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Environmental Law & Land Use Management

2010 Gold Supporter of USGBC-Minnesota
 
For the past 30 years, waves of environmental and land use regulation have created a complicated, continually evolving legal landscape. Those regulations cover a wide spectrum of issues, including land use, zoning powers, eminent domain, the manufacture and disposal of hazardous substances, solid waste disposal sites, and the protection of natural resources.
 
For corporate and governmental clients, Gray Plant Mooty's Environmental Law & Land Use Management team is the go-to resource for navigating one of the most unique and far-reaching regulatory systems in the world.

Our Experience in Environmental Law

With experience spanning the history of modern environmental and land use law, our team takes pride in developing creative solutions to the complex challenges you face. We assist with a variety of concerns, including:

  • Above-ground and underground storage tank permitting and remediation
  • Air and water permits
  • Condemnation, zoning, and land use proceedings
  • Environmental audits and assessments
  • Indoor air and vapor intrusion
  • Insurance recovery for environmental cleanup costs, property damage, and bodily injury claims
  • Land use planning, redevelopment, brownfields, and related issues, including tax increment financing and public grant programs
  • Regulatory and administrative challenges
  • Solid and hazardous waste management issues
  • Superfund cost recovery, allocation of financial responsibility, and remediation of sites
  • Toxic tort issues including asbestos, mold, and mercury

Representative Clients

  • City of Rochester
  • Martin Marietta Aggregates, Inc.

Representative Matters

  • Represented the City of Rochester regarding a wide spectrum of environmental issues, including wastewater and stormwater permitting issues. Gray Plant Mooty recently successfully challenged the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) attempt to impose an individual stormwater permit on the Rochester airport.
  • Represented a major potato processing plant in Park Rapids, Minnesota in litigation involving water appropriation issues brought by the MCEA and in separate litigation by the processing facility challenging wastewater permitting decisions of the MPCA. The work included resolution of complex enforcement issues, securing multiple permits, and resulted in the client receiving its permits in time to begin construction to meet the deadlines required to service a large national fast-food company.
  • Represented Martin Marietta Aggregates, Inc. in various land use and environmental matters including: several conditional use permit matters, one of which has been appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Environmental matters, including MPCA and NPDES issues