Phillip E. Hoover

Phillip E. Hoover is a partner in the Environmental and Sustainability practice areas of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Hoover’s practice includes providing counsel on numerous environmental regulatory matters, as well as the redevelopment of environmentally impacted properties, including state and federal superfund sites, and corporate mergers and acquisitions of such properties. His environmental experience includes representation of Potentially Responsible Parties at superfund sites. He has negotiated RCRA permits and corrective action plans on behalf of clients in various U.S. states.

In addition to handling appeals of Title V permits, Mr. Hoover assisted clients with permitting issues, such as the application of New Source Review and the application of regional Haze rules in PSD designated areas. He has advised numerous clients on conservation easement issues. Mr. Hoover has represented buyers, sellers and lenders on all aspects of environmental transactions, including assessments of environmental impacts and potential exposure. He has negotiated provisions to address environmental issues and complex real estate, corporate and bankruptcy transactions.

Representative Transactions

• Negotiated with a municipality and POTW authority for the installation of a grey water line to supply water to a major paper recycler in Georgia
• Representation regarding voluntary cleanup of former carbon electronics plants in Rhode Island, Texas and New Jersey
• Advised clients on Brownfield agreements that allow the conversion of former industrial sites to student housing and for the refurbishing of an auto manufacturing facility
• Represented North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy in the acquisition and preservation of 6,500 acres of pristine wilderness in east Tennessee

Mr. Hoover was selected to participate on an Associated Owners and Developers (AOD) Panel on Green Construction, and has been a speaker at the Georgia Real Property Law Institute’s annual seminars on “Brownfield Development in Georgia” and on “Conservation Easements.” He has published several articles on Brownfield development and on conservation easements.

Mr. Hoover received his B.A. degree in Literature from Rhodes College in 1990, his M.S.L. in Environmental Law, cum laude, in 1992 from the Vermont Law School and his J.D. from The University of Memphis in 1993. He is admitted to the Georgia and Tennessee bars.

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