Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn LLP recently launched its Michigan Environmental Law Blog to focus on trends and developments that impact business.
Newsworthy topics include the importance of reading Phase I environmental site assessment reports with a critical eye, an analysis of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) denial of a permit for a petroleum coke (pet coke) storage facility and information regarding the property tax consequences of current environmental laws.
Contributors to the blog have extensive experience in air quality, environmental compliance, due care and remediation, hazardous waste, sediment remediation, wetlands and natural resources protection, economic development and other redevelopment incentives, solid waste and water discharge, according to the law firm
The Michigan Environmental Law Blog can be found at www.MichiganEnvironmentalLaw.com.
Blog contributors are:
• Kenneth C. Gold is a Honigman partner and the leader of its Environmental Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising clients on environmental issues, including transactions, mergers, acquisitions, permitting, compliance, enforcement defense, cleanups, auditing, climate change and sustainability.
Gold is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Environmental Professional, a publication of the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals.
He previously served as the chair of the Land Use Subcommittee of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Groundwater Rules Work Group of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
• S. Lee Johnson, a Honigman partner, specializes in real estate and environmental matters.
He focuses his practice on counseling large and small manufacturers, real estate developers, mining firms and utilities regarding environmental regulation. Johnson’s particular emphasis is on air pollution regulation and the environmental aspects of commercial transactions.
Johnson is the chair-elect of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He is a past chair of the Air Committee of the State Bar of Michigan’s Environmental Law Section and the East Michigan Chapter of the Air Waste Management Association.
• Richard A. Barr is a Honigman partner and leader of its Economic Development Incentives Practice Group.
He focuses his practice on environmental, economic development, real estate and business law and has extensive knowledge regarding the redevelopment of contaminated sites by utilizing federal, state and local incentives.
Barr is a member of the Environmental Advisory Rules Committee of the State of Michigan Office of Regulatory Reinvention and of the Collaborative Stakeholder Initiative for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.Firm
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