Regulatory Counseling, Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement
Complying with complex federal, state, and local environmental laws is a challenge for many businesses. We provide day-to-day practical advice on laws and regulations governing solid and hazardous waste, air quality, and water quality. We assist clients with obtaining necessary environmental permits for both new facilities and expansion projects and defend clients in environmental enforcement actions brought by local, state, and federal environmental agencies. We also regularly assist clients with internal environmental compliance investigations and evaluate the use of federal and state environmental audit privilege and immunity laws. The firm also advises clients on the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other emerging contaminants.
Forever Chemicals: What Does Your Business Need to Know and Do?
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WEBINAR
Forever Chemicals: What does your company need to know and do. Join us for this four-part complimentary webinar that is designed for decisions makers who do not have degrees in chemistry or environmental science - but need practical, actionable advice.
Impacts of the Demise of Chevron Deference on Environmental Law
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 144 S.Ct. 2244 (2024), the Supreme Court overruled its 1984 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), decision and the legal doctrine of Chevron deference with it. In doing away with Chevron deference, the Court has broken from the accepted regulatory landscape of the last 40 years, which will have dramatic effects on environmental law for decades to come. Environmental attorney Jennifer Cave and summer associate Noah S. Dunaway take a look the Court’s decision and its impacts on regulated entities, beginning with an analysis of what Chevron deference was in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
22nd Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference
Embassy Suites by Hilton, Lexington/UK Coldstream, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511
Jennifer Cave and Ken Gish will be speakers at this year's Kentucky Chamber of Commerce 22nd Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference to be held March 26-27 in Lexington, Ky.
Jennifer Cave Appointed Chair of Stites & Harbison's Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Jennifer J. Cave has been appointed Chair of the firm’s Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group.
Kentucky Begins Implementation and Possible Expansion of Medical Cannabis Program
Governor Andy Beshear began his second term by announcing significant progress towards the full implementation of the Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program (KMCP), Senate Bill 47. The KMCP legalized marijuana for medicinal use in the Commonwealth for qualifying patients with a qualifying medical condition. By law, the program goes into effect on January 1, 2025. Jennifer Cave takes a look at what this means in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.