Eric counsels and represents clients in a variety of industries in aspects of environmental law, including transactional matters such as real estate transfers and day-to-day compliance counseling. He has extensive experience in Superfund litigation as well as environmental regulatory expertise in the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, compliance counseling, enforcement defense, mergers & acquisitions, permitting issues, RCRA, release reporting, agency submittals and environmental audits. Eric served as the primary compliance counsel for a petrochemical manufacturing facility. He also brought the first CERCLA § 106(b) action in which a petitioner received a final order granting reimbursement in full to a party who had received and complied with a unilateral administrative order from the Environmental Protection Agency. Additionally, he has negotiated administrative orders and consent decrees and formed and participated in PRP groups performing work pursuant to consent decrees. He also has litigated contribution suits and liability defense suits. Awards & Recognitions · Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Professional Associations & Memberships · The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis · Environmental Law Institute · The Missouri Bar Experience · Primary compliance counsel for a petrochemical manufacturing facility on issues ranging from resolution of audit findings, CAA enforcement matters, CAA periodic reporting submittals, Title V permitting, release reporting and submittal of RCRA Remedial Action Plans · Brought the first CERCLA § 106(b) action in which a petitioner received a final order granting reimbursement in full to a party who had received and complied with an EPA unilateral administrative order · In Lake Environmental, Inc., v. The State of Illinois, 54 Ill. Ct. Cl. 408 (2001), successfully recovered more than $30,000 in attorneys' fees under Illinois' Administrative Procedure Act. The fees were incurred in defending against an Illinois agency's Notice of Violation by proving that the agency's claims of non-compliance in an asbestos enforcement matter, found to be untrue, were made without reasonable cause. Events 2.1.05, Aviall -What is it, and What Does it Mean? Gateway Society of Hazardous Materials Managers
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