Virginia Environmental Law & Waterfront Property Rights Resources

Jeff Wilson explains Governor Northam's November 2, 2018 Executive Order on sea level rise and resiliency. Read the full article.

This article gives a summary of the October 2018 Virginia Marine Resources Commission Meeting. Read the full article.

This article discusses Jim Lang helping save a water front property owner from a criminal environmental enforcement action. Read the full article.

Protecting ocean front property in Sandbridge by adding a "general permit" feature to the Virginia Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches Act. Read the full article.

Water and environmental attorney Jim Lang discusses conflict between waterfront industry and residential development on Norfolk's Elizabeth River in his white paper "The Fight for Waterfront Property on Norfolk's Elizabeth River." Read the full article.

On May 11, 2017 the Navy announced that approximately 94,000 gallons of jet fuel (JP-5) were released from a bulk “fuel farm” at Naval Air Station Oceana. The spilled fuel leaked into a waterway that Read the full article.

Jim Lang and AECOM America's Sr. VP and Chief Counsel Christopher Kane discuss an integrated Hampton Roads municipal wastewater and storm water management plan in their article "A New Approach to Water for Hampton Roads Cities." Read the full article.

A court ruling, in the case U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., changed the requirements to get wetlands cases Court reviewed and may set the tone for other wetlands cases in the future. Read the full article.