Law Seminars International Presents

An Important Two Day Conference on

Clean Water and Stormwater

March 22 & 23, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Lawyers, real estate professionals, government and tribal officials, planners, consultants and engineers

Why Order

"Congress enacted the Clean Water Act more than 30 years ago, yet the Act remains a work in progress. Last year, the Washington Department of Ecology adopted revised water quality standards. Those standards are being reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency and agencies enforcing the Endangered Species Act. Ecology also has issued new general stormwater permits which have been challenged and are likely to be revised. These and other evolving Clean Water Act developments affect businesses, governments, and the public as well as the environment. We have assembled representatives of state, federal and local governments, consultants, and practitioners to provide practical suggestions and insights on a wide range of timely and important Clean Water Act issues." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Michael P. O'Connell, Esq. and James A. Tupper, Jr., Esq.

What Attendees Said

" Use of real permits good learning tool. " " Best questions are good learning tool." " Elegant dramatic presentation."

Agenda

Monday, March 22, 2004
8:30 am Introduction and Overview
  Michael P. O'Connell, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Stoel Rives LLP / Seattle, WA
  James A. Tupper, Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
 The Mentor Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA
8:45 am Status of Industrial Stormwater General Permits
  Pending appeals of ISGP and compliance with 2003 permitting
  James A. Tupper, Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
 The Mentor Law Group / Seattle, WA
9:30 am Maintaining Compliance with Permits
  Practical aspects of implementing the permits, developing a SWPPP, monitoring and reporting; and what to expect during regulatory inspection
  Jerry Ninteman, P.E., Environmental Engineering Department Manager
 Landau Associates, Inc. / Edmonds, WA
  Kenneth Taylor, President
 KTA Associates, Inc. / Seattle, WA
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Phase I and Phase II Municipal Permitting
  Kristine Holm, Esq., Founder
 Water Resources NW / Seattle, WA
  Bill Moore, P.E., Supervisor, Stormwater Unit
 Department of Ecology, Water Quality Program / Olympia, WA
  Theresa R. Wagner, Esq.
 Seattle City Attorney's Office / Seattle, WA
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm Construction Stormwater - Permits
  What works, what doesn’t? Tension between mu-nicipalities and the construction industry; DOE on hold with general permit, waiting for appeal on Industrial Permits
  Michael P. O'Connell, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Stoel Rives LLP / Seattle, WA
  What works, what doesn’t? Tension between mu-nicipalities and the construction industry; DOE on hold with general permit, waiting for appeal on Industrial Permits; EPA Construction General Permit and UIC requirements
  Jerry W. Alb, Independent Consultant
 Associated General Contractors of Washington (AGC) / Olympia, WA
2:15 pm Individual Permits As Harbingers
  Survey of significant new conditions in recent in-dividual stormwater permits;; policy and legal questions that they provoke; potential implica-tions for other permittees in the future
  Susan M. Ridgley, Esq., Port Counsel
 Port of Seattle / Seattle, WA
3:00 pm Mixing Zones and 303(d) Effluent Limitations
  Monitoring and compliance schedules
  David P. Wilson, M.S., Senior Aquatic Scientist
 CH2M Hill / Bellevue, WA
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Perspectives from Environmental Groups
  What do we need to do to comply?
  Katrina C. Pflaumer, Esq.
 Law Office of Katrina "Kate" Pflaumer / Seattle, WA
  Richard A. Smith, Esq.
 Smith & Lowney, P.L.L.C. / Seattle, WA
4:30 pm Citizen Suits
  Kim Maree Johannessen, Esq.
 Johannessen & Associates, PS / Seattle, WA
5:15 pm Adjourn

Tuesday, March 23, 2004
8:30 am Standards of Proposed Revisions to Water Quality Standards
  Melissa Gildersleeve
 Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
9:15 am 303 (d) List
  Adoption of revised list and impact on water quality permitting
  Gary C. Bailey, Environmental Scientist
 Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Watershed Planning and TMDL Development
  Status and impact on water quality permitting
  Luanne Coachman, Esq.
 King Co Water & Land Resources Div / Seattle, WA
  TMDL
  Christine Psyk, TMDL Program Manager
 Enivronmental Protection Agency - Region 10 / Seattle, WA
11:00 am New Regulatory Initiatives from the Department of Ecology
  Significant issues in individual permits, other general permits, the Sand & Gravel Permit, permit fees and underground injection well regulation
  Bill Moore, P.E.
 Department of Ecology, Water Quality Program / Olympia, WA
11:45 am Oil Spill Response; Natural Resource Damages; Coordination Between Ecology and Affected Indian Tribes
  Richard A. Du Bey, esq.
 Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC / Seattle, WA
12:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm Endangered Species and Stormwater
  Martin Baker, Strategic Advisor
 Seattle Public Utilities - Director's Office / Seattle, WA
2:15 pm Recent Developments in Case Law and PCHB Decisions
  Significant decisions under the Clean Water Act and recent decisions from Pollution Control Hearings Board
  Ronald L. Lavigne, Esq.
 Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm 401 Water Quality Certifications
  Where are we after the Federal Court ruling in the Third runway appeal?
  Adam Berger, Esq.
 Schroeter Goldmark & Bender / Seattle, WA
  Ronald L. Lavigne, Esq.
 Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
  Matthew A. Love, Esq.
 Van Ness Feldman, P.C. / Seattle, WA
5:30 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

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

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International self-certifies CLE credits for Washington, California, and Alaska. For other locations, we automatically seek CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for credits from other bar associations or the accrediting bodies for other professions. The current credits status for this program is WA CLE 13.25 (#117770) | WA AICP 12.5 | WA RE 15.5 #C3603) | WA APP 16 (#AP1244) | CA MCLE 13.5 | NY CLE 15.5 (no ethics, non-transitional) | OR CLE 14.25 (#2104* 193)

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, 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 the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Michael O’Connell, program co-chair, practices in the firm’s Environmental, Land Use and Natural Resources practice group on matters relating to large project permitting, including environmental and natural resources law, wetlands, threatened and endangered species, water rights, water quality and Indian law.

