Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP’s full-service environmental practice was founded by former environmental regulators and a former environmental prosecutor, with more than 40 years of experience in environmental matters. SMB attorneys have a proven track record of resolving land, air, and water pollution matters. Firm attorneys have extensive experience in litigating in federal and state courts, as well as before the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:.

• CERCLA/Superfund
• RCRA
• Review and approval of all pleadings
• Underground storage tanks
• Groundwater and drinking water contamination
• Contaminated property disputes
• Sale or purchase of contaminated commercial and industrial properties
• Wetlands issues
• Defense of regulatory violations
• Illinois pollution control facility/landfill sitings (“Section 39.2” or “SB172”)

In addition to defending a wide range of environmental cases, SMB attorneys have successfully brought suit and recovered on behalf of owners of property contaminated by others. Contamination may have been the result of activities from a prior owner, or may have migrated from an off-site source. SMB environmental attorneys use a combination of statutory and common law tools to force remediation of the property, and to recover costs and damages.

SMB environmental attorneys also assist clients in complying with environmental laws and regulations, to avoid noncompliance issues. Members of the environmental practice group also have participated at all levels of regulatory rulemaking, including drafting state regulations; have written authoritative articles for law reviews and bar journals; testified regarding legislative initiatives; and taught environmental law to law students.

This broad range of environmental legal services is brought to clients at reasonable rates, focusing on resolving the matter in the most efficient manner.

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