The Firm - Practice Areas

Beane LLC is a boutique practice concentrating on environmental, energy and sustainability law. The firm's sole shareholder and principal, David R. Beane, has practiced in the field of environmental law for over 20 years. Specifically, David handles all aspects of environmental regulatory and transactional counceling and environmental litigation, including:

• Act 2 land recycling
• AHERA compliance counseling
• Asbestos risk management, including assisting clients with asbestos estimation issues in reorganizational bankruptcies, assisting companies with actuarial assessments of their asbestos litigation risk, helping companies avoid reorganizational bankruptcies, and providing M & A support to assess acquisition candidates’ asbestos liability risk
• Assisting clients to obtain financing for alternative energy projects
• Bio-solid regulation
• Clean Air Act compliance counseling
• Climate change
• Cost recovery actions
• Environmental compliance auditing and reporting
• Environmental insurance coverage litigation and insurance by-back negotiations
• "Green" building and green leases
• Indoor air issues (including lead based paint, mold and asbestos)
• NESHAP renovation and demolition issues
• OSHA “hazard communication” compliance counseling
• Sewage facility planning
• Solid waste disposal and management
• Stormwater regulation
• Superfund litigation
• Sustainability issues
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission environmental disclosure requirements
• Underground storage tank regulation

Former Willson Safety Products Facility, Reading

Community Foundation "Green" Building