Recent Environmental Law Cases & Matters

The following representative matters highlight the breadth of experience of the Law Office of Alan S. Ashkinaze in environmental law, land use law, and corporate law. Over more than 30 years, the firm has represented businesses, developers, property owners, and nonprofit organizations in matters involving environmental permitting, ISRA compliance, brownfields redevelopment, site remediation, NJDEP enforcement, land use approvals, and complex business transactions throughout New Jersey.

These examples demonstrate the firm’s practical experience in addressing regulatory challenges and helping clients achieve successful outcomes across a wide range of environmental and business matters.

• Represented clients in all phases (including due diligence and contract negotiations) of the purchases of former industrial properties and gasoline stations;
• Assisted clients in obtaining Class B recycling permits, renewal of solid waste facility permits, A-901 approvals, NYC BIC approvals, and air permits;
  Assisted clients in redeveloping of “Brownfields” sites for uses such as a retail strip mall, school, restaurant supply center, storage facility, distribution center, and factory;
• Served as environmental counsel to perform, among other things, environmental due diligence and pre-acquisition activities;
• Negotiated “redeveloper agreements” on behalf of Brownfield Redevelopers;
  Worked with LSRPs to finalize the remediation of contaminated properties;
• Represented clients in private party cost recovery actions;
• Represented clients before NJDEP in enforcement actions involving: USTS, solid waste, recycling, and air permits;
• Represented clients before USEPA in enforcement actions involving: NESHAP (air issues) and CERCLA;
• Examined the feasibility and siting of rail transfer facilities;
• Assisted clients in obtaining RAOs in several ISRA and USTs related matters.

• Negotiated Developer Agreement on behalf of designated redeveloper;
  Represented clients in neighbor land use disputes;
• Represented clients seeking Treatment Works Approvals (TWA) and NJPDES permits;
• Advised clients on wetlands issues.

• Negotiated lease and purchase agreements;
• Represented clients in obtaining financing for plant expansion and property acquisition;
• Obtained tax exempt status for not for profit corporations;
• Formed and advised several not for profit (nonprofit) corporations;
• Formed several real estate holding and management LLCs;
• Provided business counseling to several e-commerce start-up ventures.