ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: A VITAL CONCERN AS YOU BUILD THE FUTURE OF YOUR BUSINESS

  • Filling out federal EPA compliance paperwork takes businesses an estimated 100 million hours a year
  • The environmental regulatory compliance burden on the US economy is estimated at anywhere from 3% to 8% of GDP
  • The federal EPA implements over 400 new regulations in an average year
  • The state of North Carolina has 14 major environmental regulatory enforcement programs
  • In the most recent reporting year, there were more than $6 million in civil penalties imposed under these programs, the largest being a fine of almost $200,000.

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Manning Fulton lawyers, focusing in their key areas of experience, work to protect the interests of our business clients with practical solutions to the regulatory and transactional demands of environmental compliance.

Manning Fulton takes a multidisciplinary approach to environmental law issues. We involve lawyers from three key practice areas to resolve the environmental issues that arise from the day-to-day activities of large and small companies alike:

  • Our real estate lawyers review and analyze environmental site assessments to help clients evaluate environmental risks and negotiate solutions to environmental problems when purchasing or developing property. If a development nearing completion is faced with new, more stringent and costly environmental regulations—such as expanded stream buffer requirements—we can assist in obtaining compliance exemptions for clients under "vested rights" determinations.
  • Our government relations lawyers help clients obtain special government permits essential for operation in environmentally sensitive industries.
  • Our commercial litigation attorneys advise clients facing lawsuits over environmental contamination. For example, we defended a major corporation accused of causing off-site groundwater contamination, and represented the area's largest real estate firm in a multiparty case arising from the failure of a community sewer system.

Manning Fulton lawyers know that environmental law has many dimensions that affect businesses and individuals in different ways. We have the experience and skill to protect the interests of our clients when environmental isues arise.

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