David G. Mandelbaum

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder; Co-Chair, Environmental Practice

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Represent developer of offshore wind power in connection with a project in New Engl
  .
  Represent industrial client in the development by EPA of wastewater discharge st
  ards known as effluent limitations guidelines for the industry.
  Represent former owner of an Illinois oil refinery in contribution litigation under CERCLA for costs of actions to address groundwater contamination at the facility
  in the surrounding area. Premcor Ref. Grp. Inc. v. Apex Oil Co., Inc., No. 3:17-cv-738 (S.D. Ill).
  Represent party alleged to be responsible for the Lower Passaic River Superfund Site in an allocation proceeding convened by EPA
  in private cost recovery
  contribution litigation. Occidental Chem. Corp. v. 21st Cent. Fox America, No. 2:18-cv-11273 (D.N.J.).
  Assisted allocation neutral with legal issues important to resolution of private allocation dispute for a site in EPA Region 2.
  Represent pesticide manufacturer in litigation over selection of RCRA corrective action for arsenic in soils. FMC Corp. v. NYSDEC, 101 N.E.3d 379 (N.Y. 2018),
  related federal
  administrative litigation.
  Represent redeveloper of a portion of a large RCRA corrective action site in Maryl
  .
  Represent paper manufacturer in enforcement, cost recovery, natural resources damages,
  contribution litigation arising from the Lower Fox River
  Green Bay Superfund site. NCR Corp. v. Geo. A. Whiting Paper Co., No. 2:08-cv-16 (E.D. Wis.)
  United States v. P. H. Glatfelter Co., No. 2:10-cv-910 (E.D. Wis.).
  Represent industrial parties in connection with the Sheboygan River
  Harbor Superfund site, the Lower Passaic River Site,
  scores of other Superfund or contaminated sites.
  Represent underflowed property owner in connection with claim for diminution in value. Tri-Realty Co. v. Ursinus College, No. 2:11-cv-5885 (E.D. Pa. consent decree entered Sept. 25, 2017).
  Represented permittee in third-party appeal of greenhouse gas accounting provisions of air pollution permit for natural gas pipeline compressor station engines. Group Against Smog & Pollution v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2012-127-R (Pa. EHB settled June 28, 2013).
  Represented plaintiff oil, gas
  mineral estate holder in action for declaration of rights to access its property in the Allegheny National Forest. Seneca Resources Corp. v. United States Forest Service, No. 1:09-cv-154-SJM (W.D. Pa. Mar. 19, 2013).
  Represented client on the brief for amicus curiae Business Round Table in public nuisance case by state attorneys general against emitters of greenhouse gases. American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut, 564 U.S. 410 (2011).
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