Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory Law Litigation
GOLDFARB, STURMAN & AVERBACH brings broad expertise to environmental, administrative and regulatory law litigation, including:
- Defense and prosecution of Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA aka “Superfund”)
- Actions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Defense of proceedings brought under California Proposition 65
- Actions involving leakage of petroleum based or other volatile organic compounds
from above-ground and underground storage tanks (LUST) as well as
contamination from dry cleaning solvents (PCE)
- Actions involving soil and groundwater contamination by perchlorate
- Lead contamination matters
The firm also has substantial experience in representing clients before regulatory bodies in matters related to soil and groundwater pollution, as well as issues concerning the production, storage, labeling and shipment of hazardous products, including:
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- United States Department of Transportation, including the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration of the U.S. D.O.T.
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- California Regional Water Control Boards
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation
- California Environmental Protection Agency, and its Department of Toxic Substances
Control and Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Other administrative proceedings brought by air pollution control districts, county and city governmental agencies, including proceedings based on fire department regulations and enforcement of hazardous materials storage.
A Los Angeles Daily Journal article authored by attorneys with the firm on apportionment of CERCLA damages is reprinted here.
Spill Splitting
