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Kevin
Rogers

Associate

Kevin
Rogers

Associate

Kevin focuses his practice on environmental litigation, environmental regulatory compliance and permitting, hazardous substances remediation, due diligence of development projects, and renewable energy development. His experience includes representing clients in federal litigation under the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); representing clients in state environmental litigations and/or administrative enforcement actions; counseling developers through the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program and New York City Office of Environmental Remediation (E) Designation program; and assisting with environmental due diligence of renewable energy project financings and real estate transactions.

Prior to joining SPR, Kevin completed a post-graduate fellowship position as a Volunteer Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Office of the New York State Attorney General, where he assisted in CERCLA cost recovery investigations and litigation, environmental permit enforcement, and an investigation into a utility company. During law school, Kevin was a summer associate with SPR and completed internships and/or clinics with the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Law Division of the New York City Law Department. He also served as the Submissions Editor for the NYU Environmental Law Journal and contributed to a City-funded study of Local Law 97 as a research assistant for the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law. Prior to law school, Kevin worked as an environmental remediation consultant in the New York City area.

New York Metro Super Lawyers, Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental Litigation, Rising Star

Sendero Verde Project

Location: New York, NY

The Sendero Verde project is nearing completion of a two-phase full-block development remediated under the NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program, that will create approximately 700 affordable housing units for very low to moderate income households and the formerly homeless. The combined phases of Sendero Verde will be the largest multifamily residential Certified Passive House in the US.

Prologis

Location: New York and New Jersey

SPR is environmental counsel to Prologis on pre-acquisition due diligence, transaction negotiation and redevelopment of industrial logistics properties in New York and New Jersey. The firm also counsels Prologis on environmental remediation and regulatory compliance, including waterfront permitting and complex waterfront title issues.

Nine Dot Energy – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $25 million revolving credit facility for NineDot Energy to finance interconnection deposits for battery energy storage projects.

GSI – NY Green Bank

Location: New York

SPR represents a lender in connection with $10,000,000 revolving credit facility for GSI to finance interconnection deposits for distributed solar generation or battery energy storage projects.

Sun Rocket Capital – Donato Solar (Decatur Brush)

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $4.8 Million Construction to Term Loan Facility for a 2.850 MW ground-mounted solar project.

SunRocket Capital – Donato Solar (Decatur Brush 2)

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $4.7 Million Construction to Term Loan Facility for a 2.850 MW ground-mounted solar project.

SunRocket Capital – WCP Financials

Location: Illinois

SPR represents a lender in connection with $1,400,000 Term Loan for a 3.029 kW roof-mounted solar project.

“Update on New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program/Part 375”

For: NYSBA Superfund/Brownfield Update 2024: Federal and State Environmental Law and Policy Program

December 5, 2024 | Panelist

“Breathing Easy: Navigating Updates to the NYSDOH Soil Vapor Intrusion Guidance”

For: SPR & PWGC Joint Webinar

March 2024 | Presented by Kevin Rogers and Derek Ersbak (P.W. Grosser Consulting) and moderated by Michael Bogin

“Environmental Law: Developments in the Law of SEQRA”

For: Syracuse Law Review Vol. 72, No. 687

Article Title: Developments in the Law of SEQRA

2022 | Written by Mark Chertok, Kayley McGrath and Kevin Rogers

Proposed Changes to Part 375 Remedial Program Regulations: Implications for Real Estate Developers and their Financing Institutions

On February 14, 2024, NYSDEC (the Department) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for amendments to its regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 375 (Part 375), which govern New York State remedial programs, including the Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Program (State Superfund), the Brownfield ...

Challenge to Rye City Planning Commission Approval of Wainwright House’s Special Permit Dismissed

On November 9, 2023, Acting Justice Robert J. Prisco of the New York State Supreme Court, Westchester County, dismissed an Article 78 petition brought by neighbors of the Wainwright House in Rye, New ...

Waters in Flux: EPA and Army Corps Revise the Definition of “Waters of the United States”

On January 18, 2023, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a new final rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (the Rule) found in regulations implementing the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act). The ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Incidental Eagle Take General Permits for Wind-Energy Projects

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently proposed to develop a general permit under the Read More

NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation Proposes New Enforcement Rules

In September 2022, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) published draft rules proposing to establish OER’s authority to commence enforcement actions against parties ...

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Proposes Revisions to Part 375 Remedial Programs

On December 22, 2021, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Environmental Remediation Program regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 375. The notice states that the proposed amendments are designed to implement the 2015 statutory ...

New York University School of Law, J.D., 2020

Brown University, B.S. in Geological Sciences, 2014

New York, 2021

Member, New York City Bar Association, Energy Committee