Gregory A. Sharp Of Counsel Hartford Email: gsharp@murthalaw.com Phone: 860-240-6046 Fax: 860-240-6150 Download Bio PDF

Mr. Sharp is a partner in the Environmental Practice Department where he practices in the area of environment law. He represents clients in permit and enforcement matters arising from state and federal clean water and hazardous waste regulatory programs, including the Connecticut Clean Water Act, Federal Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ('RCRA'), and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ('CERCLA'). He has done extensive work in assisting clients with site remediation problems and brownfields re-development, particularly under the Connecticut Transfer Act. In addition, he frequently represents clients in obtaining state and federal wetlands permits under Connecticut's Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act and Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act, as well as related Section 401 Water Quality Certifications. He also has significant experience assisting clients with diversion permit applications under Connecticut's Water Diversion Policy Act. In addition, he often assists clients in obtaining permits for docks and other structures under Connecticut's Tidal Wetlands Act and Structures, Dredging and Fill statutes.

He has written and spoken widely on planning and zoning law in Connecticut, and has represented private clients and municipal agencies in appeals from decisions of local planning and zoning commissions. In addition, he has authored numerous papers and presented many seminars for attorneys and local officials on Connecticut's Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act. He is a frequent contributor to The Habitat, the newsletter of the Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions. As Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, he was closely involved in drafting of the comprehensive amendments to the law in 1987.

Publications

• Co-author with Loni S. Gardner: "Application of Connecticut's Endangered Species Act to Private Property: Prudent Public Policy or Regulatory Rattlesnake," Conn. Lawyer, Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007
• Co-author with Aimee L. Hoben: "The New Connecticut PGP Applicable to Inland and Coastal Waters and Wetlands," Conn. Lawyer, Oct. 2006
• Author: "Legislature Restores Consideration of Wildlife to Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act," Conn. Lawyer, Jun./Jul. 2004
• Author: "Vernal Pools, Queach, and Preserving Biodiversity Through Upland Regulation," The Habitat, January 2003
• Author: "The 1996 Amendments to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act: A Municipal Perspective," The Habitat, Jan. 1997
• Author: "DEP Adopts Comprehensive Clean-up Regulations," Conn. Lawyer, March 1996
• Author: "Toward Clearer Standards," Conn. Law Tribune, November 11, 1996
• Author: " Recycling the "Brownfields" of Connecticut," Conn. Woodlands, Fall, 1995
• Author: "1995 Legislation Opens New Era of Environmental Regulation," Conn. Lawyer, Aug./Sept. 1995