(For this past program, we offer two options for purchase: a Homestudy (DVD and written materials) or written materials alone.)
Attorneys, governmental officials, real estate and environmental professionals, consultants and planners
Federal, state and local governments are increasingly focused on stormwater as a critical water quality issue. As a result, the regulation of stormwater runoff now plays a central role in local and regional land use planning and project permitting. This has led to increasingly complex regulatory programs, such as TMDLs and the exercise of EPA's Residual Designation Authority, as well as the creation of local stormwater utility districts. All of these developments present new challenges to regulated parties and their counsel and consultants.
We have assembled experienced representatives of federal, state and local governments, consultants and legal practitioners from throughout New England to discuss these novel challenges and to provide practical suggestions and insights for those facing them.
~ Helen L. Edmonds, Esq. and H. Hamilton Hackney, III, Esq., Program Co-Chairs
Helen L. Edmonds, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Pierce Atwood LLP / Augusta, ME
H. Hamilton Hackney, III, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Greenberg Traurig, LLP / Boston, MA
How TMDLs are driving changes in the state and federal stormwater programs
Ken Moraff, Deputy Director, New England Office of Ecosystem Protection
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Boston, MA
South Burlington
Eugene J. Forbes, P.E., Senior Vice President
Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. / Burlington, VT
Massachussetts
Seth D. Jaffe, Esq.
Foley Hoag LLP / Boston, MA
Maine
William E. Taylor, Esq.
Pierce Atwood LLP / Portland, ME
Vermont
Mary Borg, Esq., Water Quality Division Attorney
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation / Waterbury, VT
National update on state and federal enforcement initiatives
Christopher J. Neumann, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP / Denver, CO
Achieving a successful outcome in enforcement cases
Joel Nickel, Environmental and Land Service Manager
Aggregate Industries Management, Inc. / Rockville, MD
U.S. EPA's new approach that uses traditional enforcement with compliance assistance to combat illegal connections between municipal sanitary sewer systems and storm systems
Susan Studlien, Esq., Director, Office of Environmental Stewardship
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Boston, MA
How citizen suits are being used to drive stormwater regulation in New England
Christopher M. Kilian, Esq., Vice President and Director, Vermont Advocacy Center
Conservation Law Foundation / Montpelier, VT
What effect can we expect these emerging trends to have on the development and operation of commercial real estate?
Robert B. Jess, P.E., Senior Site Development Manager
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. / Saratoga Springs, NY
Robert Varney, Senior Vice President
Normandeau Associates, Inc. / Bedford, NH
There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders
This program qualifies for 6.5 CT, ME, NH, and VT CLE, and 7.5 NY (non-transitional) and RI CLE credits. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.
Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a DVD recording and the course materials (either a binder or searchable CD), is available for $705. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your Homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or from the date we receive payment.
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Helen L. Edmonds, Program Co-Chair, partner at Pierce Atwood LLP, chairs the Land Use Practice Team. She focuses on state and federal land use, environmental permitting and compliance issues, including solid waste licensing, municipal zoning, and licensing under Maine's comprehensive Site Location of Development Act.
H. Hamilton Hackney, III, Program Co-Chair, shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, practices environmental and commercial real estate law, including enforcement and regulatory matters relating to stormwater discharges. He is listed in Chambers and Best Lawyers, is a "Super Lawyer" and serves as the representative for NAIOP of Massachusetts in the stakeholder process for MassDEP's proposed stormwater regulations.
Mary Borg is the Water Quality Division Attorney for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. She has worked for the past 8 years creating Vermont's stormwater management program and is currently involved in developing the TMDL implementation framework and associated permits for Vermont's 17 hydrologic stormwater TMDLs.
Eugene J. Forbes, P.E. is Senior Vice President at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc., which provides municipal, state and federal clients with quality civil, structural, environmental, transportation and aviation, planning and engineering.
Seth D. Jaffe, partner at Foley Hoag LLP, focuses on the permitting and licensing of new facilities and offers ongoing guidance on permitting and enforcement related matters. He is a "Super Lawyer" and is listed in Chambers and Best Lawyers.
Robert B. Jess, P.E., Senior Site Development Manager with Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., is responsible for managing the due diligence, design and permitting process for Lowe's new store expansion program in the Northeast, and has been involved in the successful development of 35 new stores.
Christopher M. Kilian is the Vice President and Director of Conservation Law Foundation's Vermont Advocacy Center and its Clean Water & Healthy Forests Program. Previously he was with the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
Ken Moraff is the Deputy Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Office of Ecosystem Protection, which includes EPA's air, water, energy and climate change programs. He has managed high-impact environmental projects, including EPA's Charles River cleanup and the Boston Harbor enforcement case and previously directed EPA's New England enforcement office.
Christopher J. Neumann, shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, counsels clients on complex storm water compliance and enforcement matters. He is an appointee of Governor Bill Owens and Governor Bill Ritter to the Colorado Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission and is a civil engineer and Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control.
Joel Nickel is the U.S. Environmental and Land Service Manager at Aggregate Industries Management, Inc. which includes environmental compliance, permitting, biodiversity, sustainability and geology. He was recognized as the producer of the year in Arizona in 2007 by the Arizona Rock Produces Association.
Susan Studlien is Director of the Office of Environmental Stewardship at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England, which is comprised of enforcement, compliance assistance and pollution prevention programs. Previously she directed EPA's Office of Site Remediation and Restoration.
William E. Taylor, partner at Pierce Atwood LLP, focuses on matters relating to water law, waste discharge, wetland and natural resource licensing, compliance counseling, rulemaking, auditing, and enforcement. He is listed in "Chambers" and "Best Lawyers."
Robert Varney, Senior Vice President at Normandeau Associates, Inc., was the longest-serving Regional Administrator at EPA-NE and the nation's first official to use residual designation authority under the Clean Water Act to reduce stormwater pollution, issuing decisions regarding the Charles River in Massachusetts and Long Creek in Maine. In New Hampshire three governors appointed him Commissioner of the EPA.
