Environmentally Speaking
Podcast host Clarice Parsons interviews Kerin Browning and Marisa Desautel, managing partners of Desautel Browning Law. They will leave you cracking up while discussing some serious topics around state / federal environmental law, utility / energy statutory and regulatory compliance, civil litigation, and municipal and regulatory zoning and permitting.
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Ep: 011 – Commercial Conveyances
This week we talk about Commercial Conveyances. Unlike Residential Conveyances, like the ones we spoke about in episode ten, Commercial Conveyances are less tricky. You would be surprised how many companies buy property without looking to see first if
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Ep: 010 – Residential Property Transactions
We are talking about Residential Property Transactions. If you’ve ever bought or sold a home, you know that as part of that transaction you must pay some hefty costs to both the attorney and to your lender. Why? It’s because if you’re borrowing money f
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Ep: 009 – Wetlands
In this week’s episode, we are going to discuss freshwater wetlands.
If youre dealing with freshwater wetlands here in Rhode Island, it’s the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management that regulates freshwater wetlands. You should know that
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Ep: 008 – Gray water
In this episode we are going to discuss Gray Water. Gray water is a term that refers to water that comes from your bathroom sink, shower, washing machines. It is used water, however, it doesnt contain any sort of human excrement bacteria. why is that
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EP: 007 – Storm Water
Storm water, for those of you that don’t know what it is, is pretty much what it sounds like. It’s water that flows after a storm. You have probably seen the catch basins in the road as youre driving along. That is a storm water collection system that
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Ep: 006 – Public Utilities Commission of Rhode...
Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is a commission thats created by state law in Rhode Island. Specifically, they are mandated to supervise, regulate, and make written orders dealing with company conduct, which companies offer to the public energy communi
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Ep: 005 – Intern Experience
In this episode you will hear from Karen who shares her experience as an intern at Desautel Law, what it meant to her and what her future plans are.
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Ep: 004 – Superfund Sites
Superfund is, a colloquial term that the United States Environmental Protection Agency dubbed appropriate for a federal statute. That federal statute is called the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. The acronym for th
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Ep: 003 – Public Notice
Public Notice is a way to keep the public informed and to ensure that the government is being transparent about topics that are not confidential and allows an opportunity for the public to be involved, to provide comment, to ask questions to a certain ex
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EP: 002 – Rhode Island Department of Environmen...
On this episode of environmentally speaking, Marisa and Clarice talk about the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and what to do if you get a notice of a violation. Marisa recommends that you first pay attention to any appeal rights that
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EP: 001 – Registered Agent
This is actually a really important area of law because if you’re a corporate entity you have to register with the state that you’re doing business in and part of that registration process requires that you appoint something called a registered agent. T
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