Representative Presentations

  • 2018 Minnesota Environmental Institute, April 12, 2018 – CERCLA/MERLA/RCRA – The process for cleaning up contaminated property has evolved dramatically since Congress passed the Superfund law in 1980, but many federal Superfund sites remain mired in dispute. This presentation reviewed recent federal and state policy and regulatory and judicial developments related to remediation of contaminated sites and to the handling of hazardous wastes.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Brownfields Conference, December 6, 2017 – Dig It: Global Approaches to Contaminated Soil Re-Use
  • Minnesota Brownfields’ January 23, 2018 Forum – Institutional Controls: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
  • TSCA, REACH & TSCA REFORM: A Comparison of Evolving Approaches to Chemical Regulation, Minnesota Environmental Institute, April 21, 2016, MinnCLE Center. 
  • Vapor Intrusion – Special Legal Considerations, Minnesota Brownfields Forum, December 11, 2014, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. 

Representative Publications

  • 2018 Minnesota Environmental Institute, April 12, 2018 – CERCLA/MERLA/RCRA – The process for cleaning up contaminated property has evolved dramatically since Congress passed the Superfund law in 1980, but many federal Superfund sites remain mired in dispute.  This publication reviewed recent federal and state policy and regulatory and judicial developments related to remediation of contaminated sites and to the handling of hazardous wastes.
  • TSCA, REACH & TSCA REFORM: A Comparison of Evolving Approaches to Chemical Regulation, Minnesota Environmental Institute (April 2016). 
  • 2015 Environmental Due Diligence Update, American Bar Association Environmental Transactional and Brownfields Committee Annual Year-in-Review, available to ABA Environmental Section members at www.aba.net  (January 2016). 
  • The Benefits of Brownfield Redevelopment in Minnesota: Fueling Economic Growth and Revitalizing Communities, Minnesota Brownfields, available at www.mnbrownfields.org (February 2011) (prepared in collaboration with Minnesota Brownfields interns Lindsey Knutson and Andrea Long, updated 2013 and 2015).