Hazardous Substances, Site Remediation, and Enforcement
What You Will Learn
For a quarter of a century, this advanced course of study has attracted a national audience, bringing together lawyers and environmental managers who are committed to keeping their skills and knowledge fully up to date.
As with past presentations, this year’s program offers up-to-date information on enforcement initiatives and policies, plus case law developments and practical tips from the public and private sector. In addition, the 2006 presentation includes new sessions on two emerging hot topics: nanotechnology and electronic waste regulation. We will have a robust interactive discussion of brownfields redevelopment issues, providing numerous perspectives; discuss enforcement and compliance issues at the federal and state level; and provide updates on RCRA and Superfund—including contribution actions post-Aviall.
This course has been recognized for many years as the preeminent opportunity for environmental professionals to meet and learn from one another and from carefully selected panels of experts who work on the cutting edge of developments in this field.
The course, comprising more than 12 hours of instruction, begins with a keynote address by Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources at the U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Wooldridge discusses Justice Department priorities and perspectives across the range of environmental and natural resource programs. She is followed by a panel on enforcement that includes John Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources at the Justice Department, and Granta Nakayama, EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Next comes a panel on the always lively topic of federal-state relations – an especially hot potato at a time when budgets are tight but the demands are as great as ever.
Maine was among the first states to implement a regulatory program dealing with electronic waste, and Thursday afternoon’s panel on the subject includes the Assistant Attorney General of Maine responsible for it. We round out the first day with panels on Superfund and RCRA. Opportunities for questions and answers are provided along the way, and discussions continue at a networking reception for registrants and faculty at the end of the day.
Friday’s program begins with a panel on the fast-moving new field of nanotechnology, and features leaders from the private and public sectors. Friday’s agenda also includes an examination of new developments in natural resource damages and a two-hour interactive discussion of brownfields redevelopment issues. The brownfields discussion includes the Directors of the EPA and New Jersey programs; the Director of the highly successful program implemented by the City of St. Petersburg, Florida; and speakers from the developer, risk assessment, insurance, and lender communities. We wrap up Friday afternoon with a vital colloquy on ethical issues facing the environmental practitioner and a general question and answer session.
This course is filled with fresh information, insights and practical tips of great value to anyone working in this field.
Planning Chairs
Ridgway M. Hall, Jr., Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
John A. Pendergrass, Senior Attorney and Director, Center for State, Local, and Regional Environmental Programs, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
Faculty
Wayne S. Balta, Vice President, Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety, IBM Corporation, Somers, New York
Karl S. Bourdeau, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, D.C.
William D. Brighton, Assistant Section Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Susan E. Bromm, Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Parker E. Brugge, Senior Director and Environmental Counsel, Consumer Electronic Association, Arlington, Virginia
David R. Case, Executive Director, Environmental Technology Council, Washington, D.C.
James Chen, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
John C. Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Kevin A. Gaynor, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Washington, D.C.
Mary B. Hashem, Brownfield Partners, LLC, Denver
Kenneth J. Kloo, Administrator, Office of Brownfield Reuse, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton
Kristen M. Kulinowski, Ph.D., Director, International Council on Nanotechnology, Rice University, Houston
Valerie Ann Lee, President, Environment International Ltd., Seattle
David R. Lloyd, Director, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Janet McClintock, Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine, Augusta
Walter E. Mugdan, Director, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, Region 2, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York
Granta Y. Nakayama, Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Douglas T. Nelson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, CropLife America, Washington, D.C.
Karen O’Reilly, Assistant Vice President, AIG International, New York
Charles Ray, Economic Development Coordinator, City of St. Petersburg, Florida
Irma S. Russell, NELPI Professor and Director, National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa (commencing Fall term, 2006)
Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.
Dean Jeffrey Telego, President, Risk Management Technologies, Inc. Alexandria, Virginia
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Program Schedule
Thursday, October 26, 2006
- 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 a.m. Introduction — Messrs. Hall and Pendergrass
- 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address — Ms. Wooldridge
- 9:45 a.m. Enforcement: Policy, Litigation Issues, and Developments — Messrs. Cruden, Gaynor, and Nakayama
- 10:30 a.m. Networking Break
- 10:45 a.m. Enforcement (continued)
- 11:15 a.m. State-Federal Enforcement Issues — Mr. Mugdan
- 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
- 1:30 p.m. Electronic Waste Issues — Messrs. Balta and Brugge and Ms. McClintock
- 2:45 p.m. Networking Break
- 3:00 p.m. Superfund Litigation Issues — Ms. Bromm and Mr. Steinberg
- 4:00 p.m. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) — Messrs. Bourdeau and Case
- 5:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day; Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty
Friday, October 27, 2006
- 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
- 8:45 a.m. Nanotechnology — Dr. Kulinowski and Messrs. Chen and Nelson
- 10:15 a.m. Networking Break
- 10:30 a.m. Natural Resource Damages — Mr. Brighton and Ms. Lee
- 12:00 noon Lunch Break
- 1:15 p.m. Brownfields Redevelopment Issues: An Interactive Panel Discussion (with registrant participation encouraged) — Mss. Hashem and O’Reilly and Messrs. Kloo, Lloyd, Ray, and Telego
- 3:00 p.m. Networking Break
- 3:15 p.m. Ethics — Mr. Pendergrass and Professor Russell
- 4:15 p.m. Questions and Answers and Wrap-up Discussion
- 4:30 p.m. Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 12.25, including one hour of ethics
Suggested Prerequisite: Limited experience in legal practice in subject matter or completion of Basic CLE Course in subject matter
Educational Objective: Acquisition of knowledge and skills to develop proficiency as a practitioner; maintenance of professional competence as a practitioner; provision of information on recent legal developments
Level of Instruction: Advanced
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
This is the finest course on this topic year in and year out. The panel format makes for invigorating discussions.
I really liked the materials that supplement the presentations – very comprehensive and thorough. The diversity of the panel members was excellent – government/private sector speakers complemented each other.
All the presenters in this course were well prepared and scheduled in very good order. The beginning of the day and the end of the day were equally informative and interesting.
I thought the discussion of RCRA was the most articulate overview of what's happening on the RCRA front that I've every heard. Most tend to bog down in the details. This was extremely informative.
Another fine ALI-ABA course. I liked the course and learned a lot.
