Earl Phillips Email & Phone Number

Hartford, Ct, Us

Conn., Mass., New York, Rhode Island, Florida, California, Delaware, And Penn.

My practice daily involves risk management and compliance counseling, including work with the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Endangered Species, NEPA/CEPA, CERCLA, and related State specific environmental programs. I represent manufacturing, petroleum, chem/pharma, energy, and natural resource/mining interests throughout the United States. My practice has involved environmental matters before EPA headquarters, most of the EPA regional offices, and in more than 30 States.For sites, operations, and transactions with environmental or energy issues, I provide comprehensive transactional services: performing due diligence, evaluating risk/reward, drafting and negotiating letters of intent, site access agreements, options to purchase, rights of first refusal, leases, and purchase and sale agreements. I have served as the lead outside counsel for a wide range of project development efforts, helping clients move from the planning/vision stage to project permitting to construction to completion. I regularly represent energy clients with respect to project evaluation, permitting, and transactional matters. On the generation side, I have permitted or repermitted natural gas fired generation, and hydropower facilities, greenfield, brownfield, and rooftop solar arrays, and fuel cells. I have also advised companies involved in the bulk storage of petroleum and the transmission (pipelines) for natural gas and fuel oil.I guide clients through the complex rules, regulations, and policies related to contaminated site investigation and remediation.I help clients in preparing for emergencies and responding to them. I have experience with preparing for “unthinkable” events and helping clients during chaotic crises.I efficiently help clients resolve disputes which arise over environmental health, safety, and energy matters. I have successfully defended cases around the country involving compliance enforcement and remediation matters initiated by state and federal agencies.

Instructor of Environmental Law & Policy

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Ba (Cum Laude), Earth & Environmental Science