Peder A. Larson

Peder Larson advises clients on environmental, regulatory, government relations, ‎energy and land use matters. He has completed environmental impact statements, environmental assessment worksheets and ‎state and local ‎permitting processes for companies in a wide range of industries, including metallic and nonmetallic mining, materials ‎processing, ethanol ‎production, residential and institutional land development and waste ‎management. Peder provides compliance ‎advice and ‎represents clients at the Minnesota Legislature. He represents clients in ‎environmental matters and provides expert testimony ‎in ‎legislative forums.

Representative Experience

• Represented ethanol industry passing legislation to create exemption from energy surcharge, saving clients $3 million dollars in first year of the exemption.
• Represented taconite industry in coalition effort to pass legislation producing reduced electric rates for energy intensive, trade exposed companies.
• Represented silica sand industry to avoid state wide moratorium on industry development and crippling taxation schemes, resulting in compromises with governor and three state agencies that allowed industry to continue operations in state.
• Organized and led coalition facing Superfund liability for $90 million cleanup, resulting in legislation transferring liability from potentially responsible parties to the state.
• Led effort to eliminated mandatory environmental review for ethanol facility expansions.

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