Dawda Mann is uniquely qualified to assist clients in resolving issues relating to environmental, energy and sustainability matters. Our attorneys have worked in this complex and ever-changing area of law since the early 1980s. Our attorneys were involved in the first Superfund sites and have handled environmental permitting, compliance and litigation matters before the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and various state and federal regulatory authorities. Several of our attorneys are certified through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
Solution-based legal services for environmental law clients include:
DAWDA MANN’S ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRACTICE INCLUDES:
Navigating the New Legal Landscape: Implications of the Supreme Court’s Chevron Doctrine Decision
In its recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo/Relentless, Inc. V. Department of Commerce, the Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine; a seismic shift in the American regulatory landscape. This landmark ruling, which [...]
PFAS Reporting Rule: Navigating the New Landscape of Chemical Compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) finalization of the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) TSCA Section 8(a)(7) reporting rule in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 marks a watershed moment in the regulation [...]
Major Change In Land Use Laws For Solar And Wind Developments
Land use approvals for solar and wind developments will no longer be subject to spotty and sometimes arbitrary local zoning ordinances. They will now be approved under new renewable energy laws which give most of [...]
Von Duprin LLC v Major Holdings LLC: The hard lesson of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments that Don’t Comply with Regulatory Requirements
Real estate attorneys generally know the importance of obtaining a current Phase I Environmental Site Assessment ("Phase I") as part of a real estate acquisition for a client. Doing so allows the buyer to limit [...]
Suit results in change to brook trout regulation in the UP
Originally published in Michigan Trout Unlimited In November 2019, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted 3-2 to amend Fisheries Order 200.20 to reinstate a 10 brook trout daily bag limit regulation on 33 sections of [...]
PFAS and Professional Baseball
by Brian Considine You have probably heard many concerns being raised about something called PFAS. PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are a group of widely used compounds that have been used in [...]
