2023 Environmental Law: Year in Review

October 20, 2023 from 8:30-4:30 PM PDT

McMenamins Edgefield and via Zoom

6.5 total MCLE credits (5.5 general, 1 ethics applied for)

Sponsored happy hour to follow: Thank you to, in no particular order to Stoel Rives and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt for co-sponsoring.

The Environmental and Natural Resources Section is pleased to announce that we will be returning to McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale for this year’s 2023 Environmental and Natural Resources Law: Year in Review! We hope to see you in person, but this event will be hosted in a hybrid capacity and we will be live-streaming via Zoom.

Location: McMenamins Edgefield is located at 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale, OR 97060 and our event will be located in Blackberry Hall. Look for signage the day of.

Registration Pricing:

• Law Students: $0 (use coupon code SENRD23LS at checkout to receive discount)
• ONLD & ENR section member: $45
• ENR section member: $85
• New lawyer (admitted after 1/1/2017): $110
• Regular registration: $170

Click here to register for the live event at McMenamins Edgefield.

Lunch is included with in-person registration.

Click here to register for the online event via Zoom.

Participants must register for the online event by Noon on Thursday, October 19. A link will be sent out to all registrants by email on the afternoon of October 19.

If you are unable to attend due solely to financial reasons, please contact Dominic Carollo to see if an accommodation can be made.

For questions regarding the meeting link, please contact Dominic Carollo.

For registration questions, please contact the OSB CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or via email.

Panels: CLICK HERE to view the agenda. The CLE Planning Committee has assembled a great lineup of panels, including:

•   Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Public Lands Rule
•   Waters of the U.S. – Sackett v. EPA
•   Redevelopment of the Portland Harbor
•   Tribal Co-Stewardship of Forests and Wildlife
•   Updates on Oregon’s Approach to Groundwater Allocation
•   Environmental Ethics
•   Keynote Speaker (to be announced soon)

Credits (anticipated): 6.5 total MCLE credits (5.5 general, 1 ethics)

And a huge thank you to the 2023 CLE Planning Committee for helping put this event together:

•   Marika Sitz
•   Olivier Jamin
•   Laura Kerr
•   Cassie Roberts
•   Avalyn Taylor
•   Lindsay Thane
•   Chris Thomas

Registration questions? Please call the OSB CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or (800) 452-8260, ext. 413.

Attendees requiring an accommodation under federal or state law may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the OSB’s ADA Coordinator as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event. More information can be found here.

2022 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Watch the CLE video recording.

2021 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Brownfield and Superfund Site Redevelopment

Cheyenne Chapman, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Seth Otto & Ted Wall, Maul Foster & Alongi

Kat West, Skeo Solutions

Climate Change and Clean Electricity in Oregon: HB 2021, Wildfires, and Impacts on Oregon Utilities and Vulnerable Communities

Angela Crowley-Koch, Oregon Solar and Storage Industries Association

Riley Peck, PacifiCorp

Allie Rosenbluth, Rogue Climate

Richard Whitman, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

The First 10 Months of the Biden EPA: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Practical Impacts on the Pacific Northwest

William Funk, Lewis & Clark Law School

Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center

L. John Iani, Perkins Coie

Oregon Forest Law and Policy Update

Ralph Bloemers, Crag Law Center

Sara Ghafouri, American Forest Resource Council

Keynote Speaker: A Conversation with Congressman Earl Blumenauer on the Future of the Columbia-Snake River Basin

Tribal Law and Natural Resources: Recent Developments in Tribal Treaty Rights Implementation and Sovereignty

Robert “Bobby” Brunoe, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Robert Lothrop, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Stephanie Lynch, Office of the Solicitor, US Department of Interior

Josh Newton, Karnopp Peterson LLP

Klamath Water: More Complex Than Ever?

Moss Drisoll, US Bureau of Reclamation

Paul Simmons, Somach Simmons & Dunn

Jay Weiner, Rosette LLP

Recent Developments in Ethics Law

Tom Lininger, University of Oregon School of Law

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2020 Environmental Law: Year in Review

View the Materials.

