Overview
We guide our clients in various industries through permit approval processes by reviewing project documentation for completeness, determining the necessary permits and approvals, completing the required application forms, navigating through the impact review process to create a full record, and representing our clients before local boards and state and federal agencies.
We have counseled clients on numerous projects involving significant permitting requirements (including, for example, air, water discharge and solid waste permits), developing legal strategies to minimize potential litigation, advocating client positions before regulatory agencies, host municipalities and citizens groups, representing clients in issues conferences and major adjudicatory hearings before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and negotiating permit conditions and stipulations.
We have worked on projects that have confronted organized citizen opposition groups contesting various aspects of the environmental reviews and challenging the issuance of the requested permits. In these projects, we undertook to ensure a comprehensive record, drafted testimony and prepared witnesses to defend the merits of the applications and environmental reviews.
Our clients develop new industrial, commercial, institutional and residential facilities and expand existing facilities. These projects generally require permits and approvals from local boards (rezone, site plan, subdivision, special permit) and often require additional permits or approvals from state and federal agencies.
For our clients in the hospitality industry, our attorneys' extensive experience and industry knowledge can help ensure that businesses get off on the right foot and remain in compliance. We assist clients in applying for federal and state manufacturing licenses, seeking formula and label approval, maintaining and filing necessary paperwork or simply avoiding the many regulatory pitfalls hidden within the Federal Alcohol Administration Act and the New York State Alcohol Beverage Control Law.
