Steve's primary practice is in Environmental Law. He is able to utilize his background in environmental sciences to anticipate, understand and address the issues that his clients confront. Steve assists business and individual clients in state and federal environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, solid and hazardous waste remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites, underground storage tank compliance, water and sewer rights and approvals, Tideland rights and approvals, and municipal land use matters. Steve also assists clients with environmental aspects of real estate transactional work including drafting contractual provisions, leasing, due diligence review and Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) review. He has experience in actions to preserve water and sewer for affordable housing developments and in administrative law matters defending DEP enforcement actions and challenging permit denials, and is active in efforts to shape environmental regulatory policy on behalf of builder groups and individual clients. Steve handles projects that range from single lot residential developments to large-scale mixed-use brownfield redevelopment projects.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Steven M. Dalton
- Clock Starts on DEP Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Rule - (Posted On Friday, March 20, 2020)
- Governor Murphy Releases 2019 Energy Master Plan – New DEP Rules Will Require Builders to Consider Climate Change - (Posted On Monday, January 27, 2020)
- NJDEP Releases Report on Sea-Level Rise in New Jersey - (Posted On Friday, December 13, 2019)
- New Jersey Appellate Division Affirms Municipal Court Jurisdiction to Enforce Spill Act Penalties - (Posted On Monday, December 02, 2019)
- There’s No Conservation Restriction in My Title: So Why Can’t I Build? - (Posted On Wednesday, September 04, 2019)
- Governor Announces Tax Incentives Plan Including New Brownfields Program - (Posted On Tuesday, June 18, 2019)
- Public Trust Doctrine: Implications of New Public Access Law for Beachfront and Other Tidal Land Owners - (Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2019)
- DEP Launches Online Land Use Permit Application System - (Posted On Wednesday, May 01, 2019)
- NJDEP Posts Updated Guidance Regarding Capping of Volatile Contaminants for the Impact to Ground Water Pathway - (Posted On Monday, February 25, 2019)
- Are You Prepared to Meet the May 7, 2019 Regulatory Deadline for Remedial Actions? - (Posted On Wednesday, January 09, 2019)
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Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla’s New Jersey Environmental Law & Land Use practice group is recognized as a Go-To Thought Leader for their coverage and analysis of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) permit extensions, including extensions for remediation activities, environmental compliance updates due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, amendments to surface water quality and other environmental standards and statutory and common law environmental cleanup claims. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla's Environmental and Land Use team provides timely regulatory and litigation updates which are invaluable to construction, real estate professionals and other parties interested in New Jersey environmental standard. Giordano Environmental and Land Use Practice Group legal editors include Michael J. Gross, Marc D. Policastro, Paul H. Schneider, Steven M. Dalton, David J. Miller and Afiyfa H. Ellington.