We have also participated in the develop-ment of water quality standards and related effluent limitations in several states. We have been involved in several major groundwater pollu-tion cases and represented industry in the development of the Illinois groundwater rules. Our most senior environmental attorney has also represe-nted several clients in litigation under common law relating to the alleged pollution of rivers and the Great Lakes. The EHS group has comprehensive experience in hazardous waste regulations, permitting, and litigation. Federal and state laws create extensive liability for anyone seeking to handle, treat or dispose of sold or hazardous waste.
Current law creates joint and several liability for the cost of remediating disposal sites.
Our attorneys have represented clients in waste site permitting and have participated in the development of solid, medical, and hazardous waste regulations. Finally, the firm has been in the forefront in the movement to develop rational approaches to site remediation in all contexts. The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and similar state statutes have dramatically changed the nature of corporate and real estate transactions. We have represented the concerns of buyers, sellers, and lenders and are skilled in drafting and negotiating representations, warranties, and indemnities in sales and loan agreements and workouts. The firm's practice in Occupational Safety and Health matters encompasses a full range of matters both before the United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and state commissions.