Hazardous Wastes and Site Remediation: Legal and Policy Developments
Why Attend?
This advanced one-day course of study gives its registrants the opportunity to acquire an in-depth understanding of the laws governing hazardous substances, as well as up-to-date information on federal enforcement of statutes regulating them and remediation actions.
In past years, the area of hazardous wastes was covered in a single two-day course. This year, ALI-ABA is pleased to offer two one-day back-to-back courses to meet the needs of today’s busy practitioners. Hazardous Wastes and Site Remediation is offered on the first day; Chemical Control Law and Policy is addressed on the second day. Sign up just for this course for $649; or, for only $999, attend both courses! More information on Chemical Control Law and Policy can be found here.
What You Will Learn
The course kicks off with a keynote address by Mathy Stanislaus, EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response. It then provides a comprehensive general survey of significant case law developments under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), with focus on remediation, including evolving standards and policies such as vapor intrusion and risk assessment. It also considers new regulatory and enforcement initiatives, including new NPL listings, CERCLA Section 108(b) financial assurance rules for the hardrock mining sector, and the EPA’s policy on hydrolic fracturing under CERCLA. The course then provides an update on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by addressing coal combustion wastes, the redefinition of solid waste to address reclaimed and recycled materials, and the EPA’s evaluation of the impact of declining asset values.
In the afternoon, the course turns to enforcement issues, brownfields redevelopment, and renewable energy, including some cutting edge topics such as expedited and subsidized cleanup of and closure of brownfields properties as sites for renewable energy projects. The course wraps up with two roundtable discussions: one features insights from state superfund directors, and the other considers litigation and compliance strategies following Burlington Northern and subsequent case law.
A networking reception for all in-person registrants and faculty follows. For those needing ethics credit, an optional one-hour lecture on ethical issues in environmental matters is offered over the lunch break. Time is set aside during each presentation to address registrants’ questions.
Planning Chairs
(Also on faculty)
Elliott P. Laws, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
John A. Pendergrass, Senior Attorney; Director, Center for State, Local, and Regional Environmental Programs; Co-Director, International Programs, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
Duane A. Siler, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
Chet M. Thompson, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
Faculty
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
FACULTY
R. Steven Brown, Executive Director, Environmental Council of the States, Washington, D.C.
David R. Case, Executive Director, Environmental Technology Council, Washington, D.C.
Paula Cotter, Director, Environment Project, National Association of Attorneys General, Washington, D.C.
John C. Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Paul Curran, Senior Executive Vice President, Axio Power, Inc. and Apex Wind Energy, Inc., Poughkeepsie, New York
Kevin A. Gaynor, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C.
Bruce Gelber, Chief, Enforcement, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Elliott Gilberg, Acting Director, Remediation Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Bruce Kulpan, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Carol L. Lear, Ph.D., Senior Counsel, Chevron USA, Houston
David Lloyd, Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Catherine R. McCabe, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Carol Mowder, Senior Remediation Manager, ARCADIS, Millersville, Maryland
Jeffrey R. Porter, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C., Boston
Peter D. Robertson, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
Judy Sheahan, Assistant Executive Director, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, D.C.
Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.
Douglas R. Williams, Professor of Law, St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis
John L. Wittenborn, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, D.C.
Additional faculty to be confirmed. Please check back for updates.
ALI-ABA Staff Attorney: Amy S. Weinberg, Assistant Director, Office of Courses of Study
SPECIAL OFFER: Want to learn more about the latest in chemical and pesticide control and nanotechnology? For only $350 more, attend a second course, Chemical Control Law and Policy, on Friday, April 16, 2010 at the same location! Scroll down on the Live Course registration page to add this special package to your cart.
Program Schedule
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THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m. Administrative Remarks - ALI-ABA Staff
WEBCAST SEGMENT A
9:00 a.m. Course Overview
9:15 a.m. Keynote Address - Mr. Stanislaus
9:45 a.m. Recent Developments in Superfund Site Remediation and Litigation - Ms. Mowder and Messrs. Gilberg and Steinberg
10:45 a.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00 a.m. RCRA Update - Messrs. Case, Kulpan, and Wittenborn
12:00 noon Luncheon for Registrants and Faculty
12:15 p.m. Optional Session: Ethical Issues in Environmental Matters - Professor Williams
1:15 p.m. Networking Break
WEBCAST SEGMENT B
1:30 p.m. Enforcement: Policy, Litigation, and Other Developments - Messrs. Cruden and Gaynor and Ms. McCabe
2:30 p.m. Brownfields Redevelopment and Renewable Energy - Dr. Lear and Messrs. Curran and Lloyd
3:15 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. Roundtable: State and Local Perspectives: Mayors, Attorneys General, and Commissioners - Mr. Robertson, Moderator; Mr. Brown and Mss. Cotter and Sheahan
4:15 p.m. Roundtable: Litigation and Compliance Strategies After Burlington Northern - Mr. Thompson, Moderator; Messrs. Gelber and Porter
5:15 p.m. Adjournment; Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty, sponsored by Crowell & Moring LLP's Environment and Natural Resources Group
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 7.25 hours, including the one-hour optional ethics lecture
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:
"As a non-lawyer in the environmental world this course was excellent to be able to see how others think and look at environmental issues from the law side. I work with lawyers on a regular basis and this course has definitely been beneficial.” – Monique Price, Hexcel, Salt Lake City
"I am not a lawyer, but as an environmental consultant who works in litigation support, I found this course provided a very good foundation in the legal drivers behind the work I do. I have a much better understanding of how my work is used in deciding superfund cases." – Carrie Graff, LimnoTech, Annapolis
"Very well presented no matter what field you are in."
"The course content and quality of speakers was excellent. I will hope to attend again."
"A very good course, well planned and organized. Thank you."
Times
All times listed in the above-Program Schedule are Eastern Daylight. Note that the video webcast is live and without time delay.
