Tad Macfarlan is a partner in the firm's environment, land and natural resources practice group. Tad is a full-service environmental lawyer who specializes in providing environmental and permitting advice to clients in the energy, utility, industrial and manufacturing sectors. His clients include developers and operators of utility-scale wind and solar projects; shale gas production, transmission, processing and electric generation facilities; water and wastewater utilities; non-coal mines; and a variety of traditional manufacturing facilities. Over the past decade, Tad has developed extensive experience with the regulatory regimes governing wetland and stream protection; wastewater and stormwater discharges; water withdrawals; waste management; air emissions; threatened and endangered species; cultural resources and historic properties; and local land use and zoning requirements. His practice includes project development, transactional, litigation and enforcement defense matters.