Dan Chorost
Environmental Partner at Sive, Paget & Riesel
- Role
- Partner at Sive, Paget & Riesel
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dan Chorost
Dan guides domestic and international clients through the environmental review processes required to develop offshore and onshore wind, solar and other complex projects.For renewable and other major projects, Dan helps property owners, developers and governmental entities navigate the environmental review processes required by the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and defends project approvals against litigation brought by project opponents. Representative clients include:* Equinor Wind US on the permitting and development of Empire Wind and Beacon Wind offshore wind farms.* Atlantic Offshore Terminals on the property acquisition and the environmental permitting required to develop the Arthur Kill Terminal project, which will be the first offshore wind pre-assembly facility in New York State.* NYSERDA on the development of the New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan as well as the environmental review for the State’s first offshore-wind procurement.* The Battery Park City Authority on its development of resiliency efforts to prepare for sea-level rise.* A non-profit consortium to aggregate solar procurement for municipal properties, and of green electricity to supply to homes in Westchester County, NY.* US, Canadian and European solar developers on community solar portfolios around the country.* Private and public entities, including Empire State Development, on the permitting and the successful litigation defense of Barclays Center/Atlantic Yards (the largest development project in Brooklyn’s history), and of Columbia University’s new Manhattan graduate campus.Dan also represents clients in a wide variety of environmental and commercial disputes at all levels. He litigates complex Superfund matters, including throughout Long Island and along New Jersey’s Passaic River. A firm Principal since 2007, Dan writes and lectures on offshore wind and renewable energy development.
Experience
Partner
Jan 2003 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
New York University School of Law
JD, Law
1992 — 1996
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ
BA, Political Science, History
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Sustainability
- Administrative Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Courts
- Trial Practice
- Westlaw
- Remediation
- Municipal Law
- Land Use
- Environmental Law
- Litigation
- Appeals
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