Business and Real Estate Attorneys – Environmental Due Diligence – Focus – Soil Vapor Intrusion

Business and Real Estate Attorneys – Environmental Law Basics

Environmental Institute – August 2017 – CERCLA, RCRA and MERLA Case Law and Regulatory Update

Business and Real Estate Attorneys – Environmental Due Diligence in Business and RE Transactions
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Vapor Intrusion Environmental Liability Webinar – Attorney Questions and Answers

Business and Real Estate Attorneys – Complying with Environmental Laws In The Era of Trump

EDR Insight Vapor Intrusion and Environmental Liability, February 2013
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Cooperative Cleanup Memorandum of Agreement Template – July 5, 2012

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Basics

2011 Case Law Update CERCLA/RCRA/MERLA

RCRA Basics Powerpoint

Twin Cities Business Magazine February, 2011 “Special Focus – Law Firms: The Blawgosphere”

Tax Relief Available for Owners of Contaminated Property in Minnesota

CERCLA After Burlington Northern

MPCA Rem Div. Telephone List 3/5/2010

Best Management Practices for the Off-Site Reuse of Excess Fill From Development Sites

Minnesota Statutes § 116.071 – Cause Of Action For Abandonment Of Hazardous Waste On Property Of Another.

Minnesota State Register, January 25, 2010 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency – Notice of Proposed Update of the State Superfund Priorty List

MPCA Civil Penalty Guidelines for Individual Civil Settlement Negotiations for Violations of Minnesota Environmental Laws.

Minnesota’s Wetland Conservation Act

MPCA Fines Itself

Minnesota Enforcement Spotlight

Lawsuits of the Year: 
Waterlogged (as seen in December/January 2005 Minnesota Law & Politics) 
by Maura Keller

Court Orders State to Pay Attorney Fees

Choosing An Environmental Consultant

New Laws Encourage Redevelopment of Polluted Land

Responding to a Spill

Protection Expanded 
(as seen in May 2000 Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal) 
by Adam Weintraub

David Beats Goliath: Court Orders State to Pay Defendants’ Attorneys Fees

Rollie Gets Rolled (as seen in April 2000 Minnesota Law & Politics) by Tricia Baatz Torrey

Surviving an Inspection

California’s Proposition 65: Without a Product Warning, You May Pay the Price

Material Safety Data Sheets: Road Map To Safety

Confidentiality: How Safe Are Your Secrets?

Equal Access To Justice Acts: Regulatory Relief For Small Business

Environmental Liability and Freedom of Information On The Information Superhighway: New Opportunities and Concerns For Business

Business Owners and Managers Face Liability for Environmental Violations

Audits: One Tool to Limit Environmental Liability

Farmers Should Not Contest Feedlot Inspections (as seen in May 1994 The Land) 
by Andrea Jorgenson

Businesses Beware: Criminal Liability Looms for Environmental Offenses

Businesses Beware: Personal Liability Looms for Environmental Offenses, as published in The Hennepin Lawyer, November to December 1992 

Equal Access to Justice Act: Attorneys Fees Recovery

State of Minnesota ex rel. Northern Pacific Center, Inc. vs. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, United States District Court, District of Minnesota, 08-CV-6385, Order, Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, United States District Court Judge, dated July 13, 2010.

Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation in Minnesota, September 1, 2010, Bloomington, MN.

Substitute Senate Bill 6749 – Commercial Real Estate–Sellers–Disclosure

Due Diligence at Dawn: Why Vapor Intrusion Matters: An Environmental Attorney’s Perspective

Update to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) Program-Soil Gas as Identified Release in VIC Assurance Letters

A Sewage Blunder Earns Engineer a Criminal Record

Click on any of the links below to listen to our podcasts.

“Minnesota Law” Radio, November 14, 2010: “The Price of Ethanol”

“Minnesota Law” June 19, 2010 Radio Broadcast “BP Oil Spill: How Can the Law Help”

“April 9, 2010 – Waconia Septic Pollution Dispute: Where is the Water?“ Podcast

“Envirolaw Featuring Attorney Joe Maternowski Environmental Attorney” Podcast

“Overview of Practice Areas and Environmental Law”

“Environmental Litigation: Enforcement Defense and Cost Recovery Actions”

“Community Service: MSBA Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section/Eco Education Board”