2012 Law Seminar Presentations & Handouts

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Wednesday, November 14

Clean Water Act Primer

• Erika Powers, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, IL
  

 

Welcoming Remarks

• Nancy Ahern, Seattle Public Utilities, WA
  
  

Integrated Planning’s Big Adventure

• Deborah Nagle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, DC
• Mark Pollins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, DC
• Fred Andes, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, IL
  >  Development of an Integrated Plan

• Neil Mullane, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, OR
  
• Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework (Framework)

 

Clean Water Success Stories – How to Build Community-Utility Partnerships Through Green Infrastructure

• Cari Simson, Urban System Design, WA

A More Flexible Approach? Recent Developments in Clean Water Enforcement Actions

• Trish Rhay, Seattle Public Utilities, WA
• Susan Richardson, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, GA
• Jan Millington, City of Springfield Law Department, MO

 

Consent Decrees 101: What Every Clean Water Utility Should Know

• John Sheehan, Clark Hill PLC, DC
• Paul Calamita, AquaLaw PLC, VA
• Jan Betz, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, OR

Thursday, November 15

Nutrients: The Next Clean Water Legal Frontier

• Karen Hansen, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., TX
• Brooks Smith, Hunton & Williams, LLP, VA
• Dan McLawhorn, City of Raleigh, NC
  >  Point Source Perspective Progress of Neuse Nutrient Management Strategy
  >  Aquifer Hydraulics, and the Multi-Decade Legacy of Non-Point-Source Pollution

 

Storm Clouds Gathering: The Increase in Municipal Stormwater Litigation & Enforcement

• Dick Sedgley, AquaLaw PLC, VA
• Lawrence Liebesman, Holland & Knight, LLP, DC
  >  Holland & Knight Environment Alert
  >  Summary & Analysis of HB 987, The Maryland Stormwater Management Watershed Protection and Restoration Act of 2012

• Jill Piatt Kemper, City of Aurora Water Department, CO
• David Burchmore, Squire, Sanders, OH

 

Top CWA Legal Cases of the Year

• Hilary Meltzer, Vice Chair, NACWA Legal Affairs Committee
• Allan Gates, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, AR
• Lee DeHihns, Alston & Bird LLP, GA
  >  Top Clean Water Act Cases of the Year

Can’t We All Get Along? CWA Interaction With Other Federal Environmental Laws

• Susan Amron, New York City Law Department, NY
• Jay Waldron, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, OR
• David Friedland, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., DC

 

Friday, November 16

Ethics: Going Beyond the Model Rules

• Tom Kelly, K&L Gates LLP, WA

 

2012 Election Update: What It Means for Clean Water Utilities

• Jeff More, The Accord Group, DC
  

Achieving the Utility of the Future: Legal Considerations for Innovative Solutions

• Jylana Collins, East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA presented by Sophia Skoda
• Lauren Kalisek, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., TX
• Susan Anthony, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI