Washington, DC Conference

Agenda

Pictures from the conference are available here.

WHEN: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm, March 22, 2013

WHERE: Russell Senate Office Building Room 385 (SR-385), Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

Featured Articles:

Critical Habitat and the Challenge of Regulating Small Harms

• Dave Owen, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law

• Commenters:
  • David Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior
  • Michael Senatore, Vice President, Conservation Law, Defenders of Wildlife
  • Andrew Turner, Counsel, Hunton & Williams LLP
  Listen to the audio recording of the Introduction and Panel 1

You can find a copy of Professor Owen's PowerPoint presentation available here.

The Limits of Liability in Promoting Safe Geologic Sequestration of CO2

• David E. Adelman, Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas School of Law
• Ian J. Duncan, Associate Director and Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

• Commenters:
  • Priya Aiyar, Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Nuclear Programs, Department of Energy
  • Scott Anderson (co-commenter), Senior Policy Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund and Fred Eames (co-commenter), Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP
  • Ray Ludwiszewski (co-commenter), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Karyn Marsh (co-commenter), Staff Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • John Pendergrass, Director, Center for State, Local, and Regional Environmental Programs, Environmental Law Institute
  Listen to the audio recording of Panel 2

You can find a copy of Fred Eames's PowerPoint presentation available here.

A Federal Act to Promote Integrated Water Management: Is the CZMA a Useful Model?

• Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Jr. (via video conference), Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Stanford Law School and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment

• Commenters:
  • Brad Campbell, Former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Founder, Bradley M. Campbell LLC
  • Michael Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior
  • Adam Schempp, Director, Western Water Program, Environmental Law Institute
  Listen to the full audio recording of Panel 3.

Vanderbilt University Law School Conference

WHEN: February 18, 2013, 12:00 pm CST

WHERE: Flynn Auditorium, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN

Featured Article:

The Problem of Environmental Monitoring

• Eric Biber, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law

• Commenters:
• Anne Davis, Managing Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
• Shari Meghreblian, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
• Kevin Warkentin, Corporate Environmental Director, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

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