Working through the environmental aspects of business transactions, Kevin is a leader, guiding his clients’ through the regulatory maze that dominates environmental and energy law.
As chairman of the management committee, he also is leading the firm in a progressive fashion to successfully navigate this transitional time in the legal industry.
Kevin regularly appears before the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Public Service Commission and other state and federal agencies when he is obtaining permits and approvals for:
mining
power generation
electrical and gas transmission
gas storage
landfill
wind energy projects
In the mining and construction materials industry, he has permitted:
sand and gravel mines (both above and below the water table)
asphalt and concrete plants
small and large rock and mineral quarries
major oil storage facilities
Kevin has worked on numerous State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permitting matters, including instances where the DEC has sought to modify permits and impose often stringent limitations, including with regard to cooling water intake structures.
Kevin also has considerable experience in matters relating to the permitting of solid waste landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and other large facilities (e.g., distribution and warehouse facilities). In connection with these projects, issues related to compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) are always present and he has gone through the entire SEQRA process, including for larger projects the issuance of a Final Environmental Impact Statement and Findings Statement.
In addition to obtaining permits (including participating in numerous hearings to obtain those permits), Kevin has been involved in numerous litigations, either defending against opposition or citizens groups or protecting the rights of his clients against those entities (such as municipalities.)
Kevin also has significant experience in corrective action matters, such as:
state Superfund remediation issues
hazardous substance and petroleum bulk storage tanks
petroleum contamination issues
toxic torts
Kevin also represents clients in defense of claims asserted by federal and state governmental agencies for cleanup costs, penalties and other enforcement matters brought under federal and state Superfund statutes, New York State Navigation Law and the Clean Water Act. In connection with this representation, he has negotiated a number of Administrative Orders on Consent and Consent Decrees with the New York State DEC, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice.
Energy
Kevin has been lead project counsel on numerous Public Service Law Article VII gas and electric transmission projects (including for regulated public utilities), an Article X power plant project (the last one to be approved in New York State under the previous Article X) for a merchant developer, numerous wind energy facilities and underground and above ground natural gas and liquid petroleum gas storage and transportation facilities for a major midstream company.
News
Events and Webinars
Articles
Videos
Honors & Affiliations
Listed in:
The Best Lawyers in America® 2021, Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental (listed for more than 10 years)
Best Lawyers Syracuse Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year, 2014, 2018, 2020
Best Lawyers Syracuse Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year, 2015
Chambers USA 2020, Environmental
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
New York Super Lawyers 2020®, Environmental (listed for more than 10 years)
New York State Bar Association, Chair, Environmental and Energy Law Section
Maine Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee
Air and Waste Management Association, Central New York Chapter
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY)
Independent Oil and Gas Association (IOGA) of New York
New York Association for Solid Waste Management
New York Construction Materials Association (NYCMA), Board Member
New York State Wetlands Forum, Past Co-Chair
New York Water Environment Federation Association
Representative Presentations
Panel Member, Energy from Waste: Where are We, and Where Are We Going To?, NYSASWM, May 21-24, 2017
Representative Publications
"Court Rules that Red Wing Has a Vested Right to Mine its Property," Materials Matter, Fall 2020
Other Activities
Board Member, Baldwinsville Community Scholarship Foundation
Board Member, CenterState CEO
Board Member, Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc.
Board Member, United Way of Central New York
Board Member, YMCA of Central New York
Board of Education, Baldwinsville Central School District, 2000-2009
Working through the environmental aspects of business transactions, Kevin is a leader, guiding his clients’ through the regulatory maze that dominates environmental and energy law.
As chairman of the management committee, he also is leading the firm in a progressive fashion to successfully navigate this transitional time in the legal industry.
Kevin regularly appears before the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Public Service Commission and other state and federal agencies when he is obtaining permits and approvals for:
mining
power generation
electrical and gas transmission
gas storage
landfill
wind energy projects
In the mining and construction materials industry, he has permitted:
sand and gravel mines (both above and below the water table)
asphalt and concrete plants
small and large rock and mineral quarries
major oil storage facilities
Kevin has worked on numerous State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permitting matters, including instances where the DEC has sought to modify permits and impose often stringent limitations, including with regard to cooling water intake structures.
Kevin also has considerable experience in matters relating to the permitting of solid waste landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and other large facilities (e.g., distribution and warehouse facilities). In connection with these projects, issues related to compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) are always present and he has gone through the entire SEQRA process, including for larger projects the issuance of a Final Environmental Impact Statement and Findings Statement.
In addition to obtaining permits (including participating in numerous hearings to obtain those permits), Kevin has been involved in numerous litigations, either defending against opposition or citizens groups or protecting the rights of his clients against those entities (such as municipalities.)
Kevin also has significant experience in corrective action matters, such as:
state Superfund remediation issues
hazardous substance and petroleum bulk storage tanks
petroleum contamination issues
toxic torts
Kevin also represents clients in defense of claims asserted by federal and state governmental agencies for cleanup costs, penalties and other enforcement matters brought under federal and state Superfund statutes, New York State Navigation Law and the Clean Water Act. In connection with this representation, he has negotiated a number of Administrative Orders on Consent and Consent Decrees with the New York State DEC, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice.
Energy
Kevin has been lead project counsel on numerous Public Service Law Article VII gas and electric transmission projects (including for regulated public utilities), an Article X power plant project (the last one to be approved in New York State under the previous Article X) for a merchant developer, numerous wind energy facilities and underground and above ground natural gas and liquid petroleum gas storage and transportation facilities for a major midstream company.
