Carmody’s Environmental Group focuses on transactions, Brownfield/site development projects, regulatory compliance, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. We represent local, regional, national and international businesses, in addition to developers, municipalities, commercial lenders, nonprofit organizations, regulated utilities and energy providers, and private citizens in Connecticut environmental matters. No matter what the environmental issues may be, we focus on our clients’ goals and strive to manage matters efficiently and in a cost-effective, pragmatic manner.
Drawing on the firm’s strong municipal, regulatory, and business practices, we assist clients with a full range of environmental services, including:
- Understanding the State’s brand new environmental regulatory framework for hazardous site cleanups, the “Release-Based Cleanup Program” or RBCP, effective as of March 1, 2026
- Helping clients achieve closure, compliance, and/or transition for properties that remain in the “Transfer Act,” the predecessor program to the RBCP
- Quantifying and managing environmental risks in connection with real estate and business transactions
- Advising clients in connection with financing, redeveloping and remediating contaminated properties, with associated permitting considerations
- Providing compliance advice to industrial, commercial, lending and municipal clients regarding hazardous waste, underground storage tanks, wastewater, air emissions, asbestos, lead paint and toxic chemicals
- Understanding potential liabilities for “emerging contaminants” like PFAS
- Facilitating public/private partnerships for redevelopment of Brownfield sites and addressing regional environmental problems
- Negotiating and facilitating resolution of federal and State of Connecticut judicial and administrative enforcement actions
- Working with firm litigators in environmental litigation, environmental cost recovery matters, and alternative dispute resolution matters