Law Seminars International Presents

An Advanced One-Day Workshop

Clean Air Northwest

September 9, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

This seminar is designed for Air Quality Professionals, including attorneys, regulators, engineers, and compliance managers who are interested in cutting edge topics in air quality regulation

Why Order

One year after the release of the New Source Review reform package, we are still in the transition to move towards compliance with the new standards. Efforts by federal and state legislators have also created new challenges across the industry. Since the introduction of the Kyoto Protocol, a plethora of business opportunities have been created in the generation of carbon credit. In addition to the new changes, we are still faced with past issues that remain unsolved: greenhouse gas emissions, air toxics, transportation issues in clean air, and indoor air quality. This seminar is designed for air quality professionals, including attorneys, regulators, engineers, and compliance managers who are looking for answers to the most pressing air quality questions.

What You Will Learn

- Developments Under the Federal Clean Air Act - Developments in Washington Air Regulations: New and Proposed Changes - NW-CAPP Involvement on Clean Air Issues - Tribal Clean Air Issues - Carbon Offset Projects for the Forest and Agriculture Industries - Air Toxics - Transportation Issues in Clean Air - Title V Compliance Assurance - Indoor Air Quality

Agenda

Thursday, September 09, 2004
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Introduction and Overview
  Margaret Yowell Hall, Esq., Co-Chair
 Marten Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA
  Douglas Morrison, Esq, Co-Chair
 Environmental Law Northwest / Redmond, WA
8:45 am Developments Under the Federal Clean Air Act
  New Source Review; PSD; Title V Operating Permits; "Clear Skies" programs
  David C. Bray, Special Assistant to the Director
 Office of Air Quality, Waste and Toxics, - US EPA- Region 10 / Seattle, WA
9:30 am Developments in Washington Air Regulations: New and Proposed Changes
  The Operating Permit Program and New Source Review; Impact of Federal New Source Review Reform Package on Washington
  Stuart Clark, Director of Air Quality
 Department of Ecology - Air Quality Organization / Olympia, WA
10:15 am Break
10:30 am NW-CAPP Involvement on Clean Air Issues
  Priorities for air quality in the region; the shift from the regulatory arena to collaboration of business, the public, and government for clean air
  Richard Stedman, Director
 Olympic Region Clean Air Agency / Olympia, WA
11:00 am Tribal Clean Air Issues
  Industrial pollution, regional haze, and effects from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on the Nez Perce Tribe
  Samuel N. Penney, Member
 Nez Perce Tribe Executive Committee / Lapwai, ID
11:30 am Enforcement
  Update on air quality related enforcement priorities, actions and trends; review of recent developments at federal, state and local levels
  Douglas Morrison, Esq, Founder
 Environmental Law Northwest / Redmond, WA
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  Impact of global, national and state climate policy developments on U.S. Businesses; Greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies; development of emission allowance trading systems and their effect on energy markets
  K.C. Golden, Director
 Northwest Climate Connections Project / Seattle, WA
1:45 pm Carbon Offset Projects for the Forest and Agriculture Industries
  Understanding business opportunities for generating carbon credits; creating carbon offset projects that are credible, reliable and measurable; the mechanics of putting together a carbon offset project, finding a buyer, and closing the deal
  Margaret Yowell Hall, Esq.
 Marten Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA
2:15 pm Air Toxics
  Understanding air toxics and their impacts on human health and the environment; implementation of MACT standards; residual risk programs
  Thomas R. Wood, Esq.
 Stoel Rives LLP / Portland, OR
  Technical case study: Implementation of the new MACT standards for boilers and heaters
  Jay Willenberg, Senior Air Quality Engineer
 CH2M Hill / Bellevue, WA
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Transportation Issues in Clean Air
  Clean diesel initiatives (federal and state); land and marine emissions; local and regional transportation initiatives
  William Kidd
 BP Petroleum- Cherry Point Refinery / Blaine, WA
4:00 pm Title V Compliance Assurance
  Elizabeth Titus, P.E.
 The RETEC Group, Inc. / Seattle, WA
4:30 pm Indoor Air Quality
  National and state initiatives and reforms; Prospective issues for respiratory illness, health care, real estate and building industry
  Mark J. Asplund, Esq., Vice President
 Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP / Seattle, WA
5:00 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International automatically obtains CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits. Current credits status: CA MCLE 6.75 | NY CLE 7.5 (no ethics, non-transitional) | WA CLE 6.5 (12448)

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $605. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Margaret Yowell Hall, Program Co-Chair, is a partner with Marten Law Group PLLC. Ms. Hall has over thirteen years of experience representing clients in all aspects of environmental law. She focuses her practice on air quality, waste management, and water quality issues, assisting clients with cutting edge environmental regulatory compliance issues. Maggie is a Vice Chairperson of the Air Quality Committee for the ABA's section of Environmental Energy and Natural Resources. She authored the "Washington Air Law" section of the Washington Lawyer's Practice Manual and is a contributor to the ABA's Year in Review and Air Quality Section Newsletters.

Douglas Morrison, Program Co-Chair, founded Envrionmental Law Northwest after 8 years as "in house" corporate counsel, and 8 more years in a large private firm. He is well known for his expertise in air quality and Clean Air Act matters.

Mark J. Asplund is Counsel to the firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. His practice both at Lane Powell and previously at Texaco, Inc. as senior environmental counsel, has encompassed all environmental media from air, water, waste to clean fuels strategies and health and safety issues.

David C. Bray, Special Assistant to the Director in the Office of Air, Waste and Toxics for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 10 is a Senior Air Pollution Scientist. He provides management level support for the development and implementation of federal, state, tribal, and local air quality programs.

Stuart Clark, currently Acting Program Manager, is a Policy Analyst for the Washington State Department of Ecology - Air Quality Program. He has over 25 years experience in environmental policy primarily in air quality. As Senior Policy Advisor within the Air Quality Program he is responsible for developing, reviewing, evaluating and recommending positions on air pollution related policies, emerging issues, and federal and state legislation.

K.C. Golden directs the Northwest Climate Connections project for Climate Solutions. KC was a special assistant for clean energy and climate protection to Seattle Mayor Paul Schell. He is a former Assistant Director of the Washington Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, where he directed the state's Energy Policy Office. From 1989 through 1994, he was Executive Director and Policy Director of the Northwest Energy Coalition.

Samuel N. Penney is a member of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, the governing body of the Nez Perce Tribe, where he is serving his fifth consecutive three-year term. He also serves as an advisory board member, on the tribal advisory board and as a policy board member to many government and educational agencies and institutions.

Richard Stedman has been Executive Director for the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency for the last three years. Currently, he is also acting director for the Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Partnership. He also works as an independent public health and environmental consultant to government and private industry.

Jay M. Willenberg Senior Air Quality Engineer at CH2M Hill for over two years has also worked as the Senior Permit Engineer for the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology. He has experience and knowledge of the new source review program from many different perspectives. He has supervised numerous complex air permitting projects within the aerospace, recycling, energy, forest products, and metals industries through out Washington.

Thomas R. Wood is a member in the Environmental Law Group at Stoel Rives LLP. He has significant experience in the areas of air quality and hazardous waste permitting and compliance. These projects included such issues as new source review, Title V permitting, Title IV (acid rain) compliance, visibility requirements, air toxics and hazardous air pollutant regulations and RCRA air emissions standards.