Working closely with the firm’s business and corporate lawyers, Brouse McDowell’s environmental lawyers regularly assist clients with the many environmental compliance, risk evaluation and enforcement issues that arise every day. Whether it is a single question about when a warning or notification must be made, a comprehensive project involving environmental due diligence for a business transaction, the auditing of a facility, or evaluating liabilities for SEC disclosure purposes, Brouse McDowell’s lawyers communicate quickly and effectively to bring insight and solutions to our clients’ environmental problems, both everyday and extraordinary.

We have experience assisting our clients with a variety of planning activities, including SPCC planning and RMP activities. We frequently provide in-house speakers on environmental, health and safety topics and can develop facility-specific or company-wide training materials and programs to meet specialized client needs.

Brouse McDowell works closely with clients who have been notified of environmental violations to correct the violations, minimize enforcement consequences and avoid future incidents. For many of our clients, we write policies and procedures and provide in-house training on identifying and developing environmental strategies and compliance issues.

In the enforcement arena, Brouse McDowell’s lawyers are effective advocates for our clients, aggressively negotiating the lowest possible penalties, developing creative enforcement solutions involving supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) and formulating strategies to bring clients into compliance expeditiously and efficiently.

When our clients are engaged in a business transaction, whether a merger, acquisition, divestiture or the simple sale or purchase of a facility, Brouse McDowell is adept at evaluating the environmental risk, communicating that risk and working to develop effective solutions to address the risk and enable the parties to the transaction to meet their goals. We have developed effective working relationships with many environmental consultants and can provide clients access to a network of competent professionals.