James Tupper, program co-chair, of the Mentor Law Group has eighteen years experience representing clients on complex land use and environmental permitting matters involving shoreline development, water quality certifications, NPDES permits and stormwater regulation. He served two terms on the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board and Shoreline Hearings Board.

Jerry W. Alb, an Independent Consultant presenting on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of Washington (AGC), is retired after working with the Department of Ecology, Fish & Wildlife and Transportation over the past 14 years. One of his past positions includes Director of Environmental Services for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Gary C. Bailey is Vice President of Innovative Design, Inc. and Principal of partner firm, Solargenix Energy, previously Duke Solar. Duke Solar and Innovative Design have combined advanced solar technology and sustainable architecture to produce a unique building-integrated solar thermal solution, the Power Rooftm, systems that are now being implemented in offices and industrial buildings throughout the world.

Martin Baker, Strategic Advisor in the Director's Office of Seattle Public Utilities, is responsible for the environmental performance of the utilities system including ESA and sediment clean up. He also assists the Director in managing cross department and policy teams, He previously was the assistant director of the Habitat program for the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Adam Berger of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender focuses his practice on consumer protection, environmental law and serious personal injury as a result of environmental contamination. Prior to joining the firm, he served more than eight years with the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund representing individual and institutional clients in the Pacific Northwest.

Luanne Coachman has been with the King Co Water & Land Resources Division since 1991. Over the past six years her work has been devoted primarily to SEPA appeals and the remaining focused primarily on the Cleanwater Act. She is also responsible for coordinating King County’s NPDES municipal storm water permit compliance.

Richard Du Bey, a partner at Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC, is Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Section and focuses his practice in the areas of environmental, land use, natural resources, energy, federal, administrative and Tribal law.

Kristine Holm founded Water Resources Northwest after many years as an environmental consultant and planner and later as an attorney specializing in water related issues. She was long time Chair of the Association of the Washington Business Water Quality Committee, and represented the Northwest Paper & Pulp Association for nine years.

Kim Maree Johannessen is founder of Johannessen & Associates, PS. Her experience includes regulatory compliance, permit appeals, defense of citizen suits and enforcement actions.

Matthew A. Love of Van Ness Feldman, P.C. focuses his practice in the areas of the Endangered Species Act, hydroelectric, land & water, litigation and Native American. Prior to joining Van Ness Feldman, Mr. Love worked for the Federal and the Washington State Governments as a natural resources litigator.

Bill Moore is supervisor of the Stormwater Unit at the Department of Ecology which is responsible for the development of the Departments phase I and phase II municipal stormwater permits, the industrial and construction stormwater general permits, and the Stormwater Technical Manuals for Eastern and Western Washington.

Jerry Ninteman, Environmental Engineering Department Manager of Landau Associates, Inc., has been an environmental consultant for 19 years managing numerous projects involving soil and ground water remediation and stormwater management. He is currently managing industrial stormwater permit requirements at a multi-tenant regional airport in Snohomish County.

Katrina "Kate" C. Pflaumer, Attorney at Law, is the Chair of the Legal Committee for the Puget Sound Soundkeepers Alliance. She is also a consultant and limited practice attorney working as an auditor with the Seattle Police Department. She previously was a U.S. Attorney for eight years under the Clinton Administration.

Christine Psyk has been with the Environmental Protection Agency for 13 years and is currently Manager of the Watershed Restoration Unit in the Office of Water.

Susan M. Ridgley is Port Counsel for the Port of Seattle, where she specializes in environmental and land use law. She advises both marine and aviation clients in the areas of air quality, shoreline management, ESA, storm and surface water permit requirements, and federal and state hazardous substance management and cleanup laws.

Richard A. Smith, a member at Smith & Lowney, PLLC, represents environmental and community groups in litigation involving pollution and natural resource issues. He has also represented plaintiffs in numerous Clean Water Act citizen enforcement actions.

Kenneth Taylor, president of KTA Associates, Inc., has more than 17 years of experience successfully managing environmental programs. His clients include those in the private as well as publc sector. He is a recognized expert with the development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems (including ISO 14001 systems). He also has extensive knowledge regarding the evaluation of management decisions and associated risks.

Theresa R. Wagner is a Senior Assistant City Attorney with the Environmental Protection Section of the Seattle City Attorney's Office, and represents the City in the areas of environmental compliance and enforcement, environmental contracting and litigation, and health and safety compliance.

David P. Wilson is a Senior Aquatic Scientist with CH2M Hill. With over 25 years experience with water quality, he specializes in the analysis of aquatic impacts and the development and implementation of strategies and solutions relating to water and sediment quality issues. His specialty is NPDES permit negotiation and compliance issues.