Our environmental lawyers routinely assist clients with issues relating to compliance with regulatory obligations under federal, provincial and municipal environmental laws by determining the requirements applicable to the relevant operations and suggesting how issues can best be resolved and future difficulties avoided. In addition, our lawyers advise clients on international environmental conventions and standards. Our advice ranges from quick answers about routine obligations to sophisticated advice involving complex regulatory requirements, the implementation of corporate management systems to satisfy "due diligence" requirements and planning to achieve cost-effective solutions that uniquely take advantage of regulatory opportunities. Our lawyers are also experienced in handling the complete range of enforcement actions relating to spills, new substance notifications, fish habitat, water quality, air emissions and worker health and safety. Representative files include:
- Coordination of compliance audits for international manufacturing companies in airline, pharmaceutical, printing and electronic industries, involving countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas;
- Advising landowner on regulatory action regarding investigation of PCBs in large wetland area (including sediments);
- Advising former landowners on provincial regulatory actions regarding extensive off-site VOC groundwater contamination;
- Advising chemical and pharmaceutical companies in relation to the import of new substances;
- Advised shopping mall owner on provincial investigation regarding asbestos containing materials;
- Managing government relations regarding remediation of Japanese manufacturing site;
- Advising mine owner regarding development opportunities within UNESCO Biosphere;
- Consideration of federal and provincial environmental assessment requirements for infrastructure projects, gas and nuclear facilities;
- Advising mine owner with respect to human health risk assessment for arsenic and mercury.
