Project and Infrastructure Permitting

Mintz Levin attorneys have worked to develop effective permit strategies and to secure all needed state, federal, and local environmental permits and approvals for a wide range of major projects. These include energy projects, solid and hazardous waste management facilities, industrial facilities, regional shopping center and industrial office park projects, numerous major downtown developments in Boston and elsewhere, waterfront industrial and recreational/residential developments, and subsidized housing developments. Many of these projects have required coordination of multiple environmental reviews and presentation and advocacy before many different forums, facing varying standards and procedural requirements as well as intense agency and public scrutiny. In the context of this diverse array of projects, we have established a clear track record of successful permitting of complex, highly visible, and often controversial and contested projects.

Mintz Levin environmental attorneys have effectively represented such projects in hearings before local zoning boards, health boards and conservation commissions, and in adjudicatory appeals before the Department of Environmental Protection. Our regular appearances before environmental regulatory agencies on behalf of public and private project proponents, together with the senior-level public sector background of several of our attorneys, gives us extensive knowledge of agency policies and approval processes. We are skilled at assisting clients in anticipating and addressing agency concerns.