residential and commercial development, land use, energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. Government at all levels is enacting climate change-related laws, and businesses and utilities will incur costs as a result. The dominant element driving climate change regulation and rule-making is greenhouse gas emissions and the desire to reduce greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, produced primarily from combustion; methane, produced from landfills, agriculture and coal mines; nitrous oxide, produced from combustion and fertilizers; hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons, produced by refrigeration and semiconductor industries; and sulfur hexafluoride produced from electricity generation and transfer equipment. Fennemore Craig's Climate Change lawyers are well versed in domestic and international developments on emerging legal and corporate policies on Climate Change, including the regulation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions affecting businesses. [+] Endangered Species Fennemore Craig attorneys have substantial experience with the federal Endangered Species Act and related laws and regulatory requirements. The firm represents clients in connection with administrative and court proceedings concerning the listing of species, the designation of critical habitat, Section 7 consultation and prohibitions on the "taking" of species. The firm has successfully challenged species' listings, critical habitat designations and biological opinions, and defends clients in lawsuits based on alleged violations of the ESA, as well as NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and other statutes and regulatory programs affecting land and resource use. [+] Environment Fennemore Craig provides due diligence advice and counseling, and real property and environmental impact assessments for business. We offer environmental compliance and permit counseling for industry and business. The firm routinely works in the areas of:
[+] Legislation The firm represents clients before the Arizona Legislature on a wide range of environmental and natural resource matters, including water and air quality, solid and hazardous waste, water rights, tax policy and underground storage tank issues. Our attorneys have helped draft and lobby most of Arizona's major environmental laws, including the Environmental Quality Act of 1986, the State's Air Quality Act, Underground Storage Tank Act, Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (State Superfund), the Groundwater Code and the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment Act. [+] Litigation Fennemore Craig's civil and criminal litigation experience includes all aspects of environmental and natural resources claims. We represent clients in connection with state and federal and Superfund matters; pursuing and defending private cost recovery actions under state and federal statutes and common law; defending investigations and civil enforcement and criminal prosecutions by state, local and federal prosecuting agencies under the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and all other federal and state statutes; and water rights claims. [+] Public Lands Fennemore Craig provides a wide range of representation concerning natural resources issues on public and tribal lands. This includes trials and appeals in federal and state courts, proceedings before various administrative agencies, permitting, and commercial transactions. Our attorneys represent natural resources companies, mining companies, ranchers, developers and other public land users in federal court litigation on a full range of natural resources issues. Our experience includes regularly defending challenges to projects and activities on federal lands involving the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Federal Land Management and Policy Act, as well as other federal and state statutes affecting the use and development of public lands. In addition, we represent clients in administrative appeals and federal court proceedings relating to the issuance of permits and other regulatory matters affecting the development and use of natural resources. We are also experienced in negotiating contracts and water rights settlements with American Indian Tribes and government agencies. In addition to litigation, we advise and assist clients on various permitting and transactional matters, rights-of way, grazing permits and other permits relating to the use and occupancy of public lands. The firm also assists clients in connection with rule-making proceedings and administrative appeals and contested cases relating to permits under federal and state land use statutes. [+] Rule-making and Policy Development The firm regularly participates in and submits comments on behalf of clients in the public process on the formulation of national rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and other federal agencies. The firm interacts frequently with the office of the Arizona Governor and policy advisors, as well as the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the State Land Department, and other State agencies on the promulgation of rules as well as the development and implementation of policy. [+] Toxic Torts Toxic tort litigation involves claims for personal injury and property damage arising out of exposure to a toxic substance. Our attorneys are experienced in representing clients in toxic tort matters, including claims for:
[+] Water Law Fennemore Craig offers clients decades of experience in surface water, groundwater, water rights, water supply, river adjudications and litigation, and all types of water-related litigation. Water Permitting and Compliance The firm advises clients on compliance with regulatory and permitting matters involving federal, state and local laws, rules and policies, including the assured water supply program, water conservation requirements, Central Arizona Project issues, and the environmental implications of exercising water rights. Our attorneys assist clients in formulating strategies to protect and utilize water rights. We negotiate and document numerous water rights conveyances, water service agreements and water infrastructure instruments. We frequently conduct due diligence in connection with transactions involving the acquisition of real property and water rights. Water Legislation and Regulation Fennemore Craig has a long history of representing clients in drafting and negotiating water legislation that includes Arizona’s landmark Groundwater Management Act and the legislation giving rise to the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District. We regularly represent clients in rule-making and regulatory matters before state and federal agencies. Water Litigation The firm represents major claimants in river adjudications and water rights litigation, including the Gila River Adjudication and the Little Colorado River Adjudication. In addition to serving as trial counsel, our attorneys are involved in settlement negotiations for these and other water controversies through agreements among both American Indian and non-Indian claimants. In addition, we represent clients in interstate stream litigation and related negotiations. We also have experience representing state governments in interstate water banking negotiations. Water Rights and Supply Fennemore Craig represents clients in water supply, water rights and development issues that include:
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Environment Fennemore Craig has a long history in natural resources and environmental law. Eighteen of the firm's attorneys work primarily in the natural resources and environmental area and many of them actively serve on boards, committees and organizations dedicated to environmental, natural resources, and water rule-making, policy development, and legislation. Related environmental and natural resources experience in other practice areas includes tax, corporate law, commercial and white collar criminal litigation, real estate, government relations, workman's compensation, and personal injury and business torts litigation. [MORE] [+] Administrative [+] Climate Change [+] Endangered Species [+] Environment [+] Legislation [+] Litigation [+] Public Lands [+] Rule-making and Policy Development [+] Toxic Torts [+] Water Law |
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Environment Practice chair: Robert D. Anderson title: Director location: Phoenix p: (602) 916-5455 f: (602) 916-5655 e: randerso@fclaw.com Environment Practice Attorneys [VIEW ALL] |
In The News April 26, 2012 Forty-one Fennemore Craig attorneys named to Southwest Super Lawyers list [NEWS] January 31, 2012 Patrick Black is counsel to EPCOR USA in its acquisition of Arizona and New Mexico water businesses [NEWS] September 15, 2011 Article by Robert D. Anderson focuses on Groundwater, Floodplains and "Waters of the United States" [ARTICLE] [MORE NEWS] Publications and Events Managing Litigation as a Business [LEARN MORE] May 8, 2012 When the Federal Handle is Small: The 404 Permitting Process [SEMINAR] April 11, 2012 The Challenge of Conservation [SEMINAR] |
