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Environmental Services

Meade A. Spotts	Michael J. Rothermel
J. Thomas O'Brien, Jr.	Brian Thomas Chase
R. Lee Stephens, Jr.	Robert J. Allen

Spotts Fain's environmental practice tracks closely with its real estate law section and involves all aspects of assessment, negotiation and remediation. The firm's counsel works regularly with the Department of Environmental Quality, environmental contractors and engineers in matters involving known or suspected contamination, voluntary remediation programs and solid waste permitting and management.

Environmental services provided by the firm include the following areas:

environmental review, including Phase One and Two liability assessment
consultation and negotiation with state and federal agencies, including VDEQ and Corps of Engineers
preparation of Virginia Volunteer Remediation Program (VVRP) application as required by commercial lenders
consultation involving remediation costs and liabilities associated with the transfer or acquisition of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites
consultation and negotiation of remediation plans for the disposal and clean up of contaminated sites
conservation easements

Firm lawyers are active participants in environmental groups and bar association sections focused on environment issues:

Meade A. Spotts

Wildlife Foundation of Virginia, 2005 - 2007 Chairman
VBA Environmental and Natural Resources Section, member

R. Lee Stephens, Jr. -

Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources (Governor Warner then Gov. Kaine reappointed), Trustee
Northern Neck Land Conservancy, Director
VBA Environmental and Natural Resources Section, council member
Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Natural Resources Committee member

Robert J. Allen

Friends of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Essex County Countryside Alliance, Board of Directors

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