Amanda Neidert Kesler

Amanda Neidert Kesler’s diverse environmental law practice encompasses regulatory compliance and permitting, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and contaminated property transactions.

Adept at helping clients understand and limit their environmental risks, maneuver through compliance challenges, and achieve their business goals, she works on a broad range of environmental issues, including wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, air quality, and product liability.

She counsels clients on complex regulatory compliance issues involving various environmental statutes, including the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and related state statutes.

Frequently working with clients to reduce their liability exposure by establishing environmental compliance programs, Amanda has guided clients in developing chemical accident prevention and risk management plans, coordinated multi-facility audits nationwide, advised on voluntary disclosures, and consulted on green marketing claims. She has extensive experience in stormwater and wastewater permitting, helping clients with toxic and hazardous chemical release and inventory reporting, and advising multi-family housing owners on federal and state lead disclosure and risk reduction requirements.

In the litigation part of her practice, she has defended clients in federal and state enforcement actions, environmental contamination litigation and administrative agency proceedings. She frequently represents potentially responsible parties (PRPs) in Superfund matters, including cost recovery and groundwater contamination actions as well as responses to CERCLA 104(e) information and access requests.