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For over 20 years, Jeff Hunter has been counseling corporate, governmental and individual clients both in the United States and internationally on a wide variety of issues related to the environment including: regulatory compliance; administrative enforcement and environmental litigation including white collar criminal matters; permitting and development and defending against permit challenges; cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated industrial and commercial properties and brownfield redevelopment projects; and environmental due diligence in real estate and corporate transactions.
Jeff’s environmental counseling and administrative enforcement experience includes extensive representation related to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Act (MSHA), state laws operating in lieu of the federal environmental programs; state electronic-waste recycling laws; state product labeling and reporting laws including California Proposition 65 and children’s safe products, and international laws regarding the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Jeff has lead and advised clients on internal investigations and audits relating to environmental compliance, disclosure of the findings, development of environmental compliance management systems and obtaining ISO 14001 certification.
Jeff has litigated cost recovery, property damage and contribution actions, participated and lead potentially responsible party (PRP) group allocations, negotiated Consent Decrees with the EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice, has assisted clients with responding to Section 104(e) requests for information and access and negotiated and defended CERCLA Section 106 orders. For clients faced with potential criminal or civil enforcement, Jeff has successfully negotiated reduced charges and penalties, supplemental environmental projects in lieu of penalties and suspension and debarment agreements.
Jeff's practice also includes assisting clients in due diligence in real estate and corporate acquisitions, corporate financial disclosure obligations relating to the environment, and compliance with the EU and other countries' environmental laws and directives. Jeff has directed and lead environmental due diligence including completing Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and environmental health and safety audits. To facilitate the transaction, Jeff has successfully negotiated prospective purchase agreements with federal/state agencies, obtained no further action letters and advised clients on environmental insurance. Jeff has negotiated environmental provisions in leases, purchase and sale agreements, stock purchase agreements, merger and acquisition agreements and other transaction documents including complex remediation, hold-back and indemnity agreements.
Jeff received his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law; he is licensed to practice in Colorado and Oregon, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA and has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