Crystal Balls and Tea Leaves: NEPA Implementation in a Changing Landscape

Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center

Elizabeth Rosso, Jordan Ramis PC

ESA Issues in Water Resources Management

David Filippi, Stoel Rives LLP

Thane Somerville, Morisset Scholsser Jozwiak & Somerville

Superfund Legal Update & ADR Tools for Your Next Environmental Negotiation

Ashley Carter, Portland Office of City Attorney 

Mark Schneider, Perkins Coie LLP

Oregon Forest Law and Policy Update

Ralph Bloemers, Crag Law Center

Sara Ghafouri, American Forest Resource Council

1200-z General Permit Rulemaking

Justin Green, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Stacy Hibbard, City of Portland

James Saul, Earthrise Law Center

Ocean and Coastal Law: A Primer on Governance, Wind Development, Fisheries, and Pollution

Tara Brock, Oceana

Josh Franklin, Progression Energy

Heather Wade, Department of Land Conservation and Development

The Ethics of Storytelling in Environmental Advocacy

Steve Johansen, Lewis & Clark Law School 

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2019 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Columbia River Treaty Update

Kaitlin Lovell, City of Portland, (Bio, Presentation)

Jim Heffernan, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (Bio, Presentation)

What’s New with RCRA?

Priscilla “Polly” Hampton, Perkins Coie (Bio, Presentation)

Jeff Hunter, Perkins Coie (Bio, Presentation prepared jointly with Ms. Hampton)

Sarah Kronholm, SRL International Corporation (Bio, Presentation prepared jointly with Ms. Hampton)

Public Lands Update

Peter “Mac” Lacy, Oregon Natural Desert Association (Bio, Presentation)

Lawson Fite, American Forest Resource Council (Bio, Presentation)

Nonpoint Source Regulation

Caroline Lobdell, Western Resources Legal Center (Bio, Presentation)

Allison LaPlante, Earthrise Law Center (Bio, Presentation prepared jointly with Mrs. Lobdell)

Working with Experts

Christine Hein, Ring Bender, LLP (Bio, Presentation)

Robert Annear, Geosyntec Consultants (Bio, Presentation prepared jointly with Mrs. Hein)

Disrupted Energy Disruptions

Professor Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark Law School (Bio, Presentation)

Ethics

Scott Morrill, Oregon Legal Assistance Foundation (Bio, Presentation)

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Register online here.

Agenda with schedule:

View the CLE Brochure.

Presentations and materials:

2017 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Agenda with schedule:

The CLE will begin at 8 am with a continental breakfast, followed by introductory remarks at 8:25. After closing remarks, from 4:35 to 5:30, we hope attendees will participate in a networking reception hosted by Stoel Rives and Ring Bender. Please view the CLE flyer for the full agenda.

Presentations and materials:

Recent Developments in Indian Water Law

Duane Mecham, U.S. Department of Interior, Office of the Solicitor (Speaker Bio)(Presentation, Article)

Water, Water Everywhere:  What’s Happening with Water? (Speaker Bios)

Updates from the 2017 Legislative Session
Steve Shropshire, Jordan Ramis (Materials)

Updates on Groundwater in Oregon
Racquel Rancier, Oregon Water Resources Department
(Materials:  IWRS Framework, Strategic Planning Timeline, Background on GW, Draft GW Workplan Priorities)

Hells Canyon Complex Relicensing: State and Federal Issues?
Rick Glick, Davis Wright Tremaine (Materials)

Oregon’s State Forests:  Where are We Headed? (Speaker Bios)

Heath Curtiss, Oregon Forests & Industries Council (Materials)

Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands

Lunch:  Keynote Address

The Wildfire Crisis, Federal Land Management, and the Urban-Rural Divide
Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose)

A Look Back at the 2017 Session
Representative Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie)

CERCLA Intake to Implementation:  Spare the ROD and Spoil the Client (Speaker Bios)

Patty Dost and Jennifer Gates, Pearl Legal Group (Materials)

John Dunbar, Larkins Vacura Kayser (Materials)

Anzie St. Clair, Larkins Vacura Kayser (Materials)

Changes in the Law Under the Trump Administration (Speaker Bios)

Laura Kerr, Perkins Coie (Materials)

Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (Materials)

Travis Joseph, American Forest Resource Council (Materials)

Zak Kearns, Larkins Vacura Kayser (Materials)

Ethics

Amber Hollister, OSB General Counsel (Handout, ORPC, Ethics Opinion)

 

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