Environmental Law
Environmental law has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the legal world as we continue to understand more and more about the environment and the complicated laws related to it. Our lawyers at Costello, Cooney & Fearon keep up-to-date with the ever-changing environmental laws for large corporations, small businesses, municipalities and schools, real estate, and land use, ensuring both you and our planet are protected.
Services include:
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and federal Environmental Protection Agency enforcement
- Environmental audits
- Toxic tort litigation
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) compliance
- Landfill siting and closures
- Resource recovery
- Sludge disposal
- Recycling
- Hazardous waste matters
- Solid waste disposal
- Aquifer protection
- Waste removal, including medical waste
- Environmental cleanups
- Enforcement proceedings and litigation
- Consent orders
- Administrative and judicial proceedings
- Federal, state and local permits
- Environmental quality review (SEQR)
- Clean Air Act issues
