We have extensive experience advising clients in virtually all areas of manufacturing-related environmental activities, including assisting strategic planning for new facilities, reviewing chemicals proposed for use in manufacturing processes at the bench scale or research lab level, advising companies on compliance issues, advising companies on spill and release reporting, assisting in the preparation of emergency plans and spill control plans, conducting both routine internal compliance evaluations and more in-depth internal audits designed to shield companies from possible significant civil or criminal prosecution by taking advantage of voluntary self-reporting procedures, handling inadvertent mistakes by plant employees which might otherwise create significant environmental liability, participating in proposed rule-making and proposed amendments to existing rules to address with specific plant or industry-wide issues, tracking future EPA regulations to assist in strategic planning, advising on permit compliance and reporting issues and handling permit appeals and enforcement matters.

Examples of industries in which Sonnenschein attorneys have demonstrated their expertise include basic chemical manufacturing, chemical formulation and packaging, pesticide formulation packaging, copper refining, cement manufacturing, miscellaneous consumer goods manufacturing, food and related products manufacturing, battery manufacturing, automotive parts manufacturing, electric utility generating (both coal and gas/oil), quarry and mining operations, confined animal feed lots for virtually all types of animals, tuna processing, soy bean processing, adhesive and resins processing, explosives manufacturing, oil refining, consumer goods manufacturing, paper manufacturing, printing and related industrial activities. Specific examples including, where appropriate, client names and contact references are available upon request.