Environment and Natural Resources
Rodey’s Environment, Natural Resources, Water and Utilities practice group provides transactional, regulatory and litigation assistance to clients with properties and operations in New Mexico.
We help clients in the coal, copper, industrial minerals, oil and gas, potash, precious metals, uranium, water, water utility, and electric generation, transmission and distribution businesses with acquisitions, leasing, sales, exploration, development, operations, leasing, permitting and planning and have extensive experience in negotiating and drafting natural resources contracts and leases and representing landowners in lease and contract negotiations. We also represent lenders to and investors in these businesses. Our work encompasses federal, state, local and tribal issues. Our combined experience includes virtually every aspect of natural resources, environment, water, and utility law:
- Environmental management by Indian tribes and pueblos
- Groundwater discharge plans
- Hazardous materials and hazardous waste management
- Insurance coverage issues
- Land use and real estate development
- Lender and trustee liability
- Mining
- National Historic Preservation Act
- NEPA compliance
- Oil and gas
- Permitting
- Pesticides control
- Radioactive materials management
- RCRA/HSWA compliance
- Solid waste management
- State and federal public lands issues
- Storm water regulation
- Underground storage tank management
- Water quality management and HPDES
