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Wednesday, November 16

Clean Water Act Primer

• Erika Powers, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Presentation

GENERAL SESSION I

Welcoming Remarks

• Andrew Fairey, Charleston Water System
  • Presentation

Opening Keynote Address
Current Clean Water Legal Issues - A DJO and NGO Perspective

• John Cruden, Environmental Law Institute
  • Presentation

Don't Forget Your Umbrella:
The Growing Legal Challenges of Wet Weather Management

• David Burchmore, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
  • Presentation
• Lina Marousek, City of Vancouver
  • Presentation
• Lisa Hollander, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Presentation

LUNCHEON

Keynote Address
Speaking the Language:
The Relationship Between States and Permitees

• Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Association of Clean Water Administrators
  • Presentation
  • Rumsfeld Known Knowns! - Video
    
  • Perry Forgets Third Agency - Video

GENERAL SESSION II

Keynote Address
We'll See You in Court:
The Current State of Litigation Over Biosolids Management

• Lee Dehihns, III, Alston & Bird, LLP
  • Presentation
  • Legal Petition for Review of Final Solid Waste Rule, 06/16/2011
  • NACWA Preliminary Statement of Issues in Solid Waste Rule Challenge, 07/08/2011
  • Order Placing NHSM Rule Litigation in Abeyance, 11/01/2011
• Jimmy Slaughter, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
  
  • Presentation
  • State Court Preliminary Injunction, 06/09/2011
• Jeff Knight, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
  • Presentation
  • NACWA Legal Petition for Review, 05/06/2011
  • NACWA Petition for Reconsideration of SSI MACT Rule, 05/24/2011
  • NACWA Motion for Judicial Stay of SSI Rule, 09/19/2011
  • EPA Opposition to Motion for Stay of SSI Rule, 10/11/2011
  • Sierra Club Opposition to Motion for Stay of SSI Rule, 10/11/2011
  • NACWA Reply to EPA Opposition to Motion for Stay, 10/28/2011
  • NACWA Reply to Sierra Club Opposition to Motion for Stay, 10/28/2011

Excuse Me, Do You Speak Lawyer?
How Clean Water Attorneys Can Communicate More Effectively

• Elizabeth Toot-Levy, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Presentation
• Bruce Tobey, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC
• Brooks Smith, Hunton & Williams, LLP
  
  • Presentation

Thursday, November 17

GENERAL SESSION III

Nutrients Make Lawsuits Grow:
Legal Implications of Increased Nutrient and Non-Point Source Regulations

• Jennifer Abdella, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
  • Presentation
• Allan Gates, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC
  
  • Presentation
• Winston Brokowski, Hopping Green & Sams
  • Presentation
• Paul Calamita, AquaLaw PLC
  • Presentation

How Good is Good Enough?
The Complex Legal World of Water Quality Issues

• Fred Andes, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Presentation
• John Sheehan, Clark Hill, PLC
  • Presentation
• Linda Benfield, Foley & Lardner LLP
  
  • Presentation
  • A Water Quality Trading Framework for Wisconsin
    

GENERAL SESSION IV

Roundtable-  Top CWA Legal Cases of the Year

• Hilary Meltzer, New York City Department of Environmental Protection;
  LaJuana Wilcher, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP;
  Roberta Larson, Somach Simmons & Dunn
  • Top Clean Water Act Cases of the Year

Every Utility Needs a Do-Over:
Pursuing Reopeners in Wet Weather Consent Decrees

• Robin Levine, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
  • Presentation
• Randy Hayman, DC Water
  • Presentation
• David Sherman, City of Indianapolis Department of Public Works
  
  • Presentation

Friday, November 18

GENERAL SESSION V

Ethics: Going Beyond the Model Rules

• Tim Bouch, Leath, Bouch & Seekings, LLP
  • Presentation
  • Confidentiality and the Organization as a Client

Featured Address
Working Towards One Water:
EPA Efforts on Intergrated Water Planning

• Mark Pollins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Deborah Nagle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Enforcement Roundup:
Important Developments for Clean Water Attorneys

• Ted Henifin, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
  • Presentation
• Susan Myers, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
  • Presentation
• Gerald Leatherman, Philadelphia Water Department
  • Presentation, Green City, Clean Waters - Video
    
• John Irving, Holland & Knight, LLP
  • Presentation
  • ACC Docket: Recent Criminal Actions Involving Wastewater Treatment Facilities