2012 Annual CLE Environmental Law Year in Review

October 5, 2012

Materials
Click on the name of the presenter for a link to the materials they have provided for their presentation. Presenters listed below who do not have links did not provide written or visual materials at the conference.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.:  NEPA/Endangered Species Act
Lawson Fite, Markowitz Herbold Glade & Mehlaf PC
Jay Waldron, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC
Daniel Mensher, Earthrise Law Center (formerly Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center)

NEPA and ESA updates related to various topics including climate change, salmon, and coal exporting.
 
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.: Natural Resources
Scott Horngren, American Forest Resource Council
Steve Odell, USDOJ
Adam Orford, Marten Law Group
Barbara Scott-Brier, USDOJ, USDOI

Recent developments in the law relating to management of Oregon’s forests; update on the Klamath Basin Adjudication.
 
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.: Key Note Address: DEQ Priorities and Challenges
Dick Pedersen, Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

12:45 – 2:00 p.m.:  Clean Water Act/Clean Air Act
Svend Brandt-Erichsen, Marten Law Group
Laura Maffei, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC
Overview of recent litigation and legislation.

2:00 – 3:15 p.m.:  Local Environmental Issues
Nanci Klinger, Portland City Attorney’s Office
Christine Hein, Wrenn Bender McKown & Ring LLP

Overview of environmental matters facing local governments, such as sewers, water supply and permitting issues.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.:  Ethics Considerations for the Green Lawyer 
Paul Neese, Oregon State Bar
Ethical issues specific to environmental and natural resources law practice.

2013 Annual CLE Environmental Law Year in Review

October 11, 2013

Materials
Click on the name of the presenter in the agenda for a link to the materials they have provided for their presentation.
Presenters listed below who do not have links have not provided written or visual materials.
 
 
Agenda

8:00 a.m.:     Continental Breakfast
 
8:25 a.m.:     Introductory Remarks
 
Laura Maffei, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, ENR Section Chair
John Marsh, Marsh Consulting LLC, CLE Chair
 
8:30 a.m.:     Conflicts Between Protected Species:  Salmon v. Sea Lions
 
Kathy Hessler, Lewis and Clark Law School
Brent Hall, Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Kristen Monsell, Staff Attorney, The Humane Society of the United States
 
10:00 a.m.:     Break
 
10:15 a.m.:     Public Forest Lands Issues – Forest Roads & CWA, Fire Liability on Public Lands, Firefighting by Private Landowners
 
Heath Curtiss, Oregon Forest Industries Council
Michael Campbell, Stoel Rives LLP
Susan J. Brown, Western Environmental Law Center

11:30 a.m.:     Lunch:   Update on the 2013 Legislative Session

Rep. Jules Bailey, Chair of the House Energy and Environment Committee
 
12:45 p.m.:     Statutory Update: Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act & CERCLA
 
Patrick Rowe, Sussman Shank, LLP
Dustin Till, Marten Law PLLC
Rachel Martin, Pearl Legal Group
 
2:00 p.m.:What’s that Smell (DEQ Nuisance Strategy, SB 462, & Good Neighbor Agreements)
 
Sarah Armitage, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Palmer Mason, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
J. Mark Morford, Stoel Rives LLP (additional materials here)
Aubrey Baldwin, Earthrise Law Center
 
3:15 p.m.:     Break
 
3:30 p.m.:     Ethics Considerations for the Green Lawyer
 
Mary Cooper, Oregon State Bar
 
4:35 p.m.:     Hosted Reception
 
Sponsored by Markowitz Herbold Glade & Mehlhaf, Marten Law and Tonkon Torp
 
5:00 p.m.:     ENR Section Annual Meeting & Electio

Annual CLE 2014 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Presentations and Materials:

Introductory Remarks
John Marsh, Esq., Marsh Consulting LLC, ENR Section Chair
Patrick Rowe, Sussman Shank, LLP, ENR Section Chair-Elect, CLE Chair
 
Statutory Update:  Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act & CERCLA
Geoff Tichenor, Stoel Rives, LLP
Kirk Maag, Stoel Rives, LLP:  Materials
Laura Maffei, Cable Huston:  Materials
 
Oregon Flood Control
Hong Hyunh, Miller Nash:  Materials
Amanda Punton, DLCD Natural Resource Specialist:  Materials
Sunny Simpkins, Natural Resources Program Manager, Multnomah County Drainage District: Materials

Update on the Governor’s Environmental Policy Priorities and the 2015 Legislative Session
Brett Brownscombe, Natural Resources Policy Advisor to Governor Kitzhaber

Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty to Address the Needs of a 21st Century Transboundary Watershed – Combined Materials
John Marsh, Marsh Consulting LLC
John Shurts, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Jim Jeffernan, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
 
Energy Export & Transportation
Richard Allan, Marten Law:  Materials 1, 2
Chris Winter, Crag Law Center:  Materials
Tony Usibelli, Director Washington State Energy Office:  Materials
 
Ethical Considerations for Attorneys who Interact with Agencies
Scott Morril, Oregon State Bar:  Materials 1, 2
Gary Vrooman, Oregon Department of Justice:  Materials
Mark Morford, Stoel Rives LLP:  Materials

Annual CLE 2015 Environmental Law: Year in Review

Schedule and Registration:  see CLE flier

Presentations and Materials:

Introductory Remarks
Patrick Rowe, Sussman Shank, LLP – ENR Section Chair
Karen Moynahan, City of Portland – ENR Section Chair-Elect, CLE Chair

Water Supply in a Time of Drought:  Update & Tools
Dwight French, Oregon Water Resources Department (Materials)
Caylin Barter, Freshwater Trust (Materials)
April Snell, Oregon Water Resources Congress (Materials)

EPA Changes the Rules (Again):  Recent Changes to the Definition of “Solid Waste”
Introduction by Kirk Maag, Stoel Rives (Materials)
Mark Morford, Stoel Rives (Materials)
Geoff Tichenor, Stoel Rives (Materials)

Lunch:  What Could Our Legislators Possibly Be Thinking?
Representative Cliff Bentz (Materials)

Hot Topics
Brownfields: Nanci Klinger, City of Portland (Materials)
ESA:  Elizabeth Howard, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt (Materials)
Waters of the United States:  Lore Bensel, Oregon DOJ (Materials 1, 2)

Ethics:  OECAA, Conflicts & the Tripartite Relationship
David J. Elkanich, Holland & Knight (Materials)
Joan P. Snyder, Stoel Rives (Materials)

Climate Change:  Science, Law and Policy of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Oregon
Julia Olson, Executive Director, Chief Legal Counsel, Our Children’s Trust (Materials)
Meghan Dalton, Oregon Climate Research Institute (Materials)
Angus Duncan, President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation; Chair, Oregon Global Warming Commission (Materials)

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