Thirteenth Annual Conference on

WASHINGTON WATER LAW


Conference in Detail
Friday • May 7, 2004 (Day 2)

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8:30	Introduction and Overview to Day Two	Adam Gravley, Esq. Program Co-Chair Matthew D. Wells, Esq. Program Co-Chair
8:45	Implementation of 2003 Municipal Water Rights and Efficiency Legislation (SSHB 1338)
	• Department of Health	Jim Rioux Special Assistant to the Director Office of Drinking Water Washington State Department of Health Olympia, WA
	• Department of Ecology	Alan Reichman, Esq.
	• Municipal Utility perspective	Thomas “Tom” D. Mortimer, Jr., Esq. Law Office of Tom Mortimer Seattle, WA
10:00	Break
10:15	Can We Accommodate Growth and Protect Instream Flows? A Skagit River Perspective Status report on the appeal of the Washington Department of Ecology rules setting minimum instream flows for the Skagit River	Adam Gravley, Esq. Moderator Joseph “Joe” A. Brogan, Esq. Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC Seattle, WA Harry Chesnin, Esq. General Counsel Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Seattle, WA Joe Mentor, Jr., Esq. Mentor Law Group, PLLC Seattle, WA Dan Swenson Section Manager, Water Resources Program Washington State Department of Ecology Bellevue, WA Larry Wasserman Environmental Services Director Skagit River System Cooperative LaConnor, WA
12:00	Lunch (on your own)
1:15	Special Address: Indian Reserved Water Rights	Susan M. Williams, Esq. William & Works, P.A. Corrales, NM
2:00	ESA and Water Rights Intersection—the Discussion Continues Tulare Lake and Okanogan County Takings cases	John B. Arum, Esq. Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim Vashon, WA Russell C. Brooks, Esq. Pacific Legal Foundation Bellevue, WA Fred R. Disheroon, Esq. Special Litigation Counsel Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC
3:15	Break
3:30	In Depth Analysis: Instream Resources Protection Program for the Columbia River Perspectives on the January 2004 final economic impact analysis; the National Academy of Sciences Review on Hydrology scheduled to be released March 31st; and the Department of Ecology’s two-phase rulemaking; permit applications; and settlements	Charlie de La Chapelle Yakima Basin Storage Alliance Prosser, WA Shirley Waters Nixon, Esq. Staff Attorney Center for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP) Seattle, WA Darryll Olsen, Ph.D. Principal Pacific Northwest Project Kennewick, WA John Shurts, Esq., Ph.D. General Counsel Northwest Power and Conservation Council Portland, OR
5:15	Adjourn

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