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Chapter 1 — Environmental Law and Contemporary Drainage Issues - I. [1.1] Introduction
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II. Environmental Laws That Regulate Agricultural Activities: Water - [1.2] General Considerations
- [1.3] Jurisdictional Issues
- [1.4] Regulation of Agricultural Stormwater Discharges and Return Flows
- [1.5] Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
- [1.6] Farmed and Prior Converted Wetlands
- [1.7] The Relationship Between the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Clean Water Act
- [1.8] Miscellaneous Exemptions for Agricultural Discharges
- III. [1.9] Environmental Laws That Regulate Agricultural Activities: Land — Management of Agricultural Waste
- IV. [1.10] Environmental Laws That Regulate Agricultural Activities: Air
- V. [1.14] Nuisance and Environmental Liability
- VI. Contemporary Drainage Issues
- Chapter 2 — Wind Farms
- I. [2.1] Scope of the Chapter
- II. [2.2] Wind Power in Illinois
- III. [2.3] Life Cycle of a Wind Project
- IV. [2.4] Components of a Wind Turbine
- V. [2.5] Typical Wind Development Lease Provisions
- [2.6] Recitals
- [2.7] Description of the Property and Title Searches
- [2.8] Purposes
- [2.9] Overhangs
- [2.10] Nonexclusive Construction Easement
- [2.11] Nonexclusive Easement for Ingress and Egress
- [2.12] Nonexclusive Easement for Distribution and Collection Lines
- [2.13] Landowner’s Continued Right To Use the Property for Any Purpose
- [2.14] Release of Any Remaining Property
- [2.15] Adjustments
- [2.16] Project Terms
- [2.17] Payments
- [2.18] Crop Loss and Compaction
- [2.19] Underground Cables and Drainage Tile Repair
- [2.20] Removal of Wind Power Facilities
- [2.21] Aerial Spraying
- [2.22] Increases in Property Tax
- [2.23] Wind Developer’s Warranties and Covenants
- [2.24] Landowner’s Representations
- [2.25] Indemnification
- [2.26] Permitting and Zoning
- [2.27] Mortgage Subordination
- [2.28] Crop Leases
- [2.29] Equity Financing and Mortgagee Protection
- [2.30] Extensions of Time To Prevent or Cure Default
- [2.31] New Lease upon Lessee’s Default
- [2.32] No Merger
- [2.33] Landowner’s Right To Terminate
- [2.34] Force Majeure
- [2.35] Miscellaneous Lease Provisions
- [2.36] Confidentiality
- [2.37] Summary
- Michael S. Blazer
Michael S. Blazer
Michael S. Blazer is a Partner at Jeep & Blazer, LLC in Hillside. His practice focuses on energy and environmental law. Mr. Blazer is a moderator and panelist for several environmental conferences, including the Illinois State Bar Association Environmental Law Conference, the National Brownfield Conference, and the Southwest Side Association of Realtors. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the American Wind Energy Association. Mr. Blazer received his B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago and his J.D. cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
- Jeffery D. Jeep
Jeffery D. Jeep
Jeffery D. Jeep is a Partner at Jeep & Blazer, LLC in Hillside. His practice focuses on environmental, municipal, land use, zoning, OSHA, toxic tort, litigation, bankruptcy, corporate, and real estate law. Mr. Jeep was an Urban Land Institute panel member in Bridgeport, Connecticut for adoptive reuse and riverfront development, an Urban Land Institute panel member in Salem, Oregon for municipal governance and master redevelopment plan, and a Delta Institute Board Member. He received the Dean Buntrock Environmental Leadership Award from Waste Management, Inc. Mr. Jeep is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Lake County Bar Associations. He received his B.A. cum laude from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
- Thomas A. Jennings
Thomas A. Jennings
Thomas A. Jennings is a Partner at Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder in Bloomington. He concentrates his practice in estate planning, agricultural law, and farm real estate. He was an Illinois Leading Lawyer and Outstanding Agribusiness Person for McLean County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jennings is a member of the Alabama, Illinois State, and McLean County Bar Associations and the Illinois American Agricultural Law Association. He graduated with his B.A. from Illinois State University, his M.S. from Mississippi State University, and his J.D. from the University of Alabama.
Farming Law (Illinois): Environmental, Drainage, and Wind Farms Issues (ARCHIVED 2015 EDITION)
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