Shooting Range Resources

Environmental Law

Keeping your range in compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws can be difficult for many ranges. Michel & Associates team of lawyers can advise your range on proper clean-up, remediation, reclamation, and recycling of spent lead ammunition, cartridges, hulls, wags and targets either on-site or off-site.

We work with ranges everyday on compliance issues under RCRA, CERCLA and other applicable laws. If lead from your ranges must be mitigated off-site for any reason, we can advise on or litigate appropriate actions necessary to clean up or remediate environmental issues to the satisfaction of government regulatory agencies.

Michel & Associates works with a panel of experts to develop an individualized Environmental Stewardship Plan (ESP) to manage lead and prevent lead from migrating off-site. This is something every range should have in place before regulatory agencies come to your door.

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Our team of range experts helped to negotiate and advocate for new rules on DTSC lead clean up that will save gun ranges millions.

Land Use and Zoning

Good relationships with your local zoning officials can make all the difference. Michel & Associates knows how to address potential concerns by zoning officials in a pro-active manner before any issues actually arise.

We advise clients on permitting, licensing, and zoning issues involving state, county, and local municipalities related to shooting range operations. Our attorneys can further advise your range on design and safety measures. Many of these measures address noise ordinance violations compliance which help to keep problem neighbors at bay.

Proper planning early and taking all compliance issues into account in that planning, can ensure safe operations of your range and prevent potential liability from regulatory actions or civil litigation in the future-both costly endeavors for those who fail to plan.

Corporate Governance

Running a range can bring all kinds of challenges. Many of those challenges are things that board members and general members do not know much about or just don’t want to deal with in their limited time. The attorneys at Michel & Associates can help your range navigate state corporation laws, IRS issues, proper reporting and filing, corporate compliance and maintaining records, and employment issues. We assist with reviewing corporate bylaws, articles, and tax form 990s and help ranges develop proper governing tools.

Our attorneys also advise on leases and how to maximize protection for shooting ranges while minimizing risk of liability to officers, directors, members, and range personnel. Utilizing our team of experts to develop range improvements and working towards lease extensions well before their expiration dates are some of the benefits we can offer to your range leadership.

Insurance Law & Protection

Do you know what is covered in your multiple insurance policies? Do you have the right policies in place for your range? Do you know where all of your past policies are? If you are like most ranges, these are questions that range leadership cannot definitively answer. Michel & Associates’ expertise allows us to maximize the potential for obtaining insurance coverage litigation or regulatory compliance expenses.

When it comes to overall range protection, having the proper insurance in place cannot be underscored enough. Insurance policies should be maintained in the corporate documents for as long as the range exists. When environmental or employment issues from the past come up, and they will come up, those insurance policies are vital to gaining the coverage needed and protecting your range.

Environmental Resources and Publications