overview

Peter Durning is a seasoned environmental attorney with a focus on water- and wetlands-related matters, including litigation, enforcement defense, land use, and permitting. He has extensive experience in wetlands adjudicatory appeals; hearings before the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; zoning disputes; appellate work; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions; alternative dispute resolution; solid waste site assignment hearings; zoning cases; citizen suits regarding stormwater discharges; and business and transactional consulting, as well as local, state, and federal permit proceedings and appeals. Additionally, Peter performs environmental due diligence for real estate transactions, development contracts, and corporate transactions.

Public water suppliers are a core element of his client base in the environmental practice, and he also works with high-net-worth individuals, renewable energy facility investors, small businesses, and municipalities. No matter the client, Peter is committed to understanding their goals and translating scientific analysis into practical applications of the law to serve their interests.

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education

J.D., Boston College Law School

B.A., University of Notre Dame

admissions

Massachusetts

honors & awards

Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law (2023)

Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law & Water Law

Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2015-2022)

Chambers USA, Band 3 Massachusetts Environmental Law

memberships

Boston Bar Association: Energy & Environmental Co-Chair (2016-2018); Environmental Litigation Committee Co-Chair (2012-2014)

Environmental Business Council: Chair, Water Resources Committee; Member, Solid Waste Management Committee.

speaking engagements

Panel Moderator for the Environmental Business Council’s 17th Annual Construction and Demolition Materials Management Summit (January 2023)

Co-Chair and Moderator for the Environmental Business Council’s PFAS in Solid Waste (November 2022)

Co-Chair and Moderator for the Environmental Business Council’s PFAS in Drinking Water and Wastewater (December 2022)

Speaker on Environmental Due Diligence at Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association’s Revitalizing New England: Brownfields Summit (May 2022)

Speaker on Environmental Business Council’s Environmental Justice Panel (October 2021)

Speaker on Legal Liability Issues for Water Suppliers at Environmental Business Council’s Emerging Contaminants Webinar: PFAS Legal Issues, What Do We Need to be Aware of? (May 2021)

Co-Chair and Moderator for the Annual Programs with the Massachusetts Solid Waste Section Chiefs (2018-2021) and the MassDEP Water Resources Leadership (2020-2021)