Mark relies upon his extensive experience with environmental regulations in all environmental media to counsel and represent industrial and commercial clients in environmental compliance, transactional, and litigation matters.
With respect to air permitting, he has been actively involved in both minor and major source matters in both attainment and nonattainment areas throughout the country under Title V of the Clean Air Act and similar state statutes. These matters involve both criteria pollutants as well as hazardous air pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Mark has also been involved in water permitting matters involving industrial and municipal process wastewater discharges, as well as storm water discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Pretreatment programs under the Clean Water Act and similar state statutes.
Mark has assisted clients with solid and hazardous waste matters including permitting, closure, and post-closure care, as well as corrective action matters and beneficial use determinations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and similar state statues.
In commercial transactions on environmental due diligence matters, Mark helps clients understand the environmental transactional risks and provides solutions to meet clients’ objectives. He helps address environmental issues in a variety of ways including voluntary cleanup programs, as well as insurance and contractual provisions. Mark has been involved in Brownfield projects involving sites that have environmental issues that need to be resolved as part of their commercial or residential redevelopment.
Mark represents clients in matters involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) and similar state statutes. In addition, he assists clients in responding to requests for information from the government and negotiating settlement agreements with federal and state agencies. He also has served as common counsel for Steering and Allocation Committees and for cost recovery/contribution litigation.
Mark counsels clients in connection with chemical management, labeling, reporting, and similar requirements related to clients’ operations and products, including those under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
Mark provides compliance counseling and enforcement defense to clients related to the employee health and safety matters under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, including the Process Safety Management standard and the Risk Management Program rule (RMP) under the Clean Air Act.
